Unit 5 Sprawl

Question 1

Hold sway (v)

Answer 1

Have control

Question 2

Initiative (n)

Answer 2

A new plan or process started in order to solve a problem

Question 3

Lurk (v)

Answer 3

Remain hidden

Question 4

Regeneration (n)

Answer 4

The process of rebuilding in order to improve

Question 5

Slum (n)

Answer 5

A part of a city with improvised housing and poor sanitation
Barrio bajo, casucha

Question 6

Automation (n)

Answer 6

The use of largely automatic equipment in a system of manufacturing or other production process

Question 7

Booming (adj)

Answer 7

A resonant period of prosperity or rapid economic growth

Question 8

Coal (n)

Answer 8

a combustible black or dark brown rock consisting mainly of carbonized plant matter, found mainly in underground deposits and widely used as fuel.

Question 9

Desired (adj)

Answer 9

strongly wished for or intended.

Question 10

Domestically (adv)

Answer 10

in a way that relates to the running of a home or to family relations.

Question 11

Fallout (n)

Answer 11

the adverse side effects or results of a situation. Caer
Radioactive particles that are carried into the atmosphere after nuclear explosion or accident and gradually fall back as dust or in precipitaion = polvillo radiactivo

Question 12

Impact (v)

Answer 12

have a strong effect on someone or something.

Question 13

Restructure (v)

Answer 13

Organize differently
convert (the debt of a business in difficulty) into another kind of debt, typically one that is repayable at a later time.

Question 14

Bungalow (n)

Answer 14

A type of house like a low house, with a broad front porch, having either no upper floor or upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.

Question 15

Downsize (v)

Answer 15

make (something) smaller. Eliminate staff position in organizations case

Question 16

Ethnicities/Ethnicity (n)

Answer 16

he fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

Question 17

Inaccessible (adj)

Answer 17

unable to be reached. Difficult to understand or appreciate

Question 18

Insufficient (adj)

Answer 18

not enough; inadequate.

Question 19

Millennial (n)

Answer 19

A Millennial is anyone born between 1980 and 1995

Question 20

Reside (v)

Answer 20

have one’s permanent home in a particular place.

Residir, vivir

Question 21

Unsustainable (adj)

Answer 21

not able to be maintained at the current rate or level.

Question 22

Accomplish (v)

Answer 22

pull off

Lograr

Question 23

Curtail (v)

Answer 23

cut down

Reduce

Question 24

Disregard (v)

Answer 24

write off

Cancel, delete, annul

Question 25

Cite (v)

Answer 25

Refer to

Question 26

Dispose of (phr v)

Answer 26

get rid of | Deshacerse de, disponer de

Question 27

Proceed (v)

Answer 27

Going ahead | Seguir adelante

Question 28

Relocate (v)

Answer 28

Move away | separate, apart, remove

Question 29

Exhaust (v)

Answer 29

Use up | consume, exhaust

Question 30

Commence (v)

Answer 30

to start

Question 31

Commission (v)

Answer 31

To officially ask for a piece of work to be done for you

Question 32

Diversify (v)

Answer 32

To develop new products or services in addition to the ones you already provide

Question 33

Implementation (n)

Answer 33

the process of making a plan, idea, etc. Start to work and be used

Question 34

Integral (adj)

Answer 34

forming an essential part of something

Question 35

labor (n)

Answer 35

the worker in a particular industry or company considered as a group

Question 36

Panel (n)

Answer 36

A flat piece of wood, glass, or other material that forms part of something

Question 37

Somewhat (adv)

Answer 37

to some degree, but not a large degree