what is exploration Flashcards

1
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slump down

A

drop, fall, crash, collapse #rise

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grunt=

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mumble, murmur, make a sound

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3
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yonder=

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over there – used to show or explain where

something or someone is

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4
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ancestor=

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forefather, antecedent #descendant

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5
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send out=

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to make a person or a group of people or

things go from one place to various other places

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scout=

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detective, spy

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quest=

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search, hunt, seek #find

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nomadic=

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if someone leads a nomadic life, they travel
from place to place and do not live in any one place for
very long

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depleted=

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reduced, drained, diminished

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negotiate=

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pass, navigate, go around

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come to do sth=

A

to begin to have a feeling or opinion

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peculiar=

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strange, weird, unusual, abnormal #normal

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breed=

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type, class, kind, sort

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merely=

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just, only, simply, purely

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seek out

A

to try to find someone or something,

especially when this is difficult

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16
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inclined=

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to be likely to do something or behave in a

particular way

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17
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venture out

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to go somewhere that could be

dangerous

18
Q

take away from

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to spoil the good effect or success

that something has

19
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enquiring=

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interested, curious, questioning

20
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instinct=

A

nature, character, predisposition

21
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marine=

A

relating to the sea and the creatures that live

there

22
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fictional=

A

imaginary, imagined, fantastic #real

23
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uncultivated=

A

fallow, unplanted, unfarmed #cultivated

24
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delve into

A

explore, research, examine, look into

25
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puny=

A

a puny person is small, thin, and weak

26
Q

crawl over

A

bò, trườn

27
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laboriously=

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arduously, strenuously, hard #easily

28
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confine yourself to (doing) sth

A

restrict, restrain, limit,

keep

29
Q

leave sb with sth

A

if an event, accident, illness etc
leaves you in a particular condition, you are in that
condition because of it

30
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scarcely=

A

barely, hardly #fully

31
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the workings of sth=

A

the way that an organization,

machine or organism operates

32
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define=

A

describe, state, explain

33
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dub=

A

call, name, label

34
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leading=

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famous, outstanding, well-known

35
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regardless of

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irrespective of, despite,
notwithstanding, no matter, in spite of, apart from
#considering

36
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bring back

A

to start to use something again that was

used in the past

37
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stunt=

A

something that is done to attract people’s

attention, especially in advertising or politics

38
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unmechanised=

A

not performed with machines or

involving machines

39
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tribal=

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far, remote, distant

40
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campaigner=

A

activist, supporter, promoter