Vocabulary race Unit 2 Environment
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 387.
1. detached house - not joined to another house
2. suburb -an area or town near a large city but away from its centre, where there are many houses, especially for middle-class people
3. access to sth - the right or opportunity to have or use something
4. transport connections
5. rush hour
6. mindless vandalism
7. on the edge
8. open spaces
9. to live in the countryside/in the country/in a rural area
10. traffic congestion - a situation in which a place is crowded with vehicles, so that it is difficult to move around
11. stunning views
12. abandoned vehicles
13. to dump –to get rid from
14. litter
15. rubbish
16. to annoy
17. findings
18. to reveal- to let sth become known, for example a secret or information that was previously not known
19. issue- a subject that people discuss or argue about, especially relating to society, politics etc.
20. to cause anxiety- to make someone feel worried
21. to be designed to do
22. to be concerned about- to feel worried, nervous and anxious
23. to rank–ранг в списке
24. to be dissatisfied with
25. to complain to smb
26. to develop immunity to
27. to be synonymous with
28. lack of consideration -to show disrespect to other people's feelings
29. to tackle -try todeal with a problem or difficulty
30. priority
31. to boast of/about- хвастаться
32. cub- детеныш
33. to encroach on/upon -to gradually cover more and more of an area of land
34. environmentalist- эколог
35. to face sth / to be faced with
36. fast- голод
37. fight against
38. to force smb to do
39. false impression
40. irreversible- impossible to change or bring back a previous condition or situation
41. joint- involving two or more people, or done by them together
42. likelihood
43. marine
44. prey-добыча
45. at rate– со скоростью
46. reclaimed land –осушенные земли
47. to rely on
48. to retreat- отходить
49. significant- значительный
50. to spot- заметить
51. to shrink- уменьшиться
52. survival chances
53. to be susceptible to– быть восприимчивым к
54. to thrive- to become very successful, happy, or healthy
55. to vanish- to disappear in a sudden and mysterious way
56. beneath
57. magma chamber
58. to cool off
59. to constitute- to form or make something
60. constraints- ограничения
61. crust -кора
62. deliberately- намеренно
63. dimension
64. to erupt
65. to exert pressure on
66. lava flows
67. geyser
68. headquarters- штаб
69. hot spot
70. hot spring
71. molten
72. pattern of behaviour
73. pensively- задумчиво
74. plume- a long narrow cloud of dust, smoke etc that moves upwards
75. precursor- предшественник
76. to preserve- сохранять
77. relatively- относительно
78. reservoir
79. rim- обод
80. to solidify- застывать
81. surface uplift