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Rebellious /rɪˈbeliəs/ adjective
refusing to obey rules because you do not like
authority
a
rebellious teenager
Talk /tɔːk/ noun
Word partners for talk (noun)
have a talk • a talk with sb • a talk about sth
• a long / serious talk
TO A GROUP [ C ] when someone speaks to a group of people about a
particular subject
Someone's coming to
the school to give a talk about road safety.
Lecture 1 /ˈlektʃə r / noun [ C ]
1 TEACHING [ EDUCATION ] a formal talk given to
a group of people in order to teach them about a subject
We went to a lecture
on Italian art.
Do you know who's giving
the lecture this afternoon?
Memorable /ˈmem ə rəbl/ adjective
If an occasion is memorable, you will remember it for
a long time because it is so good.
a memorable performance
a memorable evening
memorably
adverb
drought /draʊt/ noun [ C , U ]
a long period when there is no rain and people do not
have enough water
A severe drought
ruined the crops.
/ɪgˈzæmɪn/
climate /ˈklaɪmət/ noun
Word partners for climate
create a climate of
[fear/trust, etc] • in a climate • in the
current / in the present climate • the political / social climate
1 WEATHER [ ENVIRONMENT , GEOGRAPHY ] [ C , U ]
the weather conditions that an area usually has
a hot, dry climate
plague /pleɪg/ noun [ C ]
1 [ HEALTH ] a serious disease that spreads
quickly and kills a lot of people
a large number of something unpleasant that causes a
lot of damage
a
plague of rats
hemisphere /ˈhemɪsfɪər/ noun [ C ]
[ GEOGRAPHY ] one half of the Earth
birds of the
northern hemisphere
/ɪˈfekt/
varnish /ˈvɑːnɪʃ/
noun [ C , U ]
a clear liquid that you paint onto wood to protect it
and make it shine
/ˈθɪəri/
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Debris
Hail Stones
Slush
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dry (sth) out phrasal verb to become dry, or to make something
become dry
catastrophe
/kəˈtæstrəfi/
noun [ C , U ]
an extremely bad event that causes a lot of suffering
or destruction
After the drought,
the country is facing environmental catastrophe.
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