Thursday, February 25, 2016

C1 24-25/2/16

p. 88
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
2 a plague of sth
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/

Morpeth Floods BBC Inside Out
Debris
Hail Stones
Slush
Diff lock

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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