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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

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

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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.