ˌmale ˈchauvinist noun [countable]
a man who believes that men are better than women and
has fixed traditional ideas about the way men and women should behave – used to
show disapproval
I’m afraid
Bill’s a bit of a male chauvinist.
male chauvinist pig (=an insulting name for a male
chauvinist)
—male chauvinism noun [uncountable]
con‧ges‧tion /kənˈdʒestʃən/ ●○○ noun
[uncountable]
1 the problem of too much traffic in a place
Councillors are
looking at ways to reduce traffic congestion in the town centre.
ep‧i‧dem‧ic /ˌepəˈdemɪk◂/ ●●○ noun [countable]
Over 500 people
died during last year’s flu epidemic.
epidemic of
an epidemic of
cholera
starv‧a‧tion /stɑːˈveɪʃən $ stɑːr-/ noun
1 [uncountable] suffering or death caused by lack of
food → hunger
people dying of
starvation
a‧sep‧tic /eɪˈseptɪk, ə-/ adjective
technical
a wound that is aseptic is completely clean without
any harmful bacteria OPP infected
an‧ti‧bi‧ot‧ic /ˌæntɪbaɪˈɒtɪk◂ $ -ˈɑː-/ ●○○ noun [countable
usually plural]
a drug that is used to kill bacteria and cure
infections
p. 34
birth rate control
fam‧ine /ˈfæmɪn/ ●○○ noun [countable, uncountable]
a situation in which a large number of people have
little or no food for a long time and many people die
the great
potato famine in Ireland
severe/widespread famine
Widespread
famine had triggered a number of violent protests.
A million
people are facing famine.
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