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a drag
informal
a) something or someone that is boring
- Don’t be such a drag! Come to the party.
b) something that is annoying and continues for a long
time
- It’s a real drag having to travel so far to work
every day.
slaughter /ˈslɔːtə $ ˈslɒːtər/ ●○○ verb
[transitive]
1 to kill an animal, especially for its meat
2 to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way
SYN butcher
- Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered
by government troops.
food for thought
something that makes you think carefully
- The teacher’s advice certainly gave me food for
thought.
Check the mediation activity on Environment in Aula
Virtual
Walrus
jaw /dʒɔː/
ˈtipping point noun
[countable]
the moment when one particular result of a process
becomes the most likely one, after a period when the result is not sure.
morals all of the basic ideas that a
person or group of people has about what is morally good and right
- The man has no morals at all.
- He felt that society's morals were declining, as
shown by increases in public drunkenness and violence.
pneu‧mo‧ni‧a
/njuːˈməʊniə/
di‧a‧be‧tes /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/
stroke
conservationist /ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃənɪst $
ˌkɑːnsər-/ noun [countable]
someone who works to protect animals, plants etc or to
protect old buildings
Reforestation is the re-growing of forests that have
previously been cut down using tree species that are native to the geographic area.
Deforestation is the clearing of trees, transforming a wooded
area into cleared land. The first step in turning the wilderness into a
shopping center is deforestation. You can see the word forest in deforestation.
The prefix de- means "remove" and the suffix -ation signals the act
or state of.
COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & VERBS
obey the law
Citizens have a duty to obey the law.
break the law (=do something illegal)
Is the company breaking the law?
pass a law
become law (=officially be made a law)
For a bill to become law, it must be approved by both
Houses of Parliament.
make laws
Part of the function of Parliament is to make laws.
introduce a law
In 1989,
a new law was introduced to protect the Polish language.
enforce a law (=make people obey a law)
It is the job of the police to enforce the law.
tusk /tʌsk/ noun [countable]
one of a pair of very long pointed teeth, that stick
out of the mouth of animals such as elephants
poacher /ˈpəʊtʃə $ ˈpoʊtʃər/ noun
[countable]
1 someone who illegally catches or shoots animals,
birds, or fish, especially on private land without permission
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