English Flashcards

(143 cards)

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dubbelzinnig

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unequivocal

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onjuist, onnauwkeurig

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to be inaccurate

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bedrog

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a hoax

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4
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bedriegen

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to hoax

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koolstofuitstoot

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carbon emission

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uitstoten

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to emit

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in de steek laten

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to abandon

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onweerlegbaar

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to be irrefutable

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gebrekkerig

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flawed

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een gebrek

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a flaw

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een voorspelling

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a forecast

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onthullen

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to reveal

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schatting

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an estimate

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schatten

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to estimate

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misrekening

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a miscalulation

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koraalrif

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a reef

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prachtig

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to be stunning

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adembenemend

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to be breathtaking

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jaarlijks

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annual(ly)

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bijspringen, uit de nood helpen

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to help out with something

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vernieling

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destruction

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vernielen

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to destruct

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minimaliseren

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to minimise

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behouden

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to preserve

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prachtig
magnificent
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zwoegen
to struggle
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herstellen
to recover
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verbeteren
to improve
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een probleem aanpakken
to adress a problem
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toegang
acces
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toegangelijk
accessible
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een soort (van bv. een dier)
a species
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uitgeroeid zijn
to become extinct
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beperken
to reduce
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blijkbaar
apparently
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het is ongewoon
to be uncommon
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bedreigd
endangered
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in gevaar brengen
to endanger
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overtuigen
to persuade
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aanpassen
to adapt
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verward raken in iets
to be tangled in
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een nier
a kidney
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gewurgd worden
to be strangled
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hangen
to hang
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ontbinden
to decompose
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vee
livestock
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dwingend
to be compelling
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grof / vies
to be gross
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een smaak
a flavour
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a period of 10 yrs
a decade
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to make possible
to enable
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beschikbaarheid
availability
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beschikbaar zijn
to be available
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verdamping
evaporation
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vochtigheid
humidity
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vochtig zijn
to be humid
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verdampen
to evaporate
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bevochtigen
to humidify
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bijdragen
to contribute
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bijdraging
a contribution
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de bijdrager
a contributor
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zuur
acid
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zuurtegraad
acidity
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smelten
to melt
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gletsjer
a glacier
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zich ophopen
to accumulate
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verminderen
to decrease
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afnemen
to diminish
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bedreigen
to threaten
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volhouden, doorzetten
to persist
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to feel good, alright
to be right as rain
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to make more environmentally friendly decisions
to go green
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to keep something i.e money for a time when needed
to save it for a rainy day
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there is something good in every bad situation
every cloud has a silver lining
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someone who is your friend only when you're in a good situation and who doesn't support you in difficult times
to have a fair weather friend
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to be a small amount, especially when compared to a much larger one
to be a drop in the ocean
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to refuse an offer in a polite way
to take a rain check
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ebola (deadly disease caused by a virus)
ebola
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het KMI
meteorological department
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cholera (infectious disease that causes watery diarrhoea)
cholera
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doorweekt zijn
to be soaked
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infectie
an infection
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orkaan
a hurricane
84
slachtoffer
a casualty
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overstroming
a flood
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woestijn
a desert
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lawine
an avalanche
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briesje
a breeze
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tyfoon
a typhoon
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vulkaanuitbarsting
volcanic eruption
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vulkaan
a volcano
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onweer
a thunderstorm
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hagelbui
a hailstorm
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een trilling
a tremor
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een slachtoffer (still alive)
a victim
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naschok
aftershock
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stortvloed
a deluge
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zeebeving
a seaquake
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stortvloed
a torrent
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schaal van richter
Richter scale
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hoogtij
high tide
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nasleep
aftermath
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instorten
to collapse
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sterfgeval
fatality
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dodental
death toll
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totaal verwoesten
to devastate
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verwoesting
devastation
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stortbui
downpour
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droogleggen
to drain
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vernietigen
to ruin
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dijk
embankment
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beving
seismic disturbance
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aardverschuiving
landslide
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regenseizoen
monsoon
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modderstorm
mudslide
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uitbraak
outbreak
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brokstukken
debris
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besmetting
infestation
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besmet zijn door
infested by
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rijp
white frost
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rubberboot
rubber dinghy
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verwonde
wounded
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vlammenzee
blaze / inferno
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hongersnood
famine
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evacuatie
evacuation
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hittegolf
heatwave
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tsunami
tsunami
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droogte
drought
129
sneeuwstorm
blizzard
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harde wind
gale
131
tornado
tornado
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aarbeving
earthquake
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overstroming (fancy word)
inundiation
134
epicentrum ( van de aarbeving )
epicenter
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epidemie
epidemic
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hittegolf
heat spell
137
bosbrand
forest fire
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hongersnood
starvation
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verhongeren
to starve
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besmetting, vervuiling
contamination
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besmetten
to contaminate
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periode van grote droogte
dry spell
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ijzel (op het wegdek)
black ice