English Flashcards

(33 cards)

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nutrients

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any substance that an organism needs to live and grow

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to hoard

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to collect large amounts of something

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3
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take sth for granted

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to believe sth without questioning it

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4
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to overwhelm

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to be too much to deal with

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5
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quantity

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the amount of something

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6
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scientific research

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analysis, study

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7
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to repel

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to discourage, to force away something unwanted

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sustenance

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food or energy, support, feeding

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peculiar

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unusual, strange, unique

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10
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nurture

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to take care , to bring up, to raise someone

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juvenile

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relating to a young person, minor

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12
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domesticate

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to bring animals or plants under human control

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13
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ailments

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illnesses

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14
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reluctant

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not willing to do something

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15
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contempt

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a strong feeling of disliking and having no respect

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blunders

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beehive

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yeast

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superstition

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a belief not based on human reason or scientific knowledge

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to perpetuate

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to cause something to continue

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to threat

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docile

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obedient (posłuszny)

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distinctive

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distinguishing (charakterstyczny)

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conscious

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aware of something

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allowance
payment, financial support
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susceptible
vulnerable, sensitive
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persistence
endurance (wytrzymałość)
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a blight on something
curse, blast
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to evoke
to bring to mind
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significant
important, crucial
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to squeeze
press, squash
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obesity
fatness
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to enchance
to beautify, magnify, increase