EnglishE2 Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
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Farm land

A

Arable

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2
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To withdraw from a situation in order to consider it objectively

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To step back

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3
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To restrain

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To curb

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4
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To increase in amount

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To ramp up

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5
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To isolate

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To sequester

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6
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Making new discoveries

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Groundbreaking

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7
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Real, exactly what it appears to be

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Genuine

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8
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The regular way in which something happens or is done

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Pattern

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9
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The act of making a piece of machinery more powerful

A

Upgrade

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10
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A plan or system for doing or organizing something

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Scheme

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11
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A strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people

A

Bias

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12
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The act of stopping something from continuing in the normal way

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Disruption

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13
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Working in a office

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White collar

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14
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To emphasize something

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To highlight

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15
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Gradually at different times and often in différent way

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Piecemeal

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16
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All the people who work for a particular company

17
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Operated from a distance with a device

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Remote controlled

18
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The sound a rotating fan makes

A

Whirring sound

19
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The movement of an aircraft up and down in the air

20
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Area where a pilot sits to pilot a plane

21
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To direct/pilot a drone

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To steer a drone

22
Q

Incredible ability

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Amazing capability

23
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To travail in a véhicule

24
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To stay in the air in one place

25
Part of a spacecraft that can be separated from the main part
Pod
26
To move something forward
To propel
27
Rails that a train moves along
Track
28
A Space that is completely empty of all substances
Vacuum
29
To move smoothly and quietly
To glide
30
Economic development
Sustainable development
31
The trapping of the sun’s warmth in the Earth’s lower atmosphère
Greenhouse effect
32
A gradual increase in the overall température
Global warming
33
A natural fuel
Fossil fuels
34
Wind turbines
Wind farm
35
Solar panels
Solar farm
36
A device which detects a physical property
Sensor
37
Something that is dangerous
Hazard
38
Something unpleasant
Threat
39
To pick and collect crops or plants
To harvest