nutmeg - a valuable spice Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
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valuable
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important, beneficial, worthy #worthless
2
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evergreen
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does not lose its leaves in winter
3
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native to
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local
4
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indigenous,
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local
5
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aboriginal,
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local
6
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branch
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divide
7
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dense=
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thick,
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foliage=
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leaves
9
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tough=
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not easily broken or made weaker
10
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oval=
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ovate, egg-shaped
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pale=
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pallid, faint, weak #strong
12
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encase sth in sth=
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cover, enclose, wrap #uncover
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fleshy=
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having a soft thick inner part
14
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husk=
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shell, pod, covering #kernel
15
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ripe=
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fully grown, mature
16
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split into=
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divide, separate, break up, #united
17
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ridge=
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edge, point
18
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shiny=
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glossy, gleaming, sparkly
19
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seed=
A
hạt
20
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lacy=
A
làm bằng ren (lace)
21
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crimson=
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deep red in colour
22
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aril=
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an extra seed covering, typically coloured and
hairy or fleshy
23
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former=
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previous, past, earlier, prior
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latter=
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last, later, final #former, previous
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prized=
extremely important or valuable to someone
26
costly=
exorbitant, expensive
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ingredient=
element, component, part, item, thing
28
cuisine=
food, cooking
29
flavouring=
substance used to give something a
| particular flavour or increase its flavour
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medicinal=
used for treating medical problems
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preservative=
```
conserving, preserving, protective
#destructive
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32
agent=
a chemical or substance that is used for a
| particular purpose or that has a particular effect
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exclusive=
sole, limited #partial
34
importer=
a person, company, or country that buys
goods from other countries so they can be sold in
their own country
35
merchant=
wholesaler, trader, dealer
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be based in sth
to have your main place of work,
| business etc in a particular place
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reveal=
reveal= tell, expose, disclose #conceal
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commodity=
product, goods
39
dominance of
supremacy, domination, control,
| power, ascendency #weakness
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exploit=
use, utilize, make use of, take advantage of
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precious=
valuable, treasurable, priceless #worthless
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be in danger of (doing) sth
risk, threat, hazard,
| endangerment #safety
43
subcontract sth to sb
if a company subcontracts
work, they pay other people to do part of their work for
them
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distribution=
supply, spreading, delivery
45
flow into sth
run, pour, flood
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commercial=
business-related, for-profit #charitable
47
fleet=
a group of ships, or all the ships in a navy
48
swiftly=
quickly, speedily, rapidly #slowly
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fall under=
to be influenced or affected by
| something
50
lock sb out of sth=
to prevent a person or
organization from having or being able to take part
in something
51
soar=
climb, rocket, rise, increase, #decrease,
| drop, plummet
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fight back=
to work hard to achieve or oppose
something, especially in a situation where you are
losing
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found=
start, create, establish, set up #close
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corporation=
company, business, firm, organization
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plague=
disease, epidemic, pandemic, illness
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contagious=
transmissible, transmittable, infectious
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desperate=
anxious, worried, frantic, hopeless #calm
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spare no expense to do sth=
to spend as much
money or do everything necessary to make
something really good or successful
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insist on
require, enforce, oblige
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neutral=
unbiased, impartial #biased
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troop=
crowd, flock, group
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unprotected=
defenseless, inseure, vulnerable
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invader=
attacker, assailant, intruder
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take over=
take control, take charge, come to power
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concentrate=
collect, mass, assemble #disperse
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guarded=
secured, protected, watched
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uproot
deracinate, pull up, dig up #plant
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plantation=
farm, agricultural estate, cultivated area
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seedling=
sprout, sapling, plantlet
70
proper=
appropriate, suitable, apt.
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authority=
permission, license, mandate
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fertile=
able to produce babies, young animals, or
| new plants #infertile
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obstacle=
problem, difficulty, hindrance
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domination=
power, control, authority, supremacy,
| government
75
sliver=
a small pointed or thin piece that has been cut
| or broken off something
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under the control of sb=
the power to make the
decisions about how a country, place, company etc is
organized or what it does
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arrive at a decision/solution/compromise etc=
to reach a decision, solution etc after a lot of effort
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compromise=
arrangement, agreement, deal
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settlement=
resolution, conclusion, decision,
| agreement
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treaty=
agreement, accord, pact, truce
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intent on=
to be determined to do something or
| achieve something
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in turn=
as a result of something
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monopoly
if a company or government has a
monopoly of a business or political activity, it has
complete control of it so that other organizations
cannot compete with it
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smuggle
to take something or someone illegally
| from one country to another
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off the coast=
the area where the land meets the sea
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thrive
= flourish, grow well #fail
87
grove
plantation, copse, a piece of land with trees
| growing on it
88
seize
capture, conquer, take control of, take
| over
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transplant
relocate, resettle, uproot
