Unit 2 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Pollute
Contaminate
Make the condition of sth worse
Degrade
Reduce the amount of sth
Deplate
Become worse
Deteriorate
Damage sth badly or completely
Devastate
Enforce (law)
Implement
Water land or crops
Irrigate
Enable a plant to produce seeds
Pollinate
I don’t care
I don’t give a hoot
He is very lively this evening
He is very chirpy this evening
To start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in more severe way
To crack down on
To give sth to each of a number of people
Hand out sth
To finish a supply of sth
Use up
To do or use less of sth
Cut down on
To destroy sth completely
Wipe out
To have to deal with a problem
Come up against
To become less common and finally stop existing
Die out
Be the same as
To add up to
Amount to
Abstain; to temporary stop being involved in an activity or situation in order to think about it in a new way
Step back
To destroy a large part of sth
Decimate
Liquid - changing into gas
Feelings - slowly disappearing
Evaporate
To develop and change gradually over a long period of time
Evolve from
To increase quickly and spread to many different places
Proliferate
Containing or consisting of salt
Saline