Unit12. The living world

Question 1

Overcast

Answer 1

nublado

It’s overcast today; I hope it doesn’t rain.

Question 2

jape

/dʒeɪp/

Answer 2

broma

Question 3

Suspect

progress

Answer 3

As verb both has the stress on the second syllable

As noun on the fisrt

Question 4

To assume

Answer 4

Assumption (suposición, asunción, supuesto,… )

Asumir, consejurar

Question 5

Behaviour

Answer 5

To behave

Comportamiento//comportarse, …

Question 6

VERBS

Apologise

Communicate

Conclude

Convince

Describe

Perform

Propose

Prosper

Response

Answer 6

NOUNS

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Question 7

NOUNS

Assumption

Behaviour

Combination

Evolution

Explanation

Progress

Response

Answer 7

VERBS

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Question 8

VERBS/NOUNS

Contest

Convict

Increase

Insult

Export

Present

Produce

Progress

Protest

Rebel

Refuse

Reject

Answer 8

Pronunciation

Question 9

firm=business=company=enterprice

Answer 9

empresa

Question 10

make=manufacture=produce = fabricate= construct=

Answer 10

Fabricar

Question 11

To what extend are …?

Answer 11

hasta qué punto …?

Question 12

relevant

Answer 12

relevante, pertinente

Question 13

literally

Answer 13

literalmente, seguro

Question 14

All over Australia

Answer 14

en toda Australia

Question 15

Climate change

Question 16

Global warming

Question 17

the ice caps continue melting at th current rate

Question 18

to poors harvests

Question 19

ca be ruined

Question 20

heat wave

Question 21

that’s really worrying

Answer 21

preocupante, angustiante …

Question 22

breathing problems

Question 23

If the price of oil goes on rising

Question 24

consumption

Question 25

drought

Question 26

drought

Answer 26

sequía

Question 27

flood

Answer 27

inundación

Question 28

insurance costs

Question 29

farmland =

Answer 29

tierra de cultivo, labranza ...

Question 30

cash crops =

Answer 30

cultivos comerciales

Question 31

exhaust fumes =

Answer 31

gases de escape

Question 32

vehicle emissions

Question 33

river banks

Answer 33

orillas, riberas

Question 34

oil rig =

Answer 34

plataforma petrolifer

Question 35

fuel shortage

Answer 35

falta de fuel

Question 36

breathing difficulties

Question 37

water shortage

Question 38

pose =

Answer 38

aparanter, pose, ... plantear (ask a question)

Question 39

Whereas

Answer 39

mientras que ... (formal al principio de un doc...) Considerando que Whereas the defendant is now dead, there is little reason to proceed with the case.

Question 40

Millions of people can starve to death

Question 41

starve =

Answer 41

pasar hambre ( morir de hambre )

Question 42

long-term =

Answer 42

a largo plazo, en el largo plazo, ...

Question 43

Friend

Answer 43

Befriend (hacerse amigo) friendship Friendliness Unfriendliness friendly (amable, amigable) unfriendly (arisco, antipático, frío)

Question 44

Friendship//friendliness

Answer 44

amistad

Question 45

unfriendliness

Answer 45

Hostilidad

Question 46

befriend

Answer 46

hacerse amigo

Question 47

friendly unfriendly

Answer 47

amable, amigable antiático, arisco

Question 48

helper helpful//unhelpful helpfulness//helplessness helpless helpfully/unhelpfully helplessly

Answer 48

Ayudante Útil//inútil Utilidad, buena voluntad//impotencia, incapacidad Impotente, desamparado Amablemente, útilmente//sin dar ayuda con impotencia (impotentemente, desamparadamente)

Question 49

Knowledge knowledgeable Knowing//unknowing Knowingly//unknowingly unknown//unknowable Knowledgeably knowable

Answer 49

Conocimiento Culto, concedor cómplice, astuto// ignorante, inconsciente astutamente, a sabiendas//inconscientemente desconocido//misterioso Con conocimiento de causa conocible

Question 50

assignment

Answer 50

encargo, trabajo, deberes

Question 51

strict

Answer 51

estricto, preciso ...

Question 52

immediately

Answer 52

inmediatamente, de inmediato

Question 53

consumption

Answer 53

consumo, utilización tuberculosis

Question 54

receive

Answer 54

recibir, conseguir, lograr

Question 55

consciousness-raising

Answer 55

concienciación

Question 56

Provide Provide for

Answer 56

proveer, aportar, producir, proporcionar Mantener (ej: familia)

Question 57

supply

Answer 57

suministrar, abastecer de, proveer de ...

Question 58

instantly

Answer 58

al instante, inmediatamente, en el acto

Question 59

measure

Answer 59

medida (cantidad, ley, aspecto, sopesar) (como en castellano, todas las acepciones de medida)

Question 60

range

Answer 60

variedad, gama, rango * They have a nice range of cheeses at the store. oscilar * The possible values range from five to fifty. cordillera, cadena (montañosa) * There is a pass through the mountain range a few kilometres north of here.

Question 61

immigrants

Answer 61

inmigrantes

Question 62

process

Answer 62

proceso, procedimiento

Question 63

due

Answer 63

programado, pagadero, previsto /// debido

Question 64

exponentially /ˌekspəʊˈnenʃlɪ/

Answer 64

exponencialmente, potencialmente This year's report is exponentially better than last year's.

Question 65

neighbourhood

Answer 65

barrio, colonio, vecindad, local * This neighborhood has several good restaurants.

Question 66

household=

Answer 66

domestico, familiar, de la casa

Question 67

get around

Answer 67

viajar con frecuancia * I certainly get around in my job. moverse bastante

Question 68

certainly

Answer 68

Desde luego, definitivamente, verdaderamente

Question 69

At rest

Answer 69

En resposo, descansado, inmóvil, quieto

Question 70

Edible =

Answer 70

comestible

Question 71

spate

Answer 71

avalancha , aluvión ...

Question 72

finding =

Answer 72

hallazgo , descubrimiento

Question 73

slow down =

Answer 73

frenar