unit8-10 L Flashcards

(74 cards)

1
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the total amount that can be contained or produced

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Capacity

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Something that is difficult and that tests someone’s ability or determination

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Challenge

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3
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Involving a lot of different but related parts

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Complex

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4
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The amount eaten or used

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Consumption

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5
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A wall built across a river that stops the river’s flow and collects the water, especially to make a reservoir that provides water for an area

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Dam

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6
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A part of something

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Element

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7
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Using little electricity, gas, etc.

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Energy-efficient

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8
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Not harmful to the environment

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Environmentally friendly

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9
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Relating to tests, especially scientific ones

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Experimental

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10
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The purpose of something or the particular responsibility of someone

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Function

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11
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The production of energy in a particular form

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Generation

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12
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A machine that produces electricity

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Generator

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13
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A rule or situation that limits something

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Limitation

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The work needed to keep a road, building, machine, etc. in good condition

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Maintenance

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A system or group of connected parts

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Network

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16
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A long tube inside which liquid or gas can move through

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Pipe

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A place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or other area

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Reservoir

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A rod forming part of a machine such as an engine, that turns in order to pass power on to the machine.

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Shaft

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A tall, narrow structure, often square of circular, which either forms part of a building or stands alone

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Tower

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20
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A type of machine through which liquid of gas flows and turns a special wheel with blades in order to produce power

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Turbine

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To study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it

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Analyze

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22
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To understand how good something or someone is and be able to enjoy them

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Appreciate

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23
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Strong in color or shape and therefore easy to notice

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Bold

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A combination of colors that has been chosen for a particular room

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Color scheme

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To make a comment
Comment
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The way that people or things are arranged in a painting or photograph
Composition
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The ability to produce new ideas or things using skill and imagination
Creativity
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When you say that something or someone is bad
Criticism
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Clear, transparent rock that is used in jewelry, or a piece of this
Crystal
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To arrange something somewhere so that people can see it
Display
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To concentrate
Focus
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Describes a pattern or arrangement that is made up of shapes such as squares, triangles, or rectangles
Geometric
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Writing or pictures painted on walls and public places, usually illegally
Graffiti
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Someone or something that gives you ideas for doing something
Inspiration
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Extreme or very strong
Intense
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To decide what the intended meaning of something is
Interpret
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A place where things, especially roads or railways, come together
Junction
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An underground system of holes and passages where people dig out coal or other minerals
Mine
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To refuse to accept or agree with something
Reject
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To take something or someone away from somewhere, or off something
Remove
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To repair and clean something old
Restore
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To allow something to be seen that, until then, had been hidden
Reveal
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Expression of your personality, emotions, or ideas
Self-expression
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Art in public spaces, usually refers to illegal art
Street art
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The crime of intentionally damaging property belonging to other people
Vandalism
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The process of becoming older
Ageing
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A relative who lived a long time ago
Ancestor
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Close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time
Approximately
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Something which a person or company owns which has a value
Asset
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To help
Assist
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To work together with someone in order to achieve the same aim
Cooperate
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An activity that is good value for the amount of money paid.
Cost-effective
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Someone who depends on you for financial support
Dependent
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To give all of something, especially your time, effort, love, or yourself, to something you believe in or to a person
Devote
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To give money or goods to help a person or organization
Donate
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The number of births in an area
Fertility rate
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A supply of money
Finance
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All the people in a society or family who are approximately the same age
Generation
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A family or group of people who live together in a house
Household
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To show that something exists or is likely to be true
Indicate
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The building where people are sent so they can be looked after
Institution
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The money that you put in a bank, business, etc. in order to make a profit
Investment
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Something expensive which is pleasant to have but is not necessary
Luxury
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A family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.
Nuclear family
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To take part in or become involved in an activity
Participate
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A sum of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who has stopped working because they are old or ill
Pension
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To allow something
Permit
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The condition of being extremely poor
Poverty
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A building or area of land
Property
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Something that it is your job or duty to deal with
Responsibility
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When you leave your job and stop working, usually because you are old
Retirement
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An occasion when people who have not met each other for a long time meet
Reunion
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To look after someone by paying for their food, clothes, etc.
Support
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Physical and mental health and happiness, especially of a person
Welfare