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unit8-10 R Flashcards

1
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Different from what is usual or traditional

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Alternative

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2
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Fuel produced from plant material

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Biofuel

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3
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A type of oil made from a variety of rapeseed that can be used for cooking or as a biofuel

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Canola oil

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The amount of energy that a person or organization uses in order to exist or operate

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Carbon footprint

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5
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Not producing carbon emissions

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Carbon neutral

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To get information or advice from a person, book, etc. with special knowledge on a particular subject

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Consult

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The amount of something that someone uses, eats, or drinks

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Consumption

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If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge’s decision, or a legal case

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Contest

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A company that is owned and managed by the people who work in it

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Cooperative

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The power that comes from electricity, gas, etc.

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Energy

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A substance that is burned to provide heat or power

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Fuel

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Electricity produced by the force of fast moving water such as rivers or waterfalls

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Hydroelectricity

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13
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A liquid fuel used in cars

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Petrol

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14
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Damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste

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Pollution

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15
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When you make or grow something

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Production

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16
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Solar energy

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Solar power

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17
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Where something comes from

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Source

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18
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A machine with long parts at the top that are turned by the wind, used to make electricity

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Wind turbine

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19
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Art involves shapes and colors and not images of real things or people

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Abstract

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20
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Relating to beauty and the way something looks

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Aesthetic

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21
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Art, music, etc. that is new and unusual in style

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Avant-garde

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22
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Ordinary and not exciting

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Banal

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23
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Beautiful writing, often created with a special pen or brush

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Calligraphy

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24
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A wooden or metal structure on wheels that is used for carrying things

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Cart

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To say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it

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Claim

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Producing or using original and unusual ideas

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Creative

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27
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Made to look attractive

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Decorative

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28
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To say or write what someone or something is like

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Describe

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29
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To talk about something with someone and tell each other your ideas or opinions

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Discuss

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30
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Accepted or respected because of having existed for a long period of time

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Established

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Art shows people, places, or things in a similar way to how they look in real life

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Figurative

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Someone who is extremely intelligent or extremely good at doing something

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Genius

33
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To draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc. or to put pictures, photographs, etc. in a book, magazine, etc.

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Illustrate

34
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A machine that produces a strong beam of light that has medical and technical uses or a beam of light produced by a machine like this

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Laser

35
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Something looks real

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Lifelike

36
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Relating to or operated by machines

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Mechanical

37
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A part of a piece of equipment that does a particular job

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Mechanism

38
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Very large

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Monumental

39
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Causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy

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Moving

40
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Only influenced by facts and not by feelings

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Objective

41
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Poems in general as a form of literature

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Poetry

42
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Plates, bowls, etc. that are made from clay, or the activity or skill of making things out of clay

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Pottery

43
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To show that something is true

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Prove

44
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Someone who makes sculpture

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Sculptor

45
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A piece of art that is made from stone, wood, clay, etc. or the process of making objects like this

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Sculpture

46
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Able to move by its own power

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Self-propelled

47
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A quicker way or getting somewhere or doing something

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Shortcut

48
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Used to refer to a particular thing and not something general

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Specific

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To divide into smaller parts or groups, or to divide something into smaller parts or groups

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Split

50
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A piece of curved or bent metal that can be pressed into a smaller space but then returns to its usual shape

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Spring

51
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Needing a lot of time

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Time-consuming

52
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The activity of making cloth by repeatedly crossing a single thread through two sets of long threads on a loom

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Weaving

53
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To gradually become less or worse

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Decline

54
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A group of people, for example customers, who are similar in age, social class, etc.

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Demographic (n.)

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Used to refer to changes in the number of births, marriages, deaths, etc. in a particular area during a period of time

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Demographic (adj.)

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A financial effect that something, especially something new, has on a situation or person

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Economic impact

57
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A more polite word for ‘old’, used to describe people

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Elderly

58
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To give a lot of attention to one particular person, subject or thing

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Focus on

59
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The set of services provided by a country or an organization for treating people who are ill

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Healthcare

60
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To feel that you are similar to someone in some way and that you can understand them or their situation because of this

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Identify with

61
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Using only a few words

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In brief

62
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Showing an obvious difference between two or more things

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In contrast

63
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It should be possible, but often it does not happen in that way

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In theory

64
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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 of ill

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Pension

65
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To keep someone or something safe from something dangerous or bad

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Protect

66
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A group of different things of the same general type

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Range

67
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To need a particular thing or the help and support of someone or something in order to continue, to work correctly, or succeed

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Rely on

68
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When you leave your job and stop working, usually because you are old

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Retirement

69
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When there is not enough of something

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Shortage

70
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Leisure activities that people do with others

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Social activities

71
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To describe briefly the important facts or characteristics of something or someone

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Sum up

72
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The number of people who are unemployed, or the state of being unemployed

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Unemployment

73
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All the people who work in a company, organization or country

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Workforce

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