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The Environment
Life pre intermediate Unit 5
Term | Definition |
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cardboard | Thick, stiff paper used for boxes |
pen | Object for writing with ink |
dictionary | Book, website, or app defining words |
plastic | Light, strong material for everyday objects |
glass | Solid material allowing light through, used for windows |
scissors | Tool with two blades for cutting paper or material |
sculpture | Art object made from wood, stone, or plastic |
leather | Animal skin used for clothes, belts, bags |
metal | Solid, hard material like iron or steel |
wood | Material from trees for furniture |
few | Small number with countable nouns |
recycle | Reuse items in special factories |
little | Very small quantity with uncountable nouns |
resell | Sell bought items without changes |
rubbish | Discarded items |
electronics | Equipment like TVs and computers using electronic parts |
safely | Without harm or damage |
about | Approximately, not exactly a specific number |
jar | Glass container for food like jam or honey |
collect | To gather and keep something |
drop | A very small amount of liquid |
nearly | Slightly less than a specific number or amount |
exactly | Precisely, not more or less than a number or amount |
net | cloth with holes |
fog | Thick cloud near the ground |
over | Slightly more than a specific number or amount |
pipe | Tube for carrying water, gas, or oil from one place to another |
fountain | Stream of water going upwards and then down |
freeze | To become hard due to extreme cold |
tower | Very tall building or structure |
melt | To turn into liquid due to heat |
cause | To make something happen or exist |
crew | Group of people working on a ship or plane |
pollution | Chemicals and smoke damaging air, rivers, and land |
environmentalist | Person caring for and protecting the environment |
survive | Continue living despite difficult conditions |
giant | Extremely big |
knot | 1. firm tie in a rope or other strand. 2. Speed measurement for a ship |
length | Distance from one end to the other |
expectation | Belief about what will happen |
delay | Postponement of an event to a later time |
wave | Moving line of raised water on the sea |
confirmation | Statement confirming something as certain |
weight | Measure of how heavy someone or something is |
hold | Being connected by phone and waiting to speak |
available | Ready for use without waiting |
Cancel | To decide that an event will not happen |
Expect | To believe something will happen or arrive |
Delighted | Extremely happy about something |
Refund | Money given back for a returned or faulty item |
Delighted | feeling great pleasure and joy |
Reply | To respond or give an answer |
Correspondence | Letters or emails exchanged between people or organizations |
Require | to need |
Stock | Goods available for sale in a shop or company |
Order | A request for something to be made, supplied, or delivered |
Inform | Officially tell someone about something |
Supplier | Person or company providing goods to customers |
Apologize | To express regret or say sorry for something wrong |
Garbage | American term for rubbish |
Goat | Animal similar to a sheep, kept for milk and meat |
Assistance | Help or support given to someone |
Local | Existing or happening in a small area close by |
Narrator | person telling the story (not involved in the action or related to characters) |
Provide | To give or make something available for someone |
Trash | American term for rubbish |
Reduce | To make something smaller in amount or size |
Rooftop | Upper part of the outside of a building's roof |
take | sometimes used to express an action, described by a noun. eg take a seat , take care , take a shower, take a photo |