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| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la contaminación | pollution |
| el desperdicio | waste |
| la electricidad | electricity |
| la escasez | shortage (not falta) |
| la fábrica | factory |
| el gobierno | government |
| el pesticida | pesticide |
| el petróleo | oil (not aceite) |
| la pila | battery |
| la protección | protection |
| el recipiente | container |
| el recurso natural | natural resource |
| el veneno | poison |
| contaminado, -a | polluted |
| debido a | due to |
| económico, -a | economical |
| grave | serious (not serio) |
| químico, -a | chemical (adj.) |
| suficiente | enough (not basta, bastante) |
| agotar(se) | to exhaust, run out (possible reflexive) |
| amenazar | to threaten |
| castigar | to punish |
| colocar | to put, place (not poner) |
| conservar | to preserve |
| crecer (c-zc) | to grow |
| dañar | to damage |
| depender de | to depend on (with prep.) |
| deshacerse de | to get rid of (with prep.) |
| desperdiciar | to waste |
| echar | to throw (away) (not arrojar, tirar) |
| estar a cargo de | to be in charge of (not encargarse) (with prep.) |
| fomentar | to encourage |
| limitar | to limit |
| promover (o-ue) | to promote |
| tomar medidas | to take steps |
| tan pronto como | as soon as (not en cuanto) |
| en cuanto | as soon as (not tan pronto como) |