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Wordlist-world issues, világunk problémái-szavak

 WORLD ISSUES

 

1.       developing world

The part of the world which is poor, and tries to make its industry and economic system more advanced

2.       change out of all recognition

to change so much that you can hardly recognize it

3.       gravity of the problem

extreme importance and a cause for worry SYN SERIOUSNESS:

4.       donate

to give money, food, clothes, etc. to sb/sth, especially a charity

5.       second hand goods

Used things

6.       proceeds

the money that you receive when you sell sth or organize a performance, etc.; profits

7.       subsequent

happening after sth else

8.       pledge money

you leave a sum of money with sb to prove that you will do sth or pay back money that you owe

9.       starve

to suffer or die because you do not have enough food to eat

10.   river burst its banks

river goes or moves somewhere suddenly with great force; it comes from its banks suddenly

11.   huts were washed away

(of water) to remove or carry small, simply built houses away to another place

12.   soil erosion

gradually destroying the surface of the top layer of the earth through the action of wind, rain, etc.

13.   People were buried alive by the earthquake

People were covered with soil, rocks etc while not dead because of a sudden, violent shaking of the earth's surface

14.   Forest fire

Burning of a large area of land that is thickly covered with trees

15.   Blackened

Sg becoming black

16.   Be ablaze

burning quickly and strongly

17.   Crackle

to make short sharp sounds like sth that is burning in a fire

18.   Smoulder

to burn slowly without a flame

19.   Drought

a long period of time when there is little or no rain

20.   The hurricane struck

a violent storm with very strong winds, especially in the western Atlantic Ocean, happened suddenly and had a harmful or damaging effect on sb/sth

21.   Evacuate

to move people from a place of danger to a safer place

22.   abduct

to take sb away illegally, especially using force SYN KIDNAP

23.   Famine-sticken area

part of a place, town, etc., or a region of a country or the world which suffers from a lack of food during a long period of time

24.   Malnutrition

a poor condition of health caused by a lack of food or a lack of the right type of food

25.   Starvation

the state of suffering and death caused by having no food

26.   Undernourishment

in bad health because of a lack of food or a lack of the right type of food SYN MALNOURISHED

27.   Villages are cut off

to block very small towns situated in a country area; to prevent people from leaving or reaching these places or communicating with people outside them

28.   Epidemic

a large number of cases of a particular disease happening at the same time in a particular community

29.   Rising sea level

going upwards / reaching a higher level of the average height of the sea/ocean

30.   Ceasefire

a time when enemies agree to stop fighting, usually while a way is found to end the fighting permanently SYN TRUCE

31.   Exploitation

a situation in which sb treats sb else in an unfair way, especially in order to make money from their work

32.   Agree to sg

to say 'yes'; to say that you will do what sb wants or that you will allow sth to happen SYN CONSENT

33.   Invasion

the act of an army entering another country by force in order to take control of it

34.   Occupation

the act of moving into a country, town, etc. and taking control of it using military force; the period of time during which a country, town, etc. is controlled in this way

35.   Spend a disproportionate amount on sg.

to give too much money to pay for sg. when compared with sth else

36.   Contribute to sg

 to be one of the causes of sth

37.   Ethnic conflict

a situation in which people belonging to a nation, race or tribe that shares a cultural tradition are involved in a serious disagreement or argument

38.   Stabilise the economy

to become or to make the relationship between production, trade and the supply of money  become firm, steady and unlikely to change; to make it STABLE

39.   Resort to sg

to make use of sth, especially sth bad, as a means of achieving sth, often because there is no other possible solution

40.   Devaluation of the currency by

to reduce the value of the money of one country when it is exchanged for the money of another country  OPP REVALUE

41.   Interfere in sg

to get involved in and try to influence a situation that does not concern you, in a way that annoys other people

42.   Civil war

a war between groups of people in the same country

43.   Send arms

weapons, especially as used by the army, navy or air force taken to a place

44.   Rebel forces

people who fight against the government of their country

45.   Dispose of sg

to get rid of sb/sth that you do not want or cannot keep

46.   Waste product

a useless material or substance produced while making sth else

47.   Commodity

a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold, especially between countries

48.   Burden of foreign debt

responsibility, etc. that causes worry, difficulty or hard work about a sum of money that a country owes to another

49.   Third world countries

the poor or developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America,

50.   Set up refugee camps

To build a place where people, who have been forced to leave their country or home, because there is a war or for political, religious or social reasons, live temporarily in tents or huts

51.   Greenhouse effect

the problem of the gradual rise in temperature of the earth's atmosphere, caused by an increase of gases such as CARBONDIOXIDE in the air surrounding the earth, which trap the heat of the sun

52.   Natural balance

situation in which different things in nature exist in equal, correct or good amounts

53.   Fossil foil

metal made into very thin sheets that is used for covering or wrapping things

54.   Coal

a hard black mineral that is found below the ground and burnt to produce heat

55.   Energy crisis

a time of great danger, difficulty or uncertainty when problems about  sources of power, such as fuel, used for driving machines, providing heat, etc must be solved or important decisions must be made

56.   Pesticide

a chemical used for killing pests, especially insects

57.   Lead-free petrol

a liquid obtained from PETROLEUM, used as fuel in car engines, etc that does not contain lead

58.   Harmful to the environment

causing damage or injury to the natural world in which people, animals and plants live

59.   Household product

A product connected with looking after a house and the people living in it

60.   Chemical

a substance obtained by or used in a chemical process

61.   Exhaust fume

waste gases that come out of a vehicle, an engine or a machine

62.   Poisonous

causing death or illness if swallowed or absorbed into the body

SYN TOXIC

63.   Emission

1 gas, etc. that is sent out into the air 2 the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc

64.   Power station

a building or group of buildings where electricity is produced

65.   Global warming

the increase in temperature of the earth's atmosphere, that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially CARBONDIOXIDE

66.   Beg for sg

to ask sb for sth especially in an anxious way because you want or need it very much

67.   Drift

 
 
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