test 2

consumption

plant-based foods

greenhouse gas emissions

imported

irrigated

extraction

water-shortage

harvesting

decay

storage

locally produced

are in season

food miles

to combat

malnutrition

to distribute

food waste

food loss

manifest

soil

degrade

aeration

nutrients

mono-cropping

depletes

severity

court ruling

lawyer

fossil-fuel

to violate

to target

to appeal

to plant

to restore

to offset

to eliminate

output

verdict

subsidiary

approach

intervention

opposing

permission

necessity

loss

shortage

irritating

ought to

to combat

urgency

to prevent

plastic waste

sealed

disposable

garbage patch

debris

to dump

disgusting

garbage (AE)

litter

current

to log

rather

particles

microplastics

quantity

reusable

venture

marine

to disturb

World Heritage Site

clean-up

to accumulate

eventually

usage

to cough

beneath

to sense

to flow

drought

tap

relief

precautionary

occasional

earthquake

guidance

validation

to ease

produce

preservation

severe

to counteract

to submit

footage

severity -> severe

= a judicial decision you have to obey

lawyer -> law

= a fuel (such as coal, oil or natural gas) formed over millions of years from the remains of animals and plants

= to break (a law, a rule etc.) or act against sth

to target = to aim at

They were not happy with the court's ruling and decided to appeal

Let´s plant some flowers in the garden

= to bring sth back to the way it was before

to offset = to compensate

eliminate -> elimination

The factory´s output increased by 5 per cent

= a decision or ruling by a court of law

The company was founded in Germany but has subsidiaries around the world

= a method of dealing with a situation or a problem

intervention -> to intervene

Opposing forces compete or fight against each other

permission -> to permit

necessity-> necessary

loss -> to lose

There is a shortage of qualified workers

irritating = annoying

ought to = should

to combat = to fight

urgency -> urgent

to prevent -> prevention

Every piece of plasitc waste that is recycled will not end up polluting the oceans

seald = packed (airtight)

Disposable packaging produces tons of waste

= an accumulation of waste

= pieces of rubbish and waste

Although it is illegal, many people just dump their waste in the woods

disgusting = appalling

garbage = rubbish

litter = garbage, rubbish

Don't go swimming here. The strong currents can be very dangerous

to log = to record

rather = fairly, quite

After the fire the air was full of smoke and ash particles

Microplastics are used in cosmetics products

quantity = amount

= A reusable product can be used more than once

= a project or undertaking that is risky or daring

Due to pollution marine wildlife is in danger

Please don’t disturb Dad. He is trying to sleep

= a site listed by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre

clean-up -> to clean-> cleaner

to accumulate = to build up

eventually = finally

usage -> to use -> useful

I think I ´ve got a cold. I can't stop coughing

There's a river beneath the bridge

They could sense the cold of the night through the wooden walls of their hut

The River Thames flows into the North Sea

During a drought plants don’t grow and animals die due to lack of water

Most modern wash basins have mixer taps that mix hot and cold water

Relief efforts in the disaster zone are finally making some progress

During the flood, the police closed the bridge as a precautionary measure

occasional <-> often

There was a earthquake in Christchurch in 2011

guidance -> to guide

validation = confirmation

= to make sth unpleasant (e.g. pain) become less

You get fresh produce at the farmer´s market

preservation -> to preserve

severe = serious

We need to counteract discrimination in all its forms.

so submit -> submission

= filmed material showing a particular event

fertilizers

contamination

detrimental

biodiversity

tillage

compaction

contaminants

agroecology

diversity

resilient