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85 Cards in this Set
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El almacenamiento
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Storage
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Los desechos
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Waste
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Las especies
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Species
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Los incendios
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Fires
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Las incineradoras
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Incinerators
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Las inundaciones
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Floods
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Las medidas
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Measures
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Las refinerías
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Refineries
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Los residuos
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Residue / Waste
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La sequía
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Drought
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El suelo
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Soil
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La tasa
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Rate
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Un vertedero
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Dump
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Conllevar
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To lead to
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Contaminar
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To contaminate
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Quemar
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To burn
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Verter
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To spill / dump
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Escalofriante
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Horrific
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Emitir sustancias químicas
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To give off chemical fumes
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Es el peor caso de…
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Its the worst case of…
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Provocar la muerte prematura
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To cause premature death
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El entorno
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Surroundings
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La marea negra
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Oil slick
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Un horno
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Oven
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Los neumáticos
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Tyres
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El refugio
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Refuge
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Abastecer
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To provide
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Degradarse
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To decompose
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Desechar
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To throw away
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Mascar
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To chew
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Reemplazar
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To replace
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Nocivo/a
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Harmful
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Causar estragos
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To cause devastation
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Ocasionar fuegos tóxicos
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To cause toxic fires
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Sin lugar a dudas
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Without a shadow of a doubt
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Un ahorro
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Saving
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El aire acondicionado
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A/C
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Un carril de autopista
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Lane (on motorway)
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La conducción
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Driving
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El desplazamiento
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Movement / Trip
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La vía ferroviaria
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Railway line
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Abordar
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To tackle
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Recorrer
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To travel
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Cuanto más rápido mejor
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The faster the better
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Dejar de ofrecer las ventajas
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To no longer have the advantage of
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Especies en peligro de extinction
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Endangered species
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Cambio climático
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Climate change
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Energía desperdiciada
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Energy wasted
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Dióxido de carbona
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Carbon dioxide
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Vertedero / Basurero
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Litter
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Agotamiento de recursos naturales
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Shortage of natural resources
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Fertilizantes químicos y pesticidas
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Chemical fertilizers and pesticides
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Acidificación de los océanos
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Ocean pollution
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Superpoblación
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Overpopulation
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La supervivencia
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Survival
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Agujero en la capa de ozono
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A hole in the ozone layer
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Sobrepesca
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Overfishing
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Sin olvidar el impacto desastroso de los mareas negras
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Without forgetting the devastating impact of the oil spills
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Lluvia ácida
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Acid rain
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Efecto devastador
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Devastating effect
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Ante la gravedad de la situación
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Facing the seriousness of the situation
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Para lograr un futuro substancible
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To achieve a sustainable future
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Envenenamiento de los aguas y de los suelos
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Poisoning of the waters and the grounds
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Un desafío urgente para la ciencia
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An urgent challenge for science
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Arrojar
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To throw
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Dañino por
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Damage by
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Aniqrilar
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To anialate
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Agotamiento
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Depletion
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Contaminación acústica
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Noise pollution
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Desechos enterados
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Buried waste
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Tener la culpa
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To be blamed for something
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Farolas
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Lamp-post
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Tapa
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Top / Lid
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Vaciar
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To empty
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Suciedad
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Filth / Dirt
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Multar
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To fine
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Descuido
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Carelessness
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Pisar
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To step on
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Drenaje
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Drainage
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Abastecer
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To supply
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Disminuir
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To diminish
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Casero
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Owner
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Jefe
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Owner / Master
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Volumen
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Volume
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No lo suporto
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I cant stand it
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