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Swamped Our oceans are swamped with plastic |
Overwhelm or flood with water غارقة |
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Woodcutters Our forests fall to the woodcutter’s ax |
حطاب A person who cuts down trees or branches, especially for fuel |
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climate The climate is in crisis |
The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period مناخ |
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Crisis |
A time of intense difficulty or danger أزمة |
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Trailblazer We need trailblazers who think outside the box |
رواد A person who makes a new track through wild country A person who is the first to do something; an innovator |
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Hiking He was hiking in an Indonesian forest Roy hiked up his trousers to reveal his socks The government hiked up the price of milk by 40 per cent |
يتنزه 1- Walk for long distance, especially across country 2- pull or lift up ( something, especially clothing) 3- increase (something, especially a price) sharply |
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Chainsaw He heard a chainsaw’s unmistakable buzz |
A mechanical power-driven cutting tool with teeth set on a chain which moves around the edge of a blade منشار كهربائي |
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Buzz |
Noun A low, continuous humming or murmuring sound, made by or similar to that made by an insect طنين |
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Poacher He rushed towards it and found a poacher felling an ancient tree |
Noun : a person who hunts or catches game or fish illegally من يصطادون بدون اذن |
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Fell |
Verb: cut down (a tree) Past of fall قطع |
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Fled The poacher fled the scene of the crime |
Past of flee Verb: run away from a place or situation of danger هرب |
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Eureka Yet topher had experienced a eureka moment |
1- A cry of joy or satisfaction when one finds or discovers something 2- an alloy of copper and nickel used for electrical filaments and resistance wire |
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Soak up Rainforest soak up carbon |
Absorb يمتص، يتشرب |
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Acre The United Nations says that an average of 100,000 acres are being destroyed daily |
A unit of land area equal to 4,840 square yards A large amount of something فدان |
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Pinpoint It identifies and pinpoints the sound of chainsaws from miles around |
Verb: identity with great accuracy or precision حدد بدقة / عين الموقع |
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Launch They can then launch a real-time intervention |
Start or set in motion |
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Guardian People refer to him as the guardian of the forest |
حارس A person who protects or defends something |
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Profound Plastic pollution had a profound effect on the dutch youngster |
عميق Very great or intense Very deep |
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Cleanse To cleanse the earth’s ocean of plastic |
طهر Make something thoroughly clean Rid of something unpleasant or defiling |
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Vessel The device has onboard transmitters to notify vessels when it needs emptying |
وعاء A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask |
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Patch Great pacific garbage patch |
بقعة A small piece of ground |
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Naysayer The naysayers were silenced |
A person who criticizes, objects to, or opposes something |
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Stop (something) in its tracks Topher came up with an ingenious idea to stop deforestation in its tracks |
To completely and suddenly stop something |
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Turn the tide He decided to dedicate his life to turning the tide |
To reverse a strong movement or trend |
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Sea of change That’s a sea of change we cal all enjoy |
A great transformation |
