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15 Cards in this Set
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fossilised
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the remains of animals or plants that have become hard and turned into rock
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palaeontologists
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people who study fossils
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excavated
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to have dug up something that has been buried for a very long time
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hoard
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a collection of food, money, or in this case valuable and rare fossils
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crucial
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something that is extremely important because it will affect other things
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in the nick of time
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just in time
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road safety
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driving without accidents
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hazards
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dangers
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viability
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workability
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intervene
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act on behalf of someone else
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freak
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unusual, irregular
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Mother Nature
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an expression used to refer to the power of nature, the weather and so on
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blizzards
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heavy snowstorms with strong winds
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treacherous
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extremely dangerous
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grounded
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not permitted to fly
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