Inglese Natural Phenomena And Agriculture

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Severe

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Agg: causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage.

Severo, duro, grave, rigido

"a severe chest infection/leg injury/toothache"

"This is a school for children with severe learning difficulties."

"In parts of Africa there is a severe food/water shortage."

"There is expected to be a severe frost tonight."

"Severe cutbacks in public spending have been announced."

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Strike

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Colpire (dei fulmini)

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Lightning

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Fulmine, lampo

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Aftershock

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Scossa di assestamento

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Freezing

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Gelido, glaciale, freddissimo

Congelato: "I'm freezing!"

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Blow down

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Wind: knock over, abbattere, tirare giù

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Deafening

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Extremely loud, assordante

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Heavy/torrential rain

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Pioggia pesante/torrenziale

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In the cold light of day

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See something for what it really Is, think about something clearly and calmly, without the emotions you had at the time It happened, and you often feel sorry and ashamed about it :

The next morning, in the cold light of day, Sara realized what a complete idiot she had been

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Weather the storm

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Weather : gestire bene una situazione difficile o un problema.

Gestire una tempesta: endure a difficult period, deal successfully with a very difficult problem.

"Can the ambassador weather the political storm caused by his remarks?"

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Know which way the wind Is blowing

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Be aware of current opinions

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The calm before the storm

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La calma prima della tempesta

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A storm in a teacup

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A small problem that has been exaggerated

"Climate sceptics believe that scientists are exaggerating the current situation and this is simply a storm in a teacup"

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Not have the foggiest idea

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Be totally unaware of or ignorant of

"To be honest, I don't think the present government has the foggiest idea what to do about either drug problems or obesity."

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Be snowed under

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Feel overwhelmed, have too much work

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Fungus (pl. Fungi, funguses)

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Mushroom

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Thorn

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Spina (del fiore)

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Stem

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Stelo (del fiore)

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Pest

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Parassita, insetto parassita, insetto o piccolo animale dannoso per il raccolto

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Branch

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Ramo

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Twig

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Ramoscello

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Root

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Radice

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Trunk

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Tronco

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Pasture

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Pascolo

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Sow

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Seminare

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Breed

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Allevare: to keep animals for the purpose of producing young animals in a controlled way:

"Terriers are bred for their fighting instincts."

"His main income comes from breeding cattle."

to cause something to happen, usually something bad:

"Favouritism breeds resentment."

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Plough

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Arare

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Drip

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Gocciolare: If a liquid drips, it falls in drops, or you make it fall in drops

A drop of liquid: goccia

Il gocciolare: the sound of liquid falling in drops

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Drain

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If you drain something, you remove the liquid from it, usually by pouring it away or allowing it to flow away, and if something drains, liquid flows away or out of it:

"Drain the pasta thoroughly."

"They dug deep channels to drain the water from the fields."

"That's just the sound of the water draining out of the sink."

"You don't need to drain the rice, you see. It has absorbed all the water."

If you drain a glass or cup, you drink all the liquid in it.

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Dam

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Diga

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Reservoir

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Bacino idrico

Cisterna, serbatoio

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Stream

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Ruscello

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Shore

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Costa

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Tide

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Marea

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Puddle

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Pozzanghera

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Flow

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Fluire, scorrere

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Acid rain

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Pioggia acida

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Soil erosion

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Erosione del suolo

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Greenhouse gases

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Gas che causano effetto serra

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Crop yields

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Rese del raccolto, agricultural output

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Carbon dioxide

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Anidride carbonica

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Climate change

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Cambiamento climatico

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Viable solution

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Soluzione percorribile

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Vicious circle

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Circolo vizioso

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Fossil fuel

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Combustibile fossile

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Tremor

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Scossa, small earthquake

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Cattle

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Bestiame

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Not a cloud in the sky

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Neanche una nuvola in cielo

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Warm up

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Scaldare, surriscaldare

"The climate change warms up the planet."

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Dry out

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Seccare completamente, inaridirsi

"The earth dries out."

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Periods/stretches of drought

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Periodi di siccità

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Conversely

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All'opposto

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Surfeit vs dearth

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Eccedenza

"The destruction of food crops can result from both a lack or a surfeit of water."

Scarsità, carenza

"There was a dearth of creativity in the class."

"There Is a dearth of official data"

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Overgrazing by cattle

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To eat much grass in an area or to have too many animals eating grass in an area, which damages the environment,

Lo sfruttamento eccessivo del pascolo, bestiame

"The pasture land had Little grass on It, indicating that it had been overgrazed."

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Genetically modified crops

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