# | WORD | TRANSCRIPTION | DEFINITION | TRANSLATION | EXAMPLE |
1 | crib | /krɪb/ | a small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out | дитяче ліжко | my first visual memories are of this framed poster above my crib |
2 | crumb | /krʌm/ | a very small piece of bread, cake, or biscuit | крихта | knew our crumb and all these great artists |
3 | wipe out | /waɪpaʊt/ | to destroy something completely | знищити | Settlers would just wipe out an entire species. |
4 | barrel | /bærᵊl/ | a container of curved pieces of wood or of metal | бочка | Today we produce about 350,000 barrels a day of fat and crude oil. |
5 | debauchery | /dɪˈbɔː.tʃər.i/ | bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc | розпуста | overpopulation there's debauchery and excess |
6 | coal | /kəʊl/ | a hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in pieces | вугілля | of coal oil and wood is releasing carbon dioxide |
7 | sail | /seɪl/ | to control a boat that has no engine and is pushed by the wind | управляти судном | Before 2040 you will be able to sail over the North Pole. |
8 | decline | /dɪklaɪn/ | to gradually become less, worse, or lower | зменшуватися | The numbers are stable here in other regions are declining. |
9 | scale | /skeɪl/ | a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something | масштаб | it's just on a much larger scale |
10 | fuel | /ˈfjuː.əl/ | a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being burned | паливо | s based on fossil fuels fossil fuels are coal. |
11 | citywide | /sɪtiwaɪd/ | existing or happening in all parts of the city | по всьому місту | This is a four hundred million dollar project citywide. |
12 | pipeline | /ˈpaɪp.laɪn/ | a very long large tube, often underground, through which liquid or gas can flow for long distances | трубопровід | such a massive operations pipeline |
13 | satellite | /sætᵊlaɪt/ | a device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting information or communicating by radio, television, etc. | супутник | Look at the satellite data we actually have had no significant warming. |
14 | purr | /pɜː/ | to make a quiet, continuous, soft sound | муркотіння | believe what they sound like it's amazing they're like purring |
15 | pump | /pʌmp/ | a piece of equipment that is used to cause liquid, air, or gas to move from one place to another | насос | well this is the pum, yep we're in the process of building it all across |
16 | folks | /foʊks/ | used when speaking informally to a group of people | люди | these folks know they don't have to win |
17 | hatred | /heɪtrɪd/ | an extremely strong feeling of dislike | ненависть | All of that hatred and fear is in fact organized. |
18 | credentials | /krɪˈdenʃəlz/ | the abilities and experience that make someone suitable for a particular job or activity, or proof of someone's abilities and experience | облікові дані | think tanks they find people with fairly impressive credentials |
19 | legitimate | /lədʒɪtəmət/ | allowed by law | законний | These folks know they don't have to win the legitimate scientific debate. |
20 | arrogant | /ˈær.ə.ɡənt/ | unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than, or know more than, other people | зарозумілий | Committee there are some people who are so arrogant to think |
21 | mind-boggling | /maɪnd bɒɡlɪŋ/ | difficult to accept, imagine, or understand | приголомшливий | How they able to discredit scientists have devoted their life to this issue is kind of mind-boggling to me. |
22 | immoral | /ɪmɒrᵊl/ | morally wrong, or outside society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour | аморальний | What could be more immoral than that? |
23 | manufacturing | /ˌmæn.jəˈfæk.tʃə.rɪŋ/ | the business of producing goods in large numbers | виробництво | China is the factory of the world manufacturing for all the Western |
24 | toxicity | /tɒksɪsɪti/ | the level of poison contained in a drug or other substance and its ability to harm the body or the environment, | отруйність | The toxicity has reached that worst level |
25 | database | /deɪtəbeɪs/ | a large amount of information which is stored in a computer | база даних | Started a national pollution map database. |
26 | violation | /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | an action that breaks or acts against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect: | порушення | push for polluting factories to address their violations |
27 | figment | /ˈfɪɡ.mənt/ | something that seems real but is no | вигадка | climate change is real and urgent it's not a figment of their imagination |
28 | emitter | /ɪˈmɪt.ər/ | something that emits (= sends out) light, a noise, or a substance, especially the gas carbon dioxide | випромінювач | the US has been the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in history |
29 | starvation | /stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/ | the state of having no food for a long period, often causing death | голод | their ability to grow it it's causing loss of people's livelihoods it's causing starvation |
30 | withstand | /wɪðstænd/ | to oppose or resist (successfully) | протистояти; чинити опір | We are rich enough to withstand the first hit of climate change. |
31 | permit | /pəˈmɪt/ | to allow something | дозвіл | bribe government officials to issue a permit for them to stop burning the land |
32 | knock down | /nɒk daʊn/ | demolish a building or other structure | зруйнувати | We have knocked the whole system down. |
33 | reverse | /rɪvɜːs/ | to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite | змінити, протилежне | Reversing half a billion years of evolution. |
34 | breeding | /briːdɪŋ/ | the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed from them | розводити | Decades and decades of the forest breeding in the carbon storing it. |
35 | span | /spӕn/ | to stretch across | перекривати | Rainforest spans Indonesia. |
36 | grip | /ɡrɪp/ | a firm hold | хватка | Wow, that's a good grip |
37 | cattle | /kætᵊl/ | grass-eating animals, especially cows, bulls and oxen | велика рогата худоба | The lion's share is just to grow feed for cattle |
38 | methane | /ˈmiː.θeɪn/ | a gas with no smell or colour, often used as a fuel | метан | impactful every molecule of methane is equivalent |
39 | comprehend | /kɒmprɪhɛnd/ | to understand | розуміти; збагнути | I can't even comprehend what these forests must have looked like. |
40 | high-voltage | /ˌhaɪˈvɒl.tɪdʒ/ | relating to or containing large amounts of electricity | високовольтний | run thousands of miles of high-voltage cable all over the place |
41 | inefficient | /ɪnɪfɪʃᵊnt/ | not working or producing results etc in the best way and so wasting time, energy etc | неефективний | Beef is one of the most inefficient uses of resources on the planet. |
42 | fairly | /feəli/ | more than average, but less than very | досить | It's fairly easy to switch your diet. |
43 | chairman | /ʧeəmən/ | a person who takes charge of or directs a meeting | керівник | I was a chairman of the council of economics advisers |
44 | payroll | /ˈpeɪ.rəʊl/ | a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns | заробітна плата | response for example payroll tax this is the tax shift rather than a tax increase |
45 | surreal | /sərɪəl/ | strange; not seeming real; like a dream | сюрреалістичний | I feel like I'm in some weird surreal movie. |
46 | tax | /tæks/ | (an amount of) money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought | податок | so is it possible to ever pass a carbon tax now |
47 | negotiation | /nəˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ | the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them, or the discussions themselves | переговори | makes this negotiation different from all the rest |
48 | permafrost | /ˈpɜː.mə.frɒst/ | an area of land that is permanently frozen below the surface | вічна мерзлота | kicking in methane stuck under frozen permafrost thaws to a point where it starts getting released |
49 | muster | /mʌstə/ | to gather together | збиратися | We will see whether we can muster the collective political |
50 | fate | /feɪt/ | what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat | доля | he fate of our planet is in your hands |