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HSLU Modul ECONS

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Christoph Brechbühler
This flashcard set helps learn English at an intermediate level, focusing on vocabulary essential for everyday communication. The cards cover a wide range of topics, including body parts like "collar bone," activities such as "skateboarding," and professions like "chef" or "accountant." The set also includes expressions like "mad about something" and "fed up," which are useful for casual conversations. With the "answer first" learning setting, you can reverse the learning direction – from the target language to the source language, making it versatile for both language learners and travelers looking to expand their vocabulary.
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extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type

giant

an animal that has horns on top of its head and long hair under its chin, and can climb steep hills and rocks. Goats live wild in the mountains or are kept as farm animals.

goat
a piece of land completely surrounded by water

island

a marine iguana is a type of large tropical American lizard that lives on land and water

marine iguana

a small flying insect that sucks the blood of people and animals, sometimes spreading the disease malaria

mosquitoes

give someone or something the same name as another person or thing

named after
someone who speaks on radio or television programmes

broadcaster

someone who studies plants or animals

naturalist

to continue over a period of time or in a series, or to make something do this

stretched

if an animal feeds on a particular food, it usually eats that food

feed on
to spoil or ruin something, especially something important or something that has been carefully planned

mess up

a very large round object in space that moves around the Sun or another star

planet

someone who has a lot of experience of ships and the sea

seaman

a plant that grows in the sea

seaweed
to divide or split into different parts, or to make something do this

separated

if something is in the middle of nowhere, it is a long way from the nearest big town

the middle of nowhere

to follow the movements of an aircraft or ship

track

plants in general

vegetation
all of something

whole

if something is without a doubt then there is a feeling of absolute certainty

without a doubt

an active volcano is likely to explode at any time

active

the authorities are the people or organisations that are in charge of a particular country or area

authority
the conditions that affect a situation, action, event etc

circumstance

the protection of natural things such as animals, plants, forests etc, to prevent them from being spoiled or destroyed

conservation

to be formed from two or more things or people

consist of

the part of an object that is furthest from the centre

edges

a change that is caused by an event, action etc

effect

if you get rid of something, you throw away or destroy something you do not want any more

get rid of

if you have the impression, you believe that something is true when it is not

have the impression

an isolated building, village etc is far away from any others

isolated

connected with the way plants, animals, and people are related to each other and to their environment

ecologically

to stop an amount or number from increasing beyond a particular point

limit

a mixed blessing is a situation that has both good and bad parts

mixed blessing

molten metal or rock has been made into a liquid by being heated to a very high temperature

molten

something that you decide to do in order to achieve something

move

the process by which only plants and animals that are naturally suitable for life in their environment will continue to live and breed, while others will die out

natural selection

a necessary evil is something bad or unpleasant that you have to accept in order to achieve what you want

necessary evil

to give something to someone or make it available to them, because they need it or want it

provide

if two things relate, they are connected in some way

relate

someone who goes to live in a country or area where not many people like them have lived before, and that is a long way from any towns or cities

settler

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