useful vocabulary


M. P.
This flashcard set helps university-level students learn English vocabulary related to environmental engineering. It covers terms like "viable," "site," and "resident," focusing on key concepts such as devices, climate, and natural resources. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to reverse the learning direction from the target language to the source language. This set is ideal for students and professionals seeking to expand their technical vocabulary and improve fluency in environmental engineering discussions.
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Created / Updated
02.02.2016 / 17.05.2019

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to gradually increase in number or amount

"anhäufen"

to accumulate

a small flower with white petals and a yellow centre that often grows in the grass

"Gänseblümchen"

daisy

small, rounded stones, often mixed with sand

"Kies"

gravel

-to (cause an egg to) break in order to allow a young animal to come out

"schlüpfen"

to hatch

a small reptile that has a long body, four short legs, a long tail, and thick skin

"Echse"

lizard

a large, usually grey bird that is often seen in towns sitting on buildings in large groups, and is sometimes eaten as food

"Taube"

pigeon

-A residential job, position, course, etc. is one for which you live at the same place where you work or study.

"Wohn..."

residential

the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow

"Erde"

soil

a small, usually black or brown creature with a long, soft body and no arms or legs, like a snail but with no shell

"Rossschnecke"

slug

a small, thin branch of a tree or bush, especially one removed from the tree or bush and without any leaves

"Zweig"

twig

a specially shaped piece of wood used for hitting the ball in some games

"Schläger"

bat

a small, brown animal, similar to a frog, that has big eyes and long back legs for swimming and jumping

"Kröte"

toad

a small, brown mammal with a covering of sharp spines on its back

"Igel"

hedgehog

unable to produce plants or fruit

"unfruchtbar"

barren

the system of carrying away waste water and human waste from houses and other buildings through large underground pipes or passages

"Abwassersystem"

sewage system

a substance that pollutes

"Schadstoff"

pollutants

causing harm

Syn. damaging

"schädlich"

harmful

Alternative Energiequellen

alternative energy sources

Grünplätze

green spaces

the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place

"klima"

climate

Relating to or coming from a particular part of the country

 

regional

Adjective to describe something designed to throw it away after you have used it once or a few times

disposable

A person, place or thing that provides something you want

source

............rain contains large amounts of harmful chemicals

acid

Land not in towns that is either used for farming or left in its natural conditions

countryside

Supplying land with water so that crops will grow

irrigation

Strong, unpleasent and sometimes dangerous gas or smoke

fumes

.....fuels are ones such as gas, coal and oil

fossil

Things such as coal, trees oil etc. that exist in nature and can be used by humans

ressources

Able to decay naturally and in a way that its not harmful

biodegradable

Adjective describing evergreen trees wich produce cones

 

coniferous

Person who is intereted in nature and who tries to protect it

environmentalist

having a lot of mountains

mountainous

a long period when there is a little or no rain

drought

the land along the edge of a sea, lake or wide river

shore

the size of something, especially when its big

scale

one of a group of people who work together

colleague

to organize and perform a particular activity

syn: organize

to conduct

at the present time, now

currently

an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose

device

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