Vocabulaire
Trash
Things that you throw away because you no longer want or need them
After the party, the apartement was filled with trash.
Dispersed
To move apart and go away in different directions
The crowd dispersed only after the police arrived.
Ingesting
To take food, drugs into your body by swallowing
All the animals got sick after ingesting poison through eating contaminated food.
Packaging
Materials used to wrap or protect goods that are sold in shops
Many customers are influenced by fancy packaging.
Swept
(of chemicals, minerals) to be removed from soil by water passing through it
After the rain, water swept throughout the city.
Fuel
A thing that is said or done that makes something, continue or get worse
The new accident on the construction site added fuel to the debate over safety procedures.
Leach
To move suddenly and with force over an area
Toxic substances, when buried, can leach into the soil and contaminate the underground water supply.
Tricky
Difficult to do or deal with
This equipment can be tricky to install due to the many different pieces that need to be put together.
Sunk
To go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid
The boy threw a bottle on the beach that eventually sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Chain
A series of connected things or people
The spread of the disease will be stopped if the chain of infection is broken.
Premature
Happening before the normal or expected time
It is premature to start throwing out those clothes. You wore them for only one month.
To boycott
To refuse to buy, use or take part in something as a way of protesting
The NGO asked people to boycott clothes companies because they use child labour.
Pre-loved
She prefers to buy pre-loved clothes for her son instead of new ones.
Second-hand, not new
Garments
Clothing, a piece of clothing
This store has a wide selection of garments that men and women can wear at work.
Swap
To give something to somebody and receive something in exchange
There is a great website where I can swap things with others instead of buying them. in
Staggering
Astounding
She paid a staggering 3000€ for this handbag.
Revival
An improvement in the condition of something
Thrift shops are seeing a revival as more poeple buy second-hand clothes.
Sourced
To get something from a particular place
The store claimed that it sourced all its clothes from European factories.
Edgy
Bold, at the forefront of a trend
This song is very edgy, unlike anything I have heard before.
Launched
To start an activity
The government recently launched a national road safety campaign.
Rotation
The action of an object moving in a circle around a central fixed point
The Earth's daily rotation around the Sun is 24 hours.
Cumbersome
Dufficult to carry, large and heavy
We were forced to bring in cumbersome machinery that was difficult to use.
Speck
A small piece of dirt
We cleaned so much that there was not a speck of dust anywhere in the house.
Cement
Something used in building to stick stones and bricks together.
In the construction industry, a mixture of sand, water and cement is used to make walls.
Settlement
A place where people have come to live and make their homes, especially where few or no people lived before
After their village was destroyed, they established a settlement south of the valley
Vents
An opening that allows air, gas or liquid to pass out into a room
Their office was very cold as the heating vents did not allow the hot air to pass.
Colonised
To take control of an area or a country that is not your own and send people of your own country to live there
The archaeologists discovered that the Romans colonised this after finding roman pottery.
Probe
A spececraft without people on board that obtains information and sends it back to Earth
A spece probe was sent to Mars to find the surface's geological conditions.
To harness
To control and use the force of something to produce power
Many companies now attempt to harness the sun's rays as a source of energy.
Germinate
To grow
On this farm, the tomato's seeds first germinate in a small box before being replanted in the field.