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"Dumbo," Other Deep-Sea Oddities Found | National Geographic

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into

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US / 'ɪntə /

UK / ˈɪntu /

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  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

than

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US / ðən /

UK / ðən /

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  • conjunction
  • Used to compare two things that are not equal

surface

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US / 'sɜ:fɪs /

UK / ˈsɚfəs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Of the top layer; not deep or meaningful
  • noun
  • Top layer of the ground or of water
  • Nature or emotions that show, but may not be true
  • Outside or upper layer of something
  • verb
  • To give (road) a top layer
  • To appear after being hidden, unseen, or unknown
  • To come to the top of something; emerge
  • To come to the top level of water, mud, etc.

crab

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US / kræb /

UK / kræb /

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  • noun
  • Sea creature with a hard shell and two claws
  • verb
  • To complain about something in an annoying way

dweller

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US / ˈdwelə(r) /

UK / ˈdwɛlɚ /

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  • noun
  • Person or animal that lives in a certain place

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

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  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

embark

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US / ɪmˈbɑ:k /

UK / ɪmˈbɑ:rk /

B2
  • verb
  • To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane

deep

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US / di:p /

UK / dip /

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  • adjecitve
  • Complex and important
  • Extreme or intense
  • Going far down from the surface
  • Low in pitch, as a sound
  • adverb
  • At a certain distance beneath the surface

chemical

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US / ˈkemɪkl /

UK / ˈkɛmɪkəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Made of various elements
  • noun
  • Basic substance produced by mixing elements

hardy

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US / 'hɑ:dɪ /

UK / ˈhɑrdi /

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  • adjecitve
  • Able to survive cold weather, hard times

plant

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UK / plænt /

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  • noun
  • Factory or a place where things are made
  • Living thing with leaves and roots growing in soil
  • verb
  • To firmly position something (in the ground)
  • To put seeds, flowers, trees in the ground

may

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US / meɪ /

UK / me /

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  • noun
  • 5th month of the year
  • other
  • Used to express a desire
  • Expresses permission, possibility or probability
  • Used to show that a thing could be true

program

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  • noun
  • Small book of events in a play, concert or movie
  • A plan or schedule of events
  • Series of classes at a college or university
  • A computer application
  • TV show
  • verb
  • To make someone act or think in a certain way
  • To write computer code for a piece of software

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

fine

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US / faɪn /

UK / faɪn /

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  • adjecitve
  • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • Of high quality; made with great skill
  • In a careful or exact manner; into small pieces
  • Being of high quality
  • Good; okay; no problem
  • (Of weather) good; not raining
  • noun
  • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
  • verb
  • To pay money because you broke a law

five

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US / faɪv /

UK / faɪv /

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  • number
  • 5

how

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US / haʊ /

UK / haʊ /

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  • adjecitve
  • To what degree? in what amount?
  • adverb
  • (Used to explain the way to do something)
  • exclamation
  • For what purpose or reason?
  • (Used to ask someone or something's condition)

live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

identify

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UK / aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ /

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  • verb
  • To indicate who or what someone or something is

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

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  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

you

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UK / ju /

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  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

can

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US / kæn /

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  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

would

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US / wʊd /

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

creature

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US / ˈkri:tʃə(r) /

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  • noun
  • Animal of any type

meal

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US / mi:l /

UK / mil /

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  • noun
  • Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
  • Grain that has been ground into a powder

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

hook

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  • noun
  • Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
  • The start of a story which catches your interest
  • verb
  • To make a bent or curved shape
  • To catch your interest completely
  • To catch, hang or attach something with a bent wire

life

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US / laɪf /

UK / laɪf /

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  • noun
  • All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • Period of time things live, from birth to death

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

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  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

research

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  • noun
  • Study done to discover new ideas and facts
  • Work done to find or discover knowledge
  • verb
  • To study in order to discover new ideas and facts

wildcat

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  • noun
  • Oil/gas well in area not known to be productive

sweep

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  • noun
  • Man who cleans chimneys
  • Act of cleaning a surface with a brush
  • Long, smooth movement made with your arm or a tool
  • Movement or search that covers a large area
  • verb
  • To clean something from a surface with a brush
  • To move or pass quickly and steadily
  • To search a very wide area for something

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

october

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  • noun
  • 10th month of the year

detritus

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  • noun
  • Remains of something that was destroyed/broken up

diverse

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US / daɪˈvɜ:s /

UK / dɪˈvɚs, daɪ-, ˈdaɪˌvɚs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being varied or different from each other
  • Very different from each other

drift

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US / drɪft /

UK / drɪft /

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  • verb
  • (Of sand, etc.) to be blown into heaps by the wind
  • (Of boats) to move without purpose on water
  • To move or live without a purpose or goal
  • To move slowly or effortlessly in water or air

large

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US / lɑ:dʒ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat

mostly

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  • adverb
  • In large part; mainly or chiefly

science

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  • noun
  • Study of the physical world, based on facts

use

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US / ju:s /

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  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

snow

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US / snəʊ /

UK / sno /

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  • noun
  • Person's name
  • White ice crystals that fall from the sky
  • verb
  • (Of ice crystals) to fall to the ground
  • To fool into believing something untrue

particle

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US / ˈpɑ:tɪkl /

UK / ˈpɑrtɪkəl /

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  • noun
  • Adverb or preposition that joins with a verb
  • Tiny piece or quantity of something

then

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US / ðen /

UK / ðɛn /

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  • adverb
  • A time that is not now
  • Following another thing in time or arrangement
  • Following on reasonably from what was just stated
  • At that time, not now

sea

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US / /

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  • noun
  • Very large group of people, similar-looking things
  • Large body of salty water with land around it

tell

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US / tel /

UK / tɛl /

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  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

specie

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  • noun
  • Singular of species

hit

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  • noun
  • A planned killing, usually for money
  • Song, movie etc. that is successful
  • When someone strikes someone or something
  • Time when a player makes contact with the ball
  • Time when a website is accessed
  • verb
  • To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
  • To press something, such as a button or switch
  • To suddenly realize the importance of something
  • To move your hand, a bat, etc. against with force
  • To fight, attack or damage something or someone
  • To arrive at a specific place, level, or goal
  • To make contact with the ball in a game or sport

bunch

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US / bʌntʃ /

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  • noun
  • A group of things of the same kind
  • verb
  • To group people or things closely together
  • (Cloth) to gather/be gathered together in folds

example

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  • noun
  • Thing, person which represents a category

diversity

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US / daɪ'vɜ:sətɪ /

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  • noun
  • Having a range of different races, ideas etc.

bottom

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the part under something, e.g. a vase
  • noun
  • The part of your body you sit on
  • Lowest position, often in a company or contest
  • Lowest part of something; part on which it rests
  • Lowest level, part or point of an object
  • The part under something, e.g. a vase
  • verb
  • To hit the lowest part of something

poorly

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  • adjecitve
  • Slightly ill; unwell
  • adverb
  • Badly; not enough; not sufficient

octopod

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  • noun
  • Cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell

thrive

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  • verb
  • To be or become healthy or successful

that

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  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

like

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

fly

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  • noun
  • Common flying insect, sometimes blue in color
  • Opening with fold of cloth hiding zipper on pants
  • verb
  • To move in the wind, e.g. a flag
  • To move at a high speed
  • To travel in a plane, helicopter, balloon etc.
  • To pilot people or items by plane
  • To travel through the air using wings

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

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  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

total

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete
  • noun
  • Whole number or amount of something
  • verb
  • To damage a car beyond repair

depth

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  • noun
  • Distance below a surface

find

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  • noun
  • Object discovered by chance
  • Things that have been discovered from searching
  • verb
  • To become aware of something that is happening
  • To discover or meet by chance
  • To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
  • To learn through study, research, or effort
  • To discover something by looking for it

decompose

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  • verb
  • To cause (chemical) to separate into smaller parts
  • To gradually be destroyed by natural processes

cousin

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  • noun
  • Child of your uncle or aunt
  • Something similar to or related to something else

much

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

oil

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  • noun
  • A liquid used for frying foods
  • Thick, black liquid in the ground used as fuel
  • verb
  • To add a liquid for frying foods
  • To put liquid in a machine so it will run smoothly

ocean

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  • noun
  • Large body of salt water; a large sea

wrap

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  • noun
  • Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
  • Thin bread filled with food and rolled
  • verb
  • To be or move around something
  • To cover something with paper or a cloth e.g. gift

tentacle

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  • noun
  • Long thin arm of some animals like an octopus

light

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  • adjecitve
  • Being bright making it easy to see; not dark
  • Being pale and lacking darkness of color
  • Not heavy; weighing only a little
  • adverb
  • Carrying few bags when traveling
  • noun
  • A source of energy that makes a room or area bright
  • Way in which something or someone is understood
  • verb
  • To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
  • To provide a way to see ahead

jellyfish

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  • noun
  • Soft-bodied sea animal, as with stinging tentacles

fella

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  • noun
  • Way of spelling 'fellows'

such

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  • determiner
  • Being similar to
  • (Thing) as previously stated or referred to
  • adverb
  • (Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)

pair

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  • noun
  • Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
  • Two people viewed together for some reason; couple
  • verb
  • To put two things or people together

through

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

for

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

never

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  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

dine

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US / daɪn /

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  • verb
  • To eat

fishing

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US / ˈfɪʃɪŋ /

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  • noun
  • The act of catching fish
  • verb
  • To go fishing with a net or hook

field

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  • noun
  • Area of study, such as physics or biology
  • Piece of land used to grow crops/raise animals
  • Open area of land, especially without buildings
  • Grassed area where you play some sports
  • verb
  • To respond to something or answer a question
  • To catch or stop a ball during a game

animal

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US / ˈænɪml /

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  • noun
  • A living creature that is not a plant or person

plumb

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  • adjecitve
  • Exactly vertical
  • adverb
  • Precisely or exactly
  • noun
  • Weight on the end of a line
  • verb
  • To measure the depth of something
  • To connect pipes, baths, toilets to a water source

mission

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  • noun
  • A task or role someone is given to do
  • Special assignment given to a person or group
  • Group tasked with a specific duty
  • A task given to someone to gain or achieve
  • Religious group wishing to convert others
  • Housing for a religious group working overseas
  • Religious or charitable task in a foreign country

ever

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  • adverb
  • At any time; at all times in the future

try

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US / traɪ /

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  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

swim

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  • noun
  • Act of swimming in a pool or ocean
  • verb
  • To move through water by moving parts of the body

new

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  • adjecitve
  • Not old, recently born, built or made
  • Being or doing something for the first time
  • Not felt, seen or known previously
  • Having been recently bought or obtained

among

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US / əˈmʌŋ /

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  • preposition
  • In the center of several things

will

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  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

texas

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US / ˈtɛksəs /

UK / ˈtɛksəs /

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  • other
  • The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico

many

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US / 'menɪ /

UK / ˈmɛni /

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer a large number of things

too

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US / tu: /

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  • adverb
  • In addition, also; with emphasis
  • Say that something is more than you want

marine

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US / mə'ri:n /

UK / məˈrin /

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  • adjecitve
  • Of the ocean or ocean plants and animals
  • Concerning sailing or doing business by sea
  • noun
  • Soldier trained to serve on land and sea

lobster

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  • noun
  • Large hard-shelled sea crustacean, prized as food

astonish

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US / ə'stɒnɪʃ /

UK / əˈstɑnɪʃ /

A2
  • verb
  • To cause someone to feel great wonder or surprise

seep

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US / si:p /

UK / sip /

B2
  • verb
  • To flow slowly through small openings or pores

have

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UK / hæv /

A1
  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

part

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US / pɑ:t /

UK / pɑ:rt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • To some degree; half; not fully
  • noun
  • Division of a book
  • Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
  • A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
  • Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
  • Some, but not all of a specific thing
  • Role in causing something to happen
  • verb
  • To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
  • To move two things apart creating a space
  • To leave someone, or to break off a relationship

census

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US / ˈsensəs /

UK / ˈsɛnsəs /

B2
  • noun
  • Survey to collect data about people in an area

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

A1
  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

flap

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US / flæp /

UK / flæp /

B2
  • noun
  • Motion or sound of something waving back and forth
  • Flat material attached on one side
  • verb
  • To move something back and forth or up and down

shrimp

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US / ʃrɪmp /

UK / ʃrɪmp /

B1
  • noun
  • Small edible salt-water shellfish with many legs
  • Someone who is small and weak

sample

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US / ˈsɑ:mpl /

UK / ˈsæmpl /

A2
  • noun
  • A small quantity of something used as a taster
  • verb
  • To try (e.g. food, drink), to see if you like it

end

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US / end /

UK / ɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • The point where a process or activity stops
  • A point that marks the limit of something; finish
  • Goal or desired result
  • The tip, edge or limit of something
  • verb
  • To be the last part of something

fall

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US / fɔ:l /

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A1
  • noun
  • Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
  • A drop in amount; decrease
  • Dropping from a standing position to the ground
  • verb
  • To drop in amount; to decrease
  • To come down from a higher position suddenly
  • To go from standing to the ground, by accident

gusher

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US / ˈɡʌʃə(r) /

UK / ˈɡʌʃər /

C1
  • noun
  • Oil well with a strong natural flow

feed

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US / fi:d /

UK / fid /

A2
  • noun
  • Food given to animals
  • verb
  • To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
  • To push something through an opening
  • To provide necessary supplies to

worm

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US / wɜ:m /

UK / wɚm /

B2
  • noun
  • Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
  • verb
  • To remove worms from an animals stomach
  • To get information, etc. out of, by tricking them
  • To cause something to move slowly or weave through

scientist

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US / ˈsaɪəntɪst /

UK / ˈsaɪəntɪst /

A2
  • noun
  • Person who is trained in a science

next

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US / nekst /

UK / nɛkst /

A1
  • adverb
  • The one that follows another in time or order
  • At a time or place directly after the present one
  • noun
  • The one that follows after
  • adjecitve
  • Immediately after the previous one
  • First occurrence after the present one

world

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US / wɜ:ld /

UK / wɜrld /

A1
  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

mouth

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US / maʊθ /

UK / maʊθ /

A1
  • noun
  • Hole in the face used for eating and talking
  • Opening of a container such as a bottle
  • Area where a river enters a large body of water
  • verb
  • To say words without speaking

wildcatter

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A1
  • noun
  • Oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field

know

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US / nəʊ /

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A1
  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

foot

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A1
  • noun
  • Base of something such as a mountain or vase
  • Length of 12 inches or about 25 cm
  • Lowest part of the leg we use to stand on

darkness

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US / 'dɑ:knəs /

UK / ˈdɑrknɪs /

A2
  • noun
  • The state or quality of being dark in color

technique

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UK / tɛkˈnik /

A2
  • noun
  • Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill

expedition

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US / ˌekspəˈdɪʃn /

UK / ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən /

B1
  • noun
  • Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
  • Short trip to a specific place, e.g. for shopping

figure

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US / ˈfiɡə /

UK / ˈfɪɡjɚ /

A1
  • noun
  • Your body shape
  • Numbers in a calculation
  • Doll-like thing meant to represent a person
  • Picture or diagram giving information in a text
  • Person who is very important or famous
  • Shape of a person seen indistinctly or in outline
  • Amount that is expressed in numbers
  • verb
  • To appear in a game, play or event
  • To calculate how much something will cost
  • To understand after thinking; work out

elephant

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US / ˈelɪfənt /

UK / ˈɛləfənt /

A2
  • noun
  • Large gray animal with a long nose and two tusks

work

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Activity completed in order to make money
  • noun
  • The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
  • Everything created by an author, artist, musician
  • Activity you do in order to make money
  • Place of employment
  • Final product or result of a some labor or effort
  • verb
  • To bring into a specific state of success
  • To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
  • To do your job in your company or workplace
  • To make an effort to do something
  • To operate a machine or device

old

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • Age of a person since birth

decay

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US / dɪˈkeɪ /

UK / dɪˈke /

B1
  • noun
  • Slow loss of physical or mental health
  • verb
  • To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
  • To lose health or strength

project

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US / prəˈdʒekt /

UK / prəˈdʒɛkt /

A1
  • noun
  • A planned piece of work for specific purpose
  • Group of homes built by government for poor people
  • verb
  • To predict what will happen in the future
  • To show something on a screen using light
  • To stick out past the edge of something

distant

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US / 'dɪstənt /

UK / ˈdɪstənt /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Unfriendly; cold
  • Existing or happening far away in place or time
  • (Of relationships) not being closely related

christmas

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US / ˈkrɪsməs /

UK / ˈkrɪsməs /

A2
  • noun
  • Christian holiday celebrated on December 24-26

its

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A1
  • adjecitve
  • Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
  • determiner
  • Of something; belonging or related to something
  • other
  • Possessive form of “it”

exotic

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US / ɪɡ'zɒtɪk /

UK / ɪɡ'zɑ:tɪk /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Being very different or unusual
  • Strange because from a different area of the world

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

announce

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US / əˈnaʊns /

UK / əˈnaʊns /

A2
  • verb
  • To make a public statement about a plan, decision

photographic

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US / ˌfəʊtəˈgræfɪk /

UK / ˌfotəˈɡræfɪk /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the art of making images with cameras

catalogue

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US / ˈkætəlɒg /

UK / ˈkætlˌɔɡ, -ˌɑɡ /

B1
  • noun
  • Book of items that are available for purchase

country

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US / ˈkʌntri /

UK / ˈkʌntri /

A1
  • noun
  • An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • Open land that is away from towns and cities

result

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US / rɪ'zʌlt /

UK / rɪˈzʌlt /

A2
  • noun
  • Something produced through tests or experiments
  • Final score of a competition, election or game
  • verb
  • To be the outcome of other causes and effects

drill

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US / drɪl /

UK / drɪl /

B1
  • noun
  • A machine that makes holes with a metal bit
  • Exercise done to learn military skills
  • Disciplined practice, as of soldiers marching
  • verb
  • To make a deep hole to find oil, gas etc.
  • To put a hole in something by using a boring tool
  • To train in something through repetition

fin

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US / fɪn /

UK / fɪn /

B2
  • noun
  • Flat, thin body parts of a fish that help it swim
  • Flat, thin object that sticks out from something

change

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US / tʃeɪndʒ /

UK / tʃendʒ /

A1
  • noun
  • Exchange of one set of clothes for another
  • Money in the form of coins instead of paper
  • Money returned after giving too much
  • Act of making or becoming something else
  • verb
  • To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • To exchange one kind of money for another
  • To replace something with another thing
  • To make or become something else
  • To go from one train, bus, etc. and go to another

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

zone

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US / zəʊn /

UK / zoʊn /

B1
  • noun
  • Area of space designated for a particular use
  • verb
  • To divide an area for a particular reason

participate

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US / pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpeɪt /

UK / pɑ:rˈtɪsɪpeɪt /

B1
  • verb
  • To take part with others in doing something

another

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US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

UK / əˈnʌðɚ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

tube

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US / tju:b /

UK / tub,tjub /

B1
  • noun
  • Plastic or metal container for soft substances
  • Long hollow pipe used to hold or liquids or gases

far

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UK / fɑr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A long way away
  • Being a long way away
  • adverb
  • To a large degree or extent

call

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A1
  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

photic

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US / ˈfəʊtɪk /

UK / ˈfoʊtɪk /

A1
  • other
  • Of or relating to or caused by light

mutant

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US / ˈmju:tənt /

UK / ˈmjutn:t /

B2
  • noun
  • Organism derived from a change in genes

starfish

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US / ˈstɑ:fɪʃ /

UK / ˈstɑ:rfɪʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • Sea creature with five arms

effort

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US / ˈefət /

UK / ˈɛfət /

A2
  • noun
  • Amount of work used trying to do something

cartoon

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US / kɑ:'tu:n /

UK / kɑrˈtun /

B1
  • noun
  • Drawing or illustration meant to make you laugh
  • (Children's) TV show made of moving drawings

aim

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US / eɪm /

UK / em /

A2
  • noun
  • Act of pointing something at a target
  • Purpose or goal
  • verb
  • To point something at a target
  • To intend to get a thing or for a thing to happen

over

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US / 'əʊvə(r) /

UK / ˈovɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Finished; no longer happening
  • Towards the ground/away from a standing position
  • noun
  • A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
  • other
  • Finished
  • preposition
  • Showing the relation when a thing is above another
  • On or covering something
  • Above or across something
  • More than you need
  • From one side to the other
  • In the direction of; toward

out

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US / aʊt /

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A1
  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

A1
  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

fish

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US / fɪʃ /

UK / fɪʃ /

A1
  • noun
  • Animal that swims and lives in water
  • verb
  • To go fishing with a net or hook

assortment

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US / əˈsɔ:tmənt /

UK / əˈsɔrtmənt /

B2
  • noun
  • Collection of different things some similarities

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

name

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US / neɪm /

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A1
  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

beyond

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UK / biˈɑnd, bɪˈjɑnd /

A2
  • adverb
  • On or to the farther side
  • In addition to
  • preposition
  • Later in time than
  • Out of the limits of
  • Subtitles section
  • These aren't Christmas lights.
  • This isn't a mutant lobster.
  • And this fearsome-looking creature is not something you'd ever find at the end of your fishing hook.
  • These are some of the rarely seen sea creatures found deep in the ocean in a world of total darkness.
  • Using ultra-sophisticated photographic and sampling techniques, scientists working for the Census of Marine Life have inventoried an astonishing diversity of life beyond the ocean's photic zone, the part of the ocean that's too deep for light to seep through.
  • The Census of Marine Life is a 10-year-long international research program aimed at cataloging the diversity and distribution of marine life.
  • Over 2,000 scientists from 82 countries are participating in the effort.
  • Five of the Census' 14 field projects plumb the ocean depths beyond the photic zone.
  • The results have been astonishing.
  • Thus far, over 5,700 species have been identified, thriving in a world that has never known light.
  • They're a diverse assortment of creatures, exotic cousins to species that live closer to the ocean's surface, such as crabs, shrimp, worms, and jellyfish.
  • They feed mostly on marine snow, fine particles of decaying plants and animals that drift to the bottom of the ocean.
  • They're a hardy bunch, these deep-sea dwellers.
  • These fish, called orange roughies, can live to be 100 years old.
  • This fella is known as the wildcat tube worm because, like the wildcatters of old Texas, it drills for oil.
  • When it hits a gusher, it dines on chemicals found in the decomposing oil.
  • Then there are the Dumbo octopods, given that name because they flap a pair of large, ear-like fins to swim, like Dumbo the cartoon elephant.
  • At up to 5 feet long, they are among the largest of deep-sea creatures.
  • But not much is known about them.
  • The Dumbos are poorly known, so we are trying to figure out how many species there are and how to tell them apart.
  • For example, this Dumbo may be a species new to science.
  • The sea cucumber is a distant cousin of the starfish that uses 15 tentacles to sweep the ocean's detritus into its mouth.
  • At the end of its meal, it changes shape and flies off to find another nutritious mudpack.
  • By the time the Census of Marine Life wraps up its mission next fall, the five deep-sea projects will have embarked on more than 200 expeditions.
  • The results of the census will be announced in London next October.