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What If Two Hurricanes Collided?

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try

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UK / 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

small

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  • adjecitve
  • Little in size; not big
  • (Of letters) not written in capital letters
  • Being insignificant or minor
  • (Of a business) with few people or things; local
  • (Of voice) being soft and quiet
  • (Of a child) being young

here

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  • adverb
  • In this place; at this location, position or time

reason

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  • noun
  • Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
  • Explanation for why something occurred or was done
  • verb
  • To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

climatologist

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US / ˌklaɪməˈtɔlədʒɪst /

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  • noun
  • Someone who is expert in climate science

area

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  • noun
  • Amount of measured space
  • A specific section or space; part of a region
  • A subject or field of study

story

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  • noun
  • One of many floors or levels in a building
  • Account or description of how something happened

should

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  • other
  • Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable

massive

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  • adjecitve
  • Very big; large; too big

massachusetts

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  • other
  • A state in New England; one of the original colonies

continue

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  • verb
  • To do something without stopping, or after pausing
  • To start doing again after a break, pause, or stop

global

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning, involving, affecting all of something
  • Of, affecting, or involving the entire world

economy

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  • noun
  • Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
  • Total of all goods, services and wages in an area

devastation

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  • noun
  • Act of ruining or destroying something

day

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  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

combine

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  • verb
  • To mix several things together to form one thing

weather

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  • noun
  • Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
  • verb
  • To successfully deal with a difficult situation
  • To erode or become damaged due to the environment

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

guess

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  • noun
  • Answer given when you don't know if it is correct
  • verb
  • To give an answer without knowing if it is correct

describe

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  • verb
  • To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something

region

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  • noun
  • Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.

prepare

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  • verb
  • To make something ready for use

another

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

think

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  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

come

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  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

any

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  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

name

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

keep

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  • noun
  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place
  • verb
  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
  • To have and continue to hold something
  • To do something that you have promised or agreed
  • To stay in a certain place or condition
  • To maintain the rules

whirl

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  • verb
  • To turn rapidly in circles

most

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  • adverb
  • Very; extremely
  • Greatest possible degree
  • pronoun
  • Nearly all of something

meet

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  • noun
  • Sporting competition e.g. swimming
  • verb
  • To provide something that is necessary
  • To come together at a certain time or place

large

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

temperature

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  • noun
  • When you your body heat is above normal
  • How hot or cold something is, e.g. the weather

tide

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  • noun
  • Way opinions or events are developing or changing
  • Regular rise and fall of the level of the sea
  • verb
  • To give you what is needed for a short time

over

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  • 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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  • 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

form

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  • noun
  • Sports team or person's current winning record
  • Document you complete when making an application
  • Visible shape or style; type; kind
  • verb
  • To organize something such as a club or group
  • To develop; to come into a shape or substance
  • To make something into a particular shape

from

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

two

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  • number
  • 2

release

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  • noun
  • Act of freeing someone from a duty or burden
  • Introduction of a new product, film, book, etc.
  • Relief from sadness, suffering or trouble
  • Act of freeing from a jail, cage, prison, etc.
  • verb
  • To free someone from a responsibility or burden
  • To allow a film, music etc. to be sold/distributed
  • To allow to leave a jail, cage, etc.; let out
  • To let go of something you are holding

only

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  • adverb
  • Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
  • Not very important or serious
  • Just that type of thing, person
  • Short time ago; not before a certain time
  • conjunction
  • Except; but

mayan

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  • adjecitve
  • Of ancient Indian civilization, e.g. in Yucatan

healthcare

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  • noun
  • Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it

hope

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  • noun
  • When you wish something will happen; what you wish
  • verb
  • To expect and want something to happen

and

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

far

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

call

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  • 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

fill

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  • noun
  • Act of filling; amount used to make something full
  • verb
  • To make something full
  • To move into all parts of an area
  • To repair a surface by adding a substance to it
  • To use (time); to do something during

collision

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  • noun
  • Act of crashing into someone or something else

wipe

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  • noun
  • Act to clean or dry something with a cloth
  • verb
  • To clean or dry something with a cloth
  • To spread a liquid on something

who

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

its

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

common

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  • adjecitve
  • Shared; Belonging to or used by everyone
  • Typical, normal; not unusual
  • noun
  • Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
  • Field near a village owned by the local community

all

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

institute

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  • noun
  • Organization studying science, engineering etc.
  • verb
  • To start or commence doing, e.g. a business plan

look

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

human

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or characteristic of people
  • noun
  • A person; a man, woman or child

believe

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

result

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  • 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

both

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  • determiner
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time
  • pronoun
  • Used to refer to two things at the same time

approach

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  • noun
  • Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
  • Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
  • Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
  • verb
  • To get close to reaching something or somewhere
  • To request someone to do something specific

absorb

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  • verb
  • To take up all attention / energy of something
  • To take in a liquid; soak up

very

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

they

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

between

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  • preposition
  • From one person, thing, or place, to another
  • In the space that separates two objects
  • Among two or more people who share something

damage

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  • noun
  • Physical harm that is done to something
  • verb
  • To harm physically; to hurt or break something

take

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

movie

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  • noun
  • Motion picture; film

their

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

huge

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  • adjecitve
  • Very very large

direction

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  • noun
  • When someone tells people what to do
  • Describes the way you are going, e.g. North

reign

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  • noun
  • Time during which a person runs an organization
  • Period of time when (e.g. king) rules a country
  • verb
  • To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
  • (King or Queen) to rule a country

speed

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  • noun
  • How fast or slow something is or is done
  • verb
  • To move quickly when completing an action
  • To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow

swirl

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  • verb
  • To make a twisting shape, mark, or pattern

this

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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

the

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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

material

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  • adjecitve
  • Relevant; (of evidence) important or significant
  • Belonging to the world of physical things
  • noun
  • Cloth; fabric
  • Supplies or data needed to do a certain thing
  • Substance from which a thing is made of

might

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  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

let

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  • verb
  • To allow someone to do something
  • Introducing a suggestion to do something together
  • To rent a house, etc. to others

big

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  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

classify

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  • verb
  • To arrange things into groups of similar items
  • To keep some information secret from the public

tropical

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  • adjecitve
  • Hot and humid; near to the equator

term

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  • noun
  • Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
  • Length of time something is expected to happen
  • Fixed period of weeks for learning at school
  • The (precise) name given to something
  • verb
  • To call; give a name to

intense

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  • adjecitve
  • Very strong, great or extreme in degree

bad

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  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

than

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

strength

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  • noun
  • Condition of being strong

rainfall

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  • noun
  • Water falling from the sky

one

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  • pronoun
  • You; we; people in general; someone
  • The thing or person previously referred to
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to people generally
  • Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
  • number
  • Number 1

other

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  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

deadly

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  • adjecitve
  • Causing or capable of causing death
  • Being very accurate

dance

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  • noun
  • A series of steps and movements in time to music
  • A social event with dancing while music is playing
  • verb
  • To move your body rhythmically to music

spin

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  • noun
  • A dizzy feeling your head is turning around
  • A slant or hidden purpose, as in politicians' talk
  • A movement in a rapid turning motion
  • verb
  • To make a ball rotate when throwing it
  • To feel dizzy/confused, as in my head is spinning
  • To convert material such as cotton into thread
  • To move something in a rapid turning motion

make

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  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

collide

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  • verb
  • To come together or crash with a lot of force
  • To disagree with or be very different from others

you

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US / jʊ /

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

live

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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

how

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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)

kind

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  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

state

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning region within a country
  • noun
  • Region within a country, with its own government
  • Situation or condition something is in
  • verb
  • To say; declare as fact

cyclonic

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UK / saɪ'klɒnɪk /

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  • other
  • Of or relating to or characteristic of a violent tropical storm

yourself

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US / jɔ:ˈself /

UK / jʊrˈsɛlf, jɔr-, jor-, jə- /

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  • pronoun
  • Reflexive form of 'you', used for an emphasis

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

within

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US / wɪˈðɪn /

UK / wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- /

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  • adverb
  • Inside the limits of an area, time or range
  • preposition
  • From the inside of something

nuclear

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US / ˈnju:kliə(r) /

UK / ˈnukliɚ, ˈnju- /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning or involving the center of an atom

warm

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US / wɔ:m /

UK / wɔrm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Friendly, sincere and kind to others
  • Being friendly or sincere
  • Slightly hot; not very hot
  • verb
  • To become more friendly or to like something
  • To make something hotter

populate

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US / 'pɒpjʊleɪt /

UK / ˈpɑpjəˌlet /

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  • verb
  • To live in a particular area, as a group

cool

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US / ku:l /

UK / kul /

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  • adjecitve
  • Steady and calm when facing difficulties
  • Almost cold; not warm or hot
  • Smart or stylish in a way (young) people admire
  • Unfriendly in an indirect way; distant
  • verb
  • To make something decrease in temperature
  • (Of an emotion, etc.) to become less strongly felt

send

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US / send /

UK / sɛnd /

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  • verb
  • To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
  • To cause mail or packages to go to another place
  • To move something quickly in a particular way
  • To give information or greetings to someone

technology

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US / tek'nɒlədʒɪ /

UK / tɛkˈnɑlədʒi /

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  • noun
  • Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.

wind

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US / wɪnd /

UK / wɪnd /

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  • adjecitve
  • (Musical instruments) that you blow into to play
  • noun
  • A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
  • Something that has influence
  • verb
  • If a road, path, or river winds, it follows a route that turns repeatedly in different directions
  • To turn or cause something to turn
  • To twist around something

why

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US / waɪ /

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

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  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

melt

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US / melt /

UK / mɛlt /

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  • verb
  • To disappear or to go away
  • To make, become soft or liquid due to heat
  • To become liquid through heating

for

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UK / fɔr,fə /

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

japanese

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US / ˌdʒæpəˈniːz /

UK / ˌdʒæpəˈniːz /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Japan

astronomical

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US / ˌæstrəˈnɒmɪkl /

UK / ˌæstrəˈnɑmɪkəl /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Extremely large or high
  • Of the study of stars and other bodies in space

occur

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US / əˈkɜ:(r) /

UK / əˈkɚ /

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  • verb
  • To come to pass or to happen

define

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US / dɪ'faɪn /

UK / dɪˈfaɪn /

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  • verb
  • To explain the meaning of words
  • To set or mark the limits of something

system

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US / 'sɪstəm /

UK / ˈsɪstəm /

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  • adjecitve
  • Working in an organized, logical way
  • noun
  • Set of organized, planned ideas that work together

strong

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US / strɒŋ /

UK / strɔŋ /

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  • adjecitve
  • (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
  • Having big muscles; physically powerful

ocean

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US / 'əʊʃn /

UK / ˈoʃən /

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

much

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US / mʌtʃ /

UK / mʌtʃ /

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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

extremely

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US / ɪkˈstri:mli /

UK / ɪk'strimlɪ /

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  • adverb
  • In a way that is much more than usual or expected

depend

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US / dɪˈpend /

UK / dɪˈpend /

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  • verb
  • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)

whole

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US / həul /

UK / hol /

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; all of
  • Being in a good condition
  • noun
  • Complete amount or sum; total

surge

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US / sɜ:dʒ /

UK / sɜ:rdʒ /

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  • noun
  • Sudden movement in one direction by many
  • Sudden or unexpected increase in amount
  • Unexpected increase or movement, as in sea/prices
  • verb
  • To move unexpectedly and quickly in one direction
  • To rise to an unexpected height

size

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US / saɪz /

UK / saɪz /

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  • noun
  • How big or small a thing is
  • Standard measurements for clothing, shoes
  • verb
  • To make something to fit a particular measurement
  • To organize or group from small to large

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)

mythology

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US / mɪˈθɒlədʒi /

UK / mɪˈθɑ:lədʒi /

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  • noun
  • Myths of a particular culture or group of people
  • Popular ideas or beliefs not unsupported by facts

meteorologist

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US / ˌmi:tiəˈrɒlədʒɪst /

UK / ˌmitiəˈrɑlədʒɪst /

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  • noun
  • Specialist who studies processes in the earth's atmosphere that cause weather conditions

effect

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US / ɪ'fekt /

UK / ɪˈfɛkt /

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  • noun
  • An advantage, benefit
  • Change brought about by a cause; result

cloud

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US / klaʊd /

UK / klaʊd /

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  • noun
  • A mass of smoke or mist hanging in the air
  • verb
  • To confuse the mind/judgment of a person
  • (Of the sky) to get darker and fill with clouds
  • To make (glass, etc.) difficult to see through
  • To make an activity less pleasant or enjoyable
  • (Of person's face, etc.) to show worry/anger

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / 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

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

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  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

moisture

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US / 'mɔɪstʃə(r) /

UK / ˈmɔɪstʃɚ /

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  • noun
  • Small amount of wetness that can be felt

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,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

category

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US / ˈkætəgəri /

UK / ˈkætɪˌɡɔri, -ˌɡori /

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  • noun
  • Groups of things that are similar in some way

same

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US / seɪm /

UK / sem /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

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  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

moist

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US / mɔɪst /

UK / mɔɪst /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being a little bit wet, often in a pleasing way

expect

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US / ɪk'spekt /

UK / ɪkˈspɛkt /

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  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

catastrophic

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US / ˌkætə'strɒfɪk /

UK / ˌkætəˈstrɑfɪk /

B2
  • adjecitve
  • Causing a lot of damage or suffering

during

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US / ˈdjʊərɪŋ /

UK / ˈdʊrɪŋ, ˈdjʊr- /

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  • preposition
  • At some point in the course of an event or thing

fire

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US / 'faɪə(r) /

UK / faɪr /

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  • noun
  • Heat and the flame produced when burning
  • Intense energy for or about something
  • verb
  • To apply heat to something to make it hard
  • To make a person leave their job; dismiss
  • To shoot a gun or weapon
  • To launch something into the sky, e.g. a rocket
  • To start working on something e.g. a project

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

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  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

expand

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US / ɪk'spænd /

UK / ɪkˈspænd /

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  • verb
  • To make something larger in size, number, amount

energy

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US / 'enədʒɪ /

UK / ˈɛnədʒi /

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  • noun
  • Physical or mental strength

right

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US / raɪt /

UK / raɪt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

emanuel

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US / ɪˌmænsɪ'peɪʃn /

UK / ɪˌmænsəˈpeʃən /

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what

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US / wɒt /

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

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  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

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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’

impact

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  • noun
  • A striking effect or result to hit with force
  • Very strong influence
  • Act or force of one thing hitting something else
  • verb
  • To hit or strike someone or something with force

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

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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

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

different

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US / ˈdɪfrənt /

UK / ˈdɪfrənt /

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  • adjecitve
  • Not of the same kind; unlike other things

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

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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)

each

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US / i:tʃ /

UK / itʃ /

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  • determiner
  • Every one of two or more things
  • pronoun
  • Per one person or thing

happen

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US / 'hæpən /

UK / ˈhæpən /

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  • verb
  • To take place or occur

city

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US / 'sɪtɪ /

UK / ˈsɪti /

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  • noun
  • Area with many buildings, roads and people

bomb

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US / bɒm /

UK / bɑm /

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  • noun
  • An explosive device
  • verb
  • To attack with explosives
  • To fail or be completely unsuccessful

whenever

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US / wenˈevə(r) /

UK / hwɛnˈɛvɚ /

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  • adverb
  • At any or every time that

place

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US / pleɪs /

UK / ples /

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  • noun
  • Particular location, area or region
  • verb
  • To put someone in a particular type of situation
  • To put something in a certain location or position

cause

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US / kɔ:z /

UK / kɔz /

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  • noun
  • Belief, goal or organization that people support
  • Reason for
  • verb
  • To make something happen; create effect or result

hit

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US / hɪt /

UK / hɪt /

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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

have

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US / həv /

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  • 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

increase

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US / ɪn'kri:s /

UK / ɪnˈkris /

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  • noun
  • Fact of increasing; amount something grows by
  • verb
  • To make or become larger in size or amount

costly

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US / 'kɒstlɪ /

UK / ˈkɔstli /

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  • adjecitve
  • Being very expensive, often wasteful

air

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US / eə(r) /

UK / er /

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  • noun
  • Mixture of gases around the earth that we breathe
  • A person's manner intended to impress others
  • verb
  • To expose to the outside, to dry or freshen
  • To broadcast a TV or radio show
  • To open a subject to discussion and debate

often

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US / ˈɔfən /

UK / ˈɔfən,ˈɑfən,ˈɔftən,ˈɑf- /

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  • adverb
  • Many times; frequently; on many occasions

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

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  • 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

could

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US / kəd /

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  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

scientist

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US / ˈsaɪəntɪst /

UK / ˈsaɪəntɪst /

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  • noun
  • Person who is trained in a science

ice

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US / aɪs /

UK / aɪs /

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  • noun
  • Frozen gas or liquid, esp. water
  • Sweet food made of frozen cream, or juices
  • verb
  • To make something cold by putting on frozen water
  • To spread a sweet and creamy substance on a cake

center

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US / 'sentə /

UK / ˈsɛntɚ /

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  • noun
  • Community place people go health or social reasons
  • Place in the middle of something
  • Person or thing that is attracting attention
  • verb
  • To direct focus toward something

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

orbit

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US / 'ɔ:bɪt /

UK / ˈɔrbɪt /

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  • noun
  • Path an object takes as it circles another object
  • verb
  • To go around another object (often in space)

dangerous

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US / ˈdeɪndʒərəs /

UK / ˈdendʒərəs /

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  • adjecitve
  • Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

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  • 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)
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  • Intense rainfall, winds of 120 kmph or higher, storm surge.
  • These are the signs of a hurricane.
  • During its reign of terror, a hurricane can release as much energy as 10,000 nuclear bombs.
  • And guess what?
  • There are two of them.
  • And they're on a collision course.
  • This is What If, and here's what would happen if two hurricanes collided.
  • Meet Dr. Sakuhai Fujiwara, the Japanese meteorologist who first defined the interaction between two hurricanes.
  • The Fujiwara effect describes what happens when two whirling weather systems, called cyclonic vortexes, come close to each other.
  • Cyclonic vortexes could be hurricanes or typhoons.
  • And if they get within 1,000 km of each other, they can be even more dangerous.
  • It doesn't occur very often, but it does happen.
  • And some scientists believe that it will happen more often as global temperatures continue to rise.
  • The term hurricane gets its name from Huracán, known in Mayan mythology as a god of wind, storm and fire.
  • And you're about to see why.
  • Hurricanes and typhoons form when warm, moist air over the ocean rises, and nearby air takes its place, forming swirls of air.
  • As the warm, rising air cools, it makes huge clouds filled with moisture.
  • These clouds continue to spin and expand, causing intense rain, wind, and surging tides wherever the storm goes.
  • Hurricanes can be extremely costly, both in material damages and in human lives.
  • So how much more devastation can we expect when two hurricanes collide?
  • You might be looking up at two approaching storms and think to yourself, that can't be good.
  • And you'd be right.
  • But how bad things are about to become for you really depends on how big the storm is.
  • If two hurricanes are about the same size and strength, they'll do a dance and orbit around a common center.
  • The result of this dance might send both storms off in different directions.
  • They could be catastrophic for any city or region that wasn't prepared for a hurricane.
  • But if one of the hurricanes is bigger than the other, the larger one can absorb the smaller one.
  • This wouldn't create some kind of megastorm like you see in the movies, with astronomical wind speeds and storm surges that wipe out whole cities.
  • But two hurricanes combined could still make the hurricane stronger and longer-lasting.
  • Hurricanes are the most deadly storms, so increasing their strength can have a massive impact on people's lives, on the economy, and on healthcare systems whenever they hit populated areas.
  • Hurricane Katrina was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States so far, and that was only a Category 3 storm.
  • A climatologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kerry Emanuel, believes that wind speeds in a hurricane could increase by about 5% for every one-degree increase in tropical ocean temperatures.
  • A Category 5 storm has winds of 252 kmph, or stronger.
  • Will we one day have to classify a Category 6 storm?
  • Let's hope not.
  • But there are other reasons why we should try to keep the Earth's temperature from rising.
  • Do you know what would happen if all the world's ice melted?
  • Well, that's a story for another WHAT IF.