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• contaminated Containing infection or infectious organisms or germs
• sewage treatment plant a facility that cleans the waste materials found in water that comes from sewers or drains
• squeamish (adj.) inclined to nausea; easily shocked or upset; excessively fastidious or refined
• knock somebody's socks off you find it extremely exciting or good
• until the cows come home for a very long time
• footage raw, unedited material as it had been originally recorded
• devastating extremely destructive
• impassioned filled with passionate emotion
• contemporary current, modern; from the same time
• cropland land used to raise plants for human use
• compound a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture.
• sewage The water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets, and showers
• water scarcity not having access to enough clean water supplies
• take measures do something to solve a problem
• depleted emptied; drained; used up
• scorching extremely hot
• desalinated remove salt from seawater
• to raise awareness to help people know that something exists and is important
• barren not productive, bare
• fertile capable of reproducing
• allegory a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
• to keep a stiff upper lip to be courageous in the face of trouble
• bend over backwards to try very hard to do something good or helpful
• to open a whole can of worms to create a complicated situation in which doing something to correct a problem leads to many more problems
• to get the short end of the stick to suffer the bad effects of a situation
• jump ship To leave one's job suddenly, usually to go work somewhere else.
• the underground railway an network pf people helping fugitive slaves in the US
• the Pacific garbage patch a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean
• debris the remains of something that has been destroyed
• a small drop in the bucket insignifigant
• a faucet a tap
• potentially possibly
• fissure Narrow, slitlike opening
• gyre a circular motion of water in each of the major ocean basins
• decommissioned to officially stop using (a ship, weapon, dam, etc.) : to remove (something) from service
• incinerate to burn to ashes
• furthermore in addition
• nevertheless in spite of that; however( icke desto mindre)
• consequently as a result
• aquisition the process of learning or getting something
• intrinsic (adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part( en inneboende del av)
• abundant more than enough; plentiful
• considerably much or a lot
• hegemony leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.
• proponent One who argues in favor of; supporter
• heterogeneity state of being dissimilar, composition from unlike elements
• homogeneity the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature
• unilateral one-sided
• hybrid something that is a mixture of two very different things
• homogenity of a similar kind
• transmit to send something across places; to pass along
• cultural imperialism the fact of the culture of a large and powerful country, organization, etc. having a great influence on another less powerful country, etc:
• chronic fatigue illness where you feel tired all the time
• prone to likely to
• susceptible likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
• benefit from to get help or an advantage from something, profit from, gain from
• keep at bay to prevent someone from moving closer
• impersonate pretend to be some other person; assume the character of
• advocate to speak in favor of
• deduce to draw a conclusion from given facts
• infer to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
• percieve to understand, know, become aware of
• notwithstanding in spite of, despite
• coherent logically connected
• comprehensive covering or including everything

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