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Biodegradable
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(adj) materials, chemicals etc that are biodegradable are changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment
e.g. This carton is made of biodegradable plastic |
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(n) a series of actions intended to achieve a particular result relating to politics or business, or a social improvement
e.g. an anti-bullying campaign; an advertising campaign |
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(n) 1. not considering yourself or your ideas to be as important as other people's
e.g. a modest and humble man
2. having a low social class or position
e.g. He started his career as a humble peanut farmer.
3. eat humble pie - to admit that you were wrong about something |
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Compulsory
[kəm'pʌls(ə)rɪ]
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(adj) something that is compulsory must be done because it is the law or because someone in authority orders you to
e.g. the threat of compulsory redundancies |
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(v) to make a substance spread completely through something, or to spread completely through something
e.g. The mats have to be impregnated with disinfectant. |
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(n) an additional sum of money, usually paid as a tax
e.g. He wants to impose a levy on landfill waste. |
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(n) 1. the practice of burying waste under the ground, or the waste buried in this way
2. a place where waste is buried under the ground |
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(n) the set of ideas and moral attitudes that are typical of a particular group
e.g. a community in which people lived according to an ethos of sharing and caring |
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(adj) 1. on the inside or close to the centre of something
e.g. the inner ear
2. inner thoughts or feelings are ones that you feel strongly but do not always show to other people
e.g. Yoga gives me a sense of inner calm.
3. relating to things which happen or exist but are not easy to see
e.g. the inner workings of the film industry |
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(n) an activity that a lot of people are doing
e.g. The keep-fit bandwagon started rolling in the mid 80s
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Decelerate
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(v) to go slower, especially in a vehicle
= slow down |
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Deterioration
[dɪˌtɪərɪə'reɪʃ(ə)n] |
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(n) process of changing to an inferior state |
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(n) someone who is blamed for something bad that happens, even if it is not their fault
e.g. She believed she had been made a scapegoat for what happened. |
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