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Unit 8 | Vocabulary | The big issues

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- 1A period when little rain falls in the countryside. "It's been a rainless year"Drought
/draʊt/
- 2The moment in which one reflects on a past action. "Only after they finished the war, they coul see in retrospect the damage they had done"(With/In) Hindsight
/ˈhaɪnd.saɪt/
- 3Something very difficult to believe in. "Come on! The spiderman is so unrealistic"Far-fetched
/ˌfɑːˈfetʃt/
- 4Something that looks like a human. "The creatures of the planet had an antropomorphic body, still, they weren't humans"Humanoid
/ˈhjuː.mə.nɔɪd/
- 5Something that has support from another thing. "The theorem is based on Pythagoras"Grounded in/on sth.

- 6To annoy someone either kind or unkindly. "I'm a kind person, I don't understand why they pick on me"Tease
/tiːz/
- 7Something that is guaranteed not to fail. "The death-star is foolproof..."Fail-safe.
/ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/
- 8The extension of a topic covered by something. "Physics is out of the field this subject covers"Scope
/skoʊp/
- 9As a consequence of this... "The policeman arrested Donnie, restoring his credibility as a result of this"Thereby
/ˌðeəˈbaɪ/
- 10To do something forbidden, thereby breaking the rules or the law. "The president dissolved the congress, transgressing the law"Contravene
/ˌkɒn.trəˈviːn/
- 11To be in a position in which any decision is unfavorable. "My mother and my sister asked me for help... I was between the devil and the deep blue sea"To be on the horns of a dilemma.
/daɪˈlem.ə/
- 12A time in which there's not enough food causing serious problems. "In the land of nowhere a great hunger reigned"Famine
/ˈfæm.ɪn/
- 13The situation in which something starts to have negative effects, getting destroyed. "The loyalty of the servants was gradually worn out by the oppresive attitude of the king"Erosion
/ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/
- 14Natural disaster/A great victory. "The party is expected a great landslide!"Landslide
/ˈlænd.slaɪd/
- 15To shiver with excitement/A slight earthquake. "The news were so good they looked like they were about to convulse"Tremor
/ˈtrem.ər/
- 16Someting of very short lenght (Adj) Very soon (Adv). "The movie had had a momentary cut" "Isaac saw everyone was momentarily paralyzed"Momentary vs Momentarily
(Adj/Adv)
- 17Not appealed by new people. The dislike brought by meeting new people "Don't worry he's apathetic since childhood" "He is such an unfriendly man!"Unsocial/Unsociable
/ʌnˈsəʊ.ʃəl/ || /ʌnˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/
- 18To be careless, passive and lazy. "Teamwork puts him in a very unenergetic mood"Bone idle
/ˈaɪ.dəl/
- 19To have mastered something useful. "Speaking english is already an ace upon one's sleeve"Have sth under your belt

- 20The end of the road or an obstacle. "In moder politics, trying to argument an opinion is a complete stalemate"Dead end
/ˌded ˈend/
- 21To have exact incomes to pay something. "Mark will have to economize if he wants to reach March"Make ends meet

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