Billions of Midges Freeze to Death (Lesson 17)

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question		réponse
midge commencer à apprendre		a small flying insect that can bite people Pol. komar Billions of midges have frozen to death
beastie commencer à apprendre		Informal an insect An expert on the biting beastie.
voracious commencer à apprendre		having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something Tourists breakfasted upon by the voracious and swarming insects.
swarm commencer à apprendre		Pol. (of bees) roić się swarming insects.
hot spot commencer à apprendre		a place that is popular for entertainment or a particular activity Sutherland is a midge hot spot
demise commencer à apprendre		the end of something that used to exist, death formal Public interest in the midge — and ultimately in its demise or avoidance — is high
comprehensive commencer à apprendre		complete and including everything that is necessary: complete the big freeze is so comprehensive.
infest commencer à apprendre		if insects, rats etc ____ a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage wide areas of midge infested ground frozen
resilient to sth commencer à apprendre		able to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event Pol. odporny But midges are very resilient. They will sit there in the ground waiting days for their meal.”
respite commencer à apprendre		a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better a welcome respite in a war that humans seemingly cannot win.
on record commencer à apprendre		a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on a computer: x2 the coming summer may be one of the best, midge quiet Scottish summers on record.

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