unit 2

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die out
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To disappear or stop existing completely
dredge something up
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To pull something up from the bottom of a river, lake etc
on a regular basis
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Every day, week etc
concessions
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The right to have a business in a particular place, especially in a place owned by someone else
scramble over
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To climb over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you
strut your stuff
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To show your skill at doing something especially dancing or performing
teething problem
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Small problems that you have when you first start doing a new job or using a new system
cut sth out
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To stop doing or eating something, especially because it might be bad for your health
savannah
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A large flat area of grassy land, especially in Africa
hither and thither
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Scattered around or happening in several different places
self-sufficiency
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The ability to provide all the things you need without help from other people
ravage
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To damage something very badly
enmashed in
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Very involved in an unpleasant or complicated situation
clamour
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A very loud noise made by a large group of people or animals
tributary
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A stream of river that flows into a larger river
resurgent
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Growing and becoming more popular after a period of quietness
indigenous
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Indigenous people or things have always been in the place where they are rather than being brought there from somewhere else
logger
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Someone whose job is to cut down trees
slaughter
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To kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way
fiasco
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An event that is completely unsuccessful in the way that is very embarrassing or disappointing
circumscribe
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To limit power rights or abilities
integral
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Forming a necessary part of something
culture
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The beliefs way of life as and customs that are shared and accepted by people in a particular society
Ping
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To make a short high ringing sound
portray
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To describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of them
amplify
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To increase the effects or strength of something
part from
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To separate from someone or and a relationship with them
straightforward
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Simple and easy to understand
Solidarity
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Loyalty and general agreement between all the people in a group or between different groups because they all have a shared aim
dump
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To put something somewhere in a careless untidy way
deterrent
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Something that makes someone less likely to do something by making them realise it will be difficult or have bad results.
fret
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To worry about something, especially when there is no need
tweak
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To suddenly pull or twist something
sneaky
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Doing things in a secret and often dishonest or unfair way
stalk
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To follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch an attacked attack or killed them
consign
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To send something somewhere, especially in order to sell it
unprecedented
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never having happened before or never having happened so much
coop
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a building for small animals, especially chickens
piece something together
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To put all the separate parts of an object into the correct order or position
tributaries
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A person or state that pay tribute to another state or ruler
at ease
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Free from worry or awkwardness relaxed
no signs of
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To have or show no indication that something else exist is true or will happen
on a whim
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a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it and often occurs suddenly
dispatch
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Sent off to a destination of purpose
inevitability
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The quality of being certain to happen
contamination
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The action or state of making or being made impure by polluting or poisoning
slavery
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The state of being a slave
encounter
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Unexpectedly be faced with with or experience something hostile or difficult
tribe
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A social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic religious or blood tie
acrimony
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Bitterness or ill feeling
crack down on
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Take severe measures against someone or something
incursion
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An invasion or attack, especially a silent or a brief one
fivefold
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Five times as great as or as numerous
extraction
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The action of extracting something especially using effort or force
silt
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Find sand, clay or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour
vegetation
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Plans considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat
hush
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Make someone be quiet or stop talking
disrupt
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interrupt an invent activity or process by causing a disturbance or problem
up-to-date
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Extending up to the present time

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