Angielski vocab 3 rozdzial

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to have an influence on sb / sth
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affect
food, water, warmth
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basic needs
the act of using my strenght or power to hurt or frighten weaker people (usualy
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bullying
a gas in the air we breathe
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carbon dioxide
the state of employing children to work
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child labour
an act which is not legal and may be punished by law
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crime
to become worse
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decline
the cutting down of trees
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deforestation
the state of being paid to work for a company
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employment
the act of using sb / sth to my advantage
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exploitation
choosing when to have children and how many to have
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family planning
a situation in which large numbers of people have little or no food, and many of them die
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famine
a number
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figure
substances, such as coal or oil, which are made from animals or plants, and are burnt to provide heat or power
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fossil fuels
a rise in the Earth's temperature cause by polluted gases
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global warming
gases that are created from burning fossil fuels and cause our atmosfere to heat up
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greenhouse gases
the condition of not having a home
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homelessness
the act of downloading copyrighted material from the internet without paying for it
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illegal downloading of songs / films
a matter
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issue
to change from solid to liquid when heated
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melt
the act of cathing too many fish
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overfishing
the condition of having too many people for the resources available in a place
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overpopulation
the reduction of ozone in the atmosphere
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ozone depletion
the huge masses of ice at the North and South Poles
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polar ice caps
the condition of being extremely poor
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poverty
the amount of money and comfort that certain people have
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standard of living
extreme suffering or death because of lack of food
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starvation
to catch
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trap
to leave a place, a thing or a person
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abandon
in danger
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at risk
a landmass made from coral
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atoil
a way of thinking and acting
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attitude
knowing about sth
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aware of
to be upset to the point of crying
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be moved to tears
cruel, violent
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brutal
if it hadn't been for
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but for
a serious, often deadly, disease of the stomach, often intestines found in tropical countries
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cholera
a member of a country, city
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citizen
to believe sth to be true
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claim
the fact that the weather and temperatures change around the world
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climate change
a result
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consequence
harmful because of chemicals or radiation
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contaminated
to formally anounce
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declare
to ask firmly and forcefully
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demand
to be affected or determined by sth
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depend on
to write down or create a suggestion or plan
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draw up
a long period of time in which no rain falls
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drought
as a result of
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due to
a result, a consequence
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effect
to become known
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emerge
a cargo of emergency supplies
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emergency shipment
to leave my country in order to go and live in another country
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emigrate
causing strong feelings
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emotional
tottally, fully
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entirely
an ancestor
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forefather
gas releases
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gas emissions
what sth natural is made of, especially concerning rock
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geological makeup
water that comes naturally from under the ground
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groundwater
to cultivate plants to eat
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grow crops
edible crops grown in our own country
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home-grown food
our native country
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homeland
to bring into a country through legal means
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import
certain to happen and can't be avoided
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inevitable
in a direction away from the sea and towards the centre of an area of land
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inland
an absence of sth
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lack
sb who mediates between two parties to reach an agreement
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negotiator
to give the main ideas of sth
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outline
sth that happens and is studied because it is difficult to understand
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phenomenon
an idea, a plan
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proposal
water in the form of rain
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rainwater
to continue to be
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remain
sb who acts on behalf of another person or group of people
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representative
the height of sea water compared to the land
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sea levels
important
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significant
significantly
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considerably
to go below the surface of the water
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sink
the top layer of earth in which plants grow
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soil
to mean, to result in sth
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spell
a period when emergency measures are put in place to safeguard people
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state of emergency
the act of getting bigger because of heat
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thermal expansion
unsuitable for people to live there
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uninhabitable
vividly
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clearly
not having a sufficient supply of water to meet needs
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water shortage
a volcano which may erupt at any time
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active volcano
very modern, ahead of the time
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advanced
to influence
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affect
a tremor after an earthquake
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aftershock
an idea which was not originally intended but was thought of later
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afterthought
the greyish-white or black powder created when a volcano erupts
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ash
not sleeping
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awake
to get caught and held in a place
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get trapped
extremely cold
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bitterly cold
a snowstorm with strong winds
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blizzard
sb wounded or killed in an event
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casuality
to cut down
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chop down
to make sth neat and tidy
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clean up
to fall down
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collapse
to make a substance harmful by putting sth in it
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contaminate
a formation made of small sea creatures called coral
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coral reef
made right
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corrected
to rely on sth
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count on
to harm, to injure
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damage
highly destructive
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devastating
to throw away unwanted things
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dispose of
a sudden and unexpected heavy fall of rain
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downpour
a class of animals or plants which is in danger of becoming extinct
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endangered plants
an instance of hot rocks and ash exploading out the top of a volcano
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eruption
to move away from a place of danger to somewhere safer
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evacuate
gases released by a vehicle when the engine is running
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exhaust fumes
to carry out tests to learn sth or to discover if sth works or is true
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experiment on
a forceful outburst of a bomb
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explosion
a prediction about sth based on given information
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forecast
the cold weather conditions which allow a thin layer of powdery ice to form
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frost
to find a way to get / have sth
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gain access to sth
an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere considered responsible for global warming
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greenhouse effect
a short and sudden rush of wind
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gust
to cause injury or pain
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hurt
inability to read and write
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illiteracy
better than before
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improved
waste products from factories
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industrial waste
to affect with a disease-causing organism
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infect
to have an effect on
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influence
to hurt or wound
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injure
not guilty of doing sth wrong
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innocent
to hit sth, such asd a door, in a fast action in order to get attention
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knock
dead people
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lost lives
below zero
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minus
being absent and making sb feel sad
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missed
the condition when an oil tanker spills oil into the sea
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oil spill
the part of the Eart's atmosphere which protects us from the sun
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ozone layer
to die, to pass away
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pass
to deal with the consequences of an action
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pay the price
to make sth dangerous by putting a lethal substance in it
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poison
to make air, soil or water dirty
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pollute
substandard sewage and other systems for dealing with human waste
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poor sanitation
a substance consisting of very fine small pieces
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powder
to stop sth from happening
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prevent from
main, the most important
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primary
to suggest
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put forward
to extinguish
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put out
threating sb differently because of their race or skin colour
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racial discirmination
the state of being able to identify sb / sth
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recognition
to not accept sth or agree to do sth, to turn down
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reject
to happen as a consequence of sth else
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result from
getting higher
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rising
to destroy
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ruin
to do harm, to damage
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spoil
sb who suffers from an illness
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sufferer
to get rid of sth
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throw away
very heavy rain
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torrential rain
to believe that sb is good and honest and will not harm me
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trust
to switch off, to stop
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turn off
to make sb unhappy
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upset
to damage, to destroy
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wreck
an uncontrollable desire to have sth regularly
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addiction
accommodation that people on low incomes can afford to live in
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affordable housing
to start dealing with bad or illegal behaviour in a more severe way:
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crack down
the proicess of sharing, spreading or supplying sth
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distribution
to find paid work
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gain employment
dangers to our health
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health risks
more and more
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increasingly
following legal rules
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law-abiding
legally, rightfully
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legitimately
the state of being underfed
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merchandise
the belief that some behaviour is right and some is wrong
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morality
illegally copying computer programs, music, films, etc and selling them
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piracy
to experience difficulty with sth
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struggle
medical centre
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treatment centre
a list of people who have asked for sth which is not immediately available but wich they might be able to receive in the future
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waiting list
putting some equipment in position or into working order
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installation
a large deep hole where large amount of rubbish are put
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landfill
generated by natural sources, such as wind, water and sunlight
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renewable
carbon dioxide gas released into the atmosphere
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carbon emissions
the practise of a group of people taking turns to drive each other to work, or drive each other's to children to school, rather than using seperate cars
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carpooling
being extremely important, affecting the whole world
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global proportions
the need for food
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hunger
a means of automatically watering plants and crops
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irrigation system
a harvest, the amount of sth produced or grown
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yield
garbage, rubbish
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litter
garbage, trash
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rubbish
anything which has been used and is not needed anymore
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waste

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