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English Vocabulary for Climate Action

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he has fought over 1000 demons

during his lifetime

i have taught English for 7 years

when the class arrived at my house to eat, i had already cooked the spaghetti

when zoe arrived at the train station, she realised the train had left

FIRST action: the train leaves


SECOND action: zoe arrives

the train had already left when


zoe arrived.

hee realised that his girlfriend had cooked

i was cutting the grass while you were playing guitar

to carry out = to do sth important


to carry on = to continue
to give up
to call off = to cancel
to get rid of = to remove
sum up = to summarise
to narrow down =

to reach = atteindre
to wait = attendre

3 questions for video:

1."we need to face climate challenges" -


we need to face, what other vocab could be used for this in
English?

to fight, to confront, to take responsibility, to deal with,


to cope with = accept and carry on
to respond to = too reactive
= proactive
to stand up against
to tackle climate change
to act against,

2. increasingly ambitious climate action.


Explain what this means.
scale up = very good
exponentially = very good
ambition = pushing limits, innovating in new tech. new ideas. "Not being
satsified." Always pursuing more and more progress.
Keeping the pressure on

3. "reach the goals of the paris agreement."


What is French for the verb "reach"?and what else can we say in English?
to achieve, to succeed,
to fulfill = excellent

to realise =

"when i realised it was raining,


it was too late."

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