Erstellt von Andrea Lladro
vor fast 7 Jahre
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- Harm the planetHarm - hurt - injury Hill´s website promotes a lifestyle that doesn´t harm the planet. - Sort = Type What sorts of actions or choices do you think he recommends or discourages? - To get rid of = to clear of = to free of How easy do you find it to get rid of stuff? - Treehugger = ecologist Hug = embrace (abrazo) Dedicated to = devoted to = committed to He founded Treehugger.com, a website dedicated to promoting a lifestyle that doesn´t harm the planet and to making complex environmental issues easier to understand. - To be worth +ing = be good enough to = merit Idea worth spreading - Spread = propagate = expand Hill´s "idea worth spreading" is that we can actually be happier with fewer things, so long as we are able to edit our lives in smart, practical ways. - As long as = so long as = provided (that) = providing (that) (mientras que = con la condición de que) I will come to visit you tomorrow, provided it doesn´t rain She´ll talk to you provided you listen You can stay, providing you help As long as you can come by six,I´ll be there - Flat-lined (vb): stopped increasing, but didn´t decrease Even though I had everything money could buy, my happiness was flat-lined - To crowdsource = to appeal for = to ask a lot of people for sth (advice, money, ideas...) via internet I crowdsourced advice on the best green holiday options. I crowdsourced idea for a new employment I crowdsource money for help... - To clear the arteries of = removed unnecessary stuff from the inner workings of Deleting my old photographs cleared the arteries of my computer - Extraneous = external = not essential The simple design avoided extraneous elements that would detract from the clean look. Detract from = take away from - Stem the inflow = reduce the inward (towards the inside) movement The recycling campaign has helped to stem the inflow of waste into our local landfill site (site for burying waste) - Nest - fit one inside the other The bowls are three different sizes,so they nest, maling them easy to store.
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