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to bedevil |
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to harass |
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to confirm |
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to admit that sth is true |
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to drown |
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to die from liquid flooding the lungs |
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to burst |
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to break outwards |
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to capsize |
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to (of a boat) overturn |
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ailment |
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illness |
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to displace |
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to leave homeless |
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to huddle |
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to crowd together |
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embankment |
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wall that holds water back |
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marooned |
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cut off by water |
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unprecedented |
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never having happened before |
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to submerge |
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to put under water |
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looting |
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unlawfully taking away of goods |
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to abandon |
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to leave, desert |
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subversives |
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people wanting to destroy |
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to recede |
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to go back, to return to normal |
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to inundate |
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to flood |
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widespread |
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affecting many people, covering large area |
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venomous |
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malicious, poisonous |
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infested |
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invaded |
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to suspend |
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to postpone, to delay |
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severe |
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serious |
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amid |
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in the middle of |
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to urge |
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to impress importance |
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worsening |
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getting more serious |
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swollen |
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abnormally expanded |
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dyke |
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ditch |
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to counter |
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to prevent |
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calamity |
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disaster |
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measures |
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steps, actions |
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temperate |
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moderate (ex. temperate zone - geog. bands having mild climate) |
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to be caught red-handed |
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to be caught during the act of doing sth illegal or wrong |
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officials |
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authorized person holding office |