Useful Vocabluary "Before the Flood"

 You can hear these words watching the movie "Before the Flood".

Word	Pronunciation	Definition	Translation	Example
crib	/krɪb/	a small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out	дитяче ліжечко	This framed poster above my crib.
wacky	/ˈwæk.i/	unusual in a pleasing and exciting or silly way	безглуздий	I was brought up on all kinds of wacky visuals.
sin	/sɪn/	the offence of breaking, or the breaking of, a religious or moral law	гріх	The deadly sins start to infuse their way into the painting.
debauchery	/dɪˈbɔː.tʃər.i/	bad sexual behaviour, drinking too much alcohol, taking drugs, etc	розпуста	There’s debauchery.
to degrade	/dɪˈɡreɪd/	to reduce the quality of something	погіршувати	A paradise that has been degraded.
unwittingly	/ʌnˈwɪt.ɪŋ.li/	in a way that is done without knowing or planning	ненавмисно	Man may unwittingly change the world’s climate.
to pillage	/ˈpɪl.ɪdʒ/	to steal something from a place or a person by using violence	грабувати	It has a lot to do with men who are pillaging.
extinct	/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/	not now existing	вимерлий	Species that had become extinct.
coal	/kəʊl/	a hard, black substance that is dug from the earth in pieces, and can be burned to produce heat or power, or a single piece of this	кам’яне вугілля	Fossil fuels are coal, oil and natural gas.
poison	/ˈpɔɪ.zən/	a substance that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it	отрута	The water in the streams and rivers is poisoned.
hose	/həʊz/	a long plastic or rubber pipe, used to direct water onto fires, gardens, etc.	шланг	This was a hose that went down 30 feet.
to combat	/ˈkɒm.bæt/	to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing	протистояти, боротися з	How do you combat that?
revenue	/ˈrev.ən.juː/	the income that a government or company receives regularly	податок	We’re paying for it by our city revenues.
viable	/ˈvaɪ.ə.bəl/	able to work as intended or able to succeed	вигідний, життєздатний	He would have grabbed us federal funds to help make our cities viable.
fraud	/frɔːd/	the crime of getting money by deceiving people	шахрай	I was a fraud.
to divide	/dɪˈvaɪd/	to (cause to) separate into parts or groups	розділити	They just need to divide the public.
to surpass	/səˈpɑːs/	to do or be better than	перевершити	China has recently surpassed the US.
compliance	/kəmˈplaɪ.əns/	the act of obeying a law or rule, especially one that controls a particular industry or type of work	відповідний нормам	Those who are in red are not in compliance with standards.
renewable	/rɪˈnjuː.ə.bəl/	renewable forms of energy can be produced as quickly as they are used	відновлювальний	The government changed its plan for renewable energy.
preach	/priːtʃ/	to try to persuade other people to believe in a particular belief or follow a particular way of life	проповідь	We have to practice what we preach.
urgent	/ˈɜː.dʒənt/	very important and needing attention immediately	невідкладний, терміновий	Climate change is real and urgent.
figment	/ˈfɪɡ.mənt/	something that seems real but is not	вигадка	It’s not a figment of their imagination.
to absorb	/əbˈzɔːb/	to take something in, especially gradually	поглинути	Like oceans, rainforests absorb carbon from our atmosphere.
emission	/iˈmɪʃ.ən/	the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc.	викид	Those carbon emissions are being held safe for us.
comprehend	/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhend/	to understand something completely	зрозуміти, осягнути	I can’t even comprehend what these forests must have looked like.
devastating	/ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪŋ/	causing a lot of damage or destruction	руйнівний, нищівний	These products have a devastating impact.
staggering	/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ/	very shocking and surprising	вражаючий	It’s staggering.
to envision	/ɪnˈvɪʒ.ən/	to imagine or expect something to happen, appear, etc. in a particular way	передбачити	It’s very easy to envision a dietary shift.
voltage	/ˈvɒl.tɪdʒ/	the force of an electric current, measured in volts	напруга	Thousands of miles of high voltage cable over the place.
silver bullet (idiom)	/ˌsɪl.və ˈbʊl.ɪt/	a simple solution to a complicated problem	просте рішення	Which is what you are saying, is the silver bullet for climate change.
momentum	/məˈmen.təm/	the force that keeps an object moving	імпульс, поштовх	That’s created a momentum that never existed before.