10.atmosphere
phrase for: the/an atmosphere of
eg1:Volcanoes have not only made the continents, they are also thought to have made the world's first stable atmosphere and supplied all the water for the oceans, rivers and ice-caps.
eg2:The unprecedented land clearance released a large amount of carbon dioxide into the armosphere, triggering for the first time humanly caused global warming
eg3: There's still an atmosphere of great hostility and tension in the city
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11. attribute
synonym :quality;ascribe
phrase for: attribute to
eg1:We can, perhaps, attribute mediocre results to an inadequate placebo effect. The students have not developed the appropriated mind set. They are often not motivated to learn through this method
eg2:The global increase in greenhouse gases is mainly attributed to industrial pollution in developed countried
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12. avalanche
phrase for : snow avalanche ; rock avalanchel an avalanche of lettersl; an avalance of questions; an avalanche of words; with the
momentum of an avalanche
eg1:An earthquake triggered an avalanche of snow
eg2:Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche
eg3:Headequarters was swamped by an avalanche of appliation for battle assignments
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13. bark
eg1: Several hundred pieces of baggage are rushed from the plane onto a conveyor belt in the baggage reclaim annexe.Over the sound of roaring engines,rushing air vents and grinding generators, a dog barks.
eg2:Almost all the trees of the surrounding forest were flattened , and their branches and barks ripped off by the shock wave of the explosion from the erupting volcano
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14.blast
phrase for : have a blast =have a good time; a blast of ; at full blast= at one's best time
eg1: Of a town of 28000,only two people survived , In 1815, a sudden blast removed the top1,280 metres of Mount Tambora in Indonesia
eg2: The graite was blasted into boulders no bigger than two metres in diameter
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15. blunt
eg1: The bad weather has blunted our enthusiasm for camping
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16.bounce
phrase for: bounce back
eg1: Using light to find one's own way around requires vastly more energy, since the eyes have to detect the tiny fraction of the light that bounces off each part of the scene
eg2:Don't bounce on the bed, or you'll break the springs
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17.bulge
eg1: Earth's midsection bulges in relation to the measurement from pole to pole, and the catastrophic land displacement caused a small reduction in the bulge, making the planet more round.
catastrophic ; the catastrophic of war
eg2: In early May, the northern flank of the mountain bulged, and the summit rose by 500 feer, which indicated that the volcano would erupt
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18.charcoal
phrase for : charcoal grey
eg1: He believed that coke derived from coal could provide a more economical alternatice to charcoal as a fuel for iron-making
eg2:Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest humans probably stored fire by carrying charcoal in the pots
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19. climate
phrase for :dry climate; ice climate ; city climare;arid climate
eg1: Newman points out the success of public transport in both Toronto and Singgapore and , in fact, he has checked the use of cars against climate and found " zero correlation'.
eg2: The price of sudden climate change , in famine, disease and suffering, was often high
eg3: Farmed ostriches don't need African climates
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20. coherent
synonym： cohesive; coordinate; consistent
eg1: A central in any ecologically coherent forest policy must be given to continuity over time and to the possible effects of unforeseen events