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accepted adjective [only before noun] inevitable adjective
considered by most people to be reasonable, right, impossible to avoid or prevent
or normal War now seems almost inevitable.
Corruption was an accepted part of the political
culture. [lie] at the heart of phrase
be the most important part of something
civilization noun [countable/ uncountable]
a society that has developed its own culture and light years noun [count]
institutions the distance that light travels in a year, used as a
unit for measuring distances in space
commander noun [countable]
An officer who is in charge of a military group or mineral noun [countable]
operation a natural substance in the earth, for example coal,
salt, gold, or diamonds
danger noun [uncountable]
a situation in which harm, death, damage, or mining noun [uncountable]
destruction is possible the process of getting coal or metal from under the
ground
desire noun
a strong feeling of wanting to have or to do rescue verb [transitive]
something to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant
situation
effect noun [countable] the crew of the tanker were rescued just minutes
special artificial images and sounds created for a before it sank in heavy seas.
film
I didn’t think much of the plot, but the effects were resource noun [usually plural] things such as coal,
amazing. trees, and oil that exist in nature and can be used
by people
employ verb [transitive]
to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or to science-fiction noun
work as a member of your organization books and films about imaginary future events and
characters, often dealing with space travel and life
exist verb [intransitive] on other planets. Science fiction is often called sci-
to be real, or to appear in the real world fi.

float verb [intransitive] security noun [uncountable]

to be lighter than air, and to move slowly through safety from attack, harm, or damage
it
set verb [transitive]
get hold of something phrase [noun] to write or produce a play, book, film etc that
get something that you need or want happens in a particular time or place
The film is set in 18th-century New England.
high earner noun [countable]
someone who earns money by working spell verb [transitive]
to show that something is going to happen, usually
hold-up phrase [noun] something bad
a short delay
visual adjective
impressed adjective relating to things that you can see
admiring someone or something very much, Television news brings us visual images from
especially because of an unusually good around the world.
achievement, quality, or skill

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