Climate of scares 1

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If you describe evidence or a report as _____, you mean that it suggests very strongly that someone is guilty of a crime or has made a serious mistake.
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damning
this damning preview
An advance showing before public presentation of a film, art exhibition, etc., usually before an invited audience of celebrities and journalists.
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preview
this damning preview
the changing of the appearance or sound of something in a way that makes it seem strange or unclear;
Pol. przeinaczenie, wypaczenie, sfałszowanie
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distortion
they expose the distortion behind the great modern scare
to spread through or throughout, esp. subtly or gradually; permeate;
Pol. przenikać
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pervade
one of the most pervasive issues of our time.
Sth, especially sth bad, that is ____ is present or felt throughout a place or thing
Pol. wszechobecny, wszechogarniający, dominujący
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pervasive
one of the most pervasive issues of our time.
Pol. stanowić zagrożenie
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pose a threat
it poses a threat to the world
that can be inhabited; fit to be lived in
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habitable
the only habitable continent will be Antarctica.
bewildered, puzzled or confused;
Pol. ogłupiony, otumaniony
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bemused
many people have been bemused by this debate,
Pol. agenda, program
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agenda
climate change issue was pushed to the top of the international agenda
Pol. lata międzywojenne
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interwar years
a sharp rise in the interwar years
If a person or organization has had a _____ career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
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chequered
this has been chequered by colder periods
The ____ on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows;
Pol. odczyt
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reading
the readings were commissioned
Pol. zlecić, zamówić
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commission
the readings were commissioned
_____ is the scientific study of sea currents, the sea bed, and the fish and animals that live in the sea.
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oceanography
a distinguished American oceanographer
If you _____ something to a higher status, you consider it to be better or more important than it really is;
Pol. wynieść na wyższe stanowisko, podnosić rangę
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elevate
the global warming story was elevated into a ruling orthodoxy
Pol. obowiązująca norma
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ruling orthodoxy
the story was elevated into a ruling orthodoxy,
A _____ is an official meeting which is held in order to collect facts about an incident or problem;
Pol. przesłuchanie, posiedzenie
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hearing
hearings were chaired by a youngish senator
Pol. średniowieczny
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mediaeval
The Mediaeval Warming
Pol. popierać/ promować sprawę
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advance a cause
Through a series of reports, the IPCC was to advance its cause in a rather unusual fashion
If you _____ an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first;
Pol. poprzedzić, napisać przedmowę
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preface
this was to be prefaced by a Summary for Policymakers

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