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SB Unit5

The document provides definitions for words and phrases related to topics like agriculture, ecology, and wildlife. It includes terms like 'beehive', 'farmland', 'grassland', 'habitat', 'indicator', and 'pesticide'. The definitions are grouped by topic and include part of speech and whether the word is countable or uncountable.

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SB Unit5

The document provides definitions for words and phrases related to topics like agriculture, ecology, and wildlife. It includes terms like 'beehive', 'farmland', 'grassland', 'habitat', 'indicator', and 'pesticide'. The definitions are grouped by topic and include part of speech and whether the word is countable or uncountable.

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Word lists

Abbreviations: n/np = noun / noun phrase; v/vp = verb / verb phrase; adj/adjp = adjective /
adjective phrase; adv/advp = adverb / adverb phrase; pv = phrasal verb; T/I = transitive / intransitive;
C/U = countable / uncountable
The numbers indicate the page in the unit on which the word of phrase first appears. RS indicates that the
word or phrase appears in the recording script.

Unit 5 'harmless adj (49) not able or not likely to cause any
hurt or damage
agri'cultural land np [U] (49) land which is used for or
'hemisphere n [C] (53) one half of the Earth
suitable for farming
'hostile en'vironment np [C] (53) a place where the
'archive n [C] (52) a collection of historical documents
weather or conditions make it difficult or dangerous to
that provides information about the past, or a place
be
where they are kept
'indicate v [T] (52) to show that something exists or is
'beehive n [C] (49) a special container where people
likely to be true
keep bees, or a place where bees live
near-ex'tinction n [U] (53) the state where a type of
'brilliant adj (49) full of light or colour
creature is so rare that it may soon not exist at all
'colony n [C] (55) a group of the same type of animals,
ob'serve v [T] (53) to watch someone or something
insects or plants living together in a particular place
carefully
come u'pon vp (49) to discover something by chance
'pattern n [C] (53) a particular way that something is
cut off vp (49) to stop the supply of something often done or repeated
desti'nation n [C] (52) the place where someone or 'pesticide n [C, U] (49) a chemical that is used to kill
something is going insects which damage plants
dis'tinctive 'markings np (52) marks on living creatures 'poison n [C, U] (49) a substance that can make you ill
that make them easy to recognise or kill you if it gets in your body
e'cology n [U] (53) the relationship between living 'risky adj (49) dangerous because something bad might
things and the environment, or the scientific study of happen
this
shift v [I] (53) to change
'estimate v [T] (52) to guess the cost, size, value, etc. of
soil n [U] (49) the top layer of earth that plants grow in
something
source of food np [C] (49) something that is used as
ex'tend v [I] (49) to reach, stretch or continue for a
food by a person or creature
particular distance
spot v [T] (52) to see or notice something or someone
'farmland n [U] (48) land which is used for or suitable
for farming under'estimate n [C] (53) a guess that is lower than the
real size or amount of something
'focus 'efforts on 'something vp (53) to give all your
attention or effort to something a'chievement n [C] (63) something good that you
achieve
get rid of vp (49) to make something unpleasant go away
'grassland n [U/C] (48) a large area of land covered with
grass

Complete IELTS Bands 4–5 © Cambridge University Press 2012

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