Gradual destruction by natural causes such as the weather, the sea, and rivers

A substance used by farmers to help crops grow

very noticeable; sudden and surprising

Focused only on one thing

To remove completely

A way of thinking about something

Very great

The effect or result of an action

A principle or standard by which something may be decided

An abstract idea

When you think about the important or basic nature of something

To change the form of something

To provide what is wanted, needed or asked for

Happening now

Animals that kill and eat other animals

The animals that another animal eats for food

The illegal catching or killing animals

possible and practical to do or achive

Hiding your feelings or actions from others

Examined or considered carefully

Potentially deadly

determination to do what you have decided to do

If you ____ that something will happen, you expect it to happen

Working hard at something because it is very important to you

The power to give orders to people

According to what you have heard or read

To accept that something is true

Based on situations or ideas that are possible and imagined rather than real and true

Something that you think is more important than other things and should be dealt with first

The basic rules or laws of a particular theory

The size of something or its size relation to other things

Relating to patterns and shapes with regular lines

To follow

To bring into contact with

Extremely important

The general situation that an idea or an event relates to

An accurate and deep understanding of something

To break or to fail to comply with

Ideas or beliefs about something

The way in which the parts of something are arranged

A medical condition in which a person feels very sad, anxious and without hope

Moral principles that control or influence a person’s behaviour

A situation in which different things exist in equal, correct or good amounts

Containing faults or mistakes

Describing a situation in which people or organizations trying to be more successful than others

A type of product, service, etc. made or offered by a particular company under a particular name

A place from which an organization or a military operation is controlled; the people who work there

Someone or a company who is trying to sell similar goods or services to the same people

To arrange for somebody outside a company to do work or provide goods for that company

A situation when there is not enough of the things that are needed

Goods that are for sale in a shop

The series of processes involved in the production of goods, from when they are first made, grown, etc. until they are bought or used

To succeed in doing something

difficult to understand; not simple

The act of protecting somebody/something from attack, criticism, etc.

To control, manage, or use carefully

A model; imitation of behaviors or processes

Skills or qualities

Not able to be known in advance

Coming into existence

Accurately and exactly

To say something officially or publicly

Closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are in

Work together efficiently

Two people or things that are different but together form a useful or attractive combination

Many in number; involving many different people or things

Kept as a prisoner or in a space that you cannot get out of; unable to escape

Large in amount, value or importance

In a way that cannot be changed or challenged

So strong that it cannot be stopped

Having or bringing a sad feeling mixed with pleasure when you think of happy times in the past

With a meaning that is hidden or not easily understood

Easy to do or to understand; not complicated

Being an essential part of something

To deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering

At the same time as something else

The opposite fact, event or situation

Never changing and therefore boring

Clearly; that can be seen or understood easily

A way of describing something by comparing it with something else that has some of the same qualities

The animals kept on a farm

Easily or clearly heard, seen, felt, etc.

The money that you put in a bank, business, etc in order to make a profit, or the act of doing this

To develop in a successful way; to be successful, especially in making money

Happening or done once every year

The money that a government receives from taxes or that an organization, etc. receives from its business

Used to introduce the result of the action or situation mentioned

To make a connection between people or things in your mind

To say that something is not true

A part of a group that is less than half of the whole group

A situation in which people do not trust each other, or feel unfriendly, and that may cause them to attack each other

Containing or showing a lack of agreement between statements, facts, opinions or actions

In a way that is the opposite of something

A possible effect or result of an action or a decision

A rule or law that limits what you can do or what can happen

To build or make something again that has been damaged or that no longer exists

Complete and not damaged

The result or effect of an action or event

The relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other

To make something, especially somebody’s confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective

Without needing a person to operate controls

The fact of somebody/something moving out of or away from something and becoming possible to see

A person who pretends to be somebody else in order to trick people

Behaving in a dishonest way by telling lies and making people believe things that are not true

Too willing to believe or accept what other people tell you and therefore easily tricked

Serious and very important; affecting the most central and important parts of something

To become, and continue to be, successful, strong, healthy, etc.

To try to stop people from knowing the truth about a mistake, a crime, etc.

To give somebody the wrong idea or impression and make them believe something that is not true

Important or well known

The fact of not being guilty of a crime

A book, film, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one

The main character in a play, film or book

(of people or their behaviour) hard and cruel; determined to get what you want and not caring if you hurt other people

What happens to somebody or what will happen to them in the future, especially things that they cannot change or avoid

A sight of somebody/something for a very short time, when you do not see the person or thing completely

To leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger

Not good or not as good as somebody/something else

Connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things