Shrinking habitats
Endangered species
Carbon emissions
Exerts severe pressure on
Demographic projections
Depleting resources
Contaminating
Precious commodity
Pristine environments
Green credentials
Prophets of doom and gloom
Dynasties
Dawn
Reign
Heirs
Successors
Conquests
Peasants
Labourers
Shreds
Bronze age
Medieval
Pre-colonial
Infantry
Cavalry
Chariot
Galleon
Merchant
The nobility
Constituted
Pursued
Conquering
Upholds
Minorities
Justified
Delegates
Places where animals live and breed
which are decreasing in size
Types of animals which are in danger of
no longer existing
Carbon dioxide gas from factories
Puts great pressure on
Forecasts about the population
Resources that are reducing
Poisoning
Very valuable substance
Perfectly clean areas
Reputation for positive support of the
environment
People who make depressing or
pessimistic predictions
Different rulers who are all from the
same family
Beginning
Period that someone rules
Person who is legally entitled to
continue the work of someone who has
died
Person who takes over from another
one
When someone defeats and takes over
another country
Person who works on the land, low
status
Person who does unskilled work
Very small amounts
Period when weapons where made
From the European middle ages
Period before Europeans arrived in
large numbers and took power
Soldiers on foot
Soldiers on horseback
Two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse
Large sailing ship used in the 15th to 18th
Someone who buys and sells things in
large amounts and trades
Collective term for people of the highest
social rank in a society
Formed
Try to achieve
Beating, getting rid of
Supports
Groups of people who differ racially
Caused by a good reason
Representatives
Undertake
Delicate
Customary
Disorder
Gastrointestinal disease
Howel
Stroke
Conditions
Stools
Ailing
Rash
Fever
Jaundiced
Pulse
Fluctuate
Seesawed
Erratic
Blip
Correlation between
GDP expenditure
Flawed
Inconsistent with
Ballpark figure
Projected figures
Conservative
Dove
Hawk
Black cats
A dog’s life
Paris look
Cowboy builders
Shark
Scar
diamond
Bear in mind
Take the view
Subscribe to the theory
Widespread belief
Error of judgement
Fertile imagination
Nagging doubt
Fuelling speculation
Abject
Promise
Needing to be handled with great skill
Usual
Illness of the body or mind
Illness of the stomach or digestive
passages
Tube that carries solid
Sudden change in blood supply to the
brain causing loss of function
Illnesses or physical problems
Medical term for excrement or poo
Unwell, sickly
A lot of small red spots on the skin
High temperature
Yellow looking skin due to liver problem
Regular beating of heart
Keep going up and down
Gone up and down at regular intervals
Not regular and often changing
suddenly
Temporary change
Connection between
Total amount a country produces
Inaccurate
Not in agreement with
Guess believed to be accurate
Planned figures
Cautious
Suggesting to be a peacemaker
More aggressive, hard line politician
Associate with good luck, also bad luck
Very unhappy and unpleasant life
Glamour and style
Not careful or trustworthy
Not like it
Not like it
High opinion
Remember
Believe
Hold the opinion
Generally held view
Bad decision
One that produces lots original and
interesting ideas
Unpleasant feeling of doubt that doesn’t
go away
Encouraging people to consider that
something may be true
Formal
Disclosures
Given leave
Stance
Gauge reaction
Aired their grievances
Dissenting voice
Passionate entreaties
In breach of the law
Absolutely essential
Granted permission
Obtain permission
Infringe the regulations
Cut through the red tape
Flout the rules
Searing heat
Dire
Offshore
Little resemblance to
Yawning gap
Pale in comparison
Subtle distinction
Growing disparity
Sensitive, private information
Permission
Position
Test the response
Complained
Person who disagreed
Requests made because of strong
beliefs
Breaking the law
Not very essential
Given permission
Receive permission
Break the rules
Deal quickly and effectively with
bureaucratic procedures
Intentionally break the rules
Extreme heat
Extremely serious
At sea, away from the coast
Don’t look alike at all
Enormous difference
Seem unimportant
Subtle difference
Increasing difference
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