Billions of Midges Freeze to Death (Lesson 17)

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midge
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a small flying insect that can bite people Pol. komar
Billions of midges have frozen to death
beastie
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Informal an insect
An expert on the biting beastie.
voracious
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having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something
Tourists breakfasted upon by the voracious and swarming insects.
swarm
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Pol. (of bees) roić się
swarming insects.
hot spot
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a place that is popular for entertainment or a particular activity
Sutherland is a midge hot spot
demise
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the end of something that used to exist, death formal
Public interest in the midge — and ultimately in its demise or avoidance — is high
comprehensive
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complete and including everything that is necessary: complete
the big freeze is so comprehensive.
infest
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if insects, rats etc ____ a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage
wide areas of midge infested ground frozen
resilient to sth
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able to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event Pol. odporny
But midges are very resilient. They will sit there in the ground waiting days for their meal.”
respite
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a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better
a welcome respite in a war that humans seemingly cannot win.
on record
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a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on a computer: x2
the coming summer may be one of the best, midge quiet Scottish summers on record.

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