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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
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/pɹəˈtɛkt/
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smognounThick, dirty air in a city, caused by traffic and factory smoke mixing with fog.
orchardnounA piece of land where fruit trees are grown.
dwindleverbTo become smaller or fewer, little by little.
batterynounA small container that stores electricity to power a device.
waterfallnounA place where a river falls from a high point to a lower one.
scarcitynounA situation in which there is not enough of something.
tornadonounA violently spinning column of air that reaches from a storm cloud to the ground.
wetlandnounAn area of land that is covered with shallow water or is very wet most of the year.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)