Polar science diary

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Useful phrases:

conference, which is taking place in
Hard times are coming.
set tongues wagging
lost in translation
It took a second glance


New words:

Inuit - ˈɪnjuɪt - a race of people from northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska. The name is sometimes also wrongly used to refer to people from Siberia and S and W Alaska.
Example: Inuit communities

reindeer - ˈreɪndɪə(r) - a large deer with long antlers (= horns shaped like branches), that lives in cold northern regions :
Example: herds of reindeer

embroider - ɪmˈbrɔɪdə(r)- embroider A (on B) | embroider B (with A) to decorate cloth with a pattern of stitches usually using coloured thread.
Example: She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers.

shawl - ʃɔːl - a large piece of cloth worn by a woman around the shoulders or head, or wrapped around a baby
Example: embroidered shawl

caribou - ˈkærɪbu - (pl. same or -bous) a large North American reindeer
Example: We eat caribou three times a day.

clad - klæd - clad (in sth) (often used after an adverb or in compounds) wearing a particular type of clothing
Example: She was clad in blue velvet.

dismay - dɪsˈmeɪ - a worried, sad feeling after you have received an unpleasant surpris
Example: She could not hide her dismay at the result.