Destination C1 unit 12 words

to calculate something in a way that is not exact
not exact but close to an exact amount number time etc

to believe something is the cause of something else

to send someone to a particular place especially in order for them to work there

to believe that something is the result of a particular situation event or person's actions

an event that causes you to feel very sad disappointed or shocked

to make something happen usually something bad
an event thing or person that makes something happen

a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way

to use magic powers to make bad things happen to someone
a bad situation or event caused by someone's deliberate use of their magic powers

intended not done by chance or by accident

to calculate something or discover it by examining evidence

a power that some people believe controls everything that happens in their lives

to change frequently

to see or know something that will happen in the future

something with very unusual features that make it very different from other things of its type
extremely unusual and unexpected

to risk money or something valuable in the hope of winning more if you are lucky or if you guess something correctly

done in a way that does not seem to be carefully planned or organised

something that could be dangerous or cause damage or accidents

not deliberate

involved in an important way in making something happen

someone or something that is jinxed has a lot of bad luck

how certain it is that something will happen

something that people believe brings them luck

to move slowly without a particular direction or purpose in mind

a minor mistake or accident

to become physically different from other plants or animals of the same type as a result of a genetic change

the chances of something happening

to choose someone or something from a group
choice

a situation in which you do not know what to expect but you hope that it will be good

chosen or happening without any particular method pattern or purpose

a piece of evidence that something is happening or that something exists

to consider or discuss why something has happened

happening in a natural way without being planned or thought about

to make a person or animal feel suddenly frightened or surprised by doing something they do not expect

a group of numbers that represent facts or describe a situation

to move away from the correct place or path
lost or without a home
a pet that is lost or has left its home

a belief that things such as magic or luck have the power to affect your life

believing in the power of magic or luck

to happen

the fact that something is not known or has not been decided

to rock slightly from side to side or to make something do this

the work business or study of farming

to understand the true nature of a situation and realise why it is important or serious
to be grateful for something

an event that causes a lot of damage or makes a lot of people suffer

a plant grown for food usually on a farm

a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die

to leave a building or other place because it is not safe

to use natural resources such as trees water or oil so that you gain as much as possible
to treat someone unfairly in order to get some benefit for yourself

a serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die

if water floods a place it covers it
a large amount of water that covers an area that was dry before

fuels such as coal or oil made from decayed material from animals or plants that lived many thousands of years ago

an increase in the average temperature of the Earth

green plants that are growing somewhere or used as decoration

the type of place that an animal normally lives in or a plant normally grows in

to collect a crop from the fields
the time when a crop is collected

a violent storm with extremely strong winds and heavy rain

a natural tendency to behave in a particular way that people and animals are born with and that they obey without knowing why

something very bad that happens and causes a lot of damage or kills a lot of people

things such as coal trees and oil that exist in nature and can be used by people

if something is scarce there is not very much of it

a plant or animal group whose members all have similar general features and are able to produce young plants or animals together