Vocabulary

funk carioca; baile funk

virus

virus

person (patient) with minor illness; person showing only minor symptoms (of a disease)

anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story

large bird

final cutting (of trees); regeneration cutting

improvement cutting (of trees); cleaning; weeding

selection cutting (of trees); selective cutting

Public Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC

wandering in a distant land

cherry blossom

selfish masochist (in BDSM)

Scala (programming language)

SCARA robot

scaler (dental, hand, air, etc.)

punitive damages; exemplary damages

birth is the beginning of death

by human nature we are close, through practice we grow apart; by nature, near together; by practice far apart

time for harvesting (of trees)

dense planting

carbon footprint

social distancing

wearable camera

silent killer

silent killer

microplastics

microbeads

Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)

Ardipithecus ramidus (species of hominin)

smart speaker (speaker with integrated virtual assistant)

bioplastic

biomass plastic; organic plastic; vegetable-based plastic

biodegradable plastic

polylactic acid; polylactide

oil lighter (for cigarettes); kerosene lighter

survival knife

(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning

equal split; splitting evenly

cash disbursement (e.g. for care of elderly); cash benefit