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Day 11 Reading Passage 2 (Viking Ireland)



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30 DAY READING CHALLENGE

Day 11 Reading Passage 2 (Viking Ireland)
Word list

Unearth (v) 
- to discover something in the ground
Example: Building at the site was halted after human remains were unearthed earlier
this month.
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Accompany (v) 
(B1) - to go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same 
time as something
Example: The course books are accompanied by four CDs.

Assume (v) 
(B2) - to accept something to be true without question or proof
Example: I assumed (that) you knew each other because you went to the same
school.
Example: Let’s assume (that) they’re coming and make plans on that basis.

Excavate (v) 
- to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground 
in order to discover things about the past
Example: Ice age bones are being excavated in the caves.
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Carbon dating (n) 
- a method of calculating the age of extremely old objects by 
measuring the amount of a particular type of carbon in them

Reconcile (v) 
(C2) - to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed 
to each other can agree and exist together:
Example: It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.
Example: It’s difficult to reconcile such different points o f view.

Raid (n) 
(C2) - a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people 
Example: The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).

Forensic (adj) 
- related to scientific methods of solving crimes, involving examining 
the objects or substances that are involved in the crime
Example: forensic evidence/medicine/science
Example: Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man’s
stomach.

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