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Chileans told to take off ties

Vocabulary

the Southern Hemisphere summer

the warmest season of the year in the bottom half of the Earth

sweltering

feeling very hot

bone-dry

totally free of moisture

menfolk

men (old-fashioned expression)

to shed something

to take something off

carbon emissions

gas produced by industrial processes that is released in the atmosphere

launched its initiative

announced its new measures

energy conservation

efforts made to reduce the use of electricity

hydro-electric power

energy generated with the use of flowing water, usually a waterfall

drought

a long period without rainfall