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  • imagine you have a bank account where every day you make 20 bucks, but every day you will spend 40 bucks.

  • Soon enough, you'll be bankrupt.

  • That's exactly what's happening at the Dead Sea.

  • It's losing too much water at the lowest point on Earth.

  • You can find salt you can actually eat.

  • You can float on water with no fish around you and no fear of drowning.

  • It's beautiful, but this is disappearing fast, which used to be restaurant by the beach, is now far, far, far away from it.

  • Seashore highways are now just desert highway.

  • Those factories air working Dan night, sucking up the water and minerals of the Dead Sea without even pain for its water and rivers that flow into it are dried up, so there is no new water, just sink holes left.

  • Instead, our bank account, the DNC is going bankrupt, and if we don't act soon enough, debt see might actually be dead.

  • That's one minute.

imagine you have a bank account where every day you make 20 bucks, but every day you will spend 40 bucks.

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We Killed The Dead Sea

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    林宜悉 posted on 2020/07/02
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Keywords

fear

US /fɪr/

UK /fɪə(r)/

  • noun
  • Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
  • verb
  • To be afraid of or nervous about something
  • other
  • A concern or worry.
  • other
  • An unpleasant emotion caused by the perception of danger, pain, or threat.
  • A feeling of reverence and respect for someone or something.
  • other
  • To be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.
imagine

US /ɪˈmædʒɪn/

UK /ɪ'mædʒɪn/

  • verb
  • To think creatively about; form mental picture of
  • Form a mental image or concept of something.
  • Suppose or assume something.
  • other
  • To form a mental image or concept of something.
  • To suppose or assume something.
debt

US /dɛt/

UK /det/

  • noun
  • Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
  • other
  • Something owed to someone or something else.
  • Something, typically money, that is owed or due.
  • A moral or social obligation.
  • other
  • The total amount of money that a government, organization, or person owes.
  • other
  • The state of owing money; indebtedness.
suck

US /sʌk/

UK /sʌk/

  • verb
  • To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
  • To pull or remove something with great power
  • To attract someone; make someone interested
  • To draw into your mouth through a small hole
  • noun
  • Drawing of liquid into a tube or hole
  • phrasal verb
  • To trick or deceive someone into doing something
account

US /əˈkaʊnt/

UK /ə'kaʊnt/

  • noun
  • A record of financial transactions.
  • An advantage
  • Arrangement with a bank to keep your money for you
  • An invoice for things bought
  • A business client.
  • Arrangement whereby you can use online services
  • A customer having a business relationship with a firm.
  • A description, often written, of events; report
  • A reason or explanation for something.
  • An arrangement with a bank to keep your money there.
  • Importance or significance.
  • An arrangement that allows you to use a website or online service.
  • A reason; consideration.
  • A record of financial transactions.
  • A spoken or written description of an event.
  • other
  • To give a satisfactory explanation for something.
  • other
  • Importance; consequence.
  • other
  • Because of.
sink

US /sɪŋk/

UK /sɪŋk/

  • verb
  • To push something down into the ground
  • To dig (a well)
  • To move down toward a lower point
  • To decrease in value or amount
  • noun
  • Large bowl in a kitchen or washroom for washing
leave

US /liv/

UK /li:v/

  • noun
  • A period of absence from duty or work, especially when granted permission.
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • other
  • To cause someone to be in a particular state or condition.
  • To allow something to remain in a specific place or condition.
  • other
  • Permission to be away from work or duty.
  • Remains of food.
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere
  • other
  • To go away from a place.
desert

US /ˈdɛzət/

UK /'dezət/

  • verb
  • To leave a place for ever; abandon
  • To leave when one is needed or expected to stay
  • other
  • To abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
  • noun
  • A dry, barren area of land, typically sandy and with little or no vegetation.
  • Bare area of land, often with few plants and water
  • A punishment or reward that is deserved.
  • other
  • To illegally leave the armed forces.
  • (of a soldier) to leave the armed forces without permission and with the intention of not returning.
drown

US /draʊn/

UK /draʊn/

  • other
  • To die from being submerged in water or another liquid, typically by suffocating.
  • verb
  • To kill something by putting it under water
  • To make something very wet or cover it completely
  • other
  • To overwhelm a sound or other sensation.
  • To kill someone by submerging them in water or another liquid.
flow

US /flo/

UK /fləʊ/

  • noun
  • Amount of something that moves through an area
  • verb
  • To move steadily and easily in a certain direction