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How was the night sky key to our survival? | BBC Ideas
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林宜悉 posted on 2025/06/18Ever wondered how ancient cultures navigated using just the stars? This fascinating video dives into celestial navigation, exploring how the night sky was crucial for survival and building societies, from Polynesian voyages to Stonehenge! You'll pick up advanced vocabulary and gain insights into cultural astronomy that are truly out of this world.
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essential
US /ɪˈsɛnʃəl/
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UK /ɪ'senʃl/
- Adjective
- Extremely or most important and necessary
- Fundamental; basic.
- Noun
- A concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.
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US /tɛkˈnik/
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UK /tekˈni:k/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
- The skill or ability to do something well.
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US /ˈenʃənt/
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UK /'eɪnʃənt/
- Adjective
- Very old; having lived a very long time ago
- Relating to a period in history, especially in the distant past.
- Noun
- A person who lived in ancient times.
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US /dɪˈtɚmɪn/
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UK /dɪ'tɜ:mɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To control exactly how something will be or act
- To establish the facts about; discover
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