Billions of midges freeze to death

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a small flying insect that can bite people Pol. komar start learning		midge Billions of midges have frozen to death
Informal an insect start learning		beastie An expert on the biting beastie.
having an extremely strong desire to do or have a lot of something start learning		voracious Tourists breakfasted upon by the voracious and swarming insects.
Pol. (of bees) roić się start learning		swarm swarming insects.
a place that is popular for entertainment or a particular activity start learning		hot spot Sutherland is a midge hot spot
the end of something that used to exist, death formal start learning		demise Public interest in the midge — and ultimately in its demise or avoidance — is high
complete and including everything that is necessary: complete start learning		comprehensive the big freeze is so comprehensive.
if insects, rats etc ____ a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage start learning		infest wide areas of midge infested ground frozen
able to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event x3 Pol. odporny start learning		resilient to sth x 3 But midges are very resilient. They will sit there in the ground waiting days for their meal.”
a short time when something bad stops happening, so that the situation is temporarily better start learning		respite a welcome respite in a war that humans seemingly cannot win.
a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on a computer: x2 start learning		on record the best, midge quiet summer known about). the coming summer may be one of the best, midge quiet Scottish summers on record.

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