former	previous
to poach	kłusować
to deteriorate	to become worse
scorching hot	very hot
to encounter	to meet, usually sth unpleasant
a herd of	stado
to be in charge of	to be responsible for
at first glance	na pierwszy rzut oka
to be likely to happen	there is a high probability
likelihood	prawdopodobieństwo
a litter of puppies	miot
a swarm of insects, bees, wasps	rój
a school/shoal of fish, dolphins	ławica
a colony of ants	kolonia
a pack of wolves	wataha
a flight of birds/stairs	grupa ptaków
a panel of reporters/ researchers	panel/ paparazzi
a board of directors, managers	zarząd
a bottle of water	butelka wody
a loaf of bread	bochenek
deforestation	wycinka lasu
to cut down	wyciąć
to cut off	odciąć