Rare spiders move home [bbc news]

derelict
empty and in a poor condition - adj - tinggal - terbuar - rumah tinggal - kapal terbiar- dibiarkan- orang yang terbiar

derelict (IN BAD CONDITION)
adjective - describes buildings or places that are not cared for and are in bad condition:

.....a derelict site
......The theatre has been left to stand/lie derelict.
.......The old railway cottages were in a state of dereliction.

earmarked for housing
if a site is 'earmarked for housing' it means that it has been officially decided that that area will be use for the building of houses


earmark
verb [T often passive] to keep or intend something for a particular purpose: - diperuntukkan - wang itu diuntukkan bagi bina jambatan baru

......Five billion dollars of this year's budget is already earmarked for hospital improvements.


house
verb [T] to give a person or animal a place to live, or to provide space for something: - menyediaka tempat tinggal - menempatkan - menumpangkan - jabatan kita akan ditempatkan di pejabar baru - menjadi tempat simpanan - bangsal itu menjadi tempat simpanan perkakas kebun-

I......t will be difficult to house all the refugees.
.......The museum houses the biggest collection of antique toys in Europe.



disused
not used any more

disused
adjective - tidak digunakan lagi - lombong yang tidak digunakan lagi-
.....Many disused railway lines have become public footpaths.
......The church was recently restored after decades of disuse.-noun


air raid shelter
a building for people to use at time of war to protect them from bombs or missiles


raid
noun [C]1 a short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people: serangan - serangan udara sekitar 20 minit - serbuan - serbuan yd dibuat oleh polis- serbuan polis ke atas rumah tersebut

.....The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy).
.......planes on a bombing raid

2- when people enter a place by force in order to steal from it:
.......Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.

3- when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something:
........The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.


air raid
noun [C]an attack by enemy aircraft, usually dropping bombs:
.....an air raid shelter/siren


mimics
copies, has the same qualities as - pengajuk - peniru yang terkemuka -

.....She's a brilliant mimic. [ adj ]
She was mimicking the various people in our office. [verb] - meniru - mengajuk - dia mengajuk aksi charlie - menyerupai - menyamai - dinding2 itu dicat agar menyamai marmar-


a suitable habitat
a good place to live

.....The film is suitable for children. - sesuai-bagus
....My mother doesn't like me wearing short skirts to church - she doesn't think they're suitable.
NOTE: The opposite is unsuitable.


habitat
noun [C or U]the natural surroundings in which an animal or plant usually lives:
.......With so many areas of woodland being cut down, a lot of wildlife is losing its natural habitat.



highly
very - tersangat - amat sgt - ahli akademik yg sgt dihormati- filem yg sgt mengelikan hati - orang yg sg tinggi pendidikannya - perkerjan yg sgt ringgi gajinya - kereta yg sgt mahal - memuji


highly - adverb
1- very, to a large degree, or at a high level:
........a highly paid job
..........a highly profitable line of products
.......For our country to remain competitive, we need a highly-skilled, highly-educated workforce.

predatory
with the habit of killing and eating other animals - pemangsa - burung2 pemangsa seperti helang - pencuru yang sentiasa mencari mangsa - dia jenis lelaki yang mencari mangsa-

.....The owl is a predatory bird which kills its prey with its claws.
.....The company spent much effort in avoiding takeover bids from predatory competitors.

3 - DISAPPROVING describes someone who expresses sexual interest in a very obvious way:
.......I hate going to bars on my own because men look at you in such a predatory way.

arachnids
formal word for spiders -scorpion-tick (ANIMAL) -a red spider mite



webs
the network of very fine threads that spiders make to catch insects - sarang labah2 - lingkaran - lingkaran kehidupan sosial - selaput -

......a spider's web
........We watched a spider spin a web between three tall grass stems.
.........FIGURATIVE -Those involved in the fraud created an intricate web of trading companies to hide their activities.
.....See also cobweb.


Rare spiders move home


About 100 rare cave spiders are being moved to a new home after being discovered on a derelict site earmarked for housing.

The cave spiders had taken over a disused air raid shelter near Papworth Hospital. South Cambridgeshire District Council ecology officer Rob Mungovan said the shelter mimics conditions of a cave. Mr Mungovan, who checks for rare species before he lets the developers start work, discovered the population of spiders.

He said: "Maybe these spiders have come from the ancient woodland we have here in Papworth. There may have been relic populations in large hollow trees or a juvenile spider may have found a suitable habitat here and found a mate and established a population."

The spiders are being moved one by one because they are likely to eat each other if they were all moved together as they are highly predatory.


Cave spiders are large, dark bronze arachnids that spin small open webs. The spiders have only been found in a dozen places in the UK and never recorded before in Cambridgeshire.

A South Cambridgeshire District Council spokesman said the spiders are to be put in separate boxes and moved to a new shelter on the other side of the hospital