The tropical rainforests, located in a narrow region near the equator, are disappearing so fast that by the year 2000 eighty percent of them may be gone.
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近く， ちかく
1. near, neighbourhood, neighborhood, vicinity
2. nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"), close to
3. shortly, soon
1. to finish, to stop, to end, to put an end to, to bring to a close
2. to close (a business, etc.), to close down, to shut down, to shut up
3. to put away, to put back, to keep, to store
4. to do completely, to finish
5. to do accidentally, to do wi...
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
2. indicates possession
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
6. regardless of ..., whether ... (or not), no matter ...
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