16.08.2020 Flashcards

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intangible

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elle tutulamaz

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subsidize

’‘£50 would help to subsidize the training of an unemployed teenager.’’
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para yardımı yapmak

'’The refugees live in subsidized housing provided by the authorities.’’

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make inroads into

'’The government is definitely making inroads into the problem of unemployment.’’

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to start to have a direct and noticeable effect (on something):

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inquisitiveness

inquisitive

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tecessüs, çok meraklı olma.

the quality of wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people:

Children have an inquisitiveness about the world.

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meddlesome

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işgüzar, her işe burnunu sokan.

often getting involved in situations where you are not wanted, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way

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quizzically

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in a way that seems to ask a question:

They looked at me quizzically.

“America?” he answered quizzically.

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vice

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kötü alışkanlık

a moral fault or weakness in someone’s character:
Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices.

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repressed

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baskı altında olan

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cripple(d)

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a person who cannot use their arms or legs in a normal way

to cause serious damage to someone or something, making him, her, or it weak and not effective:
a country crippled by war

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crippling

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causing serious injuries or harm

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attire

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kıyafet

clothes, especially of a particular or formal type:
I hardly think jeans are appropriate attire for a wedding.

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endorse

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tasdik etmek, onaylamak

-to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone:

The Council is expected to endorse the committee’s recommendations.

(formal) I fully endorse (= agree with) everything the Chairperson has said.
- to appear in an advertisement, saying that you use and like a particular product:

They paid $2 million to the world champion to endorse their new aftershave.

The president doesn’t endorse products himself regardless of their merits.

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advocacy

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avukatlık, fikir savunuculuğu,

-public support for an idea, plan or a way of doing sth:

They have an excellent reputation for advocacy on behalf of rivers and freshwater resources.

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collocation

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kalıplaşmış söz öbekleri

the regular use of some words and phrases with others, especially in a way that is difficult to guess

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agree

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If two sets of information agree, they are generally the same:
[ I ] Since their stories did not agree at all, he knew one of them was lying.

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epigram

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iğneli, nükteli söz