7 of the best language learning rules ever

Question 1

noun : B2 [U] the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments

akıl, akıllılık

the ——— of sth/doing sth : If you doubt the ———- of something, you think it is probably not a good plan.

akla uygunluğu; mantıklılığı; makul olması

*Many people have questioned the ——- of spending so much money on weapons.*

*As you saw last week, the event was truly epic and delivered some ——— from no fewer than 11 multilingual people (polyglots! yes they are!).*

Answer 1

• wisdom

Question 2

noun : a story or film that is very long and contains a lot of action

destan

adjective : destansı

*As you saw last week, the event was truly —— and delivered some wisdom from no fewer than 11 multilingual people (polyglots! yes they are!).*

Answer 2

• epic

Question 3

verb : OPINION : to make an existing opinion or idea stronger

güçlendirmek, desteklemek, daha güçlü hâle getirmek, pekiştirmek

*to ———- a view/feeling*

OBJECT : to make something stronger

sağlamlaştırmak, güçlendirmek, takviye etmek

*a security door ——-d by steel bars*

————-ment noun [C, U] : the act of ————-ing something

sağlamlaştırma, güçlendirme, takviye

Answer 3

• reinforce

Question 4

verb : to make someone feel ashamed or shy

utandırmak, mahcup etmek

*My dad’s always —————ing me in front of my friends.*

*Jared talked about how easy it can be to become disoriented even within the same language as he recounted his experiences of —————-ing Puerto Rican shopgirls.*

Answer 4

• embarrass

Question 5

verb : to tell a story or describe an event

söylemek, anlatmak, hikaye etmek, aktarmak

*He was ————ing a story about a woman he’d met on a train.*

Answer 5

• recount

Question 6

noun : a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country

lehçe

*Afterwards, you can adjust it, but don’t let ———-s stop you.”*

Answer 6

• dialect

Question 7

verb : to ask someone for information about something

sormak, soruşturmak, soru sormak

*I’m ———-ing about dentists in the area.*

*Becky Morales shared the story of American high schoolers who met their first Mexican in their teenage years and ————-ed whether she had ever seen an orange.*

Answer 7

• enquire

Question 8

verb : RESPECT : B2 to respect or approve of someone or something

hayran olmak, gıbta etmek, saygı duymak

*You have to ——— him for being so determined.*

LOOK AT : to look at something or someone, thinking how attractive they are

hayranlığını belli ederek bakmak, gözünü alamamak

*We stood for a few minutes, ————ing the view.*

*Chris started his own podcast as a means of learning from the people he ————d.*

Answer 8

• admire