Bayan Bartar Flashcards
Bring up
bring somebody/something ↔ up (phrasal verb)
1- to mention a subject or start to talk about it = raise
2- to look after and influence a child until he or she is grown up = raise
3- to make something appear on a computer screen
4- if you bring food up, it comes back up from your stomach and out of your mouth (british)
5- to charge someone with a particular crime and make them go to a court to be judged
6- bring somebody up short/with a start: to surprise someone and make them suddenly stop talking or doing something
foster parents
/ˈfɒstə $ ˈfɑːstər/ ●○○ verb
!= biological parents
1- to take someone else’s child into your family for a period of time but without becoming their legal parent = adopt
2- a mother or a father look after another person’s child
legally
/ˈliːɡəli/ ●●○ AWL adverb
1- according to the law
2- if you can do something legally, you are allowed to do it by law != illegally
3- based on law
half sister
/hɑːf ˈsɪstə $ hæf -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
a sister who is the daughter of only one of your parents
ancestor
/ˈænsəstə, -ses- $ -sestər/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1- a member of your family who lived a long time ago = descendant
2- an animal that lived in the past, that modern animals have developed from
3- he form in which a modern machine, vehicle etc first existed = forerunner
generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun
1- [countable] all people of about the same age
2- family members born at the same time
3- [countable] all the members of a family of about the same age
4- [countable] the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children
5- [countable] a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed
6- [uncountable] the process of producing something or making something happen = production
generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun
1- [countable] all people of about the same age
2- family members born at the same time
3- [countable] all the members of a family of about the same age
4- [countable] the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children
5- [countable] a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed
6- [uncountable] the process of producing something or making something happen = production
generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun
1- [countable] all people of about the same age
2- family members born at the same time
3- [countable] all the members of a family of about the same age
4- [countable] the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children
5- [countable] a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed
6- [uncountable] the process of producing something or making something happen = production
generation
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃən/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL noun
1- [countable] all people of about the same age
2- family members born at the same time
3- [countable] all the members of a family of about the same age
4- [countable] the average period of time between the birth of a person and the birth of that person’s children
5- [countable] a group of things that were developed from something else, or from which better things were developed
6- [uncountable] the process of producing something or making something happen = production
originality
/əˌrɪdʒəˈnæləti/ noun [uncountable]
when something is completely new and different from anything that anyone has thought of before
ex: A lot of his designs lack originality.
appearance
/əˈpɪərəns $ əˈpɪr-/ ●●● W2 noun
1- WAY SOMEBODY/SOMETHING LOOKS [countable, uncountable] the way someone or something looks to other people
2- SOMEBODY TAKES PART IN A PUBLIC EVENT [countable] when a famous person takes part in a film, concert, or other public event
3- SOMETHING NEW STARTS TO EXIST [singular] when something new begins to exist or starts being used
4- ARRIVAL [countable usually singular] the unexpected or sudden arrival of someone or something
5- AT A LAW COURT/MEETING [countable] an occasion when someone goes to a court of law or official meeting to give information, answer questions etc
coincidence
/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns $ koʊ-/ ●●○ noun
1- [countable, uncountable] when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual → coincide, coincidental
2- [singular] (formal) when two ideas, opinions etc are the same
identity
/aɪˈdentəti/ ●●○ W2 AWL noun (plural identities)
1- the fact who you are
2- [countable, uncountable] someone’s identity is their name or who they are
3- [uncountable] the qualities and attitudes that a person or group of people have, that make them different from other people
4- [uncountable] (formal) exact similarity between two things
participant
/pɑːˈtɪsəpənt $ pɑːr-/ ●●○ AWL noun [countable]
someone who is taking part in an activity or event
record
/ˈrekɔːd $ -ərd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
/rɪˈkɔːd $ -ɔːrd/ ●●● S3 W2 verb
1- documentation
2- INFORMATION [countable] information about something that is written down or stored on computer, film etc so that it can be looked at in the future
3- HIGHEST/BEST EVER [countable] the fastest speed, longest distance, highest or lowest level etc that has ever been achieved or reached, especially in sport
4- MUSIC [countable] a round flat piece of plastic with a hole in the middle that music and sound are stored on → vinyl
5- PAST ACTIVITIES [singular] the facts about how successful, good, bad etc someone or something has been in the past
6- CRIME [countable] (also criminal/police record) information kept by the police that shows someone has committed a crime
record
/ˈrekɔːd $ -ərd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun
/rɪˈkɔːd $ -ɔːrd/ ●●● S3 W2 verb
1- documentation
2- INFORMATION [countable] information about something that is written down or stored on computer, film etc so that it can be looked at in the future
3- HIGHEST/BEST EVER [countable] the fastest speed, longest distance, highest or lowest level etc that has ever been achieved or reached, especially in sport
4- MUSIC [countable] a round flat piece of plastic with a hole in the middle that music and sound are stored on → vinyl
5- PAST ACTIVITIES [singular] the facts about how successful, good, bad etc someone or something has been in the past
6- CRIME [countable] (also criminal/police record) information kept by the police that shows someone has committed a crime
the record books
if someone is in the record books, they have achieved more than anyone else in a particular way
ex:
She hopes to get into the record books by becoming the youngest woman to hold a pilot’s licence.
in record time
very quickly
ex:
• She was out of bed and ready for school in record time that morning.
• The human species has probably not undergone much genetic change in recorded time.
• We had finished the drive back down to the highway from Can-yon de Chelly in record time.
• We got home in record time.
• Everyone in Knockglen heard about it in record time, but what they heard bore little relation to the facts.
• No question, and he did it in record time.
• During these years she made her journeys in record time.
• We pulled out all the stops and gave the company a response in record time.
• She shifts into high gear and gets out of the house, down the hill and over to Starbucks in record time.
off-the-record
off the record adjective
1- an off-the-record remark is unofficial and is not supposed to be made public
ex:
The prime minister’s remarks were strictly off the record.
2- if you say something off the record, you do not want people to repeat what you say, for example in newspapers or meetings
ex:
May I talk to you, strictly off the record?
be/go on (the) record as saying (that)
to say something publicly or officially, so that it may be written down and repeated
ex:
She is on record as saying that teachers are under too much pressure.
for the record
used to tell someone that what you are saying should be remembered or written down (spoken)
ex:
For the record, the police never charged me.
set/put the record straight
to tell people the truth about something, because you want to be sure that they understand what the truth really is
ex:
• I would like to set the record straight on a few points.
• Having set the record straight there is a paradox.
• He sets the record straight by a thorough reconsideration of Addison’s Cato, that tragedy constantly overrated at the time.
• Or a desire to put the record straight?
• They have a duty to set the record straight, otherwise they are conniving at falsehood.
• Taylor was given the perfect platform to set the record straight at yesterday’s press conference.
• I want to set the record straight.
slave
/sleɪv/ ●●○ noun [countable]
1- someone who is owned by another person and works for them for no money
2-
slave
verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to work very hard with little time to rest
