Cafe Flashcards

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a musical

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a play or movie that has both acting and singing (singing and dancing)

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an abbey

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a large church with buildings next to it where monks and nuns live or used to live

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an nun

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someone who is a member of a group of religious women that live together in a convent

refer to special group of women in Rome Catholic church who decide not to get married then instead to dedicate their whole life to God, serving God and his people.

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an nanny

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a person, usually a woman but not always, who goes to someone’s house and takes care of that person or that couple or children

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5
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a widower

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a man whose wife has died and who has not married again.

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a sailor

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any one who works on a boat or a ship

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7
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so long, farewell

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old fashion way to say good bye in English

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public housing

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refer to the program that government has to help poor people to find a place to live.
One way to do this is to provide money to poor people so that they have enough money to pay their rent.
The other way is to build special apartment buildings for them.

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eligible

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someone who is eligible for something is able or allowed to do it, for example because they are the right age

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10
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inner city

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describes the main area in a city where people live.

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suitable

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appropriate for the situation

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to soak
to immerse
to dip

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to soak: to make something completely wet, usually by putting it into a liquid. The object has already been in the liquid for a certain of time.

to immerse: to emphasize the action to put object into the liquid. if you soak something, you will immerse it in a liquid.

to dip: put something into a liquid very quickly or briefly and take out it right away. Can be a noun, which refers to a fake source, for example, ranch source.

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to immerse oneself into something

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to become completely involved in an activity.

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so-called

so to speak

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so-called: before a noun to indicate something or someone commonly called. Another is we think the term is not appropriate.

so to speak: used when you are saying something in words that do not have their usual meaning. to show you are describing something in an unusual way.

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an nuclear reactor

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a machine that controls the chemical reaction inside of the power plant so that the nuclear energy is released in a very controlled way not as an explosion.

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core

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an area where the nuclear energy is produced. The core contains fuel for the reactor and it has to observe passages through which the energy from the reactor flows.

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coolant

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kind of material used to low temperature

18
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malfunction

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is when something doesn’t works correctly

19
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valve

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is a tube that can be open or closed in order to control the movement of gas or liquid through a pipe.

20
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to be exposed

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to be uncovered

21
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to evacuate

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to move people away from a dangerous place to a save place

22
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to commission

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to order or request something to be built or created

23
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art deco

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a style that was quiet popular in 20s or 30s. It has very distinctive lines, some simple shapes, often bright colors, These were some elements in an are deco design.

24
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spire

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a roof that rises steeply to a point on top of a tower, especially on a church

25
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to rust

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for a metal to tern brown or orange because of a chemical reaction

26
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frieze

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a wide horizontal piece of art that usually corved or painted either on a wall or a bottom part of ceiling

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quarrel

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an angry disagreement typically between two people who are normally friends with each other. For example, a husband and a wife are quarreling over something.

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argument

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an exchange of different or opposed views usually with some sort of angry involved though not always. Can have an argument with anyone.

29
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controversy

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a disagreement that lasts long time and often involves strong emotions. Usually it is public.

30
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concerned and worried

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concerned: worried something but not series
worried: with stronger emotion.

31
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to amount to something

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to reach a certain level; to be capable of doing something

32
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frontier

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the outer limit of a country or an area; the border;