Chapter 1

Question 1

Estimate

1. Part of speech
2. Definition
3. collocations
4. word family
5. sentence

Answer 1

Estimate

1: Verb.
2: To try to judge the value, size, speed, cost, etc of something, partly by calculating and partly by guessing.
3: Make an estimate , give an estimate, base an estimate
4: Estimate/estimation (n), estimate (v), estimated (adj).
5: Scientists have estimated that the sun’s age is about 4.6 billion years.

Question 2

Contemporary

1. Part of speech
2. Definition
3. collocations
4. word family
5. sentence

Answer 2

1: Adjective.
2: Belonging to the present time.
3: Contemporary art/music/dance/culture etc.
4: Contemporary (n), contemporary (adj).
5: I prefer to read old poems than*** the contemporary ones.

Question 3

Manipulate

1. Part of speech
2. Definition
3. collocations
4. word family
5. sentence

Answer 3

Manipulate

1: Verb.
2: To make something or somebody move or turn in the way that you want.
3: Manipulate sb into doing sth.
4: Manipulation/manipulator (n), manipulate (v), manipulative (adj), manipulatively (adv).
5: The manager manipulated his employees to enhance the company’s production.

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