Chapter 19 Mohammed Al Hajri Flashcards

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In order to help someone

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Word: Behalf (n.)

Ex:

First language: لأجل مصلحه

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A person with whom one works

Classmate-fellow worker

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Word: Colleague (n.)

Ex: I spent my day with colleagues

First language: زميل

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To produce a list by assembling information collected from other sources

Collect-gather-fund-combine

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Word: Compile (v.)

Ex: the local authority must compile a list of taxpayers

First language: جمع

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A thing that is composed of two or more elements

Complex-combination-mixture-synthesis

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Word: Compound (n.)

Ex: The air smelled like a compound of diesel and gasoline

First language: مركّب

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Including everything that is connected to a subject

Through-overall-inclusive-global

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Word: Comprehensive (adj.)

Ex: a comprehensive list of sources

First language: شامل

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Arrive at a fact or a conclusion by reasoning

Conclude-infer-assume

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Word: Deduce (v.)

Ex: I deduced that my roommate drank my cola

First language: نستنتج

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Based on experience rather than theory

Experimental-tentative-experiential

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Word: Empirical (adj.)

Ex: They provided empirical evidence to support their argument

First language: تجريبي

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To consider one thing to be the same as another

Compare-connect-settle

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Word: Equate (v.)

Ex: my weight equates to 60 grams

First language: مساواة

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A general rule or piece of advice

recommendation-advice-suggestion-rule

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Word: Guideline (n.)

Ex: If I saw my friends doing something wrong I will give them a guideline–weird usage(ash)

First language: توجيهي

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Similar in every detail

Like-same-similarly-

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Word: Identical (adj.)

Ex: I saw three boys with identical shirts

First language: مطابق

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To conclude information from evidence rather than explicit statements

Conclude-guess-estimate

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Word: Infer (v.)

Ex: from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing

First language: خمّن

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A newspaper or magazine that deals with a particular subject

Magazine-newspaper-review

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Word: Journal (n.)

Ex: I am going to buy a sports journal

First language: مجلة

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Large amounts ; generous

Release-decent-kind

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Word: Liberal (adj.)

Ex: liberal person is always loved by the society

First language: كريم

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Intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an arrangement

Go between-arrange-interpose

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Word: Mediate (v.)

Ex: I attempted to mediate between them to stop the fight

First language: توسط

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Without being affected by

However-nevertheless

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Word: Notwithstanding (adv.)

Ex: we still have to go to school; notwithstanding, it’s snowing heavily outside

First language: على الرغم من

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To continue with something to find out more

Follow-chase-aim-go ahead

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Word: Pursue (v.)

Ex: the officer pursued the car

First language: تعقب

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To prevent someone from doing something

Hold-limit-restrict-lock

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Word: Restrain (v.)

Ex: I had to be restrained from walking out of the class

First language: كبح

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To make secret information known to others

Uncover-expose-discover-appear

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Word: Reveal (v.)

Ex: The producers revealed the movie trailer

First language: كشف

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A fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data

Statics-decile-numbers

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Word: Statistics (n.)

Ex: the statistics show that the immigration rate has increased

First language: إحصائيات

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Continue to alive or exist

Alive-remain-exist

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Word: Survive (v.)

Ex: he survived after being shot by a criminal

First language: البقاء

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To give a brief of the main points of something

Epitomize-sum-recap-brief

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Word: summarize (v.)

Ex: these results can be summarized easily

First language: لخص

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Commit oneself to be responsible

Promise-assure-pledge

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Word: Undertake (v.)

Ex: a firm of builders undertook the construction work

First language: تعهد

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To use or add in place of

Replace-exchange-change-switch

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Word: Substitute (v.)

Ex: dried rosemary can be substituted for the fresh herb

First language: استبدال

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Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand

Simple-unpretentious-modest

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Word: Straightforward (adj.)

Ex: in a straightforward case no fees will be changed

First language: بسيط Grade=10/10