Chapter 3 Unit 1 Flashcards
It’s tricky to learn to ride a skateboard, but you never forget how.
I’m in a tricky situation,
Whatever I do I’ll offend someone.
The company has had some tricky problems to negotiate in its first year in business.
Tricky:
If a problem or a piece of work is tricky, it is difficult to deal with and needs careful attention or skill.
The flames grew larges as the fire spread.
When the fire engine arrived, the house was already in flames.
It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames.
Flame: a stream of hot, burning gas from something on fire.
the moon cast a white light into the room
Flames cast limited light , are vulnerable to winds and weather and can lead to disaster.
Cast : to send light and throw light on something.
A portable radio, phone, computer
Portable: Easy to carry
The ship carries both passengers and freight.
Will the goods be sent bu air or sea freight?
Freight trains
Freight:
Goods , but not passengers that are carried from one place to another by ship aricraft train or the system of transporting these goods.
The streets were illuminated with coloured lights.
Illuminate: To light something and make it brighter.
Illuminator
Illumination
This article illuminated the issues of air pollution
Illuminate: To explain and show more clearly sth that is difficult to understand
After equipping me with the necessary tools, he sent me up the ladder to repair the roof.
A degree in the history of art is very nice but it doesn’t equip you for many jobs.
The goal of the course is to equip people with the skills necessary for a job in this technological age.
Equip: to give sb the skills needed to do a particular thing,
To provide a person or a place with objects that are necessary for a particular job.
One of the drawbacks of living with someone is havinfg to share a bathroom.
Drawback: disadvantage or negative part of a situation.
Railways are an important mode of transport for the economy.
Each department in the company has its own mode of operation.
Mode: A way of living, operating, behaving
Jeeps are rugged vehicles, designed for rough conditions.
Rugged: Firm, strong , strict.
The light from candles is not very intense.
Some materials burn more intensely than others.
Using a stronger battery will intensify light.
Fighting around the capital has intensified in the last few hours.
Intense , intensify:
to become greater, more serious, or more extreme, or to make something do this.
Public transportation is an intrinsic part of every modern city.
Intrinsic: the main or most important feature.
He doesn’t drink alcohol on account of his poor health.
On account of something:
Because of something.
Harold’s working to bring about changes in the industry.
The decline of manufacturing industry brought about high employment in many countries.
Bring about something :
to cause something to happen.
