communicate, technology, work Flashcards
telephone
(v) (formal) to talk to someone by telephone SYN phone, call
1. I’ll telephone you later.
2. Sammy telephoned to say that he would be late.
device
(n)(countable) a machine or tool that does a special job ………SYN gadget
1. The company makes devices to detect carbon monoxide.
spread
spred/ verb (past tense and past participle spread)
1. if something spreads or is spread, it becomes larger or moves so that it affects more people or a larger area
1.1. Fire quickly spread through the building.
2.1. Revolution quickly spread from France to Italy.
2. OPEN/ARRANGE (also spread out) [transitive] to open something out or arrange a group of things so that they cover a flat surface
2.1. He spread the map out on the desk.
2.2. He spread plaster on the walls.
take
verb (past tense took /tʊk/, past participle taken /ˈteɪkən/)
1. to move or go with someone or something from one place to another OPP bring
1.Barney took us to the airport.
2.He took me to meet his parents.
3.Sara took a deep breath.
take out
to remove something from inside somebody’s body, especially a part of it
1. THE STONE IS TAKEN OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE CHERRY.
2. How many teeth did the dentist take out?
go online
1.* I’ll just go online and look up her address.
من دوباره سرکار رفتم
I got re-employed.
staff
/stæf/
(noun)
the group of people who work for an organization:
1. There is a good relationship between staff and pupils at the school.
2.The staff are not very happy about the latest pay increase.
pupil
/ˈpjuː.pəl/
noun [ C ]
*a person, especially a child at school, who is being taught:
1. The school has over 400 pupils.
2. a second-year pupil
overload
/ˌəʊvərˈləʊd/
[often passive]
verb
*overload something = to put too great a load on something
1. an overloaded truck
**overload somebody (with something) =to give somebody too much of something
2. He’s overloaded with responsibilities.
3. Don’t overload the students with information.
camera angles
1.However, recognition for some peripheral background details (or for camera angle of the photograph) was somewhat poorer.
tailor
noun [ C ]
/ˈteɪ.lɚ/
*someone whose job is to repair, make, and adjust (= make changes to) clothes, especially someone who makes jackets, trousers, coats, etc. for men
hectic
adjective
/ˈhek.tɪk/
*full of activity, or very busy and fast:
1.a hectic schedule
2.hectic pace/ The area has become a haven for people tired of the hectic pace of city life.
close-up
/ˈkloʊs.ʌp/
n (c)
*a photograph taken from a short distance that gives a very detailed picture:
1.take a close-up of: She took a stunning close-up of him.
2. Close-up shots
shot
n (c)
*a photograph:
get/take a shot :I got/took some really good shots of the harbor at sunset.
