Dana - chapter17. Flashcards

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  • Specific (adj.)

- Exact, Special, Unique.

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  • Detailed or exact.
  • Is there anything specific you want for dinner?
    محدد
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  • Domain (n.)

- Knowledge base.

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  • Area of knowledge or activity.
  • I live in Domain apartment.
    نطاق
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  • Assured (v.)

- Confident, Guaranteed.

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  • To promise someone that something will or it is true if they are worried.
  • He gave his evidence in a very confident and assured way.
    مؤكد
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  • Investment (n.)

- Speculation, Funding.

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  • That act of putting money into property of business.
  • A used car is rarely a good investment.
    استثمار
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  • Validity (n.)

- Verity.

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  • Legally or officially acceptable.
  • The validity of the data may have been affected in several ways.
    صلاحية
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  • Quote (v.)

- Estimate, Citation.

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  • To repeat exactly something that someone has said or written.
  • He began his speech by quoting shakespeare.
    اقتباس
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  • Subsidy (n.)

- Grant, Allowance.

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  • Money that is paid by government or organization to reduce the cost/services to lower prices.
  • The city is increasing subsidies for public transit.
    اعانة مالية
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  • Explicit (adj.)

- Clear, Expressed.

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  • Clear; making something easy to understand.
  • The movie contains scenes of explicit violence.
    واضح
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  • Framework (n.)

- Model, Structure.

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  • Basic structure of a text, concept or system.
  • An iron framework surrounds the sculpture.
    اطار
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  • License (v.)

- Permit, Permission.

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  • To grant a permit to use something or to allow an activity to take place.
  • I got my driver license two months ago.
    رخصة
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  • Immigrate (v.)

- Move, Relocate.

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  • To enter a country to live there.
  • I immigrated to the United States last year.
    هجرة
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  • Assemble (v.)

- Gather, Collect.

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  • To come together, or bring things or people together in a group.
  • She assembled all of her old photos into three albums.
    جمع
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  • Denote (v.)

- Designate, Suggest.

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  • To indicate or be a sign of something; to mean something.

رمز

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  • Implication (n.)

- Suggestion, Import.

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  • The effect that something will have on something else in the future.
  • I am sorry, I did not want to make that implication.
    توريط
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  • Inclination (n.)

- tendency, propensity.

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  • A feeling that makes someone want to behave in a particular way.
  • My first inclination was to say no, but I finally decided to do what she asked.
    رغبة
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  • Collapse (n/v)

- Breakdown, Burst.

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  • A sudden fall.
  • He warned that such measures could cause the economy to collapse.
    انهيار
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  • Constraint (n.)

- Control.

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  • A limit of something.
  • They refuse to work under constraint any longer.
    قيود
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  • Subordinate (v.)

- Lower-ranking, Secondary.

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  • To treat a person or thing else important than another.
  • The student are subordinate to the teachers.
    تابع
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  • Reluctance (n.)

- Doubts, Second thoughts.

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  • Not wanting to do something because you are not sure if it is the right thing to do.
  • She sensed his reluctance to continue.
    ممانعة
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  • Constructed (adj.)

- Build.

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  • To build or make something.
  • They plan to construct a barn behind the house.
    بناء
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  • Core (n.)

- Center.

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  • The central or most important part of something.
  • Most people do not eat the apple’s core.
    النواة
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  • Notion (n.)

- Idea, Understanding.

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  • Something that you have in your mind that you belief.
  • I had no notion of what her words meant.
    مفهوم
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  • Mature (adj.)

- Adult.

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  • To be fully grown or fully developed.
  • He had matured and he was ready to be a father no matter what it took.
    كبير
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  • Oddness (adj.)

- Weirdness.

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  • Different from what is normal or expected.
  • She had an odd look on her face.
    غريب