English

Question 1

partition (v)

Answer 1

[often passive] to divide something into parts
bir şeyi parçalara bölmek

•partition something to partition a country
The country was partitioned a year after the elections.

•partition something into something
The room is partitioned into three sections.

• WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English: from Latin partitio(n-), from partiri ‘divide into parts’.

Question 2

prosper (v)

Answer 2

BrE /ˈprɒspə(r)/ ; NAmE /ˈprɑːspər/
[intransitive]
to develop in a successful way; to be successful, especially in making money
SYNONYM thrive

►çok para kazanarak başarılı ve zengin olmak; ilerlemek, gelişmek

• The economy prospered under his administration.
• She seems to be prospering since she moved out of the city.
• WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English: from Old French prosperer, from Latin prosperare, from prosperus ‘doing well’.

Question 3

resonate (v)

Answer 3

to make a loud, clear sound
►çınlamak, yankılanmak, çın çın ötmek

• Her voice resonated through the theatre.
• The body of the violin acts as a resonating chamber and makes the sound louder.

Question 4

gaze (v)

Answer 4

to look for a long time at someone or something or in a particular direction
►gözlerini dikip bakmak, dik dik bakmak

• They gazed into each other’s eyes.
• She gazed at him in amazement.
• He sat for hours just gazing into space.

Question 5

locale (n)

Answer 5

BrE /ləʊˈkɑːl/ ; NAmE /loʊˈkæl/
(specialist or formal)
a place where something happens
►olay yeri, mahal

• the employment structure of the two locales
• The majority of people in this locale work in agriculture.
• We choose our tour guides mainly on their knowledge of the locale.
• WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: from French local (noun), respelled to indicate stress on the final syllable; compare with morale.

Question 6

rigorous (n)

Answer 6

BrE /ˈrɪɡərəs/ ; NAmE /ˈrɪɡərəs/

1 done carefully and with a lot of attention to detail
SYNONYM thorough
►titiz, dikkatli

• a rigorous analysis
• Few people have gone into the topic in such rigorous detail.
• The second team adopted a much more rigorous approach to the problem.

2 demanding that particular rules, processes, etc. are strictly followed
SYNONYM strict
►sert,sıkı

• The work failed to meet their rigorous standards.
• They may benefit from the rigorous application of competition policy.
• WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English: from Old French rigorous or late Latin rigorosus, from rigor ‘stiffness’, from rigere ‘be stiff’.

Question 7

breed (v)

Answer 7

BrE /briːd/ ; NAmE /briːd/

1 [intransitive] (of animals) to have sex and produce young
►doğurmak, yavrulamak

•Many animals breed only at certain times of the year.

2 [transitive] breed something (for/as something) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way
►damızlık olarak beslemek

• The rabbits are bred for their long coats.
• Greyhounds were originally bred as hunting dogs.
• The first panda to be bred in captivity

3 [transitive] breed something to be the cause of something
►Sebep olmak

•Nothing breeds success like success.

4 [transitive, usually passive] breed something into somebody to educate somebody in a particular way as they are growing up
►Yetiştirmek

•Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age.

• WORD ORIGIN

Old English brēdan ‘produce (offspring), bear (a child)’, of Germanic origin; related to German brüten, also to brood.

Question 8

cog (n)

Answer 8

BrE /kɒɡ/ ; NAmE /kɑːɡ/
1 one of a series of teeth on the edge of a wheel that fit between the teeth on the next wheel and cause it to move
►Dişli, çark

• WORD ORIGIN

Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish kugge and Norwegian kug.

Question 9

remuneration (n)

Answer 9

re·mu·ner·ation noun
BrE /rɪˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃn/ ; NAmE /rɪˌmjuːnəˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable] (formal)
an amount of money that is paid to somebody for the work they have done
►ödeme, ücret ödeme; bir iş karşılığı yapılan ödeme

•Generous remuneration packages are often attached to overseas postings.

Question 10

yield (v)

Answer 10

BrE /jiːld/ ; NAmE /jiːld/

1 [transitive] yield something to produce or provide something, for example a profit, result or crop
►kazanç sağlamak

• Higher-rate deposit accounts yield good returns.
• The research has yielded useful information.
• trees that no longer yield fruit

2 [intransitive] (formal) to stop resisting something/somebody; to agree to do something that you do not want to do
SYNONYM give way
►teslim olmak

•After a long siege, the town was forced to yield.

yield to something/somebody
•He reluctantly yielded to their demands.
•I yielded to temptation and had a chocolate bar.

3 [transitive] yield something/somebody (up) (to somebody) (formal) to allow somebody to win, have or take control of something that has been yours until now
SYNONYM surrender
►yerini bırakmak,

• He refused to yield up his gun.
• (figurative) The universe is slowly yielding up its secrets.

4 [intransitive] to move, bend or break because of pressure
►boyun vermek, esnemek

•Despite our attempts to break it, the lock would not yield.

5 [intransitive] yield (to somebody/something) (North American English, Irish English) to allow vehicles on a bigger road to go first
SYNONYM give way
►yol vermek (trafikte)

• Yield to oncoming traffic.
• a yield sign
• WORD ORIGIN

Old English g(i)eldan ‘pay, repay’, of Germanic origin. The senses ‘produce, bear’ and ‘surrender’ arose in Middle English.