French climber banned from scaling UK buildings Flashcards

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a man who performs stunts, especially instead of an actor in a film or television programme

dublör

A French —— who specializes in scaling skyscrapers has been banned from climbing any building in the UK.

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  • stuntman
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to climb something that is high or steep

tırmanmak

A French stuntman who specializes in —-ing skyscrapers has been banned from climbing any building in the UK.

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  • scale
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a very tall building

gökdelen

A French stuntman who specializes in scaling ——s has been banned from climbing any building in the UK.

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  • skyscraper
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——- down/out/up, etc​

to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands

ellerin yardımıyla güçlükle tırmanmak

Alain Robert, 56, was handed a 20-week prison sentence on Friday, suspended for two years, for ——ing up London’s 201-metre Heron Tower.

to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands

ellerin yardımıyla güçlükle tırmanmak

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  • scramble
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to give someone or something an unofficial or funny name

lakap/isim takmak

Mr Robert, —-bed “the French Spiderman,” was also handed a $7,000 fine for disruption and for causing a “large scale” emergency response.

LANGUAGE​ : to change the language in a film or television programme into a different language

seslendirme/dublaj yapmak

[often passive] The film was —bed into English.

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  • dub
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to move up or to a higher position

yükselmek, yukarı çıkmak, tırmanmak

Using his usual climbing method, Mr Robert ——ed the London tower using only his bare hands.

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  • ascend
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Something that is ——— can be shown to exist or be true.

kanıtlanabilir, gösterilebilir

You are ———–ly an accomplished climber, but there is always the danger that your actions could be imitated by those less proficient, with potentially fatal consequences.

——–ly adverb : kanıtlanabilir bir şekilde

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  • demonstrable
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an event, especially one that is bad or unusual

olay, vaka, hadise, vukuat

Another judge described the —– as a “publicity stunt”.

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  • incident
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B2 advertising or information about someone or something in the newspaper, on television, etc

tanıtma, reklâm

Another judge described the incident as a “—– stunt”.

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  • publicity
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decorated in a very obvious way with something such as a name or a design

işlenmiş, işlemeli

He pointed out that it appeared Robert had been sponsored to climb the building because he was wearing a T-shirt —- with the logo of a company.

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  • emblazoned
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If the police —— someone, they catch them and take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.

tutuklamak, tevkif etmek

When London Police ——ed him at the foot of the tower on Thursday, he immediately handed officers his passport and the telephone number of his lawyer.

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  • apprehend
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