Intelligent Systems 2 Flashcards

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demotion

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a situation in which a company, team, etc. moves to a lower place in a list because it has performed badly:
The grocer is facing demotion to the bottom of the supermarket league table.

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by means of

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araciligiyla, I can find a new house by means of Facebook

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interleave/so that

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to combine different things so that parts of one thing are put between parts of another thing:

The film interleaves extracts from her father’s autobiography with family interviews

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simply

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completely or as much as possible/ only-You look simply (= really) beautiful in that dress/I don’t like my job - I simply do it for the money.

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reinforces

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  • the pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching.
  • The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.
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white knight

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a person or organization that saves a company from financial difficulties or from a takeover by putting money into the company or by buying it

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abstraction

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the situation in which a subject is very general and not based on real situations: She’s always talking in abstractions.

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taking account of

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hesaba katarak/A good transport strategy must take account of the environmental issues.

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crook

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I think the guy was crook

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substantial

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large in size, value, or importance/ She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother.
The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.

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Enforcement

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the process of making sure that people obey something such as a law or rule: /enforcement of sth Firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an unfair competitive advantage

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