Just the Facts

Question 1

noun : in the ——— (of sth) formal

​in the area near a place

civarda, çevrede, etrafta, mahalde

*A number of buildings in the ——- of the fire were damaged.*

* Their purpose is to inform readers about events that are happening beyond their immediate ———-. *

Answer 1

• vicinity

Question 2

adjective : relating to the United States Congress

ABD kongresine ait

*a ————- committee*

* Ordinary people cannot journey to every war zone, sit in every ————— hearing, and examine every disaster site. *

Answer 2

• congressional

Question 3

verb : to stop yourself from doing something

uzak durmak, sakınmak, kaçınmak, kendini tutmak/frenlemek

* Please ———- from talking during the performance.*

* Editors expect reporters to ———- from plagiarism, guesses, and outright copying. *

Answer 3

• refrain

Question 4

noun : copying someone else’s work or ideas

aşırma, eser hırsızlığı

*He was accused of ——-.*

*Editors expect reporters to refrain from ——-, guesses, and outright copying.*

Answer 4

• plagiarism

Question 5

noun : short for quotation marks

tırnak işaretleri

*Blair repeatedly filed stories in which he lifted —— from Washington Post and Associated Press articles, rearranged details from other writers’ work, and claimed to have reported from places he never visited. *

Answer 5

• quotes

Question 6

adjective : moving around from one place to another place

başıboş, aylak aylak, avare, amaçsız

*a —— reporter*

*When Washington, DC, was scared by a —— shooter, he printed stories claiming that the shooter had been arrested, giving people an unwarranted feeling of safety.*

Answer 6

• roving

Question 7

verb : ​to reduce the harmful effects of something

hafifletmek; azaltmak; dindirmek

*To ——- this problem, many papers use “fact-checkers.*

——ion noun

azaltma

Answer 7

• mitigate

Question 8

verb : to check that all the facts in a piece of writing, a news article, a speech, etc. are correct:

doğruluğu kontrol etmek

*Why don’t people —-__—– before they publish this stuff?*

*At many of the best news outlets, every story must be —-__—–ed.*

Answer 8

• fact-check

Question 9

verb : to become smaller, or to make something smaller

daral(t)mak, çek(tir)mek, küçül(t)mek

*My shirt —– in the wash.*

*However, fact-checking departments are —–ing with news budgets.*

Answer 9

• shrink

Question 10

noun : PLAN : a plan that shows how much money you have and how you will spend it

bütçe

*However, fact-checking departments are shrinking with news ——s.*

AMOUNT : the amount of money you have for something

bir şey için ayrılan para

*an annual —– of 30 million euros*

——-ary adjective : relating to a ——

bütçeyle ilgili, bütçeye ait

Answer 10

• budget

Question 11

noun : ​BUILDING/LAND​ : the legal right to live in a building or use a piece of land for a period

kullanma hakkı

TIME : the period of time when someone has an important job

önemli görev/memuriyet süresi

*Sharp-eyed readers could have ended Blair’s —– at the New York Times much earlier if someone had pointed out that there are virtually no tobacco farms in West Virginia*

*his —— as president*

PERMANENT : If you have —- in your job, your job is permanent.

geçici görev süresi; geçici görev dönemi

Answer 11

• tenure