Lesson 17 & 18 & 19 Flashcards
Allegiance(n)
= loyalty
🔺allegiance to sth.
🔺my allegiance to my country is based on respect for its principles.
Cease(v)
= stop, halt
🔺 to cease fire against the enemy
Hierarchy (n)
A system of levels
🔺 military hierarchy
🔺he gradually rose through the hierarchy of the army
🔺governmental hierarchy
In the trenches
= in the middle of hardest fighing or work
🔺our commanders dont know how things are in the trenches
🔺we have been together in the trenches.
Mobilize(v)
Mobilization(n)
🔺after a terrible storm, the governor mobilized the national guard to rescue victims.
Apex(n)
= apogee, zenith, peak, highest point, summit , top, acme
🔺the apex of the mountain
🔺when the rate of profit is in its apogee.
Collapse(n,v)
🔺the roof collapsed during the earthquake.
🔺the collapse of the economic.
Conquest(n)
Conquer(v)
🔺 the conquest of everest.
Devise(v)
= think up, come up with, invent
🔺the soldiers devised a way to cross the river into their territory.
Prevailing
= current
🔺prevailing attitude toward smoking.
Chronologically(adv)
= in order according time.
🔺his books are ranged chronologically.
Coincide (v)
Coincidence(n)
🔺publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition
🔺it was a coincidence that she was wearing a shirt like me.
Consequence(n)
as a consequence= consequently, as a result, finally, in the end, hence, so, thus, therefore, ultimately, lastly
🔺one consequence of global warming is ..
Longitude(n)
Latitude(n)
طول و عرض جغرافيايي
Milieu(n)
= social environment, surroundings
🔺he came from a same artistic milieu as she was.
