Maryam Alqatari - Chapter 19 Flashcards

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.pursue (v)

. course, dog, hound, follow

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.To continue with something to find out more.
.He chose to pursue a college degree.
.تعقب

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. undertake (v)

.accept, bear, shoulder, take over

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. to carry out
. The researchers undertook a series of studies
. تولي

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. Reveal (v)

. bare, disclose, discover

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. to make something known that was a secret before
. She would not reveal the secret.
. كشف

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. Notwithstanding (adv)

.despite, regardless of, with

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. without being affected by : however
. Notwithstanding, the meeting was very good
. على الرغم من

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. Survive (v)

.ride (out), weather

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. to continue to live or exist
. She survived her husband by only a few years
. البقاء

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. straightforward (adj)

.direct, forthright, foursquare, plain, straight

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. easy to do or understand
.He was very straightforward with us
. بسيط

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. equate (v)

. compare, liken

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. to consider one thing as being the same as something else
.You shouldn’t equate those two things.
. مساواة

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. Identical (adj)

. same

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. exactly the same
.They are wearing identical coats
. مطابق

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. empirical (adj)

.experiential, practical

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. based on experiments and practical experience.
. The empirical research for the animal was successful
. تجريبي

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. summarize (v)

. abstract, boil down, brief, digest

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. short description of main ideas or events of something
. He summarized the story very well
. لخص

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. statistics (n)

. data

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. number that shows facts or provides information about something
. the statistics show that the weather will be so cold this week
. احصائيات

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. deduce (v)

. conclude, decide, infer

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. to form an opinion based on facts that you already know.
. I deduced that from the book
. نستنتج

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. Mediate (v)

.central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate

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. to try to settle a disagreement between two
or more people
. Ali mediated two people from fighting yesterday
. توسط

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. journal (n)

. book, bulletin

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. A magazine full of articles about one subject
. She records her dreams in a journal.
. مجلة

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. behalf (n)

. agrafe

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. in order to help someone
. I would thank you behalf my sister.
. بالنيابة عن

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. compound (n)

. accelerate, add (to),

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. two or more things combined together
. The interest is compounded at regular intervals.
. مركب

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. restrain (v)

. bridle, check

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. to keep someone/something under control
. He could not restrain the dog from attacking
. كبح

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. colleague (n)

. associate, confrere

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. a person you work with in a job
. I was working for a long time with my colleague yesterday
. زميل

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. Infer (v)

. conclude, decide

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. to reach conclusion from the information you have
. Are you inferring that I’m wrong?
. خمن

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. compile (v)

.anthologize, collect

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. to collect info and arrange it in a list, book ,etc..
. She compiled a list of names
. صنف

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. liberal (adj)

. broad-minded

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. large amounts
. He made a very liberal donation to the museum
. متحرر

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. substitue (v)

. backup, cover

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. to use something inside of something else
. you’ll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better
.تبديل

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. guidelines (n)

. A-line, affine

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. advice on what to do about something
. I will give my sister a guideline if she doing something wrong
. المبادئ التوجيهية

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. comprehensive (adj)

. full

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. Including everything that is connected to a subject
. I will do a comprehensive check on the novel tomorrow
. شامل

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