SL-CH5-VOCABULARY Flashcards

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(noun) shelter

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a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of life

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(verb) construct reconstruct

(noun) construction reconstruction constructor construct

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to build something such as a house, bridge, road etc

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(verb) adapt
(noun) adaptability adaptation adapter adaptor
(adjective) adaptable adapted

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to gradually change your behaviour and attitudes in order to be successful in a new situation

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(noun) concern
(adjective) concerned ≠ unconcerned
(verb) concern

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a feeling of worry about something important

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(noun) appeal = upside ≠ downside

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an urgent request for something important

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(noun) tendency

(verb) tend

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if someone or something has a tendency to do or become a particular thing, they are likely to do or become it

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(noun) pattern = model

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the regular way in which something happens, develops, or is done;
a regularly repeated arrangement of shapes, colours, or lines on a surface, usually as decoration

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(noun) flat flatness
(adjective) flat
(verb) flatten
(adverb) flat flatly

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smooth and level, without raised or hollow areas, and not sloping or curving;
a flat rate, amount of money etc is fixed and does not change or have anything added

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(adjective) independent
(noun) independence independent
(adverb) independently
(noun) dependant dependence ≠ independence dependency
(adjective) dependable dependent ≠ independent
(verb) depend
(adverb) dependably independently

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an independent organization is not owned or controlled by, or does not receive money from, another organization or the government

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(adjective) permanent = long-term ≠ short-term

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continuing to exist for a long time or for all the time in the future

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(adverb) virtually

(adjective) virtual

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practically

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(adjective) convinced ≠ unconvinced convincing ≠ unconvincing
(verb) convince
(adverb) convincingly ≠ unconvincingly

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making you believe that something is true or right

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(noun) gesture

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a movement of part of your body, especially your hands or head, to show what you mean or how you feel

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(adjective) conscious ≠ unconscious
(adverb) subconsciously consciously ≠ unconsciously
(noun) subconscious unconscious consciousness unconsciousness subconscious

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noticing or realizing something; aware

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(adjective) amused

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if you are amused by something, you think it is funny and you smile or laugh

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(noun) leaning

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a tendency to prefer or agree with a particular set of beliefs, opinions etc;
inclination

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(verb) maintain

(noun) maintenance

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to make something continue in the same way or at the same standard as before

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(noun) interaction interactivity
(noun) act action ≠ inaction activity ≠ inactivity reaction interaction overacting
(adjective) acting active ≠ inactive
(verb) act ≠ overact
(adverb) actively
(adjective) interactive
(verb) interact
(adverb) interactively

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a process by which two or more things affect each other

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(verb) include ≠ ignore

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involve

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(noun) interest ≠ boredom

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attention

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(adjective) connected

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Brought together or into contact

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(noun) service

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assistance provided by an official organization

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depending

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needing support from

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methods

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certain procedures for doing things

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(noun) hay = straw

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long grass that has been cut and dried, used as food for cattle

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(noun) stove

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a thing used for heating a room or for cooking, which works by burning wood, coal, oil, or gas

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(noun) tile

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a flat square piece of baked clay or other material, used for covering walls, floors, roofs etc