These are Nouns. Flashcards
ABP - Bruise
ABP - a purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen, been hit etc:
“Let me have a look at that bruise. Oh, that’s a beaut!”
ABP - Bump
ABP- an area of skin that is raised because you have hit it on something:
“Can you feel the bump on my head?”
ABP - Cinnemon
a sweet-smelling brown substance used for giving a special taste to cakes and other sweet foods:
EXAM: A ..MONO..lingual dictionary contains only one language.
- (1) Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and cloves are common spices.*
- (2) Cinnamon, ginger and cloves are all spices.*
- (3) Mix the cinnamon with the rest of the sugar.*
- (4) Their bread is spiced with cinnamon.*
- (5) They sell cinnamon rolls on steroids.*
- (6) The cinnamon roll has as many calories as a full meal .*
ABP - Colleague
ABP - someone you work with – used especially by professional people. Coworker.
- “The person who is working in the same organization with you is colleague. But the person who is working in the same department with you is co-worker.”*
- “The teammates have a objective. This objective is very important for them. Because all of teammates know that thay have to win. But even if there are some objectives for the coworkers, in comparison with teammate, they think that it’s not very important.”*
ABP - Cough Syrup
ABP - a thick, usually sweet, liquid containing medicine that helps you to stop coughing:
“If your son coughed loudly, he can use cough syrup.”
ABP - Couple
ABP - two people who are married or having a sexual or romantic relationship:
- “a newly married couple”*
- “the couple next door”*
ABP - Herbalist
ABP - someone who grows, sells, or uses herbs, especially to treat illness:
“Traditional Chinese medicine treatment, including herbalist doctor fee, herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage.”
ABP - Homeopath
ABP- a person who treats ill people by homeopathy:
“I have had two experiences in which the mental health problems of older people have been successfully treated by a homeopath.”
ABP - Insomnia
ABP - if you suffer from insomnia, you are not able to sleep:
- “I’m an incurable insomniac so I get a lot of my work done while the world sleeps.”*
- “In small amounts it can act as a stimulant, in larger doses causing hyperactivity, headaches and insomnia.”*
ABP - Midwife
ABP - a specially trained nurse whose job is to help women when they are having a baby:
- “The midwife gave him a warm bath.”*
- “Midwife must be not only professional but also wormhearted.”*
ABP - Painkillers
ABP - a medicine which reduces or removes pain:
“an overdose of painkillers can give rise to dead.”
ABP - Partner
ABP -1 one of two people who are married, or who live together and have a sexual relationship:
“Discuss your worries with your partner.”
ABP -2 one of the owners of a business:
- “She’s a partner in a law firm.”*
- “The senior partner has retired.”*
ABP - Passerby
ABP- someone who is walking past a place by chance:
- “They sell drinks to passerby.”*
- “Some people walking on the street can be passerby.”*
ABP - Pharmacist
ABP - someone whose job is to prepare medicines in a shop or hospital:
- “The pharmacist will advise which medicines are safe to take.”*
- “The pharmacist plans they give new medicines in pharmacy.”*
ABP - Rash
ABP - a lot of red spots on someone’s skin, caused by an illness:
“She had a nasty rash on her arm.”
ABP - Shaman
ABP - a person in some tribes who is a religious leader and is believed to be able to talk to spirits and cure illnesses:
” His death and resurrection as shaman lies in his future.”
ABP - Specialist
ABP - someone who knows a lot about a particular subject, or is very skilled at it:
“My doctor referred me to a hospital specialist.”
ABP - Studiying
1-When somebody writes any kind of tweets, they can be disclosing any kind of police control.
2-In Turkey, The goverment banned myspace in 2009. But some musician complain this prohibition and they said, “We could reach our followers with only this method.” Myspace must be open again.” When all of reaction was increase, Myspace was opened again by the goverment.
4- Local council of the Portsmouth made firm the people who use facebook long period of time. This period could be increase approximetly 17 days.
- 1- I think that all of banning websites is a wrong decition in the countries which has higher education level. Because of that, If people are well-informed with regard to any kind of good habits, you are not needed to ban the websites. People can be reach all of forbidden websites, if they really want to reach. Well-Educated people can decided thruth things easly. Any kind of banned is not required.
- 2- Yes, I think The government must control on the internet. If they don’t provide enough control, The number of the criminals may be increase. For example, The member of any kind of terror organization can commit a crime easily.
ABP - Toffee
ABP -a sticky sweet brown substance that you can eat, made by boiling sugar, water, and butter together, or a piece of this substance:
- (1) The mixture will solidify into toffee.*
- (2) I remember he gave me a piece of toffee wrapped in silver paper.*
- (3) He can’t dance for toffee!*
- (4) The toffee was rock hard.*
- (5) The mixture solidifies into toffee.*
- (6) He can’t paint for toffee!*
ABP - Vaccination
ABP - to protect a person or animal from a disease by giving them a vaccine:
ABP - Whirlwind(Tornado)
ABP- Tornado: an extremely violent storm consisting of air that spins very quickly and causes a lot of damage:
- Whirlwind: an extremely strong wind that moves quickly with a circular movement, causing a lot of damage
- The tornado pulled up the old tree by its roots.*
- The town was hit by a tornado last night.*
- The tornado disrupted broadcasting along the entire coast.*
- Hundreds of homes were flattened by the tornado.*
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.*
- A tornado leveled the entire business district.*
- The tornado left a trail of devastation in its wake.*
ABP- Acquaintance
ABP- someone you know, but who is not a close friend:
“He heard about the job through a mutual acquaintance.”
ABP - Chiropractor
ABP - someone who treats physical problems using chiropractic. Chiropractic: the treatment of physical problems by pressing on and moving the bones in someone’s back and joints.
- “Mr Gorman recently trained to become a chiropractor.”*
- “If you had gone chiropractor, you could have walked before your graduation.”*
ABP- Arson
a position on a scale that shows how good someone or something is when compared with others:
- She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.*
- The school was destroyed in an arson attack.*
- Arson probe after three die at home.*
- He has twice been convicted of robbery/arson.*
- The deputy state fire marshal led the arson investigation.*
ABP- Audience
a group of people who come to watch and listen to someone speaking or performing in public:
- He explains things without condescending to his audience.*
- He glanced about to make sure that the audience were ready to hear his speech.*
- He had the audience hooting with laughter.*
- The audience began clapping and cheering.*
- The audience gave her a standing ovation for her performance.*
ABP- Bangs
ABP- the hair, usually cut straight across the front of the face above the eyes:
ABP- Basil
ABP - a strong-smelling and strong-tasting herb used in cooking:
- Add a few leaves of fresh basil to the salad.*
- Basil, oregano, thyme and rosemary are all herbs.*
- You might like to try a little more basil in the sauce next time.*
- It’s the basil that gives the sauce its essential character.*
- Pesto is made of basil leaves, parmesan cheese, pine nuts(sentencedict.com), garlic and olive oil which have all been crushed together.*
- Basil nodded an acknowledgement as he entered the room.*
ABP- Bat
a long wooden stick with a special shape that is used in some sports and games:
- a baseball bat*
- a cricket bat*
- a billiard bat*
British English a round flat piece of wood with a handle, used to hit a ball in table tennis SYN paddle
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ABP- Beard
ABP- hair that grows around a man’s chin and cheeks:
“Certainly with his long, jet-black, forked beard, he looked the part.”
ABP- Benefits
ABP- Payments or advantages you get as an employee in addition to your wages.
ABP- Binoculars
ABP- a pair of special glasses, that you hold up to your eyes to look at objects that are a long distance away:
“He took the binoculars from around his neck and held them out.”
ABP- Blizzard
ABP- a severe snowstorm:
“A severe snowstorm with strong wind.”
ABP- Bogus
not what it appears or claims to be; false but made to look real: SYN: False, Pseudo
Synonym: bastard, fake, phoney, phony. Similar words: bog, bogy, bogle, bog down, gusto, august, vogue, gustatory. Meaning: [‘bəʊgəs] adj. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
- On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus.*
- She was fooled by his bogus identity card.*
- The school was bogus , the prospectus was all got up.*
- She produced some bogus documents to support her application.*
- Bogus social workers have been preying on old people living alone.*
ABP- Burglary
the crime of getting into a building to steal things:
- Cash was taken during a burglary of the apartment.*
- The two men were charged with burglary and remanded in custody .*
- We had new locks fitted after the burglary.*
- An 11-year-old boy committed a burglary.*
- Crime is on the increase, especially mugging and burglary.*
ABP- Capital
ABP- Funds or money ypu use to start up a business or invest in something.
ABP- Carnivore
ABP- an animal that eats flesh:
- It was like the scent of the carnivore in a zoo.*
- Their actual digestive system is that of a carnivore and so bamboo is an unlikely foodstuff to choose.*
- Stillman was a strict carnivore, allowing his patients to eat only lean meat, poultry, eggs, and low-fat cheeses.*
- The digestion of incisors from mammalian carnivore prey assemblages is more extreme than that of the molars.*
ABP- Cereal
ABP - a breakfast food made from grain and usually eaten with milk:
- a plant grown to produce grain, for example wheat, rice etc
ABP- Chain
ABP- A network of stores/Restaurants that are part of the same company. a number of shops, hotels, cinemas etc owned or managed by the same company or person:
- Supermarket chains have crowded out the smaller shops.*
- Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts.*
ABP- Complexion
ABP- the natural colour or appearance of the skin on your face:
“She was fair-complexioned with blonde hair.”
ABP- Console
ABP- Controller
ABP- Coriander
ABP- a herb, used especially in Asian and Mexican cooking:SYN: Cilantro
ABP- Crew
a group of people working together with special skills:
- The crew are thirty in all.*
- In the distance the crew sighted land.*
- The ambulance crew removed him from the wreckage.*
- The crew tried to seize control of the ship, and were shot for mutiny.*
- The crew took to the lifeboats.*
- Rescuers made heroic efforts to save the crew.*
ABP- Curry
ABP - a type of food from India, consisting of meat or vegetables in a spicy sauce:
- I’m going to plump for the vegetable curry.*
- I made enough curry for three people and he ate the lot.*
- Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.*
- I went for a curry last night.*
- That prawn curry gave me the trots.*
- Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.*
ABP- Defendant
the person in a court of law who has been accused of doing something illegal → plaintiff SYN prisoner.
- .1 The court found against the defendant.*
- The defendant was charged with disturbing the peace.*
- The defendant broke down under cross - examination .*
- The judge found for the defendant.*
- The testimony of witnesses vindicated the defendant.*
- The judge pronounced for the defendant, and also said that his opponent should pay the court costs.*
ABP- Director
the person who gives instructions to the actors and other people working on a film or play:
- 1) The first duty of a director is to recce his location.*
- 2) I see that the director has appropriated the best office to his own use.*
- 3) Even the company’s director flies coach most of the time.*
- 4) I’ll get onto the director and see if he can help.*
- 5) The director of the charity made an impassioned plea for help.*
ABP- Drawback
ABP- a disadvantage of a situation, plan, product etc. A disadvantages.
It’s a great city – the only drawback is the weather.
ABP- Embassy
a group of officials who represent their government in a foreign country, or the building they work in → ambassador
- The American Embassy employs 50 local people in administrative positions*
- • There were long gay parties which went on till dawn and finished with a dip in an embassypool*
- • Travellers in Spain who are worried about the situation are advised to contact the BritishEmbassy in Madrid*
- • On July 19, a total of 19 people sheltering at the Czechoslovak embassy surrendered to the authorities.*
ABP- Entertainment Artists
Mime Artist: Taklit Sanatçısı
Makeup Artist: Makyaj Uzmanı
Puppet/Puppeteer: Kukla Sanatçısı
Stand-up Comedian: Stand-Up Sanatçısı
Street Performer: Sokak Sanantçısı
Circus Performer: Sirk Sanatçısı
Magician: Sihirbaz, Büyücü
Scriptwriter: Oyun Yazarı
Sound Engineer: Ses Mühendisi
ABP- Expanses
ABP- The day-by-day costs of running a company.
ABP- Fate & Destiny
ABP- Fate: 1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future 2. the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman) 3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you). v. decree or designate beforehand.Synonym: destiny, fortune, lot.
- 1) There is no escape [flying] from fate.*
- 2) For man is man and master of his fate.*
- 3) Each man is the architect of his own fate.*
- 4) A strong man will struggle with storms of fate.*
- 5) I see no use quarrelling with fate.*
ABP- Destiny: 1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future 2. the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events (often personified as a woman) 3. your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you).Synonym: Destiny, Fate, circumstances, fate, fortune, lot, luck, portion.
- Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.*
- Destiny is a deck of CARDS, licensing is god, play CARDS is myself.*
- Destiny determines who comes into our lives but it’s the heart that decides who stays inside.*
- Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress day by day!*
- Marriage is destiny.*
ABP- Fish Farm
an area of water used for breeding fish as a business:
- Now they are claiming ￡10,000 damages against Church Fish Farm for taking all the fun out of their favourite pastime.*
- The fish farm has enough work to keep two people very busy.*
- But the owners of the fish farm - Gale and Ainslie Limited - insist they weren’t negligent.*
- The group includes rare breed centres, a fish farm and even a vineyard.*
- Read in studio A judge has ordered a fish farm to compensate a group of anglers for ruining their fishing season.*
ABP- Flock
a large group of people/Animals:
- Birds of a feather flock together.*
- Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together.*
- One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.*
- It is a small flock that has not a black sheep.*
- There is a black sheep in every flock.*
- The shepherd re-collected his flock and went down the hillside.*
- We saw a flock of geese in the lake.*
ABP- Fog
ABP- cloudy air near the ground which is difficult to see through:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/fog/difference-mist-and-fog
“a thick cloud near ground level, reducing visibilty is fog.”
ABP- Franchises
A business that pays an already successful company to use its name and products. permission given by a company to someone who wants to sell its goods or services:
- Of the first three franchises to be awarded, two went to management buyouts led by former BR executives.*
- They operate franchises in London and Paris.*
- TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.*
- Even as U.S. soccer franchises seek friendlier confines, the sport itself is being credited with helping international relations.*
- They achieved something eight current franchises have never done, across a total of 222 consecutive seasons.*
ABP- Fraud
the crime of deceiving people in order to gain something such as money or goods:
- (1) Force, and fraud, are in war the two cardinal virtues.*
- (2) She was detected in a fraud.*
- (3) She was charged with credit card fraud.*
- (4) We will introduce legal safeguards against fraud. Sentencedict.com*
- (5) The story is about theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.*
ABP- Freckles
ABP- a small, palebrown spot on the skin, usually on the face, especially of a person with paleskin:
“He has red hair and freckles.”
ABP- Gadget
ABP- a small, useful, and cleverly-designed machine or tool.A small mechanical or technological device or tool.
- The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near vertical surface.*
- The gadget can be attached to any vertical surface.*
- The gadget is used to artificially inseminate cows.*
- This gadget is just the thing for getting those nails out.*
- Have you seen this handy little gadget - it’s for separating egg yolks from whites.*
ABP- Gale
ABP- a very strong wind:
- The wind was increasing to gale force.*
- A gale was blowing from the east.*
- It was blowing a gale outside.*
- During the gale roof tiles came hurtling down.*
- The house crumpled up in the gale.*
- Many trees were blown down in the gale.*
ABP- Gameplay
ABP- Gang
a group of criminals who work together:
- 1 The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.*
- 2 The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.*
- 3 A gang of youths were loitering outside the cinema.*
- 4 The police suspected her of fronting for a gang of forgers.*
- 5 A gang taunted a disabled man.*
- 6 A criminal gang terrorized the neighbourhood.*
- 7 The robbery was carried out by an armed gang.*
ABP- Gimmick
ABP- a trick or something unusual that you do to make people notice someone or something – used to show disapproval → stunt. Something that is intended to draw attention but is not really useful.
- It is just a public relations gimmick.*
- He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.*
- This movie has only one gimmick though, and after a while it begins to wear thin.*
- Her gimmick was that she wore a different pair of glasses every day and somehow they all seemed to suit her.*
- So, it never hurts to have a gimmick.*
ABP- Grant
ABP- Money given by organization, e.g., the goverment, fpr a particular purpose.
- a sum of money given by the government, a university, or a privateorganization to another organization or person for a special purpose:
a research/study grant
ABP- Graphics
ABP- Hailstone
ABP- a small ball of frozen rain:
“Hailstone is small pieces of ice that fall from the sky like rain.”
ABP- Herbivore
an animal that only eats plants:
- 1 It is known that attacks on plants by herbivores reduce the quality of the tissues for subsequent feeding.*
- 2 They are herbivores and like lettuce, peas, spinach, and the occasional treat of a chopped prawn.*
- 3 A first distinction is between herbivores and carnivores.*
- 4 In ecosystems, plants are consumed by herbivores, which are in turn consumed by carnivores.*
- 5 A herbivore, it likes lettuce, peas, and spinach, with the occasional treat of chopped prawn.*
ABP- Herd
a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together.
EXP: Herd of Reindeer
- They are individuals; they will not follow the herd.*
- The farm has only small dairy herd.*
- A herd of cattle had strayed into the road.*
- We saw a herd of deer of twenty.*
- Wild geese herd to the south in autumn every year.*
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.*
ABP- Herd Mentality
The tendency for people’s behaviour or beliefs to conform to those of the group to which they belong.
- ‘the herd mentality of the investment community’*
- ‘he’s worried that they’re going to have a herd mentality and rush to judgement’*
ABP - Horde
a large crowd moving in a noisy uncontrolled way.
- 1, The car attracted the interest of a horde of children.*
- 2, A horde of children ran over the office building.*
- 3, The next morning Vauban and his horde of cavalry trotted into the castle grounds as if they were a welcoming relief.*
- 4, The Horde have been, are and can be inspirational but don’t always hit the target here.*
- 5, They resembled a horde of human locusts.*
ABP- Kidnapping
an occasion when someone is kidnapped.to illegally take a person away by force, usually in order to demand money in exchange for that person’s release:
- The news of the kidnapping was blacked out until the police could find the child.*
- It’s been suggested the kidnapping was a put-up job.*
- The kidnapping occurred in broad daylight.*
- The kidnapping caused an international incident.*
- The kidnapping charge was dropped because of lack of evidence.*
ABP- Life imprisonment
the punishment of being put in prison for a very long time without an arranged time for release or, in the US, until death:
- (1) The coup leaders could face life imprisonment.*
- (2) Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law.*
- (3) His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.*
- (4) The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.*
- (5) He was sentenced to life imprisonment.*
ABP- Loophole
a small mistake in an agreement or law which givessomeone the chance to avoid having to do something:
- 1 Every law has a loophole.*
- 2 The loophole has allowed hundreds of drink-drivers to avoid prosecution.*
- 3 A good lawyer can always find a loophole.*
- 4 There was, indeed, one possible loophole.*
ABP- Looting
to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot:
- The protest degenerated into an orgy of looting and shooting.*
- The rebels went looting and pillaging.*
- The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went.*
- Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.*
- There were reports of widespread looting as football hooligans stampeded through the city centre.*
ABP- Mob
a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violent.
- (1) A mob came over the hill yelling and brandishing sticks.*
- (2) A mob of youths had been dogging me for some time.*
- (3) The mob burst into the office ranting and raving.*
- (4) The angry mob outside the jail was/were ready to riot.*
- (5) Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.*
- (6) The police kept the mob under control.*
ABP- Mugging
an attack on someone in which they are robbed in a public place:
- Crime is on the increase, especially mugging and burglary.*
- Police are concerned that mugging is on the increase.*
- He is mugging up on his chemistry for the final examination.*
- Mugging is a real worry for many old people.*
- Jeannie can’t come. She’s busy mugging up on science for her exam.*
ABP- Mustache
ABP- hair that grows above the upper lip:
“He’s a slender man with a trim mustache.”
ABP- Omnivore
an animal that eats both meat and plants:
- 1 Omnivores are able to eat animal or vegetable food.*
- 2 The first is that nature itself is an omnivore.*
- 3 Bold gross feeding omnivores represent a similar problem as anyone who has ever kept a Triggerfish, will confirm.*
- 4 They are omnivores of vicarious experience but often queasy around its manifestations.*
- 5 In a mixed omnivore diet around 25% of dietary iron is non-haem iron.*
- 6 Vegetarian and omnivore parents had varying influences on dietary intake and biochemical measurements of their children.*
ABP- Overfishing
ABP- the process of taking too many fish from the sea, a river etc, so that the number of fish in it becomes too low:
- The salmon runs, though much reduced by overfishing in the spawning rivers, continue to support the leading fishery.*
- But no one doubts that overfishing is the primary cause of the fish’s decline.*
- The overfishing of herring and other fish has caused problems for bird species dependent on these stocks, particularly in wintertime.*
- Overfishing alone is responsible for the sorry state of the pelagic fish populations.*
- Pollution and overfishing have reduced the population of coastal fish.*
ABP- Pack
to go in large numbers into a space, or to make people or animals do this, until the space is too full.
- Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.*
- Come on, children, it’s time to pack away your toys.*
- The water in his pack made it very heavy.*
- The soldier carried a pack on his back.*
- You have a scant hour in which to pack.*
- Pack your things.We’re going to leave.*
- I have tried to pack a good deal into a few words.*
ABP- Part
the words and actions of a particular character in a play or film:
- He acted his part very well in the French drama.*
- Could someone take the part of Romeo, please? Katharine’s playing the part of Mary in the school play.*
ABP- Piercing
ABP- the process of making a hole in the body for wearing jewellery:
“They offer ear piercing, facials, massage, and manicures.”
ABP- Plot
the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play:
- 1) The film’s plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.*
- 2) The film had an exciting plot.*
- 3) They were accused of being privy to the plot against the king.*
- 4) The general is accused of conniving in a plot to topple the government.*
- 5) Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.*
ABP- Prosecution
ABP- when a charge is made against someone for a crime, or when someone is judged for a crime in a court of law. Adli Tahkikat.
1. the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior 2. the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant 3. the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion.
Similar words: prosecutor, execution, consecutive, executive, section,
- The prosecution alleges she was driving carelessly.*
- The prosecution has to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he is guilty of murder.*
- His testimony was an important element of the Prosecutioncase.*
- During the trial, the prosecution was accused of withholding crucial evidence from the defence.*
- Prosecution for a first minor offence rarely leads to imprisonment.*
ABP- Prosperity
ABP- when people have money and everything that is needed for a good life.
1. an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment 2. the condition of prospering; having good fortune. Synonym: successfulness.
- 1 Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.*
- 2 Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.*
- 3 In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty.*
- 4 In prosperity caution,[www.Sentencedict.com] in adversity patience.*
- 5 In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.*
ABP- Remake
a record or film that has the same music or story as one that was made before:
ABP- Rioting
noisy, violent, and uncontrolled behaviour by a group of people in a public place, often as a protest: (İsyan)
- The nation is in disarray following rioting led by the military.*
- The unsatisfied workers are rioting in the streets.*
- The local media reported rioting across the country.*
- His conviction caused rioting in the streets.*
- Hundreds of football fans began rioting in the streets.*
ABP- Robbing
to steal money or property from a person, bank etc:
- The criminals conspired to rob a bank.*
- Despite my repeated assurances, Rob still looked very nervous.*
- Rob Peter to pay Paul.*
- The two conspired to rob a bank.*
ABP- Rope
ABP- very strong thick string, made by twisting together many thinner strings:
“They tied a rope around my waist and pulled me up.”
ABP- Scam
A dishonest way to obtain money from people by tricking of deceiving them, for example, using a false identity (see also confidence trick)
- What first put the police onto the scam?*
- He got involved in a credit card scam.*
- He had no part in the scam.*
- They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder.*
- In recent weeks, three others in the scam admitted to charges of money laundering and wire fraud.*
ABP- Scene
part of a play during which there is no change in time or place:
a part of a play or movie in which the action stays in one place for a continuousperiod:
- The opening scene of the movie was filmed in New York City.*
- 1 PC Michael Potter attended the scene.*
- 2 I can hardly imagine such a scene.*
- 3 The beauty of the scene made him catch his breath.*
- 4 She was lost in contemplation of the scene in front of her.*
- 5 Her scene ended up on the cutting room floor.*
ABP- Scenery
part of a play during which there is no change in time or place: the painted background, furniture etc used on a theatre stage:
ABP- Shopllifting
the crime of stealing things from shops, for example by hiding them in a bag or under your clothes.
- If she carries on shoplifting, she’ll end up in jail.*
- The company has adopted a firm policy on shoplifting.*
- She was falsely accused of shoplifting.*
- He was caught shoplifting by a store detective.*
- The grocer accused her of shoplifting and demanded to look in her bag.*
ABP- Snowdrift
ABP- a deep mass of snow formed by the wind:
“A bank of deep snow created by strong winds.”
ABP- Swarm
large group of insects, especially bees, moving together. a crowd of people who are moving quickly.
- A swarm of ants are moving busily.*
- A swarm of bees flew into the garden.*
- There is a swarm of bees in the tree.*
- The waters swarm with life.*
- A swarm of mosquitoes fly into the room.*
- A swarm of/Swarms of journalists followed the film star’s car.*
ABP- Tattoos
ABP- a permanent picture, pattern, or word on the surface of skin, created by using needles to put colors under the skin:
“He has a tattoo of a snake on his left arm.”
ABP- Thief
someone who steals things from another person or place → theft, burglar, robber
Synonym: burglar, crook, pilferer, robber. Similar words: chief of state, commander in chief, chief executive, shield, cashier, grief, die for, belief. Meaning: [θɪːf] n. a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.
- (1) A true man and a thief think not the same.*
- (2) A tattler is worse than a thief.*
- (3) Save a thief from gallows and he will help hang you.*
- (4) Set a thief to catch a thief. Sentencedict.com*
- (5) It takes a thief to catch a thief.*
- (6) Procrastination is the thief of time.*
ABP- Trepassing
to go onto someone’s private land without their permission:
- Don’t come trespassing on my land again.*
- The farmer said we were trespassing.*
- They were trespassing on private property.*
- She was arrested for trespassing on government property.*
- They were acting to prevent the state from trespassing on family matters such as sex education.*
ABP- Vandalism
the crime of deliberately damaging things, especially public property:
- The report states that vandalism is a pestilence which must be stamped out.*
- Beset by drug problems, prostitution, violence and vandalism, this is one of the most unpleasant areas in the city.*
- We need to consider the problem of vandalism within a wider context.*
- These schools are known to be vulnerable to vandalism.*
- It’s time to call a halt to vandalism.*
ABP- Voucher
a ticket that can be used instead of money for a particular purpose:
The voucher can be used at most major supermarkets. First prize is a £1,000 travel voucher.
an official statement or receipt that is given to someone to prove that their accounts are correct or that money has been paid
ABP- Wine Vinegar
ABP- a type of vinegar made from sour wine, used in cooking:
ABP- Wrinkles
ABP- wrinkles are lines on your face and skin that you get when you are old:
“Her face was a mass of wrinkles.”
ABP: Profit
ABP- The money a business makes after it pays all its costs. money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid.
- The shop’s daily profit is usually around $500.*
- She sold the business and bought a farm with the profits.*
- They sold their house at a healthy profit.*
ABPC- Affection
a feeling of liking or love and caring. SYN fondness.
- 1, That trial is not fair where affection is the judge.*
- 2, He gave her a kiss that betokened his affection.*
- 3, I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.*
- 4, If you are a winter grass, affection is the sun, warm your cold body.*
5, He didn’t show his wife any affection.
ABPC- Alienation
the feeling of not being part of society or a group.
Synonym: disaffection, estrangement.
- Alienation is a central motif in her novels.*
- There is a growing feeling of alienation among young unemployed people.*
- This short-sighted alienation of their own supporters may lose them the election.*
- Unemployment may provoke a sense of alienation from society.*
- Mental illness can create a sense of alienation from the real world.*
ABPC- Belonging
if you feel you belong in a place or situation, you feel happy and comfortable in it, because you have the same interests and ideas as other people.
exam: Most of us don’t like to feel alone. We need a sense of belonging.
- The police impounded cars and other personal property belonging to the drug dealers.*
- They feel deeply the honour of belonging to the Senate.*
- We look upon you as belonging to the family.*
- She recognized the voice as belonging to the man who had attacked her.*
- Documents properly belonging to the family were taken away.*
ABPC- Commitment
a promise to do something or to behave in a particular way: (Taahhüt)
Are you ready to make a long-term commitment?
Try the product for two weeks with no commitment to buy.
ABPC- Confidence
a feeling of having little doubt about yourself and your abilities, or a feeling of trust in someone or something:
He has a sense of confidence, even arrogance, about what he does.
Consumers’ confidence in the economy is strong.
Her colleagues lost confidence in her.
ABPC- Enthusiasm
a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and a desire to be involved in it, or a subject that produces such a feeling:
[U] I find that I’m losing my enthusiasm for the game.
[C] Parents need to share their enthusiasms with their children.
ABPC- Flutings
- (Architecture) a design or decoration of flutes on a column, pilaster, etc
- grooves or furrows, as in cloth
ABPC- Insight
a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicatedproblem or situation, or the ability to have such an understanding:
[C] Hurston’s writings were recognized for their insights.
[U] His work shows originality and insight.
ABPC- Integrity
- the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles:
He was a man of the highest personal integrity.
- wholeness and unity:
The integrity of the play would be ruined by changing the ending.
ABPC- Monolingual
speaking or using only one language.
- 1 This is a monolingual dictionary.*
- 2 In addition, the linguistic needs of monolingual pupils should be given separate consideration.*
- 3 There is therefore an increased possibility that monolingualteachers will find themselves in linguistically diverse classrooms.*
- 4 Same room, same seat, minutes later, with a monolingualforeign actor and an interpreter.*
- 5 This approach to language learning is suitable for monolingualgroups.*
ABPC- Mud
wet earth that has become soft and sticky. Çumur, Balçık
- Two bikes raced by and spattered mud over our clothes.
- There was a lot of mud on the ground.
- My new shoes got ruined in the mud.
- As the bus passed, it spattered us with mud.
- The people in the rural areas use mud bricks only as an immediate, practical necessity.
ABPC- Negativity
an attitude that is not hopeful or enthusiastic:
There’s too much negativity in the world today.
ABPC- Self-Assurance
confidence that you have in your own abilities:
She’s an extrovert who exudes self-assurance.
ABPC- Sibling
Formal sister or brother.
- 1 She had never overcome her feelings of sibling rivalry .*
- 2 The term “sibling rivalry” refers to a constellation of feelings.*
- 3 They felt no sibling rivalry where Joe was concerned.*
- 4 But these sibling difficulties are minor beside the difficulties opened up for George W by his little bro.*
- 5 Just because sibling rivalry is normal doesn’t mean you should ignore it.*
ABPC- Solidarity
agreement between and support for the members of a group: SYN: Unity
- The situation raises important questions about solidarityamong member states of the UN.*
- Drivers honked their horns in solidarity with the peace marchers.*
- The conflict fostered solidarity among Arab oil states.*
- I come before you today to express my solidarity with the people of New York.*
- ‘We must show solidarity with the strikers,’ declared the student leaders.*
ABPC- Togetherness
the feeling of being friendly and close with other people:
EXAM: There’s a real feeling of togetherness in this community. Everyone helps each other.
- 1, The difficulties have created a spirit of togetherness.*
- 2, Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle.*
- 3, To such Republicans unity is the togetherness of the master and the servant, the victor and the vanquished.*
- 4, The opposite of Loneliness is not togetherness, it’s intimacy. Richard Bach*
- 5, The days of cheerful togetherness were long gone.*
ABPC- Volume
the total amount of something, especially when it is large or increasing:
- The volume of traffic on the roads has increased dramatically in recent years.*
- the volume of trade*
ABPC- Willingness
the state of being prepared to do something:
He has shown no willingness to compromise.
Detractor
someone who says bad things about someone or something, in order to make them seem less good than they really are SYN critic ( Aleyhte konuşan kimse)
- This performance will silence many of his detractors.
- His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.
- She put up a game fight against her detractors.
- Even the President’s detractors admit that the decision was the right one.
- Detractors claim the building will be ugly and impractical.
Dividing Line
the difference between two similar things:
- This path marks the dividing line between my land and my neighbour’s.*
- For many television viewers the dividing line between fact and fiction is becoming increasingly blurred.*
- The river was chosen as a dividing line between the two districts.*
- There’s a very thin dividing line between joviality and hysteria.*
Garment
a piece of clothing.
- (1) The coat [garment, tailor] makes the man.*
- (2) She pulled the garment on and zipped it up.*
- (3) She wore a shapeless knitted garment.*
- (4) Every garment in the shop has a price mark sewn on it.*
- (5) This garment should be washed carefully.*
Pension
an amount of money paid regularly by the government or company to someone who does not work anymore, for example because they have reached the age when people stop working or because they are ill.
a regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to subsist without working. v. grant a pension to.
“Pensioner” Emekli maaşı alan kişi
- Employees can contract into the company pension scheme.*
- She lived on a small pension.*
- His company has the best pension scheme in the industry.*
- He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.*
- You will automatically qualify for a pension.*
- The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures.*
- The pension funds are administered by commercial banks.*
ABPC- Close-up
a photograph or part of a film in which the camera seems to have been very close to the pictureit took.
I took a good closeup shot of a bee on a flower.
ABPC- Mural
a painting that is painted on a wall, either inside or outside a building → fresco
The artist painted a huge mural on the wall of the parking lot.
ABPC- Sketch
a simple, quickly made drawing that does not show much detail:
He made a quick pencil sketch of her face.
