Unit 25 Flashcards
acquire
get
obtain
gain
The team acquired three new players this year.
- elde etmek
- edinmek
commitment
promise
pledge
We’ve got commitments from several charities to donate food and clothing.
- taahhüt
- üstlenme
- vaat
- söz
formal
conventional
traditional
Because the boss is a rather formal person, people in the office never call him by his first name or try to joke with him.
- resmi
- geleneksel
- resmî ve soğuk tavırlı
fragment
small part
small piece
I could only hear fragments of their conversation.
parça
kırıntı
küçük parça
fundamental
basic
essential
rudimentary
The Constitution ensures our fundamental rights.
- temel
- asıl
- esas
- ana
- başlıca
precede
come before
go before
happen before
Do you think that friendship precedes love in a relationship? Or does love come first?
- …dan/den önce gelmek
- …dan/den önce olmak
- önden gelmek
resent
begrudge
feel angry about
feel injured by
He resented his boss for making him work late.
- içerlemek
- kırılmak
- alınmak
- teessüf etmek
solemn
serious
earnest
The group of laughing children became solemn when they heard that their friend had been injured.
- ciddi
- ağırbaşlı
spite
malice
maliciousness
ill will
In my opinion, spread cruel lies out of pure spite.
- kin
- garez
- nispet
symbolize
represent
be a symbol of
stand for
During World War II, holding two fingers up in a V stood for victory; during the 1960s, it symbolized peace.
- simgelemek
- sembolize etmek
