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Accompany(v)

A 
**be accompanied by
someone
accompany(verb)
accompaniment(noun)	
accompanied(adj)
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Accustomed(adj)

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be / become / get accustomed to something

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Acknowledge

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acknowledge(verb)
acknowledgement(noun)
**openly / publicly acknowledge
**acknowledgement from someone

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adjustment

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a small change made to a machine, system, or calculation

  • Once we make the adjustments for inflation
  • It just needs a few minor adjustments.
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alteration

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make alterations / undergo

alteration

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Angle

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from an angle / angle of /
angle between
=açı

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Appoint

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to choose someone for a position or a job
** appoint someone to do
something 
** appoint someone as something
** make an appointment
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Arise(verb)

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**arise from / arise out of

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Assure

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to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true so that they are less worried
SYN :reassure
**assure someone
**assuring parent
assurance(noun) –give/seek/receive an assurance (that)
assuring(adj)

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Attain

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to succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time
*More women are attaining positions of power.
to reach a particular level, age, size etc
*After a year she had attained her ideal weight.
attainability(noun)
attainable(adj)
**perfectly / fully / easily attainable

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Attorney(noun)

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a lawyer

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Attribute

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to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by something
*The fall in the number of deaths from heart disease is generally attributed to improvements in diet.
**attribute sth to s.o
attribute(verb)
attribution(noun)
attributive(adj)

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Bear

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**to be/ become bearable
**to make sth bearable
**bear with sb
**bear a child
bearable/ unbearable (adj)

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Bend

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  • Bend your knees, but keep your back straight.

* *bend over / down

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Beneath

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Altında

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be bound to

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certain to, it is inevitable that

*When you are dealing with so many patients, mistakes are bound to happen.

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Boost

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**give sb / provide sb with boost
** boost somebody’s confidence
**confidence booster
boost(noun/verb)
booster(noun)
boosted(adj)

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Bother(noun/verb)

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bother to do something

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Breadth

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the distance from one side of something to the other
*The boat measured 15 feet in length and 4 feet in breadth.
=genişlik
**breadth of sth

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Bribe

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  • *bribe someone to do sth

* *bribe someone with sth

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Broad

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**broad range
**broaden your horizons
broaden(verb)

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Bulk

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bulk of something=bir şeyin büyük kısmı

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Burden

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  • *burden sb with problems
  • *be a burden on sb
  • *be burdened with sth
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Capability

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be capable of doing something

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Capture

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try to / manage to / attempt
to capture
*when you catch someone in order to make them a prisoner
capture(verb)
capture/ captive(noun)	
captured(adj)
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casualty

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**road casualties
**civilian casualties
**cause/inflict casualties
=zaiyat

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Cater

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to provide and serve food and drinks at a party, meeting etc, usually as a business
*cater for needs

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Cease(verb)

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to stop doing something or stop happening
*He ceased to be a member of the association.
ceasefire(noun)
**declare /negotiate ceasefire
**cease to exist

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Chamber

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Bölme

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Charge

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the amount of money you have to pay for goods or services =ücret
the position of having control or responsibility for a group of people or an activity=sorumluluk/yükümlülük
*He asked to speak to the person in charge.
** be in/under somebody’s charge
an official statement by the police that someone may be guilty of a crime
*He was found guilty of all six charges against him
a written or spoken statement blaming someone for doing something bad or illegal
SYN: allegation
*a charge of racial discrimination against the company
the power of strong feelings
*Cases of child abuse have a strong emotional charge

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Cheat

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cheat on someone

turn someone into a cheat

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Cite

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to mention something as an example, especially one that supports, proves, or explains an idea or situation
**cite something as something

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Civil

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be civil to someone=birine karşı nazik olmak

civillian(noun)

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Client

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Müşteri

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Cliff

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Uçurum

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Collapse

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Çöküş

**collapse from sth

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Commentary

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a spoken description of an event, given while the event is happening, especially on the television or radio
**radio / sports / news commentary

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Commodity

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a product that is bought and sold

**basic / common / cheap commodity

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Company

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accompany(verb)
company(noun)
**have company/ accompany someone

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Compatible (with)/Incompatible(adj)

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uyumlu/uyumsuz

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Compensate

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to replace or balance the effect of something bad

  • Because my left eye is so weak, my right eye has to work harder to compensate.
  • Her intelligence more than compensates for her lack of experience.
  • *compensate for something
  • *get / receive / gain compensation
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Concrete

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**concrete evidence

=somut

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Confidential(adj)

A 
spoken or written in secret and intended to be kept secret
confidentiality(noun)	
confidentially(adv)
**keep records confidential
**strictly confidential
**confidential report
=gizli
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Conform(verb)

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to behave in the way that most other people in your group or society behave
conformity,conformist(noun)
**conform to
=uymak

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Confront(verb)

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if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with
=karşısına çıkmak
*The problems confronting the new government were enormous.
to face someone in a threatening way, as though you are going to attack them
confrontation(noun)=yüzleşme

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Conscience

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vicdan

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Consensus

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an opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts
SYN :agreement
**arrive at / reach a consensus

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Conservative

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not liking changes or new ideas
not very modern in style, taste etc
SYN :traditional
*June’s parents were very conservative and wouldn’t allow her to date till she was 18.

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Consistent (adj)

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(in)consistency(noun)
**consistent with
=tutarlı

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Constitute(verb)

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if several people or things constitute something, they are the parts that form it
*We must redefine what constitutes a family.
*The rise in crime constitutes a threat to society.
constitution(noun) =a set of basic laws and principles that a country or organization is governed by
**draw up / prepare / adopt / enact a constitution

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Constrain(verb)

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to stop someone from doing what they want to do SYN :restrict
constraint(noun)
constrained(adj)
**constraint on
**constrain somebody from doing something

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Consult(verb)

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to ask for information or advice from someone because it is their job to know something
consultation /consultant(noun)
**consult sb about sth

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Contest(noun)

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a competition or a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing with each other
contest / contestant=yarışmacı(noun)

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Contradict(verb)

A

to disagree with something, especially by saying that the opposite is true
contradiction(noun)
=Çelişmek

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Controversial(adj)

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causing a lot of disagreement, because many people have strong opinions about the subject being discussed
controversy(noun)

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Convene

A 
if a group of people convene,they come together, especially for a formal meeting
=toplanmak
convention(noun)=toplantı	
conventional(adj)=geleneksel	
conventionally(adv)=geleneksel olarak
**annual / international convention
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Corporate

A

Kurumsal

*The company is moving its corporate headquarters (=main offices) from New York to Houston.

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Curse

A

lanet

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Cynical

A

Alaycı

60
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Deceive

A

deception / deceit(noun)
deceptive(adj)
to make someone believe something that is not true

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Declare

A 
to state officially and publicly that a particular situation exists or that something is true
declaration(noun)	
declarative(adj)
**declare a state of emergency
** declare a war
**declare something illegal/invalid etc
**declare bankrupt/ independence
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Deed

A

something someone does, especially something that is very good or very bad

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Delicate(adj)

A

needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively in order to avoid problems or failure
*There’s something I have to speak to you about – it’s a delicate matter.
delicacy(noun)
=hassas

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demolish

A

to completely destroy a building

  • *demolish an old building
  • *demolish an argument
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Derive

A

*Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.
*Many students derived enormous satisfaction from the course.
=bir şeyin faydasını elde etmek

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desert(verb)

A

desert someone=

birini terk etmek

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deterrent

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something that makes someone less likely to do something, by making them realize it will be difficult or have bad results
*The small fines for this type of crime do not act as much of a deterrent.
=caydırıcı
deter(verb)
**deterrent law / deter sb from doing sb

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Deviate(verb)

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to change what you are doing so that you are not following an expected plan, idea, or type of behaviour
*The plane had to deviate from its normal flight path.
deviation(noun)

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Disguise(verb/noun)

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to change someone’s appearance so that people cannot recognize them
**disguise yourself as somebody/something

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Distract(verb)

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to take someone’s attention away from something by making them look at or listen to something else
distraction(noun)
distracted(adj)
**distract somebody/something from something

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Devote

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devotion(noun)
devoted(adj)
**devote yourself to sth
**devoted to show devotion

72
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Dig

A

çukur kazmak

73
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Diminish

A

to become or make something become smaller or less SYN :reduce

74
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Dismiss

A

to refuse to consider someone’s idea, opinion
dismissal(noun)
dismissive,dismissed (adj)
**dismissal of somebody= birinin işten çıkarılması
**reason for dismissal class
** meeting is dismissed

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Dispose

A 
=elden çıkarmak
disposal(noun)	
disposable(adj)=tek kullanımlık
**rubbish/ sewage/ waste disposal 
**dispose of sth
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Distort

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to change the appearance, sound, or shape of something so that it is strange or unclear
=Çarpıtmak
distortion(noun)
**seriously/ severely distort sth
**cause/ create/ lead to distortion of sth

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Diverse(adj)

A 
very different from each other
diversify(verb)	
diversity(noun)	
diversely(adv)
**growing/ considerable /ethnic/ genetic diversity 
**diversity in / of sth
**culturally diverse
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Drawer

A

çekmece

79
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Emphasis

A 
special attention or importance
emphasize(verb)	
emphatic(adj)
**place/put emphasis on
**considerable/ great emphasis
**strongly emphasize
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Endurance(noun)

A 
the ability to continue doing something difficult or painful over a long period of time
endure(verb)	
endurable(adj)
**endurance test
**endure doing sth
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Entitle

A 
to give someone the official right to do or have something
entitlement(noun)	
entitled(adj)
**be entitled to do sth
**entitle sb to do sth
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Excess(noun)

A

aşırılık

excessive(adj)

83
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Exploit(verb)

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to treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but giving them very little in return
exploitation(noun)
**military/ sexual exploit
**be open to/ be vulnerable to exploitation
*Homeworkers can easily be exploited by employers.
=istismar etmek/faydalanmak

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Fade(verb)

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to lose colour and brightness, or to make something do this

85
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Famine

A

Kıtlık

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Feasible

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**economically/technically/ /politically feasible
feasibility(noun)
feasible/ infeasible(adj)
=mümkün

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Fierce(adj)

A

done with a lot of energy and strong feelings, and sometimes violence
**fierce attack/ opposition/ criticism
fiercely(adv)
*fierce competition between the companies

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Flame

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alev

89
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Fond(adj)

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fondness(adj)
**be fond of
**great/special fondness
=düşkün

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Funeral

A

cenaze

91
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Hang(verb)

A

hang upside down/ hang
from a place
=asmak

92
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Haste

A 
=Acele
hasty(adj)	
hastily(adv)
**frantic/ great haste
**with / without haste
93
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Heel

A

topuk

94
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Hence

A

Bu nedenle

95
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Hinder(verb)

A 
to make it difficult for something to develop or succeed 
=engellemek
hindrance(noun)
**be likely to/ tend to hinder
**without hindrance
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Hire

A

Kiralama

  • *hire charge/ cost/ for hire
  • *hire locally/ by the day/ by the week
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Humble(adj)

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**in my humble opinion
**humble apologies
humbly(adv)

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Humid(adj)

A 
if the weather is humid, you feel uncomfortable because the air is very wet and usually hot 
humidify(verb)	
humidity(noun)
**a humid climate
** high/ low humidity 
**humidity level
99
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Humiliate

A 
to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present 
SYN :embarrass
humiliation(noun)	
humiliating(adj)
**humiliating defeat 
**humiliate sb
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Hypothetical(adj)

A 
based on a situation that is not real, but that might happen
hypothesis(noun)	
hypothetically(adv)
**acceptable/ working hypothesis
**entirely/ purely/ totally hypothetical
=Varsayımsal
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Immense

A

extremely large

SYN :enormous

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Incentive

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something that encourages you to work harder, start a new activity etc
**big/ considerable/ sufficient/more/ less/ financial incentive
**/provide/give somebody an incentive
=teşvik

103
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Incident

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incidental(adj)
incidentally(adv)
Olay
**major/ serious incident

104
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Inevitable

A

kaçınılamaz

**inevitable result/ consequence

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Infrastructure(noun)

A

the basic systems and structures that a country or organization needs in order to work properly, for example roads, railways, banks etc
=altyapı

106
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Inhabit

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if animals or people inhabit an area or place, they live there
SYN :live
**be inhabited by (birds)
**native inhabitants

107
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Inherent(adj)

A

a quality that is inherent in something is a natural part of it and cannot be separated from it
**be inherent in sth
inherently(adv)

108
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Inhibit(verb)

A

engellemek
inhibition(noun)
**tend to/ severely inhibit
**inhibit someone from sth

109
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Initiate

A

=başlatmak
initiative(noun)=girişim
**take the initiative
**have initiative

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Inordinate(adj)

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far more than you would reasonably or normally expect SYN :excessive
inordinateness(noun)	
inordinately(adv)
**inordinate amount of time
**inordinate number of problems
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Insist(verb)

A 
to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true
insistence(noun)	
insistent(adj)	
insistently(adv)
**insist on sth
**become/ remain insistent
=Israr etmek
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Intervene(verb)

A

**to intervene directly
**a police/ military intervention
intervention(noun)

113
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Invade

A 
invasion/ invader(noun)
invaded(adj)
**military invasion
**fear of invasion
**invasion of privacy
=istila
114
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Joint

A

a part of your body that can bend because two bones meet there
=eklem
**knee/ hip/ elbow joint

115
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Ladder

A

Merdiven

116
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lawsuit(verb)

A

dava açmak

  • *file a lawsuit against somebody
  • *win/lose a lawsuit
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lay

A
  • *lay eggs

* * lay sth out

118
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Layer

A

Katman

**thin/ thick layer

119
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League

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  • *at the bottom / top of the league

* * be in a different league

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Lean

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to depend on someone for support and encouragement
**lean on somebody
to tend to support, or begin to support, a particular set of opinions, beliefs
**lean towards

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