leanguage 2 Flashcards

Question

disposable

Answer 1

A disposable product is intended to be thrown away after use: | tek kullanımlık ## Footnote a disposable camera , disposable nappies

Answer 2

a square of thick soft paper or cloth that is fastened around a baby's bottom and between its legs to absorb its urine and solid waste: | bebek bezi ## Footnote She was changing the baby's nappy

Answer 3

a group of things or people acting or taken together as a whole, especially a group of musicians who regularly play together: | topluluk, grup, birlik ## Footnote The Mozart Ensemble is/are playing at Carnegie Hall tonight.

Answer 4

to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way: | genişletmek ## Footnote The air in the balloon expands when heated.

Answer 5

to become smaller, or to make something smaller: | çekmek (kıyafetin çekmesi gibi) küçültmek, psikiyatrist ## Footnote Your sweater will shrink if you wash it at too high a temperature. , I was so depressed that I ended up going to see a shrink.

Answer 6

to ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to be refused: | talep etmek ## Footnote He has always demanded the highest standards of behaviour from his children.

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a flat, usually square or rectangular, paper container for a letter | mektup ,zarf, kılıf, örtü ## Footnote An envelope was waiting for me when I got home.

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a person who secretly collects and reports information about the activities of another country or organization | casus ## Footnote The organization had been penetrated by a spy.

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to move into or through something: | nüfuz etmek, işlemek, içine girmek ## Footnote Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.

Answer 10

a collection that contains some examples of something, so that you can get an idea of what it is like: ,,,,,, a decorative piece of cloth with letters, words, pictures, etc. sewed on it, made especially in the past and often hung on the wall like a picture | örnekleyici, örnekleri deneyen kimse, çeşnicibaşı ## Footnote The full Mozart Collection is available on 45 CDs, or you can buy a more modest sampler of 12 CDs. ,

Answer 11

a vehicle used for travel in space: | uzay aracı ## Footnote a manned/unmanned spacecraft (= with/without people inside)

Answer 12

a large bag made of strong cloth, paper, or plastic, used to store large amounts of something: | çuval, torba, yağma ## Footnote The corn was stored in large sacks , a sack of potatoes/coal/flour

Answer 13

powder made from grain, especially wheat, used for making bread, cakes, pasta, pastry, etc.: | un ## Footnote Thicken the sauce with a little flour. ,

Answer 14

roughly calculated or approximate: | tahmini ## Footnote The bridge was begun five years ago and the estimated cost has already doubled. , The collection has fetched three times its estimated value at auction.

Answer 15

extremely bad or shocking: | şeytani, şeytanca, şeytan gibi ## Footnote Conditions in the prison were diabolical. , His driving is diabolical!

Answer 16

very certain and unlikely to be changed: | zırhlı ## Footnote ironclad rules

Answer 17

(of people) dressed, or (of things) covered: | giyinmiş, örtülü, sarılmış ## Footnote A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white. ,,, an ivy-clad wall

Answer 18

an evergreen plant (= one that never loses its leaves) that often grows up trees or buildings | sarmaşık ## Footnote Ivy covered the broken walls.

Answer 19

an insect with a hard shell-like back: | böcek ## Footnote a black beetle ,,, a deathwatch beetle

Answer 20

having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or delicate way: | karmaşık, girift

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a hard outer layer that covers, supports, and protects the body of an invertebrate animal (= one without a line of bones in its back) such as an insect or crustacean: | dış iskelet ## Footnote The white shells found on shore are exoskeletons of dead animals. ,,, Crayfish sometimes consume their old exoskeleton after it has moulted.

Answer 22

an animal that hunts, kills, and eats other animals: | avcı, yırtıcı hayvan ## Footnote lions, wolves, and other predators

Answer 23

the lower part of your face that moves when you open your mouth: | çene, ağız, can sıkıcı öğüt ## Footnote a broken jaw ,,, US a punch in the jaw ,,, He has a strong/square jaw.

Answer 24

to join together firmly, esp. by fitting one part into another | kilitlemek, kenetlemek, bağlamak ## Footnote The edges interlock to form a tight seal.

Answer 25

a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain: | çıkıntı, sırt, yükselti ## Footnote We walked along the narrow mountain ridge ,,, A ridge (= a narrow area) of high pressure will bring good weather this afternoon.

Answer 26

necessary for the success or continued existence of something; extremely important: | hayati, yaşamsal, canlı ## Footnote A strong opposition is vital to a healthy democracy.

Answer 27

a picture stuck onto wood or cardboard and cut into pieces of different shapes that must be joined together correctly to form the picture again: | yapboz ## Footnote We spent all evening doing a 1,000-piece jigsaw.

Answer 28

level and smooth, with no curved, high, or hollow parts: | düz, yassı ## Footnote An ice rink needs to be completely flat. ,,, Much of the countryside in that region is very flat.

Answer 29

to crush something into a flat shape: | ezmek, kabak ## Footnote He accidentally sat on her hat and squashed it.

Answer 30

belonging to or shared between two or more people: , a place in your body where two bones are connected: | birleştirmek, eklem yeri ## Footnote The project was a joint effort between the two schools (= they worked on it together). ,,, As you become older, your joints get stiffer.

Answer 31

firm or hard: | sert ## Footnote His clothes were stiff with dried mud.

Answer 32

If something hard, such as a bone, fractures, or is fractured, it breaks or cracks: | kırık ## Footnote She fractured her skull in the accident.

Answer 33

to cause something that is thin to break suddenly and quickly with a cracking sound: | ani çıt sesi çıkarma ## Footnote You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.

Answer 34

to (cause something or someone to) move or change from one position or direction to another, especially slightly: ,,,, (of an idea, opinion, etc.) to change: | değiştirmek , vardiya ## Footnote She shifted (her weight) uneasily from one foot to the other.

Answer 35

to make a chemical reaction happen or happen more quickly by acting as a catalyst: | katalize etmek , kolaylaştırmak ## Footnote It was thought that only proteins could catalyse reactions in cells.

Answer 36

(especially of accidents and other unexpected events) to happen: | meydana gelmek, oluşmak, ## Footnote An accident involving over ten vehicles has occurred in the east-bound lane.

Answer 37

next to, or together with: | yanında ## Footnote The new pill will be used alongside existing medicines.

Answer 38

a member of a group that consists of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orang-utangs, or an early form of one of these | insansı

Answer 39

to think or believe: | tahmin etmek , hesaplamak ## Footnote How much do you reckon (that) it's going to cost?

Answer 40

the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place: | iklim ## Footnote The Mediterranean climate is good for growing citrus fruits and grapes.

Answer 41

to change, especially continuously and between one level or thing and another: | dalgalanmak ## Footnote Vegetable prices fluctuate according to the season.

Answer 42

to be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it: | haber vermek ## Footnote The president's speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.

Answer 43

a period of time of which particular events or stages of development are typical: | dönem ## Footnote the post-war era

Answer 44

a trick that is intended to be funny but not to cause harm or damage: | eşek Şakası ## Footnote When I was at school we were always playing pranks on our teachers.

Answer 45

to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience: | öngörü, ahmin etmek, kehanette bulunmak ## Footnote It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.

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not easy to find or get: | Food and clean water were becoming scarce. ## Footnote kıt, nadir, sınırlı

Answer 47

to (cause to) move far apart in different directions: | saçmak, dağıtmak, ## Footnote The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd.

Answer 48

the activity of buying and selling, or exchanging, goods and/or services between people or countries: | ticaret

Answer 49

things for sale, or the things that you own: | mal, eşya, ## Footnote There is a 25 percent discount on all electrical goods until the end of the week.

Answer 50

to produce goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines: | üretim, imal, yapım ## Footnote The report notes a rapid decline in manufactured goods.

Answer 51

to get something, especially by asking for it, buying it, working for it, or producing it from something else: | elde etmek ## Footnote First editions of these books are now almost impossible to obtain.

Answer 52

acceptable or right for someone or something: | uygun, elverişli, ## Footnote The film is not suitable for children

Answer 53

to show, point, or make clear in another way: | belirtmek, göstermek ## Footnote Exploratory investigations have indicated large amounts of oil below the sea bed.

Answer 54

a small waterfall, often one of a group çağlayan sıfat : kademeli

Answer 55

a soft substance that is like a wet powder and consists of very small pieces of a solid material that have fallen to the bottom of a liquid: | tortu, çökelti, posa ## Footnote There was a brown sediment in the bottom of the bottle.

Answer 56

an open, round container shaped like a bowl with sloping sides, used for holding food or liquid: | havza, leğen, havuz ## Footnote a pudding basin

Answer 57

to remove or take out something: ,,, a substance taken from a plant, flower, etc. and used especially in food or medicine: | çıkarmak ,,, özüt, öz ## Footnote They used to extract iron ore from this site. ,,, The cream contained extracts of/from several plants.

Answer 58

a small piece or a part, especially when broken from something whole: | parça ## Footnote The road was covered with fragments of glass from the shattered window.

Answer 59

an area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made: | gölet, havuz ## Footnote a duck pond

Answer 60

always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way: | tutarlı ## Footnote Her work is sometimes good, but the problem is she's not consistent.

Answer 61

not happening regularly or continuously; stopping and starting repeatedly or with periods in between: | aralıklı, kesik kesik, gidip gelen ## Footnote intermittent rain ,,, Although she made intermittent movie appearances, she was essentially a stage actress.

Answer 62

causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; very serious: | haşin, şiddetli, ## Footnote In parts of Africa there is a severe food/water shortage.

Answer 63

a situation in which there is not enough of something: | kıtlık, eksiklik, ## Footnote There's a shortage of food and shelter in the refugee camps.

Answer 64

plants in general, or plants that are found in a particular area: | bitki örtüsü ## Footnote Much of the region's native vegetation has been damaged by developers who are building hotels along the coast.

Answer 65

çimen ## Footnote a grassy slope/hillside

Answer 66

to break the surface of the skin by rubbing against something rough: ,,, to (cause animals to) eat grass: | sıyrık, sıyırma ,,, otlatmak ## Footnote He fell down and grazed his knee. ,,, The farmer grazes cattle on this land in the summer months.

Answer 67

a group of animals that includes cows, buffalo, and bison, that are often kept for their milk or meat: | sığırlar ## Footnote beef/dairy cattle

Answer 68

a place on a farm where milk and cream are kept and cheese and butter are made, a company that supplies milk and products made from milk, or milk and products made from milk: | süt ürünleri, mandıra ## Footnote She eats no meat and very little dairy.

Answer 69

to build something or put together different parts to form something whole: | kurmak, inşa etmek, ## Footnote The walls are constructed of concrete.

Answer 70

a very hard building material made by mixing together cement, sand, small stones, and water: ,,, clear and certain, or real and existing in a form that can be seen or felt: | beton, somut, ## Footnote a concrete floor/path ,,, They think she killed her husband, but they have no concrete evidence.

Answer 71

to take part in or become involved in an activity: | katılmak ## Footnote She never participates in any of our discussions, does she?

Answer 72

a small, round or oval object produced by a plant and from which, when it is planted, a new plant can grow: | tohum ## Footnote The farmers grow these crops for seed (= for planting to grow more crops, rather than for eating).

Answer 73

to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger: | geri çekilme, gerileme, ## Footnote Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city).

Answer 74

a large rectangular piece of cloth used to cover a bed, or a rectangular piece of any material, such as paper, glass, or metal: | çarşaf, levha ## Footnote She put the dough onto cookie sheets.

Answer 75

near or towards the end of something: | ikincisi , son ## Footnote Building of the new library should begin in the latter part of next year.