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witty (adj)

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using words in a clever and funny way (both of them are necessary)

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encourage-x (v)

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to

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slogan (n)

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a short easily remembered phrase

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logo (n)

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a design or symbol used by a company to advertise its products

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attention-x (adj)

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grabbing

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eye-x (adj)

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catching

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catchy (adj)

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pleasing and easy to remember

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shocking (adj)

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(negative)

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effective (adj)

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successful or achieving the results that you want

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persuasive (adj)

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able to make people agree to do something

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jersey (n)

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a shirt that is worn by a member of a sports team

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informative (adj)

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providing a lot of useful information:

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inspirational (adj)

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making you feel full of hope or encouraged

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pleasing (adj)

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giving a feeling of satisfaction or enjoyment

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humorous (adj)

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funny, or making you laugh

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sophisticated ? (adj)

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intelligent or made in a complicated way and therefore able to do complicated tasks———–having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture and fashion (gelişmiş-ileri düzey)

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dull (adj)

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very boring

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original (adj)

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not the same as anything or anyone else and therefore special and interesting

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creative (adj)

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imaginative, using compeletely new and different ideas

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ordinariness (n)

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the quality of NOT being different or special or unexpected in any way

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exotic (adj)

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unusual and exciting because it comes from a distant country

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recognisable (adj)

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easy to recognize

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identify with stg

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be associated with stg

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irritating (adj)

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making you feel annoyed

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sponsorship (n)

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financial support a company gives in order to get publicity for themselves

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commercial (n)

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an advert on tv or radio

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promote stg (v)

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to help to sell something, especially by advertising

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misleading (adj)

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giving the wrong idea or impression

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endorse stg (v)

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to say publicly that you support or approve of something

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publicity (n)

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the activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity

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approve of stg (v)

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to have a positive opinion of someone or something——–to accept, allow, or officially agree to something

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jingle (n)

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a short, easy to remember phrase with music

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soft drink (n)

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a cold, usually sweet, drink that does not contain alcohol

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washing powder (n)

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çamaşır deterjanı ? (powder : toz,pudra)

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wit (n)

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a person who is skilled at using words in a clever and humorous way

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to buy sth (p-xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

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to purchase sth

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currently (adv)

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at the present time

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contrary to ( common belief ) (ADJ)

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saying or showing the opposite——–used to show that you think or feel the opposite of what has just been stated

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effective (adj)

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successful or achieving the results that you want

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effectiveness of sth

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the ability to be successful and produce the intended results

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intended (adj)

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planned or meant (adj)——the person that you are going to marry (N)——–have (a course of action) as purpose or objective; plan (V-intend)

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at the same time (s-xxxxxxxxxxxxx) (adv)

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simultaneously

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X translation/interpreting

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simultaneous

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interpet (v)

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to change what someone is saying into another language————to decide what the intended meaning of something is

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Impact of a movie/tax system/to have an Impact on sth (n)

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a powerful effect that something, especially something new, has on a situation or person——-the force or action of one object hitting another

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significantly (adv)

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in a way that is easy to see or by a large amount

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to be accompanied BY sth

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to be provided or exist at the same time as something

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to make/draw a distinction (n) between A and B

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a difference between two similar things

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to affect sb/sth (v)

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to have an influence on someone or something, or to cause a change in someone or something

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to benefit sb/sth // to benefit from sth (v)

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to be helped by something or to help someone

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resident(s) (n)

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a person who lives or has their home in a place

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hotel/sport/health-care facility (n)

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a place, especially including buildings, where a particular activity happens

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to replace sth/sb with sth (v)

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to take the place of something, or to put something or someone in the place of something or someone else——————If you replace something broken, damaged, or lost, you provide a new one

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to reduce sth (v)

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to become or to make something become smaller in size, amount, degree, importance, etc.

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poor (adj) communication/health/harvest

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not good; being of a very low quality, quantity, or standard

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possession (n)

posses (v)

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something that you own or that you are carrying with you at a particular time (mülk)———-in games such as football and rugby, the time when a team has control of the ball ( topa sahip olma )

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to contract AIDS (v)

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to catch or become ill with a disease

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medical condition (n)

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any of different types of diseases

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an important / negative feature (of) (n)

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a typical quality or an important part of something

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to scare sb (v)

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to make a person or animal feel frightened

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an irrational / genuine fear (n)

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an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or might happen

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irrational (adj)

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not using reason or clear thinking

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genuine (adj)

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If people or emotions are genuine, they are honest and sincere———-If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears to be

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sincere (adj)

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(of a person, feelings, or behaviour) not pretending or lying; honest

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consequence of sth (n)

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a RESULT of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient

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violent crime/protest/attack (adj)

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used to describe a situation or event in which people are hurt or killed

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violence (n)

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actions or words that are intended to hurt people

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to be dissatisfied (adj) with sb/sth

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not pleased with something; feeling that something is not as good as it should be

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to envy sb/sth (v)

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to wish that you had something that another person has (imrenme,kıskançlık,gıpta etmek)

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to solve a problem / crisis (v)

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to find an answer to a problem

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to find a solution (n) to problem / crisis

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the answer to a problem

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salvation (n)

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being saved from danger, loss, or harm

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an immoral (adj) behavior / personality

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morally wrong, or outside society’s standards of acceptable

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morally (adv)

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based on principles that you or people in general consider to be right, honest, or acceptable

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frequent (adj) attemps / intervals

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happening often

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interval (n)

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a period between two events or times

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to be simiiar to sb/sth // in sth (adj)

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looking or being almost, but not exactly, the same

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to display sth

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to show words, pictures, etc. on a screen———-to arrange something or a collection of things so that it can be seen by the public

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sponsorship (n)

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money that is given, usually by a company, to support a person, organization or activity

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to sponsor sth

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to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help

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to have a chance(n) to do something

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an occasion that allows something to be done

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to approach(v) sb ( for sth/ about doing sth)

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to speak to, write to, or visit someone in order to do something such as make a request or business agreement——–to come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount

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to endorse a product/service

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to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone//to appear in an advertisement, saying that you use and like a particular product

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good/bad/adverse publicity // to generate publicity(n)

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the activity of making certain that someone or something attracts a lot of interest or attention from many people, or the attention received as a result of this activity

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adverse (adj)

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having a negative or harmful effect on something

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sporting/camping equipment (n)

a piece/an item of equipment

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the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a particular purpose

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to encourage sb to sth

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to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen//to talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something

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to prize(v) sth/a quality

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to think that someone or something is very valuable or important

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contradictory(adj) results/messages/statements

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they are very different from each other

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to raise sb/sth

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to take care of a person, or an animal or plant, until they are completely grown—–to cause something to increase or become bigger, better, higher, etc

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a positive/negative virtue(n)

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a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good (erdem,fazilet)

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it emerge(v) that + sentence

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to become known, especially as a result of examining something or asking questions about it

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to rate sb/sth // to be rated as sth // to rate the importance of sth

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to judge the value or character of someone or something

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to distort sth // the truth // the facts // the results

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to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean (photoshop taki yaptığın değişiklik)

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a distortion(v) of the facts

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a change to the intended or true meaning of something

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to ‘’ take it for granted ‘’ (idiom)

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to believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it

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first/top priority // to give priortiy to sth // to have/to take priority over sth

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something that is very important and must be dealt with before other things

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with the exception(n) of

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someone or something that is not included in a rule, group, or list or that does not behave in the expected way

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to be confronted(v) with sth

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to face, meet, or deal with a difficult situation or person====face with

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to have good/bad manners(n)

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polite ways of treating other people and behaving in public

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a sense(n) of responsibility // to have/lose a sense of sth

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the feeling people have when there is a very important event or celebration

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to rank(v) sth as // to rank high/low

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to have or be put into a position on a list of other similar things or people, that compares their importance, level of success, etc.

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to rear(v) sb/sth

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to care for young animals or children until they are able to care for themselves

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primary(adj) difficulties/purpose/aim/responsibility

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more important than anything else; main

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an industrious(adj) worker/student

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person who works hard

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conscientiousness (n)

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dürüstlük / vicdanlı olma

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conscientious (adj)

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putting a lot of effort into your work

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concerning (preposition)

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about

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obedience(n) to sth/sb // in obedience to sth/sb

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the fact that people or animals do what they are told to do (itaat)

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to obey(v) the laws/rules (v)

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to act according to what you have been asked or ordered to do by someone in authority, or to behave according to a rule, law, or instruction

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to be of paramount(adj) importance

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more important than anything else

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remarkable(adj) features

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unusual or special and therefore surprising and worth mentioning

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to examine sth/sb

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to look at or consider a person or thing carefully and in detail in order to discover something about them

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to observe sth

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to watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it

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to supply sb/sth with sth // to supply sth (to sb)

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to provide something that is wanted or needed, often in large quantities and over a long period of time

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to demonstrate sth

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to show or make something clear——to show something and explain how it works

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an intriguing(adj) theory

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very interesting because of being unusual or mysterious

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conventional(adj) methods

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traditional and ordinary

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to expand sth

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to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way

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to label sth

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etiketlemek——The parcel was clearly labelled “Fragile”——-If you spend any time in prison, you’re labelled as a criminal for the rest of your life.

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to be alien(adj) to sth

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strange and not familiar

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to carry on doing sth (phrasal verb)

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to behave in an uncontrolled, excited, or anxious (= worried and nervous) way

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to concentrate on doing sth

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to direct your attention or your efforts towards a particular activity, subject, or problem

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to abandon sth

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to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever——to stop doing an activity before you have finished it

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to participate in (doing) sth

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to take part in or become involved in an activity

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to make an assumption //an underlying/implicit assumption(n)

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something that you accept as true without question or proof (varsayım)

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underlying(adj)

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important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly—–existing under the surface of something else

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implicit(adj)

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suggested but not communicated directly (üstü kapalı - ima)

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to assume sth // to assume that + sentence

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to accept something to be true without question or proof

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a response(n) to sth // in response to sth

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an answer or reaction

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a competitiive(adj) game/sport/market

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involving competition —–wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people

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alike(adj)

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similar to each other

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dissatisfaction(n) with sth

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a lack of satisfaction

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the rigidity(n) of the system/law

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the quality of being very strict and difficult to change or persuade————the quality of being stiff, fixed, or impossible to bend

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a rigid(adj) method/system

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very strict and difficult to change or persuade

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disillusionment with sth // disillusionment(n) among sb

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to disappoint someone by telling them the unpleasant truth about something or someone that they had a good opinion of or respected

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bullying

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the behaviour of a person who hurts or frightens someone smaller or less powerful, often forcing that person to do something they do not want to do

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to bully sb

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to hurt or frighten someone, often over a period of time, and often forcing that person to do something they do not want to do

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a bully

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someone who hurts or frightens someone else, often over a period of time, and often forcing them to do something that they do not want to do

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obsolete equipment/machines/techonolohgy

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not in general use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable

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to take on resposibility/extra work ???

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to accept some work or responsibility

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regarding (preposition)

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about

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to bring up(phrsl) an issue

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to talk about something

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to comprise sth // to be comprised of sth

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to be the parts or members of something; to make up something Example—-The class is comprised mainly of Italian and French students.

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reach/make a compromise

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an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree

146
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to compromise (with sb) (on sth)

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to accept that you will reduce your demands or change your opinion in order to reach an agreement with someone

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to eliminate a need/possibility/a risk/a problem

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to remove or take away someone or something

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to persuade

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to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it (ikna etmek)

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compulsory(adj) education

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If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule or law

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continuous assessment (tamamı)

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the system in which the quality of a student’s work is judged by various pieces of work during a course and not by one final exam

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to criticise

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to express disapproval of someone or something // to give an opinion or judgment about a book, film, etc.

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curriculum

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the subjects studied in a school and what each subject includes

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drop out

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stop going to classes before they have finished their course

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hand in

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to give something to a person in authority, especially a piece of work or something that is lost

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punctual (adj)

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arriving, doing something, or happening at the expected, correct time; not late

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state(adj) education

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provided, created, or done by the state (= government of a country

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strict (adj)

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strongly limiting someone’s freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do not obey

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truancy

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the problem or situation of children being absent from school regularly without permission

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fiction

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krugu

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elegant

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graceful and attractive in appearance or behaviour

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to express

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to show a feeling, opinion, or fact

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disapproval (n)

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the feeling of having a negative opinion of someone or something

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graceful (adj)

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the feeling of having a negative opinion of someone or something

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consciously (adverb)

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in a way that is determined and intentional

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incorpotate (v)

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