Unit 4 - vocabulary Flashcards
(75 cards)
1
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make a copy of information
A
back up
2
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move things so that they are in different places
A
change around
3
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stop being in one state, condition
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change into
4
Q
take of the clothes or a piece of clothing you are wearing and put on different ones
A
change out of
5
Q
get rid of
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do away with
6
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repair, paint and improve old building, boat
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do up
7
Q
disappear slowly
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fade away
8
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put information into a computer or other machine using keys
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key in
9
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change someone or sth so that they become some thing else
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make into
10
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put things together without any order
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mix-up
11
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start/stop machine/light
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switch on/off
12
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separate an object into pieces
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take apart
13
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try using something such as a amchine or product to find out wether it works correctly
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test out
14
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change or develop into something dofferent, make someone or something change or develop into sth different
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turn into
15
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use all of a supply of sth
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use up
16
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use sth a lot so that it no longer works
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wear out
17
Q
dostęp
A
access
18
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złamać tradycje
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break with tradition
19
Q
nastawić zegar
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set the clock
20
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żądać czegoś od kogoś
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demand sth from sb
21
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prowadzić drogę
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lead the way
22
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zająć kogoś miejsce
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take the place of sb
23
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służyć celowi
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serve a puropse
24
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ucieczka z rzeczywistości
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escape from reality
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wirtualna rzeczywistosc
virtual reality
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używać czegoś
use something
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jaki jest cel
what's the use of
28
wziasc koło (kierownice)
take the wheel
29
to change your ideas or behaviour so that you can deal with the new situation
adapt
30
to change something slightly in order to make it better, more accurate, mor efective
adjust
31
to make changes in document, law
amend
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convert
to change from one system to another, or change your beliefs
33
to be gradually destroyed as a result of natural process of change. (Leafs do it when they fall off the tree)
decay
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to become worse
deteriorate
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to change something such as information so that it is no longer true of accurate
distort
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dynamic
continously changing
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to suffer somehting unpleasant or difficult in a patient way over a long period.
or last for a long time
endure
| I don't know how people endure the conditions in prison
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evolve
wheat a type of plant or anim,al evolves
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to affect the way someone thinks or behaves
influence
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a new idea, method, piece of equipment
innovation
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to continue existing or happening for or until a particular time
last
| The fight lasts five hours.
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to make something stay the same
maintain
| I find it hard to maintain my weigh.
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to start behaving lika na adult
mature
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to change something slightly, especially in order to improve
modify
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new or unusual
novel
| A TV that receives ext messages is quita a novel idea.
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to continue to do or say something in a determined way
persist
| You'll get yourself into trouble if you persist in behaving in this way.
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The possibility to develop or achieve something in the future
potential
Ed's got a lot of potential as an athlete.
I think the book's a potential bestseller.
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To continue to develop or move forward
progress
| Your English has really progressed this term.
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radykalny
radical
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to make some changes to something in order to improve it
refine
| You need to refine your argument to make it clearer.
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to improve a situation by correcting things that are wrong or unfair or make a system work properly
to reform.
| The government is planning to reform the health system.
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to continue to be in particular situation or condition
to reaming
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to change your opinion or judgement of someone or sth
revise
| I think i'm beginning to revise my opinion of Tim
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to change, improve or make additions to something such as a book, law or piece of writing
revise
| Revise your essay.
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a suddent or major change, especially in ideas or methids
revoltion
| This invention will lead to a revoltion in housework.
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if an idea, attitude or plan shifts or someone shifts it, it changes
shift
The plan has shifted so we'll need to have another meeting.
There has been a real shift in attitudes on this issue.
57
to affect something in a way that makes it worse
spoil
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the present situation or the way things usually are
status quo
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`to hold something firmly without shaking or moving it
steady
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staying at the same level
steady
| The price of this car is steady.
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to remove one thing and put something else in its place
substitute
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to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist
sustain
| The atmosphere on Mars won't sustain life.
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to replace one object with another
to switch
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to make someone or something completely different, usually in a way that makes them more attractive, easier to use
transform
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a gradual change or development that produces a particular result
trend
| There's trend towards smaller cars these days.
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the same everywhere
uniform
| You should find that every Hilton hotel offers a uniform standard of service.
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a discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work
breakthrough
68
able to send different types of communication singals at the same time. or high speed internet connection
broadband
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with a lot of details or small parts
complex
70
to make or produce something skillfully, or a traditional skill of making things by hand
craft
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information in a form that a computer can use
data (dejda)
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a book containing instructions for doing somehting
manual
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at a very simple stage of development, before modern technology
primitive
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something you can use to help you to achieve somenting, especially in your work or study
resource
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a method of doing something using a special skill that you have developed
technique
