Upper İntermadiate Flashcards
bilingual (adj)
be bilingual in (v)
Adj—iki dil bilen, iki dilli
V— iki dil bilmek
Spoken or written in two different languages:
reasonably (adv)
syn = plausibly, logically
makul, mantıklı
to quite a good level
Tom was reasonably certain that Mary had stolen his grandfather’s gold watch.
get by (v)
idare etmek, yapabilmek
know just enough of a language for simple communication
get by (in a language)
rusty (adj)
paslı, körelmiş
not as good at a language as you used to be because you haven’t used it for a long time
pick up (v)
kulaktan kapmak
pick up (a language)
learn a language by practising it, rather than by learning it in a class
outnumber (v)
sayıca fazla olmak
non-native speakers now greatly outnumber native speakers.
whereas (conj)
oysa, iken, -ken
I am poor, whereas my brothers are very rich.
dominant (adj)
baskın, hakim
correspond (v)
correspondance (n)
haberleşmek, mektuplaşmak
yazışma, mektuplaşma
Also, about 75% of the world’s correspondence is written in English
by far (adv)
çok daha fazla
This novel is by far more interesting than that one.
majority (n)
çoğunluk
the majority of people = most of the people = most people
interaction (n)
etkileşim
by far the majority of interactions in English now take place between non-native speakers.
pretend not to V1 (v)
numara yapmak, yapar gibi görünmek
a student was pretending to be the film star Orlando Bloom to the obvious amusement of his classmates.
amuse (v) = entertain
amusement (n) = entertainment
eğlendirmek, eğlence
A student was pretending to be the film star Orlando Bloom to the obvious amusement of his classmates.
so what (expr.)
ne yani, -e nolmuş
So what happens to a language when it becomes a world language?
phenomenon (n)
phenomenal (adj)
n–fenomen, olay
adj— olağanüstü
former (n,adj)
syn = previous, earlier
önceki
executive (n)
yönetici, idareci, hükümet
association (n)
birlik, dernek
access (n,v)
erişim,giriş & erişmek, girmek
The police restricted access to the road.
artificial intelligence (n)
yapay zeka
advance (n,v)
terfi, ilerleme & terfi etmek, ilerlemek
Medical science has made a dramatic advance.
breakthrough (n)
ilerleme, başarı
That was a huge breakthrough.
constant (adj)
sabit, değişmez, daimi
The blood stream is usually constant and continuous.