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Liable(adj)

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legally responsible for the cost of something
*people who are liable for income tax at a higher rate
**Liable for something
likely to be affected by a particular kind of problem, illness etc
SYN :prone=yatkın
**Liable to do sth
*You’re more liable to injury when you don’t get regular exercise.
liability(noun)=yükümlülük

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liberate(verb)

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to free someone from feelings or conditions that make their life unhappy or difficult
liberty(noun)	
liberal(adj)
**liberal leader/ party
**personal/ political/ religious liberty
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Lid(noun)

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a cover for the open part of a pot, box, or other container
=kapak
**put a lid on sth

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Lift(verb)

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lifted the ban on sth = yasağı kaldırdı
lift sb’s spirits
=kaldırmak

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Likewise

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in the same way
SYN: similarly
*The clams were delicious. Likewise, the eggplant was excellent.

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Limb

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=Uzuv

broken/ injured/ stiff limb

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interpretation(noun)

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=yorumlama
the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc
*It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on (=explain) the survey results.
interpret(verb)

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Load(noun)

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a large quantity of something that is carried by a vehicle, person
**heavy/ work/ full load
load(verb)
loaded(adj)

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Lodging(noun)

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**lodging house

=Pansiyon

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Log

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keep a log =kayıt tutmak / web log

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meantime(adv)

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in the meantime

=bu arada

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Meanwhile(adv)

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o esnada

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melt away

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eriyip kaybolmak

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Memorial(noun,adj)

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  • *memorial to
  • The hospital was built as a memorial to King Edward VII.
  • *memorial /ceremony service
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Merchant

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someone who buys and sells goods in large quantities
=tüccar
merchant,merchandise(noun)
**rich/powerful merchant
**buy/ sell merchandise
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Mere(adj)

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**mere coincidence
**mere fact
=saf
merely(adv)

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Messenger(noun)

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message (verb)
message(noun)
**don’t shoot the messenger

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Midst(noun)

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**in the midst of

=orta

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Mild(adj)

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=Hafif
**mild weather/ illness
mildly(adv)

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Motionless(adj)

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=Hareketsiz
motion(noun)
**absolutely / virtually motionless

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Motive(noun)

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=Güdü/sebep

**motive behind/ for sth

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Multiply(verb)

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*Bacteria multiply quickly in warm food.
multiplication(noun)
multiplied(adj)

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Noble(adj)

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=asil
nobility(noun)
**noble family/ blood

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Nonetheless

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=Her şeye rağmen

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Nuisance(noun)

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*a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems
**The dogs next door are a real nuisance.
awful/ terrible nuisance
=baş belâsı

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Otherwise(adv)

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*You’ll have to go now, otherwise you’ll miss your bus.

=Aksi takdirde

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Outwards(adv)

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*The door opens outwards.
OPP: inwards
=dışarıya
**facing/ looking outwards

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Overlap(verb,noun)

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=Üst üste gelmek,çakışmak
*My vacation overlaps with yours
overlapping(adj)
**overlap with

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Patriotic

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=Vatansever

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Peculiar(adj)

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strange, unfamiliar, or a little surprising
=Tuhaf
peculiarity(noun)
**become/remain peculiar

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Possess(verb)

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possession(noun)
possessive(adj)
**family/ personal / private possession
=Sahip olmak

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Poverty(noun)

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=Yoksulluk
poor(adj)
**reduce/ eliminate poverty
**extreme/ severe/ widespread/ rural/ urban poverty

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Precede(verb)

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to happen or exist before something or someone, or to come before something else in a series
precedent(noun)	
preceding=önceki,unprecedented=eşi görülmemiş(adj)
**a type of cloud that precedes rain
**preceding days/weeks/months/years
**preceding chapter/paragraph/page
**legal precedent
**set/create a precedent
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Prejudice (verb)

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to influence someone so that they have an unfair or unreasonable opinion about someone or something
*There was concern that reports in the media would prejudice the jury.
to have a bad effect on the future success or situation of someone or something
*A criminal record will prejudice your chances of getting a job.
prejudicial (adj)
prejudice(noun)

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Preliminary(adj,noun)

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  • the preliminary stages of the competition
  • *preliminary stages
  • *as a preliminary
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presume(verb)

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varsaymak
presumption(noun)
presumably(adv)
**rightly/ wrongly presume
**strong/ general presumption about sth
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Pretend

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to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun
=numara yapmak
pretension(noun)	
pretentious(adj)	
pretentiously(adv)
**pretend to be
*pretend to be shoched
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Prevalent(adj)

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common at a particular time, in a particular place, or among a particular group of people
prevalence(noun)
**the prevalence of smoking /prevalent diseases
=Yaygın

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Pride(verb,noun)

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proud(adj)
proudly(adv)
**have pride/ out of pride

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Prior(adj)

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existing or arranged before something else or before the present situation
SYN:previous
prioritize(verb)
priority(noun)
**high/ major/ top/ immediate/low priority
**Prior to sth

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Proceed(verb)

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to continue to do something that has already been planned or started
=İlerlemek
*Work is proceeding according to plan.
proceedings(noun)
**decide to/ intend to proceed
** criminal/justice/ legal proceedings
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Prohibit(verb)

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=yasaklamak
prohibition(noun)	
prohibitory(adj)
**prohibited from
*They are prohibited from revealing details about the candidates.
**impose/ abolish / lift prohibitions
** prohibition against/ of
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Promote

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=Desteklemek
promoter/ promotion(noun)
**promote sth
** widely promoted
** efforts to promote
**get a promotion
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Proposal(noun)

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a plan or suggestion which is made formally to an official person or group, or the act of making it
=teklif,öneri
propose(verb)
**marriage proposal
**propose doing sth /propose an idea
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Prospective(adj)

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likely to happen
=muhtemel
prospect(noun)=ihtimal
*I see no prospect of things improving here.
**Prospective buyers/employers
**job/ career prospects
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Publicity(noun)

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**receive publicity
**bad/good/unwelcome publicity
Tanıtım

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Recall(verb,noun)

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**recall clearly/ vividly/ well
**total recall
=hatırlamak

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Reckon(verb)

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to think or suppose something
**The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day.
reckoning(adj)
**reckon sth to be sth

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Recruit(verb)

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to find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job
recruitment=işe alma,recruiter=işveren(noun)
**recruit staff=personel almak

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Reinforce(verb)

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to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger
=pekiştirmek
reinforcement(noun)	
reinforced(adj)
**positive/ negative reinforcement
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Rejoice (verb)

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=Sevinmek

rejoicing(adj)

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Relief(noun)

A 
Rahatlama
relieve(verb)
**considerable/ deep/enormous relief	 
**a sense of relief
 **tears of relief
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Reluctant(adj)

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İsteksiz
reluctance(noun)
reluctantly(adv)
**be reluctant to 
**reluctance to
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correspondence(noun

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=yazışma

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Reproduce(verb)

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if an animal or plant reproduces, or reproduces itself, it produces young plants or animals
reproduction(noun)
reproductory(adj)
**reproductory organs=üreme organları

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Rescue(verb,noun)

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to save someone or something from a situation of danger or harm
*Survivors of the crash were rescued by helicopter.
=kurtarmak

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Resign(verb)

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to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job or an organization
=İstifa etmek
**resign from
**announce/ accept/ reject resignation
resignation(noun)
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Restrain(verb)

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to stop someone from doing something, often by using physical force
restraint(noun)=Kısıtlama
restrained(adj)
**restrain from
**considerable/ great/ remarkable restraint
**restrain somebody from doing something

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Retain(verb)

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to keep something or continue to have something
to store or keep something inside something else
*A lot of information can be retained in your computer.
retainable(adj)
**retain employees
**retain land
**retain old customs
=saklamak, elde tutmak, korumak

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Reverse(verb)

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to change something, such as a decision, judgment, or process so that it is the opposite of what it was before
=Tersine çevirmek
reversal(noun)	
reversible(adj)
**reversal of sth
**reverse a decision/verdict/policy
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Revenue(noun)

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money that a business or organization receives over a period of time
=gelir

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Rigid(adj)

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rigid methods, systems etc are very strict and difficult to change 
OPP :flexible
rigour(noun)
**be/ appear / seem rigid
**academic/ intellectual/ logical rigour
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Rival(noun)

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person, group, or organization that you compete with in sport, business, a fight etc
SYN: competitor
rivalry(noun)=rekabet
**rival company/firm/team

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Rumour

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=Söylenti

spread/hear/ start a rumour

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Scarce

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Kıt
scarcity(noun)
**scarce resources
**the scarcity of skilled workers

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Scope

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the range of things that a subject, activity, book etc deals with
=kapsam
**beyond/outside/within the
**scope of something

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Seal

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fok

seal hunt

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Seize(verb)

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to take hold of something suddenly and violently SYN grab

  • Suddenly, he seized my hand.
  • *seize sth from sb
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Sequence(noun)

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the order that something happens or exists in, or the order it is supposed to happen or exist in
sequential(adj)	
sequentially(adv)
**in a ... Sequence
*The questions should be asked in a logical sequence.
**out of sequence
**sequence of events
=sıra
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Simultaneous (adj)

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=eşzamanlı

simultaneously(adv)

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Shade(noun)

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gölge
shaded(adj)
in the shade (of sth)

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Shield(verb,noun)

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to protect someone or something from being harmed or damaged

  • He held up his hands, shielding his eyes from the sun.
  • *shield against
  • *shield sb/sth from sb/sth
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sea shore

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deniz kıyısı

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Sin

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suç,günah

  • *to commit/ confess a sin
  • *it is a sin to do sth
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So called(adj)

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used to describe someone or something that has been given a name that you think is wrong
=lafta,sözde

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Sole(adj)

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solely(adv)

solely responsible

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Solid

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Katı

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Sow(verb)

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to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground
**sowing the seeds of
to do something that will cause a bad situation in the future
*repressive laws that are sowing the seeds of future conflicts

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Sphere(noun)

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Küre

spherical(adj)

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Spit(verb)

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=tükürmek

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Spite(verb,noun)

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a feeling of wanting to hurt or upset people, for example because you are jealous or think you have been unfairly treated
spiteful (adj)
**in spite of
to deliberately annoy or upset someone

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Splendid(adj)

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Görkemli

splendidly(adv)

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Split(verb)

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if a group of people splits, or if it is split, people in the group disagree strongly with each other and the group sometimes divides into separate smaller groups

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Stable(noun,adj)

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steady and not likely to move or change
OPP :unstable
**in a stable condition
**shut/close the stable door after the horse has bolted British English

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Stiff

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sert

**stiff joints

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Stimulate(verb)

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to encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further
 OPP :suppress
stimulation(noun)
stimulant(noun,adj)
**stimulate growth/demand/the economy 
**stimulate interest in sth
*the president’s plan to stimulate economic growth
=Canlandırmak
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Sting(verb)

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if an insect or a plant stings you, it makes a very small hole in your skin and you feel a sharp pain because of a poisonous substance

  • He was stung by a bee.
  • *a bee/ wasp/ scorpion sting
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Stove(noun)

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a piece of kitchen equipment on which you cook food in pots and pans, and that contains an oven

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Straw(noun)

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the last straw=bardağı taşıran son damla

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Substance(noun)

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substantial(adj)= large in amount or number
substantially(adv)=very much or a lot SYN considerably
**substantial amount of sth

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Suburb(noun)

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an area where people live which is away from the centre of a town or city

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Subtle

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not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention
OPP :obvious

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Sue(verb)

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**sue for damages=tazminat davası açmak
**sue (somebody) for negligence
=dava açmak

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Suspend(verb)

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=askıya almak
suspension(noun)	
suspended(adj)
**total/ temporary/ immediate suspension	
**suspend sb from sth
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Swing(noun,verb)

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to make regular movements forwards and backwards

**swing back and forth

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Tackle(verb)

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to talk to someone in order to deal with a difficult problem
**tackle somebody about something
When I tackled Susan about it, she admitted she’d made a mistake.

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Tempt(verb)

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to try to persuade someone to do something by making it seem attractive
temptation(noun)
tempting(adj)
**tempt sb into doing sth

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Thereby(adv)

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with the result that something else happens
thereby doing something
=böylece

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thread

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konu

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Trace(verb,noun)

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to find someone or something that has disappeared by searching for them carefully
**trace sth (back) to sth
*They’ve traced their ancestry to Scotland.
=iz sürmek

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Tremble(verb)

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=Titreme
trembling(adj)
**tremble with anger/fear

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Trivial(adj)

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trivia(noun)
**trivial matter/ problem/complaint
=Önemsiz

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Undertake(verb)

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=Üstlenmek

**undertake responsibility

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Urge(verb,noun)

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**urge to do something=

bir şeyler yapma dürtüsü

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Vague(adj)

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unclear because someone does not give enough detailed information
*Julia was vague about where she had been and what she had been doing.
vagueness(noun)=belirsizlik
**have a vague idea/feeling
**be vague about sth
=belirsiz

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Vain

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someone who is vain is too proud of their good looks, abilities, or position
=kibirli
**in vain

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vanish(verb)

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**vanish into thin air=buhar olup kaybolmak
vanishing (adj)
**vanishing rainforests

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Veil

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Duvak

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Virtue

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moral goodness of character and behaviour
virtuous(adj)
virtuously(adv)

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Waist(noun)

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the narrow part in the middle of the human body

=Bel

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worm

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**book worm

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Worship(verb)

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to show respect and love for a god, especially by praying in a religious building

  • *worship a god=bir tanrıya ibadet etmek
  • They all worship the same god.
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Worthwhile(adj)

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if something is worthwhile, it is important or useful, or you gain something from it
*He wanted to do a worthwhile job.
=değerli
**A worthwhile career / worthwhile use of your time
**be worthwhile to do sth
**be worthwhile doing sth

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