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access (v)

 

 

 

 

p.50 Acknowledgements for websites:  give the date you accessed the web page in brackets.

 

 

وصَل (الى مخزن البيانات)

accurate (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.51 Very few people enjoy going to the dentist. However, the latest laser drills are extremely accurate. They are also nearly painless.

 

 

مظبوط (بحسب الواقع او القياس) . دقيق

acknowledge (v)

 

 

 

 

p.50 It is important to acknowledge these sources in a bibliography at the end of your essay.

 

 

اعترف

afford (v)

 

 

 

 

p.48 People in some parts of the world cannot afford computers because they are too expensive.

 

 

يقدر ماليا

  يسع الناس ان يشتري =يستطيع اي يُنفِقَ على الشراء

 

compress (v)

 

 

 

 

Zip.com “The zip file format compresses files so that software downloads and email attachments can be done faster.

 

 

يضغط

cordless (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.173 Oxford Word Power  “Many fixed phones are cordless phones now.”

 

 

بلا شريط كهربائي

brackets (n)

 

 

 

 

p.48 Link the sentences using the words and phrases in brackets.

 

 

قوسين  [  ]  ( )

breakthrough (n)

 

 

 

 

p.48 A breakthrough in computer design could lead to computer technology being available in the poorest parts of the world.

 

 

إكتشاف حاسم . فتح (علمي)

certainly (adv)

 

 

 

 

p.47 Of course, they take the money from your bank and you certainly don't get rich!

 

 

بلا شك . حتما

 

coherent (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.48 To write up your notes in a natural and coherent style:  use synonyms and pronouns to avoid  repetition.

 

 

 

متماسك . مترابط منتقيا

cohesive (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.47 Using pronouns also makes a text more cohesive, or connected.

 

 

متماسك . مترابط

commercial (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.47  …it collects information about you, for example, what you buy online or what music you download. It then sends this to commercial companies.

 

 

تجاري

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consequently (adv)

 

 

 

 

p.47 Consequently, some companies and even government departments have had to close while they try to find and destroy a virus.

 

 

وبالتالي . نتيجةً لذلك

dentist (n)

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.51 Very few people enjoy going to the dentist.

 

 

طبيب اسنان

destroy (v)

 

 

 

 

p.47 Consequently, some companies and even government departments have had to close while they try to find and destroy a virus.

 

 

 

 

يخرب . يدمر

detect (v)

 

 

 

 

p.48 Since people use copies of programs, manufacturers put in secret codes to detect copies.

 

 

يلاحظ . يكتشف

device (n)

 

 

 

 

p.51 They also have USB ports, that is to say, sockets where you plug in other devices, e.g. your scanner or memory key.

 

 

جهاز

function (n)

 

 

 

 

p.47 It has all the functions of an ordinary computer including WiFi and 1GB of storage.

 

 

وظيفة

generation (n)

 

 

 

 

p.328 Oxford Word Power “..the generation of electricity by water power.”

 

 

 

 

توليد

hire (v)

 

 

 

 

p.41 Criminal gangs hire their own experts.

 

 

 

 

يتوظف

imply (v)

 

 

 

 

p.396 Oxford Word Power “He didn’t say so, but he implied that I was lying.”

 

 

عنى ضمنا . دلّ ضِمناً

initial (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.49 There is a full stop after the author's initial.

 

 

 

 

اول

invention (n)

 

 

 

 

p.49 “The Greatest Inventions of all time,” is the title of a book by John Reading.

 

 

اختراع

ordinary (adj)

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.47 It has all the functions of an ordinary computer including WiFi and 1GB of storage.

 

 

عادي

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personalize (v)

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.46  Most CPUs have software, i.e. computer programs, already loaded when you buy the computer, but many people like to add other programs to personalize their computer.

 

 

إسْتَشْخَص

receiver (v)

 

 

 

 

p.47 TV in the UK will be digital in 2012. Therefore, everyone will have to buy a digital receiver.

 

 

مُتَسَلَّم . سماع (التلفون)

recommend (v)

 

 

 

 

p.51 Although the UK government only plans to have switched completely to digital television by 2012, it recommends that people switch to it now, if they can.

 

 

وصَّى . (او) أُصَى ب

نَضَح

repetition (n)

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.48 use synonyms and pronouns to avoid repetition (see Study Skill pp26 and 47)

 

 

 

 

إعادة . تكْرار

rephrase (v)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.46  In technological or scientific texts, some words are often rephrased or explained.

 

 

 

 

 

صاغ الكلام بصيغة جديدة

sophisticated (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.48 Consequently, the senders of spam have become more sophisticated.

 

 

 

treatment (n)

 

 

 

 

p.51 Dentists find them very easy and efficient to use, and they say that patients are much more relaxed during treatment.

 

 

 

uncertain (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.51 “ The symbol for uncertain/not sure is a question mark:  ?”

 

 

 

unwanted (adj)

 

 

 

 

p.46  A more common, but less dangerous, problem is 'spam', or unwanted advertising