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Word |
Example sentence |
Arabic |
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accommodate (v) |
Each apartment can accommodate up to
six people. p.5 Oxford Word Power |
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amazing
(adj) |
It's amazing! When we went round that
bend, the back tilted over 45 degrees. p.120 |
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cruise
(v) |
We crossed the United states on Highway 66, cruising at 70 miles
per hour. p.189
Oxford Word Power |
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daylight
(n) |
Is there a lot of daylight where you
work? Yes, there’s plenty. p.67 |
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erosion
(n) |
The vertical marks were caused by water
erosion.
p.64 |
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extremely (adv) |
Sphinx probably weighs over 200 tonnes.
That's
extremely
heavy. p.64 |
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face (n) |
Its body is more than
74 m long and its face is 6 m
wide. p.64 |
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fire
extinguisher (n) |
Are there enough fire
extinguishers where you work? p.67 |
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fresh
air (n) |
Is there a lot of fresh air where you work?
No there isn’t. |
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hollow
(adj) |
Bottles and other
hollow.containers
also
have a
rim
at
their edge.
p.87 |
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horizontal (adj) |
But the pyramids have horizontal
marks
on
their
surface caused by
wind erosion, and there
are some vertical
marks
on the surface of the Sphinx. p.64 |
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mark
(stain) (n) |
The Sphinx has vertical marks on its
surface. p.54 |
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moon (n) |
You can see it from the moon. p.65 |
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mouth
(of river) (n) |
The mouth of a
river
is where it opens into the ocean.
p.104 |
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ocean
liner (n) |
An ocean liner is a large ship that carries
people, etc. long distances. p.456 Oxford Word Power |
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reach
(v) |
An architect negotiates with builders, i.e., he
bargains,
reaches
agreement by discussion. p.5 How
long does it take for light rays from the sun to reach the earth? |
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skyscraper (n) |
There are a lot of
tall
skyscrapers
in
Manhattan. p.65 |
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solid
(adj) |
Where
is the Great Sphinx and how old
is it?
Is it hollow or solid? p.64The
solid form of water is ice. p.100 + 107 |
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spa (n) |
A spa is a place where mineral water comes out of the ground and
where people go to drink this water because it is considered to be
healthy.
p741 Oxford Word Power |
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storey
(n) |
The Empire State Building in Manhattan is 102 storeys high.
The height
of the building from the ground to its tip is usually given as 1,250
feet. The measurement from the ground to the 102nd floor observatory is
1,224 feet and from the ground to the 86th floor observatory is 1,050
feet.
(About.com) |
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suite
(n) |
A suite is a set of rooms in a
hotel. p.775 Oxford Word Power |
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sun (n) |
If you leave a bowl of water in the hot
sun.
the water
evaporates. p.100 |
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take
part (v)
participate
in (v) |
Do you ever take part
in teleconferences? p.66 |
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theatre
(n) |
I’m going to the theatre
this evening, e.g. to see a Shakespeare play at the Royal Shakespeare
Theatre. p.799 Oxford Word Power |
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vertical
(adj) |
The Sphinx has vertical marks on its
surface.p.6
4The wheel
rests on a vertical wooden support attached
to a horizontal platform. p.79 |
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water-ski (n) |
The verb to water-ski
means to move across the surface of water standing on narrow boards
(waterskis) and being pulled by a boat.p.859 Oxford Word Power |
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whistle
(n) |
The referee blew his
whistle to stop the game. p.869 |
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Useful
phrases |
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Tell me
about it. |
Title of Unit 14 |
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That’s
not enough. |
Only three
or four cranes
in the world
are
large enough
to lift
200
tonnes today, so
some people
think the Sphinx
was
built by aliens. p.64Think of some
problems that slow things down in your workplace, for example, late
deliveries, not enough production capacity, unreliable machinery,
management changing
its
mind. p.71 |
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That’s
too much. |
I receive too much spam.
p.26 Have you tried spam blocking software? Have you tried sending it
back to the sender? Have you tried reporting the problem to IT? |
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