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Word

Example sentence

Arabic

activate (v)

When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them with air. p.76

 

يشغَل

after (adv)

describe the process of recycling plastic milk bottles. Use these words and phrases: First ... After that ... Then ... Next ...

 

بعد

air bag (n)

When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them with air. p.76

 

كيس هوائي ( ايرباق)

alter (v)

Product lines can be discarded or altered and new lines can be created immediately. p.75

 

يغيَّر

blow up (inflate) (v)

We activate the air bags so they can’t blow up by accident.

p.125

ينفجِر

bury (v)

A Is anything left over? B Just a little mixture of textiles, paint, rust, rubber ... We bury it in the ground. But not the tyres. p.125

 

يدفن

competitive (adj)

We operate in a very competitive market and we need to keep our costs down. p.125

 

تنافسي

competitor (n)

Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself.p.125

 

متنافِش

connect (v)

Can I plug my computer in here? Can I connect it here? p.77

 

يتصل

cut up (v)

We take the labels off. Then we cut the plastic up.p.77

 

يقطع

design (n)

It takes Zara just three weeks to go from designing a new product to selling it. Zara is a complete supply chain , from start to finish. p.75

 

يصمم

discard (v)

Product lines can be discarded or altered and new lines can be created immediately.

p.75

يطرح . يركي

dismantle (v)

I'm going to take this radio apart. I’m going to dismantle it. p.77

 

يفكك

distribution (n)

English has many families of words that come from the same word root. Complete this table. distribute distributor distribution. p.74

 

توزيع

do up (v)

Do the lid up tightly. Fasten the lid tightly. p.77

 

يغلق

efficiently (adv)

I'm a production manager and I have to make sure everything is made and packed as efficiently as possible. p.125

 

بكفاءة

finally (adv)

What happens after that? Finally they make the plastic into containers, pipes, car parts, and so on. p.77

أخيراً

first (adv)

 First they wash the bottles. p.77

اولاً

fluid (n)

Then we drain all the fluids out of the car. p.125

سائل

goods (n pl)

We transport some goods ourselves, and we outsource some work to shipping companies. p.125

بضاعة

guess (v)

The class must guess what the invention is. p.53

خمن

headquarters (n pl)

At the end of every working day the store managers report on sales to the headquarters in Spain. p.75

مقر . مركز القيادة

inflate (v)

Blow the balloon up. Inflate it. p.77

ينفَّخ

integrate (v)

The government has various schemes to help integrate immigrants into their local communities. p.414 Oxford Word Power

يدمج

labour (n)

Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself. p.75

عمل

manufacturing (n)

Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself. p.75 Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself. p.75

إنتاج

mixture (n)

Car windows are a mixture of glass and plastic and it's expensive to recycle. p.125

خليط

next (adv)

A What do you do next? B After that we can dismantle the car, piece by piece. p.125

 

بعد ذلك

pull out (v)

Yes, we remove the battery, the wheels, the engine, the windows, and we pull out all the cables ... p.125

يزيل

pump out (v)

It's wet. We need to pump the liquid out. Drain it out. p.77

يصف الماء . يجفف

purchaser (n)

I'm a purchaser and it's my job to buy the best raw materials at the best prices. p.125

اللشاري

rapid (adj)

Rapid design, just-in-time production, and fast stock turnover are the keys to Zara’s success. p.75

سريع

respond (v)

Zara can respond quickly to market trends. p.75

يجيب . يرد

retailing (n)

Retailing—in the supply chain—is “buying and selling in shops.” p.74

البيع بالتجزنة او المفرَّق

reuse (v)

Think of parts and materials from cars. Which ones can be recycled or reused? p.74

يستعمل من جديد

ship (v)

Draw a flow chart to show a process in your company. It can be any process you like, for example, a production process, a shipping process, an ordering process. p.77 THE STRIKE There is a railway strike so you cannot ship your products to your customers by rail. Your warehouse is full. p.85

يشحن او ينقل بحراً

sort (v)

We sort all the other parts for recycling. We have a lot of different containers, and we separate all the different materials. p.125

يصنَّف

store (v)

I'm a store manager so I have a lot of contact with our customers. p.74

يجزي

supplier (n)

There aren't many suppliers who can make this part. p.67

المورد . المزوَّد

supply chain (n)

Which part of the supply chain focuses on production? –Design and manufacturing. p.74

سلسلة لإمداد

system (n)

We operated efficiently before, but with our new computer system we operate more efficiently. p.74

منظمة . نظام

take apart (v)

B After that we can dismantle the car, piece by piece. A So you take everything apart? p.125

يفكك

take off (remove) (v)

Come in and take your coat off. p.788 Oxford Word Power

بخلع . ينزع

textiles (n pl)

A Is anything left over? B Just a little mixture of textiles, paint, rust, rubber ... We bury it in the ground. But not the tyres. A Are they too big to bury? p.125

نسيج

then (adv)

Then we drain all the fluids out of the car. p.124

ثما

 

 

 

Useful phrases

 

 

to change your mind

Zara can receive and ship an order almost as fast as a teenage customer can change his or her mind, and that's very important in the world of fashion. p.74

يعدل عن رأيه

What’s the system?

Title of Unit 16

ما هو النظام؟