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23 Cards in this Set
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TO HEAL hiːl |
verb • to get better, to become healthy again |
Time does not heal on Truk HP |
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TO STACK UP stæk ʌp |
phrasal verb • to gradually form a large quantity |
Past events stack up, placing an ever-increasing burden on the Trukese HP H.Perrin |
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A BURDEN ˈbɜːdn to place a burden on |
noun • a heavy load • a problem that causes anxiety or grief • the main responsibility for achieving a task |
"Past events stack up, placing an ever-increasing burden on the Trukese" |
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EVER-INCREASING ˌevə(r)ınˈkriːsıŋ |
adjective • that keeps becoming greater in size, amount, intensity or degree |
Past events stack up, placing an ever-increasing burden on the Trukese HP |
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WHIMSICAL |
adjective -made or done for fun, not seriously -Unusual in a strange way |
"The route itself from point A to point B seems almost whimsical to the Westerner" E. Thomassine x |
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TO ZERO IN + ON + sthg |
phrasal verb - to direct all your attention towards a particular person or thing - to aim at someone or something with a gun or camera |
"The Japanese zero in on their destination when they travel across Tokyo" E. Thomassine x |
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a BOOTH |
Noun - a small compartment for a given purpose -a tent or stall, especially at a fair |
"Taxicab drivers have to ask local directions at police booths" E. Thomassine x |
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TO COPE + WITH + STHG |
phrasal verb - to manage, to deal with successfully |
"In order to cope with this aspect of Japanese space, the American occupation forces after V-J day named a few main thoroughfares in Tokyo." E. Thomassine |
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a THOROUGHFARE |
noun -a public road or street - way through or access |
"The American occupation forces after V-J day named a few main thoroughfares in Tokyo." E. Thomassine x |
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TO TAKE (sthg) DOWN |
phrasal verb -To bring to a lower position from a higher one. -To take apart, dismantle - To lower the arrogance or the self-esteem of someone - To take notes |
"The Japanese waited politely until the end of the occupation to take the signs down." E. Thomassine x |
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an ATOLL |
Noun - an island in the form of a ring, made of coral |
"The inhabitants of the atoll of Truk in the Southwest Pacific" E. Thomassine x |
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FASHION |
noun - the style and design of clothes. - a way of behaving or dressing which is popular at a certain time -a way of doing something = manner |
"The inhabitants of the atoll of Truk in the Southwest Pacific treat time in a fashion that has complicated lives for themselves"
E. Thomassine x |
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TO BEAR (sthg) OUT bore borne (≠ to be born) |
irregular phrasal verb - to support or confirm |
" This was borne out by something happened shortly after the American occupation" E. Thomassine x |
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OUT OF BREATH /aʊt əv breθ/ |
Collocation - having difficulty breathing after exercise |
"A villager arrived all out of breath at the military government headquarters" L. Galais x |
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TO WARN + SO + about/against + STHG /wɔːn/ |
Verb -to strongly advise somebody to do or not to do something in order to avoid danger or punishment |
"He remembered that someone had warned him about acting precipitously when dealing with 'natives'." L. Galais x |
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TO TURN UP /ˈtɜːn.ʌp/ |
phrasal verb • with an object: to discover, to uncover, to find, to reveal • without an object: -to be found, especially by chance, after being lost -(of a person) to arrive -(of an opportunity) to happen, especially by chance |
"A little inquiry turned up the fact that the victim had been "fooling around" with the murderer's wife." L. Galais x |
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TO OCCUR /əˈkɜː(r)/ |
Verb -to happen -+ adv./prep.: to exist or be found somewhere |
"the murder had not occurred a few hours or even days ago" L.Galais x |
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TO DICTATE /dɪkˈteɪt/ |
Verb - to tell somebody what to do - to control or influence - (something) (to somebody) to say words for somebody else to write down |
"What was taught and when in every classroom in the land was dictated from a central point-Paris." L. Galais x x |
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TO SCHEDULE /ˈskedʒuːl/ |
Verb -to arrange for something to happen at a particular time -to include something in an official list of things |
"All periods and all subjects in the French school system were scheduled in advance." L.Galais x |
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CONSISTENT (with) /kənˈsɪstənt/ |
Adjective -(with something): in agreement with something -always behaving in the same way -(of an argument or a set of ideas) having different parts that all agree with each other |
"Consistent with this centralized orientation in scheduling, the French have centralized virtually everything else." L.Galais x x |
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BUREAUCRACY /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/ |
Noun -the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has |
"within French bureaucracies the middle position is considered to be the strategic one." L.Galais x |
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DEEPLY /ˈdiːpli/ |
Adverb -very; very much -used with some verbs to show that something is done in a very complete way |
"French bureaucracies are also deeply committed to the welfare of France" L.Galais x |
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COMMITTED /kəˈmɪtɪd/ |
Adjective -willing to work hard and give your time and energy to something; believing strongly in something |
"French bureaucracies are also deeply committed to the welfare of France" L.Galais x |
