Unit-9-Higher Intrmediate

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nanny

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n. caretaker for a child; governess

i. dadı

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domestic /dmstk/ adj.

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1 related to one's home life:

The couple has a happy domestic life.

2 related to national concerns (not foreign relations):

The President excels at domestic matters. -adv. domestically.

n. a person employed as a household servant:

She works as a domestic for a rich family. -n. [U] domesticity /domststi/.

Thesaurus: domestic 1 family, personal | household 2 homeland, internal. Ant. foreign.

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bout /bat/ n.

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1 (in boxing) a fighting match: The boxer fought a 12-round bout. 2 fig. a short, difficult time, esp. with illness: Every winter, I have a bout of the flu.

i. nöbet, süre, devre, müddet, zaman, kriz, yarışma, müsabaka

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fixture /fkstr, fktr/ n

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fig. a person or thing connected to a place for a long time and unlikely to leave it:

one who has been in the same place or position for a long time;

Mr. Kim is a fixture at the company; he's worked there for over thirty years.

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sensation /snsen/ n.

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1 [C;U] a physical feeling: I sat on my foot, and now I have no sensation in it. 2 [C] a less definite feeling in the body: When she watched the film, she had the sensation that she was in a moving car. 3 [C] excitement, great interest: The book on the politician's private life caused quite a sensation.

perception, function of the senses; physical feeling; emotion, mental feeling; excitement

i. duyu, duygu, his, algı, hissetme, algılama, duyum, heyecan, merak, heyecan verici şey, sansasyon

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bank (2) n.

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1 the land at the edge of a river, lake, etc.: We walked along the river bank. See: shore. 2 a group or mass: A bank of clouds darkened the sky. 3 the sideways leaning of an aircraft during a turn: The airplane made a bank to the left.
v. [I] to lean sideways, (syn.) to tilt: The airplane banked to the right.

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plot /plt/

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n. 1 the main story in a novel or play: The plot concerns a poor boy who moves to California and becomes an actor. 2 an area of land: Her house is located on a small plot of land.

i. komplo, entrika, fesat, arsa, kumpas, suikâst, arazi parçası, olaylar dizisi, parsel, hedef noktası, radarda görünen nokta, tema, plan

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long-v

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v. yearn, desire, wish for, crave; pine, miss someone or something

f. arzu etmek, özlemini çekmek, gözlemek, hasret kalmak, hasret olmak, özlemek,

v. [I] to want very much (s.o. or s.t. that is not available): He longed for his girlfriend, who lived far away.||She longs to take a vacation

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twist /twst/ -v

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v. 1 [I;T] to turn, rotate: I twisted the door knob, but the door wouldn't open

turn; rotate opposite ends of an object in opposing directions;

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sight

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something unusual or intersting to see

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rage

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extreme anger

When he did not get what he wanted, he went into a rage.

popular trend or fad

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patch

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i. yama, plaster, parça, toprak parçası, arsa,

area

bandage

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spectacle /spktkl/ n.

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something remarkable or impressive

a strange or amazing sight: We climbed the mountain and looked out at the beautiful spectacle of valley and sky

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single out

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seçmek, ayırmak, belirlemek, birer birer almak

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daydream /dedrim/

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n. thoughts that are pleasant but not real, (syn.) a fantasy: The boy has daydreams about being a baseball star.
v. [I] to allow the mind to think pleasantly, (syn.) to fantasize: I daydream about winning the lottery. -n. daydreamer

f. hayâllere dalmak, hayâl kurmak

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gay

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cheerful, happy

old usage: merry, happy:

Everyone at the party is having a gay time.

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by the time

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zamana kadar

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dead of winter

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kis zamani

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niche

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good position, place that is suitable for someone or something;

i. oyuk, uygun yer

f. oyuğa koymak, uygun bir yere yerleştirmek, işe yerleştirmek

a position or place that is just right for a person: She is very happy with her new job; it sounds like she found her niche.

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purpose

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i. amaç, maksat, niyet, gaye, kasıt, azim, mesaj (hikâye), verilmek istenen mesaj

n. goal, aim; intention, objective

v. intend, plan, design, aim

f. niyet etmek, tasarlamak, kastetmek, amaçlamak

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difficulty

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difficulty
n. something that is difficult; hardship, trouble

i. zorluk, güçlük, engel, külfet, meşakkat, sorun; sıkıntı

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consequently

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adv. as a result, therefore

zf. sonuç olarak, bu nedenle

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diverse

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s. çeşitli, türlü türlü, farklı, değişik

adj. different, varied

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flourish verb (SUCCEED)
/ˈflʌr.ɪʃ//ˈflɝː-/ v

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[I] to grow or develop successfully

My tomatoes are flourishing this summer - it must be the warm weather.
Watercolour painting began to flourish in Britain around 1750.

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native tongue

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mother tongue, first language learned

anadil

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uproot verb (PERSON)
/ʌpˈruːt/ v [T]

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to remove a person from their home or usual environment
The war has uprooted nearly two-thirds of the country's population.

remove from;torn from

f. kökünden sökmek, uzaklaştırmak, kökünü kazımak

displace, remove from a native environment

It can be difficult for young immigrants who have been uprood from their home environments to adjust to their new environment

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adjust verb (BECOME FAMILIAR)
/əˈdʒʌst/ v

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[I] to become more familiar with a new situation
I can't adjust to living on my own.
Her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark.
The lifestyle is so very different - it takes a while to adjust.

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tight-knit

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tight-knit
adj. integrated firmly and in a close manner (of a company or a group of people)

close; connected

Many of these young people come from large families that are very thigt-knit. Family members know each other very well and see each other often.

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intimidating

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adj. frightening, threatening

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relieved-adj

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happy that you don't have to worry about something

Rahatlamis


to free from worry, take away concern: She was relieved when she learned that she doesn't have cancer.

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suppress

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not allow to be expressed

bastirilmis, izin verilmeyen, yasaklanan

This practise is sometimes suppressed.

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bone up on

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çok çalışmak, ineklemek

review; study again.

My mother is going to visit France. She wants to bone up on her French because she hasn't practiced it since high school.

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set apart

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separate, divide; set aside, allocate; allot

ayrılmış

make someone or something different.

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assimilate verb
/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/ v [I or T]

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to take in, fit into, or become similar (to)
The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly.
You shouldn't expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.
It's hard to assimilate (= learn and understand) so much information.
In this form vitamins can be easily assimilated by the body.
assimilableadjective
/əˈsɪm.ɪ.lə.bl ̩/ adj
A textbook needs to be assimilable (= able to be understood) to sell a lot of copies.
assimilationnoun
/əˌsɪm.ɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ n [U]
The assimilation of ethnic Germans in the US was accelerated by the two world wars.

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assimilated

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adapted and adjusted

In the United States, strong differences among ethnic groups become less obvious as those groups are assimilated into mainstream culture.

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blend in/blend into sth phrasal verb
phrasal verb

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to look or seem the same as surrounding people or things and therefore not be easily noticeable

We tried to blend into the crowd.

They have adopted local customs and tried to blend in with the community.

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noticeable

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adj. evident, obvious; perceptible, distinct; considerable

s. belli, farkedilebilir, göze çarpan, dikkate değer