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1. analysis: a careful examination of something in order to understand it better or to see what it is made of

analysis: n. ; analyse: v.

example: Dr.John still has to analyse this program to make it clearly.

Blood samples were sent for analysis.

synonym: analysis n. the process of separating something into its constituent elements synthesis n. the combination of components to form a connected whole

2. approach: v. to move towards or nearer to someone or something / to ask someone for something, or ask them to do something / future event / deal with / almost

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">n. method/ ask/movement towards/path or road

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">example: As I approached the house, I noticed a light on upstairs.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Students should be able to approach teachers for advice.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Our approach frightened the birds.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Soldiers were guarding the approaches to the city.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">approach v./n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a way of dealing with something <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">avenue v./n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a means of approach / one lined with trees

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">3. area: n. a particular part of a place/a particular subject, range of activities, or group of related subjects/the amount of space that a flat surface or shape covers

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">example: There were over 2 inches of rain in area. No-smoking area ; an area of 2,000 square miles

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">area n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">particular geographical region, use for special <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">region n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a large indefinite

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">4. assess: v. assessment:n.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">to make a judgment/to calculate the value or cost of something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">example: a report to assess the impact of advertising on children

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">a reading assessment test

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">assess v. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">implies a specific measure <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">evaluate v. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">implies an estimate of overall value

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">5. assume: v. assuming: conjunction

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">to think that something is true, although you do not have definite proof

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">example: I didn't see your car, so I assumed you'd gone out.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Assuming that you get a place at university, how are you going to finance your studies?

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">assume <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">begin to have the appearance, character <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">simulate <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">imitate or reproduce the appearance ,character

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">6. authority:n. authorization: n. authorize: v. power/organization/expert/permission

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Children may not leave the building without the authorization(authority) of the principal.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">authorize somebody to do something

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">authority n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">dominance n. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">can be used in a plant or animal community

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">7. available: adj. avail: n. or v. availability n. something can be done/use an opportunity to do something/get some advantages in doing sth.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">We searched the whole area but all to no avail. Robbie had disappeared.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">something is available

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">available <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">means” present” or “potentially present” but not necessary or not reachable <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">accessible <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">means ” reachable “ or “potentially reachable”

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">8. benefit n.or v. beneficial adj. beneficiary n.(people who get benefit) advantanges /extra things/money from government

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">They are working together to benefit the whole community.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The new credit cards will great benefit to our customers.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">A drug that has a the immune system

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">benefit n./v. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">something you looking for <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">advantage n./v. <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">something can help you success

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">9. concept n. an idea of how something is, or how something should be done

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the concept of

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the concept that we are citizens of one world

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">self-concept

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">concept <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a combination of ideas an abstract idea <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">idea <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">unique thought the particular

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">10. consistent adj. consistency n. doesn't change /always same

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">She's the team's most consistent player.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Consumer groups are demanding greater consistency in the labelling of food products.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">consistent <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">means “without change or variation” <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">constant <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">means ‘without stopping’

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">11. constitute: v. consititution n. to be considered to be something / laws or rules or principles

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The rise in crime constitutes a threat to society.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The right to speak freely is written into the Constitution of the United States.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">constitute <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">be a part of whole <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">found <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">can mean “based on” “create”

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">12. context: n. contextual adj. contextualise v.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the words that come just before and after a word or sentence and that help you understand its meaning

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The meaning of 'mad' depends on its context.The essays seek to contextualise Kristeva's writings.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">context <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">form the setting for an event, statement, or idea <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">connection <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a relationship between people or things

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">13. contract n. or v. contraction n. an official agreement between two or more people, stating what each will do/to become smaller or narrower/to sign a contract

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Read the contract carefully before you sign it.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The economy has contracted by 2.5% since last year.\

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">contract <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">is written between two or more parties that is enforceable by law

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">agreement <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">is written between two or more parties that is not enforceable by law

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">14. create v. creation n. creative adj. to invent or design something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">This dish was created by our chef Jean Richard.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Most countries have systems of government that are relatively modern creations.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">This job is so boring. I wish I could do something more creative.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">create <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">bring into existence <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">devise <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; text-align: left;">a complex procedure or mechanism

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">15. data n. information or facts

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The research involves collecting data from two random samples.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">data on

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">data <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">data relate to fact, event. Data refers to unprocessed informationinformationit is anything that is communicated

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">16. define v. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">definition n. definite adj. to describe something correctly and thoroughly, and to say what standards, limits, qualities etc it has that make it different from other things

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The duties of the post are difficult to define.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">a dictionary definition

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">define <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">give a meaning of determinemake or cause to make a decision

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">17. derive v. derivation n. to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant feeling, from something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Medically, we willgreat benefit from this technique.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">derive <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">obtain something from a specified source <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">originate <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">create or invite

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">18. distribution n. distribute v. distributive adj. distributor n. the act of sharing things among a large group of people in a planned way

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the distribution of aid supplies

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Clothes and blankets have been distributed among the refugees.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">distribution <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">the action of distributingaveragethe result obtained by adding several amounts together and then dividing the total by the number of amounts

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">19. economy n. or adj. economize v. economically adv.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the system by which a country's money and goods are produced and used, or a country considered in this way

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the slowdown in the Japanese economy

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Higher taxes encourage people to economize on fuel.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">economy <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">may be defined as the state of a country or region in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services, and the supply of moneymarketis an economic system in which the production and distribution of goods and services takes place through the mechanism of free markets guided by a free price system

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">20. environment n. environmental adj. concerning or affecting the air, land, or water on Earth

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the environmental damage caused by the chemical industry

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">the effects of acid rain on the environment

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">environment <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operatesconditionthe state of something or someone, with regard to appearance, fitness, or working order

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">21. establish v. established adj. establishment n. to start a company, organization, system

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The city of Boerne was established by German settlers in the 1840s.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">a top class training establishment

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">establish <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">the seat for the government, governing policies, or governing offices

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">found <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">to lay the bottom or foundation of something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">22. estimate n. or v. estimation n. a calculation of the value, size, amount etc of something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The figure will only be about two million, less than half the original estimate.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The tree is estimated to be at least 700 years old.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym:

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">estimate <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">to approximate the worth or value of something, a best guess based on information, to approximate the answer to a math problem <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">estimate the costs of labor <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">assess

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">to look at a situation and determine what is going on, to determine the value of a piece of property in order to levy a tax, to examine and determine a person's character

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">assess the value of real estate

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">23. evident adj. evidence n. easy to see, notice, or understand/ facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">At present we have no evidence of life on other planets.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">It was evident that she was unhappy.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">evident <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">plain or obvious, clear

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">actual

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">existing in fact, real

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">24. export n. or v. the business of selling and sending goods to other countries

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">bales of cloth for export to the continent

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The company exports tuna to the US.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">export <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">send goods or services to another country for saletransporttake or carry from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">25. factor n. or v. one of several things that influence or cause a situation/ a particular level on a scale that measures how strong or effective something is

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The rise in crime is mainly due to social and economic factors.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">factor 15 suntan oil

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<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">factor <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">element

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">a basic constituent part

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">26. finance n. or v. the management of money by governments, large organizations etc

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">leasing and other forms of business finance

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The concerts are financed by the Arts Council.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym:

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">finance <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the management of large amounts of money, especially by governments or large companies <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">fund <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">a sum of money saved or made available for a particular purpose.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">27. formula n. a method or set of principles that you use to solve a problem or to make sure that something is successful

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">We're still searching for a peace formula.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">With viewing figures up a million, the programme has a winning formula.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym:

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">formula <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">used to make a mathematical statement prescription usedstatementprescriptionused <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">to make a medical statement

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">28. function n. or v. functional adj. the purpose that something has, or the job that someone or something does

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">In your new job you will perform a variety of functions.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Flights in and out of Taipei are functioning normally again.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym:

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">function <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">A function involves the things a person does in performing his/her role

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">role <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">A role is a function or part performed especially in a particular operation or process or context.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">29. identify v. identity n. to recognize and correctly name someone or something

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">He was too far away to be able to identify faces.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">The police took fingerprints and identified the body.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">identify <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">involves more than just recognize. When you identify something, you recognize it and put a name to it. recognize recognizeit.recognizerecognize <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">the key issues, successes and failures, and name or briefly describe them

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">30. income n. the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">People on a high income should pay more tax.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">synonym: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">income <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">any money you have coming in salary payinsalarypay <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">you get from working

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">31. Indicate v. indication n. indicative adj. to show that a particular situation exists, or that something is likely to be true

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Research indicates that over 81% of teachers are dissatisfied with their salary.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">his behavior is indicative of her whole attitude, I'm afraid.

synonym: <span style="color: #008800; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">indicate <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">more like something that is a fact for sure, or obvious <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">imply <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">more like, it hints at or suggests a certain meaning

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">32. Individual /ist/ism/ity adj. or n. considered separately from other people or things in the same group

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Each individual leaf on the tree is different.

synonym: <span style="color: #008800; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">individual <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">An individual is a person in a crowd having unique characteristics. Individual connotes individualism and properties that are unique to a person. <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Person <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">A person is a human being that thinks and walks

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">33. interpret v. interpretation n. interpretative adj. to translate spoken words from one language into another

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">They spoke good Spanish, and promised to interpret for me.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Reading is an interpretative process.

<span style="color: #008800; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">synonym
 * interpret

<span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">is to be able to draw conclusions from a concept which you understand <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">understand <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">is what you think it means

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">34. involve v. involved adj. involvement n. if an activity or situation involves something, that thing is part of it or a result of it

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">I didn't realize putting on a play involved so much work.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">School officials say they welcome parental

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">More than 30 software firms were involved in the project.

synonym: <span style="color: #008800; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">involve <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">to include or contain as a necessary part <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">include <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">to have as contents or part of the contents; be made up of or contain

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">35. issue n. or v. a subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of a lot of people

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">We should raise the issue of discrimination with the council.

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Silva issued a statement denying all knowledge of the affair.

<span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">synonym
 * issue

<span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">issue is smaller, not life altering is a factor that might cause you some annoyance <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">problem <span style="color: #008800; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">is larger in scale, often large enough to alter your life either temporarily or permanently can impact people and situations around you, even if they are not directly related to the problem

36. labour n. or v. work, especially physical work The garage charges £30 an hour for labour. They laboured all day in the mills.

synonym:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">work is when you voluntarily do something or if you are getting paid for it
37. legal adj. legacy n. something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time/if something is legal, you are allowed to do it or have to do it by law What the company has done is perfectly legal. The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear.

synonym:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">for accord with ethical principle
38. legislate v. legislation n. legislative adj. to make a law about something Only Parliament has the power to legislate on constitutional matters. This is a very important piece of legislation The new assemblies will have no someone who has the power to make laws or belongs to an institution that makes laws legislative power.

synonym:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">not only deal with laws but it deals with principles as well
39. major adj. v. n. having very serious or worrying results/an officer of middle rank in the British or US army or marines, or in the US air force ➔ drum major/ to study something as your main subject at college or university: There is a major problem with parking in London. Her major is history. He's majoring in Political Science.

synonym:

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">main is the most important the most known
40. method n. a planned way of doing something, especially one that a lot of people know about and use

traditional teaching methods I think we should try again using a different method.

synonym: