Compatible- ideas or systems that are compatible can exist together Concrete- made of concrete Confession- a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime Conservationist- someone who works to protect the environment from damage or destruction Council- the elected officials who govern a local area such as a city or county: can be followed by a singular or plural verb Descent- the act of moving down to a lower place or position Detached- not feeling involved with someone or something in a close or emotional way distinguished - successful and respected by many people District- an area of a town or country Draped- to put something made of cloth over or around something Draughts- a game for two people, played on a board with black and white squares using 24 round pieces. The American word is checkers Drill- a way of teaching people something by making them repeat it several times
conventional medicine n - the usual form of medicine Language Leader Advanced practised in most European and North American countries [= western medicine] tavameditsiin 1. alternative medicine ['meds()n] n - medical 18.cough v - [kf] to suddenly push air out of your throat treatment that is not based on the usual western with a short sound, often repeatedly: Matthew methods: Acupuncture is widely used by practitioners coughed and cleared his throat. köhima of alternative medicine. 19.discharge v - to officially allow someone to leave 2. anonymous ['nnims] adj - unknown by name: Our somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy client prefers to remain anonymous
This section contains two types of questions, both designed to test your ability to recognize correct style and grammar in written English. The sentences are academic; ones that you typically find in college level texts, journals, and encyclopedias. The sentence topics include the social sciences, physical and life sciences, and the humanities. Structure The structure questions test your ability to recognize correct structure and word order. These questions consist of a sentence with one or more words missing. You must make the choice that best completes the sentence. Here is an example of this type of question. YOU WILL SEE: __________ a short time after the Civil War, Atlanta has become the principal center of transportation, commerce, and finance in the southeastern United States. (A) While rebuilt (B) It was rebuilt (C) Rebuilt (D) When rebuilt The correct choice is (C). The other choices make the sentence incorrect or awkward. Written Expression
appliances. But the latter mentioned fact is an advantage for us teachers as well. It gives us an opportunity to provide our students to experience success. They can help and assist us if we need some technological help. Another thing is that in schools, in classes generally students are not allowed to use their appliances, so it means they have to communicate verbally as well. I think that teachers should be creative to blend so-called digital learning/teaching with old-fashioned learning/teaching. · Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? Sir Ken Robinson claims in the clip that " creativity in education is as important as literacy, we should treat it with the same status." I totally agree with all what he said. We have very strict education systems that don't allow a room for mistakes and they categorize people based on their achievements in exams. There is nothing like potentials, creativeness,
descriptive law (kirjeldav õigus) - laws which simply describe how people or even natural phenomenas usually behave nation (riik) - country with its own goverment citizen (kodanik) - person native of a country; realationship between country and a person stranger (välismaalne) - person who is unfamiliar, from another country penalty (karistus) - punishment fixed by law, as for a crime or from any soical groups goverment (valitsus) - organization which controlls a stre or community System of Courts (kohtusüsteem) - organization applying law in the name of states
Deciding to do a survey means committing oneself to work through a myriad of issues each of which is critical to the ultimate success of the survey. Yet, each day, throughout the world, thousands of surveys are being undertaken. Some surveys involve years of planning, require arduous efforts to select and interview respondents in their home and take many months to complete and many more months to report results. Other surveys are conducted with seemingly lightning speed as web survey requests are transmitted simultaneously to people regardless of their location, and completed surveys start being returned a few minutes later; data collection is stopped in a few days and results are reported minutes afterwards. Whereas some surveys use only one mode of data collection such as the telephone, others may involve multiple modes, for example, starting with mail, switching to telephone, and finishing up with face-to-face interviews
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