UNIT TWENTY FOUR
*-precious :/preSes /adj 1 of great value
beauty the metals gold platinum
stones diamonds,rubies,etc .2 highly valued,dear: her children are
very rtoner.3(colloq)(as in intensive)complete:hes a rascal. it cost ar sight
more than I could afford, very
much more.4(of language, work man ship ,etc) over
refined;affected . adv (colloq)very I have little (=hardly any money left .v.ly adv -nessn ).
*-delicate :ldeli ket /adj 1-soft; terder;of fine or thin material
:as ~as milk
the ~skin of agonug
girl 2-fine;exquisite jwellery of work man ship.
*-billion : /b IlIen /n CGB
millon million s or 10(F VS) thousand
million s or 10.App4.
*-hemishpare /hemisfien (r)/n half a spare; half
the earth the Northren
/Southerr ~nort /south
of the equator the Eastern ~,Eurone
,Asia ,Africa and Australia the
Westren ~ N and S America .
*-realise
:/ rIelaIz /vtbe fully conscious of under stand :Does he ~his error yes1~that you mus have
help ?.
*-actually :/ae Kt felI /adn in ~fast ;
really the political
party ~ly
in power . He
looks honest ,but ~ly he s a
rogue
*-basic /beIsIk / adj
of or at the base or foundation ; fundamental the ~
processes of arithmetic ,eg adding subtraction ,multiplying ;the ~vocabulary of a
language the word that must
be Known
.
*-genius :/d3 InIes /n pl-ses , but =>Gbelow great and excep tional
capacity of
the mind or imagination
;ereative or inventive cap city mef of ~.
*-fraction : /fraekfn /n
1-small part or bit
2-number that is a not whole
number (1,3 ,518 , 0,76).
*-ability :/ebIletI /n
1- [v] (potential ) capacity or power (to do sth
lphysic or mental ) :to the best of My ~, as well as I can . I do not doubt
your ~ to do the work
. 2-[V] cleverness ;intelligence : aman of great
~ .3-[C] (pl-ties ) mental powers , aman of great abilities .
*-prodigy :/prodid3I / n
(pl-gies ) sth wonder ful because It seems to be
contrary to the law of nature ; person who hasunusull or
remarkable
abilities or who is remarkable example of sth a ~of learning ;prodigies
of
nature .
Prepared by:
YASSEN MOHAMMD