Exercise 02b < Academic Vocabulary, 01a-02b

Hint: The answer should be capitalized! (det inte rätt in rysska att använda begynnelsebokstav i ordet ”переодическая система” or ”переодическая таблица”. Hur behöver jag att skriva?

Periodic

My parents are off tonight attending some diplomatic [прием] or other.

function ceremony gala

One [потенциальная] threat lay to the east, where Prussia was mobilizing her forces.

potential

Please read [главы] 4 to 6 by Friday.

chapters Chapters

Info: The word is often capitalized when referring to a specific work.

She stated her case with a certain [ударение] on how unfairly she had been treated.

emphasis stress

The [процедура] was well-known to all of the participants.

procedure

The [принципы] of the penal reform were simple, but dubious.

principles

The glitch would [произошла] at irregular intervals, which was very frustrating to the engineers.

occur happen

The police only have some [косвенных] evidence to go on, so they’re treating the affair very cautiously.

Hint: An adjective is needed, to specify the type of evidence.

circumstantial

There were at least three [критерия] they used to select the winner.

Hint: Note the unusual singular and plural forms!

criteria

Info: One criterion, two criteria.

Those blood values are perfectly [обычное] for a growing teenage girl.

normal average standard

Ulysses’ Trojan Horse was the most memorable [военная хитрость, уловка] of the Trojan War.

strategem trick

You have to look at the whole [контекст, ситуация] to understand what was going on then.

context situation

Your results would [показывают] that there is an unknown factor affecting the growth of the bacteria.

indicate suggest