METU/SFL Spring 2021

DBE
INTERMEDIATE GROUP
MORE TO READ I (MTR I)
COLLOCATIONAL VOCABULARY LIST FOR THE 1ST SPAN

WEEK 1
TEXT 23 IQ OR EQ
 to hire sb to do sth // to hire sb for a job (v)
 to promote sb (to sth / a position) (v)  to take/adopt/have a new/traditional/positive/
 to measure sth (v) different approach to sth (n)
 to calculate sth (v)  to be advantageous (to sb) (adj)
 to gain significance/experience/confidence/  to enhance sth/reputation/performance (v)
reputation/knowledge (v)  to exhibit sth (v)
 interaction between A and B (n)  to have a positive/negative effect on sth. (n)
 a productive worker/land (adj)  ability to do sth (n.)
 to tend to do sth (v)  to feel inadequate (adj)
 a complicated formula/instruction/system (adj)  to remind sb that + sentence // to remind sb
 findings show/suggest that + sentence (n) about sth // to remind sb to do sth (v)

TEXT 35 JAPANESE CULTURE

 to consist of sb/sth (v)
 to protect sb/sth/yourself (against/from sth) (n)
protection (for/of sb/sth) (against/from sth) (n)
 to expect sth (from sb/sth) // to expect (sb/sth) to do
sth // to expect (that + sentence) (v)
 to offer sth (v)
 a variety (of sth) (n)
 to decrease from ... to ... (v) // a decrease (in sth) (n)
 energy/fuel/water/rice consumption (n)
to consume sth (v)
TEXT 80 LAST BALLOON TO NOWHERE
 to devote your time/energy/attention to sth // to
devote yourself to sth (v)
 an inexperienced young man/driver/player (adj)
 varying weather/sizes/degrees/levels
to vary from...to // to vary in (v)
temperature variation (n)
 entire life/journey (adj)
 to make an observation // careful/detailed/direct
observation (n)
to observe sb / sth // to observe that +sentence (v)
 to make a great/impressive / significant
accomplishment (n)
to accomplish sth (v)
 to disagree with sb (v)
 to remain / stay constant (v)
 a fresh/dry/basic/natural ingredient (n)
 numerous attempts/occasions (adj)
 a special occasion (n)
 to influence sb/sth // to be strongly influenced
by sth (v)
to have a(n)
important/significant/considerable
/deep/profound influence on sth (n)
 to hold a meeting/competition/ceremony (v)
 to require sth (v)
 to speak/work/wear properly (adv)
a proper hair style/tool/place (adj)
 the inventor of dynamite / vacuum cleaner (n)
to invent sth (v)
a wonderful / successful invention (n)
 a second attempt // to make an attempt to do
sth (n)
 to accompany sb (v)
 a(n) ordinary / responsible individual (n)
 to pay attention to sth. (n)
 to postpone sth (v)
 to have the courage to do sth (n)
 to demonstrate sth / to demonstrate that +
sentence (v)
 to disappear (v)
 to act / do sth meticulously (adv)
meticulous planning / research (adj)

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 previous flights / attempts (adj)

WEEK 2

TEXT 59 JUNK FOOD & NO EXERCISE- NEW LIFESTYLE

 to spend time doing sth (v)
 doubt (about sth) // there is no / little / some doubt
(that) + sentence (n)
 to contain sth (v)
 to be associated with sth (adj)
 risk of cancer / heart disease / injury (n)
 to gain weight / speed / reputation / fame / knowledge
(v)
TEXT 139 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
 to compete in sports / in the marathon / at the
Olympics (v)
 participation in sth (n)
a(n) active / full / (un)willing / participant (in sth) (n)
to participate (in sth) (v)
 to encourage sth / the development of good
character / basic skills (n)
 to demonstrate a skill / an ability (v)
 an admirable skill / achievement (adj)
to admire sb / sth (for sth / for doing sth) (v)
 to charge sb with sth (v)
illegal drugs / substances / activities (adj)
 to have a side effect on sb / sth (n)
 to do / cause harm (v)
 to represent sth (v)
 to turn down sth (phrasal verb)
 to increase (from sth) (to sth) X to decrease
(from sth) (to sth) (v)
 health / economic / social / benefits of sth (n)
 to be equipped to do sth (adj)
 to look up to sb (phrasal verb)
 a controversy (over / about sb / sth) (n)
 to criticize sb / sth (for (doing) sth) (v)
 behavior of athletes // good / bad / criminal
behavior (n)
 to destroy the other team // to completely /
totally destroy sth (v)
 to deny sth // to deny doing sth // to deny
(that) + sentence // to strongly deny sth (v)
 outstanding skill / achievement / success /
performance (adj)
 the act of / the atmosphere of violence (n)
 to collapse (v)

WEEK 3
TEXT 130 THE HOPE OF ESPERANTO
 a multilingual dictionary / person / classroom (adj)  virtually (adv)
 an unrealized hope / ambition / goal / dream (adj)  to reach a peak (n)
to realize a hope / ambition / goal / dream (v)  to view sth as sth (v)
 to assume (that) + sentence (v)  to contribute to a problem /
 rough / approximate / accurate / reliable estimate (n) misunderstanding (v)
 complicated language / situation / problem / issue  to urge sb to do sth (v)
instruction / form (adj)  to adopt a language / a name / a religion / an
to complicate a situation (v) approach (v)
 memorized rules (adj)  to facilitate language learning /
to memorize vocabulary / grammar / rules / a poem communication (v)
(v)  to translate sth (from sth) into sth (v)
TEXT 132 LANGUAGE: IS IT ALWAYS SPOKEN?
 to acquire a skill / a language (v)  to have the ability to do sth (n)
 a deliberate movement / attempt (adj)  an innate ability (adj)

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 deliberately (adv)
 to convey a message (v)
 to carry out a(n) experiment / research / test / survey /
study / investigation (phrasal verb)
 to resemble sb / sth (v)
TEXT 102 SO YOU WANT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
 a successful / local / business entrepreneur (n)
 a connection between A and B (n)
 to achieve / have success (n)
 to inherit money // to inherit sth from sb. (v)
 to take advantage of sth (n)
 an efficient person / system / service (adj)
 to employ sb as sth (v)
 discrimination against sb // victims
discrimination // sexual / gender discrimination (n)
WEEK 4
TEXT 24 BGM: MORE THAN IT SEEMS
 to purchase sth (v)
 currently (adv)
 contrary to common belief (adj)
 extremely / highly / very effective (adj)
effectiveness of music / drug (n)
 to reach all audiences simultaneously (adv)
simultaneous translation / interpreting (adj)
TEXT 151 ENGLISH
 great / overwhelming / vast majority of sb / sth (n)
 the language of commerce // international / Internet
commerce (n)
 to be populated heavily / densely (adj)
 to settle in a place (v)
 to evaluate sth (v)
evaluation of sth (n)
 to result in sth (phrasal verb)
WEEK 5
TEXT 134 THE VISUAL MEDIA
 to affect sb / sth (v)
 to benefit sb / sth // to benefit from sth (v)
 local / nearby / hotel resident(s) (n)
 hotel / sports / health-care facility (n)
 to replace sth / sb with sth (v)
 to reduce sth (v)
 poor communication / health / harvest (adj)
 to contract AIDS / malaria (v)
 medical condition (n.)
 capacity for sth (n.) // capacity to do sth
 to prove sth (to sb) // to prove (that) +
sentence (v)
 to have the opportunity to do sth / for sth (n)
 to lead to sth (phrasal verb)
 emphasis on sth (n) // put / place emphasis
on sth (n)
to emphasize the importance of sth (v)
 self-destructive behaviour // to be
destructive to sth / health // to have a
destructive effect on sth (adj)
of
 the impact of a movie / tax system // to
have / make an impact on sth (n)
 to be significantly better / greater / worse
(adv)
 to be accompanied by sth (adj)
 to make / draw a distinction between A and
B (n)
 to found sth (v)
 distinct dialects / meanings / types /
categories (adj)
 to immigrate (to...) (from...) (v)
immigration (n)
an immigrant (n)
 respectively (adv)
 a(n) important / negative consequence of sth
(n)
 violent crime / protest / attack (adj)
violence (n)
 to be dissatisfied with sb / sth (adj)
 to envy sb / sth (v)
 to solve a problem / crisis (v)
to find a solution to a problem / crisis (n)
 an immoral behaviour / personality (adj)
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 a(n) important / main / negative feature (of) (n)  frequent attempts / intervals (adj)
 to scare sb (v)  to be similar to sb / sth // to be similar in sth
 an irrational / genuine fear // to feel / have deep / real (adj)
fear (n)
TEXT 136 SPONSORING SPORT
 to display sth (v)  good / bad / adverse publicity // to generate
 sponsorship (n) publicity (n)
to sponsor sth (v)  sporting / camping equipment (n)
 to have a chance to do sth (n) a piece / an item of equipment (n)
 to approach sb (for sth /about doing sth) (v)  to encourage sb. to do sth (v)
 to endorse a product /service (v)

WEEK 6
TEXT 41 THE QUALITIES WE PRIZE IN OUR CHILDREN
 to prize sth/a quality (v)  to distort sth/the truth/the facts/the results (v)
 contradictory results/messages/statements (adj)  a distortion of the facts (n)
 to raise sb/sth (v)  to take it for granted (idiom)
 a positive/negative virtue (n)  first/top priority // to give priority to sth // to
 it emerges that + sentence (v) have /take priority over sth (n)
 to rate sb/sth (as) sth // to be rated as sth // to  with the exception of (n)
rate the importance of sth (v)  to be confronted with sth (v)
 to have good/bad manners (n)  an industrious worker/student (adj)
 a sense of responsibility // to have/lose a sense  conscientiousness (n)
of sth (n)  conscientious (adj)
 to rank sth as // to rank high/low (v)  concerning (prep)
 to rear sb/sth (v)  obedience to sth/sb // in obedience to sth/sb (n)
 primary difficulties/purpose/aim/responsibility  to obey the law/rules (v)
(adj)  to be of paramount importance (adj)
TEXT 88 A DIFFERENT WINDOW
 remarkable features (adj)  to demonstrate sth (v)
 to examine sth/sb (v)  an intriguing theory (adj)
 to observe sth (v)  conventional methods (adj)
 to supply sb/sth with sth // to supply sth (to sb)  to expand sth (v)
(v)  to label sth (v)