SFL/METU Fall 2018

DBE
INTERMEDIATE GROUP
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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 take/adopt/have a new/traditional/positive/
 to promote sb (to sth / a position) (v) different approach to sth (n)
 to measure sth (v)  to be advantageous (to sb) (adj)
 to calculate sth (v)  to enhance sth/reputation/performance (v)
 to gain significance/experience/confidence/  to exhibit sth (v)
reputation/knowledge (v)  to have a positive/negative effect on sth. (n)
 interaction between A and B (n)  ability to do sth (n.)
 a productive worker/land (adj)  to feel inadequate (adj)
 to tend to do sth (v)  to remind sb that + sentence // to remind sb
 a complicated formula/instruction/system (adj) about sth // to remind sb to do sth (v)
 findings show/suggest that + sentence (n)
TEXT 35 JAPANESE CULTURE
 to consist of sb/sth (v)  a fresh/dry/basic/natural ingredient (n)
 to protect sb/sth/yourself (against/from sth) (n)  numerous attempts/occasions (adj)
protection (for/of sb/sth) (against/from sth) (n)  a special occasion (n)
 to expect sth (from sb/sth) // to expect (sb/sth) to  to influence sb/sth // to be strongly influenced
do sth // to expect (that + sentence) (v) by sth (v)
 to offer sth (v) to have a(n) important/significant/considerable
 a variety (of sth) (n) /deep/profound influence on sth (n)
 to decrease from ... to ... (v) // a decrease (in sth)  to hold a meeting/competition/ceremony (v)
(n)  to require sth (v)
 energy/fuel/water/rice consumption (n)  to speak/work/wear properly (adv)
to consume sth (v) a proper hair style/tool/place (adj)
TEXT 110 RAISING A SMILE
 to regard sb/sth as sth (v)  to enable sb/sth to do sth (v)
 sense of superiority/relief/panic (n)  to reduce sth significantly/considerably (v)
 to lack self-confidence/necessary skills/  to see sb as a threat // to present / pose a threat
consistency/money (v) to sb/sth (n)
 a means of releasing energy/transport/  anxiety (about/over sth) (n)
communication (n)  to establish relations/links/contact (with sb)
 to provide relief/information/medical care // to  implication (of sth) (for sth) (n)
provide sb with sth // to provide sth for sb (v)  to avoid (doing) sth (v)
 a harmless creature/substance/drug (adj)  to achieve sth/success/your goal/your dream (v)
 to perceive sth/sb as sth // to perceive sth/sb to be  to cope with a problem/situation (v)
sth (v)  attitude to/towards sb/sth (n)
perception of sth (n)  to allow sb to do sth (v)

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 WEEK 2

TEXT 40 THE MOHANA

 to alter sb/sth (v)  to approach sb/sth (v)
 to attach sth (to sth) (v)  to hold/keep sb in captivity (n)
 to survive a plane crash/an accident/in very cold  Polish/ethnic community (n)
conditions (v)  personal/the distribution of wealth (n)
 to determine sth/to determine that + sentence (v)  to be in danger of extinction (n)
 an unusual name/expression/politician (adj) to be/become extinct (adj)
 shallow water/end (of the swimming pool) (adj)  to threaten to do sth // to threaten sb with sth
 to swim against the current (n) a threat (n)
 a solution (to sth) // to find a solution (n)  to make a contribution to sth (n)
 surface of sth (n) to contribute to sth // to contribute sth to sth
 to detect sth (v) (v)
 to approve of sth (v)
TEXT 75 EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN
 to explore sth (v)  geographical feature // standard/main/
 to develop a robot/a program/technology/drugs (v) important/significant feature (n)
 to be attached to sth (v)  energy/water shortage // shortage of sth (n)
 on the surface of the ocean/moon/Earth (n)  an overcrowded place (adj)
 miss/hit the target (n)  to make use of sth (phrase)
 to be surrounded by sth
TEXT 80 LAST BALLOON TO NOWHERE
 to devote your time/energy/attention to sth // to  the inventor of dynamite / vacuum cleaner (n)
devote yourself to sth (v) to invent sth (v)
 an inexperienced young man/driver/player (adj) a wonderful / successful invention (n)
 varying weather/sizes/degrees/levels  a second attempt // to make an attempt to do
to vary from...to // to vary in (v) sth (n)
temperature variation (n)  to accompany sb (v)
 entire life/journey (adj)  a(n) ordinary / responsible individual (n)
 to make an observation // careful/detailed/direct  to pay attention to sth. (n)
observation (n)  to postpone sth (v)
to observe sb / sth // to observe that +sentence (v)  to have the courage to do sth (n)
 to make a great/impressive / significant  to demonstrate sth / to demonstrate that +
accomplishment (n) sentence (v)
to accomplish sth (v)  to disappear (v)
 to disagree with sb (v)  to act / do sth meticulously (adv)
 to remain / stay constant (v) meticulous planning / research (adj)
 previous flights / attempts (adj)

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 WEEK 3
TEXT 59 JUNK FOOD & NO EXERCISE- NEW LIFESTYLE
 to spend time doing sth (v)
 doubt (about sth) // there is no / little / some doubt  to do / cause harm (v)
(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 /  health / economic / social / benefits of sth (n)
knowledge (v)
TEXT 67 LUCKY PEOPLE
 to remain healthy / calm / silent (v)
 accurate / reliable estimate (n)
 physical / manual labour (n)
 to have no intention of doing sth (n)
 to contribute to sth (v)
 isolation (from sb / sth) (n)
to be isolated (from sb / sth) (adj)
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 of
discrimination // sexual / gender discrimination (n)
TEXT 139 PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
 to compete in sports / in the marathon / at the  to look up to sb (phrasal verb)
Olympics (v)
 participation in sth (n)
a(n) active / full / (un)willing / participant (in sth)  behavior of athletes // good / bad / criminal
(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)
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 to have a side effect on sb / sth (n)
 to represent sth (v)
 to turn down sth (phrasal verb)
 to increase (from sth) (to sth) X to decrease
(from sth) (to sth) (v)
 to be equipped to do sth (adj)
 to separate sb / sth from sb / sth (v)
 inherited factors (adj)
to inherit sth (from sb) (v)
 remarkable progress / memory / talent (adj)
 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)
 a controversy (over / about sb / sth) (n)
 to criticize sb / sth (for (doing) sth) (v)
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 4
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 / misunderstanding
 rough / approximate / accurate / reliable estimate (v)
(n)  to urge sb to do sth (v)
 complicated language / situation / problem / issue  to adopt a language / a name / a religion / an
instruction / form (adj) approach (v)
to complicate a situation (v)  to facilitate language learning /
 memorized rules (adj) communication (v)
to memorize vocabulary / grammar / rules / a poem  to translate sth (from sth) into sth (v)
(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)
deliberately (adv)  capacity for sth (n.) // capacity to do sth
 to convey a message (v)  to prove sth (to sb) // to prove (that) +
 to carry out a(n) experiment / research / test / sentence (v)
survey / study / investigation (phrasal verb)  to have the opportunity to do sth / for sth (n)
 to resemble sb / sth (v)
TEXT 151 ENGLISH
 great / overwhelming / vast majority of sb / sth (n)  to found sth (v)
 the language of commerce // international /  distinct dialects / meanings / types / categories
Internet commerce (n) (adj)
 to be populated heavily / densely (adj)  to immigrate (to...) (from...) (v)
 to settle in a place (v) immigration (n)
 to evaluate sth (v) an immigrant (n)
evaluation of sth (n)  respectively (adv)
 to result in sth (phrasal verb)

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 WEEK 5
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 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.)
 a(n) important / main / negative feature (of) (n)
 to scare sb (v)
 an irrational / genuine fear // to feel / have deep /
real fear (n)
TEXT 136 SPONSORING SPORT
 to display sth (v)
 sponsorship (n)
to sponsor sth (v)
 to have a chance to do sth (n)
 to approach sb (for sth /about doing sth) (v)
 to endorse a product /service (v)
 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)
 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)
 frequent attempts / intervals (adj)
 to be similar to sb / sth // to be similar in sth
(adj)
 good / bad / adverse publicity // to generate
publicity (n)
 sporting / camping equipment (n)
a piece / an item of equipment (n)
 to encourage sb. to do sth (v)