Vocabulary Set 89

Target Vocabulary:
Bu bölümde öğrenmenizi hedeflediğimiz ‘’hedef kelimeler’’.

encounter: to experience something, especially problems or opposition

 karşılaşmak (problem, karşıtlık, durum vs.)

 They encountered serious problems when two members of the expedition were injured.
 The doctor had encountered several similar cases in the past.

2. to meet someone without planning to

 karşılaşmak (biriyle)
 I first encountered him when studying at Anadolu University.

delicious: very pleasant to taste or smell

 lezzetli, nefis, güzel, hoş

 ‘The meal was absolutely delicious, ’ she said politely.
 She makes a really delicious dish with chicken and rice.

predict: to say that something will happen, before it happens

 tahmin etmek
 It is difficult to predict what the long-term effects of the accident will be.
 Experts predicted that the economic situation would improve.

interpret: to decide what the intended meaning of something is

 yorumlamak
 It's difficult to interpret these statistics without knowing how they were obtained
 Any change of policy will be interpreted as a sign of weakness.
 How do you interpret this article?

tap: a piece of equipment for controlling the flow of water, gas etc from a pipe or container

 musluk
 She went into the bathroom and turned on the taps.

shade: slight darkness or shelter from the direct light of the sun made by something blocking it

 gölge
 She was sitting in the shade of a large tree.

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faith: a strong feeling of trust or confidence in someone or something

 inanç
 I still have faith in him.
 ‘Have faith, Alexandra, ’ he said.
 The public has lost faith in the government.

2. belief and trust in God

tanrıya olan inanç; iman

 People of all faiths are welcome in this building.

 I have faith in God.

A) Exercise: Öğren!
Fill in the blanks with the target words!

encounter delicious predict interpret

tap shade faith

1. A: How do you believe something to be real that you have never seen? B: I have
__________________.
2. The government has __________________ strong opposition to its plans to raise income tax.
3. No one could have _________________ that she might do something like that.
4. The apple pie is __________________ with vanilla ice cream.
5. He __________________ her comments as a sign that she is against the current government
and its leaders.
6. What are you cooking? It smells ____________________.
7. Despite recent bad incidents, I have still __________________ that everything will be all
right.
8. The temperature was over 45 degrees in the __________________, in Adana today.
9. The kitchen ___________________ is broken again. Can you call someone to fix it?
Otherwise, we won’t be able to wash the dishes.
10. It was rare that she __________________ interesting people through her work.

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 11. I love my mother’s dishes. It doesn’t matter what she cooks, they are always
____________________.
12. In the future, it may be possible to __________________ earthquakes. Unfortunately, it’s
not the case for now.

B) Match the Words! Pekiştir!

encounter delicious predict interpret

tap shade faith

1) ___________________: belief and trust in God

2) ___________________: to decide what the intended meaning of something is
3) ___________________: to meet someone without planning to
4) ___________________: to say that something will happen, before it happens
5) ___________________: very pleasant to taste or smell
6) ___________________: to experience something, especially problems or opposition
7) ___________________: slight darkness or shelter from the direct light of the sun made by
something blocking it
8) ___________________: a piece of equipment for controlling the flow of water, gas etc from
a pipe or container
9) ___________________: a strong feeling of trust or confidence in someone or something

C) Write a sentence of your own for each of the words you’ve just learned! ++ Write
Turkish meanings of the words. – Uzmanlaş!

- Öğrendiğiniz kelimelerin Türkçe karşılıklarını hiçbir yere bakmadan yazın, daha sonra bu
kelimelerle en az 1 tane örnek cümle yazın. (Verilen her anlam için bir örnek)

predict: ___________________________________________________________________________.

encounter: ________________________________________________________________________.

delicious: __________________________________________________________________________.

tap: ______________________________________________________________________________.

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interpret: _________________________________________________________________________.

shade: ____________________________________________________________________________.

faith: _____________________________________________________________________________.

CEVAP ANAHTARI:

A: faith, encountered, predicted, delicious, interpreted, delicious, faith, shade, tap, encountered,
delicious, predict

B: faith, interpret, encounter, predict, delicious, encounter, shade, tap, faith

C: Kendi cümleleriniz + kelimelerin anlamlarını en üstten kontrol edebilirsiniz.

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