Quiz 6
19.11.09
Vanishing voices
1. Identity /aɪˈden.tɪ.ti/-- who or what sb/sth is or the characteristics, feelings or beliefs that distinguish people from others (tożsamość): a sense of national / cultural / personal / group identity
2. Vanish /ˈvæn.ɪʃ/-- to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain or to stop existing (zniknąć)
3. Unprecedented /ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/-- that has never happened, been done or been known before (bez precedensu, niesłychany, niebywały): The situation is unprecedented in modern times.
4. Communicate with/to /kəˈmjuː.nɪ.keɪt/-- to exchange information, news, ideas, etc. with Sb (porozumiewać się )
5. Diversity /da ɪˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/-- a range of many people or things that are very different from each other SYN variety (róźnorodność, rozmaitość)
6. The key to --
7. Survival /səˈvaɪ.vəl/ -- the state of continuing to live or exist, often despite difficulty or danger (przetrwanie, przeżycie)
8. Westerner /ˈwes.tə.nər/ -- a person who comes from or lives in the western part of the world, especially western Europe or N America (mieszkanieć zachodu)
9. Community /kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/ -- all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when talked about as a group or a group of people who share the same religion, race, job, etc. (społeczność, społeczeństwo, wspólnota)
10. Extraordinary /ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/ -- unexpected, surprising or strange SYN incredible or not normal or ordinary; greater or better than usual (niezwykły, zadziwiający, wyjątkowy)
11. Die out -- to stop living or to stop existing; to disappear (wymierać, wygasać): to die of / from cancer
12. Assimilation /əˌsɪm.ɪˈleɪ.ʃən/ -- the act of assimilating sb or sth, or being assimilated (asymilacja, wchłanianie, przyswajanie):his assimilation into the community
13. Genocide /ˈdʒen.ə.saɪd/ -- [U] the murder of a whole race or group of people (ludobójstwo, ludobójca)
14. Earthquake /ˈɜːθ.kweɪk/ -- a sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surfach (trzęsienie ziemi)
15. Displace /dɪˈspleɪs/ -- to force people to move away from their home to another place (wysiedlać, przesiedlać)
16. Survivor /səˈvaɪ.vər/ -- a person who continues to live, especially despite being nearly killed or experiencing great danger or difficulty (ocalały)
17. Trauma /ˈtrɔː.mə/ -- [U] (psychology) a mental condition caused by severe shock, especially when the harmful effects last for a long time or [C, U] an unpleasant experience that makes you feel upset and/or anxious (uraz, trauma)
18. Displacement /dɪˈspleɪs.mənt/ -- (formal) when people are forced to leave the place where they normally live (wysiedlenie)
19. Accompany (by) /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/ -- to happen or appear with sth else (toważyszyć)
20. Idiosyncratic – adj (specyficzny)
21. Idiosyncrasy /ˌɪd.i.əˈsɪŋ.krə.si/ -- a person’s particular way of behaving, thinking, etc., especially when it is unusual; an unusual feature SYN eccentricity (dziwactwo)
22. Result in sth /rɪˈzʌl.tɪŋ/ -- (phv) to make sth happen SYN lead to (powodować, prowadzić do)
23. Dialects /ˈdaɪ.ə.lekt/ -- the form of a language that is spoken in one area with grammar, words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language (dialect, gwara)
24. Bilingualism – noun
25. Bilingual /baɪˈlɪŋ.gwəl/ -- using two languages; written in two languages or able to speak two languages equally well because you have used them since you were very young (dwujęzyczny)
26. Slip into – (wślizgnąć się, zakraść się, wejść skrycie)
27. Self-conscious (about sth) /ˈkɒn.t ʃəs/ -- nervous or embarrassed about your appearance or what other people think of you: He’s always been self-conscious about being so short. Or (often disapproving) done in a way that shows you are aware of the effect that is being produced (skrępowany, nieśmiały)
28. Semilingualism – noun
29. Semilingual –??
30. Thence /ðent s/ -- (old use or formal) from that place; following that (stamtąd, skutkiem tego)
31. Monolingualism -- noun
32. Monolingual -- speaking or using only one language
33. Enable /ɪˈneɪ.bl ̩/ --
34. Species /ˈspiː.ʃiːz/ --
35. Maintain /meɪnˈteɪn/ --
36. Encapsulated /ɪnˈkæp.sjʊ.leɪt/ --
37. Access /ˈæk.ses/ --
38. Appreciate /əˈpriː.ʃi.eɪt/ --
39. Myth /mɪθ/ --
40. Multiplicity /ˌmʌl.tɪˈplɪs.ɪ.ti/ --
41. Curse /kɜːs/ --
42. Blessing /ˈbles.ɪŋ/ --
43. Established /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃt/ --
44. Eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ --
45. Albeit /ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/ --
46. Ancestors /ˈæn.ses.tər / --
Abandoned /əˈbæn.dənd/
Struggling /ˈstrʌg.lɪŋ/ --
Master of /ˈmɑː.stər/ --
Secure /sɪˈkjʊər/ --
Claims /kleɪm/...
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