Vocabulary Set 12

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

conduct: to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get information or prove
facts

 yürütmek, yönetmek, idare etmek

 We are conducting a survey of consumer attitudes towards organic food.
 The orchestra is conducted by John Williams.

straight: 1. in a line or direction that is not curved or bent

 düz
 Terry was so tired he couldn’t walk straight.
 My sister has straight hair.

2. immediately, without delay, or without doing anything else first

 direkt, hemen
 I went straight up to bed.

3. informal; someone who is straight is attracted to people of the opposite sex

 dizi ve filmlerde sıklıkla duyarız; cinsel tercih

 heteroseksüel (karşı cinse ilgi duyan, bu yüzden ‘’düz’’.)
 Are you straight?

court: the place where a trial is held, or the people there, especially the judge and the jury who
examine the evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not guilty

 mahkeme
 We will see about that in the court.
 She threatened to take the magazine to court (=take legal action against them) if they didn’t
publish an immediate apology.

passage: 1. a short part of a book, poem, speech, piece of music etc.

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  paragraf (bir kitaptan vs. bir bölüm anlamında)
 Read the passage and answer the questions accordingly.
 I have read tons of passages about the author, still I can’t find the reason of his death.

2. the movement of people or vehicles along a road or across an area of land

 geçiş, giriş, geçme, geçit

 He was guaranteed safe passage to the country.
 The passage was narrow and with full of dangers.

(in) vain: without success in spite of your efforts

 boşuna
 Police have spent hours searching in vain for the missing teenager.
 Altman swore that his son’s death would not be in vain.

relevant: directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered

 konuyla ilgili, bağlantılı

 We received all the relevant information.
 How is this relevant to the topic?

irrelevant: not useful or not relating to a particular situation, and therefore not important

 alakasız, ilgisiz, önemsiz

 Her comments seemed irrelevant to the real issue.

matter: 1. a subject or situation that you have to think about or deal with.

 konu, mesele
 There are important matters we need to discuss.
 Could I talk to you about a personal matter?
 Allen denied any knowledge of the matter

2. a problem

 sorun, problem
 What’s the matter with you?

3. to be important, especially to be important to you, or to have an effect on what happens

 usually used in negative form

 önemli olmak

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  A: Would you like to have tea or coffee? B: It doesn’t matter.
 It mattered a great deal to her what other people thought of her.
 All that matters is that you are safe.

A) Exercise: Öğren!

Fill in the blanks with the target words!

conduct straight court

matter passage (in) vain
relevant irrelevant

1. George, I think our daughter has a problem. She came home upset and went

________________ to her room without saying a word.

2. We’re focusing too much on ___________________ details.

3. I don't think your answers are ___________________to this discussion.

4. He read out a short ____________________ from the book.

5. Could I talk to you about a personal __________________?

6. I took the test but I couldn’t pass it. So all my efforts so far was _________________.

7. The two big companies had a disagreement. It will be solved in __________________ next

month if they can’t solve it themselves.

8. Turkey and Russia agreed on a free _________________ of 3 months for their people. So,

you don’t have to have visa to go to Russia.

9. They are __________________ a campaign to stop bombings and assassinations.

10. A: Your ex-girlfriend has just called. She wants to talk to you. B: It doesn’t ______________

what she has to say, I am over her. So, tell her I said no.

11. She's threatening to take me to __________________ for not paying the rent on time.

12. Go _____________________ along this road and turn left at the traffic lights.

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B) Match the Words! Pekiştir!

conduct straight court

matter passage (in) vain

relevant irrelevant

1) _________________: not useful or not relating to a particular situation, and therefore not

important

2) _________________: without success in spite of your efforts

3) _________________: the place where a trial is held, or the people there, especially the

judge and the jury who examine the evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or not

guilty

4) _________________: immediately, without delay, or without doing anything else first

5) _________________: to carry out a particular activity or process, especially in order to get

information or prove facts

6) _________________: informal; someone who is straight is attracted to people of the

opposite sex

7) _________________: the movement of people or vehicles along a road or across an area of

land

8) _________________: a subject or situation that you have to think about or deal with.

9) _________________: directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or

considered

10) _________________: a problem

11) _________________: a short part of a book, poem, speech, piece of music etc.

12) _________________: in a line or direction that is not curved or bent

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 13) _________________: to be important, especially to be important to you, or to have an effect

on what happens

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)

passage: ____________________________________________________________________.

(in) vain: ____________________________________________________________________.

matter: _____________________________________________________________________.

conduct: ____________________________________________________________________.

straight: ____________________________________________________________________.

court: ______________________________________________________________________.

irrelevant: ___________________________________________________________________.

relevant: ____________________________________________________________________.

CEVAP ANAHTARI:

A: straight, irrelevant, relevant, passage, matter, in vain, court, passage, conducting, matter, court,
straight

B: irrelevant, in vain, court, straight, conduct, straight, passage, matter, relevant, matter, passage,
straight, matter

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

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