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A. Nouns:Date: 2015-10-07; view: 511. Pay attention to the following expressions: Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Technology Bachelor of Applied Science Master of Engineering (MEng) Master of Science (MSc) Master of Engineering Management Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering Engineering Doctorate (EngD) Exercise 1. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right: 1. duration a. a line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place 2. requirement b. the failure to take proper care over something 3. expulsion c. a wrongful act or an infringement of a right leading to legal liability 4. tort d. a thing that is needed or wanted 5. negligence e. the state of being no longer needed when something newer is invented 6. obsolescence f. the time during which something continues 7. proficiency g. the situation when someone is forced to leave a place 8. device h. a device for accumulating electric charge 9. circuit i. the ability to stop the flow of an electric current through it 10. resistor j. the ability or skill at something you do 11. capacitor k. a device allowing the flow of current in one direction only 12. diode l. a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment B. Adjectives: 1. significant a. being in original condition, extremely clean or new 2. licensed b. being ready to be served without further preparation 3. pristine c. being important or relevant 4. essential d. showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise 5. meticulous e. being so useful that its price cannot be determined 6. invaluable f. being a discrete quantity of energy 7. quantum g. having official permission from the government for doing something 8. off-the-shelf h. being absolutely necessary to a particular subject C. Verbs: 1. to possess a. to wait humbly for something, to be able to stand pain or difficulties 2. to pursue b. to make someone to do something 3. to satisfy c. to keep something at the same level or rate 4. to enforce d. to get something 5. to abide e. to follow or chase someone or something 6. to obtain f. to stamp a document 7. to maintain g. to have as belonging to one; own 8. to seal h. to fulfil one's desire or need
Exercise 2. Read the following text “Education” and fill in the gaps with the words given below:
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