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Vocabulary 12 B Flashcards

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6438125563continuerto continue0
6438125564se déplacerto move (change location)1
6438126718descendreto go/come down2
6438127981monterto go/ come up3
6438127982suivreto follow4
6438129315traverserto cross5
6438129317être perduto be lost6
6438131012s'orienterto get one's bearings7
6438132474tournerto turn8
6438133891un angle / un coincorner9
6438133892un bancbench10
6438135813un bâtimentbuilding11
6438136689un boulevardboulevard12
6438137925un carrefourintersection13
6438137926un cheminway; path14
6438139955un coincorner15
6438141249un feu de signalisationtraffic lights16
6438147541un office du tourismetourist office17
6438151042un pontbridge18
6438151043une avenueavenue19
6438153064une cabin téléphoniquephone booth20
6438153065des indicationsdirections21
6438154272une fontainefountain22
6438155740une ruestreet23
6438157065une statuestatue24
6438158023esteast25
6438158024nordnorth26
6438158025ouestwest27
6438158026sudsouth28
6438159335au bout deat the end of29
6438161126au coin deat the corner of30
6438161127autour dearound31
6438162312jusqu'àuntil32
6438165280tout près devery close to33
6438166447tout droitstraight ahead34
6438170275à droiteto the right35
6438172938à gaucheto the left36

Vitamin B12 Flashcards

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6609020597Formscyanocobalamin Hydroxocobalamn Aquacobalamin0
6609021046Co enzyme formsmethylcobalamin 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin1
6609021955SourcesAnimal products - meat and dairy destroyed by microwaving2
6609022544RDIAdults = 2.4 mcg3
6609025453Digestion, absorption and transportreleased from proteins by HCL binds to R protein B12 released and join with intrinsic factor B12IF released across membrane4
6609030209DeficiencyMegaloblastic macrocytic anemia GI diturbances Neurological symptoms5
6609031107CausesInadequate intake impaired pancreatic exocrine, gastric or intestinal function Anasthetic6
6609031968FunctionsCell growth and replication Metabolism of carbs, protein and fats fatty acid in nucleic synthesis production of RBC Nervous system - synthesis protein structures mylein shealth and nerve cells Immune - cellular immunity methylation cycle7

AP Language & Composition Tropes List Flashcards

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8455746184MetaphorAn implied comparison between two things of unlike nature that yet have something in common0
8455746185SimileAn explicit comparison between two things of unlike nature that yet have something in common; a comparison of two things using either "like" or "as"1
8455746186SynechdocheA figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole Example: All hands on deck.2
8455746187MetonymySubstitution of some attributive or suggestive word for what is actually meant Example: In Europe, we gave the cold shoulder to De Gaulle, and the warm hand to Mao Tse-tung. (Richard Nixon, 1960)3
8455746188Zeugmaa figure of speech in which a word, usually a verb or an adjective, applies to more than one noun, blending together grammatically and logically different ideas Example: He maintained a flourishing business and racehorse.4
8455746189Personificationinvesting abstractions or inanimate objects with human qualities or abilities. Example: He glanced at the dew covered grass, and it winked back at him.5
8455746190ApostropheAddressing an absent person or a personified abstraction. This imbues the subject with an emotional charge. Example: Death, thou shalt die (John Donne)6
8455746191Hyperbolethe use of exaggerated terms for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect. Example: It's really ironical...I have gray hair. I really do. The one side of my head--the right side--is full of millions of gray hairs (Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye)7
8455746192LitotesDeliberate use of understatement, not to deceive someone but to enhance the impressiveness of what is stated Example: Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her appearance for the worse (Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub)8
8455746193Rhetorical QuestionAsking a question, not for the purpose of eliciting an answer but for the purpose of asserting or denying something obliquely.9
8455746194SarcasmWitty language used to convey insults or scorn. Example: Ugliness is in a way superior to beauty because it lasts (Serge Gainsbourg)10
8455746195OnomatopoieaUse of words whose sound echoes the sense Example: Strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far (G.K. Chesterton, Lepanto)11
8455746196OxymoronThe yoking of two terms that are ordinarily contradictory, thus creating a startling effect. Involves a turn of meaning of juxtaposed words. Example: Sweet pain, cheerful pessimist, cruel kindness, thunderous silence.12
8455746197ParadoxAn apparently contradictory statement that nevertheless contains a measure of truth. Involves a turn of meaning in the whole statement. Art is a form of lying to tell the truth (Pablo Picasso)13

B12 Flashcards

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5174073153DisparageTo discredit0
5174073154LaudablePraiseworthy1
5174074891FiascoComplete failure2
5174076511MasticateChew up3
5174078349EschewAvoid4
5174081011To let the sleeping dogs lieTo let well enough alone5
5472762748QuellPut an end to6
5472764290VolubleTalkative7
5472765416ConfidanteOne to some you confide your secret8
5472770820ObsolescenceProcess of wearing out9
5472772029DubiousDoubtful10
5472773325Thumbs downSignal of rejection11

Wordly Wise 3000® Level 8, Lesson 1 Flashcards

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6603646429avid(adj) 1. Having a strong desire for, to the point of greed. 2. Eager; enthusiastic.0
6603646430brusque(adj) Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff.1
6603646431concise(adj) Short and to the point.2
6603646432demean(v) To cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character.3
6603646433despicable(adj) Deserving contempt or scorn.4
6603646434emulate(v) To try to equal; to imitate.5
6603646435evoke(v) 1. To call forth; to produce. 2. To bring to mind, often by suggestion.6
6603646436excruciating(adj) Very painful.7
6603646437inaugurate(v) 1. To install in office with a formal ceremony. 2. To begin officially or mark the opening of.8
6603646438pervade(v) To spread throughout.9
6603646439proprietor(n) An owner of a store or other business.10
6603646440pseudonym(n) A fictitious name used by an author; a pen name.11
6603646441rebuff(v) 1. To reject bluntly. 2. To drive back. (n) 1. A blunt rejection. 2. An abrupt setback in progress.12
6603646442resilient(adj) 1. Capable of recovering quickly from misfortune. 2. Returning quickly to an original shape or condition.13
6603646443turbulent(adj) 1. Chaotic; unruly. 2. Stormy; tempestuous.14

Expresiones BtB c. 12 Flashcards

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6476575183aprender de memoriato learn by heart0
6476577556contar conto count on1
6476581979dar una vueltato take a walk2
6476588557darle asco ato be loathsome to3
6476598878darse cuenta deto realize4
6476601110dejar deto stop...5
6476603593echar de menosto miss6
6476607283echar la culpato blame7
6476609651estar de modato be in style8
6476611923guardar silencioto keep quiet9
6476615145hacer casoto pay attention10
6476617234hacer colato wait in line11
6476619207hacer la maletato pack12
6476621912hacer un viajeto take a trip13
6476624667hacer una preguntato ask a question14
6476627924llevarse malto get along badly15
6476630158montar un negocioto start a business16
6476633472pasárselo malto have a bad time17
6476639045portarse malto behave badly18
6476642171prestar atenciónto pay attention19
6476645244tener en cuentato take into consideration20
6476647884tener éxitoto be successful21
6476652962tener lugarto take place22
6476656507tener prisato be in a hurry23
6476658218tener que ver conto have to do with24
6476660020tener razónto be right25
6476661938tener vergüenzato be ashamed26
6476668316tomar apuntesto take notes27
6476670359tomar el peloto tease28
6476671861no vale la penait's not worth the trouble29

News 19/12/2016 B Flashcards

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5755344589法国France0
5755344590态生部Ecology1
5755345650部长minister2
5755345672呼吁to call on3
5755346717民众people4
5755347574不要再no more again5
5755348127食用to eat6
5755357138能多益Nutella7
5755348984巧克力酱chocolate sauce8
5755358909这种this kind of9
5755360373由...制成be made from..10
5755360374棕榈油palm oil11
5755368705破坏broken, damage12
5755369136环境environment13
5755371402表示to express, to show, to state14
5755371403这款This style of15
5755371404榛果Hazelnut16
5755375415可可酱cacao paste17
5755378834大受追捧Popularity18
5755381353人们people19
5755381354开始start20
5755381355大范围a wide range of21
5755385385砍伐fell trees; cut lumber22
5755382025森林forest23
5755386479种植planting24
5755388441棕榈树palm tree25
5755390848参议院senate26
5755390849formerly27
5755390850提议propose28
5755390851towards29
5755395713种植者grower30
5755391526征收levy31
5755391527百分之percent32
5755391528tax33
5755392166并未unobtainable34
5755400535成功succeed35
5755403109指出point out36
5755403110导致lead to37
5755404030肥胖obesity38
5755410202法新社AFP39
5755410203来源于derive from40
5755413460其余the rest; the others; remaining;41
5755413461部分part42
5755413462来自come from43
5755416591巴西Brazil44
5755417961巴布亚新几内亚Papua New Guinea45

T12 B4 - Scale factor Flashcards

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8557780764-1Find the scale factor between the pre-image and the image0
85577807651/2Find the scale factor between the pre-image and the image1
8557780766-1/2Find the scale factor between the pre-image and the image2
85577807672Find the scale factor between the pre-image and the image3
8557780768-2Find the scale factor between the pre-image and the image4

Chapter 18 AP World History Flashcards

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6340751343Niccolo Machiavellirealistic discussions of how to seize and maintain power; Italian Renaissance; The Prince0
6340751344Leonardo Da Vinciadvanced realistic portrayal of human body1
6340751345Humanismfocus on humankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor2
6340751346Petrarchinspired less religious spirit, not totally abandoning it3
6340751347Northern Renaissanceclassical renaissance styles in art and architecture in France, Germany, England, the Low Countries4
6340751348Shakespeare in England, Rabelais in France, Cervantes in Spainrenaissance writers that mixed classical themes with earthiness5
6340751349Francis IKing Of France; patron of arts, imported Italian architects to create classical style palaces6
6340751350Johannes Gutenburgintroduced movable type-innovated on chinese printing technology; caused literacy to gain ground; encouraged spread of religion7
634075135115th century European-Style Familya) later marriage age b) nuclear-smaller families c) married more for love than financial benefit8
6340751352Martin LutherGerman monk who nailed 95 theses to church door protesting the selling of salvation and indulgences for money-began lutheran version of protestantism9
6340751353Lutheran Protestant valuesagainst selling indulgences, monasticism was wrong, princes should marry, bible should be translated from Latin, state control of church, faith alone gained salvation, special vocations were not especially holy10
6340751354Anglican Churchset up by King Henry VIII to be able to divorce11
6340751355Jean CalvinFrenchman who established based in Geneva, Switzerland; God's predestination; ministers were moral guardians and preachers of God's word; promoted broader education so more people could read Bible; exiled in 17th century12
6340751356Catholic Reformationchurch revived Catholic doctrine and rejected all Protestant ideas; attacked superstitions13
6340751357Jesuitsreligious order became active in politics, education, missionary work, sponsored catholic missionary activity in Asia and Americas14
6340751358Edict of Nantes; 1598granted tolerance of Protestants in France; ignored by most French kings in the next century15
6340751359Thirty Years' Wars; 1618German Protestants and Lutheran Sweden vs. Holy Roman emperor and Spain; devastated Germany; ended in 164816
6340751360Treaty of Westphalia; 1648ended Thirty Years' War through territorial tolerance: some princes and cities chose their own religions; gave Netherlands independence17
6340751361English Civil Warparliament rights vs. absolute authority; religious conflicts18
6340751362Cause of Inflationgold and silver from Spain; Western production could not keep pace; encouraged merchants to take risks through loans because money was losing value19
6340751363ProletariatWest; people without access to wealth-producing property; rising food prices forced poor people to sell land, some went to manufacturing or paid laborers or into city as beggars20
6340751364witchcraft persecutionpoor, old women were persecuted as witches; blamed for their poverty21
6340751365Scientific Revolutionaffected formal intellectual life and popular outlook22
6340751366CopernicusPolish monk; heliocentric theory; stifled by Church23
6340751367Johannes Keplerplanetary motion; advanced knowledge and implied scientific research's power to test and prove24
6340751368Galileotelescope; publicized Copernicus;l heliocentric theory; scientific method of experimenting25
6340751369William HarveyEnglish physician; circular movement of blood; heart as central pumping station`26
6340751370Francis Baconvalue of careful empirical research; predicted improvement of scientific knowledge and in tech27
6340751371Rene Descartesimportance of a skeptical review of wisdom; human reason could develop laws to explain workings of nature28
6340751372Isaac NewtonPrincipia Mathematica; basic principles of all motion; defined forces of gravity; stated scientific method;29
6340751373Deismdivinity but its job was to set laws in motion30
6340751374John Lockefaith was irrelevant; people could learn everything through senses and reason31
6340751375Absolute monarchyfrench political system where monarch has absolute power by divine right32
6340751376Louis XIVabsolute monarch; palace at Versailles kept nobles busy; worked to standardize French language; mercantilism; tariff on imported goods33
6340751377Glorious Revolutionpolitical settlement of English civil war where parliament won basic sovereignty over king;34
6340751378Frederick the GreatPrussian King; greater freedom of religion;better agricultural methods; greater commercial coordination; harsh punishments cut back; enlightened despot35
6340751379Enlightenmentfrom Scientific Revolution; applied scientific methods to the study of human society; social science; basic human rights36
6340751380Adam SmithWealth of Nations; principles of economic behavior; people act according to self-interest; promote general economic advance through competition; government should avoid regulation of market37
6340751381Denis DiderotEncylopedia; scientific and social scientific knowledge38
6340751382Mary Wollstonecraftfeminist thinker, new political rights and freedoms to be extended toward women; England39

World History AP Chapter 5 Flashcards

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7551734215Scholar-gentry classHad homes in both urban and rural areas and lived luxuriously. Multistoried houses, silk clothing, gleaming carriages, private orchestras, and gambling is all part of their life.0
7551734216Yellow Turban MovementBands of peasants joined together along the Yellow Turban River resulting in epidemics toward end of the second century CE. The Yellow Turban Rebellion emerged and was named because of the yellow scarves the peasants wore around their heads. By 184 CE the rebellion grew to about 360,000 armed people, found leaders, organization, and a unifying ideology in Daoism.1
7551734217VarnaThe four ranked classes that society believed was forever divided into2
7551734218UntouchablesMen and women who did the work that was considered the most unclean and polluting, like cremating corpses, dealing with the skins of dead animals, and serving as executioners3
7551734219JatiOccupationally based groups4
7551734220Roman SlaveryIt was a defining element in Roman society. Slavery represented 33-40% of the population. Wealthy Romans could own many hundreds or even thousands of slaves. Slaves confirmed citizens as free people, demonstrated their social status, and expressed their ability to exercise power. Slaves and former slaves might also be slave owners. Most of Roman slaves were prisoners that had been captured in one of the many wars that were part of the creation of the empire. They regarded their slaves as "barbarians"-lazy, unreliable, immoral, and prone to thieving5
7551734221LatifndiaHuge estates which produced grain, olive oil, and wine, mostly for export6
7551734222SpartacusA slave gladiator who led seventy other slaves from a school for gladiators in a desperate bid for freedom7
7551734223Ban Zhao(45-116 CE) A Chinese woman writer and court official who observed that the ancients had practiced three customs when a baby girl was born8
7551734224ImpermanenceAKA Anicca or Anitya is one of the essential doctrines and a part of three marks of existence in Buddhism9
7551734225Empress Wu(Reign: 690-705 CE) A former high-ranking concubine in the imperial court, who came to power amid much palace intrigue and was the only woman ever to rule China with the title of emperor.10
7551734226PompeiiA vast archaeological site located in southern Italy's Campania region, it was once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city but was destroyed after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD11

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