Vocabulary

Sort out the words into two columns - international words and "false friends". HELP
project subject ridicule alternating complex operation exploitation concern sarcasm credit application fundamental general sensation current privilege credo career public formal
International
False friends
 
    
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Solve the anagrams using the following transcriptions:
epttan[ʹpeɪt(ə)nt]
etfmlnia[ʹfɪləmənt]
tolybraaro[ləʹbɔrətrɪ]
zeiabnrdco[ʹkɑ:bənaɪzd]
mayndo[ʹdaɪnəməʋ]
ertrunc[ʹkʌrənt]
ehrdat[θred]
ogprpnahoh[ʹfəʋnəgrɑ:f]
cdencsnaeitn[ˏɪnkænʹdes(ə)nt]
gsinew[ʹs(j)u:ɪƞ]
qiyniru[ɪnʹkwaɪ(ə)rɪ]
mqeuenpit[ɪʹkwɪpmənt]
hleivce[ʹvi:ɪk(ə)l]
kilealna[ʹælkəlaɪn]
uqtiaeaden[ɪnʹædɪkwɪt]
lyautctia[ˏæktʃʋʹælɪtɪ]
    
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Look back in the text and find words that have a similar meaning to the words and phrases below. Write them opposite to each word.
1.interested in sth newpara 1
2.skilled and competentpara 2
3.spreadpara 3
4.aimed atpara 3
5.production companypara 4
6.pattern or examplepara 5
7.play backpara 6
8.surprisedpara 6
9.complicated problempara 7
10.usepara 8
11.light bulbpara 9
12.joinedpara 9
13.hugepara 9
14.was spoiledpara 10
15.hadpara 11
16.a cinema filmpara 12
17.in respectpara 13
18.hung onpara 14
19.encouragementpara 14
20.from zero to heropara 15
    
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Complete the sentences with prepositions:
a)
Edison attended school    only three month.
b)
He taught himself much by reading books    a wide range of subjects on his own.
c)
He developed an unrestrictive style of thinking and inquiry, proving things to himself    objective examination and experimentation.
d)
The electric vote recorder was intended    use by the elected bodies such as Congress to speed the voting process.
e)
The same year Edison invented the carbon microphone that turned the telephone from a promising gadget    an indispensible machine with real, practical applications.
f)
A number of people had worked     the idea of electric lighting.
g)
The new laboratory complex consisting    five buildings opened in November 1887.
h)
Edison's laboratory was responsible    the invention of the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope.
i)
Edison is also credited    designing and producing the first commercially available fluoroscope.
    
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