Bonjour!(good day)

Comment allez vous?(how go you?

How do you go?

How are you going?)

1. Measurementabout accurate acute afford amountaverage billion breadth check (verify; stop temporarily) cost couple (to join, link) deep drawback equal evenfar figure gain hightinaccurate lack length level load Monitor odd random rate ratio reachreading run out of scale shallow shapeshort single size speed steadystrength weigh worth

Lexis(High frequency words found in both specialized and

general scientific texts)

above ahead among area arrow away axisback (to back a car; come back; to support, back up)behind below beneath between beyondbottom bracket [ ] by-pass core corner close (v. kloz; n. klos) cross-section curve designdump (to dump, n. waste dump, dumping of merchandize) edgeelsewhere feature (an aspect, a characteristic, a quality)flat foreign frame framework ground (surface, reasons) hole hollow inner layer left locate middle missnet (≠ french) network offshore once outeroutline path pattern peak plan plot (diagram) point out range recur remote right ring root schedulescheme (plan, arrangement) side space speciesspot spread straight strip (landing strip; strip off = take away completely) team throughthroughout (during, right through) tip top track

2. Space and shape

according to add agree alike apart belong bond both in charge of choice choose compete depend on independent ofdue exceed follow gap gather last (v. continue) lead (lead to = result in; metal Pb) like link match (v.) relate remain sharespan stage struggle supply tendtrend twin

Latin: status quo (the existing state of affairs), ad hoc (specially)post hoc (after the fact), non sequitur (it does not logically follow), i.e. (id est = that is to say), e.g. (exempli gratia = for example), N.B. (nota bene = note), op.cit (opere citato = in the work quoted).

3. Relation

almost available basic brief bright busy care (careful)cheap (comp., chip) chief convenient crude current defectivedramatic dry (wet) efficient empty entire fair (just)fairly (relatively) eventually (finally, at last) feasiblefree great hardly (≠ hard) heavy hugehazard (danger; harzardous = dangerous; ≠ "par hazard" = by chance = haphazard) loud (-speaker) low main merely mild minutenarrow outstanding partly power rather (relatively)quite (two almowt contradictory meanings: 1. "relatively" - quite good, quite hot, quite slow, quite cheap; 2. "totally" - quite impossible, quite dead, quite empty, quite wrong, etc.)raw rough safe seldom (rarely) sensitive severalsharpslight smooth soft sole spare steep suit suite thickthin thorough (complete, careful) tiny upper useful virtual (almost, pratically, in fact) wet whole wide widespreadworldwide wrong

4. Modification

Although besides consequently despite either – neitherformer-latter furthermore hence however insteadmeantime moreover namely nevertheless otherwiseowing to previous in spite of subsequentprior (prep., adj.) suchsince (temporal since = from the time; causality since = because, as)thanks to thereby (thus, hence, because of this) though (despite the fact) thus (therefore, consequently)unless (except if) until whereaswhetherwhile (during that time; whereas)yet (conj., however, but; adv. = up till now. ex., have they arrived yet? you have not yet done it)

5. Link words

acquire advertise aim (v., n.) allow apply (vt, vi)arrange avoid ban (prohibit) beat (move regularly, hit, do better.)bend blast boost (push up, increase) breakbreakdown breakthrough (victory, dicisive step forward)build burst (break out suddenly, explode) constructconvey (carry, transport) damage destroy disturb drawdrive drill (make a hole; repetitive exercise) drop earnEmit enable (to make possible; encircle, endanger, enjoy, ensure, enclose, enhance, enlarge) escape exhaust fail fasten ('fa:sn) fault feed feedback fill firefit fulfill (satisfy) goal handle (hold, manipulate, deal with)Harm head hold injure (hurt) insert insulateintroduce involve ("impliquer, entrainer")

6a. Process and manipulation

lay - layout (design, plan) lie liftlet (to allow; to assume: Let x = 2 and y = 3) lockmanage (to do s/thing difficult) mend needobtain operate overcome ("surmonter, résoudre") pickprevent (stop; ≠ "prévenir") proceed produce-productPull process (a process, in the process of, data processing)provide-provided-providing purpose push rentrepair request requirerun (run a factory, run fast, in the long run, run into difficulty, run out)set (set of data, to set the time, set up an experiment, set out a plan)scatter slide spill ("renverser") split spoil ("gâter", damage) spray store stress swing switch targetthreat train-training trigger undergo yield

6b. Process and manipulation

account (written account = compte rendu; take into account = compter; account for = expl) acknowledge actual (real) actually ≠ actuellement address advice, advise appeal assumeaware array (a display, a series which is shown) believeclaim (to declare s/thing is true) clear converse (opposite; conversation) convince describe display doubtencounter deduce (draw logical conclusions)evidence (= data which prove s/thing; "c'est une évidence = this is an obvious fact; don’t say « an evidence, two evidences » like the French)event expect face fact false fear find out focusforecast foresee guessignore (not to take into account; ≠ "je l'ignore" = I don't know)imply (= to indicate, to suggest; ≠ "impliqué dans un accident = involved; ceci implique = logically leads to, entails)include inquire insight (understanding)

7a. Knowledge and statement

issue (subject, topic, question of interest; ≠ "issue" = way out, result, solution)

liable (likely to do s/thing; has a tendency of; when you are tired you are more liable to make a mistake)

likelihood (probability) likely-unlikely listmean - means (sing.) notice obviousought to outlook (probable feature, expected)overview presume print prove-proof recordregard rely rule search seekskill (practical knowledge, qualified, ability to do)solve spokesman topic update warn work out

7b. Knowledge and statement

achieve (succeed in getting, = "atteindre", obtenir; ≠ "achever" = complete, finish); to be distinguished from « archive »ability attain attempt attractbear (carry, support) behave boil burncarry out contain cooldeal (deal with = "traiter de", business deal, a great deal of money)device-devise dissolveexperience-experiment (faire la distinction!)facility (= équipements; ≠ facilité) freezegrow heat kind maintain melt occur pressureresolve standard survey task warm wastetrial (by trial and error = par tâtonnement)

8. Experimentation

actuate (put into physical action; = "déclencher")anticlockwise - clockwise alter (= change)arise (to happen, to begin to exist)backwards - forwards - downwards - eastwardsdeath drift (move slowly)expand extend fall flight flow

improve increase input - output journeylose – loose leak move propelraise - rise reduce remove shiftspin - spin off (= incidental resulting benefits, side effects)step strike travel (v.) - travelling (n.)withdraw

9. Movement and change

alloy appliance beam belt blood-bone-brain-cellchannel (v. to direct; money is being channelled into cancer research)chip component compound comprise computerconcrete copper crew crop (plants grown by farmers, like tobacco crop) customer disease - decease dustengine - engineer - engineering funds goods granthardware (uncountable nouns) health heartiron (be careful about the pronunciation)jet key lens light (n, adj, v) magnetnitrogen noise oilpipe plant plug proberay rubble salt samplescreen sand (stone) sensor shadowshell silver skin soilsound spark staff (group of workers)steel stream tank vacuumweapon well wheel wire

10. Matter and objects

11. How do you say them?Cardinals (jishu, fundamental #) - 1, ……., 100, …. 100,000, 106, 1010

Ordinals (xushu, order #) - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, …….100th, 101st, …Fractions (fenshu) - 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 2/5 …Decimals (xiaoshu) - 20.15, 0.042, … 10-10

Expressions or equations - 8x3 = 24, 24/6 = 4, x2, y3, et

Prefixes to names of units - deci (10-1), centi (10-2), milli (10-3), micro (10-6), nano (10-9),

pico (10-12), femto (10-15), atto (10-18).deca (101), hecto (102), kilo (103), mega (106), giga (109),

tera (1012), peta (1015), exa (1018). Ages - a (annum), Ka, Ma, Ga, b.y., AE (aeon)

Nouns

hardware (uncountable nouns); Some u.n. in English but countable in French are: evidence, information, hair, feedback, advice, knowledge,

progress

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(see you next week)(see you next week)