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Make/ draw inferences

make guesses based on information in the text

and the reader’s own knowledge about the world.

Have legs

if you say that a news story, etc. has legs, you mean that

people will continue to be interested in it for a long time.

Glitch

– several small problems or faults that stop sth. working

successfully.

Give/ provide/ offer reassurance

the fact of giving advice or help that

takes away a person’s fears and doubts.

Customized

made or changed to suit the needs of the owner.

Hinge

vyris

Fateful

having an important, often very bad effect on future events.

Strewn

scattered or spread over an area.

Unfurl

išvynioti, išskleisti.

Slogan

a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used in

advertisements, or by politicians, organisations.

Intervening

the intervening years/ months/ period, etc –time that

passed between two events.

Augmented-reality

papildytoji realybė (pasaulio atvaizdavimas su

kompiuterinės grafikos elementais).

PR

public relations.

Tagline

a label.

Advanced robotics

robots or robotic machines that might be able to

perform complex surgical procedures, power prosthetic limbs and provide

moveable exoskeletons for people with mobility issues.

Genomics

gene technology which could be used to develop cures for

cancer, create hardier crops (hardy plants can live through winter without

protection from the weather) or produce fuel from different organisms.

Energy storage devices

advanced batteries which can store energy,

making electric vehicles more practical and bring electricity to many off-the-

grid parts of the world.

Dedicated

exclusively allocated to or intended for a particular

purpose.

To groan

to make a deep, long sound showing great pain or

unhappiness//to complain or speak unhappily.

Computerate

able to use a computer well.

Computer- literate

able to use a computer.

Computing

the use of computers as a job, in a business.

23. Cutting-edge/ State-of-the-art/ Up-to-date/ Dated/ Labour-saving/ User-

friendly device/gadget.

Hold a degree in

studijuoti

Algae biofuel

biokuras iš dumblių.

Having said that

despite that.

What‘s your take on this?

What‘s your opinion about this?

Covert information

not openly acknowledged or displayed – slapta.

Self-replicating

reproducing itself.

Malware

software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or

gain unauthorised access to a computer system – kenkėjiška programinė

įranga.

Unauthorised

not having official permission or approval –

neleistinas.

Aloof

distant, remote, unapproachable.

Amid

surrounded by, in the middle of.

Airborne

in the air after taking off – ore

Soar

fly or rise in the air// increase rapidly above the usual level.

Annal

a record of the events of the year.

To make ends meet

vos sudurti galą su galu.

Obscurity

the quality of being difficult to understand.

Genuine

authentic// of a person – sincere.

Get into a tangle with sb

have a quarrel or fight.

Purchase

buy sth.

Relinquish

to let sb else have your position, power, rights,

esp unwillingly, syn – give up.

A rotary dial telephone

„laidinis“ telefonas.

Adopt a new approach to sth

pakeisti požiūrį į...

To take a digital detox retreat

to have a long weekend hiking out in

the countryside with no gadgets.

To revert (back) to

go back to a situation that existed in the past.

To kick/break the habit

deliberately stop doing sth, usu because it is

bad for you.

Develop form a habit

nebedaryt iprc

Old habits die hard.

sunku iprociu atsikratyt

Get into/in the habit of doing sth

iprasti

Abusive

užgaulus

Acquit

išteisinti

Assault

užpulti

Blackmail

šantažuoti, šantažas

Burgle

įsilaužti ir apvogti;

a burglar

įsilaužėlis;

a burglary

įsilaužimas

Caught red-handed

pagautas nusikaltimo vietoje

Convict

pripažintas kaltu, nuteisti

Courtroom

teismo salė

Culprit

nusikaltėlis

Custody

areštas, areštinė; phr hold/keep sb in…

Deter

atbaidyti, sulaikyti;

deterrent

kažkas kas atbaido nuo nusikaltimo

padarymo

Fine

piniginė bauda;

to impose a fine

paskirti piniginę baudą

Fake

netikras, padirbtas

Forgery

klastojimas, klastotė

Hijack

užgrobti lėktuvą, užgrobimas;

Hostage

ikalintas

Indifference

abejingumas;

Investigate

ištirti,

Joyriding

automobilių vagystė pramogai

Jury

prisiekusieji

Juvenile crime

nepilnamečių nusikalstamumas

Legislative

įstatymų leidžiamasis

Malicious

piktavalis, tyčinis

Mug

užpulti ir apiplėšti;

Murder

nužudyti,a

Pickpocketing

kišenvagystė;

Plead

pripažinti

Prosecution

kaltinimas;

Release

išleisti, paleisti

Run for

kelti savo kandidatūrą

Sentence

nuosprendis, nuteisti

Severe

smarkus, sunkus, griežtas; SYN harsh

Shortcoming

trūkumas

Sinister

kraupus, grėsmingas

Smuggling

kontrabanda

Sneak

slapta paimti

Summit meeting

viršūnių susitikimas

Supreme

aukščiausias, didžiausias

the supreme court

aukščiausias teismas

Torment

kankinti, kamuoti

Trade union

profsąjunga

Trial

teismo procesas

Trigger

staiga sukelti, išprovokuoti;

Verdict

(prisiekusiųjų teismo) sprendimas

Witness

liudininkas, liudyti

The judicial system

teisminė sistema