CELESE AWL Sublist 5b

1: license (láɪsəns)

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Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. Other: Anyone caught driving dangerously will automatically lose their license.
2. Other: The shop is not licensed to sell alcoholic drinks.
3. Other: The vaccine was licensed in 2004 by the Food and Drug Administration.
4. Other: While searching the house, they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle.

2: logic (lɒ́ʤɪk)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: The various mathematical and logical operators have a priority order.
2. Other: If prices go up, wages will go up too. That's just logic.
3. Other: The researcher presented her ideas clearly and logically.
4. Other: It is illogical to assume that you can do the work of three people.

3: margin (mɒ́ɹʤən)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: If sales levels do increase, it may be as a result of increasing sales staff or decreasing profit margins.
2. Other: Use double spacing and wide margins to leave room for comments.
3. Other: The report suggests that there has only been a marginal improvement in women's pay over the past few years.
4. Other: The new system is only marginally more efficient than the old one.

4: medical (médəkəl)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: At this stage, Guy and his family felt abandoned by the medical profession.
2. BNC2: This combination of symptoms may be unresponsive to conventional medical treatment.
3. Other: The injury required urgent medical attention.
4. Other: Therapists cannot prescribe drugs as they are not necessarily medically qualified.

5: mental (méntəl)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Now it is time to go on and find out how you can increase your mental efficiency.
2. Other: Stress has an effect on both your physical and mental health.
3. Other: Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.
4. Other: He was in good health both physically and mentally.

6: modify (mɒ́dəfàɪ)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Since expert systems are easy to modify, their development is never really completed.
2. Other: Knowledge of the ill effects of tobacco has led to a modification in smoking behavior.
3. Other: The proposals were unpopular and were only accepted in a modified form.
4. Other: It might be necessary to make a few slight modifications to the design.

7: monitor (mɒ́nətɜ)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: It should now be clear that you need to monitor the patient in order to know what to do.
2. Other: The doctors watched the patient's heartbeat on a monitor.
3. Other: The new findings suggest that women ought to monitor their cholesterol levels.
4. Other: Police officers have been closely monitoring the organization's activities.

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8: network (nétwɜ̀k)

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Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: New 68040-based intelligent line modules offer high-speed links to local area networks.
2. Other: They have an information network linked to more than 16,000 libraries.
3. Other: The university is developing a network of contacts with all its graduates.
4. Other: I'm hoping to do some networking at the conference next week in London.

9: notion (nóʊʃən)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Although simple in essence, this notion is difficult to implement.
2. Other: I have only a vague notion of what she does for a living.
3. Other: Employment decisions should never be based on misconceived notions about age.
4. Other: Any political system should be based on the notions of equality and liberty.

10: objective (əbʤéktɪv)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Engineering risk assessment is based on objective consideration of likelihood and consequences.
2. Other: It's easy to lose your objectivity when you're in love.
3. Other: The main objective of this meeting is to give more information on our plans.
4. Other: Judges must weigh the evidence logically and objectively.

11: orient (ɔ́ɹiènt)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. Other: Because of the building's orientation, the garden gets very little sun.
2. Other: My physics course is heavily oriented towards quantum mechanics.
3. Other: This is orientation week for new students.
4. Other: We employ people without regard to their political or sexual orientation.

12: perspective (pɜspéktɪv)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: It gives a good up-to-date perspective but in such a rapidly advancing field will soon become dated.
2. Other: The problem needs to be looked at from a historical perspective.
3. Other: Try to see the issue from a different perspective.
4. Other: You must keep things in perspective―the overall situation isn't really that bad.

13: precise (pɹɪsáɪs)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: What precisely those technologies are, and where they come from, is still under discussion, it says.
2. Other: Can you give me a more precise definition of the word?
3. Other: His books are a pleasure to read because he writes with such clarity and precision.
4. Other: Alcohol affects the brain, making speech slurred and imprecise.

14: prime (pɹáɪm)
1. BNC1: The Prime Minister talks a lot about science and technology.
2. Other: Smoking is the prime cause of lung cancer.
3. Other: Good management is of prime importance in business.
4. Other: Winning is not the prime objective in this sport.

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

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15: psychology (saɪkɒ́ləʤi)

page 3 of 5Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: He breaks out of the group's culture and psychology by creating a myth.
2. Other: Defeat is psychological. You lose one or two games and you stop believing you can win.
3. Other: The patient's symptoms are more psychological than physical.
4. Other: The defeat was devastating, both physically and psychologically.

16: pursue (pɜsú)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. Other: The student plans to pursue a career in chemistry.
2. Other: Students should pursue their own interests.
3. Other: I don't think this idea is worth pursuing any further.
4. Other: The union is on strike in pursuit of a 10 % pay increase.

17: ratio (ɹéɪʃiòʊ)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: It was noted that the price-earnings ratios rose significantly as growth rates increased in the Hardware sector.
2. Other: The ratio of application to available places currently stands at one hundred to one.
3. Other: The university is trying to improve its student-teacher ratio.
4. Other: The ratio of men to women at the conference was ten to one .

18: reject (ɹɪʤékt)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Any data that could not be observed or directly measured were rejected.
2. Other: Approval or rejection of the proposal is up to the prime minister.
3. Other: The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the health-care system.
4. Other: I have been rejected by all the graduate schools I applied to.

19: revenue (ɹévənù)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: In recent years there had been a considerable increase in the revenue derived from tourism.
2. Other: The company's annual revenues rose by 30%.
3. Other: The newspaper has been losing advertising revenue for months.
4. Other: Taxes provide most of the government's revenue.

20: stable (stéɪbəl)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: No cut in carbon dioxide emission is planned, merely stabilization by 2005.
2. Other: The political situation remains highly unstable.
3. Other: The hospital said that the patient was in a stable condition following the operation.
4. Other: The patient suffered a second heart attack two days ago but his condition has now stabilized.

21: style (stáɪl)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: One application that has continued to make use of the statistical properties of language is stylistic analysis.
2. Other: Some European businesses have been attempting to use Japanese management style.
3. Other: These shoes have been styled for maximum comfort.
4. Other: The rock drawings depict a variety of stylized human and bird figures.

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22: substitute (sʌ́bstətùt)page 4 of 5
Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: There is no substitute for truly professional practice in this regard.
2. Other: Instead of using silicon, they have substituted a more flexible material.
3. Other: Gas-fired power stations will substitute for less efficient coal-fired equipment.
4. Other: The election led simply to the substitution of one group of corrupt politicians by another.

23: sustain (səstéɪn)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: The patient gets better after each dose but requires it more and more frequently in order to sustain the benefit.
2. BNC2: The sun's energy beams down on us still, sustaining us on a growing, breathing planet.
3. Other: Without sustenance, the animals will soon die.
4. Other: The prime minister is promising low inflation and sustainable economic growth.

24: symbol (sɪ́mbəl)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: The issue became a national symbol of the struggle between development and environment.
2. Other: Space exploration provides a symbol of national pride.
3. Other: Today's fighting is symbolic of the chaos which the country is facing.
4. Other: Crime often symbolizes a wider social problem.

25: target (tɒ́ɹɡət)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Research leaders welcome this for targeting funds to where they can be best used.
2. Other: There is no target date for completion of the new project.
3. Other: Railway stations are prime targets for terrorist attacks.
4. Other: The program is targeted at improving the health of women of all ages.

26: transit (tɹǽnzət)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Two squirrels died in transit, the rest were in poor condition on arrival.
2. Other: Making the transition from youth to adulthood can be very painful.
3. Other: The rebel groups have agreed to join in a meeting to set up a transitional government.
4. Other: Peace between the two countries was only transitory.

27: trend (tɹénd)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: By keeping close to customers, we are better able to service their needs and we can keep ahead of industry trends.
2. BNC2: The improving trend that was detected in 1991 therefore continued through 1992.
3. Other: The current trend is towards more part-time employment.
4. Other: The growing trend is for single mothers to bring up children by themselves.

28: version (vɜ́ʒən)Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: This is generally the latest fully tested version, but not necessarily the latest version.
2. Other: The software comes in several versions for different types of computers.
3. Other: Each witness has a different version of what happened.
4. Other: The Japanese version of the book is due for publication next year.

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29: welfare (wélfèɹ)

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Level: AWL

1. BNC1: The initiative was welcomed by animal-welfare and conservation groups.
2. Other: States such as Michigan and California are making deep cuts in welfare.
3. Other: The state is still the main provider of education and welfare services.
4. Other: Scientists have to consider the balance between human health and animal welfare as they push forward the frontiers ofresearch.

30: whereas (weɹǽz)

Appears in List(s): 5b
Level: AWL

1. BNC1: Thus an ability represents what a person can do now, whereas a capacity is essentially a potential.
2. Other: The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple.
3. Other: Whereas the city spent an enormous amount of money on its stadium, it failed to look after its schools.
4. Other: Whereas knowledge can be acquired from books, skills must be learned through practice.