23 Mart 2011 Çarşamba

Vocabulary 5.2

proportion (n) : part of a number or amount, considered in relation to the whole
The proportion of women graduates has increased in recent years.
coalition (n) : union of two or more political parties that allows them to form a government or fight an election together
In the evening, there was an emergency meeting of the three coalition parties
bribe (v) : to illegally give someone, especially a public official, money or a gift in order to persuade them to do something for you
The only way we could get into the country was by bribing the border officials.
eventual (adj): happening at the end of a long period of time or after a lot of other things have happened
Sweden were the eventual winners of the tournament.
disregard (v): to ignore something or treat it as unimportant
He ordered the jury to disregard the witness’s last statement.

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