#2 Assignment - ESL Cyber Listening Lab

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1. Lawyer

• (noun) a person who practices or studies law.

A lawyer is also called an "advocate", "attorney", "barrister", "counsel", "counsellor", or "solicitor".  A lawyer has earned a degree in law, and has a license to practice law in a particular area.

   Example sentence: If people have any problem regarding the law, they can contact a lawyer for advice.

2. Specialize

• (verb) concentrate on and become expert in a particular subject or skill.

    gerund or present participle: specializing

    Example sentence: My friend is a surgeon specializing in orthopedics. 

3. Guarantee

• (noun) a formal assurance (typically in writing) that certain conditions will be fulfilled, especially that a product will be repaired or replaced if not of a specified quality.
• (verb) provide a formal assurance, especially that certain conditions will be fulfilled relating to a product, service transaction.

Example sentence: (noun) Our shop offers a 2-year guarantee against manufacturing defects. 

4. Damage 

• (noun) physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
•  (verb) inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.

Example sentence: (noun) The typhoon causes an extremely huge damage to the town.

5. Suppose 

• (verb) 1. think or assume that something is true or probable but lack proof or certain knowledge  2. be required to do something because of the position one is in or an agreement one has made.

Example sentence: I am supposed to go to the UK by next week but something urgent came up so I had to cancel my plan.