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Touchstone 3 - Unit 9 Words and Expressions
Tech Savvy? gadgets and technology
1. battery - 1. a device that produces electricity to provide power for radios, cars, etc.
2. number of things of a similar type
3. a number of large guns and similar weapons operating together in the same place
4. a violent physical act
2. document - 1. a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an official type
2. a text that is written and stored on a computer
3. to record the details of an event, a process, etc.
3. remote - 1. far away in distance, time or relation
2. describes an area, house or village that is a long way from any towns or cities
3. slight
4. not very friendly or showing little interest in other people
4. remote control - a device for controlling something such as a machine or vehicle from a distance
5. identity - who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make them different from others
6. instruction - 1. something that you have been told to do
2. the activity of teaching or training someone, or the information you are being taught
7. manual - 1. a book that tells you how to use something or do something
2. using your hands
8. electronic - 1. a system of operation which involves the control of electric current by various devices
2. relating to computers or something that is done by computers
9. gadget - a small device or machine with a particular purpose
10. technical - 1. relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science and industry
2. relating to the knowledge and methods of a particular subject or job
3. relating to practical skills and methods that are used in a particular activity
11. technical support - an advice service to help people who have problems using a computer
12. support - 1. to give encouragement to someone or something because you want them to succeed
2. To want a particular sports team or a sports player to win, and to watch them play
3. agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group or person
4. to help someone emotionally or in a practical way
13. charge - 1. to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery
2. to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity
3. to buy something and pay for it at a later time; credit
4. to make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime
5. to move forward quickly and violently
6. to order someone to do something
7. causing strong feelings and differences of opinion or, emotion or excitement
14. unauthorized - without someone's official permission to do something or be in a particular place
15. delete - 1. to remove (part or all of) a written or electronic text
2. to remove something, especially from a computer's memory
16. antivirus or anti-virus - software to protect the main memory of a computer against infection
17. software - the instructions that control what a computer can do; computer programs
18. virus - 1. a computer program which can make copies of itself and is intended to harm the computer
2. an extremely small organism which causes disease in humans, animals, and plants
3. a disease caused by a virus
19. savvy - shrewdness and practical knowledge
20. put on - to place something on one’s body
21. turn up - to increase the amount of something, especially sound or heat, that is produced by a machine
22. turn down - to reduce the amount of sound or heat that is produced by a device
23. take off - to remove something, especially something that you are wearing
24. identity theft - stealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be someone else
25. put down - to place something or someone that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface.
2. number of things of a similar type
3. a number of large guns and similar weapons operating together in the same place
4. a violent physical act
2. document - 1. a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an official type
2. a text that is written and stored on a computer
3. to record the details of an event, a process, etc.
3. remote - 1. far away in distance, time or relation
2. describes an area, house or village that is a long way from any towns or cities
3. slight
4. not very friendly or showing little interest in other people
4. remote control - a device for controlling something such as a machine or vehicle from a distance
5. identity - who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make them different from others
6. instruction - 1. something that you have been told to do
2. the activity of teaching or training someone, or the information you are being taught
7. manual - 1. a book that tells you how to use something or do something
2. using your hands
8. electronic - 1. a system of operation which involves the control of electric current by various devices
2. relating to computers or something that is done by computers
9. gadget - a small device or machine with a particular purpose
10. technical - 1. relating to the knowledge, machines, or methods used in science and industry
2. relating to the knowledge and methods of a particular subject or job
3. relating to practical skills and methods that are used in a particular activity
11. technical support - an advice service to help people who have problems using a computer
12. support - 1. to give encouragement to someone or something because you want them to succeed
2. To want a particular sports team or a sports player to win, and to watch them play
3. agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group or person
4. to help someone emotionally or in a practical way
13. charge - 1. to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery
2. to ask an amount of money for something, especially a service or activity
3. to buy something and pay for it at a later time; credit
4. to make a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime
5. to move forward quickly and violently
6. to order someone to do something
7. causing strong feelings and differences of opinion or, emotion or excitement
14. unauthorized - without someone's official permission to do something or be in a particular place
15. delete - 1. to remove (part or all of) a written or electronic text
2. to remove something, especially from a computer's memory
16. antivirus or anti-virus - software to protect the main memory of a computer against infection
17. software - the instructions that control what a computer can do; computer programs
18. virus - 1. a computer program which can make copies of itself and is intended to harm the computer
2. an extremely small organism which causes disease in humans, animals, and plants
3. a disease caused by a virus
19. savvy - shrewdness and practical knowledge
20. put on - to place something on one’s body
21. turn up - to increase the amount of something, especially sound or heat, that is produced by a machine
22. turn down - to reduce the amount of sound or heat that is produced by a device
23. take off - to remove something, especially something that you are wearing
24. identity theft - stealing money or getting other benefits by pretending to be someone else
25. put down - to place something or someone that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface.