Handouts 4 Upper-Intermediate

Word

Definition

Answer

1. desktop /n/

2. telescope /n/

3. satellite /n/

4. to probe /v/

~ (into sth)

5. boundary /n/

6. expat /n/ (informal) expatriate (formal)

7. astronomical /adj/

8. universe /n/

9. observatory /n/

10. mining /n/

11. harrowing /adj/

12. to take a heavy toll (on sb/sth) or to take a real toll (on sb/sth):

13. shift /v/

A: a person living in a country that is not their own

B: very shocking or frightening and making you feel very upset.

C: the process of getting coal and other minerals from under the ground; the industry involved in this. see also MINE.

D: (of an amount, a price, etc.) very large or the scientific study of the sun, moon, stars, planets, etc.

E: a special building from which scientists watch the stars, the weather, etc.

F: to have a bad effect on sb/sth; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, suffering, etc

G: a real or imagined line that marks the limits or edges of sth and separates it from other things or places; a dividing line.

H: to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth. 2 to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument.

I: the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars.

J: a piece of equipment shaped like a tube, containing LENSES, that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer.

K: an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for providing information.

L: a computer with a keyboard, screen and main processing unit, that fits on a desk.

M: to move, or move sth, from one position or place to another

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