ESP | English for Specific Purposes

Cranes #construction

Describing flight 2 This is your captain speaking. As we climb to 18,000 feet we will rise through some thick clouds. You may experience some turbulence until the clouds are below us. When we are above the clouds, we will continue to increase our altitude to 25,000 feet. At that point we can speed up to our cruising speed. We'll cruise to our destination of Santiago, Chile, in about three hours. We'll descend around…

Describing flight 1 | Axes Of Rotation There are three axes of rotation in aircraft. The lateral axis (or pitch axis) extends from wingtip to wingtip. The longitudinal axis (or roll axis) runs from the aircraft's nose to its tail. The vertical axis (or yaw axis) runs perpendicular to the wings. Accordingly, pitch is rotation along the lateral axis. Roll or bank is rotation along the longitudinal axis. Yaw is rotatio…

Plant Food Production #botany

Chemical Elements | Part 9 | Actinides Radioactive elements that are abundant in nature (elements 89 to 92) or made artificially (elements 93 to 103). Most of them have no industrial applications. thermonuclear explosion = a massive release of energy caused by nuclear fusion, where light atomic nuclei combine at extreme temperatures, typically triggered by an initial nuclear fission(=a physical reaction where the c…

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Hand Planes excel = to be extremely good at something chamfer = a type of cut or edging on a length of material mill mark = repeating textured ridges, lines, or minor surface depressions left on a board by machine cutting knives groove = a long, narrow channel or slot cut into a piece of wood running parallel to the grain, used for joining panels, holding drawer bottoms, and interlocking boards rabbet = a groove cu…

Product Problems refund = an amount of money that is given back to you if you are not satisfied(=happy) with a product or service replacement = the exchange of a defective item with a new one receipt ❗️ [rɪˈsiːt] = a document that proves a purchase warranty = a written promise from a company to repair or replace a product (if it's defective) within a particular period of time guarantee = an assurance that something…

Feathers #biology

Checking Accounts liquid assets = cash or items you can quickly convert to cash without losing significant value checking account = a financial account designed for daily use and spending, such as withdrawing cash from ATMs or buying groceries with a debit card debit = to take money out of an account or keep a record of this debit card = a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases direct depo…

Supernovae remnant = a small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount exhibit = to show something expel = to eject, remove nuclear fusion = a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nucleus (e.g. two atoms of hydrogen (each weighs 1) form an atom of helium (which weighs 2) and the reaction produces energy). density = the ratio of a substance's mass…

Basic Actions #arts