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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

brake a device for stopping a vehicle; to
stop a vehicle
break  The truck driver stepped on his brake to
canvas
canvass avoid going too fast.
censure
censor to separate into pieces; a pause
 A stone was about to break my car
cereal
window, but luckily it missed it.
serial  Let us have a 10 minute break.
chord a type of strong cloth
 Canvas tents for camping have been
cord
replaced by lighter, nylon models.
to seek people’s votes
 The party needs to canvass the

uncommitted voters
to criticize strongly
 If you get another censure from the

manager, you will be fired.
to ban parts of a book or film; a person
who does this
 Television companies tend to censor bad

language in feature films.
 Two scenes were cut by the censor.
a grass producing an edible grain; a
breakfast food made from grains
 The seedlings of cereal crops began to

upspring after the rain.
 They ate a large bowlful of cereal.

happening in a series
 Each computer has a serial number on it.

a group of musical notes
 Playing his last chord, the audience

clapped at the final musical tones
produced by the maestro

a length of string; a cord-like body
part
 The robber used a cord to tie the
victim’s hands together.

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