Arakin 4 kurs new 001 176. indd

concentration
n
1) close or complele attention: 
The book will need 
all your concentration.
2) (
C
) a close gathering: 
There is a concentration 
of industry in the East of the country.
4. 
evade
vt
1) to get out of the way of or escape from, as evade an 
enemy: 
The lion evaded the hunters.
2) (
derog
.) to avoid or avoid doing 
(smth one should do), 
as
to evade one’s duty, paying one’s taxes, debts, 
military service, police, rules: 
Criminals try to evade the law.
3) (
derog
.) 
to avoid answering (a question) properly: 
The clever politician easily 
evaded the awkward question.
evasion
n
1) (
U
) the act of evading, 
as
the fox’s clever evasion of 
the dogs. 2) (
C/U
) (
derog
.) an action or lack of action which evades: 
George is in prison for tax evasion.
3) (
C
) (
derog.
) a statement which 
evades: 
The minister’s speech was full of evasions.
evasive
a
(
derog.
) which evades or tries to evade, as evasive answer: 
They had all been evasive about their involvement in the firm.
5. 
confirm
vt
1) to support, make certain; give proof (of):
 Please 
confirm your telephone message in writing. The delegate confirmed that 
the election would be on June 20th. 
2) to give approval to (a person, 
agreement, position, etc.), to agree to:
 When do you think the President 
will confirm you in office?
confirmation
n
1) the act of confirming: 
The confirmation of the 
agreement was received with satisfaction by the public.
2) proof, 
smth that confirms:
 Your news was really confirmation for my be-
liefs.