front 1 academic academically | back 1 tacliin ahaan related to education, schools, and universities EXAMPLE: The academic year starts in September. EXAMPLE: I hope my son improves academically this school year. |
front 2 build bridges | back 2 buundooyin dhisaan to improve relationships between people who are very different or do not like each other EXAMPLE: The community center is trying to build bridges between the groups that don't like each other. |
front 3 cut funding | back 3 lacag dhimis to reduce the amount of money that is given by a government or organization EXAMPLE: Due to a smaller budget this year, the local government has cut funding for the new park. |
front 4 multicultural | back 4 dhaqamada badan including people who have many different customs and beliefs EXAMPLE: Our school is multicultural. We have students who come from 30 different countries around the world. |
front 5 resource | back 5 kheyraadka something useful or valuable belonging to a country, organization, or person EXAMPLE: The United States' natural resources include land, water, minerals, energy, forests, and agriculture. |
front 6 socially | back 6 bulsho ahaan relating to society or a social situation EXAMPLE: I like it when my child goes to birthday parties. This gives him the chance to be with other children and improve socially. |
front 7 all walks of life | back 7 dhammaan socodsiinta nolosha people from different backgrounds: young and old, rich and poor, of all educational levels and occupations EXAMPLE: People from all walks of life enjoy using the library. |
front 8 claim | back 8 sheegasho to say that something is true EXAMPLE: My son claims that playing video games makes him smarter. I'm not sure that I agree with him though. |
front 9 diverse | back 9 kala duwan including many different types of people or things EXAMPLE: New York is a culturally diverse city. |
front 10 exhibit | back 10 soo bandhigid objects (things) that are shown to the public EXAMPLE: There was an art exhibit at my child's school. I went there and saw beautiful things that the children had created. |
front 11 exist | back 11 jirid to be, to be real EXAMPLE: Unfortunately, poverty still exists in this rich country. |
front 12 feature | back 12 an important part of something EXAMPLE: The best feature of our online English class is this: We get to see each other every day, even when the weather is bad and we have to stay home. |
front 13 institution | back 13 hay'ad a large and important organization, such as a university, bank, or library EXAMPLE: The University of Minnesota is an internationally respected institution. |
front 14 politician | back 14 siyaasi a member of government who makes decisions EXAMPLE: The politicians in our city don't support building more parks. They want more office buildings instead. |
front 15 sounds too good to be true | back 15 codadku aad bay u sanaagsan yihiin inay run noqdaan this can't be possible EXAMPLE: The text message offered me a job paying $150,000 a year. This sounds too good to be true. It must be a scam. |
front 16 unnecessary luxury | back 16 raaxo aan loo baahnayn something people like that is expensive but not needed EXAMPLE: Having three cars is an unnecessary luxury. It would be nice, but we don't really need it. |