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1.simultaneously KK [saɪməlˋtenɪəslɪ] DJ[saiməlˋteiniəsli]

From:You have to work with the different pilots simultaneously.

adv.

-Happening, existing, or done at the same time.

-Containing variables for which there are values that can satisfy all the equations.

2.switch KK[swɪtʃ] DJ[switʃ]

From:We switch jobs every ninety minutes to keep our minds fresh.

n.

-An exchange or a swap, especially one done secretly.

-A transference or shift, as of opinion or attention.

-A device used to break or open an electric circuit or to divert current from one conductor to another.

-A device consisting of two sections of railroad track and accompanying apparatus used to transfer rolling stock from one track to another.

-A slender flexible rod, stick, or twig, especially one used for whipping.

v.

-To exchange.

-To shift, transfer, or divert.

-To connect, disconnect, or divert (an electric current) by operating aswitch.

-To cause (an electric current or appliance) to begin or cease operation.

3.jingle KK[ˋdʒɪŋg!]  DJ[ˋdʒiŋgl]

From:In 1882, the American writer Mark Twain published a short story about an annoying jingle that kept repeating itself in his mind.

v.

-To make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.

-To have the catchy sound of a simple, repetitious rhyme or doggerel.

-To cause to make a tinkling or ringing metallic sound.

4.portable KK [ˋportəb!] DJ[ˋpɔ:təbl]

From:Sacks notes that these days, people listen to portable audio devices when they are driving, exercising, or doing homework. 

adj.

-Carried or moved with ease.

-Capable of being transferred from one employer to another. Used of an employee benefit.

-Relating to or being software that can run on two or more kinds of computers or with two or more kinds of operating systems.

-Bearable; endurable.

5.earbuds

From:Even without earbuds, people are subjected to tunes on telephones, in elevators, and in offices, so it shouldn't be surprising that this supposedly harmless background noise attaches itself to their brains.

n.

-A small headphone that fits inside the ear against the outer opening of the ear canal.