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disability in English:

1. ability ability


ability to listen
Sustainable development is the concept of the current generation utilizing the environment and meet human demands while not harming the ability of future generations to satisfy their own demands and interests.
If the more advanced want to improve English ability (especially reading comprehension) increasing vocabulary is the way to go.
With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.
With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself dilligently with everyone in your class.
This is a plan that takes into account your stature and your ability to guard. By all means do it for me.
Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.
MP (magic): Ability score needed to use magic. As you use magic it drops, but with time it recovers.
I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.
However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.
The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
A good method plays a much more important role in language learning than the vague concept of innate ability.

English word "disability"(ability) occurs in sets:

Słowotwórstwo - angielski

2. permanent physical problem that prevents sb from doing certain things



3. able


They're able students.
It's important to take good care of your teeth so you'll be able to eat properly when you get older.
I don't need to sound like a native speaker, I just want to be able to speak fluently.
You may be able to pass unnoticed in a city, but in a village that's not possible.
Although he had fewer supporters among the governing class, he was able to get the popular vote.
He regained consciousness and was able to talk.
The defense lawyer was confident that he would be able to answer the prosecutor's arguments in his rebuttal.
You may not learn to speak as well as a native speaker, but you should be able to speak well enough that native speakers will understand what you have to say.
Do you think you have to be able to pass for a native speaker to be an effective spy?
A good ballboy or ballgirl must be able to concentrate hard and run fast.
He is able man, but on the other hand he asks too much of us.
From the moment he arrived there, he kept on bothering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
Tom was able to make himself understood in French when he visited Paris.
I never for a moment imagined I'd be able to afford to live in such a fancy house.
I want to try my best for as long as I am physically able to.

English word "disability"(able) occurs in sets:

world building

4. handicap


Poor eyesight is a handicap to a sportsman.
which is a bit of a handicap
My disability is a handicap, but I learned to overcome it.
He's good. His handicap is in the single digits.
You can get over the handicap soon.
Having no will is the worst handicap.
The blind young man has got over his handicap.
Breaks in their involvement in the labour market during maternity leave should not be a handicap to mothers.
In a job like this, lack of experience is a real handicap.
Not having a car is a real handicap in this remote area.
The skiff was sailing well considering the handicaps.
The bad weather severely handicapped their performance in the race lub These changes have made the campus an easier place for people with handicaps
physically/mentally handicapped
Severe weather conditions handicap progress of the works.
She seems to be laboring under the family handicap.

5. The conditions of being unable to use part of the body



English word "disability"(The conditions of being unable to use part of the body) occurs in sets:

Employment law words

6. physical or mental condition that means you cannot use specific part of your body