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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Word Approved meaning/
(part of speech) ALTERNATIVES STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **care (n) — UNNAPROVED** | PRECAUTION (n) WHEN YOU DO WORK You must take care WITH HIGH when you work with high VOLTAGES, OBEY THE voltages. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. |
| **CAREFUL (adj)** | BE CAREFUL WHEN Take care when YOU INSTALL THE installing the nuts. NUTS. |
| **CAREFULLY (adv)** | REMOVE THE Remove the gearbox GEARBOX with great care. CAREFULLY. |
| **CAREFUL (adj)** | With precaution BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU REMOVE THE COVER. |
| **CAREFULLY (adv)** | In a careful manner CAREFULLY APPLY A BEAD OF SEALING COMPOUND. |
| **carry (v) — UNNAPROVED** | TRANSMIT (v) THE CABLE The cable carries the TRANSMITS THE electrical energy from ELECTRICAL ENERGY the ignition exciter to the FROM THE IGNITION igniter. EXCITER TO THE IGNITER. TRANSPORT (TN) THIS VEHICLE IS FOR This vehicle is meant to THE TRANSPORT OF carry five passengers. FIVE PASSENGERS. |
| **carry out (v) — UNNAPROVED** | DO (v) DO THE LEAK TEST. Carry out the leak test. You can use a more accurate command verb. |
| **MEASURE (v)** | MEASURE THE Carry out the clearance CLEARANCE OF THE measurement of the IMPELLER. impeller. |
| **case (n) — UNNAPROVED** | CONDITION (n) FIGURE 1 SHOWS THE The data for all DATA FOR ALL operational cases are OPERATIONAL shown in Figure 1. CONDITIONS. case (in case of) IF (conj) IF THERE IS A FIRE, In case of a fire, operate (conj) OPERATE THE CRASH the crash switches. SWITCHES. |

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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Word Approved meaning/
(part of speech) ALTERNATIVES STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example

| CATCH (v), |
| --- |
| CATCHES, |
| CAUGHT, |
| CAUGHT |

### DRAWER.

### DO NOT LET THE

### TOOL CATCH ON THE

### PANEL.

For other
meanings, use:

| Catch the leakage in a |
| --- |
| graduated beaker. |

### GRADUATED BEAKER.

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **categorize (v) — UNNAPROVED** | CATEGORY (TN) THE TESTING The testing equipment EQUIPMENT DIVIDES categorizes the faults. THE FAULTS INTO CATEGORIES. |
| **CAUSE (n)** | Something that brings DO THE about a result TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION. |
| **CAUSE (v)** | , To be the cause of METAL OBJECTS CAN CAUSES, CAUSE MAGNETIC CAUSED, INTERFERENCE. CAUSED |
| **caution (v) — UNNAPROVED** | TELL (v) TELL ALL PERSONNEL Caution all personnel not NOT TO SMOKE NEAR to smoke near fuel FUEL TANKS. tanks. |
| **cautiously (adv) — UNNAPROVED** | CAREFULLY (adv) CAREFULLY FEEL THE Cautiously feel the HEATER WITH YOUR heater with your hands HANDS TO MAKE to make sure that it SURE THAT IT operates. OPERATES. |
| **cavity (n) — UNNAPROVED** | HOLE (n) FILL THE HOLE WITH Fill the cavity with resin. RESIN. |
| **SPACE (n)** | FILL THE SPACE Fill the cavity between BETWEEN THE PATCH the patch and the AND THE ADJACENT adjacent structure with STRUCTURE WITH sealant. SEALANT. |
| **cease (v) — UNNAPROVED** | STOP (v) THE WARNING STOPS The warning ceases at AT 17 DEG. 17 deg. |

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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Word Approved meaning/
(part of speech) ALTERNATIVES STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **center (v) — UNNAPROVED** | CENTER (TN) ALIGN THE PISTON Center the piston in the WITH THE CENTER OF sleeve. THE SLEEVE. |
| **centralize (v) — UNNAPROVED** | CENTER (TN) SET THE CONTROLS Centralize the controls. TO THE CENTER POSITION. |
| **certain (adj) — UNNAPROVED** | SURE (adj) IF YOU ARE NOT SURE If you are not certain that THAT THE RESULTS the results are correct, ARE CORRECT, DO do the test again. THE TEST AGAIN. |
| **SOME (adj)** | SOME FUNCTIONS Certain functions are not ARE NOT AVAILABLE. available. |
| **SPECIFIED (adj)** | THE SPECIFIED Certain functions are not FUNCTIONS ARE NOT available. AVAILABLE. |
| **certify (v) — UNNAPROVED** | WRITE (v) WRITE THE CHANGE Certify the change in the IN THE LOGBOOK. logbook. |
| **APPROVAL (n)** | GET APPROVAL FROM Get the supervisor to YOUR SUPERVISOR certify the repair. FOR THE REPAIR. |
| **chafe (v) — UNNAPROVED** | RUB (v) DO NOT LET THE Do not let the wires WIRES RUB. chafe. |
| **chafed (adj) — UNNAPROVED** | WORN (adj) EXAMINE THE TUBING Examine the tubing for FOR WORN AREAS. chafed areas. chance RISK (n) IF THERE IS A RISK OF If there is a chance of (by chance) (n) FUEL LEAKAGE, PUT A fuel leakage, put a CONTAINER BELOW container below the unit. THE UNIT. |
| **ACCIDENTALLY (adv)** | IF THE LEVER MOVED If, by chance, the lever ACCIDENTALLY, DO moved, do the test THE TEST AGAIN. again. |
| **CHANGE (n)** | That which occurs when THE COLOR CHANGE something changes SHOWS THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS TOO HIGH. |

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ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Word Approved meaning/
(part of speech) ALTERNATIVES STE EXAMPLE Non-STE example

| Word (POS) | Meaning & Examples |
|------------|-------------------|
| **CHANGE (v)** | , To become or to cause IF THE HUMIDITY CHANGES, to become different CHANGES CHANGED, FREQUENTLY, PUT A CHANGED COVER ON THE UNIT. For other CHANGE THE COLOR meanings, use: OF THE DISPLAY. |
| **REPLACE (v)** | REPLACE THE Change the damaged DAMAGED VALVE. valve. |
| **channel (v) — UNNAPROVED** | CHANNEL (TN) INSTALL THE WIRES Channel the wires along IN THE CHANNEL the housing. ALONG THE HOUSING. |
| **characteristic (n) — UNNAPROVED** | PROPERTY (n) THE PROPERTIES OF The characteristics of THESE SEALANTS these sealants prevent PREVENT corrosion. CORROSION. |
| **QUALITY (n)** | DO NOT USE THIS Do not use this material MATERIAL BECAUSE because it doesn't have IT DOES NOT HAVE the necessary THE NECESSARY characteristics. QUALITIES. |
| **CHARGE (v)** | , To accumulate or add CHARGE THE CHARGES, electrical energy BATTERY. CHARGED, CHARGED MAKE SURE THAT THE BATTERY CHARGES. For other meanings, use: |
| **FILL (v)** | FILL THE TANK WITH Charge the tank with 10 LITERS OF 10 liters of methanol. METHANOL. |
| **PRESSURIZE (v)** | PRESSURIZE THE Charge the accumulator ACCUMULATOR WITH with nitrogen. NITROGEN. |
| **CHECK (n)** | The procedure you do to DO A CHECK OF THE make sure that HYDRAULIC SYSTEM. something operates correctly or has no defects DO A CHECK FOR LOOSE FASTENERS. |
