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**ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English**

||**Word**
**(part of speech)**|**Approved meaning/**
**ALTERNATIVES**|**STE EXAMPLE**|**Non-STE example**|

||---|---|---|

||**COUNT (v),**
**COUNTS,**
**COUNTED,**
**COUNTED**|To add the number of
objects or occurrences
to get a total|COUNT THE NUMBER
OF TREADS ON THE
TIRE.||
||**COUNTERCLOCK-**
**WISE (adv)**|In the opposite direction
to clockwise|MAKE SURE THAT YOU
TURN THE CONTROL
KNOB
COUNTERCLOCKWISE.||
||**couple (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|CONNECT (v)|CONNECT THE
FUELING NOZZLE TO
THE AIRCRAFT.|Couple the fueling nozzle
to the aircraft.|
|||ATTACH (v)|ATTACH THE FUELING
NOZZLE TO THE
AIRCRAFT.||
||**cover (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|INCLUDE (v)|THIS PROCEDURE
INCLUDES THE
INSTRUCTIONS TO
REMOVE THE
CONSTANT SPEED
DRIVE (CSD).|This procedure covers the
removal of the Constant
Speed Drive (CSD).|
|||HAVE (v)|THE BOTTOM EDGE
OF THE PANEL HAS
CARPET ON IT.|The bottom edge of the
panel is covered with
carpet.|
|||COVER (TN)|PUT THE COVER ON
THE CONTAINER.|Cover the container.|
||**crack (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|OPEN (v)|WHEN THE RELIEF
VALVE OPENS, THE
PRESSURE
DECREASES.|When the relief valve
cracks open, the pressure
decreases.|
|||CRACK (TN)|IF THERE ARE
CRACKS IN THE
CENTER PLY,
REPLACE THE
WINDSHIELD PANEL.|If a center ply is cracked,
replace the windshield
panel.|
||**create (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|MAKE (v)|CUT THE BRACKET
TO MAKE A
CLEARANCE.|Cut the bracket to create a
clearance.|
|||CAUSE (v)|VIBRATION CAN
CAUSE CRACKS.|Vibration can create cracks.|

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||**Word**
**(part of speech)**|**Approved meaning/**
**ALTERNATIVES**|**STE EXAMPLE**|**Non-STE example**|

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||**critical (adj) — UNNAPPROVED**|VERY IMPORTANT|THE CONDITION OF
THE UNIT IS VERY
IMPORTANT FOR ITS
PERFORMANCE.|The condition of the unit
is critical to its
performance.|
|||CAREFUL (adj)|MAKE A CAREFUL
ESTIMATE OF THE
DAMAGED AREA.|Make a critical estimate
of the damaged area.|
||**cross (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|ACROSS (adv)|DO NOT GO ACROSS
THE SAFETY LINE.|Do not cross the safety
line.|
|||CORRECTLY (adv)|CONNECT THE WIRES
CORRECTLY.|Do not cross the wires.|
||**curvature (n) — UNNAPPROVED**|BEND (n)|THE BEND IN THE
PIPE MUST HAVE A
30 mm RADIUS.|The curvature of the pipe
must have a 30 mm
radius.|
|||CURVE (n)|THE RADIUS OF THE
CURVE MUST BE A
MINIMUM OF 8 mm.|The radius of the
curvature must be a
minimum of 8 mm.|
|||RADIUS (TN)|BEND THE PIPE TO
THE CORRECT
RADIUS.|Bend the pipe to the
correct curvature.|
||**CURVE (n)**|The shape of
something which is
bent but which has no
angles|THE RADIUS OF THE
CURVE MUST BE A
MINIMUM OF 8 mm.|||
||**curve (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|MAKE A CURVE|BEND THE STRIP OF
METAL TO MAKE A
CURVE.|Curve the strip of metal.|
||**CUT (v),**
**CUTS,**
**CUT,**
**CUT**|1.
To divide into
parts|CUT THE CABLE INTO
THREE EQUAL
LENGTHS.||
|||2.
To remove with a
sharp tool|CUT AND DISCARD
THE LOCKWIRE.||
||**CYCLE (n)**|One complete
sequence of operation|SET THE SWITCH TO
THREE CYCLES A
MINUTE.||
||**cycle (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|CYCLE (n)|OPERATE THE
ACTUATOR THROUGH
THREE CYCLES.|Cycle the actuator three
times.|

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**(part of speech)**|**Approved meaning/**
**ALTERNATIVES**|**STE EXAMPLE**|**Non-STE example**|

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||**DAMAGE (n)**|The result of an
occurrence that causes
deterioration of the
condition of something|EXAMINE THE
SURFACE FOR
DAMAGE.|||
||**damage (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|DAMAGE (n)|DISCONNECT THE
SPRING TO PREVENT
DAMAGE TO THE ROD.|Disconnect the spring so
as not to damage the
rod.|
||**DAMAGED (adj)**|That has or can be
affected by damage|REPLACE THE
DAMAGED PARTS.|||
||**damp (adj) — UNNAPPROVED**|MOIST (adj)|REMOVE ALL DIRT
FROM THE SEAT WITH
A MOIST CLOTH.|Remove all dirt from the
seat with a damp cloth.|
||**dampen (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|DECREASE (v)|THE MOUNTING PADS
DECREASE
VIBRATION.|The mounting pads
dampen vibration.|
|||MAKE MOIST|MAKE THE CLOTH
MOIST WITH
SOLVENT.|Dampen the cloth with
solvent.|
||**danger (n) — UNNAPPROVED**|RISK (n)|THERE IS A RISK OF
FIRE.|There is a danger of fire.|
|||DANGEROUS (adj)
"danger" is a
technical noun
when it identifies
a safety
instruction. Refer
to section 7.|HYDRAULIC FLUID IS
DANGEROUS FOR
YOUR HEALTH.|Hydraulic fluid is a
danger to your health.|
||**DANGEROUS (adj)**|That can cause injury,
damage to health or can
kill|IT IS DANGEROUS TO
USE AIR IN THIS
SYSTEM.|||
||**dangerously (adv) — UNNAPPROVED**|DANGEROUS (adj)|DO NOT OPEN THE
CARGO DOOR IN
STRONG WINDS.
STRONG WINDS ARE
DANGEROUS.|Do not open the cargo
door if the wind-speed is
dangerously high.|

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||**Word**
**(part of speech)**|**Approved meaning/**
**ALTERNATIVES**|**STE EXAMPLE**|**Non-STE example**|

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||**DATA (n)**|1.
Known facts|MAKE SURE THAT
YOU GET ALL THE
DATA ABOUT THE
PROBLEM.|||
|||2.
Numbers and
symbols used by
computers|DO A TEST TO FIND IF
THE MANAGEMENT
UNIT TRANSMITS
THESE DATA.|||
|||You can also use
the singular.|DO A TEST TO FIND IF
THE MANAGEMENT
UNIT TRANSMITS THIS
DATA|||
||**DATE (n)**|The time at which an
event occurs|ON THE LABEL, READ
THE DATE OF THE
LAST INSPECTION.|||
||**DEACTIVATE (v)**|To make a system,
function, or feature no
longer ready for
operation
For other
meanings, use:|SET THE SWITCH TO
THE STANDBY
POSITION TO
DEACTIVATE THE
MONITORING BOX.|||

|||STOP (v)|STOP THE MOTOR.|Deactivate the motor.|

||**deadly (adj) — UNNAPPROVED**|KILL (v)|HIGH VOLTAGES CAN
KILL YOU.|High voltages are
deadly.|
||**deaerate (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|BLEED (v)|BLEED THE No. 1
HYDRAULIC SYSTEM.|Deaerate the No. 1
hydraulic system.|
|||AIR (TN)|THE VACUUM
EQUIPMENT
REMOVES THE AIR
FROM THE
COMPOUND.|The vacuum equipment
deaerates the
compound.|
||**dearm (v) — UNNAPPROVED**|DISARM (v)|DISARM THE ESCAPE
SLIDE.|Dearm the escape slide.|
|||REMOVE (v)|REMOVE THE
CARTRIDGES FROM
THE FIRE BOTTLES.|Dearm the fire bottles.|
