Text 15: English as a scientific language

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Across
  1. 1. to examine people or things to see how they are similar and how they are different
  2. 5. to copy something exactly
  3. 7. a scientist who studies physics
  4. 8. to become better than before; to make something/somebody better than before
  5. 11. a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it
  6. 13. having a lot of influence on somebody/something
  7. 14. to take somebody/something away from a place
  8. 15. a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement
  9. 16. very large or important
  10. 20. special importance that is given to something
  11. 21. the force that attracts objects in space towards each other
  12. 24. something that can be seen; that is obvious enough to be noticed
  13. 25. a change that somebody/something causes in somebody/something else; a result
Down
  1. 2. to watch somebody/something carefully, especially to learn more about them
  2. 3. ​in every way possible; completely
  3. 4. at the end of a period of time or a series of events
  4. 6. a scientific test that is done in order to study what happens and to gain new knowledge
  5. 9. easy to see or understand
  6. 10. a person who studies or writes about philosophy
  7. 12. the steady growth of something so that it becomes more advanced, stronger, etc.
  8. 17. to take willingly something that is offered; to say ‘yes’ to an offer, invitation, etc.
  9. 18. to become or make something become smaller, weaker, less important, etc.
  10. 19. an act or the process of finding somebody/something, or learning about something that was not known about before
  11. 22. to say that somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something
  12. 23. the quality of being good and of deserving praise or reward