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proper in English:

1. suitable


It is important to maintain your body temperature at a suitable level.
suitable apartment
On some OS's you get gibberish for filenames with full-width characters so when downloading please change to a suitable filename.
Having found a suitable human host, an ambitious Cuba Libre sang a beautiful ballad at the karaoke bar.
In Japan it's generally thought that Germany's water supply isn't suitable for drinking, but this is a mistake.
Everybody has their own projects on, so after all you are the only suitable candidate.
However, a suitable level of stress is actually a necessary thing for your body's health.
Pretty gem, isn't it? Not knowing if it was a suitable subject or not, but anyway I tried to get her interest that way.
Certainly, the last but one carriage is suitable for bikes and larger items of luggage, including sports equipment.
You can’t go running in those shoes. They aren’t suitable.
I still haven't found a suitable candidate. / And you're still no closer to finding a suitable mate than the day you were left at the altar.
However, suitable funding is required for the Union's priorities to be credible.
These questions will only be used to ensure you are able to work the contractual hours and that the role is suitable.
Based on the configuration, it is possible that more than one match be equally suitable.
a suitable layout can be set up as follows way

2. perfectly proper



English word "proper"(perfectly proper) occurs in sets:

Kolokacje / Collocations - common adverb + adjecti...

3. write suitable or correct



4. acceptable


His ideas are too radical to be acceptable to most people.
Let's find a solution that is acceptable to everyone.
Doing math is the only socially acceptable way to masturbate in public.
Cheating on one's spouse is not usually considered acceptable behavior.
OPP unacceptable
There are conditions under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
It is acceptable to mention your job and interests and to ask the other person about his, but be careful not to let the conversation become too personal.
A lot of people exceed the speed limit so it must be acceptable.
In our interpretation, the output data in Table 2 is an acceptable variation of that in Table 1.
Driving after drinking alcohol is not acceptable behavior.
Acceptable and unacceptable are clearly in opposition to each other.
Do you think it is acceptable for animals to be used in experiments?
The factory has been producing higher than acceptable levels of pollution
He had no acceptable answer for that.

English word "proper"(acceptable) occurs in sets:

use of english unit 8 p. 100

5. x


X rays are used to locate breaks in bones.
The "X" button in the top right shuts the window.
Today's class continues with inequalities. Like yesterday try to display the domains in x and y.
Could I have two tickets to Malcolm X?
This microscope has a 100X magnification.
The symbol "X" usually stands for an unknown quantity in mathematics.
Evidence that the above example is farfetched can be seen by comparing the total occurrences of component X.
The planet Arèmo X3 is almost twice the size of planet Earth, and as you can see on the screen, quite similar to your world.
Although it's "Mac OS X", that doesn't mean that the Mac OS code itself has been upgraded to a new version.
No problem. If X happens, we have Y as a backup.
On Jul 18th Mark/Space released an updated version of Missing Sync for Windows Mobile for the Mac OS X.

6. very or extremely



7. improper


It is highly improper.
"Toilet paper hung in improper overhand fashion"?
It was thought improper for a teacher to sit at her desk during a lesson.
His improper conduct at the Minister's party could ruin his diplomatic career.
With improper use, he damaged the machine.
The Court judged that there had been no improper conduct by the club.
They used their power for an improper purpose.
This unexpected malfunctioning of the system was caused by improper wiring.
It is improper to impose sanctions upon the union.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.
Later, it happened that there was some gossip at home, and my mother suspected that she had written something improper; after that she would not have her letters written for her.
Improper grounding can make a microphone lethal to touch. Several singers have actually died this way.

8. appropriate


High heels are not appropriate for a job in a factory. Vodka is not an appropriate drink for meeting with your boss. When cooking pancakes you need to add the appropriate amount of milk or they will be too dry.
Please forward this message along with the seminar information to the appropriate managers in your firm.
appropriate penalties
1. Neither of these are appropriate for a five-year-old girl. / 2. I'm not sure this is appropriate behaviour, Mr Acting President. / 3. I guess it's appropriate.
The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.
Remove the cap from the ink refill bottle, fill the dropper with ink, and drip an appropriate amount onto the marker's core.
For this design house it was an appropriate strategy to introduce even more radical colors into computer production.
We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.
Among the critics are those who think that the objective set for the European Central Bank is not appropriate.
We therefore agree with the proposal in this question, which seems to us highly appropriate.
In the second case, it appears that the most appropriate procedure for selecting the private partner would be through competitive dialogue, which is set out in the Public Procurement Act
The system will sort workflows according to the level of compatibility and ensure that the most appropriate workflow is displayed when users create a requisition
correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose (an education system which is more appropriate to the needs of the students)
I'm patching things up for your mistake so it's only natural that I get a reward appropriate to my labours.

English word "proper"(appropriate) occurs in sets:

IDOMS, ABBR, COMPANY POSITIONS