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U1: Cramming for Success: study and academic work
Cram swot he s been cramming for ...,
Rote learning you cannot fully un...,
Mnemonics macro is a mnemonic for...
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U2: Education: debates and issues
Selective schooling,
Conprehensive schooling,
Elitism many people believe that ...
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U3: Applying for a job
Fast paced he s moved to the coun...,
Openings there are several openin...,
Report to reporting to the custom...
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U4: Job interviews
Criteria what criteria are used f...,
Shortlist footnote candidates who...,
Trial run footnote this year is a...
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Unit 5: At work: colleagues and routines
Opposite number footnotethe forei...,
Working relationship,
Counterpart footnote the women s ...
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Unit 6: At work: job satisfaction
Dynamic,
Job satisfaction,
Run of the mill footnote these sh...
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Unit 7: At work: careers
Telesales telemarketing,
Cold calling,
Hard sell
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Unit 8: Describing people: positive and negative qualities
Opportunistic,
Methodical she is very slow but m...,
Chauvinistic chauvinistic nationa...
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Unit 9: Describing people: appearance and mannerisms
Scrawny he was too scrawny to be ...,
Gangling gangly a gangly youth ap...,
Bulked up
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Unit 10: Describing people: personality and character traits
Impetuous,
Effusive she always gives me such...,
Excitable he s a very excitable c...
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Unit 11: Relationships: friends forever
Fall head over heels in love,
Only have eye for,
Infatuated besotted with
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Unit 12: Relationships: ups and downs
Behind sb s backs,
Two faced towards,
Sworn enemies
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Unit 13: Emotions and reactions
Yearn i ve always yearned to go s...,
Covet an olympic gold medal is pr...,
Defuse lottie tried to defuse the...
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Unit 14: Negative feelings
Antipathy footnote antipathy towa...,
Aversion arrogance has always bee...,
Detest loathe he loathed hypocris...
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Unit 15: Birth and death: from cradle to grave
Conception a child is born about ...,
Fertilised,
Fertility drugs
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Unit 16: Free time: relaxation and leisure
Therapeutic i find listening to m...,
Culture vulture rob s a real cult...,
Dabbler v dabble footnote fatima ...
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Unit 17: All the rage: clothes and fashion
Scruffy there was a gang of scruf...,
Attire dressed in formal evening ...,
Midriff part of the body between ...
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Unit 18: Home styles, lifestyles
Hovel,
Squat,
High rise flats
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Unit 19: Socialising and networking
Housewarming party,
Stag party,
Hen night
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Unit 20: The performance arts: reviews and critiques
Hackneyed,
Disjointed
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Unit 21: The visual arts
Dauber,
Deem the evening was deemed a gre...,
Inured to the prisoners quickly b...
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Unit 22: Talking about books
Blurb the blurb says that this is...,
Poignant,
Lugubrious doleful
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Unit 23: Food: A Recipe For Disaster
Wholesome fresh wholesome food,
Wholefoods,
Free range
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Unit 24: Dinner's On Me: Entertaining And Eating Out
Split the bill,
Be on me,
Get this
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Unit 25: On the road: traffic and driving
Have the right of way,
Breathalyser,
Hit and run
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Unit 26: Travel and accommodation
Charter flight,
Non refundablenon returnable,
Stopoverlayover
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Unit 27: Attracting tourists
Escape the crowds,
Get off the beaten track,
Get back to nature
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Unit 28: Describing the world
Arid aridity,
Vegatation,
Coniferous
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Unit 29: Weather and climate
Nippy,
Swelteringroasting,
Oppressive sultry
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Unit 30: Brick walls and glass ceilings
Build sth sb up the play was buil...,
Come up against a brick wall,
Glass ceiling footnoteshe is one ...
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Unit 31: Taking the root and reaping rewards
Go back to your roots,
Put down roots after travelling t...,
Take root
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Unit 32: The animal kingdom
Marsupial,
Rodent mice rats and squirrels ar...,
Docile a docile child horse tempe...
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Unit 33: Our endangered world
Shrinking habitats,
Climate change sceptics,
Exerts severe pressure on
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Unit 34: Here to help: customer service
Prompt prompt action was required...,
Accommodating,
Get back to
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Unit 35: Authorities: customs and police
Landing card,
Entry regulations,
Spot checks
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Unit 36: Beliefs
Adherent of n adherence v to adhe...,
Convert to n,
Fanatic adj fanatical n fanaticism
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Unit 37: Festivals in their cultural context
Centenary bi centenary,
Flamboyant n flamboyance,
Raucous n raucousness
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Unit 38: Talking about language
Syntax,
Modality,
Phonology
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Unit 39: History: since the dawn of civilisation
Conquest,
Manuscripts,
Shred
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Unit 40: The haves and the haves-not
Dignity,
Absolute poverty,
Relative poverty
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Unit 41: British politics
Briefing,
Rallies,
Ultimately
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Unit 42: International politics
Upholds,
Intervention,
Liberation liberation from poverty
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Unit 43: The letter of the law
Bend the law rulescontravene a la...,
Impeach a president governor impe...,
Lodge an appeal
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Unit 44: War and peace
Sanctions footnotetrade sanctions...,
Weaponry,
Civilian casualties
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Unit 45: Economy and finance
Take root,
Allocating funds,
Restrictive practices
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Unit 47: The media: in print
Obituaries an obituary column notice,
Agony columns,
Agony aunt
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Unit 48: The media: internet and email
Instant messaging,
Newsgroups,
Webinar
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Unit 49: Advertising
Leave other sth standing,
Put leave sth in the shade,
Slash
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Unit 50: The news: gathering and delivering
Pressure groups,
Soundbite,
Soundalike
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Unit 51: Healthcare
Primary care,
Locum,
Acute chronic condition
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Unit 52: Illness: feeling under the weather
Fight off i m fighting off a cold...,
The usual aches and pains,
Cuts and bruises
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Unit 53: Medical language
Low dose,
Asthma,
Past history
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Unit 54: Diet, sport, and fitness
Cholesterol rich,
Lentils,
Diabetics
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Unit 55: Industries: from manufacturing to service
Heavy industry,
Light industry,
Manufacturing industry
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Unit 56: Technology and its impact
Digital technology,
Satellite communications,
Biotechnology
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Unit 57: Technology of the future
Interplanetary travelspace tourism,
Nanotechnology,
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Unit 58: Energy: from fossil fuels to windmills
Offshore,
Coal fired footnotegas fired oil ...,
Well oiled
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Unit 59: Space: no room to swing a cat
No room to swing a cat,
Rambling,
Ample room
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Unit 60: Time: once in a blue moon
All your born day,
In a moin a secin a tickin less n...,
For donkey s yearssince the year dot
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Unit 61: Motion: taking steps
Limp she had twisted her ankle an...,
Limp adj his hand went limp and t...,
Limp wristed
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Unit 62: Manner: behaviour and body language
Offhand he was very offhand with me,
Insolent,
Etiquette
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Unit 63: Sounds: listen up!
Noiseless,
Soundless,
Pound
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Unit 64: Weight and density
Weighty n weigthiness,
Unweildy system bureaucracy object,
Cumbersome
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Unit 65: All the colours of the rainbow
Pitch black,
Jet black,
Shocking pink
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Unit 66: Speed: fast and slow
Nippop,
Zipwhizz,
Career v the vehicle careered acr...
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Unit 67: Cause and effect
Precipitatespark,
Stem from,
Grounds for
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Unit 68: Spot the difference: making comparisons
Affinity for with somebody someth...,
Akin to she was wearing something...,
Analogy the teacher drew an analo...
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Unit 69: Difficulties and dilemmas
Pitfall,
Ordeal,
Abstruse
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Unit 70: Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires
Overjoyed he was overjoyed at my ...,
Accidents will happen,
I should be so lucky
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Unit 71: Number: statistics and quantity
Twofold,
Quadruple v n,
Drastic
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Unit 72: Permission: getting the go-ahead
Accede,
Acquiesce acquiescent adj acquies...,
Assent the shareholders assented ...
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Unit 73: Complaining and protesting
This is just not on,
Remonstrate with sb about sth the...,
Fault finding
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Unit 74: Apology, regret and reconcilation
Sincere heartfelt,
Flimsy rickety,
Cast iron certain ironclad
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Unit 75: A pat on the back: complimenting and praising
Fish for compliments,
Back handed left handed compliment,
Praised to the skies
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Unit 76: Promises and bets
Promise sb the earth moon,
Put on under oath,
Couldn t swear to it
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Unit 77: Reminiscences and regrets
Out of touch,
Hear anything of,
Take me back to
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Unit 78: Agreement, disagreement and compromise
Concur with concurrent with exist...,
Tally with her complaints tally w...,
Conform to his behaviour doesnt c...
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Unit 79: Academic writing: making sense
Complement the flavours in the di...,
Complementary angle,
Supplementary angle
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Unit 80: Academic writing: text structure
Reiterate n reiteration,
Epitomise n epitome of sth embodi...,
Assert n assertion adj assertive ...
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Unit 81: Writing: style and format
Scribble scrawl footnote n scribb...,
Jot down i ll just jot down the a...,
Doodle
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Unit 82: Whatchamacallit: being indirect
Have got a thing about laura has ...,
As things are,
Get sb to yourself
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Unit 83: Give or take: more vague expressions
In excess of,
Somewhere in the region ofin the ...,
Smattering footnotethere was only...
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Unit 84: The way you say it.
Mumblemutter,
Murmur,
Shriek at sbin with sth
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Unit 86: Prefixes: creating new meanings
Eco city,
Eco warrior,
Overhang several of our neighbour...
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Unit 87: Suffixes: forming new words
Coin he was the first to coin the...,
Health conscious,
Money minded
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Unit 88: Word-building and word-blending
Monograph,
Congress,
Retroactive
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Unit 89: English: a global language
Word stock,
Classical origin,
Linguistic consequence
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Unit 90: Easily confused words
Serial,
In the shadow of,
Upend
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Unit 91: One word, many meanings
Homograph,
Polysemy
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Unit 92: Collocation: which words go together
Dismal,
Distasteful the bad language in t...,
Fatuous
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Unit 93: Metaphor: seeing the light
Jungle,
Light up your life,
Be on the ball
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Unit 94: Idioms for everyday situations and feelings
Work like a dream,
Go run like clockwork,
Be up and running
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Unit 95: Brushing up on phrasal verbs
Come off they had wanted it to be...,
Stay on she failed her exam and h...,
Urge on
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Unit 96: Connotation: making associations
A dog s life,
Cowboy builders
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Unit 97: Register: degrees of formality
Bloke,
Asylum,
Frock
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Unit 98: Divided by a common language
Kitty corner ed catty corner ed,
Creek,
Interstate
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Unit 100: In the headlines
Crazed,
Thugsyobslouts,
Shell shocked
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Unit 101: Red tape
Bestow something on upon somebody...,
Adjoin v adjoining adj,
The undersigned
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