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Acknowledgements Introduction English Vocabulary in Use

Effective vocabulary learning

Example language

Test 1

adjective, apostrophe, prefix

Unit Unit 4

Names of English language words

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Word formation Unit 8 Unit 9 Unit 10 Unit 11 Unit 12 Unit 13 Unit 14 Unit 15 Unit 16 Unit 17

Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7 Test 8 Test 9 Test 10 Test 11

Suffixes Prefixes Roots Abstract nouns Compound adjectives Compound nouns (1) noun + noun Compound nouns (2) verb + preposition Words from other languages Abbreviations and acronyms New words in English

-er, -or, -ness in-, ex-, mis-port-, -vert-, -spectexcitement, generosity, wisdom air-conditioned, off-peak, sugar-free baby-sitter, sunglasses, junk mail cutback, turnover, outlook ballerina, yoghurt, judo UN, ID, rep video jockey, surfing the net, shopaholic

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doubt, hiccough, sword clink, tinkle, splash wait, weight; row /rəυ/ and row /raυ/

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previously, in case, reason after all, moreover, on the contrary situation, aspect, issue well, let me see, hang on firstly, in conclusion, in other words

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travel, luggage, knowledge headquarters, binoculars, scissors glass, a glass; hair, a hair

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crowd, flock, range a piece of advice, a flash of lightning, some spots of rain a tube of toothpaste, a jar of jam, a box of matches

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Words and pronunciation Unit 18 Unit 19 Unit 20

Test 12 Words commonly mispronounced Test 13 Onomatopoeic words Test 14 Homonyms

Connecting and linking words Units 21–23 Units 24–25 Unit 26 Unit 27 Unit 28

Test 15 Test 16 Test 17 Test 18 Test 19

Connecting and linking (1) Connecting and linking (2) Text-referring words Discourse markers in speech Discourse markers in writing

Countables and uncountables Unit 29 Unit 30 Unit 31 Unit 32 Unit 33

Test 20 Uncountable words Test 21 Words that occur only in the plural Test 22 Countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings Test 23 Collective nouns Test 24 Making uncountable nouns countable

Unit 34

Test 25 Containers and contents

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Topics Unit 35 Unit 36 Unit 37 Unit 38 Unit 39 Unit 40 Unit 41 Unit 42 Unit 43 Unit 44 Unit 45 Unit 46 Unit 47 Unit 48 Unit 49 Unit 50 Unit 51 Unit 52 Unit 53 Unit 54 Unit 55 Unit 56 Unit 57

Test 26 Test 27 Test 28 Test 29 Test 30 Test 31 Test 32 Test 33 Test 34 Test 35 Test 36 Test 37 Test 38 Test 39 Test 40 Test 41 Test 42 Test 43 Test 44 Test 45 Test 46 Test 47 Test 48

Countries, nationalities and languages The weather Describing people: appearance Describing people: character Relationships At home Everyday problems Global problems Education Work Sport The arts Music Food The environment Towns The natural world Clothes Health and medicine Travel Holidays Numbers and shapes Science and technology

Unit 58 Unit 59 Unit 60 Unit 61 Unit 62

Test 49 Test 50 Test 51 Test 52 Test 53

Computers and the Internet The press and the media Politics and public institutions Crime Money – buying, selling and paying

Brazil, Japanese, Arabic drought, stifling, chilly wavy hair, freckles, plump down-to-earth, broad-minded, eccentric colleague, acquaintance, to fancy someone bungalow, attic, table mat power cut, to leak, stained to erupt, injured, earthquake degree, tutorial, to pass an exam union representative, redundant, shift work billiards, high jump, fencing sculpture, novel, performance track, hit, backing aubergine, spicy, bake island, glacier, polluted art gallery, traffic jam, population nest, hedgehog, harvest cardigan, collar, striped sore throat, prescribe, tablets ferry, overtake, supersonic timeshare, package holiday, breath-taking triangle, sphere, odd and even mobile phone, microwave, genetic engineering screen, web, save tabloid, aerial, soap opera independence, House of Commons, elect burglary, blackmail, verdict earn, current account, overdrawn

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maintain, point of view grateful, frustration, worrying adore, loathe, devoted whisper, grumble, guiltily glance, fragrant, telepathy yawn, snore, chew

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minuscule, considerable, a great deal for the time being, temporary, to last length, faraway, stretch compulsory, exempt, shortage

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racket, twinkle, sombre estate, property, allocate

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Feelings and actions Unit 63 Unit 64 Unit 65 Unit 66 Unit 67 Unit 68

Test 54 Test 55 Test 56 Test 57 Test 58 Test 59

Belief and opinion Pleasant and unpleasant feelings Like, dislike and desire Speaking The six senses What your body does

Basic concepts Unit 69 Unit 70 Unit 71 Unit 72

Test 60 Test 61 Test 62 Test 63

Unit 73 Unit 74

Number, quantity, degree and intensity Time Distances and dimensions Obligation, need, possibility and probability Test 64 Sound and light Test 65 Possession, giving and lending

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Unit 75 Unit 76 Unit 77

Test 66 Movement and speed Test 67 Texture, brightness, weight and density Test 68 Success, failure and difficulty

flutter, crawl, rate prickly, dazzling, hollow manage, compromise, cope

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under the weather, to have seen better days come to think of it, that’s that, as far as I’m concerned as good as gold, like a red rag to a bull rough and ready, peace and quiet, sooner or later quick off the mark, round the bend, a lazy-bones in high spirits, in a black mood, scared stiff to take a back seat, the tide has turned, to bury the hatchet knock spots off, on the ball, pick holes in

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talk shop, a talking-point, long-winded to pay through the nose, to have something on the brain Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

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Idiomatic expressions Unit 78 Unit 79

Test 69 Idioms and fixed expressions – general Test 70 Everyday expressions

Unit 80 Unit 81

Test 71 Similes Test 72 Binomials

Unit 82

Test 73 Idioms describing people

Unit 83

Test 74 Idioms describing feelings or mood

Unit 84

Test 75 Idioms describing problematic situations

Unit 85 Unit 86 Unit 87

Test 76 Idioms connected with praise and criticism Test 77 Idioms connected with using language Test 78 Miscellaneous idioms

Unit 88

Test 79 Proverbs

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Phrasal verbs and verb-based expressions Unit 89

Test 80 Expressions with do and make

Unit 90

Test 81 Expressions with bring and take

Units 91–92 Test 82 Expressions with get, set and put Unit 93 Test 83 Expressions with come and go Unit 94

Test 84 Miscellaneous expressions

do housework, do up, make a mistake, make up bring down, bring to light, take after, take for granted get by, put up with, set one’s heart on come across, come to an end, go off, as far as it goes run out of, see your way to, break someone’s heart

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Varieties of English Unit 95 Unit 96 Unit 97 Unit 98 Unit 99 Unit 100

Test 85 Test 86 Test 87 Test 88 Test 89 Test 90

Formal and informal words (1) Formal and informal words (2) US English Other Englishes Headline English The language of signs and notices

offspring, children, kids slang, wally, cool semester, panty-hose, wash up loch, Aussie, pad axe, hit, vow refrain, forbidden, admission

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Answer key

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Phonemic symbols

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