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Unit

A Problems

acommon

combat
come up against

a
a
a
a
a
a
a

confront
face
face up to
resolve
rise above

problem

run into
sort out

major
minor
potential
recurrent
serious

tough

trivial

an unexpected
an urgent

tackle

B Challenges and achievements

accept
high/strong
face
pose

loWpoor
oersonal
political
staff
student

a challenge

present
rise to
take up

daunting

achieve

an exciting

be assrrred

a
a
a
a
a
a

problem

deser-ve
.
enloy

formidable
fresh

major

.rf

guarantee

challenge

meetwith

new
serious

admit

my greatest

to
be resigned to

lmotrvatron

end

I
I

be doomed

in

failure

burning
lifelong

mymain

meetwith
result in

a
a

personal
secret

complete

a
a

great

continued
dismal
inetable

total

I
I

I success

failure

achieve

major

an outstanding
a
a
a
a

l"''0',,""

remarkable

achievement

scientific
sporting
technological

tulfil
improve

have

increase
lack

pursue

motivation

an ambition

realize

lose

strengthen
C

Possibity
possibility

There's every Aittle/no

chance

likelihood

of someing (happening).
that something will happen.

real
strong

distinct
There's a

(very)

good

chance

realistic

possibility

of something (happening).
that something will happen.

faint
slight
remote

They have/stand

is bound/certain/sure to do
is highly likely to do it.

it.

may/mighVcould well do it.

could easily/conceivably do it.
is hardly likely to do it.
She's highly unlikely to do it.

It is highly likely/probable/unlikely/improbable
that she'll do it.
We are going to investigate/look into
One cannot ignore/rule out /exclude the
possibility that .. .lof ...
You should not overlook

In order to reduce

every
a
a
a

She
She
She
She
She

good

fair
slim

chance of doing something

an outside

tea
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little
no

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Unit 2
Changes
Verbs andnouns
bring about a
call for a

modifu

yourbehaour/

shift

your language/a
design
the blame or

introduce a

switch

resist
welcome a
witness a

adapltol

change/college
adjust to life/a new job

amend
change

sthg onto sbdy

sides/(over) to a

change

lead to a

alter

modify

responsibility for

cope with

adjust

change

clothing/the
volume/the
height of
plans/clothes/
your appearance
alawla document
places/the

mind./yourtune/
convert

abuilding/

adaptl
adjust
alter

attitude(s)
government

policy
the law
a change

in

condition

transform completely/
vary

patient's

instantly/
radically

someone's

considerably/

the weather

fortunes

greatly/widely
address

direction
heart

yourdieVthe

econonuc
a far-reaching
a pleasant

meng./your

political

routine/in price

a
a

thing

vary

Prepositions andnouns

Adjectives and nouns

a dramatic

Verbs and adverbs

subjeclyour
your ways

new currency/TV
channels
transfer money to another
accounlto a team
or department
transform (the appearance
or character ofl a
persor/a place/a

drastically/
overnight/
significantly
slightly/
substantially/
subtly

automatically/
easily/effortlessly
completely/

religion

social
a sudden
a sweeping
an unexpected

a change

change

)'a

of

ffir

It

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luck
mind

illn

mood

$n

pace

plan
scene

ilft

lr

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awelcome

dramaticay/
slightly

money/to a-

refreshing
significant

government

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Unit 3
C Adjectives to describe methods and
ways of doing things

A Infonnation
Verbs

Adjectives

access

controversial

compile

(in)accurate
(un)biased
comprehensive

find

confidential

costly
cost-effective
effective

broadcast

gather
get

information

limited

convenient

(un)conventional
information

novel
obsolete
old-fashioned
persuasive

(un)reliable
subtle

give

misleading
relevant

efficient

traditional

obtain

(un)reliable

familiar

provide

up-to-date

ingenious

tried and tested

unique

publish

useless

innovative

(un)usual

Adjectives
acrid
distinct

detect
get rid of
give off
leave

notice
remember
smell good/bad

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a/the smell (of

something)

faint
foul

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id

flo

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pungent

rancid
sickly

lc.

stale

fresh

strong

mouth-watering

sweet

musty

unmistakable

overpowering
(un)pleasant

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Verbs

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Unit 5
A Adjectives to describe sltionships

A fimeVerbs
allocate
be pressed

for

devote

find
lree up
invest

kill

time

difficult
family
formal

loyal
mature
moody
outgoing
patient

friendly
intimate
lasting

pompous
responsible
self-assured
self-centred
self-confident
sensible
single-minded
slapdash

manage

run out of
seVput aside
take up

waste

Adjectives
free/leisure/spare

kick-off/injury/half

love-hate
personal
professional
relaxed

rocky
solid
stable
strong

trustworthy

record-breaking
arrivaVdeparture/fl ying

uneasy

unreliable
time

viewing/prime
opening/closing/sale

sowing/milking/harvest

working

Collocations
adopt an enthusiastic/a positive

approachto one's work

show great potentiaUdedication/

ability/patience
shodlaclldevelop/display/possess
at a specifi c/seVpredetermined time
the right personal qualities
in the time allocated/allowed./available shodhave strong leadership
extend/(fail to) meet/miss/seVwork to
qualities
Other expressions

deadline

take time offwork

time is against you

matter of time
make time for oneself
a

have a"/an helpfuUoutgoing/

sensitive nature
have a (strong) tendency to be

domineering/take things to

heart/worry over detail

have/acquire/develop advanced,/
outstanding/the necessar5r
computer skills

B Characterandabities
Adjectives of personality

Further skills

approachable

business

arrogant

communication
interpersonal

attentive

caring
clumsy
conceited
considerate
creative
dedicated
determined
disorganized
easy-going

flexible
impatient
indecisive

language
managemenV
managerial

organizational
personal

practical
problem-solving
secretarial
social
technical
technological
telephone

relationship

prickly

stubborn

qualifying/winning/
peak viewing/off-peak

business
close

knowledgeable
likeable

skills

B Adjecve andnoun collocations

heated/furious/fierce/pointless argument
courting/elderly/married,/young couple
adoptive/extended,limmediatei

single-parent

innerimixed,/negative/strong

beslclose/mutuaVschool

brotherly/firsltrue/unrequited

family
feelings

friend

love
family/heightened,/rising/social tension

C Furtherexpressions
call someone names
call someone by their first name

fall for someone

fall out with someone
get on like a house on fire
get on someone's nerves
have it in for someone
keep oneself to oneself
keep in touch with someone
look up to someone
look down on someone
put a great strain on a relationship
put someone down
take an instant dislike/liking to someone
take after someone
take to someone
turn one's back on someone
turn to someone for help/advice
a relationship can turn sour

industrious
insensitive

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B Adjectives for reviews

A Intelligence and ability

Adjectives and nouns
accomplished dancer/pianislsinger
artisVteacher/writer
born
competent driver/lawyer/skier
experienced journalist/manager/professional
coollgardener/skier
expert
musician/sportswoman/student
gifted
proficient horsewoman/piloltypist

promising
it itte
skilful
strong
talented

overhyped

clichd
compelling

exhilarating
fast-moving
gripping
implausible

credible

impressive

powerful
predictable
sentimental
stunning

disappointing
entertaining
excruciating

innovative

tedious

memorable

unconvincing

atmospheric

mong

(young) athlete/player/student

craftsman/technician/worker
card player/diplomaVfootballer
swlmmer

C Comparisons
a considerable/huge/marked./slight difference
a

actor I play er I youngster

artlcomputer/wine

close/remarkable/striking similarity

be commonto alVboth
be (not) dissimilar from/to

exPert

be brillianVgood/weak/terrible/hopeless
a

action-packed

at a subject,

sport or a skill

be very much alike

be unlike another thing
bear a close/a striking/a strong/a

slighllittle/no

resemblance tg

differ from
''
one thing compares (unfiavourably/welVbadly with another
develop along different lines/in a different way,from
have a great deal/little/nothing in common with
resemble each other

brainy/brillianVbrighVgifted child

awhizzkid
a childprodigy
Expressions

solving puzzles/(playing) tennis

be an ace at
your
hands
good
with
be
at DfY/at painting/with a paintbrush
be a dab hand
have a (natural) flair for languages/designL/improvisation
have a (natural) gift for Ianguages/music/writing
accentsAanguage/music
have an ear for
have an eye for detail
have a head for figures
have a nose for a good news story
have a good/poor memory

Adverbs and adjectives

enormously
exceptionally

academically
exceptionally

highly
intellectually
musically
naturally
highly
incredibly
remarkably

'sifted

ItieH,Y

talented

very

Adverbs

sleep

badly/fi1fuly/heavilyAightly/peacefully/rough/
soundly/well

Verbs and expressions

be a heavy/light sleeper
be fast asleep
be/feel wide awake
doze off/drop otnod off
get a good night's sleeP
get to sleep

extremely

highly

D Sleep

fall asleep
fall into a deep sleep

nugely

outstandingly

intelligent

there is little to choose between them in terms of

there is a world of difference between
there are obvious/striking similarities between
what sets him/her/it apart from others is

promrsrng

lose sleep over something

my arm,4eg went to sleeP

send someone to sleep
sleep like a log
sleep on it
sleep through the night
sleep

through

storm

haveitake a nap

snooze
stay up

have a sleepless night

have an animal put to sleeP
keep someone awake

toss and turn

wake up to the fact that

lie/stay awake

suffer from insomnia

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i A Health
i Adectivesandnouns
aching
blocked
bruised
chipped
dislocated
sprained
swollen

the effects of a drlg wear off

wear sbdy out

Phrasal verbs

jointsimbs/muscles

break/come out in a rash

nose

a disease breaks

ribs/thigh
bone/tooth
hip/jaw/shoulder
ankle/wrist

bring someone round

an illness clears up

upset

acute/chronic
allergic

blinding
higMow

catastrophic
damaging

dramatic
far-reaching
good
have

pain eases off

get over an illness
get round to (doing) sthg
an illness or medical condition flares up
pass on an illness

condition
reaction
blood pressure
fever

(highlv) infectious disease

complaint
medical

pass

alan

out

harmful
immediate

effect (on
sbdy/sthg)

impodant
lasting

limited
long-/short-term

minimal
noticeable
side

pick up an illness

put one's bacllshoulder out

put sthg down to sthg

illness

senous

beneficial

come round
come through a serious illness
come up with a cure/treatment

headache

higMomild

adverse

carry out tests

come down with an illness

glands/feet/lips
muscles/ligaments
stomach

torn

B Effect

out

something brings on a heart attack

significant

Unit 8
C Adjectives with iz, off, on, out' otter

A Computertechnology

oncoming
inborn
incoming ongoing
outdoor
inland
outgoing
serviceproder off-duty
off-hand outlying
software

bookmark laptoP
bulletin board mouse mat
search engine
chat room
disk drive

hardware
home page

Adjectives

Verbs

overnight

audacious

overseas

bold

abandon
announce
carry out
conceive
dese

webcam

keyboard

update
upgrade

uphold

brilliant
clever

controversial
daring
detailed
devious
elaborate
emergency

B Verbs withup, down, over, under

uproot
downgrade overmle
dor.lnload overthrow upstage

downplay
downsize
overhear

D Plans

overcast

drawup

plan

impracticable

undercut
undergo
undertake

jettison
put forward
reject

plan

reveal
scrap

ingenious

shelve

intricate

unveil

(unXeasible

(un)viable
(un)workable

Unit 9
A Doingthingsalone

B Anger

C Criticism

Adjectives

Expressions

Adjectives and nouns

Verbs

independent
isolated

be by oneself
be on one's own

heated argumenVdebate/

arouse

lonely

do one's own thing

do something single-

self-made (millionaire)

self-reliant
self-sufficient
single-handed

solitary
solo (album/flighl

performance)
unaided
unaccompanied

handed
fend for oneself
go it alone
go solo
have a mind of one's

own
have something (all) to

yourself
keep oneself to oneself
leave someone to their
own devices

prefer one's own

company
think for oneself

discussion
irate customer/letteriParent
sudden outburst of temper

Expressions
become irate
be cross/furious with sbdY
be seething with anger/

indignatiorVrage

blow a fuse
blow one's top

calmdown
fly into

rage

attract
be impervious to
be unmoved by
be upset by

come in for/under/up against

draw
express
give rise to

overcome
respond to
voice

Adjectives

go berserk/mad

considerable
constructive
fierce

lose one's temper

maintain one's composure

make onet blood boil
scream blue murder

criticism

meetwith

get worked up about sthg

let off steam

growing
mounting
severe

shake one's fist

strong

stamp one's feet

throw a (temper) tantrum

unjust
valid
widespread

criticism

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Unit 10
detect

A Describing rooms and houses

B Noiseandsound

Adjectives
bright and cheerful
cramped and cluttered
dark and dingy
light and airy

Voice, sound and noise

booming
deep

neat and tidy

hoarse
hushed

emit

utter

hesitant
high-pitched

spic(k) and span

warm and cosy

a sound

make
produce

background
banging
constant

volce

loud

low

continuous

colourful

monotonous

excessive

dull

rough

incessant

elegant
gaudy

squeaky

norse

loud

shrill

traffic

roomy

dies down
fades away

lose

spacious

tasteful

lower

tasteless

raise
shout at the top of

twee

Adverbs
badly/newly/poorly/
solidly
lavishly/newly/riehly/
tastefully
comf ortably/ele gantly/
simply/sparsely

brightly/dimly/poorly/
softly
centrally/conveniently/
ideally/pleasantly

yourvorce

increases

reverberates

buzzing

built

crashing
creaking

decorated

distant
distinctive

Other noises

deafening applause/cheer/explosion/
music/roarlsilence

piercing cry/scream/shriek/whistle
rowdy behaviour/crowd/fans/party

sound

faint
furnished

muffled
bells
doors

rumbling

lit

rustling
unmistakable

open
barlc/growVwhimper/whine
music/a radio/a television blares out

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Sight
:

Read and write

give sbdy a/an angry/blanlc/cold/knowing

take a/an close/criticaUfascinating/in-depth

look
look

a,/an f amiliar/impressive/rarelwelcome
a breathtaking/spectacular/superb

sight

a/angood/excellenlexciting
alanavid/fastlslodvoracious

ew

have blurred/double/poor/twenty-twenty
a/an clear/idealistic/realistic/terrifying

high/good/reduced/lodpoor

sion
visibility

be hidden

read
write

iili

im,

from view

be (in)visible tolwith the naked eye

catch a glimpse of sbdy/sthg

catch one's eye
catch- sight of sbdy/sthg
come into ew
have/take a look at sthg
keep one's eye on sbdy/sthg
keep one's eyes open
keep out of sight
lose sight of sbdy/sthg
at first sighVglance

ffi

in full view ol'sbdy

in the public eye
in sight/view

ffi

on

ffi

viedshoddisplay

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read
reader

freelance/prolific/struggling/talented writer

distinctive/familiar/legible/neat

vision

l,;i

fll

chime/ring/tinkle
slam shut/click shulcreak

dogs

situated/
located

Unit

gTows

nolse

aloud/avidly/voraciously/widely
clearly/legibly/neatly'inroughr/inplainlanguage

put sthg (down) in writing

read sthg out
read too much into sthg
read up on sthg

write
write
write
write
write

handwriting

debt off

offto

sbdy for sthg

notes up
out a cheque for (an amount)
sthg into a contract or law

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A Attitude adverbials

inevitably
interestingly
laughably

sensibly
strangely
(not) surprisingly
understandably

(un)believably

luckily

undoubtedly

clearly
convenienth
curiously
disappointingly
disturbingly

miraculously
naturally
obviously
personally
predictably

unexpectedly

evidently

(un)fortunately

presumably
reassuringly

funnily

regrettably

happily
indisputably

rightly

amazingly
apparently
astonishingly

ironically

dog mess

globalwarming
litter/rubbish bin

dumping rubbish/waste
exhaust fumes
forest fire
NGO (non-governmental

unmistakably
(un)wisely

organization)
natural habitat
ozone layer
recvcling facilities
traffic congestion

worryingly

B Environment
airlnoise/river/sea/traffic

pollution

wildlife conservation

bottle bank
cigarette butt

sadly

Unit 13
A Eatinganddrinking

B Deception

Verbs
eaVdrinkup
finish off
gulp down

Collocations

C Intensifiers

appearances can be

deceptive

3'

fraudulent claims/practices/trading
misleading impression-/information/
statement

pick at
polish off

deceptively easy/simple/straightforward

fraudulently obtain /use

Adjectives and nouns

favourite/side dish

misleadingly referred to a/termed/called

celebratory/soft drink
big/fussy eater
ready/square meal
raging thirst

credit cardlelectoraVtax fraud

Verbs

Further expressions
be famished/peckish/full

up

I could eat a horse

do something on a fulVan empty

stomach
eat into one's time/money
eat like a bird
eat one's words
eat sbdy out ofhouse and home
feel faint with hunger
have sbdy eating out ofyour hand
lose one's appetite

be fooled/deceived/tricked by sbdy
cheat at sthg
deceive sbdy into doing sthg

fall for (a trick)

see through sbdy's lies/promises
swindle sbdy out of sthg
take sbdy for a ride
take sbdy in

tell

bitterly
'
deeply

fully

new/wrong
aware/trooked/ clothed/

highly

equipped/justified
gifted/influentiaV
promising/talented

hugely
perfectly
seriously
totally
wholly

trick sbdy into doing sthg

trick sbdy out of sthg

opposed/resentful
committed/concernedy'

mong/suspicious
desperately disappointed/keen/ lonely/
worried
entirely different/freeofcharge/

utterly

lie

cold/disappointing/

expensive/popular/
successfuUtalented

acceptable/capablel clearl
good/normaVsafe

affected/ilVinjured
differenl(in)dependent/
unexpected/unnecessary
disgracefuVexhausted,/

opposed/ridiculous

inadequate/inappropriate/
unacceptable/unexpected

quench one's thirst

satisfy one's hunger
workup an appetite

Unit 14
Money
counterfeit

in advance
in arrears

housekeeping
pocket

in cash
in firll
in instalments

prize
ransom
redundancy
sponsorship

pay for sthg

monev

borrow

heavily

borrow

an idea/a phrase/a word

pay

generously/
handsomely
carefrrlly/hard
extravagantly/
freely/wisely

pay

attention /a complimenl
one's respects/tribute

save

effort/energy/time

lend

assistance/credibility/

foolishly/heavily/

owe sbdy

an apology/an

save

spend

on expenses

invest

wisely

buy sthg

support/weight
explanation/a favour

on impulse
on credit
on hire purchase
at auction

in the sales

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