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--+ gbbfgViOliOtls (undertined abbreviations are said as one word.)

Time
:to 0 rg a n sati o n s/ Co u ntri es
BC yeals before birth of ChrisU AD years after the birth of Christ;
r[t: 88C British Broadcasting Corporation; EU European'Llnion;'
lat before 12 o'ctock (in'!he morning); pm after 12 o'clock;
;,.i
CIA CentraI Intettigence Agency (Am); FBI Federat Bureau of
Days of the week: Sun.; Mon.; Tues.; Wed.; Thur.; Fri.; Sat.
I"vestigation (Am); IMF Internationat Monetary Fund; IPC( Months of.the year: Jan;i Feb.; Mar.; Apr.; May; Jun.; Jut.;
ce: i"iernatonal Panel for Cl.imate Controt; I5S InternationlL Ss. Aug.; Sept.; Oct.; Nov.; Dec.
S--ation; NAFIA North American Free Trade Area; NASA North t
ht:
TCH
A"rerican Space Agency; NATO North Attantic Treaty Organisation;
t{ZNew Zea[and (onty written); UK United Kingdom; UN Unjted
Meosurements
ing speed: kph. kilometres per hour; mph. mites per hour
\ations; USA United States of America
fa distance: km. kitometres; cm. centimetres; m. metres;
mm, millimetres; m. mites (1 miLe = 1.6 km
my Pople
weight: lb. pound (L pound = 0.45 kitos); oz. ounce (28 grams)
6I ordinary American sotdier; GP general practicioner (doctor -
temperoture: temp. temperature; oC degrees Centigrade;
tre B-i: tlP member of parliament (Br); PM prime minister (BrE); oF degrees Fahrenheit (water boits at 2t2o and freezes at 320)
PtC police constabte (BrE); VIP very important person
Wrting
Heolth
Titles of people: Dr doctor; Mr man; Ms woman;
le: Aids auto-immune deficiency syndrome; MS mul.tipte scterosis; TB Mrs married woman; Prof. professor
:e: : -:e'cllosis Addresses: c/o in care of (sending a letter for somqbody to
'a another person's address); Ave Avenue; Rd Road; 5t Street;
Economics/ Business
u
Nr near (Nr Ludtow)
6DF Ercss Jomestic product; GNP gross nationaI produc|
Letters: asap as soon as possibte (informal); PTO please turn
Ltd.l'rr'te company; ono. or nearest offer (for advertisements) over (page in Letter); RSVP ptease repl.y to this invitation;
o,
PS postcript (extra message at the end of a [etter);
en La nguage (dictionaries)
tet. - tetephone number.
adj. acjer;e; adv. adverb; n. noun; prep. preposition; 0thers: e.g. for exampte; etc. and so on; i.e. 1 'at is to say
he pron. :r:rrrr; v. verb; sing. singutar; pt. ptural,; T transitive (example); NB please, note
, ,r:r- crject); I intransitive (verb without object); InformaI emai/mobile phone text messaq : bye bye for
ArnE A-e;ca- EngLish; BrE British EngLish. 'now;
BRB be right back; CU see you; f n't wait to
see you; IDK I don't know; ILUVU i lND have a
lc Colloquiol
nice day; KIT keep in touch; NRN nc
pc :: -'::a..-, :crect - ptease;
PCM please contact me; TIA thanks , X
kiss.
Computers
FrC :t's:'. ::rsuter; [T information technotogy -'1

pronunciotion symbols I

/p/ = pen /e/ = let /tl/ = cheese /al = shY I

l

h/ : bad /n/ = act /ds/ job /aof = rro*

= l

'r/ = top /ir/ = sleep /^/ man /u/ = boy

=

'd/ = do /r/ bit not /rc/ = n2^,

,'kr/ = can /o/ = art /n/ ring /eef = ,^r"
=

s =get /"/ : dog hot /aa/ = ur"

i = fish let
/t,/ = form
\ =van /u/ = put rai n

- = th.ee /ut/ = boot /i/ yet

a = there /n/ = cup
way
2 . = s /.r/ = skirl
5
z = zac /"/ the
e ,' = shoo /rr/ = make / '/ = nain stress after /'c::fta/
il ; = i'easure /au/ = home /,/ = secondary stress afternoon /,orf1e'nurn/