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2.2 nouns verbs adjectives collocations fixed phrases
latecomer rush breathless set a clock out of breath
alarm clock oversleep exhausted deep sleep in a hurry
nightmare dash fast asleep
yawn heavy sleeper
2.3 2 shots 3 dissatisfied 4 deprivedof 5 spicy 6 chilly
2.4 noun verb adjective person
perfection perfect perfect perfectionist
information inform informative
politics political politician
economics economise economic/economical economist
2.5 Possiblewaystoorganiseyourvocabularyincluderelatingnewwordstoyourownpersonal
experience(e.g.ifyoulearnnewcolourwords,whatthingsdoyouhaveinthosecolours-a
purple sweater, an orange mug?).Youcanalsodivideyournotebook(whetherpaperordigital)
intotopicareas(e.g.wordstodowithfood,withtravel,etc.).Youcouldkeepadigitalnotebookon
yourcomputerormobiledevice;listsorwordsyoutypeincanthenbesortedalphabeticallyor
searchedveryquickly.
Unit 3
3.1 2 passport 3 leaning 4 liberty 5 revision 6 brother
3.2 2 elegant 4 eyebrow 6 thermometer 8 lifestyle
3 urgently 5 record(verb) 7 extract(noun)
3.3 1 Theofficersuppliedeachsoldierwithamap.
2 TheMinisterdeniedhavingreceivedanymoneyfromtheoilcompany./TheMinisterdeniedthathe/
shehadreceivedanymoneyfromtheoilcompany.
3.4 person thing person thing
sad ✓ ✓ damp ✓
lucky ✓ ✓ awkward ✓ ✓
content ✓ compulsory ✓
3.5 (pron)pronoun (conj)conjunction (prep)preposition
UK UnitedKingdomorBritishEnglishusage noun[C]countablenoun verb[T]transitive
verb noun[U]uncountablenoun verb[IorT]verbwhichcanbetransitiveorintransitive
Unit 4
4.1 Thepictureisagoodcluetohelpyouunderstandtortoise.Youmayrecognisethewordshellin
shelled (asinegg shell,forexample).Similarly,yourknowledgeoflong andlife togetherwiththe
contextshouldenableyoutoworkoutwhatlongevityandlifespanmean.Thewholecontextofthe
sentenceshouldhelpyoutoworkoutthemeaningofattainandtended.Someoftheunderlined
wordsmaybesimilartowordsinyourownlanguage,whichcanbeanotherusefulwayofworking
outthemeaningofawordyouhavenotseenbefore.Themeaningsoftheunderlinedwordsare
providedhereforyoutocheckyouranswers.
shelled:withashellorhardprotectivecover
reptile:kindofanimalthatlayseggsandusestheheatofthesuntokeepitsbloodwarm
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