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Vocalbulary advanced > Idioms that comment on stories and reports > Flashcards

Idioms that comment on stories and reports Flashcards

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Vocalbulary advanced (100 decks)

Abbreviations and acronyms

Word-building and word-blending

Global contact and language enrichment

Similar but different

At work: colleagues and routines

At work: career and promotion

Business 1 : telemarketing, niche marketing, entrepreneurship

Business 2: submit a tender, default on a payment

Cramming for success: study and academic work rote-learning, assignment, deadline

Education: debates and issues, elitism, League table, the three RS

Talking about yourself

Realationships: positive aspects

Relationships: problems

Passions reactions and emotions

Feelings, antipathies and aversions

Observing others: appearance and mannerisms

Observing others: character traits

Birth and death

Free time: relaxation and leisure

All the range: Fashion and clothes

Homestyles, Lifestyles

Socialising and networking

The performance arts

The plastic arts

Talking about books

We are what we eat

Dinner: eating out

Travel and accommodation

Describing the world

Weather and climate

Building in metaphors

Trees, plants and metaphors

Animals and birds

Environment and conservation

Here to help: service encounter

Authorities: custom and police

World views:ways of thinking

Festivals in theis cultural context

Talking about languages

Poverty: the have and the have not

British politics

The language of law

Economy and finance

Personal finance

The media: print

The media: internet and e-mail

HEalth and illness 1

Health and illness 2

Health and illness 3

Diet, sport and fitness

Aspects of industrialisation

Technology and its impact

Space: expanse and confinement

Time: sequence and duration

Motion: nuances of pace and movement

Manner: behavior and body language

Weight and density

Cause and effect

Comparison and contrast

Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches

Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires

Number statitics and assessing quantity

Permission and prohibition

Complaining and protesting

Apologising, forgiving and reconcilliation

Complimenting and praising

Promises and bets

Reminiscences and regrets

Agreement, disagreement and compromise

Academic writing 1

Academic writing 2

Writing: style and format

Lexical Strategies for speaking

Speech : style and articulation

Idioms for situations

Idioms that comment on people 1

Idioms that comment on people 2

Idioms that comment on stories and reports

Phrasal verbs 1

Phrasal verbs 2

Phrasal verbs 3

Divided by a common language

Other Englishes

Language and gender

Language of age ans social class

Newspaper headline language

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