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Touchstone 3 > Oxford Words Skill > Flashcards

Oxford Words Skill Flashcards

1
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Enthusiastic

/enˌTHo͞ozēˈastik/

A

Very interested in sth or excited by it

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Motivated

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If u are motivated ,u really want to do sth

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After a while

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After a period of time

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Improve

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Become better

Get better

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Express sth

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Say or show what u think or feel

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Effectively

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In a way that gives u the result u want

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Obvious

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Easily seen and understood

Clear

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Encouraging

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If sth encouraging it gives u hope and makes u want to continue

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Accurately

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With no mistakes

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Be aware of sth

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If u are aware of sth u know about it

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Frustrating

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Making you annoyed because u cannot do sth u want to do

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Expand

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Become bigger or make sth bigger

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A wide range

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A large number ofdifferent things

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14
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Complex

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Not simple

Often difficult to understand

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Fluent

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Able to speak a foreign language easily and well

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Appropriate

Opp

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Right or suitable in a particular situation

Opp inappropriate

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Relevant to sth

Opp

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Useful for and connected to sth

Opp irrelevant

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Specialized

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Having or needing a lot of special knowledge

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Contains

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Includes

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20
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Avoid doing sth

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If you avoid doing sth you try not to do or experience it

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21
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Idiom

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Expression

A group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words

22
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Provide sth

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Give sth to sb or make sth available for sb

23
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For instance

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For example

24
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Slang

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Very informal words or phrases used in spoken language

25
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Offensive

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Rude and likely to upset sb

Offend sb (v)

26
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Syllable

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A part of a word which contains a vowel sound

27
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Build sth

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Make sth bigger

Increase sth

28
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Abbreviation

əˌbriviˈeɪʃn̩

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A short form of a word

E.g. a.m. is an abbreviation meaning ‘in the morning’

29
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Seprate sb/sth

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Divide sb/sth

Keep people or things away from each other

30
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Omit sth

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Leave sth out

If you omit sth you dont include it

31
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Interrupt sth

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Occure in the middle of sth and stop it continuing

32
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Instead of sb/sth

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In the place of sb/sth

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Such as

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Like

34
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Alternative

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One of two or more things that you can choose between

35
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Well built

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Stocky

With a solid strong body

36
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Plump

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Fattish

Quite fat

37
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Clean - shaven

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Without a beard or moustache

38
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Eyebrow

A

ابرو

39
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Stubble

A

ته ریش

40
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Dark skinned (opp)

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Light

Pale skinned

41
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Bald

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Bald headed

42
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Scar

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Mark

43
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Exclamation

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A sudden cry or remark

Especially expressing surprise

44
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Further

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More distant in space than something else of the same kind

45
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Wardrobe

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Closet
Cabinet
Cupboard

46
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Pretty

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Attractive and nice to look at

Used especially about girls or young women

47
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Smooth opp

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With a completely flat surface
Opp rough
ˈrəf

48
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Tanned

tánd

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Having brown skin after spending time in the sun

49
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Slim

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Slender

Thin in attractive way

50
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Appearance

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The way sb looks

51
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Wrinkles

ˈrɪŋkl̩

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Laugh line

Groove

52
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Neat hair

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Tidy and carefully arranged

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