Oxford Words Skill Flashcards

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Enthusiastic

/enˌTHo͞ozēˈastik/

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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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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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Avoid doing sth

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

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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

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Provide sth

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Give sth to sb or make sth available for sb

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For instance

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For example

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Slang

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Very informal words or phrases used in spoken language

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Offensive
Rude and likely to upset sb Offend sb (v)
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Syllable
A part of a word which contains a vowel sound
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Build sth
Make sth bigger | Increase sth
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Abbreviation | əˌbriviˈeɪʃn̩
A short form of a word | E.g. a.m. is an abbreviation meaning ‘in the morning’
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Seprate sb/sth
Divide sb/sth | Keep people or things away from each other
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Omit sth
Leave sth out | If you omit sth you dont include it
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Interrupt sth
Occure in the middle of sth and stop it continuing
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Instead of sb/sth
In the place of sb/sth
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Such as
Like
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Alternative
One of two or more things that you can choose between
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Well built
Stocky | With a solid strong body
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Plump
Fattish | Quite fat
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Clean - shaven
Without a beard or moustache
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Eyebrow
ابرو
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Stubble
ته ریش
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Dark skinned (opp)
Light | Pale skinned
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Bald
Bald headed
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Scar
Mark
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Exclamation
A sudden cry or remark | Especially expressing surprise
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Further
More distant in space than something else of the same kind
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Wardrobe
Closet Cabinet Cupboard
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Pretty
Attractive and nice to look at | Used especially about girls or young women
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Smooth opp
With a completely flat surface Opp rough ˈrəf
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Tanned | tánd
Having brown skin after spending time in the sun
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Slim
Slender | Thin in attractive way
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Appearance
The way sb looks
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Wrinkles | ˈrɪŋkl̩
Laugh line | Groove
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Neat hair
Tidy and carefully arranged