Unit 1 Flashcards

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A(wide) range (of sth)

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A(large) number of different things

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After a while /waɪl

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After a period of time

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a‧chieve /əˈtʃiːv/ verb
a‧chieve‧ment /əˈtʃiːvmənt/ noun

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Do or finish sth well after trying hard

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ba‧sic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ adjective

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Most important and necessary

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Be aware of sth/əˈweə $ əˈwer< adjective

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If you are aware of something,you know about it

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Be to do with sth/sb

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Be connected with sth/sb

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com‧plex1 /ˈkɒmpleks $ ˌkɑːmˈpleks◂/ adjective

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Having a lot of details that make sth difficult to understand

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ef‧fec‧tive‧ly /ɪˈfektɪvli/ adverb
Effective/ɪˈfektɪv/ adj

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In a way that gives you the result you want

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Encouraging/ɪnˈkʌrədʒɪŋ $ ɪnˈkɜːr-/ adjective
en‧cour‧age /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ $ ɪnˈkɜːr-/ verb [transitive]

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giving you hope and confidence

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Express/ɪkˈspres/ verb [transitive]

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Say or show what you think or feel

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ex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ verb

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Become bigger or make sth bigger

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Find it difficult to do sth

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Be difficult for sb to do sth

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flu‧ent /ˈfluːənt/ adjective
fluently adverb

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Able to speak easily and well

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Foreign/for‧eign /ˈfɒrɪn $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ adjective

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From a country that is not your own.

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Foreigner

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A person from another country

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Formal
Opp< informal

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We use formal language to appear serious or official, or in some situations where we dont know people well.

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frus‧trat‧ing /frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ $ ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/ adjective
frus‧tra‧tion /frʌˈstreɪʃən/ noun

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making you feel annoyed, upset, or impatient because you cannot do what you want to do

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18
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Get better

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Become better, improve v, improvement n

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Go through sth

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Read sth carefully from beginning to end

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goal /ɡəʊl $ ɡoʊl/ noun [countable]

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Sth you want to be able to do in the future, aim

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guess /ɡes/ verb
guess/n

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Give an answer to sth without being sure of the facts

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In detail

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Fully and including a lot of information

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i‧den‧ti‧fy /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle identified

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Recognize and decide what sth is

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Keen ,kiːn/ adjective

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Interested in sth and wanting to do it
;She is keen to learn.

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Motivated, ˈməʊtɪveɪtɪd $ ˈmoʊ-/ adjective Motivation/ n
If you are motivated to do something, you really want to do sth.
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Native speaker
Sb who speaks a language as their first language.
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Obvious /ˈɒbviəs $ ˈɑːb-/ adjective ob‧vi‧ous‧ly /ˈɒbviəsli $ ˈɑːb-/ adverb
Easy to see and understand, clear, (clearly, adv)
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Recognize/ˈrekəɡnaɪz, ˈrekən-/ verb [transitive]
Know what sth is or who sb is because you have seen or heard them before
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Slow down/sləʊ $ sloʊ
Start to go more slowly
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suit‧a‧ble /ˈsuːtəbəl, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuː-/ adjective Opp unsuitable
Right for sth or sb
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Translation Translate
Text that has been changed from one language into another
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con‧text /ˈkɒntekst $ ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable, uncountable]
The words before and after a new word/ phrase that help you to understand the meaning
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Keep a record of something
Write sth down to help you remember it
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re‧peat /rɪˈpiːt/ verb [transitive] ,Repetition n
say again to say or write something again
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ex‧plain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ,Explanation n
to tell someone about something in a way that is clear or easy to understand
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pro‧nounce /prəˈnaʊns/ verb ,Pronunciation
to make the sound of a letter, word
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func‧tion /ˈfʌŋkʃən/ noun
The purpose or job that sth is designed to do
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op‧por‧tu‧ni‧ty /ˌɒpəˈtjuːnəti $ ˌɑːpərˈtuː-/ noun (plural opportunities)
A time when it is possible to do sth that you want to do , Chance
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Experiment with sth
Try sth to see what result it has
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Make mistakes
Not do mustakes
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re‧vise /rɪˈvaɪz/ verb , Do revision n
Study sth again
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meth‧od /ˈmeθəd/ noun
A way of doing sth
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work /wɜːk $ wɜːrk/ verb ;I tried speaking slowly but it didnt work
Get or have the result you want
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con‧ver‧sa‧tion /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən $ ˌkɑːnvər-/ noun
Is a talk brtween two or more people
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di‧scus‧sion /dɪˈskʌʃən/ noun [countable, uncoun ,Discuss v
Is when you talk about something serously
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ar‧gu‧ment /ˈɑːɡjəmənt $ ˈɑːr-/ noun ,Argue v
Is a discussion in which people disagree, often angrily
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ar‧gu‧ment /ˈɑːɡjəmənt $ ˈɑːr-/ noun ,Argue v
Is a discussion in which people disagree, often angrily