Unit 1 Flashcards
A(wide) range (of sth)
A(large) number of different things
After a while /waɪl
After a period of time
a‧chieve /əˈtʃiːv/ verb
a‧chieve‧ment /əˈtʃiːvmənt/ noun
Do or finish sth well after trying hard
ba‧sic /ˈbeɪsɪk/ adjective
Most important and necessary
Be aware of sth/əˈweə $ əˈwer< adjective
If you are aware of something,you know about it
Be to do with sth/sb
Be connected with sth/sb
com‧plex1 /ˈkɒmpleks $ ˌkɑːmˈpleks◂/ adjective
Having a lot of details that make sth difficult to understand
ef‧fec‧tive‧ly /ɪˈfektɪvli/ adverb
Effective/ɪˈfektɪv/ adj
In a way that gives you the result you want
Encouraging/ɪnˈkʌrədʒɪŋ $ ɪnˈkɜːr-/ adjective
en‧cour‧age /ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒ $ ɪnˈkɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
giving you hope and confidence
Express/ɪkˈspres/ verb [transitive]
Say or show what you think or feel
ex‧pand /ɪkˈspænd/ verb
Become bigger or make sth bigger
Find it difficult to do sth
Be difficult for sb to do sth
flu‧ent /ˈfluːənt/ adjective
fluently adverb
Able to speak easily and well
Foreign/for‧eign /ˈfɒrɪn $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ adjective
From a country that is not your own.
Foreigner
A person from another country
Formal
Opp< informal
We use formal language to appear serious or official, or in some situations where we dont know people well.
frus‧trat‧ing /frʌˈstreɪtɪŋ $ ˈfrʌstreɪtɪŋ/ adjective
frus‧tra‧tion /frʌˈstreɪʃən/ noun
making you feel annoyed, upset, or impatient because you cannot do what you want to do
Get better
Become better, improve v, improvement n
Go through sth
Read sth carefully from beginning to end
goal /ɡəʊl $ ɡoʊl/ noun [countable]
Sth you want to be able to do in the future, aim
guess /ɡes/ verb
guess/n
Give an answer to sth without being sure of the facts
In detail
Fully and including a lot of information
i‧den‧ti‧fy /aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle identified
Recognize and decide what sth is
Keen ,kiːn/ adjective
Interested in sth and wanting to do it
;She is keen to learn.