UNIT 1 Learning (Glossary box)

Question 1

Foreign

Answer 1

From a country that is not your own ( A person is a foreigner)

Question 2

Gist

Answer 2

SING The gist of something is the general meaning but not all the details

Question 3

Text

Answer 3

The written part of a book, newspaper, etc

Question 4

Recognize

Answer 4

know what somebody is or what something is because you have seen or heard

Question 5

go through

Answer 5

Read something carefully from beginning to end

Question 6

Identify

Answer 6

Recognize something and decide what it is

Question 7

Guess

Answer 7

Give an answer to something without being sure of the facts

Question 8

Context

Answer 8

The words before and after the new word phrase that help you to understand the meaning

Question 9

Keep a record

Answer 9

Write something down to help you remember it

Question 10

Make a note

Answer 10

Write something down down quickly to help you remember it

Question 11

Construction

Answer 11

The way words are used together in a sentence

Question 12

translation

Answer 12

A text that has been changed from one language to another

Question 13

Repeat

Answer 13

say something again

Question 14

Explain

Answer 14

Make something clear or easy to understand

Question 15

Pronounce

Answer 15

Make a sound of a word or a letter

Question 16

Opportunity

Answer 16

A time when it is possible to do something that you want to do

Question 17

Experiment with

Answer 17

Try something to see what the result it has

Question 18

Make mistakes

Answer 18

Not X do mistakes X

Question 19

Revise

Answer 19

Study something again

Question 20

Method

Answer 20

A way of doing something

Question 21

Work

Answer 21

Get or have the results you want

Question 22

Enthusiastic

Answer 22

Very interested in something or excited by it

Question 23

Motivated

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you want to do something - A strong desire to so something

Question 24

After a while

Answer 24

After a period of time

Question 25

Improve

Answer 25

Become better - get better - make progress

Question 26

Express something ( sth )

Answer 26

Say or show what you think or feel

Question 27

Effectively

Answer 27

In a way that gives you the result you want

Question 28

Obvious

Answer 28

Easily seen and understood - clear

Question 29

Encouraging

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It gives you hope and makes you want to continue

Question 30

Accurately

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With no mistakes

Question 31

Be aware of something (sth)

Answer 31

You know about something

Question 32

Frustrating

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Making you annoyed because you can not do something you want to do

Question 33

Goal

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A thing you want to be able to do in the future - to achieve

Question 34

Everyday

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Normal or usual

Question 35

Expand

Answer 35

Become bigger or make something bigger

Question 36

A wide range

Answer 36

A large number of different things

Question 37

Complex

Answer 37

Not simple; often difficult to understand

Question 38

fluent

Answer 38

Being able - the ability to speak a foreign language easily and well

Question 39

In detail

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Fully and including a lot of information

Question 40

Appropriate

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Right or suitable in a particular situation

Question 41

Relevant to something (sth)

Answer 41

Useful for and connected to something (sth)

Question 42

specialized

Answer 42

Having or needing a lot of special knowledge

Question 43

Definition

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An exact statement of what a word or phrase means. (Devine) V

Question 44

Avoid doing something (sth)

Answer 44

You try not to do or experience it

Question 45

idiom

Answer 45

A group of words whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words (Also expression)

Question 46

Entry

Answer 46

One of a list of items included in a dictionary

Question 47

Provide something (sth)

Answer 47

Give something (sth) to somebody (sb) , or make something (sth) available for somebody (sb)

Question 48

Style

Answer 48

The way something (sth) written or spoken ( e.g. an informal style, a formal style).

Question 49

Slang

Answer 49

Very informal words or phrases used in spoken language ( Between close friends )

Question 50

Offensive

Answer 50

Rude and likely to upset somebody (sb) ( To offend somebody)

Question 51

symbol

Answer 51

A letter, number or a sign that has a particular meaning

Question 52

Syllable

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A part of word which contains a vowel sound

Question 53

Relate something (sth) to something (sth)

Answer 53

Connect something (sth) to something (sth) ( Related)

Question 54

Build something (sth)

Answer 54

Make something (sth) bigger; increase something (sth)

Question 55

Select something (sth)

Answer 55

Select is more formal ( Choose sth (SYN) )

Question 56

Abbreviation

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A short form of a word (e.g. a.m is an abbreviation meaning in the morning

Question 57

Capital letter / Small letter

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A B C / a b c

Question 58

Pause

Answer 58

A short period of time when somebody (sb) stops talking

Question 59

Separate Somebody(sb) Something(sth)

Answer 59

Keep people or things away from each other ( Devide (SYN) )

Question 60

List

Answer 60

A series of names, items or numbers (e.g. a shopping list, a list of countries)

Question 61

Omit something (sth) (FML)

Answer 61

if you Omit (sth) means , you don't want to include it. ( Leave something out (SYN)

Question 62

Interrupt something (sth)

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Occur in the middle of something (sth) and stop it continuing

Question 63

Details

Answer 63

Small pieces of information about something (sth)

Question 64

Instead of somebody/something (sb/sth)

Answer 64

In the place of somebody/something (sb/Sth)

Question 65

Connect something (sth)

Answer 65

Put two or more things together ( join something (sth) )

Question 66

Such as

Answer 66

You use Such as to introduce an example ( Like (SYN) )

Question 67

Alternative

Answer 67

One of two or more things that you can choose between