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Unit 8 Flashcards

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a person whose job is to make lists of all the money that people or businesses receive and pay

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accountant

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a person whose job is to design and plan buildings

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architect

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a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine

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article

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to start your life

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be born

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very nice to see, hear or smell

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beautiful

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a person whose job is to make buildings

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builder

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to stop living

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die

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a person whose job is to make sick people well again

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doctor

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a person whose job is to make and repair electrical systems and equipment

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electrician

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a person whose job is to plan, make or repair things like machines, roads or bridges

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engineer

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a person who works in a place where things are made with machines

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factory worker

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to begin to love sb

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fall in love (with sb)

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13
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Stories that sb writes and that are not true

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fiction

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to start working in a place

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get a job

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to end a marriage by law

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get divorced

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to take sb as your husband or wife

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get married

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17
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to regularly attend university (= a place where people go to study more difficult subjects after they have left school)

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go to university

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to become an adult; to change from a child to a man or woman

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grow up

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when a woman has a baby, she produces a child from her body

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have a baby

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a person who has studied the law and who helps people or talks for them in a court of law

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lawyer

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wonderful, extremely enjoyable

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Magical

22
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connected with a particular country, or shared by a whole nation

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national

23
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finding sth easy

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natural

24
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writing that is about real people, events and facts

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non-fiction

25
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a book that tells a story about people and things that are not real

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novel

26
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a person whose job is to look after people who are sick or hurt

A

nurse

27
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a person who works at a desk in an office

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office worker

28
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a story that you watch in the theatre or on television, or listen to on the radio

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play

29
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a person whose job is to put in and repair things like water pipes and baths

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plumber

30
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words arranged in lines in an artistic way, often with sounds repeated at the ends of lines

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poem

31
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connected with politics or the government

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political

32
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having a lot of strength or power

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powerful

33
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doing sth for money as a job

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professional

34
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to stop working because you are a certain age

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retire

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a person who studies science or works with science

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scientist

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the written words that actors speak in a play or film

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script

37
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a person who works in a shop

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shop assistant

38
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a piece of writing that is shorter than a novel

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short story

39
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if you are successful, you have got or done what you wanted, or you have become popular, rich, etc

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successful

40
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to stop doing something for a short period of time

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take a break

41
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to take an exam to see how much you know about a subject

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take a test

42
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to be careful

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take care

43
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to use your power to deal with sth

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take control (of sth)

44
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to join with other people in an activity

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take part (in sth)

45
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to use a camera to record pictures

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take photos (of sth)

46
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to happen

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take place

47
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to do sth one after the other

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take turns

48
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related to old beliefs or customs of a particular group of people

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traditional

49
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a doctor for animals

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vet

50
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a man or woman who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant

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waiter / waitress

51
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extremely good; great

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wonderful

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