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Words with interesting origins - people and places Flashcards

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Vocalbulary Upper and Advance (93 decks)

Compound adjectives

Compound nouns - combinations of two nouns

Compound nouns - combinations of verb + preposition

Words with interesting origins - people and places

Compound with interesting origins - from other language

Onomatopoeic words - words that sound like their meaning

Words commonly mispronounced

Hononyms - words pronounced and/or spelt the same

Cause, reason, purpose and result

Concession and contrast

Text-referring words

Uncountable nouns

Words that only occur in the plural

Countable and uncountable with the different meanings

Collective nouns

Making uncountable words countable

Countries, nationalities and languages

Describing people - appearance

Describing people - Character

Everyday problems

Global problems

The environment

The natural world

Health and medicine

Numbers and shapes

Science and technology

The press and media

Politics and public institutions

Number, quantity, degree and intensity

Distance and dimentions

Obligation, need, possibility and probability

Sound and light

Possession, giving and landing

Movement and speed

Texture, brightness, weight and density

Success, failure and difficulty

Containeer and content

Belief and opinion

Pleasant and unpleasant feelings

Like, dislike and desire

What your body does

What animals do

Idioms and fixed expressions - general

Everyday expressions

Similes - as...as.../like...

Idioms describing peoples

Idioms descibing feelings or mood

Idiom connected with problematic situation

Idioms connected with praise and criticism

Idioms connected with using language

Idioms - miscellaneous

Miscellaneous expressions

Headline English

Other Englishes

The language and notices

Words and gender

New words in English

Discourse markers

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