BY ANDRES RAMIREZ
INTERCAMBIOIDIOMASONLINE
VOCABULARY LISTS
FOR THE B2 (FCE/ISE
II)
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VOCABULARY ADVICE
The first thing you need to remember for the learning of vocabulary is our
methodology: START
See it, say it and check pronunciation
Try it in a context (translate it if you need to)
Apply it and use it in phrases
Review it and remember it
Test it by using it in another context related to the exam
What you need to do is make sure you start building your vocabulary in a
logical way.
1. Start with your interests. You will use this vocabulary the most
frequently and you need to know it well.
2. Do not learn individual words. You should learn new vocabulary as short
phrases. Only the new word should be new. E.g. LOOK AFTER =
Tomorrow I need to look after my kids.
3. Read a lot!
4. Watch TV in English with English subtitles and take notes. You should
start watching programmes that you have already seen in your language.
5. Practice. You need to use language a lot. Try to think in English and
review words frequently.
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MEMORIZATION TECHNIQUES
Learning new vocabulary can be one of the most difficult parts of language
learning, but it does not need to be boring or time consuming. The most
important thing is to do it regularly and do it in a way that you enjoy.
The most important thing is consistency. By reviewing vocabulary for 30
minutes per day, you will advance very quickly. The important thing is to find
the way you enjoy to learn and do this for long enough so that you notice the
progress you have made.
What you need to do is a mixture of activities that you find useful and
interesting:
1. Write phrases (take new words and put them into contexts that you can
remember easily)
2. Watch TV with subtitles and take notes
3. Create stories with new words so that you an retell the story and
remember the words
4. Match new words with synonyms and similar words
5. Use images. Relate new words to images
6. Incorporate new words into your daily routine. Put post-it notes around
the house etc.
7. Read all types of texts
8. Write all the time
9. Think in English. Think about words and topics frequently
10.Record your own voice. Record yourself on your phone saying new
words in phrases.
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B2 UNITS OF STUDY
The good part about the B2 exam is that the units of study are fixed. The difficult part is knowing all
of the information in each part as there is no official vocabulary list.
UNIT
1
LEARNING TOPIC
Hobbies and free time
2
Travel and getting around
3
Education and learning styles
4
Work and obligations
5
Money and spending
6
Time and how we use it
7
Eating and drinking
8
Health and fitness
9
People and their lives
10
11
Technological advances,
communication and the media
Wildlife and the environment
12
Life, crime and society
13
Design and creativity
14
Happiness and relationships
VOCABULARY
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, word patterns,
idioms
Contextual, collocations, phrasal verbs, work patterns,
adjectives: ing vs ed, extreme adjectives, idioms
*Time 150 hours/4 weeks (approx.)
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 1
Unit Vocabulary
Hate/loathe/detest/despise
Can´t stand
Win/lose/draw
Beat
Score
Like/love/enjoy
Relax/rest
Do/play (sport)
Arrange/plan
Arrive at/get to/reach
Stay
Start/begin
Garden (v, n)
Do DIY
Pub/bar/club/concert/festival
Phrasal verbs
Carry on – continue
Get (a)round to – start (after planning)
Get up to – do sth/do sth you shouldn´t
Go off – stop liking
Get into – start liking
Join in – participate in
Calm down - relax
Put off – delay
Be into - like
Put up with – tolerate
Stand for – tolerate/protect or defend
Take up – start doing
End up – final result
Take to – become good at
Hang out (with) – spend time (with)
Call off - cancel
Fixed phrases
As well as
As long as
I´d rather + verb (do)
Regret (not) + ing
Be worth + ing
A part of
STH = something
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Word Patterns
Be keen on, Be fond of, Be a fan of, Be big on
Be good/bad at
Be interested in
Be crazy/mad about
Be eager (infinitive)
Compete against
Concentrate on
Involve in
Listen to
Participate in
Join in
Go for a walk
Can´t help (ing) – avoid
Do (general activities) – do sport, do nothing
Go + (ing)
Word formation
Win – winning, winner
Lose – lost, losing, loss
Arrive – arrival
Arrange – arrangement
Begin – beginning
Involve – involvement
Join – joint
Garden – gardening
Concentrate – concentration
Compete – competition
Eager – eagerly, eagerness
Interest – interested, interesting
Idioms
Let off steam
Put your feet up
Take five
Surf the internet
Be on the ball – be on fire
Jump the gun – jump ahead (precipitarse)
SB = somebody
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 2
Unit Vocabulary
Book/reserve
Arrange/plan
Miss/lose
Find/come across
Search/look for
Live/stay
Arrive at/get to/reach
Show
Know/meet/get to know
Spend/take (time)
Feel like/fancy
Choose/pick/go for
Phrasal verbs
Get/go away – go on holiday/escape
Set off – start a journey
Hold up – delay
Pick up – collect
Get around – move from place to place
Drop off – leave in a place
Get back – return
Make for – head in a direction
Check in – enter a hotel/flight
Check out – leave a hotel
Take off – the plane leaves the ground
Look around – explore
Hurry up – go faster
Check out – look at sth
Look forward to – be excited about
See off – say goodbye at the airport etc.
Catch up with – get to the same point as
Fixed phrases
Just in case
In order to
In terms of
Give consideration to
Keep in touch
Either way
Every other way
On board
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Word patterns
Be afraid/scared of
Be annoyed/angry with sb/about sth
Arrange sth for sb
Be keen on
Regret (ing)
Dream of/about (ing)
Differ from sb
Look for
Be used to (ing)
Get used to (ing)
Used to (verb)
Pay for
Word formation
Book – booked, booking
Reserve – reservation
Arrange – arrangement
Spend – expensive
Choose – choice, choosy
Annoy – annoyed, annoyance
Differ – (in)different, differently, difference
Emigrate – emigration
Immigrate – immigration, immigrant
Live – live(s), life, lifestyle, lively
Sightsee – sightseeing
Sunbathe – sunbathing
Pay – payment
Idioms
Be down to earth – humble/realistic
Go with the flow – go along with anything
Have itchy feet –want to move
Be a globetrotter – be a traveller, enjoy travelling
Be in the same boat – be in the same situation
Dive (SB) up the wall – annoy someone
Take sth in one´s stride – accept sth for what sth
is
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 3
Unit Vocabulary
Pass/fail/take/do (an exam)
Achieve/get good grades
Handle/cope with/deal with
Revise/review/go over/cram
Understand/take in/get
Teach/educate/learn
Know/recognise
Degree/certificate/qualification/result/grade/mark
Essay/writing
Colleague/classmate
Task/activity
Objective/focus/goal
Speak/talk/discuss/chat/lecture/
Hope/wish/expect
Phrasal verbs
Drop out (of) – stop studying/going to school
Deal with – handle/cope with
Get on with – continue doing
Think over – consider
Get at – suggest
Catch on – understand
Go for – choose
Be into – like
Find out – discover information
Fall behind – not do sth fast enough
Go over - review
Go into – begin to describe in detail
Get away with – not be caught or punished
Make up – invent information or a story
Take down – write down
Take in – understand
Fixed phrases
Make sense
Make up your mind
Pay attention to
See no point in
Have (little/no) difficulty in
On your own
The benefit to/of
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Word patterns
Learn about
Revise/study for
Boast of/about
Complain about
Succeed in
Teach to sb/about sth
Talk/speak to sb/about sth
Be similar to
Be suitable for
Be interested in
Be happy with/about
Be capable of
Be able (infinitive)
Consist of
Word formation
Revise – revision
Exam – examination
Hope – hopeless, hopeful
Suit – suitable, suitability
Achieve – achievement
Succeed – success, successful
Capable – capability
Consist – consistent, consistency
Idioms
Hit the books – study a lot
Pull an all nighter
Be on the mark – be correct
Cover all the bases – be detailed
Be ahead of the pack – ahead of or better than
the rest of the people
With flying colours – do something well
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 4
Unit Vocabulary
Employ/hire/contract/take on
Job/work/career
Earn/win/lose/save/cost (money)
Pay/income/salary/wage
Commute to/get to/travel to work
Sack/fire/make redundant/lose a job
Quit/give up a job/hand in a notice/resign/leave
Retire
Start/begin work
Take a holiday/time off
Take a break/relax/rest
Company/firm/business/enterprise/start-up
Over time/duty
Promotion
Pension
Phrasal verbs
Carry out – do sth/realize an action
Back out (of) – decide not to
Turn down – reject
Set up – start a business
Stand in for – substitute
Bring out – start selling a new product
Keep on – continue
Work away – work abroad
Work on – spend time to try to perfect sth
Work out – solve or find a solution
Catch up (on/with) – reach the same level as sb
Take to – become good at/become a habit
Go over – review
Opt out of – decide not to
Take over – take control of
Take on – hire/employ
Fixed phrases
On purpose
By accident
Be willing
Be praised for
Better/worse than expected
The pros and cons of
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Word patterns
Be on duty
Apply for (a job)
Depend on
Rely on
Qualify as/in sth
Work as/in/at
Work like (=similar to)
Be experienced in/at sth
Be responsible for sth
Be good/bad at sth
Be capable of sth
Mean (infinitive)
Word formation
Employ – employee, employer, employed,
employment
Earn – earnings
Retire – retirement
Promote – promotion
Pension – pensioner
Mean – meaning
Depend – dependence
Rely – reliance
Qualify – qualification
Work – working, worker, over work
Apply – application
Opt - option
Idioms
Work like a dog
Work 9-5 - Work 24/7
Work around the clock
Be a people person – sociable
Be a big fish – important
Be a go-getter – ambitious
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 5
Unit Vocabulary
Discount/reduced price
Cheap/low-cost/a bargain
Receipt/bill/label/price-tag/make/brand/label
Cash/credit card/cheque/price
Refund (v, n)
Till/checkout/cash register
Shopping centre/mall/department store
Owe money/ Change (v, n)
Choose/pick/go for/select
Lend/borrow money
Save/spend/earn money/make a profit
Buy/purchase
Sell/get rid of/cash in on
Things/stuff/possessions
Phrasal verbs
Bank on – depend
Buy (sth) up – purchase large amounts of sth
Buy (sb) out – pay to have control of a business
Come across – find sth or meet by chance
Come by – visit
Save up (for) – keep a little money for sth
Get by – manage with little money
Do without – live without sth
Cash in on (sth) – sell sth for profit
Give away – give as a gift
Take back – return sth to the shop
Put by – save money for the future
Sell out – not have any left/sell all of sth
Pay (sth) off – pay all of sth
Pay up – give sb the money you owe them
Save ($) on (sth) – avoid spending money on sth
Fixed phrases
Be on sale
Break down in tears
Have/keep something under control
Dream come true
Make an impression on
The advantage/disadvantage of
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Word patterns
Go shopping/do the shopping
Attention to detail
Be in debt
Lend (money) to sb
Borrow (money) from sb
Be/get used to (ing)
Spend (money) on
Charge sb for sth
An increase in (price)
The amount of
Live above your means
The type/kind of
Communication between…and…
Sell to sb
Word formation
Receive – receipt, reception
Change – changing, exchange, interchange
Fund – refund, funds
Spend – expensive, expenses
Save – savings
Sell – sale
Pay – payment
Attend – attention, attendance
Type - typical
Idioms
Be a cheapskate – tight/stingy
Foot the bill – pay for
Have an eye for – the ability to do sth well
Be pinching pennies – not have money
Be on the dole – unemployed
Be skint – not have money
Be in a pickle – be confused or in trouble
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 6
Unit Vocabulary
Spend/take/pass (time)
Waste (time)
Kill (time)
Use (time)
Time (v, n)
Schedule (v, n)
Shift/turn (n, v)
Clock/watch (n, v)
Fortnight
Sunrise
Sunset
Noon
Midnight
Punctual (adj)
Premature (adj)
Phrasal verbs
Clock in – record when people start work
Clock out – record when people finish work
Take off – spend time away from work
Press on – continue working
Run out (of) – not have any left/remaining
Get together – meet to spend time together
Fit in – find time to do sth
Hang out (with) – spend time with
Get up to – do sth/ do sth you shouldn´t
Be up to – do sth
Hang on - wait
Mess around – waste time doing sth
Fixed phrases
As soon as
By the time
On/at the point of
Take ages
Take by surprise
From time to time
A matter of time
At this point/At a time
During which
No longer
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Word patterns
Be on time
Take advantage of
According to
Confuse with
Believe in
comment on
depend on
surprise by
persuade of
share with
work on
point in (ing)
describe as
be similar to
be good at
Word formation
Waste – wasteful
Spend – expensive, spending
Clock – clockwise, anti-clockwise
Press – pressure
Time – timeless
Similar – similarity
Describe – description, descriptive
Persuade – persuasion
Confuse – confusion
Believe – belief
Depend – dependence
Mess – messy
Idioms
Around the corner – soon
In a flash – fast
In the nick of time – just in time
Lose track of time – not know the time
When pigs fly – never
Once in a blue moon – rarely
In hindsight – looking back in time/thinking
about what could have been
Take the easy way out – look for the easiest
option
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 7
Unit Vocabulary
Fussy/picky
Sip
Try (food)
Swallow
Cook/bake/boil /microwave/prepare/fry/steam
Chop/cut/slice/mince
Oven (v, n)
Microwave (v, n)
Grill (v, n)
Mix/stir/whisk/beat/blend
Kettle/tea pot
Book/ reserve (a table)
Feed/eat/dine/drink/consume
Choose/pick/select
Food/cuisine/dish/diet
Disappoint
Satisfy
Recommend/suggest/advise/endorse
Phrasal verbs
Go for – choose
Eat out – eat in a restaurant
Go/keep on – continue
Put off – make sb not want sth any more
Run out of – not have any left
Eat/drink up – eat or drink all of sth
Try out – experiment with
Take to – begin to like
Throw away/out – put in the rubbish
Wash up – clean the dishes
Turn out – have a particular result
Fixed phrases
Be keen on
There is no comparison
To have nothing to do with – (no tener nada que
ver con)
Come as a disappointment
Leave sb satisfied
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Word patterns
Be on a diet
A piece of
A slice of
A plate of
A pinch of
A bar of
A jar of
A carton of
A bottle of
Be keen on
Be a fan of
Be fond of
A lack of
Choose between
Wait for
Regard as
Fill with
Be bothered with
Word formation
Vegetable – vegetarian, vegan
Cook – cooker, chef
Freeze – freezer
Contain – content, container
Spend – expensive, expenses, expense
Safe – unsafe, save, safety, safely,
Prepare – preparation, prepared
Book – booking
Reserve – reservation
Prefer – preference(s)
Recommend - recommendation
Idioms
Take with a pinch of salt – not take seriously
Be a piece of cake - easy
Be tough to swallow – a difficult situation
Take the biscuit – be out of order
Be as easy as pie – very easy
Spill the beans – tell a secret
Pig out – eat a lot
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 8
Unit Vocabulary
Hurt/injure/damage/dislocate
Healthy/fit
Sore/hurt/pain
Antibiotics/medicine/pills/tablets/vaccines
Illness/disease
Exhaustion/tiredness
Contagious/catchy
Cure/recover/get over
Ill/sick/poorly
Vomit/puke
Train/exercise/practice/work out
Track/court/pitch/field/stadium/sports centre
Faint/pass out
Care/mind/matter
Break (a bone)/ bruise/scrape/scratch
Ligaments/tendons/muscles
Phrasal verbs
Feel up (to) – feel well enough to
Cut down (on) – reduce the amount of
Get over – recover from
Give up/in – stop doing
Look after – take care of
Put on – gain weight
Pass out – faint/become unconscious
Work out – do exercise
Go/come down with – become ill
Bring on – cause an illness
Warm up – prepare for sth
Swell up – become inflamed
Get rid of – throw/give away or sell
Pull through – recover from
Pass away – die
Sign up for – do/join a team or club
Fixed phrases
As far as I know
Likely to result in
Take care
As (one) can imagine
Be somewhat sth
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Word patterns
Be/stay/keep/get in shape
Be hurt/in pain/injured
Complain of/about
Be good/bad at sth
Worry about
Be tired of/Be sick of/Be bored of
Be in danger of
Benefit from
Cope/deal with
Suffer from
Be worth (ing)
In need of sth
Exposure to
A result of
Be prone to sth
The advantage/disadvantage of sth
Word formation
Exhaust – exhausted, exhausting, exhaustion
Tire – tired, tiring, tiresome
Aware – awareness, unaware
Prepare – preparation, prepared
Recover – recovery
Heath – healthy, unhealthy, healthily
Injure – injured, injury
Pain – painful, painless
Suffer – suffering
Bore – boredom, boring, bored
Complain – complaint
Sick – sickness
Train – training, trained
Swell – swelling
Like – likely, likeliness
Idioms
Get your heart pumping – get active/excited
Push yourself – make an effort
Risk life and limb – do something very dangerous
Feel like sb is made of glass – be prone to injury
Follow suit – do the same as sb
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 9
Unit Vocabulary
Meet/know (people)
Support/assist/help
Live/inhabit/reside
Chat/gossip/boast/argue/shout
Pretend/imitate/copy
Promise
Regret
Deny
Apologise/say sorry
Remember/forget
Allow/let/permit
Ban/forbid
Sociable/talkative/chatty/outgoing
Lonely/solitary
Envious/jealous
Phrasal verbs
Bring up - start talking about sth
Get at – suggest
Grow up – become older
Look up to – admire
Pass away – die
Get along (with) – have a good relationship
Stick to – continue doing the same
Chill out – relax
Get into – start liking
Go off – stop liking
Stay up – not go to bed
Stay out – not go home
Stay in – not go out
Fit in with – be assimilated into friends
Stand out – be different/remarkable
Put up with – stand for
Fixed phrases
At its height
At that time
Ever since
For a long time to come
On the outskirts
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Word patterns
Be willing (infinitive)
Be polite to
Be rude to
Be jealous of
Be attracted to/by
Get/be married to
Take care of
Have fun with
Dream of/about
Approve of sth
Be in favour of
Work with/as/in
Live in/near to/far from
Laugh at
Talk to sb/about sth
Word formation
Live (v, adj) – life, lively, lifestyle, lives
Stress – stressed, stressful
Relax – relaxed, relaxing
Excite – excited, exciting
Person – personality, personally
Relate – relationship, related, relatives
Friend – friendly
Argue – argument, argumentative
Willing – unwilling, willingness
Care – careless, careful, caring
Inhabit – inhabitants
Reside – residential, resident, residence
Idioms
Give a hand with sth
Keep an eye on sb
Have a cat nap – sleep for a short time
Give the green light – give permission
Be a busy body – nosy/gossip
Be a know it all
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 10
Unit Vocabulary
Repair/fix/mend
Progress/advance
Invent/discover/find out
Investigate/research/look into
Estimate/calculate
Solve/ find a solution
Occur/happen/take place
Aim/objective/focus
Way/method
Reason/cause
Sure/certain
Design/develop/create/work on
Attempt/try/test
Consider/think about
Expect/intend
Fact/truth
Wonder/think/reckon
Observe/watch/look at
Manage/achieve/succeed
Phrasal verbs
Build up – construct a lot of buildings
Find out – discover information
Work on – dedicate time to perfect sth
Work out – find a solution/resolve
Carry out – perform an experiment
Come on – make progress
Come up with – think of
Turn into – become/change into
Plug in – connect to a power supply
Turn off – stop machine from working
Come off – succeed
Look forward to – be excited about
Catch up with - speak after a long time
Get up to date – have the current information on
Fixed phrases
In fact
On average
As a result
All in all
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Word patterns
Succeed in
Look at
Focus on
Concentrate on
Work on/at sth
Turn into
In an attempt (infinitive)
A result of
A cause of
An introduction to
A matter of (fact)
Experiment with sth
Explain sth to sb
Conclude with
An attempt to
Have a try/go at
Be on the internet
Be online
Keep in touch
Be reluctant to
Word formation
Safe – safety, safely
Secure – security, securely
Estimate – estimation
Occur – occurrence
Investigate – investigation
Calculate – calculation
Progress – progression
Concentrate – concentration
Expect – expectation
Method – methodology
Observe – observation
Truth – truthfully
Manage – management, manager
Intend - intention
Idioms
Surf the net
Blow a fuse – get angry
Pull the plug – give up/stop doing something
To make sth tick – to make something work
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 11
Unit Vocabulary
Recycle/reuse
Rubbish/trash/waste/refuse/litter/garbage
Extinct/endangered/be in danger
Protect/defend
Prevent/impede
Develop/construct/build
Natural disasters - tsunami, earthquake, flood,
drought, hurricane, tornado, landslide
Climate – weather, climate change/global
warming
Forecast/prediction
Mountain/hill/plain/field/land/desert
Ocean/sea/lake/reservoir/pond/puddle
Phrasal verbs
Call off – cancel
Call for – require
Cut down (on) – reduce
Cut out – stop using/doing
Cut down (trees) – chop trees down
Clear up – when the weather becomes
better/clean
Throw away – get rid of/put in the bin
Put down to – suggest that sth is the result of sth
Stand for – represent sth
Stand up for – defend/protect
Look after – take care of
Give off – emit (fumes etc.)
Die out – when all of sth dies
Face up to – accept as true
Fixed phrases
By chance
By no means
On purpose
By accident
In no time
Set a fire
A means by which
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Word patterns
Be aware of
Be similar to
Be worried about
Be famous/known for
Be short of/on
The defence of
Know about
Be considerate of
Worry about
Take into account
Take care of
Protect from
Become extinct
Word formation
Develop – developed, developing, development
Prevent - prevention
Nature – (un)natural, naturally,
Pollute – polluted, pollution
Contaminate – contaminated, contamination
Danger – dangerous(ly), endanger(ed)
Famous - famously
Extinct - extinction
Clear – clearly, clearance
Defend - defence
Protect – protected. protection
Idioms
Rain cats and dogs – rain a lot
Be bucketing it down – rain a lot
Face the facts – accept reality
Turn a blind eye – not take notice of something
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 12
Unit Vocabulary
Law/rule/regulation
Fine/punishment/penalty
Criminal/robber/thief/burglar
Proof/evidence
Prison/jail
Arrest/detain/charge/extradite
suspect/accuse/sentence/interrogate/prosecute
Escape/get away/flee
Blame/fault
Bribe/pay off/corrupt/influence
Mistake/make an error/ get sth wrong
Threaten/intimidate/frighten
Steal/rob/mug
Murder/kill
Attack/assault/hurt/injure/cause damage/harm
Grab/get/pick up
Phrasal verbs
Give up/in – stop doing
Back down – stop demanding sth
Get away with – not be punished for sth
Look into – investigate
Tip off – tell on/grass on
Get away – escape
Lock up – put in prison
Blow up – explode
Run away – flee/ escape by running
Beat up – attack with violence
Tell off – shout at
Let off – not punish/forgive
Break in – force entry
Fixed phrases
Against the law
On purpose
Safe and sound
Commit a crime
Commit suicide
Break the law
On account of
Be at fault
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Word patterns
Accuse of
Charge with
Escape/flee from
Fine for
The purpose of
Mistake for
Arrest sb for
Forgive sb for
Respect sb for
Threaten with
Be scared/afraid of
Be worried about
Be in doubt
Be guilty of
Be innocent of
Grab the attention of
Word formation
Threaten – threat, threatening
Bribe – bribery
Accuse – accused, accuser, accusation
Rob – robber, robbery
Mug – mugger, mugged, mugging
Murder – murderer
Harm – harmless, harmful
Law – lawyer, lawful, lawless
Crime – criminal
Punish – punisher, punished, punishment
Detain – detention, detained
Burgle – burglary, burglar
Famous – famously, infamous
Idioms
Let the cat out of the bag – reveal a secret
Smell a rat – feel that something is wrong
Curiosity killed the cat – being curious can get
into trouble
Copy cat – do the same as someone else
Smell something fishy – suspicious
Look dodgy/shifty – seem suspicious
In retrospect/hindsight – looking back in time
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 13
Unit Vocabulary
Fit/suit/match/go together/compliment
Produce/make/manufacture
Create/design
Costume/fancy dress
Supply/distribute/sell
Look/appearance
Attract/get attention
Look at/glimpse/glance at
Advise/give advice about
Enthuse/create interest
Succeed/achieve
Get better/improve/get worse/worsen
Modern/traditional/new age
Look like
Seem/appear/look
Look good/bad/weird/strange
Phrasal verbs
Lay out – plan
Work out – solve/plan
Dream up – create an idea
Set out – organize/arrange
Make up – create a story/information
Stick out (of) – be different
Set up – start and prepare for an activity
Think over – consider
Wear out – become exhausted or unusable
Grow out of – develop from a certain point
Do away with – get rid of
Draw up – create a plan of action
Dress up – get well dressed/put on a costume
Cut out – stop using/doing sth
Fixed phrases
In fashion
Out of fashion
It seems that
A matter of time
As part of
But nor should…
By the time
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Word patterns
Be similar to
Be different from
Be trendy/scruffy with
Be proud of
Refer to sth
Prepare for sth
Advise about sth
Succeed in sth
Be in fashion/fashionable
Look for sth
Supply with sth
Dream about sth
Insist on sth
Go well/badly with sth
Suit sb well/badly
Fit sb well/badly
Word formation
Use – reuse, overuse, usage, useful, useless, user
Fashion – (un)fashionable
Attract – attractive, attraction
Create – creator, creativity, creation
Enthuse – enthusiastic, enthusiasm
Achieve – achievement
Improve - improvement
Prepare - preparation
Advise – advisable, advice
Produce – producer, production, productive
Decide - decision
Modern – modernize
Weird – weirder, weirdly, (a) weirdo
Trend - trendy
Idioms
Be dressed to kill – wear good clothes
Dress like a tramp – wear bad clothes
See through rose-tinted glasses – see in a
positive way
Cost an arm and a leg – be very expensive
Spend an arm and a leg – spend lots of money
Have good fashion-sense – know how to dress
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Vocabulary sheet - UNIT 14
Unit Vocabulary
Smile/frown
Cry/laugh
Feel
Seem/Look like
Fancy/feel like
Argue
Blame/fault
Enjoy/please
Partner/couple
Sibling/parent/relative
Colleague/mate/acquaintance/friend
Sensitive/sensible
Mood
Promise
Angry – annoyed/furious
Shy/timid
Phrasal verbs
Fall out with – argue with
Fall for – fall in love with
Get on with – be friends with
Get along with – have a good relationship with
Look up to – admire
Look down on – think badly of
Make up – make peace
Stand up for – protect/defend
Put up with – tolerate
Pick on – tease/make fun of
Put down – criticize
Look after – take care of
Go out with – be in a relationship with
Fixed phrases
Be on good terms with
Bear in mind
Brace yourself
For some… for others
Pull yourself together
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Word patterns
Be keen on
Be fond of
Be happy with sb/about sth
Be worried about
Be proud of
Be crazy/mad about
Be kind to
Be polite to
Be rude to
Agree with/on
Depend/rely on
Be eager (infinitive)
Dream about/of
Be married to
be angry with sb/about sth
have a tolerance for
Word formation
Happy – unhappy, happiness, happily
Depend – dependence
Argue – argument, argumentative
Friend – friendship. Friendly
Mood – moody
Sensitive – sensitively, sensitivity
Mate – flatmate, workmate, teammate
Proud – pride
Polite – impolite, politeness
Crazy – craziness
Marry – married, marriage
Eager - eagerness
Tolerate - tolerance
Idioms
Be over the moon - happy
Be on cloud noun - happy
Be in the clouds - distracted
Jump for joy – excited
Be an item – be couple
Tie the knot – get married
Have butterflies in your stomach – nervous
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