Alumnus

Alumni (pl)Alumna -- alumnae Aluminium = aluminum

bulletin

The latest police bulletin described the suspect as a white male in his twenties.

Our next bulletin is at 10.30 p.m.

newsflashnews bulletin

Item

Original teddy bears have become real collectors' items.

3. be an iteminformal if two people are an item, they are

having a romantic or sexual relationship

PhD

B.A., or bachelor of arts B.S., or bachelor of science

draft

My dad was eighteen when he got drafted into the army.

ConscriptCraigwell was drafted by the Chicago Blackhaw

ks.

Undo

We cannot undo the damage of a lifetime in only 30 days.

If a medicine is taken again too soon, it may undo all the good that has been done.

One of these buttons has come undone .

idiot

chump, sucker, fall guy, dupe, mugMoron,

dieter

FastGlutton--- gluttonousGourmandGourmet

cookie

superwoman

Supersonic--subsonicSuperstitionSupernatural

UltrasonicUltraviolet

pediatrician

PedestrianPedalPeddleEncyclopedia

decorate

Décor

reproach

admonish, accuse, chide, reprove, criticize, scold, rebuke, reprimand, blame, censure

point the finger at

bide

Be patient, tolerant and bide your time.

Abidingenduring

Royal titles

Prince – (princess) duke- (duchess) marquis- (marchioness) earl- (female: countess) Viscount- viscountess baron - (baroness)

Text A

Practice: She’s passed her Bars examination and is

now practicing.A practicing doctorIntern---resident--- chief resident--- senior

resident--- attending doctor.

General practitioner

Un-

1)…at least, half of the cardinals came from unrich families.

2) a) During the pre-Christmas months, a large nu

mber of unbooks appear. b) He, too, is an unperson, dead politically if n

ot corporally.

assure

The doctor assured me that I would get better.

A change in the law will ensure fair treatment for people of all races.

I was feeling worried about my missing cat, but the janitor reassured me.

TheatreCentreMetre

TravelledCounsellorJewlleryMarvellousWoollen

AnaemiaAnaesthesia

manoeuvreBehaviourFavourite

ChequeCatalogueeqilogue

Judgement

GreyEnsureGaol

Defence

Practice

Fulfil

Muslim--Moslem

Gramme

Programme

Lamentable t ---d CigaretteMagazineResearchExtraordinaryNecessarilyPrimarilySecretaryThe

AmE --- BE

AlibiAllergyAngleBreakdownFanHawk----doveGraftPillStar

BackwoodsCaucusCocktailElectrocuteKnow-howKvetchPrairieShow businessMe generation

FixerAC-DC (ambidextrous)LesbianQueen

nature

1) They asked a lot of questions about the nature of our democracy.

2) He examined the nature of the relationship between the two communities.

3) Disease is nature's way of keeping the population down.

Be\become second nature to sb.

1) Typing becomes second nature after a while.

2) But the main reason for my silence was that secrecy and deception had by then become second nature to me.

1) Steven took his son to a cricket match as a birthday treat.

2) When we were kids, a trip to the beach was a real treat .

3)[countable] a special food that tastes good, especially one that you do not eat very often

The cafe serves an assortment of gourmet treats.

Word

We are, in a word, busy. Ridiculously busy.

The newspaper printed his speech more or less word for word.

Lawyers are now reconsidering the wording of a part of the guidance and it will not be published for at least another week.

a man of his word/a woman of her wordMuch of this information is picked up by

word of mouth from previous studentswant a word with

to admit that what you said was wrongI'm going to make you eat your words.

remainder

1) Remainder must be paid by the end of June.

2) Fifteen divided by four gives you a remainder of 3.

3) He spent the remainder of his police career behind a desk.

Remains

1) On the table were the remains of the evening meal.

2) extensive Roman remains (=of ancient buildings) at Arles

3) Her remains are buried in Westminster.

Remnant (usually Pl.)

1) The remnants of a meal stood on the table.2) The first revolution on the agenda, therefore,

was the bourgeois-democratic overthrow of tsarism and abolition of feudal remnants.

But I couldn't give in; one monster is much like another - once you falter, you're done.