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Oxford Word Skills
• selection of vocabulary
• organizing principles
• specific lexical features
garbled be at loggerheads
hoodwink blow your top
jettison have a bone to pick with
sb
inkling eat humble pie
lure leave sb high and dry
gannet give up the ghost
As I crawled along the motorway, I was having
second thoughts about staying with Marcus. I’d
been in two minds about going in the first place,
but it was sweet of him to invite me, and I
wasn’t tied up, so I said ‘yes’. But now it
dawned on me that he may have had an ulterior
motive: he wanted to go out with me! How could I
be so thick? Marcus was very nice, but a romantic
relationship was the last thing on my mind. How
can I get out
of this, I wondered? Just as the traffic started
to speed up, something went into the back of me
and sent the car flying off the road. Dazed but
OK, I pulled my mobile out of my bag. “Is that
you Marcus? Listen, you’re not gonna believe
this, but …
passion fruit pomegranate
beetroot artichoke
almonds sultanas
fennel ginger
lentils radish
squash cinnamon
acquire balance dare
affair behave deserve
apart behalf
determine
appeal blade devote
approach breed device
arise burst dissolve
attached bubble draft
• word building
• collocation
• synonyms and opposites
• figurative use of language
• idioms and phrasal verbs
• different styles of language
1 The Prime Minister could be in the
shooting line.
2 We sent some money but it’s still only a
drip in the ocean.
3 There was a thunderstorm of protest.
4 It was an uphill struggle but I think the
wave has turned.
5 Tourists are now raining into the town to
see the festival.
6 They are demanding a flat playing field.
7 They’re upset that the officials keep
moving the goalkeeper.
8 The problem is that she has got herself in
a very tight bend.
9 The producer resigned after a burning row
with the director.
It’s very cold today. Have you got Saturday off?
~ You can say that again. ~ No such luck, I’m afraid.
Shall I apply for that job? Sal said she’s too busy to help us.
~ Well, you’ve got ~ A likely story. nothing to lose.
I hurt my toe, and now I’ve Where’s Patsy?just burnt my finger. ~ Don’t ask me.
~ Oh dear. It’s not your day, is it?
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