word fresh-up practices
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Oxford Word Skills
• selection of vocabulary
• organizing principles
• specific lexical features
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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
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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 …
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passion fruit pomegranate
beetroot artichoke
almonds sultanas
fennel ginger
lentils radish
squash cinnamon
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acquire balance dare
affair behave deserve
apart behalf
determine
appeal blade devote
approach breed device
arise burst dissolve
attached bubble draft
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• word building
• collocation
• synonyms and opposites
• figurative use of language
• idioms and phrasal verbs
• different styles of language
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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.
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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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