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ContentsTo the student4Aspects of vocabulary learningStrategies for learningTypes of meaning polysemy, synonymy, collocation, connotation, registeriii Making the most of your dictionaryIV Collocationthe real thing, the genuine articleV Polysemyfair, flat, drillVI Metaphorbe on the ball, all the world's a stageV11 Registergarments, clothes, clobberV111 Connotation and cultural associationscowboys, black cats11Word formation123456Abbreviations and acronyms ID, FAQ, o.n.o.Prefixes: creating new meaningsover-, cross-, eSuffixes: productive suffixes and word classes -free, -proof, -esqueWord-building and word-blending biodegradable, cybercafe, guesstimateGlobal contact and language enrichment loan word, roster, intelligentsiaSimilar but different: words easily confused series/serial, moist/dampWork and study789101112At work: colleagues and routines flexi-time, freelance, job-shareAt work: career and promotion drive, perks, glass ceilingBusiness 1 telemarketing, niche market, entrepreneurshipBusiness 2 submit a tender, default on a paymentCramming for success: study and academic work rote-learning, assignment, deadlineEducation: debates and issues elitism, league tables, the three RsPeople and relationships1314151617181920Talking about yourself diligent, shrewd, sagaciousRelationships: positive aspects infatuated, amiable, kindred spiritsRelationships: problems disloyal, unsupportive, family feudPassions: reactions and emotions conciliate, rapture, blissfulFeelings: antipathies and aversions abhorrence, loathing, fickleObserving others: appearance and mannerisms lanky, grimace, poutObserving others: character traits impulsive, diffident, gullibleBirth and death: from cradle to grave Caesarean section, obituaries, mourningleisure and lifestyle212223242526272829Free time: relaxation and leisure time-consuming, dabbler, shopaholicAll the rage: clothes and fashion frumpy, dressed to kill, without frillsHomestyles, lifestyles granny flat, minimalism, household wordSocialising and networking housewarming, hobnob, cliqueThe performance arts: reviews and critiques hackneyed, typecast, renditionThe plastic arts philistinism, impenetrable, tongue-in-cheekTalking about books chronicle, memoirs, compulsive readingWe are what we eat wholesome, GM, unsavouryDinner's on me: entertaining and eating out sweet tooth, calorie-conscious, teetotalEnglish Vocabulary in Use (Advanced)

Travel30 On the road: traffic and driving hit-and-run, road rage, tailback31 Travel and accommodation deluxe, charter, half-board32 Tourism back to nature, eco-tourism, discerningThe environment333435363738Describing the world paddy field, prairies, migrantWeather and climate clammy, sweltering, snowed underBuildings in metaphors glass ceiling, tower of strength, key to successTrees, plants and metaphors nip in the bud, germinate, shrivelAnimals and birds rodent, herbivore, fur tradeEnvironment and conservation endangered, fossil fuels, pristineSociety and institutions394041424344454647484950Here to help: service encounters obliging, shoddy, on holdAuthorities: customs and police sniffer dog, on-the-spot fine, drug squadWorld views: ways of thinking bigot, assumption, tenetFestivals in their cultural context renewal, commemorate, raucousTalking about languages Germanic, syntax, pictogramsHistory usurp power, feudal, serf .Poverty: the haves and the have nots malnutrition, GDp, destituteBritish politics lobbyist, petition, grievanceThe language of law impeach, embezzle, overturn a verdictWar and peace deterrent, hostilities, biological warfareEconomy and finance debt, sanctions, devaluationPersonal finance: balancing your books strapped for cash, broke, golden handshakeThe media51525354The media: print agony aunt, flyer, pamphletThe media: Internet and e-mail chat room, browse, cookieAdvertising rock-bottom prices, state-of-the-art, trailersThe news: gathering and delivering column inch, sound bite, hot off the pressHealth55565758Health and illness 1 go down with, hepatitis, typhoidHealth and illness 2 aches and pains, nauseous, acupunctureHealth and illness 3 side effects, jaundiced view, prognosisDiet, sport and fitness cholesterol, cardiovascular, move the goalpostsTechnology59 Aspects of industrialisation low-tech, subsidies, lame duck60 Technology and its impact PDA, biotechnology, ergonomics61 Future visions virtual reality, e-commerce, gene therapyBasic concepts626364652Space: expanse and confinement rambling, poky, labyrinthTime: sequence and duration donkey's years, over the hill, fleetingMotion: nuances of pace and movement hobble, trudge, streamManner: behaviour and body language mind your Ps and Qs, etiquette, twitchEnglish Vocabulary in Use (Advanced)

Sound: from noise to silence noiseless, deafening, wailWeight and density unwieldy, congeal, imperviousColour: range and intensity ginger, pastel, grey cellsSpeed pop, scuttle, rocketCause and effect generate, spark off, bring aboutComparison and contrast affinity, disparate, discrete72 Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches glitch, gruelling, in a fix73 Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires the odds are, expedient, compulsory74 Number: statistics and assessing quantity IQ, aggregate, round down666768697071functional vocabulary75767778798081828384858687Permission and prohibition acquiesce, veto, outlawComplaining and protesting grouse, whinge, find faultApologising, forgiving and reconciliation alibi, remorse, exonerateComplimenting and praising laud, flatter, obsequiousPromises and bets vow, pledge, have a flutterReminiscences and regrets the good old days, look back, lamentAgreement, disagreement and compromise tally, rift, concessionAcademic writing 1 infer, distort, appendAcademic writing 2 reiterate, epitomise, alludeWriting: style and format doodle, block capitals, bulletLexical strategies for speaking thingummy, umpteen, a touch ofSpeech: style and articulation shriek, lisp, slurVague language expressions smattering, more or less, or whateverIdioms and phrasal verbs88 Types of idiom have second thoughts, in the dark, stumbling block89 Idioms for situations up and running, a complete shambles, as clear as mud90 Idioms that comment on people 1 soft spot, the brains behind, on cloud nine91 Idioms that comment on people 2 a rough diamond, a dark horse, at loggerheads92 Idioms that comment on stories and reports out of the blue, famous last words, small world93 Phrasal verbs 1 stand back from, stand in for, stand up for94 Phrasal verbs 2 slog away, pelt down, bottle out95 Phrasal verbs 3 miss out on, branch out, bubble over withAspects of variation96 Divided by a common language: American and British English97 Other Englishes: diversity and variety craic, beaut, shroff98 Language and gender spokesperson, butch, effeminate99 Language of age and social class oik, wireless, luncheon100 Newspaper headline language crackdown, louts, besiegeKey220List of phonemic symbolsIndexkitty-corner, deplane, faucet292293Acknowledgements315English Vocabulary in Use (Advanced)3

,rIndexThe numbers in the index are Unit numbers not page numbers.a bit 76a- 2AA /,er'eI/ 1abhor /gb'h::l:/ 17abhorrence /gb'horgns/ 17abhorrent /gb'hnrgnt/17abject /'rebd3ekt/ 49-able 3abort /g'b::l:t/ iiabortion /g'b::l:fgn/ 20about /g'baut/ 87abrogate /'rebrggert/ 47absolute poverty 45absolute power 44abstruse /gb'stru:s/ 72abuse power 44accede /rek'si:d! 44, 75accelerate /gk'selgrelt/ 69access /'rekses/ 49accidents will happen 73accommodating /g'kDmgdertIIJ/ 39accord /g'b:d/ 77, 81(go) according to plan 89account /g'kaunt/ 27account for 83-ache 56ache /elk/ 56aches and pains 56achieve /g'tJi:v/ 49achievement /g'tfi:vmgnt/ 10, 27achiever /g'tfi:vg/ 8acknowledge /gk'nDlrd3/ 10acne /'rekni/ 57acorn /'erbm/ 36acquaintance /g'kwemtgns/ 15acquiesce /,rekwi'es/ 75acquit /g'kwltI 77acronym /'rekrgmm! 1acupuncture /'rekjupAlJtfg/ 56acute /g'kju:t/ 43AD /,er'di:/ 1ad- 2 2additive-free 3address /g'dres/ 83adhere /gd'hIg/ 41adherence /gd'hIgrgns/ 41adherent /gd'hIgrgnt/ 41adjacent 2 /g'd3eISgnt! 2adjoin /g'd3::lm/ 2admit fgd'mrtf 73advantageous /,redVgn'teId3gs/ 73adversity /gd'V3:Sgtil 72advertisement /gd'v3:tISmgnt/ 8advisable /gd'VaIzgbll 73advocate /'redvgkeIt/ 82aerial warfare 48affection fg'fekfgn/ 14affectionate /g'fekfgngt/ 14affinity /g'fmgti/ 71affliction /g'fhkfgn/ 72AFK 1age-related 3aggregate /'regnggt/ 74agony aunt 51agony column 51agoraphobia /,reggrg'fgubig/ 62agree to differ 81AI /,er'aI/ 60AIDS /eldz/ 1ailing /'eIlrlJ/ 49,57air bag 30air hostess 98air one's views 54akin /g'km/ 71alibi /'relrbar/ 77alien /'eI1ign/ ivall his born days 63all the rage 22all's well that ends well 92all-in package 31allergic to 56alleviate /g'li:vielt/ 49alleviation /g,li:vi'elfgn/ 45alliteration /g,htg'relfgn/ 53allude to 8 83alluring /g'ljugnlJ/ 53ally /'relar/ 15aloof /g'lu:f/ 19alphabetical /,relfg'betIkgl/ iiialtruistic /,reltru'Istlk/ 13amass a fortune 10amber /'rembg/ 5, 68ambiguous /rem'brgjugs/ 82ambitions /rem'blfgnz/ 73amble /'rembll 64ambulance /'rembjglgns/ 55ambush /'rembuf/ 48American-led 3amethyst /'remg8Ist/ 68amiability /,elmig'bdgti/ 14amiable /'elmigbl/ 14amnesia /rem'ni:zig/ 57amphibian /rem'fIbign/ 38analogue /'renglDg/ 60analogy /g'nrelgd3i/ 71anarchic /ren'a:lnk/ 41anarchy /' rengki/ 41ancestor /'rensestg/ 33and that 87Anglo-Saxon /,reIJglgu'sreksgn/ 43animal rights activist 37animal shelter 37annihilate /g'naIgleltI 48annihilation /;:J,naI;:J'lelf;:Jn/ 48annotated 2 /'rengteltld! 2annual budget 46annul /g'nAlI 47-ant 3anthology /ren'ElDigd3i/ 27anti-corruption squad 40anti-virus software 52antipathetic /,rentrpg'8etIki 17antipathy /ren'tIpgEli/ 17antisocial /,rentr'sgufgl/ 7anxious /' reIJf gs/ 73aperitif /g,perg'ti:f/ 29apex /'elpeks/ 31apology /g'pDlgd3i1 77apothecary /g'pD8gbri/ viiappalling /g'p::l:hlJ/ ivapparel /g'prergl/ viiappeal to 46appease /g'pi:z/ 16append /g'pend/ 82apple of someone's eye 36applicant /'rephbnt/ 3approachable /g'prgutfgbl! 19(on) approval /g'pru:Vgl/ 9approve /g'pru:v/ 81approximately /g'pmkSlmgtli! 87APR /,elpi'a:/ 50arbitrary /'a:bltrgri/ 82arduous /'a:djugs/ 72arid /'rend! 33, 34armistice /'a:mIstIs/ 77armour /'a:mg/ 44aromatherapy /g,rgumg'Elergpil 56around /g'raund! 87article /' a:tlkl! 11artificial intelligence 60asap /,eIeseI'pi:/ 1ascending order 83ascribe /g'skraIb/ 41aspirations /,respgr'eIfgnz/ 73as quiet as a mouse 66assent /g'sent! 75English Vocabulary in Use (Advanced)293II