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VOCABULARY

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Unit 1
Friend o r foe?
1.1 Talking abour Families and friends
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1.2 Multi-word verbs - relarionships
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1.3 Describing people
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Sensacional ea ti ng
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2.1 Describing rescauranrs
2.2 i'v\ulci-word verbs wich up
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2.3 Senses of eacing
Unit 3
Game on
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3.1 Compete, w1n and lose
3.2 Achievemenc
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Tell it like it is
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4.1 M emories and looking back
4.2 Powerful adjeccives
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Man's bese friend
5.1 \i\ecaphorical words and expressions 7
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5.2 Mulci-word verbs wich out
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Unit 6
Making movies
6.1 Films
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6.2 Prefixes
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Unit 7
Gec smar ter
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7.1 .\i\ulci-word verbs with cwo parcicles
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7.2 Expressions wich brain and think
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Wonders of che worl d
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8. 1 Tourisc sighcs
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8.2 The effeccs of che weacher
8.3 Fixed phrases wich che weacher
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Eye witness
9.1 M ulci-wo rd verbs - crime
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9.2 Crime and punish mem (1)
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9.3 Crime and punishmem (2)
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Unit 10 Recycle, restyle
10.1 Environmencal issues
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10.2 Dependenc prepositions wich
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verbs and nouns
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Unit 11 Whac's in a nam e?
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11.1 Suffixes
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11.2 Words wich mulciple meanings
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Unir 12 Be you r own boss
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12.1 Work
12.2 Us1ng precise vocabulary
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Un ir 13 New science, old beliefs
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13.1 Modern branches of science
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13.2 Verb + noun collocacions

13.3 ,v\ulci-word verbs - science

and researcn
Unit 14 A differenc perspecrive
14.i Word pairs
14.2 Fxea phrases w ich crarge
Un ir 15 Learn ing zone
15.1 Furth er ecucacion
15.2 Dependen: preposicions
wich adjeccives

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FU NCTIO NAL LANG UAG E

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Showing an interese in whac ocher

peo ple are saying
Descnbing how good or bad
something is
Giving opinions (speaking)
Making a scory sound dramacic
Describing feelings and accicudes
Giving opin ions (wricing)
Juscifying your opinion
Taking curns
Ways of being persuasive
Thinking aloud
Scaying on copie
Talking abouc effeccs and inAuences
Explaining a problem and suggescing
solucions
Negociacing and decision-making
Ways of concrasc1ng p1ccures and ideas
Expressing uncercaincy
Avoiding repecicion
Summaris1ng your views

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MULTl-WORD VERBS
1 Relacio nshi ps
2 Crime
3 Science and research
4 wich up
5 wich out
6 wich rwo parcicles
The grammar of multi-word verbs

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TOP TIPS FOR THE EXAM

Paper 1 Reading
Paper 2 Writing
Paper 3 Use of Englisn
Paper 4 Liscening
Paper 5 5peaking

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N1v,, Exam Reviser

W hat is t he Exam Reviser?
The Exam Reviser concains language ar.d
advice re!evanc ro che Cambrige CAE exam. le
:s organised in a way chac 'Tieans you cm easil
fine summaries of differem areas of !angL.age.
as well as advice aoouc che exam icseif.
Tne main vocabutary from eacn ofc;ie
Coursebook unics is summarised in :he
Vocabulary sec::on. nere is also addicionai
vocabulary linked m sorne of che wpics.
In che Functional Language seccion you will
find useful phrases for boch che speaking and
wm ing pares of che exam.
There is also a sect1on on common Mult iword verbs (including example semences).
The Top Tips for che Exam section includes
advice for each of che five papers in che exam.
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Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Unit 1

Friend or foe?

fu Talking abour families and friends Wullt...:!iifllf!ij.tDrtl+

We're a very close fam ily.

l'm parcicularly close :o my older siscer.
My parencs creaced us al! che same/very differendy.
l'm closer m my friens chan my family.
My siscer is like my bes( friend.
!'ve always hada large circle of friends.
l'm Lhe oldesr in my family. / l'm che middle child. / l'm an only child.
l'm che oldesc/youngesc/second/t:h ird ... of cwo/chree/four .. . children.
There's a (very) smal!/large gap becween me and my younger siscer.
l'm a cwin. / l've goc a cwin brocher/siscer.
l've goc cwo half-brochers/scep-siscers.

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relationships $u[ll~i:JiTffi)ltd:il!>
take to someone =sean: co like someone (or someching)
cheer someone up = make someone scarc to feel happier
get on with someone = have a good relacionship wich someone
fit in = co be accepced by ocher people in a group
turn to someone = co cry co gec help, advice or sympechy from someone
wind someone up = to deliberacely say or do someching rhac will annoy or worry someone
go ouc with sorneone = have a romancic relacionship wich someone
break up ith someone = end a romancic relacionship wich someone
fa// out with someone = have an argumenc wich someone chac damages che relacionship
make up wirh someone = forgive someone afcer an argumem and become friendly again

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you know che time a.nd place of the exam.
Look ac che Top Tips fo r che Exam one more
cime and chen have an early nighc1
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Reviser away. You have now done as rnuch
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Good luck1

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be easy-going
be good company
be considerare
have a selnsh screak
be painfully shy
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be diplomacic
be nercely loyal
be brucally honesc
be a natural leader
lose your cemper easily
(ofcen) puc ochers firsc

have a vivid imaginacion

have a razor-sharp mind
have a cendency co make
snap decisions

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1 l've got a-strong competibve srreak!instinct/spirit.

2 He's competing in a race/a match/a tournamenr tomorrow.
3 Tnere are sorne strong competitors in this race.

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l local/basic/ freshly-prepared in,redienrs

glitzy design
retro
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plush
urbane
minimalist
exotic
chemed restaurant
fam ily-run rescauranr

tradicional de!icacies
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4 1carne uo againsr srrong!inrense/stiff compec1tion in yesrerday's match.

5 She's gor an inbuiit desire ::o win/succeed.

6 He oeats me every time vve :Jlay cennis togecher.

7 They won by a stim/huge margin.
8 He secs/breoks a record every time he races ac the momenr.

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G.2Achievement w;,111:~~e:
to be

established
cosy
decor
interior
:rendy location

build up

eat up
use up
hang up
add up

chink up
conjure up
make up
dream up

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enormous/outstanding achievemenr
a greac/resounding success

to achieve
to obtain
to reach

a goal

to achieve

a goal
an aim
a personal best
success

1 to admire somebody For

to appreciace somebody for

speak up
heac up
save up
build up
pile up

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their achievemenrs

to give somebody credic for

to have

(high) standards (for yourself)

(high) expectacions (of you rself)
(clear) goals (for yoursel f)

to gain

recognition (as ...)

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a reputation (for .. .)

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bitter
acidic
spicy
bland
creamy
sweet

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a role model (for young people)

a hero
an idol

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Unit 5

Nlan's best friend

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Visicing che cheme park made me fe el nosta/g1c for my childhood.

J wem 1..m che haumed house ride ana the memones come f ooding back.
One Oj my earliesc memories is of my farher reading ~o me.
Looking back, 1can see chac he hada huge inAuence on my life.
lt brought ir ali back as soon as 1se[ fooc in rhe house.
This lirde book evokes srrong memories of my childhood.
1know her very well - we go back a long way.
1vivid/y remember him reading rn me - ali che derails are rhere.
1vagLJely rememoer meeting her once, bue 1can'r remember much abouc her.
i\lly mind's gane blank and 1can'r remember whar che riele was ar ali.

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break
srruggle
be burr.r
hit
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cacch one's breach

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huge
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colossal

laughable
ludicrous
ridiculous
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idioi:ic
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swnning
scupendous
sraggering
asmunding

1 dazzling

Iasmnishing

excruciaring
agonising
discressing

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craumaric
disturbing

check ouc
ger somerhing out of somerhing

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rule our
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Making movi es

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go o n about
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get round ro

go in for

get back into

go back over

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go o ff wirh

ger o ut of

go rhrough with

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brain: compou nds
1 He's such a brainbox. 1 can'c keep up w ich him.
2 The new game was che brainchifd of rwo schoolboys.
3 The brain drain means w e are losing graduares co ocher councries.
4 This puzzle is a real brainteaser - it's caking me ages1
5 1 rhink adverrisemencs brainwash people into buying whar rhey don'r need.
6 .!'ve jusr hada brain wave 1 Why don't we sell sorne of our computer games ro pay for che

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1 use your brain = think for yourself
2 have someching on rhe brain = ro be always thinking about somerhing
3 be che brains behind something = be che person who rhoughr of a plan or sysrem,

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beac your brains out = ro chi nk abouc someching very hard for a long rime

get your brain in gear = ro make yourself scarr chi nking clearly and effecrively
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informarion or advice
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1 know you feel guilry abouc me paying bur, honescly, don t

Don'r ask m e for rhe answers -

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think: fixed ph rases

1 He thinks outside the box so he's very good ar linding solurions.
2 W ill you be quier - 1 can't hear myself think1
3 1 don'r see now we can afford ro go. Ler me have anocher chink and see if 1 can come up
think twice abour it.

think far yourself!

not being prepared because rhen you have co

chink on your fee t.

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impressive
hisrorical
archi(ecwral
brea(h(aking
gli((ering

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tell someone 'off = when someone in auchority speaks ro you angrily abour something

you've done wrong

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somerhing
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monumemal
innova(ive

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beat someone 'up = co hurt someone badly by hi(ting (hem

~7 lec someone 'off = m not punish someone
8 walk 'off with something =m steal someth ing or cake some(hing which does not belong
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10 crack 'down on something/someone =to become more suicr in dealing wi(h a problem
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swearing
sunburn
exposure
dehydra(ion
headaches
ie(hargy

swea(ing
headaches

headaches
depression
lerhargy

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a 'get-away = an escape from a place or unpleasam sirua(ion, especially after commining a

shivering
goosebumps
exposure
dehydra(ion

crime

a 'break-in = an act of emering a building illegally and by force, especially in order ro sreal
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depression

a 'hold-up = an arrempt to rob a place or person by threatening rhem with a weapon

a 'tip-off = a secret warning or piece of :nforma(ion, especially one given co the police about
illegal ac(iviries

a 'crack-down

= accion cha( is taken to deal more suictly wirh crime, a problem, proceses, etc.

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He had real ly bad Au las( week, bue he's as right as rain now.

2 She's having abad (ime ar (he momem, bu( 1(hink she'll weather the storm.
3 The freezing cold made himfee/ very under the weather.
4 She never concemra(es in class; she always seems ro have her head in the clouds. 1
don'( know whar she's chinking abour.

5 1don'r know if she does want ro go on holiday wirh him - she blows noc ana cold
abOU( it.

6 1 (houghr 1 wouldn'r be able ro make che parry, bur 1 hada snorr resr so now l've

got my secona wina.

7 He didn't mean ro be rude - it was some(hing he said m the hear of che momenr.
He'll have forgorten abour ir by romorrow.

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vandalism
computer hacking
1 speeding
driving offence
play rruam

juror
wirness
craflic warden
young offender
hardened criminal
suspect

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be arres[ed for
be accused of
be charged wi[h
be convic[ed of
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do communicy service
go on proba[ion
paya (heavy) fine

be ser;icenced w
be released from
be acquittea of
be punished for
be taken imo. cusrndy
face a cuswdial semence
ger a suspended semence
be cauroned

plead (noc) guilty

be found (nm) guil[y of
ge[ a crim inal record

acc as a dererrem
gec a fai r erial
be cried (in courr)

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4 work ~
5 succeed _ _''_

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6 che purpose ~
7 a complaim ~

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9 an inclination _.:__

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9 persist _ _
1O apologise __:::_:____

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1 car exhausr fumes

2 facrory emissions

A breathing probiems
B rise in Earth's temperarnre

Glo bal warmin g

Animal cruelty/exti nction

4 unrreared sewage
j C loss of marine species
5 oil spills
D destrucrion of coral reefs
6 agriculrural chemicals
7 deforestarion
8 using aerosol sprays
9 deplerion of che
ozone layer
1O batrery farming
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12 over-fishing

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Water pollution

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argumem
curiosity
obsession
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Recycle, restyle

Ai r pollution

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poimless
uncomrollable

s1mplify
commercialise

surprisingly
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a brand of (shampoo)
ro brana someone as someching
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to work nine-co-five
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life

ro come ro life
ro have a life of its own

make a (good) poim about something

to be on che poi ne of doing someching

a (small) charge for doing someching

to charge in
to be in charge of someching

B e your own boss

a name for someone/someching

to know (everyone) by name
to gec a bad name for (yourself)

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Unit 12
brand

(my) life

a treelancer

to work pare-time

a temp
a trainee ,,

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a commuter
an office worker
a manual worker
a skilled/semiskilled/ unskil led
worker

do overtime
to be freelance
co be self-employed
to work from home
co work shifcs/co do
shifc work
to be on duty
to be on cal!

work full-cime

to work Aexi-time
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a pay nse
;ob security
job sharing
good promotion
prospeccs
perks
a bonus
holiday pay
sick pay
macernity pay
highly-paid

work-related stress
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overcrowded
unsocial hours
office poli tics
discriminacion in che
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Speak:
1 declare someching sme officially and publicly that someching is true
2 c/a1m: to stare that somethi ng is true, even ehough ie has noe been proved
3 mumble: co speak quiecly so ehat your words are nor clear, because you are annoyed or
embarrassed
4 stutter: co speak wieh a lor of pauses and repeated sounds, because you are nervous or
excired
5 gossip about something: calk about orher people's behaviour and privare lives
6 chat to someone: calk in a friendly informal way

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_flick through something look quickly at pares of a book, magazine, etc.

browse through something: look slowly ar pares of a book, magazine, ere.
3 skim something read quickly to ger rhe general idea of a rexe
4 sean somethiyg read quickly to pick oue specific pieces of informacion (e.g. numbers)
5 pore over sorreching read someehing very carefully for a long rime
6 olough through something: read somerhing long and boring
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molecular biology = rhe srudy of the small pares which make up living things
cybernetics = the scientific srudy of how informarion is moved and controlled by machines,
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ergonomics = rhe swdy of physical working spaces and how people inceracr wirh rhem
forensic science = the science relacing to finding out abouc crimes and how chey are

committed and who was involved

bioclimatology = the study of how climate affecrs living things

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an accidenr / argument / a break/ a char / difficulries / dream / experience /

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t he bank / so meone's hearr / a habit

touch wirh / your temper / your mind

a speech / a performance / a signal / insuucrions /

direccions / an explanacion / orders / (someone) a hand / (ir) a cry

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perfectly cooked food.

The service was unusually slow.
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The food was unexpectedly delicious.
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Difficulr as ir is ro believe, .

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What was even more amazing was ...

You'll never believe ic bue .. .

@.. Describing feelings and attitudes

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A Posirive feelings

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She feels affeccionace cowards them ...

He was delighced (co be wich che dog).
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B Negar ive feelings

They ger irriraced by <:hem.
1 felc absolurely devascaced when she cold me.

That animal pecrifies me.

1 felc complerely Fruscrated (by che task).

C Met apho rical expressio ns

le was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

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They were downhearted (w hen che dolphins wouldn'c j ump).

I see it, young people generally don't do enough sporc t hese days.
lf you ask me, playing ream games develops many essencial life skills.
In my view, prices for live sporring evenrs like foorball marches are far roo high.
What I think is rhat people would be much healrhier if chey walked or cycled ro work.
The way I see it is rhar if you're a famous spo rrsperson, you have a responsibilicy rn behave

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1 expecc he is couched by (che animal's devocion).

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B Reacring with agreemem and adding another similar po int

D Reaccing wi th disagreement

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On the whole, I think rhat rhere is too much sports coverage on TV

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She worked very hard at che role.
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He's better than the ocher ac:or in che role.
lt was much betcer than che lasc concert 1 saw.

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A Using questions
Do you realise che niscorical importance of the Pyramids in Egypc?

C Give you r personal response

Ir made me cry1
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The sun on che scone at Pecra produces a capcivating effecc, making che colour even more
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Well, / liked it!
I didn't chink ic was very funny.

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le was incredibly high and could be seen for miles around.

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A Co m pleting a curn
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l'd like co go out co eat fi rsc and chen go coche cinema.
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As you walk through che halls you can see yourself reAecced in che vasc mirrors.

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1 Thac's an inceresting quescion which we should consider carefully.
2 Well, cha(s noc someching !'ve choughc abouc much befare.
3 1 think this is a complex issue with many differenc and val id poincs of view.

@ Staying on to pie
Coursebook Unir 9 p93
1 1 chink we're getting off che poi ne a bit here.
2 Thac's uue, bue perhaps we should come back to whac we were saying about
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1 Celebrities can ha~e an enormous influence on ____ .
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4 Using che right celebriry can rnak:e a big difference ro _ _ __ .
5 We 1eed ro raise rhe public's awareness about ___ _
6 In order ro grab the pubiic's attention, you need ro ____
7 People often don't take much notice of _ _ _ _
8 People usually pay more attention to _ _ _ _

@. Explaini ng a pro blem and suggesting solutio ns

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A Outlining a problem
Nowadays it seems thac .
Anyone who has .. . wil l know that.
Over recent years, people have become concerned that ...
B Explaining a problem
There are a number of reasons for chis.
One of che causes of ... is ...
This is largely due ~o .. .
This has led ro .. .
This means rhat .. .
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Shall we _ _ chae we agree on ... ?
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There are more good _ _ for ... than for any of che orhers.

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This is an amazing scieminc invenrion.
The compucer is also absolutely amazing.
D Add a negative to the sa me adjective/idea
He's feeling very pleased with himself.
The man at t he compucer doesn't /ook so cheerfu/1

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hard = cough, challenging, dauncing

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@ Summarising your views

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To sum up ...
Lec's summarise brieAy ...
To concl ude ...
In concl usion .
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G., Multi-wo rd verbs - relationshi ps
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1 to take to (someone): When
1 firsc mee my ceacher, 1 took to her
immediacely.
2 to cheer (someone) up: 1wasn'c
feeling very well so 1 wacched a funny
film co cheer myself up.
3 to fit in: We need someone who will
fic in quickly wich che exiscing ceam.
4 to turn to (someone): Whenever
1 have a problem, 1 always turn to my
brocher for help.
5 to wind (someone) up: He really
winds me up when he calks about my
ex-boyfriend ali che rime.
6 t o get on with (someone): l'm
so lucky chac 1 get on so well with my
parencs.
7 to go o ut with (someone): Paul
and Sarah have been going ouc wich
each other for over a year now.
8 to break up with (someone):
They broke up with each other lasc
week after having a huge argu menc
about money.
9 to fall out with (someone): 1
hope 1 don'c ever fall out with my bese
frien d.
10 to make up with (someone): He
made up with her by buying her sorne
Aowers and saying sorry.

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crime
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1 to tell (someone) off: The reacher
cold us off for chaccing in class ali che
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People shouldn'c be able co get away
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Thieves broke :nto my Aac while 1 was
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4 to ti p (someone) off: Police were
rippea off abour where che chieves had
hidden che money.
5 to hold (someone/ sornething)
up: 1 heard on che news ~nac gunrnen
heid up rhe scaff in che high screec bank
coday.
6 to beat (someone) up: Three
men were beaten up when chey tried
co scop their friend's car being scolen.
7 to !et (someone) off: They /et
him off wichouc a fine as 1c was che rsc
cime he'd ever goc imo crouble.
8 to walk off with (something):
People jusc walk off with ali sores of
stacionery icems from work.
9 to get mixed up in
(something): l'm really worried chac
my son has got mixed up in peccy crime
around che cown.
10 to crack down on (so mething):
Transporc police are cracking down
on people who cravel by bus wichouc
paying.
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The chieves made cheir get-away in a
scolen whice van.
2 There was a break-in ac che pose office
lasc nighc.
3 Ouring che hold-up, severa! people
managed co escape by che back door.
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1 to set about (son:ething): He

set about proving chac luck could be

explained sciemifically.
2 to set (someth ng) off: The
explosion set off a series of smaller
bangs.
3 to dry up: We had rn abandon che
research because che money dried up.
4 to set out: The ceam set out m
develop a new way of creating specic;I
effecrs in films.
s to bring (something) about:
The research brought about a change in
the way cars were tested for safery.
6 to fizzle out: The ideafizzled out
because it didn't have much support.
7 to set (something) up: We set
upan experimenc ro tind out how che
chemical reacted.
8 to spark (somethi ng) off: The
Aame sparked off a reaction.
9 to finish (something) off: 1 :hink
we should finish off che research by
drawing conclusions abour rhe fucure.
10 t o start off: Let's start off by
checking che equipmenr.
11 t o stir (something) up: The
experimenc srirred upa debate about
whac was echical.
12 to wind (something) dow n ~
1 thi nk we should wind down rhe
investigacion because we're nor gecring
anywhere.

(!_ Multi -word verbs with up

(see 2.2 p4)

to build (something) up: Have a

rest: you need ro build up your energy.
We've bwlt up a good reputacion.
2 to think (someth ing) up: Can
you think up a good name for the
restaurant?
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Summer conjures up dreams of sun and
beaches.
4 t o make (someth ing) up: She
makes up brillianc srnries for her
children.
s to dream (something) up:
Whoever dreamt up che scupid idea of
adding lemon rn chis pudding1
6 to eat (somet hing) up: My
three-year-old son always eats up ali his
dinner.
7 to use (something) up: Did you
use up ali che bread? There isn't any left.
8 to hang up: 1hare answerphones
and 1 always hang up when 1 ger them.
9 to add (something) up: 1 can
never add up bilis - 1 use a calculamr1
10 to speak up: 1 wish che leccurer
would speak up: 1 can't hear him.
11 to heat (somet hng) up: When
you make soup, you should heat ir up
very genrly.
12 to save up: l'm going ro save up m
buy myself a car.
13 to pile up: His business is doing
badly so che debes are piling up.

G... Multi-word verbs with out

(see 5.2 p7)

to check (something) out:

rhi nk rhere are th ree Aigh rs a day, bur
you should check the website ouc.
2 to get a lot out of {something):
1 really gota lot out oj rha[ vs1c ro rhe
zoo - it was inrerescing.
3 to get out: lf you're unhappy n your
job, l'd ger our if 1 were you.
4 to rule (somet hing) out: He
may nor come :o the wedding bue 1
wouldn'c rule it out.
5 to cut {something) out: lf you
make a plan, t cuts out wricing a draft.
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to try out rhar new gym rhac's opened.
7 to phase {something) o ut: l've
heard chey are going to phase out
paper files.
8 to chuck (somet hing) out: Why
did she chuck out rhar leftover food
when ic was tine7
9 to dig (something) out: He
managed rn dig out sorne old photos
of his dog from rhe atric.
10 to work (something) out: Can
you work out how ro ger rhere from
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get
1 to get beh ind with
(something): l've been away so l've
got behind with che housework.
2 to get ahead with (something):
lf you work ali weekend you can ger
ahead with your revsion and [hen have
sorne time off!
3 to get round t o (something): 1
musr get round to phoning her today
- we haven'c spoken in ages.
4 to get back into (someth in g):
When 1 wenr to Egyp[, 1 really got back
into rravel ling agai n - 1 loved iL

5 to get thro ugh to {someone):

l've explained whac he's doing wrong,
but 1 can't seem to get through to him.
6 to get o ut of (something): How
are we going to get out of going m his
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He's always going on about how good
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someone ): 1 know you don'r wanr
to rake pare, bur would uscgo along
with whar [hey say co keep che peace.
3 to go in for (something): My
wife and don'c really go in fo r formal
occasions: we prefer somechi ng more
reled and casual.
4 t o go back over (something):
Lec's go back over everything to make
sure ic's corren.
5 to go off with (something): He
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G_ Verb + adverb (no object)

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to get on ( = to have a good rela(ionshi p)

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to make up (=to invenr )

I think she's making up the whole story.
I think she's making the whole story up.
I think she's making it up.
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to break into (= to emer illegally or by force)

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general idea of che conrem befare doing

che derailed questions.
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far a wrong answer.
@... Word formation. In pare 3 remember that
che missing word may need to be plural or
@... Mulciple choice. In pare 1 think abouc che
negarive, it may need a prefix and/or rwo
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suffixes added, or 1c may need ro change
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Gapped rexr. In part 2 read what comes
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@.. Multiple choice. In pare 3 decide what you
consider collocarions, expressions and
rhink che answer is, and then look ar che
metaphorical meanings.
faur choices.
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words in che questions and match chem
including che key word. Don't change the
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if you guess. You don't get marks raken off
Plan your time so rhat you spend an equal
far a wrong answer.
amounr of time on each question.
@.. Make sure you answer che question in
Listening 1 Paper 4
pare A (it's compulsory). Then choose one
Take rime ro read th rough the information
ocher quescion from pare B.
and questions befare you scart lisrening.
@.... Write a brief paragraph plan and
@., Wh ile you're lisren ing for che first time,
brainsrorm sorne ideas first.
write che answers on the quesrion paper.
(!.. Leave time to read through whar you have @.. While you're listening far che second time,
written and make any necessary correccions.
listen ouc fo r key words which justify your
@.. Don'c waste time couming words. You
answers.
need to know approximarely how much
@._ Senrence completion. In part 2 make sure
paper your normal handwriting covers
the words you write are spelr correccly
using 180-220 and 220-260 words.
and agree grammatically with what is in
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copy your answers onro che answer sheet.
(!_ Write an answer far every quescion, even
if you guess. You don't get marks taken off
far a wrong answer.

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to put up with ( = to tolerare)

J don't know how she puts up with his terrible behaviour.
1-donttrrow how s{1e "uts his te11 ible be!1t1~iow uo with:-

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Reading

Use of English

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Speaking

Paper 5

(i Give ful!, incerescing answers including a

range of vocabulary an.D plency of decail.

~ Ask che examiner co repeac che quescion rf

you don't underscand che nm Clme.

@._ Personal informaC1on incerview. In pare

1 make sure you answer che examiner's
quescions and don't scarc calking abouc
someching else.

~ Comparing phocos. In pare 2 don'eJUSt

describe che phocos - do whac che
examiner asks you.

~ Collaboracive task and Drscussion. In pares

3 and 4make su reyou i nceraccwich eheocher
candidace by asking for his or her opinion,
making suggesnons, ecc.

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My revision tim etable

Plan your revision time using che timecable below.

Don'c forgec co give yourself rewards incl uding sorne 'rime off'.
Copy che blank cimecable co plan at leasc ten days of revision.

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Day

10.00a.m.

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12.00a.m.

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3.00 p.m .

5.00 p.m.

6.00 p.m.

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11.00a.m.

4.00 p.m.

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8.00 p.m.
9.00 p.m.

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