Vocabulary

100 topics grouped by theme

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Word formation

1 Abbreviations and acronyms 2 Prefixes: creating new meanings 3 Suffixes: productive suffixes and word classes 4 Word-building and word-blending 5 Global contact and language enrichment 6 Similar but different: words easily confused
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Work and study

7 At work: colleagues and routines 8 At work: career and promotion 9 Business 1 10 Business 2 11 Cramming for success: study and academic work 12 Education: debates and issues
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People and relationships

13 Talking about yourself 14 Relationships: positive aspects 15 Relationships: problems 16 Passions: reactions and emotions 17 Feelings: antipathies and aversions 18 Observing others: appearance and mannerisms 19 Observing others: character traits 20 Birth and death: from cradle to grave
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Leisure and lifestyle

21 Free time: relaxation and leisure 22 All the rage: clothes and fashion 23 Homestyles, lifestyles 24 Socialising and networking 25 The performance arts: reviews and critiques 26 The plastic arts 27 Talking about books 28 We are what we eat 29 Dinner’s on me: entertaining and eating out
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Travel

30 On the road: traffic and driving 31 Travel and accommodation 32 Tourism
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The environment

33 Describing the world 34 Weather and climate 35 Buildings in metaphors 36 Trees, plants and metaphors 37 Animals and birds 38 Environment and conservation
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Society and institutions

39 Here to help: service encounters 40 Authorities: customs and police 41 World views: ways of thinking 42 Festivals in their cultural context 43 Talking about languages 44 History 45 Poverty: the haves and the have nots 46 British politics 47 The language of law 48 War and peace 49 Economy and finance 50 Personal finance: balancing your books
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The media

51 The media: print 52 The media: Internet and e-mail 53 Advertising 54 The news: gathering and delivering
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Health

55 Health and illness 1 56 Health and illness 2 57 Health and illness 3 58 Diet, sport and fitness
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Technology

59 Aspects of industrialisation 60 Technology and its impact 61 Future visions
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Basic concepts

62 Space: expanse and confinement 63 Time: sequence and duration 64 Motion: nuances of pace and movement 65 Manner: behaviour and body language 66 Sound: from noise to silence 67 Weight and density 68 Colour: range and intensity 69 Speed 70 Cause and effect 71 Comparison and contrast 72 Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches 73 Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires 74 Number: statistics and assessing quantity
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Functional vocabulary

75 Permission and prohibition 76 Complaining and protesting 77 Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation 78 Complimenting and praising 79 Promises and bets 80 Reminiscences and regrets 81 Agreement, disagreement and compromise 82 Academic writing 1 83 Academic writing 2 84 Writing: style and format 85 Lexical strategies for speaking 86 Speech: style and articulation 87 Vague language expressions
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Idioms and phrasal verbs

88 Types of idiom 89 Idioms for situations 90 Idioms that comment on people 1 91 Idioms that comment on people 2 92 Idioms that comment on stories and reports 93 Phrasal verbs 1 94 Phrasal verbs 2 95 Phrasal verbs 3
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Aspects of variation

96 Divided by a common language: American and British English 97 Other Englishes: diversity and variety 98 Language and gender 99 Language of age and social class 100 Newspaper headline language