Vocabulary Items

Foods: Noodles Sushi French fries Curry Lamb kebabs Burrito Tofu Salmon Shrimp Mashed potatoes Meatballs Beef Dressings: Vinaigrette Blue cheese Salads: Lettuce Tomato and cucumber salads Mixed green salad Desserts: Cheese cake Chocolate cake

Apple pie Muffin Cup cakes Brownies Crepe georgette Places: Diner Pizzeria Patisserie Pup Take-away restuarant Foods could be [spicy salty bland greasy fatty healthy rich delicious sweet sour vegetarian] Foods could also be [grilled baked fried stir-fried steamed] N.P. stir-fried= prepared by cooking quickly in a small amount of oil over high heat. Likes and Dislikes: like = prefer = favour = into = crazy about = adore dislike = can't stand = hate = loathe = despise Geographical Terms: Beach Coast Desert Forest Hill
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Island Lake Canal Pond Canyon Stream Cliff Gulf Bay Oasis oases (pl.) Ocean Hurricane = storm Tide = wave Strait Waterfalls Peninsula Mountain peak # mountain foot Mount Miscellaneous: Soccer = football Tournament Barbecue Spectator = audience Gathering = collective act = rally

Etiquette = a code of manners Atmosphere = environment = surroundings Reservation Appetizer = entre Main dish Specialty Foggy Plateau = scene = area = spot = zone Seal Green house effect = global warming Have sb over = invite Fair = exhibition Musical = is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. Amusement park = fun fair Amusement = diversion = entertainment = refreshment = enjoyment Abbreviation Fit into Emoticon Vertically # horizontally Busy number Engaged line Phone box = phone booth Valet Bellhop
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Wage = a regular payment over a short time; per day or week Salary = a regular payment over a long time; per month or year Fee = a pay for a service (e.g. a taxi fee a doctor's fee a lawyer's fee) Courtesy = reverence = respect = consideration = thoughtfulness Collocations: (1) Abandon verb
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leave sb/sth

ADV. hastily The village had been hastily abandoned. PHRASES be found/left abandoned The car was found abandoned in a nearby town.
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stop doing/supporting sth

ADV. altogether, completely, entirely, totally The government does not propose to abandon the project altogether. | effectively, largely, virtually This principle has now been effectively abandoned. | simply Traditional policies were simply abandoned. | formally | quickly | quietly The plans for reform were quietly abandoned. | temporarily | voluntarily VERB + ABANDON be forced to | decide to PREP. for He abandoned the army for politics. | in favour of She abandoned teaching career in favour of sport.

(2) Bachelor noun

ADJ. confirmed He was 38, and a confirmed bachelor. | eligible one of the country's most eligible bachelors BACHELOR + NOUN days, life | flat, pad | status

(3) Call noun

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on the telephone

ADJ. phone/telephone | long | quick, short I'll just make a quick phone call. | local | international, long-distance, trunk | direct-dialled | incoming | outgoing | emergency | anonymous, hoax, nuisance, obscene, unsolicited | wake-up I ordered a wake-up call for 6.30 the next morning. (figurative) Last night's defeat should be a wake-up call for the team.
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VERB + CALL give sb, make, place Give us a call to say when you have arrived. She asked her secretary to place a call through to England. | get, have, receive | answer, take I'll take the call upstairs. | return I left a message but he didn't return my call. | put through, transfer Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room. CALL + NOUN box PREP. ~ for Were there any calls for me while I was out? | ~ from You had a call from Fred. | ~ to I made a call to a friend in London.
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sound to attract attention

ADJ. loud | distinctive the distinctive call of the cuckoo | plaintive the bird's plaintive call | distress | bird | clarion, rallying (both figurative) This election is a clarion call for our country to face the challenges of the new era. VERB + CALL let out | hear PREP. ~ for a call for help
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short visit

ADJ. business, courtesy, social VERB + CALL make, pay (sb) The doctor has several calls to make this morning. PREP. on a ~ She's out on a call. | ~ on Her first call was on the local library. PHRASES first/last/next port of call Our first port of call (= the first place we went to) was the chemist's.
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request/demand

ADJ. renewed, repeated | last This is the last call for passengers travelling on British Airways flight 199 to Rome. | strike VERB + CALL issue | renew Drink-drive campaigners have renewed their call for the introduction of random breath tests. | answer, heed, respond to Around 10,000 workers heeded the union's strike call. | reject PREP. ~ for The charity issued a call for donations to assist victims of the earthquake. PHRASES a call to arms (= a strong request for people to fight in the army) (figurative) The president's speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream.

(4) Despair noun

ADJ. black, bleak, deep | complete, total, utter VERB + DESPAIR feel | drive sb to The novel tells the story of a teenager driven to despair by the hypocrisy of the adult world. PREP. in ~ Robert shook his head in despair. | of ~ She let out a cry of despair. | with ~ He cried out with despair. | ~ at I felt despair at being deceived. PHRASES the depths of despair When he became ill he sank to the depths of despair. | in a moment of despair, a feeling/sense of despair I was overcome with a feeling of utter despair.

(5) Ethics noun

ADJ. personal She resigned over an issue of personal ethics. | Christian | business, medical, professional The study was approved by the medical ethics committee. PHRASES a code of ethics There should be a code of business ethics which indicates how clients are to be served. | a matter/question of ethics. It's the committee's job to decide on matters of ethics.

(6) Friend noun

ADJ. best, bosom, close, dear, good, great, intimate, real, special Her best friend at school was called Anna. I'm inviting only my closest friends to the party. | faithful, loyal, true | lifelong, long-standing, old It was so relaxing to be among old friends. | female, male, woman He was last seen leaving a restaurant with a female friend. | fair-weather People he had trusted turned out to be only fair-weather friends (= stopped being his friends when he was in trouble). | mutual We met each other through a mutual friend. | family, personal | childhood, school Do you keep in touch with any school friends? VERB + FRIEND become They became friends after meeting on holiday. | remain, stay We stayed friends even after we grew up and left home. | find, make He finds it difficult to make friends. She's made friends with the little girl who lives next door. | win He won't win any friends if he carries on talking like that. | have She doesn't have many good friends. PHRASES a circle of friends He introduced me to his circle of friends. | a friend of mine, yours, etc. I was given this necklace by a good friend of mine.

(7) Gamble noun

ADJ. big, huge, major | calculated | desperate It was time for a last desperate gamble. | political VERB + GAMBLE take
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GAMBLE + VERB pay off, work I took a calculated gamble and it paid off. PREP. ~ on Backpackers with a heavy load should resist taking a gamble on the weather. PHRASES a bit/something of a gamble Trying to find the right pension can be a bit of a gamble.

(8) Hatred noun

ADJ. bitter, deep, intense, passionate, pure, violent She shot him a look of pure hatred. | absolute, implacable | blind, irrational | class, ethnic, racial, religious VERB + HATRED be filled with, be full of, feel, have She was full of hatred and bitterness. He has a deep hatred of the police. | incite, stir up He is accused of stirring up racial hatred. HATRED + VERB flare (up) Hatred flared up inside her. PREP. in/with ~ She stared at it in hatred. | ~ against inciting religious hatred against the Catholic minority | ~ between the intense hatred between the two communities | ~ for I felt no hatred for him. | ~ of his hatred of women | ~ towards their hatred towards the oppressors PHRASES a feeling of hatred

(9) Inferior adj.

VERBS be, feel, seem Her obvious popularity made me feel inferior. | consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as, see sb/sth as Women are often regarded as inferior. ADV. decidedly, distinctly, greatly, markedly, significantly, vastly, very | slightly, somewhat | demonstrably | instrinsically | intellectually, morally, socially, technically PREP. in These later paintings are slightly inferior in value. | to His later work was vastly inferior to his early work.

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Jail (also Gaol) noun

ADJ. county, local | high-security, maximum security, top security | private | overcrowded VERB + JAIL go to He's gone to jail for fraud. | put sb in, send sb to, throw sb into | keep sb in | be freed from, be/get out of, be released from With good behaviour, she could be out of jail in two years. | escape from | threaten sb with He was threatened with jail if evidence of a hoax was discovered. | face | avoid, escape She avoided jail by pleading self-defence.

JAIL + NOUN sentence, term PREP. at a/the ~ riots at Strangeways jail | in (a/the) ~ How long has she been in jail? There was a fire in the jail last night.