Advanced Contrast 2. Vocabulary Unit 1.

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1. Advertise Announce 33. Talk down to Doesn in a superior tone

someone
2. Annoyance Nuisance
34. Talk someone into Persuade, convince
3. Apologise Ask pardon
something
4. Attempt Try
35. Talk someone out of Convince someone not to do
5. Background At the back, rear something something
6. Blame Hold someone responsible for something. 36. Talk someone round Succeed in persuading someone to
7. Change my Change my opinion agree to something
mind 37. Talk something over Discuss
8. Decline Decrease 38. Whisper Speak softly, susurrate
9. Degree Academic title 39. Worthwile Valuable
10. Feeling (n) Sense 40. Yell Shout
11. Fluent Able to speak or write easily in a certain
language
12. Foreign Something or someone that doesn't belong
to your country
13. Good-natured Good-hearted, friendly
14. Gossip Spread rumours, talk about someone
behind their back
15. Heart-to-heart Intimate, sincere talk
talk
16. Jobless Unemployed
17. Landmark historic structure, memorial, monument
18. Make a speech Make a discourse
19. Mother tongue Native language
20. Notice (n) Written or printed statement with
information
21. Perhaps Maybe
22. Proficient Fully skilled in a language
23. Provide Supply, make something available
24. Quarrel Argument
25. Report (n) Account
26. Risky Dangerous
27. Sensible Reasonable, practical, showing good
judgement
28. Sensitive Easily influenced by someone or
something
29. Set out Begin a journey
30. Sign Indication, board with advertisement
31. Slang Very informal language
32. Talk back to Reply in a disrespectful manner
someone