UNIT 1.

AGAINST THE ODDS

Argumentative big- headed

Bow ( v ) broad- minded
Cheerful compliant
Considerate costume
Courteous dependable
Deteriorate determined
Devotion drift
Earnest filthy
Furious generous
Grab ( v ) grumpy
Hideous horrified
Hot- headed ill- mannered
Inconsiderate inflate
Insecure level- headed
Miserable modest
Naive narrow- minded
Obtinate outgoing
Pour ( v ) pretentious
Relieved reserved
Resigned self- confident
Shake slump ( v )
Sob sophisticated
Spontaneous stubborn
Thoughtful tight- fisted
Tolerant unreliable
Unsystematic voracious

UNIT 2. FOR WHAT IT´S WORTH

( un ) finished amenities
bargain barn
basement block
bolt ( v) character
conversion credit
debt detached
enterprising exploitation
fortune gas central heating
genuine greed
hard up lease
linen mains
open- plan ostensibly
overpriced profit
rent slink
splash out stampede
stroke tenant
warehouse well- off
worthless

UNIT3. FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE

Adolescence adulthood
Answer back bald
Ban to bring up
To bury bossy
To bring out to brush under the carpet
Care home( n) childhood
Combative to come down to
Confusing conscientious
Crew cut to cut down
Decisive diligent
Disruptive to do sth up
To dump to end up
Engagement freckles
To gain to get on with
To get sb down graveyard
To grow up to growl
Grown- up to hold sth
Infancy isolate
To jet off to look down on sb
Marginalise middle age
Moody OAP
Old age to own up
Pale- skinned to pass away
Plump ponytails
To put sb / sth down To put up with sth/ sb
quick- temepred To rebel
Receding hairline ( n) to retire
Rosy- cheeked round- faced
Row scruffy
To set sth up to settle down
Shabby to storm out
To stuck in a rut toddler
To turn into well- dressed
Witty wrinkles
Youth

UNIT 4. MAN AND BEAST

Animal rights antennae

Antlers to bark
Beak boar
Bull bunch
To buzz calf
To chatter cattle
Chick claw
Cockerel colony
Damage dense
Dog collar to evolve
Ewe fang
Feather fin
Flock foal
Gadget gill
Hen herd
Hind leg to hiss
Hoof horn
Intuitively knuckle
Lamb mammal
Mane mare
Miaow pack
Palm paw
Piglet pile
To protect to put ( an animal ) down
Ram to retrieve
To roar scales
School to scratch
Shell smoke
Sow squawk
To squeak stallion
Swarm tail
Tentacle torture
Transmit (n) tusk
Whisker to whistle
Wing

UNIT 5 : IN THE NEWS

accuse ( v) advent ( the advent of) (n)

the adventure story ( n) allegory (n)
appealing ( a)
back (v) ban ( v)
be set (v) bid (v)
blast (n) blaze ( n)
boast (v) boost ( v)
breach (v) cash (n)
clash (v) collude (v)
confess ( v) cop (n)
counterpart ( n) cunning (a )
curious ( a) dart ( v)
dedicated (a) exhilarating ( a)
fast- moving (a) fierce (a )
fine ( n) fluctuate ( v)
governing ( a ) gripping ( a )
historical story ( n ) hit ( v )
horror story ( n ) hover ( v )
humorous story ( n) immensely ( adv )
impose ( v ) intricate ( a )
invaded ( a ) lash out ( phr v )
light- hearted ( a ) majority ( n )
make off with ( phr v ) manipulative ( a )
mass circulation ( a ) moving ( a )
obsession ( n ) play ( n)
plea ( n) pledge ( v )
plot ( n) poetry ( n)
pretend ( v) privacy ( n)
probe ( n) provoke ( v )
publicity ( n) pursue ( v )
quit ( v ) relentssly ( adv )
riddle ( n) rise ( v )
romance ( n) run ( a story) ( v)
ruthless (a) sack ( v)
satirical ( a) scary ( a )
science- fiction ( n) serious ( a )
sharply ( adv ) short story ( n)
soap opera ( n) spark ( v)
spring up ( phr v ) steadly ( adv )
sting ( v) successive ( a )
the public eye ( idiom) thought- provoking ( a)
trace ( a call ) ( v ) twist( in a plot ) ( n)
wed ( v )
UNIT 6 : POINTS OF VIEW

Admit (v) Assert (v)

Assume (v) At random (idiom)
Audience (n) Bear sth in mind ( idiom)
Buddhism (n) Census ( n)
Challenger ( n) Christianity (n)
Church (n) Comment (v)
Connect ( with) (v) Contestant (n)
Conventional ( a) Convince (v)
Convinced (a ) Crew ( n)
Crucial (a) Deception (n)
Decline ( v) Deduce (v)
Deny ( v ) Discrimination (n)
Distressing (a) Doubt ( have doubts ) (n)
Doubt (v) Dull (a)
Episode ( n) Fix (results in a show) (v)
Frame Of a TV programme (n) Go along with sb/sth( phr v)
Guess (v) Guilt ( n)
Head-to-head (a) Hinduism (n)
Hoax (n) Identify yourself with sb/sth
Infer ( v) Innocent (a)
Insist (v) Islam (n)
Isolation (n) Judaism (n)
Lawyer (n) Memorise (v)
Mosque (n ) Non- violent (a )
On air ( idiom) Persuade (v)
Producer (n) Quiz (n)
Ratings (n) Realise (v)
Reject (v) Sponsor (n)
Surface (n) Suspicious ( a)
Synagoge (n) Target ( n)
Temple ( n) Wonder (v)

UNIT 7. PUTTING THE WORLD TO RIGHTS

Access to be blame
Beckon bleaching
Bypass carbon dioxide
Carbon emission carbon footprint
Charming climate change
Committed consumption
To cope coral reef
To deal with sb / sth to descompose
Deforestation destructive
Developing country dairy- free
Digger disgust
Drought economic growth
Endangered species energy- saving
Extinct fauna
Fertiliser flora
Fossil fuel global warming
Greedy greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases heat wave
Heavy goods vehicle high- fibre
Hybrid ice cap
Impressed industrialised country
To kiss goodbye to sth landfill site
Low- calorie low- carb
Low- sodium to melt
Methane nuclear power
Packaging pine
Polyp poppy
To pump sth out renewable energy
To rev up run- off (n)
Sea level sell- by date
Solar panel solar power
To struggle sunflower
Supply thermostat
Threat to thrive on
To trap tumble dryer
Whole- grain

UNIT 8: CAUGHT IN THE NET

address bar (n) application (n)

back button (n) bid (n)
broadband (n) call sth off ( phr.v)
carry on ( phr.v) command (n)
compulsion (n) conflict (v and n)
decrease ( v and n ) desktop (n)
drag (v) entrepreneur (n)
envy (v) export (v and n)
faulty ( a) gender (n)
hack (v) hard drive (n)
have sth on ( phr.v) icon (n)
inundate (v) legacy ( n)
log off ( phr. v ) log on ( phr. v )
milestone (n) minimise (v)
non-profit (a ) opt out of sth ( phr. v )
outcry ( n) parental lock (n)
pass sth on ( phr. v ) permit ( n and v)
petition (n) produce (n and v)
profile (n) protest ( n and v )
put sth off (phr. v ) record ( n and v )
reference (n) refund (n and v )
reputation (n) save (v)
scroll (v ) sector (n)
set off ( phr. v ) show off ( phr. v)
skill (n) suspect ( n and v)
swiftly ( adv) take sht on ( phr. v )
three- dimensional (a) thumbnail (n)
web browser ( n) wireless network (n)
acquaintance (n) bare your soul ( idiom)
gossip ( n and v ) innermost ( a )
internet service provider (n) repercussion (n)