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Week 4
VOCABULARY/ COLLOCATIONS/
IDIOMS
Vocabulary Syn Meaning Family word Example
Astronomer Stargazer, a scientist who n Astronomers continue
starwatcher, studies astronomy to discover new stars.
astrophysicist..
Contact Interaction, he act of (n) contact We stay in contact by
communication, communicating with (adj) contact email.
connection,… somebody, especially contactable
regularly (v) contact
Entire Whole, complete, full, (used when you are adj It was the worst day in
total, perfect,… emphasizing that the my entire life.
#: partial whole of something is
involved)
including everything,
everyone or every
part

Tool Instrument, an instrument such n Television is an

implement, device, as a hammer, important tool for the
contrivance,… screwdriver, saw, etc. modern teacher.
that you hold in your
hand and use for
making things,
repairing things, etc.
Circle a completely round (n) circle semicircle Draw a circle 10 cm in
shape, like the letter circulation diameter.
O (adj) circular
semicircular circulatory
(v) circle circulate
Recently Lately, only just, in not long ago More recently, he’s
recent time, a appeared in a number
moment ago, newly, of British films.
…
Powerful Influential, (of people) being able (n) power superpower He was the most
commanding to control and powerlessness powerful man in the
influence people and empowerment country after the king.
events (adj) powerful ≠
powerless
overpowering power
powered
(v) power empower
overpower
(adv) powerfully ≠
powerlessly
overpoweringly
Identify Classify, recognize, to recognize (n) identification Did you identify all the
find, categorize, somebody/something identity pictures correctly?
detect,… and be able to say (adj) identifiable
who or what they are unidentified
(v) identify
Distance Space, expanse, the amount of space (n) distance Measure the distance
void, gap,.. between two places (adj) distant between the two
#: closeness or things (v) distance points.
(adv) distantly
Communicate to share or exchange (n) communication We communicated
 information, news,
ideas, feelings, etc.
Message a written or spoken
piece of information,
etc. that you send to
somebody or leave
for somebody when
you cannot speak to
them yourself
Survive Alive, endure, persist, to continue to live or
continue, live, carry exist
on,…
Spread out to stretch your body
or arrange your
things over a large
area
Independent Self-governing, having its own
autonomous, self- government
regulating, free,….
Colony Settlement, outpost, a country or an area that is
governed by people from
dependency, satellite,
another, more powerful,
… country
Colonize to take control of an area
or a country that is not your
own, especially using
force, and send people
from your own country to
live there
Concern Anxiety, worry, concern
distress, unease,…. somebody/something to
affect
somebody/something;
to involve
somebody/something
Mission Assignment, task, an important official
job, undertaking, job that a person or
charge ,…. group of people is
given to do,
especially when they
are sent to another
country.
If it were easy, everyone could do it.
communicator mostly by e-mail.
(adj)communicative ≠
uncommunicative (v)
communicate
n Are there any
messages for me?
(n) survival survivor I’m sure she will
(adj) surviving survive this crisis.
(v) survive
Phrasal verb The search party
spread out to search
the surrounding fields.
(n) dependant dependence schools in the
≠ independence
independent sector
dependency
(adj) dependable
dependent ≠ independent
(v) depend
(adv) dependably
independently
(n) independence
independent
(adj) independent
(adv) independently
n Britain's overseas
colonies
v
(n) concern
(adj) concerned ≠
unconcerned
(v) concern
n An aid team will be
sent on a mission to
the earthquake zone.