C1 PREPARATION

GOLD EXPERIENCE C1>UNIT 10 – PRACTICE TEST

 The individuality of a person

 To earn respect
 Resounding success (éxito rotundo)
 To commit to memory=to remember something perfectly
 Something is provoked for a reason, something happens for a reason.
 Having said that
 Increase (verb+noun)>increasing(adj.)>increasingly(adv.)
 Light(noun)>enlighten(verb)
 Achieve> academic achievement(singular)
 Able(verb)>inability(non)>unable(adj.)
 Conscience(noun)>conscientious(adj.)
 Caution(noun)>cautionary(adj.)>cautious(adj.)
 Under no circumstances
 To threaten to do something
 To boast: presumir
 To proofread=revisar>proofreading=revision
 Ruthless=despiadado
 Caterpillar=otuga
 Straightforward(adj.)=directo
 Puzzling(adj.)=desconcertante
 Praiseworthy(adj.)=loable
 To be embarrassed by
 To be amazed at
 To be delighted with
 More often than not
 Detach (v.)>detachment (noun)
 To bear in mind
 Disclose=revelar
 Unsuitable=inappropiated
 Unsuited=not a good match, not compatible.
 To fail to do something.
 An improvement in something.
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 To be sorry that…
 To forget something = to lose sight of something
 No matter how (hard I try)
 To come across to someone = if someone or something comes across in
a particular way, you have a particular opinion of them when you meet them or see
them. Example: Jack comes across to his boss as an ambitious person.
 To make reference to something
 To work in collaboration with someone
 No sooner had + SUBJECT + participle