Topics
- Accident and intention (by
accident, on purpose, by mistake...)
- Adjective synonyms (dreadful
– horrid, wise – sensible...)
- Ageing (wrinkled,
short-sighted, hard of hearing...) Sample
- Arguing (lose
your temper, come to blows, fly off the handle...) Sample
- Babies (cot,
high chair, nappy...)
- Bad behaviour (mess
about, misbehave, be up to no good...)
- Benefits (gain,
improve, enhance...)
- Cold and heat metaphors (heated
argument, cool-headed, a warm and caring person...)
- Distance (far,
distant, faraway...)
- Ecology
Compound words (energy-saving,
central heating, eco-friendly...)
Ecological behaviour (bins,
recycling, appliances...)
Verbs describing change (reduce,
cut, decrease...)
- Education (preschool,
primary school, adult education...)
- Evidence (trace,
sign, proof...)
- Fashion
Clothes (V-neck
jumper, suede shoes, flared trousers...)
In and out of fashion (fashionable,
trendy, old-fashioned...)
- Food and eating
Food and nutrition (protein,
cholesterol, fibre...)
Ways of eating (lick,
pick at, wolf down...)
Ways of serving food (helping,
lump, pinch...)
- Housing
Construction (lay
foundations, framework, carpenter...)
House metaphors (in
ruins, open doors, go through the roof...)
Housing parts (high-rise,
storey, veranda...)
People and housing (flatmate,
tenant, landlord...)
- Language (accent,
fluency, mother tongue...)
- Losing and finding (mislay,
recover, turn up...)
- Money (afford,
owe, worth...)
- Music idioms (face
the music, play second fiddle...)
- Nature
Animals (lizard,
mole, trout...)
Australian animals (emu,
koala, platypus...)
Dolphins (mammal,
flipper, fin...)
Trees (root,
trunk, branch...)
- Noticing, realising and thinking (realise,
notice, be aware of...)
- Opinions qualified with adverbs (arguably,
apparently, obviously...)
- People
Appearance (features,
looks, expression...)
Face features (scar,
ruddy cheeks, thinning hair...)
Parts of the face (nostril,
forehead, cheek...)
Personality adjectives (self-confident,
insecure, unassertive...)
- Photos
Describing photos (in
the distance, in the foreground...)
Types of photos (interior,
landscape, snapshot...)
- Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs and pronouns (pick
her up, look after her, throw it away...)
Phrasal verbs with get (get
on, get up, get by...)
Phrasal verbs with knock (knock
something down, knock someone over...)
Phrasal verbs with out (carry
out, wipe out, cross out...)
Phrasal verbs with take (take
it back, we took off, they took over...)
Phrasal verbs with up (keep
up, take up, set up...)
Phrasal verbs: talking about food (go
for, wash down, do without...)
- Purpose (aim,
goal, target...)
- Quantifiers (all
of, half of, most of...)
- Recreation
Sports and games (bowling,
cue, net...)
Television (audition, channel, commercials…)
- Religion (prayer,
temple, worship...)
- Repetition (forever
having the same row, these repeated arguments...)
- Rules and consequences (authorise,
permit, ban...)
- Shapes and lines (square,
oval, wavy...)
- Shopping
Shops and shopping (stall,
market, corner shop...)
Words with shop (shop
around, window shopping, shoplift...)
- Sleep
In the bedroom (slippers,
pillow, blanket...)
Phrases and idioms with sleep (sleep
it off, sleep in, oversleep...)
Ways of sleeping (doze
off, turn in, have a nap...)
- Sport
Sportspeople (athlete,
golfer, cyclist...)
Sports reports (track,
pitch, umpire...)
Testing for drugs in sport (take
a test, test positive, be disqualified...)
- Technology
Car parts (boot,
bumper, windscreen...)
Cars and driving (overtake,
pull up, service station...)
Gadgets (saw,
plug, lever...)
Machines (device,
appliance, gadget...)
- Time expressions (all
night, in three days, tomorrow morning...)
- Travel
Describing journeys (set
off, make it to, reach...)
Travel phrases with prepositions (arrive
at, on foot, go by train...)
Travel verbs (set
off, end up, get to...)
- Ways of laughing (giggle,
chuckle, be in stitches...)
- Ways of saying you don't know (I
have no idea, I give up...)
- Ways of seeing (spot,
sight, catch a glimpse...)
- Work
Work words (work,
career, job...)
Work and money (salary,
wage, pay...)
Work and time (overtime,
pay, shift...)
About English vocabulary
- Academic words (theory,
evidence, method...)
- American vs. British English (flat
– apartment, bill – check, autumn – fall...)
- Dependent prepositions (depend
on, belong to, responsible for...)
- Verbs with at (look
at, laugh at, strike at...)
- Adjectives with prepositions (afraid
of, angry about, clever at...)
Word building
- Adjective suffixes (harmful,
musical, childhood...)
- Adjectives from nouns (wonder
– wonderful, awe – awesome...)
- Compound adjectives 1 (grey-haired,
low-paid, well-behaved...)
- Compound adjectives 2 (Oscar-winning,
nail-biting, high-pitched...)
- Compound adjectives and compound nouns with numbers
(nine-month-old
girl, two-metre-high wall, five-litre bottle...)
- -ing forms (Singing
in the Rain, Snow Falling on Cedars...)
- Noun formation (cowardice,
humility, perversity...)
- Nouns formed with -ness (slackness,
pettiness, blackness...)
- Nouns from phrasal verbs (workout,
getaway, phone-in...)
- Nouns from verbs (announce
– announcement, approve – approval...)
- Word formation and repetition (…
be motivated. Lack of motivation...)
- Words ending in -able and -ible
(detachable,
edible, dependable...)
- Words ending in -ify (clarify,
magnify, pacify...)
- Words ending in -sh (crush,
dash, rush...)
Words in use
- Compound words with line
(online, lifeline, bottom line...)
- Do, make, take
(take time, make a mess, do the housework...)
- Fun vs. funny
(he's so funny, it was so much fun...)
- Get
(get a result, get better, get home...)
- Get with adjectives
(get
excited, get upset, get sick...)
- Idioms with at
(at
the drop of a hat, at the end of the day...)
- Laugh
(don't
make me laugh, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry...)
- Let and make
(let
me go, she made me go...)
- Like and as
(like
a guest, as one who has tried...)
- Stay
(stay
in, stay open, stay overnight...)
- Take
(take
a photo, take a bath, take the car...)
- Up (go
up, drink up, come up...)
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