Record of Vocabulary that "came up" in Class

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This page contains lists of vocabulary that seemed worth recording from my advanced class. We're working our way through Sue O'Connell's "Focus on Proficiency" (Longman) so some of the words relate to the topic areas covered in the book. Some of these lists are the basis for the vocabulary exercises on the "Advanced Students Homepage".

 

Vocabulary from lesson on 2/11/02

capitulate, squabble, tongue-tied, fractious, spouse, siblings, attrition, pretext, inclination, sifting, sieve, neophyte, tenacious, perilous, gloating, brooding, tart, agitated frame of mind, remorse, alien concept, dreary, buzzing, icy blast, bed ridden, spells in bed, matriarchs, reprimand, linger, darning, knock off, pop next door, let rip, have your way, feasible,

Vocabulary from lesson on 16/11/02

"you'll kick yourself", tautology, clichés, platitudes, social niceties, breach, TLC, "tea and toast", ultimatum, go to the furthest extreme, injunction, damages, levitate,

Vocabulary from lesson on 7/12/02

keep an open mind, be open minded, take it from the top, sniper, the odds, far and away the safest, I'll bet ***ing, I bet, comes out ahead of, I'm wondering if, what they mean by , I would've thought, lichen, Leonard, Derby, Des Voeux, let's put, the exception rather than the rule, the exception that proves the rule, philology, anecdote, lulls you into a false sense of security,

Vocabulary from lesson on 21/12/02

flaky, cheap at half the price, trinket, wreath, stoic, delusional, pensive, mope around, spam, spasm, stint, inexorably, unearthly, briskly, anorexic,

Vocabulary from lesson on 4/1/03

jot something down, cast a blight on something, atone for something, dyke, avail yourself of , gloat, it (simply) isn't done, empathy, amalgam, spread-eagled, perpendicular (to the floor)

Vocabulary from lesson on 18/1/03

heap, heaped, level, run the risk, apocryphal, crisps, chips, drought, vocation, vocational, on the ball, smthg takes a toll on smthg [often your health], pull your socks up, get your act together, unscrupulous, single out, obnoxious, scrumptious

Vocabulary from lesson on 8/2/03

Rhodes scholars, sniper, premeditated, gruesome, tried, culpable, I take your point, capital punishment, corporal punishment, misdemeanour, counterfeit, blatant, redeem, antipathy to, dither, vaulting over

Vocabulary from lesson on 8/3/03

I'm always on at you to do something, to nag, sick, carsick , seasick, homesick, ballpark, shy away from , faux pas, hereditary peer, affront,

Vocabulary from lesson on 22/3/03

torso, elegant, kernel of truth, Colonel, soar, soar up, rule of thumb, stomach smthg, expostulation, expound, put a brave face on it, mire, appreciable, see the back of, own goal, treat with kid gloves, doesn't hold water, hegemony,

Vocabulary from lesson on 5/4/03

my forte, off the top of my head, sterile, sterilise, steroid, beleaguered, siege, excruciating, gist, get the gist, army surplus

Vocabulary from lesson on 19/4/03

impetus, partisan, partial, impartial, biased, humanist, gravitas, the ends justify the means, transcends, secular, Sharia, bigoted, inculcate, abhorrent (to something/somebody), scapegoat, live and let live

Vocabulary from lesson on 3/5/03

altruistic, altruist, treatise, corollary, engendered, intricacies, apocryphal, faux pas, intrusive, self-depreciating, vulgar accost, atheist, agnostic, frugal, cringe, oblivious, tacky

Vocabulary from lesson on 18/5/03

accost, atheist, agnostic, frugal, cringe, oblivious, tacky

Vocabulary from lesson on 31/5/03

sound bite, dumb down , front ending, take the moral high ground, shock and awe, embedded reporters, old soldiers never die, unsanitised, laced with, mirror image, reality TV, foreshadow, evoke, the late Winston Churchill, strife, Brits, slur, rap on the knuckles

Vocabulary from lesson on 16/8/03

disparaging about, blood and gore, gory, chrysalis, cutlery, tableware

Vocabulary from lesson on 16/8/03

editorial line, editorial policy, pro-democracy, foregone conclusion, poignant, sea faring (strong collocation with "nation") to hail, exhale, to spearhead, in somebody (or something’s) (best) interests, top billing, equal billing, to stake a claim to, mutant, brimming (with), aerospace

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