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English
Vocabulary
in Use
CAMBRIDGE
UNIVERSITY PRESS
PUBLISHED
BY T H E PRESS
SYNDICATE
O F
T H E
UNIVERSITY
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CAMBRIDGE
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Cambridge University Press 1994
This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception
and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements,
no reproduction of any part may take place without
the written permission of Cambridge University Press.
First published 1994
Ninth printing 1999
Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge
A
catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 521 423961
Contents
Acknowledgements
Using this book
Introduction
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2
3
4
5
6
7
Learning vocabulary
-
general advice
Learning vocabulary
-
aids to learning
Organising a vocabulary notebook
The names of English language words
Using your dictionary
Revising vocabulary
Formal and informal words
Word formation
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Suffixes (e.g. actor, permission, modernise)
Prefixes (e.g. over-worked, exhale)
Roots (e.g. impress, pressure, expression)
Abstract nouns (e.g. faith, hope and love)
Compound adjectives (e.g. well-dressed, time-consuming)
Compound nouns
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combinations of two nouns (e.g. baby-sitter, youth hostel)
Compound nouns
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combinations of verb
+
preposition (e.g. drawback, input)
Words with interesting origins
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people and places (e.g. hooligan, denim)
Words with interesting origins
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from other languages (e.g. bistro, rucksack)
Onomatopoeic words
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words that sound like their meaning (e.g. grumble, smash)
Words commonly mispronounced (e.g. worry, cough)
Homonyms
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words pronounced and/or spelt the same (e.g. row, row; bow, bough)
Connecting and linking
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25
Time (e.g. as soon as, while, afterwards)
Condition (e.g. unless, provided that)
Cause, reason, purpose and result (e.g. owing to, with the aim of, as a result)
Concession and contrast (e.g. although, on the other hand)
Addition (e.g. in addition, furthermore, besides)
Text-referring words (e.g. issue, problem)
Countables and uncountables
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Uncountable words (e.g. information, advice)
Words that only occur in the plural (e.g. scissors)
Countable and uncountable with different meanings (e.g. paper and a paper)
Collective nouns (e.g. a flock of sheep)
Making uncountable words countable (e.g. a loaf of bread)
English
Vocabulary
in
Use
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