oxford american dictionary vocabulary builder

... VOCABULARY BUILDER . The top 50 vocabulary words on the exam are: ANOMALY ASSUAGE ENIGMA EQUIVOCAL ERUDITE FERVID

Ngày tải lên: 03/09/2013, 10:10

... usage I actual • ADJ Actual usage of the word is different from the meaning given in the dictionary I correct I American, English, etc I language, linguistic, word I colloquial • VERB + USAGE come ... underestimated undergraduate noun first-year, second-year, etc I college, university I Harvard, Oxford, etc I Chemistry, History, etc • UNDERGRADUATE + NOUN course, curriculum, degree, studies ... umbrella noun • ADJ furled, rolled I beach, sun I golf I nuclear, protective (both figurative) the American nuclear umbrella over Western Europe • VERB + UMBRELLA open, put up, unfurl I let down

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:16

... a leak from the prime minister's office ~ af a leak of confidential material ~to a leak to the American authorities e PHRASES the source of a leak The organization’s press secretary is thought ... > Special page at FOOD living noun e ADJ comfortable, decent, good He makes a good liv- ing asa builder | meagre She eked out a meagre living as an artist’s model e VERB + LIVING earn, make Her ... skill e ADJ acknowledged, great This portrait is the wark af anacknowledged master e MASTER + NOUN builder, craftsman e PREP ~ofa master of disguise e PHRASES be a past master at/in/of sth (= to

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... item in a list/book • ADJ diary I dictionary • VERB + ENTRY make, write • PREP in an/the- Very little information is given in the diary entries I - for Look at the dictionary entry for 'welcome' ... electorateforced politicians to try and broaden their appeal I middle-class, working-class, etc I American, British, etc + VERB choose sb, elect sb, go to the polls, vote the representative chosen ... embassy in London in althe - a fire in the Spanish embassy outside althe - a protest outside the American embassy • EMBASSY embedded adj be I become • ADV deeply, firmly • PREP in/within These...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... Tokyo Toronto Oxford and Oxford English are registered trademarks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2002 Database right Oxford University ... Oxford Collocations Dictionary for students of English OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark OXFORD UNIVERSITY ... up-to-date, corpusbased dictionary of collocations We at Oxford University Press were determined to provide such a dictionary but it has taken us many years to produce the dictionary that we feel...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... remove this watermark accident eign, local, regional I plummy, posh, public school I cockney I American, middle-class, northern, etc • QUANT hint, trace Her French was excellent, without a trace ... moving south in an - She spoke in a broad Midlands accent with/without an - a tall man with an American accent • PREP accept verb gladly, graciously, gratefully, willingly She gra- • VERB + ACCEPT ... United States - on an accord on environmental protection -with They signed a trade accord with the Americans accord verb • ADV fully • PREP with His version of events does not accord fully with thefacts...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... build builder noun • ADJ good, reputable I jobbing, self-employed I local Wegot a local builder to the workfor us • VERB + BUILDER be apprenticed to • BUILDER + VERB build sth • PHRASES builder' s ... mothers with Their child was born with a serious medical problem • PHRASES American, British, etc born The part is played by an American- born actress be born alive/dead, be born and bred/brought up/raised ... BUILDER be apprenticed to • BUILDER + VERB build sth • PHRASES builder' s merchant, builder' s yard The house looked like a builder' s yard, with stacks of bricks and piles of sand in the garden c;> Note...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:53

... typical Wehad just gone out when, in typicalfashion, the rain came down I limited He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion I positive I no uncertain Karpov ... generally works in faoour of maintaining the status quo I go in The golf tournament went in the Americans' favour (= they won) • PREP in-of He is strongly in fauour of capital punishment Early ... distinctive, particular, true, unique I pronounced, strong I international, local, oriental, regional I American, Scandinavian, etc I political • VERB + FLAVOUR have The college has a truly international...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:54

... buyers I tenant I • HOUSE building, construction I decoration, improvement, renovation, repairs I builder, decorator, painter I contents I design, plan, planning I hunting I move They helped us ... derelict I beach, garden, mountain I fisherman's, fishing, shepherd's, etc I army, barrack I site The builders were collecting their wages from the site hut I refreshment I changing • VERB + HUT build...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:54

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Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2013, 14:24

... NOUN writer • PREP in a/the - one of the characters in the thriller - by a new thriller by this American writer I thrive verb • ADV positively I still The glass industry still thrives there • ... necessary, powerful, useful, valuable, vital I educational, learning, reference, research • ADJ This dictionary is an invaluable reference tool for advanced learners I ideological, negotiating, political, ... tour noun 1journey foreign, international, national, nationwide, overseas, provincial, world I American, UK, etc I twocity, three-country, etc The group will shortly go on a ten-city European...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 17:15

... a leak from the prime minister's office - of a leak of confidential material -fo a leak to the American authorities • PHRASES the source of a leak The organization's press secretary is thought ... BUSINESS loathing noun living noun • ADJ comfortable, decent, good He makes a good living as a builder I meagre She eked out a meagre living as an artist's model • VERB + LIVING earn, make Her...

Ngày tải lên: 22/10/2013, 15:15