The Words You Need - Student's Book

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Contents
Unit i
A Semantic Fields
B Synonymous Pairs
Unit 2
A Semantic Fields
Acknowledgements i
To the student ii
American and British English ii
Abbreviations iii
Stylistic distinctions iv
Dictionaries consulted iv
Beauty isn't only skin deep i
1 conceit, pride, self-esteem, vanity
2 assess, estimate, evaluate, value, rate
3 conclude, infer.judge
4 dirty, filthy, grimy, grubby
5 beautiful, lovely, pretty, charming, attractive, good-looking,
handsome
6 elegant, smart, well-dressed, well-groomed
i work, task 2 situation, plight 3 produce, generate 4 speak,
mutter 5 unpleasant, ghastly 6 unwillmg, reluctant 7 open,
overt 8 profitable, lucrative 9 carefully, conscientiously
What is the earth coming to? 17
1 great misfortune, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, calamity
2 damage, harm, hurt, injure, impair, mar, spoil
3 shake, tremble, quake, quiver, shiver, shudder
4 predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
5 dangerous, házardous, perilous, risky
6 strong, potent, powerful
B Synonymous Pairs
i rangé, scope 2 destroy, devastate 3 puzzle, baffle
4 contaminate, pollute 5 prevent, forestall
6 ugly, unsightly 7 effective, efficaaous 8 adventurous, reckless
9 distant, remote
A Semantic Fields
Unit 3 The humán animal
1 reach, áccomplish, achieve, attain, gain
2 check, examine, inspect, scan, scrutinize
3 cower, crouch, squat
4 break, smash, crush, shatter, crack, chip, snap, burst
5 refuse, reject, turn down, decline, spurn
6 look, gazé, glancé, glimpse, peer
B Synonymous Pairs
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1 movements, antics 2 chew, munch 3 pay back, retaliate
4 scamper, scurry 5 cut, sever 6 disturb, ruffle
7 mislead, bluff 8 sad, plaintive 9 aggressive, militant
10 dry, arid 11 harmful, pernicious
A Semantic Fields
Unit 4 Exclusively for you
1 goods, merchandise, wares, commodity
2 (a) shop, chain-store, generál stores, department store,
supermarket (b) kiosk, stall, stand
3 advance, further, promote
4 surprise, astonish, amazé, astound, flabbergast
5 grin, smirk, giggle, chuckle
6 rich, wealthy, affluent, opulent
7 meagre, scant, scanty, sparse, frugal
B Synonymous Pairs
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1 trick, gimmick 2 doll, puppet 3 beginning, onset
4 piece, slice 5 simple, austere 6 intentional, deliberate
Unit 5 Ali in the family
A Semantic Field'
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1 rear, bring up, breed, grow
2 limit, restrict, confine, constrict
3 complain, bellyache, grouse, grumble, moan, whine
4 worry, bother, tease, get on at, nag, pester, plague, harass ha
5 quarrel, bicker, squabble, wrangle
6 shrewd, sly, cunning, crafty
7 tidy, neat, orderly, shipshape
rry
1 attend, frequent 2 keep up, maintain 3 deal with,
copc with 4 change, shift 5 change, altér 6 lenient,
permissive 7 even, steady 8 doubtful, dubious
Unit 6 Get down to work!
A Semantic Fields
1 work, drudgery, grind, labour, toil
2 lawyer, solicitor, barrister
3 dodge, duck, evade, shirk
4 strip, denude, divest
5 fight, combat, struggle
6 falsé, spurious, counterfeit, fake, bogus, phony, sham,
mock, artificial
B Synonymous Pairs
1 occupation, profession; occupational, professional
2 salary, wages 3 officer, official 4 revive, restore
5 ward off, avert 6 change, amend 7 get, acquire
8 dull, drab 9 fastidious, fussy
Unit 7 Do you love me?
A Semantic Fields
1 sympathy, compassion, pity
2 like, be attached to, be fond of, love, be in love with,
feel/have an affection for, be infatuated, adore
3 boast, crow, brag
4 shine, glow, gleam, glisten, shimmer
glimmer, twinkle, flash, glitter, sparkle
5 authentic, real, genuine
6 plain, simple, homely
7 secret, clandestine, secretive, furtive, stealthy, underhand,
underhanded
B Synonymous Pairs
1 keep, retain 2 hide, conceal 3 support, bolster
4 wallow, flounder 5 unpleasant, obnoxious
Unit 8 There is more to it than meets the eye
A Semantic Fields 1 affect, influence, impress, sway
2 show, display, exhibít, expose, flaunt
3 announce, declare, pronounce, proclaim
4 protect, shield, defend, guard, safeguard
5 look for, seek, grope, search, comb, scour
6 gather, accumulate, assemble, collect, muster
7 weird, eerie, uncanny, unearthly, mysterious, inscrutable,
enigmatic
r conduct, transmit 2 flow, emanate 3 receive, pick up
4 have an accident, crash 5 strange, odd 6 shiny, luminous
7 lost, stray
Unit 9 Where shall we live? lS9
A Semantic Fields i inhabitant, dweller, resident
2 riot, brawl, row, rumpus, scrap
3 lend, let, borrow, rent, lease, hire, charter
4 adapt, adjust, conform
5 take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab
6 conduct, direct, manage, run, supervise
7 steal, pinch, swipe, lift, pilfer, switch, rip ofF
8 apt, liable, prone, suspectible, subject
B Synonymous Pairs i inhabit, live in 2 fali down, collapse 3 pernicious, noxious
4 effective, efficient
Unit 10 A walk across America 180
A Semantic Fields 1 bordér, margin, verge, edge, rim, brim, brink, boundary,
bounds
2 shore, coast, bank, -side
3 flock, herd, pack, troop, colony, swarm, pride, gaggle, shoal
4 roam, ramble, wander, stroll
5 idle, loiter, dawdle, daily, dillydally
6 fly, fiit, glide, soar, hover
7 steal, pinch, swipe, lift, pilfer, snitch, rip off
8 apt, liable, prone, susceptible, subject
B Synonymous Pairs
I begin, set out 2 outdo, surpass 3 lose, fade 4 trim,

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