Mastering Advanced English Vocabulary and Phrasal Verbs
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Essential English Vocabulary and Idioms
Core Vocabulary and Definitions
- Allocate: Asignado
- Ill-suited: Inapropiado
- Deviant: Desviado / Anormal
- Unleashed a surge of: Destaca el surgimiento
- Casualty: Víctima
- Supressed: Reprime
- Commonly held belief
- Experiential purchase
- Scores of
- Steer: Guiar
- Waning: Decreasing
- Make allowance for: Take into account
- Make waves: Cause problems
- Dwell on: Machacarte a pensamientos
- Run up against: Encounter
- Draw on: Make use of
- Painstaking: Trabajo duro meticuloso
- Scarcity: Escasez
- Alleging: Afirmando
- Acute shortage: Great scarcity
- Sole intent
- Highest bidder
- Smuggled: Return country of origin
- Track down: Recordar
- Comply with: Obey
- Retrieved: Got back
- Scattered: Officially removed
- Flee: Run away
- Amidst: In the middle
- Gleaming: Brillante
- Profusely: In abundance
- Bemused: Sorprendido
- Mischievously: Pícaramente
- Ungainly: Torpe
- Nimble: Ágil
- Crime-ridden streets
- Barring: Escaso
- Flutter: Acelerado
Phrasal Verbs and Expressions
Called on, shaken off, looking ahead, spring up, looked on, tucked into, dig into, take up, crack down on, sealed off, turn down, do away with, standing up to.
Idioms and Common Phrases
- Open a can of worms
- At a snail's pace
- Watch like a hawk
- The black sheep
- Be a guinea pig
- Wild goose chase
- Let sleeping dogs lie
- Back the wrong horse
Advanced Collocations and Usage
Superseded, mankind, nuisance, embodied, far-fetched, pose a threat, overcome obstacles, overthrown a government/regime, provoke an attack/reaction, convey a message, spell disaster/the end of, heed the warning, observe the rules/an experiment, aroused suspicion, inspired confidence/loyalty.
Common Word Combinations
Endless (possibilities, stream, supply), military (target, uniform, intelligence), human (race, resource, rights), widespread (use, belief, poverty).
Prepositional Phrases and Linking Words
Besides the point, at first glance, by all means, by any chance, in all likelihood, on the whole, down the line, independent of, pale in comparison, comes down to, put together, narrowed down, wiped out, keep from, calling up, slip up, get through, store up.