Unit 1 Vocab
The minister _____ a rousing speech at the end of the conference.
GAVE
There has been an _____ of interest in small and dying languages in recent years.
EXPLODE
EXPLOSION
I received some very useful advice from Gustavo.
FOUND
I ________________________________________ me very useful
I FOUND THE ADVICE // (THAT) GUSTAVO GAVE me very useful.
If I were you, I'd take your bank card _______ you run out of cash.
(two words)
IN CASE
You've got to be able to write _______ for this job. We can't afford to have people making mistakes.
10 letters
ACCURATELY
We _____ our students plenty of opportunities to speak to ensure they become fluent.
GIVE
Some people believe that all languages are built on an underlying _____ grammar embedded in the brain.
UNIVERSE
UNIVERSAL
The opportunity to study at university should be open to everyone.
BE
Everyone ________________________________________ to study at university.
Everyone SHOULD BE GIVEN // THE OPPORTUNITY to study at university.
Natalie delivered the parcel herself _______ to make sure that it arrived safely.
(two words)
SO AS
Amina expresses her ideas very clearly - but then she's a highly _______ young woman.
10 letters
ARTICULATE
Carrie sat through the entire meeting without _____ a single suggestion to solve the problem.
MAKING
Field linguists are more interested in the _____ that make up each language.
CHARACTER
CHARACTERISTICS
The first time Carla went skiing was last monday.
NEVER
Carla ________________________________________ last Monday.
Carla HAD NEVER BEEN/GONE SKIING // UNTIL last Monday.
Your really should write new lexis in your notebook, _______ you'll forget it.
(1 word)
OTHERWISE
Having lived in Chile for seven years, Phillipe has a perfect _______ of Spanish.
7 letters
COMMAND
I never expected to see you at the concert last night. You _____ me the impression that you hated that kind of music.
GAVE
We have a _____ to think that every language views concepts like time, space, or colour, in the same way.
TEND
TENDENCY
Students don't spend their free time in the same way as fifty years ago.
CHANGED
The way students spend their free time ________________________________________ fifty years.
The way students spend their free time HAS CHANGED // IN/OVER THE LAST fifty years.
Services on Arriva Trains Wales were cancelled today _______ a rail workers' strike.
DUE TO
BECAUSE OF
AS A RESULT OF
OWING TO
It takes a great deal of practice to achieve _______ in a language.
FLUENCY
MASTERY
She decided to buy her a bouqet of flowers to try to _____ for missing the party.
Understanding minority languages can only _____ our comprehension of what is similar in all languages.
RICH
ENRICH
Without a receipt, they will not return your money.
REFUND
They will not ________________________________________ you have a receipt.
They will not GIVE/OFFER (YOU) A REFUND // UNLESS you have a receipt.
I caught an earlier train _______ finishing the report before my boss arrived in the office.
(four words)
WITH THE INTENTION OF
I prefer to ______ the language while I'm visiting the country, rather than going to classes at home.
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