VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST
PHRASAL VERBS
COLLOCATIONS
WORD PATTERNS
WORD FORMATION
100

SPECTATOR / VIEWER

Spectator at a live event, TV viewer


100

CARRY ON

CONTINUE

100

_________ THE BEST OF STH

MAKE

100

Be fond _____ / Be interested _____

on/in

100

NOUN FOR ALLOW

ALLOWANCE

200
AMATEUR/ PROFESSIONAL

An Amateur does not get paid while a professional does

200

PUT OFF 

POSTPONE

200

_________ YOUR TIME, DON'T HURRY

TAKE

200

Stop sb ________ doing sth

FROM 

200

TWO NOUNS FOR COMPETE and the difference between them. 

COMPETITOR / COMPETITION

300

FINAL/ FINALE 

A final is the final game to determine the champion, the FINALE of TV series
300

PUT UP WITH 

TOLERATE

300

WE NEED TO ________ TURNS! YOU GO FIRST, THEN I GO

TURN

300
CONCENTRATE _______STH

ON

300

Two negative words from FORTUNE 

MISFORTUNE / UNFORTUNATE (LY)

400
WIN/BEAT

You win a game, you beat an opponent

400

TAKE UP 

START A HOBBY

400

How can he take ____________ in such hard work? He really likes it! 

PLEASURE

400
COMPETE _________ / _________ SB

AGAINST/WITH

400

All words derived from LOSE 

LOST, LOSS

500
UMPIRE / REFEREE

Umpire in baseball, referee in football- OR umpire more authoritative than umpire

500

GET ROUND TO

FINALLY START STH YOU'VE BEEN PLANNING FOR SOME TIME
500

Don't just say no! Have a _______ first! 

GO

500

When you ________ / _________ time to do sth, you do it even if you don't have time to spare 

MAKE/ FIND

500
4 words derived from KNOW

UNKNOWN, KNOWN, KNOWLEDGEABLE, UNKNOWLEDGEABLE