L2_Unit1_New Words
These words are taken from Unit one in the Lower Intermediate course in Net Languages . Please try to revise these words as often as you can .
Tutor : Hassan Jerdi
| created: | 5 months ago by hassanjerdi | tags: | l2 new words |
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adopted (adj) |
when a child lives and grows up with adults who aren't their natural parents |
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apart (adv) |
when people or things aren't together |
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board (v) |
to get in or on a type of transport |
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break down (v) |
to stop working correctly, often used with machines or relationships |
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bride (n) |
a word used to describe a woman on the day she gets married |
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common (adj) |
usual or normal |
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cope (v) |
a verb usually used in the negative form, to describe a situation which is very difficult for someone to manage |
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cottage (n) |
a house, often small, in the country |
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details (n) |
more exact, specific information about something |
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dowry (n) |
the presents or money given in some countries by a woman's family when she gets married |
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emigrate (v) |
to go and live in a foreign country |
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famine (n) |
a time when there isn't a lot or enough food for people |
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give up (v) |
to stop doing something, often something which has been happening for some time |
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get in touch (v) |
to contact someone, for example by letter or telephone |
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get to know (v) |
to find out more about something, often used to refer to people and relationships |
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hugs (n) |
when you hold someone or something in your arms |
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keep an eye on someone (idm) |
to watch someone carefully to make sure they are OK |
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kids (n) |
children (informal) |
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lateral thinking (n) |
thinking about something in a non-rational nor logical way |
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loads (quantifier) |
a lot of something (informal) |
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look after (v) |
to take care of someone or something, for example a nurse looks after ill people |
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look for (v) |
to try to find something |
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maiden name (n) |
a woman's name before she gets married and uses her husband's name |
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news flash (n) |
a piece of news, usually very important, which interrupts TV or radio programmes |
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odd one out (n) |
one of a group of things which doesn't share a common characteristic |
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overnight (adv) |
when something happens during the night |
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melt (v) |
to cause a solid to become a liquid. For example the sun melted the snow |