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U1: Cramming for Success: study and academic work
Cram swot he s been cramming for ...,
Rote learning you cannot fully un...,
Mnemonics macro is a mnemonic for...
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U2: Education: debates and issues
Selective schooling,
Conprehensive schooling,
Elitism many people believe that ...
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U3: Applying for a job
Fast paced he s moved to the coun...,
Openings there are several openin...,
Report to reporting to the custom...
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U4: Job interviews
Criteria what criteria are used f...,
Shortlist footnote candidates who...,
Trial run footnote this year is a...
15
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Unit 5: At work: colleagues and routines
Opposite number footnotethe forei...,
Working relationship,
Counterpart footnote the women s ...
22
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Unit 6: At work: job satisfaction
Dynamic,
Job satisfaction,
Run of the mill footnote these sh...
19
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Unit 7: At work: careers
Telesales telemarketing,
Cold calling,
Hard sell
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Unit 8: Describing people: positive and negative qualities
Opportunistic,
Methodical she is very slow but m...,
Chauvinistic chauvinistic nationa...
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Unit 9: Describing people: appearance and mannerisms
Scrawny he was too scrawny to be ...,
Gangling gangly a gangly youth ap...,
Bulked up
18
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Unit 10: Describing people: personality and character traits
Impetuous,
Effusive she always gives me such...,
Excitable he s a very excitable c...
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Unit 11: Relationships: friends forever
Fall head over heels in love,
Only have eye for,
Infatuated besotted with
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Unit 12: Relationships: ups and downs
Behind sb s backs,
Two faced towards,
Sworn enemies
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Unit 13: Emotions and reactions
Yearn i ve always yearned to go s...,
Covet an olympic gold medal is pr...,
Defuse lottie tried to defuse the...
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Unit 14: Negative feelings
Antipathy footnote antipathy towa...,
Aversion arrogance has always bee...,
Detest loathe he loathed hypocris...
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Unit 15: Birth and death: from cradle to grave
Conception a child is born about ...,
Fertilised,
Fertility drugs
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Unit 16: Free time: relaxation and leisure
Therapeutic i find listening to m...,
Culture vulture rob s a real cult...,
Dabbler v dabble footnote fatima ...
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Unit 17: All the rage: clothes and fashion
Scruffy there was a gang of scruf...,
Attire dressed in formal evening ...,
Midriff part of the body between ...
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Unit 18: Home styles, lifestyles
Hovel,
Squat,
High rise flats
19
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Unit 19: Socialising and networking
Housewarming party,
Stag party,
Hen night
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Unit 20: The performance arts: reviews and critiques
Hackneyed,
Disjointed
14
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Unit 21: The visual arts
Dauber,
Deem the evening was deemed a gre...,
Inured to the prisoners quickly b...
14
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Unit 22: Talking about books
Blurb the blurb says that this is...,
Poignant,
Lugubrious doleful
15
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Unit 23: Food: A Recipe For Disaster
Wholesome fresh wholesome food,
Wholefoods,
Free range
10
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Unit 24: Dinner's On Me: Entertaining And Eating Out
Split the bill,
Be on me,
Get this
13
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Unit 25: On the road: traffic and driving
Have the right of way,
Breathalyser,
Hit and run
11
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Unit 26: Travel and accommodation
Charter flight,
Non refundablenon returnable,
Stopoverlayover
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Unit 27: Attracting tourists
Escape the crowds,
Get off the beaten track,
Get back to nature
13
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Unit 28: Describing the world
Arid aridity,
Vegatation,
Coniferous
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Unit 29: Weather and climate
Nippy,
Swelteringroasting,
Oppressive sultry
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Unit 30: Brick walls and glass ceilings
Build sth sb up the play was buil...,
Come up against a brick wall,
Glass ceiling footnoteshe is one ...
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Unit 31: Taking the root and reaping rewards
Go back to your roots,
Put down roots after travelling t...,
Take root
18
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Unit 32: The animal kingdom
Marsupial,
Rodent mice rats and squirrels ar...,
Docile a docile child horse tempe...
10
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Unit 33: Our endangered world
Shrinking habitats,
Climate change sceptics,
Exerts severe pressure on
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Unit 34: Here to help: customer service
Prompt prompt action was required...,
Accommodating,
Get back to
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Unit 35: Authorities: customs and police
Landing card,
Entry regulations,
Spot checks
14
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Unit 36: Beliefs
Adherent of n adherence v to adhe...,
Convert to n,
Fanatic adj fanatical n fanaticism
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Unit 37: Festivals in their cultural context
Centenary bi centenary,
Flamboyant n flamboyance,
Raucous n raucousness
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