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    Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary: Your essential guide to accurate English
    Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary: Your essential guide to accurate English
    Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary: Your essential guide to accurate English
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    Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary: Your essential guide to accurate English

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    Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is designed to help learners of all ages build their vocabulary. This easy-to-use, topic-based book is an invaluable resource for students and teachers, and is ideal for use in the classroom and for home study.

    Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary is a topic-based vocabulary book, covering over 50 topics, from everyday themes such as family, friends, and hobbies, to topics for travel, work, business, and study.

    The words within each theme are listed alphabetically so that they are easy to find. Each word has a definition, written in simple language, and phonetics, to help the user learn how to say the word.

    An 'Examples' section has corpus examples from real English showing important collocations, as well as useful phrases and idioms.

    Collins Easy Learning English Vocabulary contains all the vocabulary a learner needs to communicate effectively in English, and is the perfect resource for users who want to build their vocabulary in a methodical way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateMar 31, 2012
    ISBN9780007479122
    Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary: Your essential guide to accurate English

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      Webster’s Easy Learning English Vocabulary - HarperCollins UK

      pronunciation guide

      IPA Symbols

      Notes

      Stress is shown by a line below the stressed syllable. For example, in the word accomplish, /әkɒmplɪʃ/, the second syllable is stressed.

      air travel

      NOUNS

      EXAMPLES

      Most low-cost airlines do not serve food.

      We checked in early and walked around the airport.

      Please do not leave bags in the aisle.

      The police said the incident occurred last weekend in arrivals at Terminal 3.

      EXAMPLES

      We had seats in business class on the flight from London to Los Angeles.

      Ask cabin crew or see leaflet for details.

      This piece of luggage will have to go in the cargo hold.

      The price includes flights, car rental, and accommodation.

      How many pieces of carry-on luggage can I take on the plane?

      The airline will transport a bicycle for free if it’s counted as one of your pieces of checked luggage.

      We got to the airport and went straight to check-in.

      My flight was late and I missed my connection.

      EXAMPLES

      We walked through customs.

      You must pay customs duty on these goods.

      Please go to departures.

      You must keep your mobile phone switched off for the duration of the flight.

      Margarita sat in economy class on the flight to Bucharest.

      Take the escalator to the second floor.

      Our flight was delayed by three hours because of fog.

      There were no direct flights to San Francisco, so we had to change planes in Chicago.

      EXAMPLES

      I asked the flight attendant for a glass of water.

      He is on flight number 776 from Beijing.

      I had terrible jet lag for three days after my vacation.

      We made a layover in Bangkok to break up the journey between London and Brisbane.

      How many pieces of luggage are you checking in?

      Why does Ingrid need so much luggage for a short stay?

      EXAMPLES

      Could I see your passport and boarding pass, please?

      You are in seat 35C.

      Please fasten your seat belts during take-off and landing.

      World leaders have announced plans to tighten up airline security.

      What time is take-off?

      VERBS

      EXAMPLES

      We left the airport terminal and looked for the taxi rank.

      Terminal 1 will handle Air Canada’s domestic flights.

      I’m taking a short trip to France.

      I pushed my luggage trolley toward the Nothing to Declare sign.

      Can I have a window seat, please?

      I boarded the plane to Dubai.

      British Airways canceled several flights because of the bad weather.

      ADJECTIVES

      EXAMPLES

      Flight BA201 will depart from gate 21 in 30 minutes.

      We are flying over London.

      The Boeing 737 was hijacked after taking off from London yesterday.

      The plane took off twenty minutes late.

      ADVERBS

      PHRASE

      EXAMPLE

      The plane landed on time, at eleven thirty.

      the animal world

      NOUNS

      ANIMALS

      EXAMPLE

      Where did you catch the fish?

      EXAMPLES

      We don’t have any pets.

      PARTS OF ANIMALS

      EXAMPLES

      Cat hair makes me sneeze.

      He heard the sound of horses’ hooves behind him.

      The kitten was black, with white paws.

      PLACES WHERE ANIMALS ARE FOUND

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