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UNIT 1
GROWING Nouns
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Nouns
ability /a'bilati/ adolescent /.aedal'esant/ behaviour /bi'heivja/ childhood /'t/aildhud/ concept /'kDnsept/ consequence /'konsikwans/ gesture /'d3estjb/ growth // height /halt/ imagination / ilmaed3i'neij"3n/ infancy /'infansi/ infant /infant/ knowledge /11/ maturity /ma'tjuarati/ memory /'memari/ milestone /'mailstaun/ mind /maind/ peers /praz/ period /'piariad/ phase /feiz/ rate /reit/ reminder /ri'mamda/ social skills skill /skiiy stage /steid3/ toddler /'todla/ transition /traen'zijan/

BilNIT3
KEEPING FIT Nouns allergy /'aelad3i/ anxiety /aeq'zaiati/ appetite /'aepitait/ artery /'a:tari/ asset /'aeset/ benefit /'benifit/ cravings /'kreiviqz/ depression /di'prejbn/ diagnosis /.daiag'nausis/ diet /daiat/ dietician /.daia'tijan/ disease /di'ziiz/
(eating) disorder /diso:da/ exercise /'eksasaiz/ factor /'fzekta/ fast food /faist fu:d/
fat/faet/

trigger /'tnga/

adolescence /.aedal'esants/ adulthood /'aedAlthud/ bond /bond/ brotherhood /'brA6ahud/ character /'kaerakta/ childhood /'tjaildhud/ conflict /'kDnflikt/ connection /'nek Jan/ fatherhood /'fa:6ahud/ friendship /'frendjip/ instinct /'mstigkt/ interaction /.mta'rxkfan/ motherhood /'mAdahud/ nature /'neitja/ parent /'pearant/ relation /ri'jeijan/ relationship (between/with) /ri'leijanjip/ relative /'relativ/ resemblance /n'zemblans/ rivalry /'raivalri/ sibling /'siblirj/ teenager /./ temperament /'temparamant/ ties /taiz/

harm /ha:m/ health /hel0/ heart attack /ha:t a'taek/


infection /in'fekjan/

Adjectives
abstract /'asbstraekt/ cognitive /'kognativ/ clumsy /'kUmzi/ fond /fond/ fully-grown /'fuli / immature /.ima'tjua/ independent /,indi'pendant/ irresponsible /.in'sponsabl/ mature /ma'tjua/ patient /'peijant/ rebellious /n'belias/ significant /sigmfikant/ tolerant /'tDlarant/

upbringing/'ApbnrjTi]/ Compound nouns


active role extended family family gathering immediate family maternal instinct sibling rivalry stable upbringing striking resemblance

ingredients /in'gri: diants/ insomnia /in'somnia/ intake /inteik/ junk food /d3Agk fuid/ muscle /'mAsal/ nutrient /'njuitriant/ nutrition /njui'trijan/ obesity /au'biisati/ onset /'onset/ portion /'poijan/ risk /risk/ serving /'s:virj/ stress /stres/ stroke /straok/ treatment /trntmant/ therapy /'0erapi/ variety /va'raiati/ weight/weit/

Adjectives
acute /a'kjuit/ allergic /'1^(/ alternate /ol't3:nat/ brisk /'brisk/ chronic /'krrmik/ harmful /'haimfal/ healthy /'helGi/ infectious /in'fekjas/ moderate /'modarat/ obese /au'biis/ overweight /'auvaweit/ persistent /pa'sistant/ regular /regjola/ vital /'vaital/

Adjectives
close /bus/ closeknit /pklaos'nit/ maternal /:1 parental /pa'rental/ rewarding /ri'woidir)/ stable /'steibl/

Verbs
acquire /a'kwaia/ develop /di'velap/ gesture /'d3estj3/ grow // imitate /'imiteit/ look back master/'ma:st a/ mature /ma'tjua/ remember /ri'memba/ remind /rt'maind/ reminisce /.remi'nis/ throw a tantrum visualise /'vi3ualaiz/

Verbs
accommodate /a'kDmadeit/ adopt /a'dopt/ break down /breik daun/ develop /di'velap/ endure /in'djua/ establish /1 staeblij*/ have sth in common inherit /in'herit/ interact /,inta'nEkt/ nurture /'n3:tjb/ play a role relate (to) /n'leit/

Adverbs
typically /'tipikU/

Verbs
avoid /a'void/ counteract /.kauntar'askt/ curb /:/ cure /kjua/ diminish /di'mmiJV disrupt /dis'rApt/ eliminate /I'limmeit/ maintain /mein'tem/ overdo /auva'du:/ overeat/,auvar'i:t/ prevent /pri'vent/ recommend /.reka'mend/ recover /rikAva/ reduce /ri'dju:s/ skip /skip/ stimulate /'stimjaleit/

Phrases with mind


bear in mind broaden the mind have something in mind / have something on your mind it slipped my mind keep an open mind my mind went blank put your mind at ease

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MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

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LIFESTYLES Nouns
activity /aek'tivsti/ aspect /'aespekt/ attitude /'etitju:d / (achieve a) balance /'baelans/ competition '// creativity /,kn:ei't(V3ti/ daily routine desire /di'zaia/ disappointment /.disa'pointmant/ experience /ik'spisrians/ fulfillment /ful'filmant/ goal /1/ hobby /hobi/ insight /'insait/ leisure // lifestyle /'larfstail/ optimist /'Dptimist/ outlook /'autluk/ opportunity /.Dpa'tjuinati/ personality /,p3:s3n'ael3ti/ pessimist /'pesimrst/ priority /prai'orati/ pressure /'// realist /'rialist/ risktaker/nsk 'teika/ selfexpression /self ik'sprejan/ sense /sens/

living expenses once in a lifetime opportunity standard of living way of life

/'strAgsl/ take (a course) /teik/ Adverbs


relatively /'relstivli/

ON THE MOVE Nouns


accommodation /s.knms'deijsn/ attraction /a'traekfan/ community /ka'mjurnati/ countryside /'kAntrisaid/ destination ^desti'neijan/ eco-tourism /'kkau.tuarizam/ effect /I'fekt/ facilities /fa'silatiz/ identification

UNIT 5___
STUDENT LIFE Nouns assignment /a'sammant/ college
/'kDhd3/ controversy /'kontrsvaisi/ curriculum /ks'rikjalam/ dissertation /.disa'teijan/ education /,ed3u'keij3n/ exam '/ field (of study) /'fi:ld/ findings /'faindigz/ funding /'fAndir)/ grade /greid/ graduation /,^'1// grant /gra:nt/ high school /hai skuil/ homework/'h3umw3:k/ junior school /'d3u:ru3 sku:L/ kindergarten /'kinda.gaitan/ learning disorder lecturer /'lektjara/ library /'laibrsri/ limits /'limits/ Masters /'maistaz/ nursery /'n3isri/ PhD /,pi:eitj'di:/ primary school /'praimari sku:]/ program /'/ project /'prDd3ekt/ research /n's3:tJ7 resources /ri'zoisiz/ results/n'zAlts/ scholarship /'skdajip/ scope /sksup/ secondary school/'sekandri sku;l/ sources /'sa:siz/ syllabus /silabas/ task /ta:sk/ theory /'Giari/ thesis /'9i:sis/ tutor/'tju:ts/ topic /'topik/ university

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION Nouns


accuracy /'aekjsrasi/ communication /, mj u :ni'keijbn/ concept /'konsept/ conjecture /ksn'dsektjs/ dialect /'daislekt/ fluency /'flu:ansi/ gesture /'d3est/3/ hesitation /.hezi'teijan/ language /'laeqgwid3/ language barrier linguist /'lirjgwist/ linguistics /lig'gwistiks/ means of communication mother tongue native speaker pronunciation /prs.nAnsi'eiJbn/ sign language/sam 'laeggwid3/ vocabulary /va'kaebjabri/

/ai.dentifi'keij'an/
inhabitant /in'haebitant/ itinerary /ai'tinarari/ journey /'d33:ni/ landscape /'laenskeip/ luggage /'lAgid3/ peak /pi:/ tourism /'tuarizam/ tourist /'tuanst/ transport /'traenspoit/ travel

/'traval/
travelling /'traevahrj/ trend /trend/

Adjectives
active /'aektiv/ bored /bo:d/ confused /kan'f ju:zd/ dissatisfied /dis'saetisfaid/ intense /in'tens/ materialistic /ma.haria'Jistfk/ negative /'negstiv/ outdoor /,aut'do:/ positive /'pDzattv/ recreational /,'1,[1/ successful /sak'sesfsl/

Adjectives
incoherent /, inks'hi arsnt/ inherent /m'hersnt/ sophisticated /sa'fistikeitid/ spontaneous /spon'temiss/

Verbs
clarify /'klaerifar/ communicate /ks'mjuinikeit/ comprehend /,kompri'hend/ conclude /ksn'klu:d/ confirm // converse /'konv3:s/ define /di'fain/ demonstrate /'demanstreit/ distinguish /di'stiggwij-/ emerge /i'm3:d3/ evolve /i'vdIv/ explain /ik'splem/ express /ik'spres/ gesture /d3estja/ illustrate /'ilastreit/ imply /im'plai/ indicate /'indikeit/ pronounce /prs'naons/ recall /ri'koil/ refer (to) /ri'f3:/ signify /'signrfai/ state /steit/ stutter /'stAta/ suggest /safest/ translate

Verbs
achieve (a goal) /a'tjiiv/ appeal /s'pi i]/ attract /a'traekt/ choose /tju:z/ express /ik'spres/ enjoy /in'd^oi/ fulfil /fol'fil/ improve /tm'pru:v/ motivate /'msutiveit/ participate /pai'tisipeit/ regret /n'gret/ relax /ri'laeks/ satisfy /'scetisfai/

/,ju:ni'v3:s3ti/ Adjectives
academic /,aek3'demik/ eligible /'/ mixed /'raikst/ postgraduate /,p3us'graed3U9t/ relevant /'relevant/ senior /'siinia/ single-sex /sirjgl'seks/ studious /'stjuidiss/ workrelated /w3:k n'leitid/

Verb phrases
lead a happy life live life on the edge live life to the full make a choice make a decision make a living meet a need miss (an opportunity) play a role put pressure on set (a goal) take part (in) work hard for a living

Verbs
adopt (an approach) /a'dopt/ analyse /'aenalaiz/ conduct /'kAndAkt/ concentrate /'konsantreit/ consider /ksn'sids/ find out /faind ant/ graduate /grzed3uat/ learn (about) / 1:1 organise /':/ overcome /.auva'kAm/ review /ri'vju:/ revise /n'vaiz/ struggle

/traenz'lejt/ Idioms
there is something to be said for needless to say have a say when all is said and done having said that to say the least you can say that again! that is to say

Phrases with life or living


all walks of life cost of living lifelong ambition

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trip /trip/ village /vilid3/

time

Adjectives
adventurous /od'ventjoros/ budget /'bAd3it/ breathtaking /'bre0,teikir)/ coastal /'kaustal/ cosmopolitan /.kDzmo'politon/ diverse /dai'v3is/ flexible /'f leksibL/ foreign /'fonn/ local /'bukol/ luxurious '/ mountainous /'mauntinos/ peaceful /'pi:sfol/ picturesque /.piktjor'esk/ polluted /po'lu:tid/ quaint /kweint/ remote /n'mout/ rough /1 rural /'ruorol/ scenic /'simik/ stunning /'stAniij/ tough /tAf/ traditional /tra'dijanol/ unspoilt /' spoilt/ urban /'/

Adverbs
chronologically

/.krDna'iDdsiksli/
formerly /'foimoli/ previously /priivbsli/ subsequently /'sAbsikwontli /

UNIT 9
THE NATURAL WORLD
Nouns
agriculture /'aegrikAitJo/ animal kingdom burrow /'/ climate /'klaimot/ crop(s) // decline /di'klain/ den /den/ disaster /di'za:sto/ ecological balance ecology /ii'kolsdsi/ evolution /,i:vo'lu:jbn/ extinction /ik'stiokjon/ fauna /'fo:no/ flora /'fb:ro/ genetics /d3o'netiks/ habitat /'haebitaet/ human nature insect /'insekt/ Mother Nature pesticides /'pestisaidz/ predator /'predata/ prey /prei/ repercussions /.riipa'kAjbnz/ scent /sent/ species /'spi:Ji:z/ soil /sod/ vegetation ^vedsi'teijon/ vermin /v3:min/ weed /wild/

Verbs
affect /o'fekt/ fluctuate /'flAkt/uext/

UNIT 8 _____
THROUGH THE AGES
Nouns
age /eid3/ archaeologist /,a:ki'Dbd3i5t/ century /senjori/ decade /'dekerd/ era /'ioro/ evidence /'evidons/ excavation /.eksko'veijan/ generation /^'^/ the Middle Ages millennia /mi'lenio/ period /'proriod/ phase /feiz/ pioneer /.paia'nio/ timeline /'tairrdam/

astronaut /'cestronoit/ atmosphere /'Eetmasfio/ cosmos /'kozmos/ crater /'kreito/ debris /'deibri:/ Earth /:0/ exploration /.ekspb'reijbn/ explorer /ik'spb:o/ galaxy /'gadoksi/ gas /gaes/ gravity /'graevoti/ horizon /ho'raizao/ launch /b:nJ7 meteor /'mi:tb/ moon /mu:n/ ocean /'// orbit /orbit/ outer space /'auto speis/ planet /plaenit/ radiation /.reidi'eijon/ rocket /'mkit/ satellite /'saetolait/ simulator /'simjoleito/ solar system /'soub 'sistom/ space /speis/ spacecraft /'speiskraift/ space shuttle /speis '.fAtol/ space station /speis 'steijon/ surface /'s3ifis/ universe /'ju:niv3:s/ weightlessness /'weitbsnos/

cottage /'kotid3/ design /di'zain/ device /di'vais/ elevator /'ehveito/ engineering/,end3i'ni3ni]/ frame /freim/ gadget /'gaed3it/ housing /' hauzir)/ innovation /.mo'veijon/ invention /in'venjon/ landmark /'laendmaik/ lift shaft /lift Ja:ft/ occupant /'okjopont/ platform /'plastfoim/ quarry /kwori/ residence /'rezidons/ skyscraper /'skai,skreipo/ staircase /'steokeis/ steel /sti:l/ storage /'sto:nd3/ structure /'strAkt/o/ tension /'tenjon/ timber /'timbo/

Adjectives
airy /'eori/ conventional /kon'venjonol/ cosy /'kouzi/ cramped /kraempt/ curved /k3ivd/ disposable /di'spouzobl/ domestic /do'mestik/

Adjectives
commercial /':/1/ cosmic /'kDzmik/ extreme /)k'stri:m/ gravitational/.grsevi'teijonol/ horizontal /,hon'zDntoI/ inevitable Zi'nevitobl/ lunar /'lu:no/ meteoric /,mi:ti'Dnk/ outer/'auto/ solar /'soulo/ terrestrial /to'restriol/ toxic /'toksik/ uninhabitable /,Anin'ha5bitobl/ universal /,ju:ni'v3:sol/ unmanned Mn'maend/

Adjectives
arid /'aerid/ catastrophic /.kaeto'strofik/ disastrous /di'zaistros/ domesticated /do'mestikeitid/ endangered /in'deind3od/ extinct /ik'stigkt/ geneticallymodified introduced /, mtrs'dju:st/ native /'neitiv/ natural /'naetjorol/ resistant /ri'zistont/ semi-arid/'semi 'aend/ tropical /'tropikol/ vulnerable /'vAlnorobol/ wild /waild/

Adjectives ancient /'emjont/


chronological /,kron3'lDd3ik3l/ consecutive /kon'sekjutiv/ historical /hi'stDrikol/ imminent /'iminont/ middle-aged /.midal'eic^d/ nostalgic /nDS't<eld3ik/ prehistoric /.prin'stDrik/ prior (to) // punctual /'pArjktjual/ timeconsuming /'taimkan.sjummj/

Verbs
acclimatise /o'klaimotaiz/ colonise /'kolonaiz/ explore /ik'spb:/ float /flout/ orbit /orbit/ propel /'1 rotate /ro'teit/ sustain /so'stein/ simulate /'simjoleit/ undergo /.Ando'gou/

Verbs adapt /o'daept/ combat /'kDmbaet/


cultivate /'lultiveit/ eradicate A'raedikeit/ evolve /i'vdIv/ hibernate /haibaneit/ tolerate

Verb
erode /I'raod/ infer /in'f:/ predate /,pri:deit/ span /spaen/

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DESIGN AND INNOVATION
Nouns
balcony/'baelkoni/ brick /brik/ building /'bildiij/ ceiling /'siilig/ concrete /kDr)kri:t/ construction /kon'strAkJon/

/'tDloreit/

Phrases with time


in time lose track of time on time save time spend time take so long the right

UNIT 10
REACHING FOR THE SKIES
Nouns
asteroid /'aestoroid/

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