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ENGLISH

VOCABULARY

Vocabulary reference and practice

IN USE

ENGLISH

VOCABU L ARY

Vocabulary reference and practice

with answers and ebook

Fourth Edition

IN USE

Upper-intermediate

Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

CambridgeUNIVERSITY PRESS

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First published 1994 Fourth Edition 2017

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Contents

Thanks Enhanced ebook Introduction Effective vocabulary learning

Learning vocabulary Organising a vocabulary notebook Using your dictionary Guessing and explaining meaning

Topics

Countries, nationalities and languages

The weather

Describing people: appearance Describing people: personality Idioms describing people Relationships At home

Everyday minor problems Global problems Education Higher education Work Business Sport

Art and literature Theatre and cinema Music Food

Physical geography Environmental problems Towns

The natural world Clothes

Health and medicine Medicine and technology Health and lifestyle

Travel Holidays

Science and technology Computers

The press and the media

8 Politics and public institutions

9 Crime 0 Money

Describing objects

Feelings and actions

Belief and opinion Pleasant and unpleasant feelings 44 Like, dislike and desire Speaking The six senses

What your body does

8 Praising and criticising

49 Emotions and moods

0 Commenting on problematic situations

Basic concepts

Number, quantity. degree and intensity

Numbers and shapes Time

Distances and dimensions

Obligation. need. possibility and probability