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43 Cards in this Set
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Ancient |
History |
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Antique |
Furniture |
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Elderly |
Person |
(Elderly is more polite than old) |
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Old |
Building |
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Single |
Parent |
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Lonely |
Place |
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Live |
Alone |
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Traveling |
Alone |
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Desperately |
Lonely |
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Solitary |
Figure |
(One person on their own) |
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Sole |
Survivor |
(Only survivor) |
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Only |
Child |
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Unique |
Occasion |
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Charge |
My phone |
(Used for batteries, electrical items) |
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Loaded |
The lorry |
(Used for cargoes, lorries, vans, ships etc and for weapons) |
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Injured |
People |
(Collocates with words to do with people) |
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Damaged |
Sofa |
(Collocates with words for things) |
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Grow |
Crops |
(Collocates with crops, plants) |
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Rice |
Cattle |
(Collocates with animals, children) |
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Old |
Friend |
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Ancient |
Times |
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Antique |
Jewellery |
(Old and valuable) |
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Closed |
The meeting |
(We close meetings/discussion/conferences, etc) |
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Shut |
Your mouth |
(Impolite way of felling someone not to speak) |
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Start |
My car |
(Start, not begin, is used for engine and vehicles. ) |
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Began |
The university |
(Begin is preferred in more formal and abstract contexts.) |
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Big |
Decision |
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Big |
Problems |
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Large |
Size |
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Ended |
Their relationship |
(End here means decide to stop) |
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Finished |
My homework |
(Finish here means complete. ) |
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Gain |
Power/control/access |
Gain is often used with abstract nouns relating to political authority |
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Gain (formal) |
Reputation/republicity/recognition/an advantage |
Gain is often used with abstract nouns that suggest benefit to the gainer |
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Win |
An award/a prize/a medal/a match |
Win is often used in contexts associated with competition |
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Win |
A battle, a war, an electric |
Win is often used in contexts associated with flighting |
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Earn |
A salary, money |
You earn money by working for it |
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Make |
A profit, money |
You can make money by investing etc. Not just working |
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Achieve |
Success, your goal, aims |
Achieve is used mainly with abstract nouns |
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Beat, defeat |
A team, an opponent |
Defeat is more formal than beat |
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Take |
Clothes |
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Carry |
Mobile Phone |
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Wearing |
A hat, a dress |
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Using |
Laptop |
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