
Oxford Word Skills – Advanced Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
When people think of idioms, they tend to think of the more imaginative and colourful examples: tich the bucket, have a bone to pick with someone, full of beans, be barking up the wrong tree, …
When people think of idioms, they tend to think of the more imaginative and colourful examples: tich the bucket, have a bone to pick with someone, full of beans, be barking up the wrong tree, …
At the intermediate/upper-intermediate level, we have concentrated on idioms and phrasal verbs which are likely to be of greatest value to learners in everyday English. To this end, you will find some vivid and colourful examples, but the majority are closer to the list above.
At advanced level, the vocabulary includes: An increased focus on different styles of English, e.g. informal English, newspaper journalism, formal letters…
At intermediate level, the vocabulary includes: A wide range of common topics, e.g. money, health issues, realtionships… Words and phrases needed in social interaction, e.g. giving opinions, making arrangements to meet … area of lexical grammar, e.g. prefixes and suffixes, link words
At basic level, the vocabulary includeds: a wide range of common topics, words and phrases needed in social interaction, areas of lexical grammar, …
The aim of this book is to help you, as an advanced learner of English, to extend and improve your vocabulary by: Increasing the number of words that you know, Helping you to use words in a more natural, more accurate way…
The book has 100 two page units. In most units, the left hand page explains the words and expressions to be studied in that unit. Where appropriate, it gives information about the meaning of words as well as how to use them. The right-hand page checks that you have understood the informaiton on the left hand page by giving you a series of exercises practising what you have just learnt. Occasionally the right hand page will teach you some more new words.
This new edition of English Vocabulary in Use: pre-intermediate and intermediate still retains the features that made the first edition so popular…
This book has been written to help you learn new vocabulary. In this book, there are around 1250 new words and phrases for you to learn…