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    UNIT 5: LANGUAGE -COLLINS SPEAKING FOR IELTS - GEN ENG 3
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  • a language that is spoken by only a small portion of people in a country
    a minority language
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  • the language that you learn from your parents when you are a baby
    mother tongue
  •  15
  • able to speak the language easily and correctly
    fluent
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  • speak a language well enough to communicate about basic things
    get by (in)
  •  15
  • a language that you speak well but that is not your native language
    a second language
  •  15
  • a language that is used by many people
    a widely spoken language
  •  15
  • a language that is not spoken as a native language in your country
    a foreign language
  •  15
  • learn something without effort over a period of time
    pick up
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  • able to speak more than two languages very well
    multilingual
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  • British and American English are different _ _ _ _ of English - there are some differences in vocabulary and grammar.
    dialects
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  • When they are shown in cinemas in my country, American films tend to be _ _ _ _ I wish they were ______instead because then I could improve my English while I watch.
    dubbed, subtitled
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  • French has a lot of _ _ _ _ from English, for example week-end, job, and jeans.
    loanwords
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  • My friends and I speak with northern _ _
    accents
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  • not as good at something as you used to be because you have not done it for a long time _ _ _ _
    a bit rusty
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