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English 13 Public

Vocab Section Empower C1 book

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I know someone who was able to acq___ a new language without much formal study

acquire

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I really s______ with English idioms. I can never remember them

struggle

15

I'm not sure if I'll ever at___ a native level of competence but I'm not sure I need to.

attain

15

When I travelled to an English speaking country I quicky got acc_______ to the sound of the language.

accustomed

15

I really need to b_____ u_ on my phrasal verbs. I've forgotten a lot of them.

brush up

15

I'm lucky because I have a kn____ for language. I find them easy to learn.

knack for

15

After a couple of years of learning English I found I could easily h____ a c____________

hold a conversation

15

Unless I p__ a new piece of vocab into p_________ immediately, I find I forget it.

put into practice

15

People tend to give up on learning a second language too easily. You need to s____ at it if you want to succeed.

stick at it

15

To learn a new language it's necessary to live in that country and im_____ yourself in its language and culture.

immerse

15

It's easy to p___ u_ new words and expressions if you watch TV and movies in English

pick up

15

I found it really difficult to g__ to gr___ with English pronunciation at first.

get to grips with

15

I haven't written a letter in English for a long time so my writing skills are quite r___y.

rusty

15