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CLOSE UP C1 SELECTED VOCABULARY U1-U10

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  • change your tune
    change your ideas
  • a book that has a hard cove
    hardback
  • man-made
    artificial
  • operated by hands (adjective)
    manual
  • to spend les money than you used to because you have less money (idiom)
    tighten your belt
  • - accept the consequences of bad actions
    face the music
  • a person who is keen on many areas of culture c_ _ _ _ _ _ v_ _ _ _ _ _
    culture vulture
  • you use it to log into some accounts
    password
  • TO IMPRESS SB GREATLY (PV) B_ _ _ SB _ _ _ _
    BLOW SB AWAY
  • a milk from which fats have been removed
    skimmed milk
  • get permission to do sth g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    get the green light
  • make sb weaker w_ _ _ sb d _ _ _
    wear sb down
  • begin suddenly and with the force b_ _ _ u_
    blow up
  • a substance that causes pollution
    pollutant
  • get an illness (PV) c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    come down with
  • force yourself through something in your way (PV) b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    break through
  • throw in the towel
    give up/ admit defeat
  • be faced with a problem (PV)
    come up against
  • hectic
    very busy and fast
  • sky full of clouds (adjective)
    overcast
  • fight off -
    recover from an illness quickly
  • the most advanced stage in the making of something
    cutting edge
  • cause problems for someone else s_ _ _ _ _
    stir
  • a place to leave your children for the time you are at work
    day-care
  • without any taste b_ _ _ _
    bland
  • related to the sea
    marine
  • causing a feelings of happiness h_ _ _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ _
    heart-warming
  • bland
    tasteless
  • blood donor
    it's someone who gives their blood for somobody else in need
  • interrupt someone while they are speaking c_ _ _ _
    cut in
  • a place where the rubbish is stored
    landfill
  • be unable to say anything (idiom)
    cat got your tongue
  • cause problems for someone else (PV) s_ _ _ _ _
    stir up
  • prepare a meal very quickly w_ _ _ u_
    whip up
  • the state of being overweight
    obesity
  • a general, continuous increase in prices
    inflation
  • people clapping their hands enthusiastically after performance (noun)
    ovation
  • do sth on a shoestring
    try to spend the minimum amount of money on sth
  • tighten your belt
    spend less money than you used to
  • get your wires crossed
    a misunderstanding between two people, especially when making arrangements
  • get back at
    take revenge
  • eat a lot of food p_ _ _ a_ _ _
    pack away
  • receive (PV) C_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    come in for
  • to rain heavily
    bucket down
  • uncomfortably hot ( give 3 adj) r_ _ _ _ _ _ _/s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _/ b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    roasting-sweltering- blistering
  • to severe sth -
    to cut sth
  • succeed in doing sth difficult or unexpected (PV) _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    pull off
  • every person from the group gives small amount of money to buy something together c_ _ _ i_
    chip in
  • a place where the actors put on their costumes
    dressing room
  • given so much work or so many things that they can't deal with it all
    inundated
  • a break during a play in the theatre i_ _ _ _ _ _ _
    interval
  • tandem
    a bicycle for two people
  • get sth from horse's mouth
    get the information straight from the source
  • oblivious
    not conscious of something what is happening around you
  • day-care
    a place where parents can leave their children when they work
  • WORK AROUND THE CLOCK
    work all day and all night
  • ability to uderstand the notes written on sheets
    read music
  • to start panicing (idiom)
    hit the panic button
  • recover from an illness quickly f_ _ _ _ o_ _
    fight off
  • to jump L_ _ _
    LEAP
  • push the panic button
    respond to a situation by becoming very frightened or worried
  • TO RECEIVE A LOT OF CRITICISM
    to be under fire
  • prediction p _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    prophecy
  • ignore something that you know is wrong t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    turn a blind eye
  • making new discoveries
    groundbreaking
  • to impress sb b_ _ _ _ _ _ _
    blow away
  • t ostart working or studying hard k_ _ _ _ _ _ d _ _ _
  • to be in the worst possible situation
    hit rock bottom
  • start eating enthusiastically t_ _ _ _ _
    tuck in
  • get back at
    take revenge
  • wouldn't say boo to a goose -
    you say it about someone who is extremely shy and easily frightened
  • obesity
    a state of being extremely fat
  • extremely tiring and difficult g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    gruelling
  • oblivious
    not conscious of something what is happening around you
  • burn the candle at both ends
    live a hectic life
  • a group of snakes is called.....
    a bed of snakes
  • official currency
    legal tender
  • the money used in a particular country
    currency
  • a painting made on a wall or a ceiling
    fresco
  • make a song and dance about sth
    make a big deal out of something that isn't very important
  • splitting headache
    - extremely strong headache
  • the act of negotiating the prices h_ _ _ _ _ _ _
    haggling
  • to buy sth for a song
    to buy sth very cheap
  • gusty/blustery/breezy= w_ _ _ _
    windy
  • substance that gives meal a taste c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
    condiment
  • explain a mystery u_ _ _ _ _ _
    unravel
  • organism without a proper amount of water (adjective)
    dehydrated
  • to lose all of the water
    dry up
  • waste time trying to develop sth that has already been done before
    reinvent the wheel
  • have deep pockets
    have a lot of money
  • absorb
    to take sth in
  • erase
    remove
  • to heat food ( PV)
    warm up
  • recover from an illness quickly f_ _ _ _ _ _ _
    fight off
  • excessively sentimental
    sugary sweet
  • pieces of fabric used to clean hands after a meal
    napkins
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