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  • To improve your skills in something is to _____ _____ _____ something.
    Brush up on
  • To have a conversation is to _____ _____ _____
    hold a conversation
  • To learn something by listening is to _____ _____ something
    pick up
  • Something that makes you stop giving your attention to something else (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    distraction (noun), distracted / distracting (adjective), distract (verb)
  • able to do things effectively and achieve results (adj and noun forms)
    capable (adj), capability (noun)
  • a person's opinions or way of thinking (adj and noun forms)
    mentality (noun), mental (adjective)
  • To get or achieve something you worked for
    attain
  • needed, important, required (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    necessary (adj), necessity (noun), necessitate (verb)
  • to try to control or become involved in a situation (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    interfere (verb), interference (noun), interfering (adj)
  • To be good at hearing, repeating, or understanding a particular type of sound is to have an _____ _____ _____
    ear for something
  • something that you have acquired (noun form)
    acquisition
  • To continue working hard at something difficult is to _____ _____ _____
    keep at something
  • The activity of talking and doing things with other people, or the way that two or more things combine and have an effect on each other (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    interaction (noun), interact (verb), interactive (adjective)
  • Not as good as it was because you have not practiced it
    rusty
  • able to read and write (adj and noun forms)
    literate (adj), literacy (noun)
  • to control something so that it is less than a particular amount or number (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    limit (verb), limitation (noun), limited (adjective)
  • a willingness to give a lot of time and energy to something because you believe it is very important (adj, noun, and verb forms)
    dedication (noun), dedicated (adjective), dedicate (verb)
  • To experience something often enough for it to seem normal to you is to _____ _____ _____ something
    get accustomed to
  • To find something very hard or difficult is to _____ _____ _____
    struggle with something
  • To use something that you have learned is to _____ _____ _____ _____
    put it into practice
  • To be or become completely involved in something, so that you do not notice anything else is to _____ _____ _____ _____
    immerse oneself in something
  • able to do things well (adj and noun forms)
    competent (adj), competence (noun)
  • To learn a language without trying, like babies do is to ....... a language.
    Acquire
  • To make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation is to _____ _____ _____ _____ something
    get to grips with
  • having a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation (adj and noun forms)
    insightful (adj), insight (noun)
  • not wanting to do something (adj and noun forms)
    reluctant (adj), reluctance (noun)