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Vocabulary Unit 1 - Focus 4 - Pre First

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  • A person who likes playing sport and plays regularly
    SPORTY
  • To follow a course of activity.
    PURSUE
  • With your attention fixed on only one thing
    SINGLE-MINDED
  • Continuing to do something in a determined way.
    PERSISTENT
  • Someone who works very hard and very carefully.
    DILIGENT
  • At one point, the telegraph was the pinnacle of communications technology, but now it is _______________ (adj) .
    OUTDATED
  • To do something that should have been done before
    CATCH UP (ON)
  • The nervous suspect began to__________________ (v) his hands and feet, his constant movements tipping off detectives to his lies.
    FIDGET
  • To delay doing something, especially because you do not want to do it.
    PUT OFF
  • _____________ (ADJ.)people are likely to hang out with friends every weekend while reserved people keep to themselves.
    GREGARIOUS
  • Intelligent and ______________ (ADJ.), the gifted mathematician was much better at solving equations than he was relating to people
    BRAINY
  • To feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen.
    LOOK FORWARD TO
  • An _______________ (ADJ) garage was added to the home right outside of the living room.
    ADJOINING
  • Intelligent and quick to notice something or react to something
    SHARP
  • To make less progress or be less successful than other people who are doing a similar job or activity
    FALL BEHIND
  • To spend time experiencing, listening to, or feeling something enjoyable.
    SOAK UP
  • An important change in the way that something such as a department or a company is organized
    SHAKE-UP
  • if something _____________ (V) your mind​/​memory, you forget to do it.
    SLIPS
  • To spend time experiencing, listening to, or feeling something enjoyable.
    SOAK UP
  • To give something to a person in authority.
    HAND IN
  • Able to be hardworking and face tasks without anyone’s influence.
    SELF-MOTIVATED