Vocabulary file
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 405.
Unit 7 History
Work Book
Phrasal Verbs
Idioms
Fixed Phrases
Collocations
Excruciating/nagging pain
Full/miraculous recovery
Internal/massive bleeding
Contagious/mysterious disease
On-the-spot/outpatient treatment
Rigorous/ annual tests
Sports/nasty injury
Under the circumstances
Under suspicion
Under normal conditions
Under pressure
Under age
Be over the hill
Be given a clean bill of health
Be black and blue
Be fit as a fiddle
Have butterflies in one's stomach
Kick up one's heels
Scare the life out of someone
Be of sound mind and body
Have nerves of steel
Keep a stiff upper lip
Clear out/empty
Clear up/cure
Clear away/remove
Hold out/extend
Hold Back/suppress
Hold up/rob
Hold off/delay
Wetsuit
Harness
Goggles
Gloves
Thermal jacket
Flippers
Buggy
Stopwatch
Bat
Altimeter
helmet
| fight(n,v) to compose music to elect reign (n,v) campaign (n,v) to conquer rule (n,v) to claim to assassinate on account of political, historical, public figures to approve the declaration brutal fighting to grant independence to sign a peace treaty to come to mind accurate to give sb. credit for a reliable source of information messy lengthy affair presumably to contain a grain of truth large-scale commerce indigenous people objective information biased point of view subjective to take smth. with a pinch of salt deception The pen is mightier than the sword. navy armed forces air force ally military actions surrender to invade to defend attack retreat defeat a private to take over military coup unsettled childhood a great deal bright academically stunt odd jobs to promote cross-country to defy death defying feat to establish a record understandably to earn respect for wreckage the most likely explanation to find a cure to become immune to compulsory vaccination to eradicate to enrich to deafen to terrorise to enclose to sympathise to memorise to enrage to put blame on archaological remains tempted to say prehistoric period excavation to come to light at face value to baffle unlikely circumstances electricity failed to howl to drop dead to circulate (about stories) magical powers curse to put forward an explanation/ theory mould to remain mystery to hold a competition belongings to get behind with rent half asleep half awake | a colonel a general a major an admiral nuclear disarmament truce pacifist suffrage to die for the cause get out of control to make history to earn the right to vote strikers peaceful, anti-nuclear demonstration be under control be in/ out of control of lose control of take control of have control over classical studies/ music/ literature/ art classic example/ case historical events/ novels historic day/ moment be in power old/ modern times all the time of all time at times to move with the times pure, sheer, good, bad luck little, slight, fifty-fifty, good chance pure, sheer, unfortunate accident to trace back to, go back to be steeped in history to change the course of history throughout history war memorial to beat up to blow up to go off to carry out orders refugees to back out miniature massive superb hideous fabulous microscopic thrilled downhearted overjoyed moody desperate elated scared stiff to groan to mumble to peer as quick as a flash as fresh as a daisy as pleased as punch as right as rain to run like the wind as white as a sheet to cry like a baby to have a memory like a sieve to find an excuse restaurant speciality casserole to commit suicide divine subsequently to fight the cause of nonviolence in the hands of mankind religious tolerance to gain independence from local election to bother to vote riot to go to extremes voting age to cast one's vote bald to think highly of to put emphasis on put sb. on trial troops harsh winter spooky sound likely |
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