Destination C1&C Unit 1
Grammar & Vocabulary
Grammar & Vocabulary
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belief
express belief(s), belief in/that, contrary o popular belief, beyond belief, in the belief that, popular/widely/held/widespread/firm/strong/growing belief
brain
pick sb's brain(s), rack your brain(s), the brains behind, brainless, brainchild (of), brainstorm, brainwash, brainwave
conclusion
bring sth to a conclusion, come to / arrive at / reach a conclusion, jump/leap to conclusion in conclusion, conclusion of, logical conclusion, foregone conclusion
if succes goes to your head, it makes you think that you are better ro more important than you really are
go to your head
be able to think quickly and make senisble decisions
have your wits about you
not knowing very much about something, because other people are keeping it secret from you
in the dark (about)
know the important facts about a situation
know what's what
not have any way of proving that you are right about something
not have a leg to stand on
used for saying that someone cannot understand what is important in a situation because they are thinking too much about small details
not see the wood for the trees
guess wat is happening or what something means based on what you have seen or heard
put two and two together
taking a very short/long time to understand or realiste something
quick/slow on the uptake
something that rings a bell sounds familiar to you, although you cannot remember the exact details
ring a bell
crazy
round the bend
argue or worry about very small details or differences that are not important
split hairs
spend some time thinking about the situation you are in before you decide what to do next
take stock (of)
consideration
take into consideration, give consideration to, show consideration for, under considerations, for sb's consideration, out of consideration for
doubt
doubt that, have your doubts about, cast doubt on, raise doubts in doubt, doubt as to / about, beyond (any) doubt, (a) reasonable doubt, without a doubt, opten to doubt
dream
dream of/about/that, have a dream, a dream to, beyond your wildest dreams, a dream come true, in your dreams, like a dream
focus
focus on, the focus of/for, in focus, out of focus, focus group, main/primary/major focus
impression
have/give the (false) impression that, do an impression (of), create/make an impression (on sb), under the impression that, first impressions
mental
make a mental note (of/about), mental arithmetic, mental illness, mental age, mental health
mind
make up your mind, cross/slip your mind, have/bear in mind, have a one-track mind, take your mind off, bring to mind, in two minds about, on your mind, state of mind, narrow/broad/open/absent-minded
misapprehension
under the misapprehension that
perspective
put into perspective, from another / a different / sb's / etc perspective, from the perspective of, in perspective, out of perspective, a sense of perspective
principle
have prinicples, stand by / stick to you principles, principle of sth principle that, in principle, a matter / an issue of principle, against sb's principles, set of principles
question
beg the question, raise the question (of), a/no question of, in question, out of the question, without question, beyond question, some quiestion over / as / to / about, akward question
sense
sense that, see sense, make sense (of), have the sense to, come to you senses, a sense of, in a/one sense, common sense
side
side with sb, take sides, see both sides (of an argument), look on the bright side, on the plus/minus side, by sb's side, on sb's side, on either side (of)
straight
set/put sb straight about, set/put the record straight, get/come straight to the point, get sth straight, think/see straight, straight talking, straight answer
view
view sth as, take the view that, take a dim/poor view of, come into view, in view of, with a view to, view on/about/ that, in sb's view, viewpoint, point of view
assume
assumption, assuming, unassuming, assumed
believe
disbelieve (v), belief, disbelief (n), (un)believer, (un)believable, disbelieving, unbelievably
brilliant
brilliance, brilliantly
conceive (erdenken, einfallen lassen)
conceptualise, concept, conception, conceptual, (in)conceivable, (in)conceivably
confuse
confusion, confused, confusing(ly)
convince
conviction, (un)convinced, (un)convincing(ly)
decide
decision, decider, decisiveness, deciding, (in)decisive(ly)
define
definition, defined, definitiev(ly), (in)definite(ly)
doubt
doubter, doubtful(ly), undoubted(ly), doubtless
explain
explanation, explanatory, unexplained, (in)explicable, inexplicably
