Vocabulary

General English course Brighton

General English course Brighton


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This set of flashcards helps learners of English at the secondary school level expand their vocabulary. The flashcard set covers a wide range of words, including descriptive terms like "daunting" and "bleak," expressions like "flurry of bewildering activity," and phrases like "set out." The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and anyone looking to improve their English fluency, this collection is particularly useful for intermediate learners aiming to enhance their word usage and comprehension.
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40
Students
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Language
English
Category
English
Created / Updated
11.06.2018 / 15.06.2025

Cartes-fiches

To scrape by

To succeed but just jus

Turmoil 

State of confusion, disorder 

Guarantee 

Pro ise smth will be done

 

Marginalize 

To treat someone or smth as if they are Not important 

Compulsory 

You must do it because of a rule or à law 

Assumption 

Smth that you accept as true without a question 

Currently

At the present time 

Paradigm

A model of smth, or a very clear and typical example of smth

Laterally

Towards the side

Deteriorates 

To become bad 

Disjunction 

À difference  or à lack of connection between two things 

To gorge 

Eat a lot

To wolf smth down

Eat like a wolf

To guzzle 

Drink a lot

Make a song and dance about it

Tell everybody about smth

To get a rise out of you

Keep provoking until someone responds

Minute details 

Small details 

Whimsical 

Doing smth but you don’t know about it not really think about it

Rote learning 

Know smth but not understand it

Aficionado 

Fan

Self-centred 

Think about yourself

Cocky 

„I am the best“

Egoistic 

Thinking about yourself

Pig-headed 

Stubborn

Obstinate 

Not to change his mind

To provide 

Look for a child

To Show someone the ropes 

Show someone how it works

To entwine 

To interacte

Left in awe 

Seeing smth so incredible

Gobsmacked

Shocked by what was said

Bland

Tasteless

Blabber mouth

Someone who always talks

Sparse

a few

Bleak

Harsh, bare

Rugged 

Lots of shapes

Regardless 

No matter what... „sowieso“

Exempt from

Apart from

Set out

When somth begins

Flurry of bewildering activity 

When smth confusing is going on (snow flurries

Daunting

Challenging scary

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