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PAGE 71 welfare /ˈwelfeə(r)/ noun
welfare is support provided by a government or
bubble chart /ˈbʌb(ə)l ʧɑː(r)t/ noun organization to help people financially, socially or
a bubble chart is a kind of diagram that helps us medically
compare groups as each one is shown is in a different After Abdul lost his job, the family had to rely on
size bubble (circle) to represent the the size of the group welfare payments.
Read the information and then make a bubble chart
to show how many people of each age group live in
the city.
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feel at home /fiːl ət ˈhəʊm/ phrase
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relaxed and comfortable in a place or situation
metropolis /məˈtrɒpəlɪs/ noun I lived in Shanghai for four years, but I never really
metropolis is a synonym for large city felt at home – I prefer small towns.
a vast metropolis
saying /ˈseɪɪŋ/ noun
Tokyo is probably the largest metropolis in the world.
a saying means a phrase; usually a well-known
gathering /ˈɡæðərɪŋ/ noun expression which gives advice about life, such as
a gathering means a party or a meeting ‘Actions speak louder than words’
a family gathering, a social gathering My brother’s favourite saying is ‘Don’t worry, be
We are going to have a big gathering in the garden happy.’
for my parents’ wedding anniversary. chilli /ˈtʃɪli/ noun
a chilli is a type of pepper, usually small and hot,
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This recipe says fifteen green chillies! Do you think
temporary /ˈtemp(ə)rəri/ adjective it’s a mistake?
something that is temporary only lasts for a short
time; opposite to permanent put into practice /pʊt ˈɪntə ˈpræktɪs/ phrase
if you say that you put something into practice, you
a temporary arrangement
mean that you use or apply your knowledge of it
I’m staying at my aunt’s house, but it’s only
put something into practice
temporary until I find a place of my own.
It’s only after you pass your test that you can really
needs are met /ˈniːdz ɑː(r) ˈmet/ phrase put your driving skills into practice
if you say your needs are met, this is the passive
form of the phrase meet your needs, you mean that live by myself /ˈlɪv baɪ maɪˈself/ phrase
you are provided with the things you need, such as if you say that you live by yourself, you mean that
food, water and shelter you live alone
During the disaster, the government wasn’t able to I like living by myself because I can do whatever I like.
meet our needs.
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if you treat someone, you give them medical care suburb /ˈsʌbɜː(r)b/ noun
treat someone for an illness or condition a suburb is an area around the edge of a town or
After the accident Sally was treated for a broken arm city where people live
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chain store /ˈtʃeɪn stɔː(r)/ noun historic monument /hɪsˈtɒrɪk ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ noun
a chain store is one of a number of stores owned by a historic monument is an ancient building rather
the same company than a commemorative structure like on page 76
Leah prefers small independent shops to chain stores. Petra is famous for its historic monuments.
harbour /ˈhɑː(r)bə(r)/ noun nap /næp/ noun
a harbour is a sheltered area on a sea coast where a nap is a short sleep during the daytime
boats stay when they are not at sea take a nap, have a nap
There was a lighthouse at the harbour entrance. In some countries nearly everyone takes an afternoon
hostel /ˈhɒst(ə)l/ noun nap, especially if it’s very hot.
a hostel is a cheap basic hotel often used by roof terrace /ruːf ˈterəs/ noun
students a roof terrace is an outdoor area or garden on top
youth hostel of a building, in warm countries these areas are
sometimes used as bars
monument /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ noun
a monument is a structure, such as a statue or There was a lovely roof terrace on the top of the
building, which was built to remember a famous hotel.
person or important event it’s a pity /ɪts ə ˈpɪti/ phrase
a monument to someone or something if you say that it’s a pity, you mean that you are
There’s a lot of disagreement nowadays about which disappointed about something
historical figures should have monuments. it is/was (such) a pity that...
shopping mall /ˈʃɒpɪŋ mɔːl/ noun It’s such a pity the exhibition will finish before you
a shopping mall is a very large building that arrive in London.
contains a lot of shops, restaurants, cinemas etc.
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shopping mall every day.
make sense /meɪk ˈsens/ phrase
stall /stɔːl/ noun if you say that something makes sense, you mean
a stall is a small shop – often just a table – in a that it is easy to understand and logical
market
I’m sorry, I’ve read your essay three times, but it just
market stall, stall holder doesn’t make sense.
Our charity group runs a stall in the market on
Saturdays.
backpacker /ˈbækˌpækə(r)/ noun
a backpacker is someone travelling around from
place to place carrying their luggage in a backpack
to go backpacking
Marty spent a year as a backpacker between school
and university.
it comes alive /ɪt kʌmz əˈlaɪv/ phrase
if you say that a place comes alive at a certain time,
you mean that it becomes more lively and interesting
at that time.
Serena lives in a seaside town which is a bit boring
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7 Balance
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advice column /ədˈvaɪs kɒləm/ noun to-do list /təˈduː lɪst/ noun
an advice column is part of a newspaper or a to-do list is a list of things you need to do
magazine where readers are given advice about their I write a to-do list everyday to keep myself organized,
problems but I often lose it!
Do you think the letters on the advice page are really
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achieve balance in your life
/əˈʧiːv ˈbæləns ɪn jə(r) laɪf/ phrase hang out /hæŋ aʊt/ phrasal verb
if you say that you want to achieve balance in if you hang out somewhere it means you go there to
your life, you mean that you want to give equal do nothing in particular, just pass the time, relax and
importance to all the different aspects of your life maybe socialize
work-life balance, in balance Leon and his friends usually hang out in the woods
after school.
John says says he’s achieved a much better balance
in his life since he decided not to do any work at the concern /kənˈsɜː(r)n/ noun
weekends. a big concern is something that is a serious worry or
problem
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to be/feel concerned
concentrate /ˈkɒns(ə)nˌtreɪt/ verb Young people’s mental health is a big concern in
if you concentrate on something, you focus all your many western countries.
attention on it
gear /ɡɪə(r)/ noun
concentrate on (doing) something
gear is someones possessions
Lina couldn’t concentrate on her work because of the
Have you got Matty’s phone number? He left all his
noise in the street.
gear in our flat after the party.
microbreak /ˈmaɪkrəʊbreɪk/ noun
trail /treɪl/ noun
a microbreak means a really short rest of just a few
a trail is a walking path
minutes
We could take the tourist trail up the mountain, but
I like the idea of microbreaks, but it’s difficult to get
it’s crowded and not very challenging.
back to work after only five minutes, so I think it’s
better not to stop at all. steep /stiːp/ adjective
something that is steep is a slope, hill or mountain
productive /prəˈdʌktɪv/ adjective
that rises very fast, so it’s difficult to climb
someone who is productive is achieving a lot, doing
useful work opposite: gradual slope
Interestingly, countries with longer working weeks The hill was so steep Sam wasn’t sure his old car
are not more productive than places where people would be able to get up it.
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PAGE 87 strengthen /ˈstreŋθ(ə)n/ verb

if you strengthen something you make it stronger
scuba diving /ˈskuːbə daɪvɪŋ/ noun Mikala’s Arabic is getting much better, but she needs
scuba diving is swimming underwater with special to strengthen her writing skills.
breathing equipment so you can stay underwater for
a long time range /reɪndʒ/ noun
go scuba diving a range means a number of different things of the
same category, e.g. a range of books on politics
We saw some incredible brightly coloured fish when
we went scuba diving in Thailand. a range of things, a wide range, a narrow range
Have you ever been to Rudi’s Record Shop? They
have a brilliant range of vinyl music there!
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outweigh /aʊtˈweɪ/ verb
good manners /gʊd ˈmænə(r)z/ noun if one thing outweighs another it is more important
good manners is polite behaviour, such as saying far outweigh, slightly outweigh
please and thank you, and not speaking when you The benefits of this new drug far outweigh the small
have food in your mouth risk of side-effects.
have good/bad manners
essential /ɪˈsenʃ(ə)l/ adjective
May and Ed’s children have terrible manners; they
something that is essential is absolutely necessary
never say please and they leave the dinner table
without permission. the bare essentials, essential to do something,
essential that
budget /ˈbʌʤɪt/ noun
If you plan to travel with us, it’s essential that you get
a budget is a financial plan for what you will do with your passport renewed.
your money
have/make/keep a budget
Suzannah deals with her money much better now
she has a budget
mortgage /ˈmɔː(r)gɪʤ/ noun
a mortgage is a very large debt for money borrowed
to buy a home
It’s a lovely house, but it will take 25 years for Huan
to pay off the mortgage.
saving /ˈseɪvɪŋ/ noun
savings is money you are not spending because you
want to keep it for future use
save up, life savings
I hope we’ll have enough in our savings to take a
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access /ˈækses/ verb
if you access something, you get into it, contact it or
take part in it, especially if it’s online
get/gain access to
I don’t know what’s gone wrong, I can’t access my
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ellipsis /ɪˈlɪpsɪs/ noun second-hand /ˌsekənd ˈhænd/ adjective
ellipsis is the practice of leaving out words in a something that is second-hand, was owned by
sentence rather than than repeating them when the another person before you bought it
meaning will be clear pre-owned (synonym)
Using ellipsis in your writing will make it flow better; Charlie only buys second hand clothes because
for example, ‘Are you going to Nairobi tomorrow?’ people who make fast fashion are very badly treated.
‘Yes, I am.’ – the speaker doesn’t need to say ‘going
environmental cost /ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmɛnt(ə)l kɒst/ noun
to Nairobi tomorrow’.
an environmental cost has a negative impact on
the environment
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cloth /klɒθ/ noun waste.
a cloth is a piece of material of the kind clothes are three quarters /θriː ˈkwɔː(r)tə(r)z/ noun
made of, e.g. cotton three quarters (¾) is 75% of something
Have you seen my face cloth? It’s not in the three quarters of something
bathroom. Three quarters of our pupils come to school without
fizzy drink /ˈfɪzi drɪŋk/ noun having any breakfast.
a fizzy drink is a carbonated drink with bubbles in it, vintage /ˈvɪntɪdʒ/ adjective
such as soda or cola something that is vintage, such as clothes, is from
Fizzy drinks are very popular, especially with young the past, but it suggests they are stylish as well as old
children, but they are incredibly unhealthy. Where did you get that fantastic vintage coat? It was
my grandma’s when she was young. Isn’t it cool?
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if you convince somebody, you persuade them
landfill /ˈlæn(d)ˌfɪl/ noun
something is true or a good idea
a landfill is a place where rubbish is buried in the
ground convince someone of something, convince someone
(that) something is true, convince someone to do
There’s a landfill just outside our village – on hot days
something, convince someone they should do
it smells awful.
something
fieldwork /ˈfiːldˌwɜː(r)k/ noun Paul tried to convince his father he should drive less
fieldwork is research work that is carried out in the but he wouldn’t listen.
real world rather than a library, office or lab
Archaeology students at this university do three PAGE 100
periods of fieldwork during the course.
can’t live without /ˈkɑːnt lɪv wɪðˈaʊt/ phrase
if you say that you can’t live without something,
you mean it’s essential in your life, but usually this is
just a way of saying you like something very much
can/can’t/could/couldn’t etc live without something
Obviously I could live without it, but I wouldn’t like to
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bitter /ˈbɪtə(r)/ adjective keen on /kiːn ɒn/ phrase

something that is bitter is a strong, sharp taste, if you say that you are keen on something, you
which can be unpleasant if it’s too strong, e.g. coffee mean that you like it and feel enthusiastic about it
or very dark chocolate have a bitter taste be keen on something or someone, mad keen
In Britain there’s a type of beer called “bitter” Gina tried split snowboarding last winter, but she
because that is how it tastes. wasn’t very keen on it.
cheesy /ˈʧiːzi/ adjective
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tastes of cheese
I don’t like cheesy crisps, the flavour tastes very genuine /ˈdʒenjuɪn/ adjective
artificial. someone who is genuine is honest and sincere
Trudy always seems very friendly and enthusiastic,
creamy /ˈkriːmi/ adjective
but I am never sure if she is genuine.
something that is creamy has a lot of cream, or has
the texture of cream
Sam made a delicious creamy cake for my birthday. PAGE 104
buttery /ˈbʌtəri/ adjective body language /ˈbɒdi læŋɡwɪdʒ/ noun
something that is buttery has a lot of butter, or body language is how we communicate with our
tastes of butter bodies, e.g. the way we sit, our facial expressions,
We love having buttery croissants for breakfast when rather than language
we visit France. I’m sure Aki and Mus have had an argument. Did you
yummy /ˈjʌmi/ adjective notice their body language?
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yum yum! yukky (opposite)
acceptable /əkˈseptəb(ə)l/ adjective
We bought our teacher some yummy looking
a certain behaviour that is acceptable is something
chocolates as a goodbye present.
that can be allowed and is polite in a particular
Laotian /ˈlaʊʃ(ə)n/ adjective culture
Someone who is Laotian is from or related to Laos acceptable (for someone) to do something, OK or not
My friend Kai is Laotian. He’s studying medicine at OK
university. Is it acceptable for people to hold hands in public in
your country?
PAGE 102 charming /ˈtʃɑː(r)mɪŋ/ adjective
someone that is charming is likeable and attractive
atmosphere /ˈætməsfɪə(r)/ noun
He is a very charming man, but I’m not sure I trust
the atmosphere of a place or social gathering is the
him.
general feeling and relationships between people
The restaurant is designed to have a romantic key to something /kiː tuː ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ phrase
atmosphere with low lights and soft music. something that is the key to something is the best
way of achieving success in that situation
virtual call /ˈvɜː(r)tjʊəl kɔːl/ noun
Cat says the key to learning a foreign language is
a virtual call is an online meeting
chatting with native speakers.
Many workers got used to virtual calls during the
pandemic, so now a lot of companies are sticking to session /ˈseʃ(ə)n/ noun
them for meetings. a session is period of time spent doing a particular
thing
The one day conference was divided into four
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unlimited paid holiday cut short /kʌt ʃɔː(r)t/ phrase
/ʌnˈlɪmɪtɪd peɪd ˈhɒlədeɪ/ phrase if you say that you cut short something, you mean
if a company offers unlimited paid holiday, it that you make it shorter (in time) than you originally
means workers can take as many days off work as intended
they wish and be paid for those days Some universities cut their courses short because of
Eduardo could hardly believe it when he learnt that the global pandemic.
his new company offered employees unlimited paid key phrase /kiː ˈfreɪz/ noun
holiday.
a key phrase in a language is a basic phrase for
bar chart /ˈbɑː(r) tʃɑː(r)t/ noun simple communication
a bar chart is a graph that uses bars (rectangular Before Helen went to work in Thessaloniki, she learnt
blocks) to represent different amounts some key phrases in Greek.
The children made a bar chart to show how many
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shoes.
destination /ˌdestɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun
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Can you tell me what the destination of this train is,
intention /ɪnˈtenʃən/ noun please? Yes, it’s going to Mumbai.
an intention is what someone intends or plans to do
leave it too late /liːv ɪt tuː leɪt/ phrase
have an/every/no intention of doing something, the
if you say that you leave it too late, you mean that
intention is/was to do something
you delay acting on something until you have missed
I’m sure Ashley had every intention of paying back your chance
the money he owed me, but he never did.
Eventually, Sol gave Mairi a few driving lessons, but
at the top of your game he had left it to too late and she failed her test.
/ət ðə tɒp əv jɔː(r) geɪm/ phrase
facility /fəˈsɪləti/ noun
if you say that you are at the top your game, you
a facility is a service, a building or some equipment
mean that you are performing as well as you possibly
which is provided for people to use
could
There are very few facilities, like public toilets or car
That young tennis player performed brilliantly, but
parks, in my village.
she’s not at the top of her game yet.
air mattress /ˈeə(r) mætrəs/ noun
on top of /ɒn ˈtɒp əv/ phrase
an air mattress is a large rubber bag that you can fill
if you say that something happened on top of
with air to sleep on
something else, you mean another event happened
in addition to the first event Sylvia used to sleep on the ground when she went
camping, but now she’s older, she sleeps on an air
Now there are floods on top of all our other
mattress.
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phone charger /fəʊn ˈʧɑː(r)ʤə(r)/ noun make small talk /meɪk ˈsmɔːl tɔːk/ phrase
a phone charger is a device you use to charge the if you make small talk, you are having a polite
batteries of your phone conversations about unimportant matters
I went away for the weekend and forgot to take my I hate those formal parties where you have to make
phone charger, so I couldn’t use my phone. small talk with people you don’t even know.
visa /ˈviːzə/ noun tourist attraction /ˈtʊərɪst əˈtrækʃ(ə)n/ noun
a visa is an official permission to go into another a tourist attraction is an interesting place that
country tourists like to visit
Dan was hoping to go travelling with his friends, but My town’s tourist attractions are so popular they are
he couldn’t get the required visa in time. usually overcrowded.
travel insurance /ˈtræv(ə)l ɪnˈʃʊərəns/ noun
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where you pay them some money to help you during
issue /ˈɪʃuː/ noun
a trip if you have a problem with unexpected costs
an issue is a problem with something
Katya broke her leg when she was on holiday. Luckily
she had travel insurance which covered her medical Molly’s holiday was a a bit of a disaster. She missed
costs. her plane and that led to a lot of other issues.

unpack /ʌnˈpæk/ verb double room /ˈdʌb(ə)l ruːm/ noun

if you unpack your bags, you take things out of them a double room in a hotel is a room with a double bed.
Lili always unpacks her clothes as soon as she arrives If I can afford it, I always book a double room even
at a hotel. when I’m travelling alone.
transfer /trænsˈfɜː(r)/ verb
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place to another
interpretation /ɪnˌtɜː(r)prɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ noun transfer something to somewhere
an interpretation is a way of understanding Callum asked Leah to transfer the money she owed
something him into his bank account.
put an interpretation on something, be open to dissatisfied /ˌdɪsˈsætɪsfaɪd/ adjective
interpretation
someone who is dissatisfied with something is
Nur’s parents put different interpretations on her disappointed and unhappy with it
behaviour; her mother thought she was angry, but
be/feel (dis)satisfied with something
her father thought she was unhappy.
We must improve our customer service; in our survey
only child /əʊnli ʧaɪld/ noun 30% of our clients said they were dissatisfied.
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Both my parents were only children. My mum was
happy with this, but my dad said he always wanted a specify /ˈspesɪfaɪ/ verb
brother or sister. if you specify something, you state it clearly and
weird /wɪə(r)d/ adjective precisely
something that is weird is strange or unusual Please specify what size and colour you want in your
order.
I had this really weird dream that I was on a flying
train. sightseeing /ˈsaɪtsiːɪŋ/ noun
aggressive /əˈɡresɪv/ adjective sightseeing is the activity of going to see interesting
and famous places as a tourist on holiday
someone who is aggressive behaves in a
threatening way go sightseeing, sightseeing tour
The footballer was very aggressive when his team We recently went on a sightseeing tour on a city
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