Wordlist Expert Proficiency - Pearson

1 Wordlist Expert Proficiency Wordlist Expert Proficiency Word Part of speech Pron Definition Example Unit to remember to think about something take (sth) into te k (*) nt important when you are making a We will take your recent illness into consideration noun phrase k n s d re n decision or judgement consideration when marking your exams. 1B - It's live! to remember and talk about things that Stop harking back to the past and start hark back phrasal verb h k b k happened in the past looking to the future. 1B - It's live! to go somewhere with someone, especially when they have not asked you Susan's little sister tagged along with us tag along phrasal verb t l to go with them everywhere we went.

2 1B - It's live! get your teeth into et j ti nt to start to do something with a lot of I can't wait to get my teeth into the new (sth) phrase (*) energy and determination course. 1B - It's live! the quality of being determined and firm He showed great ruthlessess in dealing 1A - Have you got ruthlessness noun ru l sn s when making unpleasant decisions with his enemies. what it takes? to enjoy or be successful in a particular situation, especially one that other Unlike most of us, she seems to thrive on thrive on (sth) phrasal verb ra v n (*) people find difficult or unpleasant pressure. 1B - It's live! I was disappointed by the mediocrity of 1A - Have you got mediocrity noun mi di kr ti the state of not being very good the food at the hotel.

3 What it takes? k m li if a business, project etc is commercially Rising costs mean the project is no longer 1A - Have you got commercially viable noun phrase va b l viable, it will make a profit commercially viable. what it takes? if a plan, project etc is brought to fruition, br (*) t it is successfully put into action and Many people have worked together to 1A - Have you got bring (sth) to fruition phrase fru n completed, often after a long process bring this scheme to fruition. what it takes? 2016 Pearson Schweiz AG. Wordlist Expert Proficiency Word Part of speech Pron Definition Example Unit 1A - Have you got tatty adjective t ti in bad condition a few tatty old chairs what it takes?

4 Someone who is jaded is no longer interested in or excited by something, usually because they have experienced The concert should satisfy even the most 1A - Have you got jaded adjective d e d d too much of it jaded critic. what it takes? 1A - Have you got notorious adjective n t ri s famous or well known for something bad notorious cases of human rights abuses what it takes? to do something with a lot of energy and Cindy's not a great player, but she really 1A - Have you got hustle verb h s l determination hustles. what it takes? the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation People showed remarkable resilience 1A - Have you got resilience noun r z li ns or event during the war.

5 What it takes? something that is necessary before A reasonable Proficiency in English is a 1A - Have you got prerequisite noun pri rekw z t something else can happen or be done prerequisite for the course. what it takes? relating to clothes, especially the style of clothes that a man wears used 1A - Have you got sartorial adjective s t ri l especially humorously a man of great sartorial elegance what it takes? 1A - Have you got lousy adjective la zi of very bad quality What lousy weather! what it takes? a period during which the level of something does not change, especially 1A - Have you got plateau noun pl t after a period when it was increasing Inflation rates have reached a plateau.

6 What it takes? an innate quality or ability is something Children have an innate ability to learn 1A - Have you got innate adjective ne t you are born with language. what it takes? a situation in which it is very difficult to decide what to do, because all the choices seem equally good or equally 1A - Have you got dilemma noun d lem bad a moral dilemma what it takes? 2016 Pearson Schweiz AG. Wordlist Expert Proficiency Word Part of speech Pron Definition Example Unit 1A - Have you got acclaimed adjective kle md publicly praised by a lot of people His work was critically acclaimed. what it takes? behaviour that hides someone's real A thin veneer of politeness hid Lady 1A - Have you got veneer noun v n character or feelings Bride's growing anger.

7 What it takes? a film or programme that shows pictures, clay models etc that seem to be really 1A - Have you got animated adjective n me t d moving an animated Disney film what it takes? to do something or behave in the same way as someone else, especially because He hoped to emulate the success of 1A - Have you got emulate verb emj le t you admire them Wilder. what it takes? a job or activity that is lucrative lets you He inherited a lucrative business from his 1A - Have you got lucrative adjective lu kr t v earn a lot of money father. what it takes? The new exams will only add to the having a lot of problems and not enough workload of already hard-pressed hard-pressed adjective h dprest money or time teachers.

8 1B - It's live! He can do a passable imitation of the passable adjective p s b l fairly good, but not excellent maths teacher. 1B - It's live! to reduce or prevent the bad effect of something, by doing something that has They gave him drugs to counteract his counteract verb ka nt r kt the opposite effect withdrawal symptoms. 1B - It's live! certain to happen and impossible to A further escalation of the crisis now inevitable adjective nev t b l avoid seems inevitable. 1B - It's live! spending a lot of time sitting down, and health problems caused by our sedentary adjective sed nt ri not moving or exercising very much sedentary lifestyles 1B - It's live! hilarious adjective h le ri s extremely funny a hilarious story 1B - It's live!

9 Special skills or knowledge in a particular subject, that you learn by experience or What he's bringing to the company is expertise noun eksp ti z training financial expertise. 1B - It's live! 2016 Pearson Schweiz AG. Wordlist Expert Proficiency Word Part of speech Pron Definition Example Unit a few occasions, days etc that happen at various times but not often and not odd adjective d regularly I take the odd day off work. 1B - It's live! mutual feelings such as respect, trust, or hatred are feelings that two or more Mutual respect is necessary for any mutual adjective mju t u l people have for each other partnership to work. 1B - It's live! a complete range of opinions, people, situations etc, going from one extreme to The two articles here represent opposite spectrum noun spektr m its opposite ends of the spectrum.

10 1B - It's live! the special quality or part that gives Basho's poems capture the true soul of soul noun s l something its true character old Japan. 1B - It's live! the use of movements to express what you want to say without using words, or a play where the actors use only The children learn through role-play, mime noun ma m movements dance and mime. 1B - It's live! to make someone use all of their skill, The work's too easy. The students aren't stretch verb stret abilities, or intelligence being stretched enough. 1B - It's live! wail verb we l to make a long high sound The wind wailed in the chimney. 1B - It's live! a serious play or book that ends sadly, especially with the death of the main Hamlet' is one of Shakespeare's best tragedy noun tr d di character known tragedies.