Test Your English Vocabulary in Use. Advanced. McCarthy Michael, O'Dell Felicity.

Cambridge, 2005. — 166 pages.

You can use this book alone, and watch your rapid progress. Each test will build your confidence and help you remember even 'problem' words.

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Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction
Word formation
Test 1 Abbreviations and acronyms
Test 2 Prefixes: creating new meanings
Test 3 Suffixes: productive suffixes and word classes
Test 4 Word-building and word-blending
Test 5 Global contact and language enrichment
Test 6 Similar but different: words easily confused
Work and study
Test 7 At work: colleagues and routines
Test 8 At work: career and promotion
Test 9 Business 1
Test 10 Business 2
Test 11 Cramming for success: study and academic work
Test 12 Education: debates and issues
People and relationships
Test 13 Talking about yourself
Test 14 Relationships: positive aspects
Test 15 Relationships: problems
Test 16 Passions: reactions and emotions
Test 17 Feelings: antipathies and aversions
Test 18 Observing others: appearance and mannerisms
Test 19 Observing others: character traits
Test 20 Birth and death: from cradle to grave
Leisure and lifestyle
Test 21 Free time: relaxation and leisure
Test 22 All the rage: clothes and fashion
Test 23 Homestyles, lifestyles
Test 24 Socialising and networking
Test 25 The performance arts: reviews and critiques
Test 26 The plastic arts
Test 27 Talking about books
Test 28 We are what we eat
Test 29 Dinner's on me: entertaining and eating out
Travel
Test 30 On the road: traffic and driving
Test 31 Travel and accommodation
Test 32 Tourism
The environment
Test 33 Describing the world
Test 34 Weather and climate
Test 35 Buildings in metaphors
Test 36 Trees, plants and metaphors
Test 37 Animals and birds
Test 38 Environment and conservation
Society and institutions
Test 39 Here to help: service encounters
Test 40 Authorities: customs and police
Test 41 World views: ways of thinking
Test 42 Festivals in their cultural context
Test 43 Talking about languages
Test 44 History
Test 45 Poverty: the haves and the have nots
Test 46 British politics
Test 47 The language of law
Test 48 War and peace
Test 49 Economy and finance
Test 50 Personal finance: balancing your books
The media
Test 51 The media: print
Test 52 The media: Internet and e-mail
Test 53 Advertising
Test 54 The news: gathering and delivering
Health
Test 55 Health and illness 1
Test 56 Health and illness 2
Test 57 Health and illness 3
Test 58 Diet, sport and fitness
Technology
Test 59 Aspects of industrialisation
Test 60 Technology and its impact
Test 61 Future visions
Basic concepts
Test 62 Space: expanse and confinement
Test 63 Time: sequence and duration
Test 64 Motion: nuances of pace and movement
Test 65 Manner: behaviour and body language
Test 66 Sound: from noise to silence
Test 67 Weight and density
Test 68 Colour: range and intensity
Test 69 Speed
Test 70 Cause and effect
Test 71 Comparison and contrast
Test 72 Difficulties, dilemmas and hitches
Test 73 Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires
Test 74 Number: statistics and assessing quantity
Functional vocabulary
Test 75 Permission and prohibition
Test 76 Complaining and protesting
Test 77 Apologising, forgiving and reconciliation
Test 78 Complimenting and praising
Test 79 Promises and bets
Test 80 Reminiscences and regrets
Test 81 Agreement, disagreement and compromise
Test 82 Academic writing 1
Test 83 Academic writing 2
Test 84 Writing: style and format
Test 85 Lexical strategies for speaking
Test 86 Speech: style and articulation
Test 87 Vague language expressions
Idioms and phrasal verbs
Test 88 Types of idiom
Test 89 Idioms for situations
Test 90 Idioms that comment on people 1
Test 91 Idioms that comment on people 2
Test 92 Idioms that comment on stories and reports
Test 93 Phrasal verbs 1
Test 94 Phrasal verbs 2
Test 95 Phrasal verbs 3
Aspects of variation
Test 96 Divided by a common language: American and British English
Test 97 Other Englishes: diversity and variety
Test 98 Language and gender
Test 99 Language of age and social class
Test 100 Newspaper headline language
Answer key

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