Collocations For IELTS

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COLLOCATIONS FOR IELTS

Or.No Word Collocation Meaning
Unit 1 PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIP
People and relationships:
1 Client A firm’s clients
Advise/represent a client
A prospective cilent
2 Parent A parents of someone
A foster/adoptive/birth/single/lone
parent
3 Sibling A younger/elder sibling
Sibling rivalry
Adjective to describe people:
1 Autonomous An autonomous individual
An autonomous
region/republic/province/unit
fiercely/relatively/largely autonomous
2 Consistent Consistent player/perfomer
Consister with something
Consistent with a finding/hypothesis

entirely/fairly/boardly/remarkably
consistent
3 Conventional Convetional
wisdom/thinking/treatment/methods
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4 Methods Conventional forces/weapons
5 Co-operative A co-operative
approach/effort/relationship
6 Efficient An efficient use of something
An efficient way of doing something
An efficient manner
Highly/extremely efficient fuel/energy

efficient
7 Flexible A flexible
approach/system/arrangement
Flexible working/working hours
A flexible rate/market
Idealistic An idealistic notion/vision/view
8 Tolerant Tolerant of something
A tolerant society/country/attitude
racially tolerant
9 Vulnerable Vulnerable to something
Vulnerable to attack/damage/fire
Vulnerable children/women/people
A vulnerable position
Especially/highly/increasingly
vulnerable
UNIT HEALTH
2
Health problems:

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1 Addiction Addiction to something
Drug/heroin/co/cocaine/nicotine/alcoh
ol addiction
A long-term/chronic/serious addiction
Cure/treat/overcome/fight against/feed
an addiction
An addiction problem/clinic/counsellor
2 Allergy An allergy to something
Develop/diagnose/treat/trigger/cause
an allergy
A severe/common/serious/life-
threatening alergy
A food/peanut/penicillin/skin allergy
Allergy sufferers/symptons
3 Dehydration Avoid/prevent/cause/suffer from

dehydration
Severe /mild/extreme dehydration
4 Disease A fatal/deadly/chronic disease
Heart/lung/kidney disease
Transmit/contract/develop a disease
Prevent/treat/cure/fight a disease
Diagnose/spread/cause a disease
5 Infection A viral/bacterial/urinary/respiratory
infection
A chest/ear/lung infection

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Contract/transmit/spread an infection
Prevent
/combat/fight/treat/cure/detect an
infection
Infection control/prevention
6 Obesity Tackle/prevent/fight/reduce/cause
obesity
The obesity epidemic/rate/problem
Childhood/child/adult obesity
Morbid/extreme/severe obesity
7 Stroke A suspected/minor/severe/fatal/mini
stroke
A stroke victim/patient/unit
Suffer/have/prevent a stroke
Verb associated with treatment:
1 Administer Administered by someone/something
Administer something to someone
Administer a
dose/injection/vaccine/drug
Administer
medication/antibiotics/morphine
orally/intravenously administered
2 Diagnose Someone is diagnosed with something
Someone/something is diagnosed as
something

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diagnosed with
cancer/diabetes/leukaemia
Diagnosed with
disorder/disease/tumour
Diagnosed as epileptic/diabetic
3 Examine A doctor/psychiatrist/specialist
examine someone
Examine a patient
Examine someone carefully
Examined by someone
4 Screen Screen for something
Screen for a
disease/abnormality/condition
Screen for TB/diabetes/cancer
Screen a patient/donor
Routinely/properly screen
5 Vaccinate Vaccinated againts something
Vaccinated against
smallpox/measles/flu/rabies
Fully vaccinated
Children/adult/animals arcinatede va
Have someone vaccinated
UNIT EDUCATION
3
Academic subjects:

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1 An archaeology
student/professor/lecturer/department
Archaeology
Maritime/biblical/industrial/classical
archaeology
2 Astronomy An astronomy
professor/enthusiant/misson
Planetary/optical/theoretical/modern
astronomy
3 Economics An economics
professor/degree/departmet
Keynesian/classical/experimental/free-
market economics
Development/market economics
4 Geology The geology of somewhere
The geology of the

area/region/island/earth
5 Linguistics Modern/historical/applied linguistics
6 Psychology Educational/evolutionary psychology
Clinical/cognitive psychology
7 Sociology The sociology of something
The sociology of religion/science
A sociology
professor/lecturer/department/student
Academic activities:
1 Analyse Analyse data/statistics/results/trends

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Analyse a sample
Analyse something
critically/carefully/scientifically
2 Claim Claim
falsely/rightly/wrongly/repeatedly
A true/false claim
3 Define Define something as/in terms of

something
Define a term/concept
A rule/law defines something
Clearly/narrowly/broadly defined
4 Evaluate Evaluate a situation/impact/risk
Evaluate the effectiveness of something
Evaluate the performance of someone
Carefully evaluate something
5 Investigate Investigate a
link/case/incident/complaint/allegation
Thoroughly/fully/properly investigate
Nouns associated with research:
1 Evidence Evidence of/for something
Find/gather/collect evidence
Present/produce evidence
Evidence suggests/shows
Clear/strong/conclusive evidence

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2 Hypothesis Test/support/confirm/propose a
hypothesis
3 Theory A theory of something
The theory of evolution/relativity

Develop/propose/formulate/test/prove/
apply a theory
A scientific/an evolutionary theory
Unit 4 ADVENTURE
Verbs associated with travel and adventure:
1 Accompany Accompanied by someone
Accompanied by a
bodyguard/adult/escort
Accompany a text/illustration/article
2 Delay Delay the onset/start of something
3 Encounter Encounter resistance/opposition
Encouter a difficulty/problem
4 Overcome Overcome a
problem/difficulty/injury/deficit/obsta
cle
5 Seek Seek something from someone
Be sought for something
Seek help/advice/refuge/treatment
Seek
approval/permisson/compensation
Actively/eagerly/urgently/desperately
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Nouns associated with travel and adventure:
1 Challenge Present/pose/accept/face/meet a
chanllenge
A serious/real/major/great chanllenge
A legal challenge
2 Destination A
tourist/holiday/travel/popular/favourit
e
Destination
A final/ultimate destination
3 Route A route to/from somewhere

Take/follow/choose/travel a route
A
main/direct/circuitous/alternative/scen
ic route
A trade/escape/supply/bus route
A route map/network
Adjectives to describe experiences:
1 Intense Intense
heat/pain/pressure/scrutiny/fighting
Intense debate/speculation/negotiations
Intense competition/rivalry
2 Pivotal Pivotal in something
A pivotal
role/moment/figure/point/position
Potentially/absolutely pivotal

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Prove/become pivotal
3 Profound A profound sense of something
A profound
change/impact/essect/influence/implic
ation
Profound shock/sadness
4 Valuable Extremely/less/very valuable
Prove/become valuable
A valuable asset/lesson/resource
experience
A valuable contribution/item
Valuable property/information/advice
Unit 5 GADGETS
Noun and
decribe
dimentions:
1 Angle A 90-degree/45-degree/acute angle
2 Circumference The circumference of something
In circumference
Measure the circumference
3 Diameter A diameter of x cm x cm in diameter
4 Height A height of x
5 Have/reach a heigh of x
Of medium/normal/average height

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The maximum/minimum height
The average height
6 Length The length of something
Something stretches/extends the length

of something
Have a length of x
Measure/run/walk/travel the length
of something
The entire/full/whole/total/overall
length of something
7 Radius A radius of/around something
In/within a radius of something
A 50-mile/ten-mile/1km radius
A radius of x
The radius of a circle
8 Volume The volume of trafic/shares/data
Export/sales/traffic volume
The average/total/estimated volume
The sheer/huge/high volume
Increase/reduce volume
9 Width The width of something
An amount in width
A width of x feet/inches/metres/miles

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Adjust/vary/decrease/increase/extend
the width
The full/overall/appoximate/minimum
/maximum width
Actions:
1 Adjust Adjust to something
Adjusted for something
Adjust figures/rates
Adjust something to reflect/fit

something
Seasonally
/periodically/automatically/manually
adjusted
2 Convey Convey a sense/impression of

something
Convey the meaning of something
Convey something
vividly/powerfully/accurately
Convey information/emotion
Convey a massage
3 Launch Launch a
product/model/branch/book/magazine
/car
The launch of something
A product/book launch

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An official launch
Announce/delay/postpone a launch
4 Reinforce Reinforce a
perception/review/impression/belief/
mutually/powerfully/constantly/furthe
r reinforce something
Reinforce a
notion/message/stereotype/powerfully/
further reinforce something
5 Secure Secure a
victory/conviction/place/win/deal
Secure the approval/support/backing

of someone
Secure funding/peace
6 Suspend Suspend something until a time
Immediatel/temporarily/indefinitely
suspend something
Suspended from a ceiling/rafter/hook
Suspend by wire/rope
Unit 6 CITIES
Nouns associated with human geography:
1 Commuter A comuter train/plane/bus
A comuter town/belt
2 Congestion Traffic/road/airport congestion
Cause/increase congestion

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Reduce/ease congestion
Congestion charge/charging
3 Resident Residents of/in somewhere
Evacuate/warn/advise residents
Resident say/fear/complain
about/want/report something
Former/local/permanent/nearby/elderl
y residents
4 Immigrant A skilled/illegal immigrant
A first-generation/second-generation
immigrant
Deport/detain/smuggle immigrants
Immigrant arrive/settle/flee
An immigrant
population/community/worker/visa
5 Infrastructure The infrastructure of something
Have infrastructure in place
Build/rebuilt/improve/destroy
infrastructure
Existing/basic infrastructure
Transport/rail/telecomunications/secu
rity infrastructure
6 Inhabitant The inhabitants of somewhere
Indigenous/native/oroginal/local
inhabitants

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7 Neighbourhood A safe/good/bad/poor/quiet
neighbourhood
A residential/run-down neighbourhood
Adjectives:
1 Pioneering Pioneering work/surgery/research
A pioneering technique/concept/study
A pioneering
surgeon/conservationist/geologist
2 History A history agreement/decision/victory
A history achievement/opportunity
A history event/occasion/moment
3 Rural A rural area/comminity/population
A rural economy/development/road
4 Urban Urban
sprawl/renewwal/regeneration/planni
ng
An urban neighbourhood/environment
Urban warfare/poverty/living
Unit 7 THE ART OF PERSUASION
Reporting verbs:
1 Advocate Advocated by someone
Advocate reform/legistation/violence
Openly/strong/publicly advocate
2 Acknowledge Acknowledge the existence/importance

of something

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Acknowledge the need for something
Acknowledge difficulties
Publicly/readily acknowledge
widely/universally acknowledge
Dispute Dispute a claim/assertion/allergation
Dispute figures/facts
Hotly/vigorous/bitterly dispute
3 Justify Justifed by something
Entirely/wholly/amply justifed
Morally/ethically/rationally/economicc
ally/
scientifically justified
Justify a war/invasion/action/expense
4 Object Object to something
Object to the idea/notion/use
Object strongly
5 Question Question the validity/legality of

something
Question the
wisdom/motives/intergrity of
something/someone
6 Suggest Evidence/research suggests
Data/findings suggest something
A poll/study/report/study suggests
something

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Strongly/tentatively suggest
Suggest otherwise
Nouns associted with persuasion:
1 Benefit The benefit of something
Health/economic/financial/social
benefit
Reap the benefit of something
2 Debate A debate on/over/about/within

something
A heated/lively/intense/ongoing debate
3 Drawback Have drawbacks
Outweigh/overcome drawbacks
The main/only drawback
A big/major drawback
4 Proof Proof of something
Proof of identity/residency
Conclusive/definite/irrefutable/further
/concrete proof
Need/provide/offer/furnish proof
People who persuade:
1 Politician A
democratic/conservative/liberal/opposi
tion politician

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A
leading/senior/prominent/local/corrup
t politician
Elect a politician
Politicians promise/claim/decide things
Unit 8 GETTING INVOLVED
Noun for cultural interests:
1 Current affairs A current affairs programe
2 Drama Be in a drama
Watch a drama
A drama is set/filmed somewhere
A drama is based on something
A drama continues/begins/unfolds
3 Opera An opera about something
An opera singer/house
4 Orchestra A chamber/symphony orchestra
Conduct an orchestra
An orchestra plays/performs something
5 Poetry Write/compose/publish poetry
Recite/read/quote poetry
Love/lyric/war/epic poetry
A poetry book/anthology
Adjective:

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1 Classical Classical music/ballet
Classical tradition
Classical
architecture/mythology/civilization
The Classical world
Verb associated with involvement:
1 Assemble Assemble in/at somewhere
Assemble for something
Assemble for a
meeting/ceremony/occasion
A crowd/team assembles
Delegates/guests/workers assemble
2 Attend Attended by someone
Attend a
meeting/conference/summit/funeral/
delegates/guest/representative
Attend something
Sparsely/poorly/well attend
Attend regularly/rarely
3 Broadcast Broadcast on something
Broadcast on television/radio
Broadcast live
Broadcast a message/progamme/image
A broadcasting network

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4 Establish Establish a link/relationship
Firmly/quickly establish something
5 Observe Scientists/researchers observe something
Observe behaviour
Closely observe
6 Organize Organize things by/into something
Organize things by group/topic
Organize things into

units/sections/chapters
Organize a meeting/conference/event/
demonstration
Well/poorly/highly organized
7 Participate Participate in something
Participate in a
discussion/activity/debate/process
Participate equally/willingly/effectively
Unit 9 GLOBAL WARMING
Natural processes:
1 Condense Condense into/out of something
Condense into rain/liquid/droplets
Vapour/moisture/steam/gas condense
A cloud condenses
2 Contract The throat contract

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The muscles/ventricles contract
Contract rhythmically/rapidly
3 Expand Expand by a amount
An expanding
universe/economy/population
Expand capacity/coverage/production
Expand the scope/range of something
Expand rapidly/dramatically
4 Flow Flow into a place
Water/blood flows
A current flows
Flow freely
A steady/constant/free flow
Verb associated with scientific study:
1 Estimate Estimate something at x
Estimate cost/value/revenue
An estimated percentage/amount
2 Predict Predict an even/outcome
Predict a
fall/drop/decline/rise/recovery/upturn
A forecast/economist/analyst predict
something
Predict something
accurately/confidently/correctly

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Impossible/difficult/possible to predict
3 State State a fact/reason/preference
State
clearly/explicitly/categorically/unequiv
ocally
State repeatedly/incorrectly/publicly
A letter/document/report/rule/article
states something
Adjectives:
1 Accurate Reasonably/historically/scientifically
/factually accurate
Accurate information/figures
An accurate
description/measurement/diagnosis/
prediction
2 Likely Likely to
become/remain/continue/happen/caus
e
Be/seem/look/appear/become likely
More/most/very/highly/increasingly
likely
Less/as/not/also/quite likely
A likely
target/explaination/outcome/candidate
Nouns associated with climate:
1 Current A current of something

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A current of air/electricity
A strong/ocean current
2 Drought A prolonged/severe/devastating
drought
Drought affects/hits/devastates
somewhere
Drought condition
3 Flood A bad/devastating/flash flood
A flood hits/sweeps somewhere
4 Glacier An Antarctic/Alaskan glacier
A glacier melts/retreats/moves
5 Hurricane A devastating/deadly/major/powerful
hurricane
Withstand/predict a hurricane
A hurricane hits/detroys/damages
something
6 Typhoon A powerful/deadly typhoon
Unit DESCRIBING THE GRAPH/DIAGRAM

11
Nouns for graphs and figures:
1 Bar chart A bar chart shows/illustrates/reflect

something
A bar chart compares things
2 Diagram A diagram illustrates/shows something
Draw a diagram

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A
schematic/explanatory/simple/complex
diagram
3 Pie chart A pie chart shows/illustrates/displays

something
Components of graphs and figures:
1 Row A row of things
In/into a row
Put/place/arrange things in a row
The front/back/top/bottom row
A single/double row
2 Segment A segment of something
A segment of a circle/pie chart
A segment of a market/industry
A fast-growing/mid-sized/profitable
segment
3 Stage A stage of something
A stage of
development/evolution/pregnancy
A stage of a competition/tournament
A stage of a cycle/proces
Verbs meaning show:
1 Depict Depicted as/in something
A painting/photograph depicts
something

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A mural/fresco/cartoon depicts
something
Depict a scene/landscape/character
Graphically/vividly/accuratele
depicted
2 Represent Represent a
diffirence/increase/shift/step
Unit DESCRIBING CHANGE

12
Verbs associated with change:
1 Abandon Abandon a
child/baby/project/plan/idea
Abandon an attempt/effort
An abandon
building/warehouse/mine/quarry/vehi
cle/car/hastily/
abruptly/temporarily
Abandon someone/something
2 Adjust Adjust to something
Adjusted for something
Adjust figures/rates
Adjust something to reflect/fit

something
Seasonally/periodically/automatically/
manually adjusted
3 Alter Alter the course/outcome of something

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Alter the
composition/balance/structure of
something
Alter the facts/perceptions/wording
Radically/fundamentally/tructurally/g
enetically alter something
4 Decline Decline from x to y
Decline by x
Steadily/rapidly/sharply decline
5 Develop Develop into something
Develop something further
Develop a technique/strategy/idea
Develop a business/product
Develop rapidly/quickly
6 Diminish Diminish in something
Diminish in importance/size/number
Rapidly/gradually diminish
7 Evolve Evolve from/into something
Evolve over time
Culture/language/society/technology
evolves
Human/organisms/species evolve
Rapidly/constantly/gradually/slowly
evolve
8 Modify Modify food/crops/ingredients

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Genetically/chemically modified
Extensively/significantly modified
9 Refine Refine oil/uranium/gasoline/surgar
Refine a technique/proceduce/skill
Continually/constantly/greatly refine
something
10 Shift Shift uncomfortable/restlessly/uneasily
Shift t one’s weigh/position
Shift the focus/emphasis/balance
11 Transform Transform something from/into

something
Completely/magically/dramatically
transform
Transform society
Transform a country/business/area
Transform the
economy/lanscape/country/world
Nouns for periods of time:
1 Century Centuries of something
2 Decate The last/next decate
Recent/past/previous decates
A decate later/earlier/ago
A decates of something
Decates of war/conflict/neglect

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3 Millennium Celebrate/approach/reach the

millennium
A new/next/second/third millennium
Unit EXPRESSING SIMILARY + DIFFERENCE

13
Verbs for describing differences:
1 Contrast Contrast a view/approach with

something
Contrast sharply/starkly
2 Differ Differ from something
Differ
significantly/considerably/widely/shar
ply
/markedly
Opinions/views differ
3 Differentiate Differentiate between things
Differentiate something from something
A differentiated product/brand
A differentiating factor
4 Distinguish Distinguish between things
Distinguish something from something
Reliably/easily/clearly distinguish
5 Vary Vary from something
Vary from region to region/person to

person

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Vary
considerably/enormously/greatly/wide
ly
Opinions/prices/estimates/pratices
vary
Varying degrees/sizes/lengths/amounts
Verbs for describing similarity:
1 Compare Compare something with/to something
2 Resemble Closely/somewhat/strongly resemble

something
Adjectives and adverbs for describing difference:
1 Contrary Contrary to something
Run/seem contrary to something
A contrary view/opinion/direction
Contrary evidence/information
2 Distinct Distinct from something
A distinct category/type/species/entily
3 Diverse Ethnically/culturally diverse
Geographically/linguistically diverse
Diverse backgrounds
A diverse
group/range/population/society
Adjectives for describing similarity:
1 Alike Look/sound alike
Dress/think alike

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2 Analogous Analogous to something
A manner/situation/process/position is
a analogous
Somelwhat/closely/roughly/directly
analogous
3 Equipvalent The equipvalent of something
The equipvalent of a pound/pint
A modern/modern-day equipvalent
A cinema/leterary/misical/visual
equipvalent
The male/female equipvalent
4 Identical Identical to/with something
An identical copy/score/twin
identical wording/circumstances
Functionally/genetically identical
Look identical
Unit DESCRIBING CAUSE + EFFECT

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Nouns:
1 Chain reaction A Chain reaction of things
A Chain reaction of
events/damage/explosions
Cause/set off/trigger/initiate a chain

reaction
A Chain reaction occurs

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2 Consequence The consequence of war/action/failure
The consequence for the

economy/future/region
Suffer/face/accept/consider/understan
d the consequence
Serious/severe/tragic consequences
Likely/unintended consequences
3 Impact An impact on the

environment/economy
An impact on
society/health/earnings/touristm
A
significant/important/major/profound
impact
A
lasting/immediate/negative/adverse/po
sitive impacts
4 Influence The influence of alcohol/drugs
Have/exert influence on
someone/something
Considerable/powerfull/possitive/politi
cal influence
A major/important/strong/good/bad
influence
5 Outcome The outcome of something

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Await/predict/decide/affect/influence
the outcome
The likely outcome
A succesful outcome
6 Repercussion Serious/possible/potential/negative
repercussions
Have/suffer/fear repercussions
Verbs :
1 Affect Badly/adverse/directly affect
Seriously/severely/greatly affect
Affect the
outcome/quality/performance of
something
Affect people/everyone
2 Contribute Contribute to something
A contributing factor
Contribute
greatly/directly/significantly/substanti
ally
3 Determine Determined by something
Determine something’s
outcome/fate/future/value
Genetically/bioligically determined
Determine the cause/extent of

something

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Determine
precisely/conclusively/exactly
4 Generate Generated by something
Generate
excitement/publicity/controversy/enth
usiasm
Generate wealth/income/profit
Generate electricity/energy/heat/power
5 Induce Induce a state/feeling/sense/change
Induce a response/reaction/heart
attack/coma
Induce
sleep/vomiting/fear/panic/relaxation
6 Provoke Provoke
outrage/fury/controversy/fury/anger
Provoke a
reaction/response/backlash/outcry/deb
ate
7 Result Result in death/arrest
Result in a loss/reduction/increase
Result from use/exposure
Result from a failure/lack
8 Stem Stem from something
A problem stems from something
Stem from a fact/belief/misconception

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Stem the tide/flow/spread of something
9 Strigger Strigger a response/reaction/change
Strigger a crisis/attack/war/debate
Strigger a tsunami/landstide/avalanche
Unit SIGNPOSTING EXPRESSIONS FOR WRITING

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Refering to sequence:
1 Initial An initial
reaction/response/impression/diagnosi
s
An initial
offering/purchase/investment/meeting
The initial stages/results/success
2 Latter Choose/prefer the latter
The latter stage/part/category
3 Prior Prior
approval/permission/consent/agreeme
nt
Prior knowledge/experience
A prior engagement/arrangement
The prior period/week/month/year
A day/hour/week/month/year prior to
something
4 Subsequent A subsequent
year/event/period/generation

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A subsequent
investigation/inquiry/purchase
Generalising:
1 Overall Overall spending/revenue
An overall
impression/strategy/performance
An overall majority/increase
Unit ADVERBS
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1 Comparatively Comparatively little/small
Comparatively
rare/modest/mild/inexpensive
2 Indefinitely Continue indefinitely
Be
suspended/postponed/delayed/closed
indefinitely
Be held/detained indefinitely
3 Inevitably Inevitably result in/lead to/mean

something
4 Particularly Particularly in/among something
Particularly
useful/important/interesting/relevant
Particularly
vulnerable/sensitive/difficult
Particularly
concerned/pleased/impressed

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5 Provisionally Provisionally agreed/accepted/scheduled
Provisionally entitled/tittled
6 Relatively Relatively small/low/short/easy/simple
Relatively easily/cheaply/recently/little
Unit PROBLEMS + SOLUTIONS

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Noun for problems:
1 Crisis A
political/economical/humanitarian/fina
ncial crisis
A severe crisis
A hostage/energy/health/cash crisis
Resolve/face a crisis
A crisis point/situation/meeting
2 Dilemma Pose/raise /face/solve a dilemma
A moral/ethical/policy/workplace
dilemma
Verbs associated with problems:
1 Damage Damage a building/vehicle
Damage the environment
Damage someone’s
brain/ligaments/knee/ankle
Damage someone’s
prospects/reputation/credibility
Badly/severely/seriously/permanently

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damage someone
2 Deteriorate Deteriorate into something
A condition/situation deteriorates
Someone’s health deteriorates
A deteriorating situation/condition
Quickly/rapidly/sharply/steadily
deteriorate
3 Exacerbate Exacerbated by something
Exacerbate a
problem/situation/conflict/crisis
Exacerbate tension/symptons
Verbs associated with solutions:
1 Address Address a
problem/issue/concern/question
Adequately/urgently/specifically/direc
tly
address something
2 Eradicate Eradicate something in/from a place
Virtually/completely/almost eradicated
Eradicate
disease/poverty/illiteracy/racism
3 Intervene Intervene in something
Intervene personally/directly
Intervene in a
dispute/conflict/war/row/crisis

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Intervene in a
case/affair/matter/situation/process
4 Resolve Quickly/peacefully/amicably resolve

something
Resolve a
dispute/conflict/crisis/issue/problem
5 Tackle Tackle a problem/issue/task/crisis
Tackle crime/poverty/corruption
Unit TALKING ABOUT IDEAS

18
Nouns for ideas:
1 Concept The concept of

freedom/democracy/justice
Understand/introduce/explain a
concept
A
basic/original/abstract/simple/key/und
erlying concept
A marketing/design concept
2 Conjecture A matter of/for conjecture
Conjecture about something
Fuel/spark/prompt conjecture
Scientific/historical conjecture
3 Consensus The consensus amongst people
A consensus on/about something
Reach/build/achieve a consensus

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Seek/establish a consensus
A scientific/cross-party/broad/general
consensus
3 Dogma Accept/question/chanllenge dogma
Ideological/religious/outdated dogma
4 Framework Within a framework
A framework of/for something
Agree/develop/establish/set a
framework
A legal/regulatory/legislative/political
framework
A conceptual/theoretical framework
5 Ideology The ideology of something
Embrace/reject an ideology
An ideology
influences/motivates/drives someone
A political/religious/secular/economic
ideology
6 Model A model of something
A model of
eficiency/consistency/excellence
introduce/dopt/follow a model
A model of evolution propose a model
7 Perspective A perspective on something
The perspective of someone from the

perspective of someone/something

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A historical/feminist/sociological
perspective
A different/new/fresh perspective
8 Stance Someone’s stance towards/on

something
Adpot/maintain/take/assume a stance
A neutral/tough/aggressive/moral
stance
Adjectives for describing ideas:
1 Ambiguous Deliberately/somewhat/highly
ambiguous
Remain/seem ambiguous
An ambiguous
relationship/position/result/phrase/stat
ement
Ambiguous language/wording
2 Biased Biased againt someone/something
Biased in favour of/towards

someone/something
Biased
reporting/converage/research/advice
A biased opinion/sample/referee/judge
heavily biased
3 Compelling A compelling
argument/reason/testimony
Compelling data/results/evidence

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4 Credible Credible to someone
Appear/look/sound credible
A credible threat/claim/witness/theory
scarcely credible
5 Flawed A flawed premise/assumption
Flawed logic/reasoning
Fundamentally/seriously/fatally flawed
6 Valid A valid reason/point/argument/claim
A valid
comment/question/comparison/criticis
m
Perfectly/equally/entirely valid
Unit EMPHASIS AND UNDERSTATEMENT

19
Adjectives describing quantity and degree:
1 Abundant Abundant wildlife/evidence/resources
An abundant supply/element
2 Marked A marked
contrast/improvement/increase/differe
nce
Clearly/most/more marked
3 Negligible A negligible impact/effect/contribution
A negligible amount/level/risk/cost
Almost/essentially negligible
Adjectives describing degree of certainty:

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1 Definitive A definitive
answer/agreement/statement/conclusio
n
Definitive proof
2 Tentative A tentative
step/agreement/settlement/deal
A tentative conclusion/thesis/theory
Adjective describing quantity and degree:
1 Marginally Marginally profitable/low/high
Increase/rise/decline/improve
marginally


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Knowledge comes from learning.

Wisdom comes from living – KHẮC THỨC

Unit 1 PEOPLE AND RELATIONSHIP

People and relationships:

1 Client A firm’s clients

2 Parent A parents of someone

3 Sibling A younger/elder sibling

Adjective to describe people:

1 Autonomous An autonomous individual

2 Consistent Consistent player/perfomer

Consister with something

Consistent with a finding/hypothesis

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

4 Methods Conventional forces/weapons

6 Efficient An efficient use of something

An efficient way of doing something

Highly/extremely efficient fuel/energy

Flexible working/working hours

Idealistic An idealistic notion/vision/view

8 Tolerant Tolerant of something

9 Vulnerable Vulnerable to something

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

1 Addiction Addiction to something

2 Allergy An allergy to something

3 Dehydration Avoid/prevent/cause/suffer from

Severe /mild/extreme dehydration

4 Disease A fatal/deadly/chronic disease

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

The obesity epidemic/rate/problem

Verb associated with treatment:

1 Administer Administered by someone/something

Administer something to someone

2 Diagnose Someone is diagnosed with something

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

Examine someone carefully

4 Screen Screen for something

Screen for TB/diabetes/cancer

5 Vaccinate Vaccinated againts something

Have someone vaccinated

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

4 Geology The geology of somewhere

The geology of the

5 Linguistics Modern/historical/applied linguistics

6 Psychology Educational/evolutionary psychology

7 Sociology The sociology of something

The sociology of religion/science

1 Analyse Analyse data/statistics/results/trends

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

3 Define Define something as/in terms of

A rule/law defines something

4 Evaluate Evaluate a situation/impact/risk

Evaluate the effectiveness of something

Evaluate the performance of someone

Carefully evaluate something

Nouns associated with research:

1 Evidence Evidence of/for something

NGUYỄN KHẮC THỨC

3 Theory A theory of something