Vocabulary

Unit 1 Outcomes Upper-Intermediate

PP.8-9

/wɪə(r)d/

• very strange

/ˈhevi/

• very serious, depressing or upsetting

/dɪˈstɜː(r)bɪŋ/

• upsetting

over-the-top

• so extreme that it seems silly

/ʌpˈlɪftɪŋ/

• makes you feel happier

/hɪˈleəriəs/

• extremely funny

/ˈɡrɪpɪŋ/

• extremely exciting

/ˈkætʃi/

• easy to remember

turn over

• change to a different channel

• boring

/dʌl/

PP.10-11

Product design

• The way a product is presented

/ˌænɪˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

• cartoons

/ˈsɒmbə(r)/

• Serious and sad

/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk/

• Very realistic

/ˈprɪti/

• Nice and pleasant

/drəˈmætɪk/

• Containing a lot of exciting action

/ˈdeɪtɪd/

• No longer modern or fashionable

• Out-of-date

• Outdated

/ˌætməsˈferɪk/

• Creating a mood of mystery and excitement

/ˈæbstrækt/

• Expressing the artist’s ideas or feelings rather than showing the exact appearance of people and things

/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/

• The meaning is not clear

Open to interpretation

• You can understand it in several different ways

/ˈɪntɪmət/

• About a person’s private life

have/get the impression (that)

• an opinion or feeling that you have about

someone or something

you have seen

but do not know very well

/ˈluːsli/

• not in an exact or detailed way

PP.12-13

Fatal flaws

• Something that makes it completely useless or wrong (2 words, it’s a collocation)

Face a challenge

• To confront a situation (3 words, it’s a collocation)

From rags to riches

• used for describing a situation in which someone who has been very poor becomes very rich

/ˈbʊli/

• to frighten or hurt someone who is smaller or weaker than you

/ˈraɪv(ə)l/

• A person/team/company that you are competing with

/ˈbreɪkθruː/

• Start being successful at something- or achieve something

/dɪˈspeə(r)/

• the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it

/kwest/

• a long difficult search

/kəˈrʌpt/

• to encourage someone to start doing dishonest, illegal, or immoral things

Resist temptation

• Manage not to do something you want to do, but which could be bad for you

/ɔː(r)ˈdiːl/

• an extremely unpleasant experience, especially one that lasts for a long time

A REVIEW

coffee table book

• a large expensive book with a lot of pictures in it

whodunnit

• a book or film usually about a murder, in which you do not know who committed the murder until the end

farce

• a play or film in which people get involved in silly or unlikely situations that are intended to make you laugh

set

• a stage or other place where a film or television programme is made or where a play is performed

playwright

• someone who writes plays, especially as their job

score

• a written copy of a piece of music