Phrasal Verbs. Reading Comprehension

Nd Year, 2nd Term

Reading Comprehension

Topic: At the Map of the World

Vocabulary List 4

Correspondence Department

amenity (n) appalling (adj) authority (n) birthrate (n) cash (n) cleanliness (n) commitment (n) communal (adj) commute (v) conformist (n) decline (n) decline (v) decrease (n) decrease (v)

dense (adj) density (n) deposit (n) destructive (adj) devastating (adj) environment (n) estimate (v) famine (n) fertile (adj) fertility (n) fertilizer (n) flavourless (adj)

humid (adj) humidity (n) ignore (v) imbalance (n) incentive (n) inevitable (adj) inflation (n) inflationary (adj) irrigate (v) lag (n) literate (adj) loan (n) malnutrition (n) migration (n) mutation (n) neglect (n) neglect (v)

overestimate (v) overpopulation (n) pesticide (n ) promote (v) promoter (n) promotion (n) rat-race (n) recruit (v) regret (n, v) starve (v) suburban (adj) sufficient (adj) temporary (adj) underestimate (v) undernourishment (n) utopian (adj) worsen (v)

Word Combinations

at first hand administer justice be committed to an idea of (doing smth) be forced into be stuck (in a place) be unheard of be/get branded as smth come to smb’s rescue consensus of opinion demographic growth development schemes/projects generalize from one’s own experience genetic technologies give a boost (to)   It is plain that... The odds are that...

labour force march in step with mortality rate newly independent state on the horizon pace of life paint a rosy picture of smth/smb present a danger perpetual strain provoke a catastrophe replacement level retard development social pressures uncorrupted culture undergo famines

Phrasal Verbs

dash off spring up slip away

Nd Year, 2nd Term

Reading Comprehension

Topic: City Life

Vocabulary List 5

Correspondence Department

appeal (v)

appealing (a)

appreciate (v)

appropriate (a)

concept (n)

consistent (a)

criticize (v)

criticism (n)

curse (v)

diverse (a)

dramatist (n)

eerie (a)

effort (n)

establishment (n)

exhibit (v)

exhibition (n)

fund (v)

futile (a)

gigantic (a)

grasp (v)

infamous (a)

maintain (v)

merit (n)

modify (v)

odds (n)

originate (v)

overseas (a., adv.)

perfect (v)

playwright (n)

profusion (n)

quotation (n)

relevant (a)

setting (n)

shrill (a)

slight (a)

solitude (n)

sophisticated (a)

source (n)

survive (v)

venue (n)

vulnerable (a)

vulnerability (n)

wax (n)

worthwhile (a)

Word Combinations

a busy schedule

be aware/unaware (of)

be prey to a fear/fears/anxiety, etc.

drive smn to madness

grasp the essence

have artistic merit/have no artistic merit

make use (of)

perception of a play/film, etc.

perfect one’s skills

raise money

range from…to…

thread one’s way (through)

turn into reality/life

Phrasal Verbs

to bring out

to make for sth/smb

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