Thursday, October 30, 2014

Week 3 - Vocabulary and expression TO LEARN!



To do research ON a topic
To boost profits - to increase profits
To make sweeping generalisations - sweeping = very general
To face a challenge - to confront/meet a challenge
To convey - to show
To devote yourself TO - to dedicate yourself TO
To grasp something - to understand something/ to hold tightly
To clutter - to fill with things in a disorganised way
To grapple with - to struggle to deal with
A host of - a lot of
To err in - to make an error
Bewildering - confusing
A field of expertise 
To be looked down upon -to be shown contempt/ disdain by others
To focus on
To raise a concern - to put forward/ suggest a concern
To be muddled - to be confused


Listening Vocab


Environmentally-friendly (adj)
To attract interest FROM
To be torn between something and something - to be undecided
To laze around - to be lazy
Each to his own - everyone is different
The dropout rate 
To give up on something - to abandon something
To give something a shot - to try something
Fellow students - fellow (adj) belonging to same group/class
Folks - people
Sweltering - very hot
To trigger - to strat/initiate
•a bloom - a flower
•a scent - a smell

A drawback - a disavantage

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