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6 ACCOMMODATION
Pages 52–53 gorgeous  /ˈɡɔː(r)dʒəs/ Adjective
someone or something that is gorgeous is extremely
camp  /kæmp/ Verb enjoyable, beautiful, or attractive
if you camp somewhere, you stay there for a short time
Collocates:  absolutely/utterly gorgeous | drop dead
and sleep in a tent that you put up
gorgeous
we camped on the festival site | we didn’t have enough
don’t you think George Clooney is just gorgeous? | she
money for hotels so we camped | the farmer let us camp
was young, single, and drop dead gorgeous (extremely
in one of his fields
gorgeous) | what a gorgeous gown you’re wearing |
Noun:  camp | Noun:  camping those flowers are gorgeous | you look gorgeous in
Collocates:  pitch/set up camp | go camping that dress
at nine o’clock we pitched camp (put up tents and made Adverb:  gorgeously
the camp ready) | they spent a pleasant evening around the sauce was gorgeously rich and creamy | the rooms
the camp fire | we used to go camping every weekend are gorgeously decorated, clean and comfortable
in the summer | he packed up the camping gear and put
it in the car | I enjoy outdoor activities like fishing and isolated  /ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd/ Adjective
camping an isolated place does not have other houses, towns, or
cities nearby
deserted  /dɪˈzɜː(r)tɪd/ Adjective
the camp site was quite isolated | living in an isolated
if a place is deserted, there is no one there at all
rural area | Hawk has explored some of the most remote
the beach was deserted so we had it to ourselves | and isolated places in the world | we rented an isolated
the room was deserted and cold | the town looked farmhouse in Normandy
completely deserted | walking through the deserted
Noun:  isolation
streets | a deserted village | the path alongside the
abbey was entirely deserted Collocates:  in isolation
their culture survived, because they lived in relative
dump  /dʌmp/ Noun isolation | railways and telegraphs broke down the
if you refer to a place as a dump, you mean it is very geographical isolation
dirty, untidy, or in a bad condition
the place was a bit of a dump | his flat was a real dump | muddy  /ˈmʌdi/ Adjective
what a dump! | a rubbish dump (where rubbish is taken if something is muddy, it is covered in mud
and left) the camp site was really muddy | muddy boots | my
Verb:  dump clothes had got muddy | the floor was all muddy
he’d dumped all his dirty washing onm the bed | Noun:  mud
someone dumped a load of rubbish outside our the mud was really deep | wash the mud off your boots
front door before you come in

filthy  /ˈfɪlθi/ Adjective overlook  /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈlʊk/ Verb


if something is filthy, it is extremely dirty if something overlooks a place, it is above the place and
the whole place was muddy and everything got filthy | has a view over it
a filthy T-shirt | his clothes looked filthy | the house was the hotel room overlooked a building site | a balcony
absolutely filthy overlooking the beach | I sat by a window overlooking
Noun:  filth the river
everything was covered in filth | the whole place was full overwhelming  /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈwelmɪŋ/ Adjective
of filth and dirt if something is overwhelming, it has such a strong effect
on your feelings that it is difficult for you to describe
flood  /flʌd/ Verb
exactly how you feel
if an area floods, large amounts of water pour in, for
example after there has been a lot of very heavy rain or the people were so kind, it was quite overwhelming |
if a water pipe bursts it was all a bit overwhelming | I found the experience
absolutely overwhelming | my disappointment was
the whole area was flooded | fears that the river could
almost overwhelming
flood | thousands of homes are now flooded | the river
broke its banks and flooded the village Verb:  overwhelm | Adverb:  overwhelmingly
Noun:  flood | Noun:  flooding I was overwhelmed by a feeling of sadness | we were
totally overwhelmed by people’s support
the village was cut off by floods | the flood water rose
rapidly overnight | the need for better flood defences | run  /rʌn/ Verb
flooding caused extensive damage to the school | the when buses or trains run, they follow their usual route
town experienced its worst flooding since 2003 from one place to another

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how often do the buses run? | a regular train service drinks and service the meal added up to over £100 | all
to Birmingham runs every 20 minutes | we run two these bills add up to more than we can afford
buses an hour in each direction | trains don’t run on
Christmas day bear  /beə(r)/ Verb
if something doesn’t bear thinking about, it is so horrible
soaked  /səʊkt/ Adjective or shocking that you don’t want to think about it
if you get soaked, you become extremely wet don’t remind me of how he died; it doesn’t bear thinking
Collocates:  soaked through | soaked to the skin about | suppose we’d got on that plane? It doesn’t bear
the whole place was flooded and we got absolutely thinking about
soaked | after an hour in the rain I was soaked through |
boiler  /ˈbɔɪlə(r)/ Noun
within seconds they were both soaked to the skin
a boiler is a device that burns coal, gas, or oil in order to
Verb:  soak | Adverb:  soaking | Noun:  soaking provide heat and hot water for a building
Collocates:  soaking wet the boiler has stopped working again | they can’t install
the rain soaked everyone to the skin | my shirt was a new boiler until next week | the boiler is in the cellar |
soaking wet | I forgot my umbrella and got a soaking a gas-fired boiler (one that burns gas) | the landlord still
hasn’t replaced our boiler
sunset  /ˈsʌnˌset/ Noun
sunset is the time of day when the sun goes out of sight centrally  /ˈsentrəli/ Adverb
and the sky changes colour as it grows dark if something is controlled or managed centrally, all its
Collocates:  a spectacular/stunning/glorious sunset different parts are operated from one place
just look at that sunset! | we went for a walk on the the air-conditioning is controlled centrally | 50% of the
beach at sunset | there was a spectacular sunset that country’s economy is centrally planned | a centrally
evening | we worked from sunrise to sunset | I watched administered network of libraries
the sunset from a deck chair on the terrace | it was one Adjective:  central | Noun:  centre
of those lovely autumn sunsets orders were handed down from the central committee |
we get no funding from central government | the
tourist trap  /ˈtʊərɪst ˌtræp/ Noun
regional administrative centre
a tourist trap is a place which attracts lots tourists, is
usually very crowded, and charges people more than combination  /ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
less popular places a combination of things is a number of different things all
it was a bit of a tourist trap | it was such a tourist trap, mixed together
and the food was horrible | try and avoid the tourist traps there’s a combination of reasons for the decision | the
on the south coast of the island doctor recommended a combination of drugs for her
condition | a rare combination of elegance, comfort, and
unbearably  /ʌnˈbeərəb(ə)li/ Adverb
beauty
unbearably means in a way that is extremely unpleasant
Verb:  combine
the weather was unbearably hot | he was unbearably
arrogant | it was unbearably noisy in the club | his tooth different methods may be combined together to get the
was unbearably painful best results | a busy city which successfully combines
the ancient and the modern
Adjective:  unbearable
the pain was unbearable | the heat made it unbearable confirmation  /ˌkɒnfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
a confirmation is a letter or email which states officially
welcoming  /ˈwelkəmɪŋ/ Adjective that something you reserved by phone will be kept
if someone you do not know is welcoming, they are very for you
friendly to you when you arrive somewhere
did you receive a confirmation by email or text? | a
the islanders were incredibly welcoming | she gave a confirmation of the booking | a confirmation letter |
welcoming smile | a hotel with a welcoming atmosphere the reservation confirmation must be presented when
| the staff are very friendly and welcoming collecting the tickets
Verb:  welcome | Adjective:  welcome Verb:  confirm | Adjective:  confirmed
Collocates:  make someone welcome we will confirm the reservation in writing | I have a
the owner liked to welcome guests at the door of the confirmed booking for 7:30 this evening
hotel | John, the manager, welcomed us and showed
us around | they were so friendly that we felt welcome full  /fʊl/ Adverb
from the start | the staff made us welcome after our if a machine is on full, it is working at its maximum
long journey capability
the air-conditioning is on full
Pages 54–55 Phrase:  full blast
they played music at full blast all night
add up  /æd ˈʌp/ Phrasal verb
if amounts add up, they make one large amount when heating  /ˈhiːtɪŋ/ Noun
they are all put together heating is the process of providing warmth to a building
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month for the heating | rent is £700 and heating is extra | a reservation in the name of Smith | I cancelled the
a cenral heating system reservation | when your deposit is paid your reservation
Verb:  heat is confirmed
how much does it cost to heat this place? Verb:  reserve | Adjective:  reserved
I’d like to reserve a table for tomorrow evening | you
landlord  /ˈlæn(d)ˌlɔː(r)d/ Noun can reserve tickets in advance | I’m sorry, this seat is
a landlord is a man who owns a house or flat that other reserved
people pay to live in
the landlord wanted to put up the rent | our landlord sarcastic  /sɑː(r)ˈkæstɪk/ Adjective
promised to get the boiler repaired | the landlord refused if someone is sarcastic, they say something that is the
to return our deposit | her landlord owned several opposite of what they mean in order to mock someone
houses in the same street or to be funny
I think he’s being sarcastic | he said something sarcastic |
poisoning  /ˈpɔɪz(ə)nɪŋ/ Noun he made a sarcastic comment | she ignored his sarcastic
poisoning is illness or death caused by someone eating, response
drinking, or breathing something poisonous
Noun:  sarcasm | Adverb:  sarcastically
there was a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning | rotten
there was a touch of sarcasm in his voice | “how
mushrooms can cause food poisoning | she died of
generous,” he said, with heavy sarcasm | “Brilliant,” she
accidental alcohol poisoning
said sarcastically | he sarcastically asked if I felt all right
Verb:  poison | Noun:  poison | Adjective:  poisonous
we were worried that we had been poisoned | he killed state  /steɪt/ Noun
his victims by poisoning them | she poisoned him with the state of something is the condition that it is in
arsenic | he was accused of giving them poison | a cake look at the state of the place. It’s filthy! | the kitchen was
laced with poison (containing it) | poisonous plants | in a terrible state | the car was in a bad state of repair
a poisonous snake (it didn’t work properly) | he’s in no fit state to go to work
(he’s too ill)
procedure  /prəˈsiːdʒə(r)/ Noun
a procedure is a set of actions that you regularly do in suffocate  /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/ Verb
the same way in order to do something correctly if someone suffocates, they die because they are unable
Collocates:  follow a procedure | adopt a procedure | to breathe
normal/usual/standard procedure you could’ve suffocated while you were sleeping | he
our normal procedure is to confirm bookings by email | nearly suffocated | he tried to suffocate his victims (kill
the usual procedure for making reservations | you didn’t them by stopping them breathing)
follow the correct procedure | the company’s standard Noun:  suffocation
procedures for taking on new staff | they adopted new she died from suffocation | death was due to suffocation
procedures to prevent such mistakes happening again

put off  /pʊt ˈɒf/ Phrasal verb Pages 56–57


to put something off means to delay it until a later time
acknowledge  /əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/ Verb
Collocates:  put off doing something to acknowledge something means to accept that it
they promised to fix it, but they keep putting it off | I is true
couldn’t put the decision off any longer | I was trying to Collocates:  acknowledge that
put off telling him | don’t put off till tomorrow what you
our cultural differences were acknowledged and
can do today
accepted | she acknowledges that there are some
react  /riˈækt/ Verb dishonest bankers | I do acknowledge the need for some
when you react, you do something because of changes | she refused to acknowledge her guilt | I fully
something else that has just happened acknowledge that I made mistakes | we were forced to
acknowledge the truth
the police reacted quickly and closed the roads | he
reacted to the insult by punching Mike in the face | she Noun:  acknowledgement
reacted angrily to the comments | customers reacted I want an acknowledgement that mistakes were made
negatively to the price rises
bear  /beə(r)/ Verb
Noun:  reaction
if you can’t bear something, you dislike it very much and
his reaction to the news was to burst into tears | the do not want it to continue any more
union’s immediate reaction was to call a strike
I’m thinking of leaving. I just can’t bear it here | he
reservation  /ˌrezə(r)ˈveɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun couldn’t bear the pain of losing his only son | I couldn’t
if you make a reservation, you ask a hotel to keep a bear the thought of waking up in prison | they couldn’t
room for you, a restaurant to keep a table for you, etc. bear the idea of being separated
Collocates:  make a reservation | cancel a reservation | cycle  /ˈsaɪk(ə)l/ Noun
confirm a reservation a cycle is a complete set of activities that are repeated
we have no record of any reservation | I’d like to make regularly in the same order
a reservation | do you have a reservation for us? |

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the human life cycle (being born, being alive, dying) | not weeping with fear and frustration | angry customers took
everyone finishes the complete cycle | at this point the to Twitter to voice their frustration
cycle repeats itself | each lunar cycle takes about 29.5 Verb:  frustrate | Adjective:  frustrating |
days | when the plant is mature, it produces seeds and Adjective:  frustrated
the cycle continues | annual flowers complete their life
it really frustrates me that I can’t drive with a broken
cycle in one growing season
arm | they were so frustrated that the university was
dash  /dæʃ/ Verb taking so long to respond | we spent a frustrating
if you dash somewhere, you go there in a hurry because afternoon looking for the keys | the application process
you do not want to be late and you do not have much was highly frustrating
time to get there
gaze  /ɡeɪz/ Verb
I must dash. I have a lesson in ten minutes | I dashed if you gaze at something, you look at it for a long time
down to the shops | I’ll just dash home quickly | he
I sat there gazing out of the window | he lay on his bed
dashed upstairs to get his watch
gazing at the ceiling | she was gazing into space | he
Noun:  dash gazed thoughtfully at the painting
Collocates:  make a dash (for somewhere) Noun:  gaze
we could make a dash for the car | the cat made a dash my gaze was fixed on the letter | he lowered his gaze
past us and disappeared upstairs (looked down)
distinct  /dɪˈstɪŋkt/ Adjective
something that is distinct is clearly different from other LOOKING AND GAZING
things of the same sort English has lots of verbs to describe the way people look /
there are four distinct phases that everyone goes see and move. For example, gaze at the stars; dash up
through | the country has four distinct geographical the stairs
regions | the government recognises 135 distinct ethnic look / see: stare at me (hard / long); frown at me smoking
groups | it is quite distinct from any other European (disapproving); glare at each other
language | the two colonies remained distinct (angrily); glance at the headlines (quickly); peer over my
Adverb:  distinctly shoulder / peer through the mist (with difficulty); spot him
in the crowd (see after looking); glimpse something in the
this puzzle has two distinctly different solutions | these
bushes (see briefly)
are distinctly separate issues
go: crawl into bed / crawl along (slowly, tiredly); creep out /
existence  /ɪɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/ Noun sneak up behind someone (slowly, quietly, unseen); jog
the existence of something is the fact that it exists in the down the street (run slowly); limp home (injured); rush to
world and is a real thing. A person’s existence is their work (fast, late, urgent); stroll through the park (relaxed);
life, especially when talking about what sort of life they march up to me and demand … (with purpose); pace up
have and down (nervous); scramble down the hill (with difficulty);
Collocates:  be in existence stagger out of the pub (uncontrolled, almost falling).
think critically about your previous existence | I led a get over  /ˌɡet ˈəʊvə(r)/ Phrasal verb
miserable existence until I left home | she simply ignored if you get over an illness or other problem, you become
my existence | the club was founded in 1895 and is still better again and things are back to normal
in existence it took a few days to get over my jet lag | she still hadn’t
Verb:  exist | Adjective:  existing || Opposite – got over her husband’s death | he hasn’t got over the
Adjective:  non-existent shock yet | I had flu, but I’ve got over the worst of it now
for weeks we existed on baked beans and bread | a
hang  /hæŋ/ Verb
traditional fishing industry still exists here | the rest of
if you say that someone’s mouth was hanging open,
the existing building is modern | changing the existing
you mean the look on their face showed that they were
system is difficult | facilities were bad or non-existent |
extremely surprised or impressed by something
traffic was practically non-existent after midnight
I sat gazing out of the window with my mouth hanging
find your feet  /ˌfaɪnd jɔː(r) ˈfiːt/ Phrase open | the sisters were looking at me, their mouths
if you find your feet, you gradually get to know about hanging open | her mouth hung open in amazement
things in a new situation
heritage  /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/ Noun uncount
I’ve arrived in Hong Kong and I’m gradually finding my
a country’s heritage is its cultural traditions that have
feet | Sophie eventually found her feet after a difficult
developed over a long time, its important and historical
first week at university | once you’ve found your feet
buildings, and its sense of its own history
you’ll wonder what you’d been worrying about
Collocates:  a rich heritage | a national/cultural heritage |
frustration  /frʌˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun preserve/protect one’s heritage
frustration is the feeling you have when there are people should appreciate their own heritage | it’s
problems which you cannot solve because you cannot important to protect our national heritage | buildings
control events that are part of our heritage | the country’s rich cultural
we have a moan and share our frustrations | he heritage | trying to preserve their Scottish heritage
screamed out loud in pure frustration | Rose was

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highlight  /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ Verb employed 15 cooks and 25 maids | the maid tapped on
if you highlight something, you talk or write about it in a the door before coming in
way that draws special attention to it because you think
it is an important part of what you are saying mix  /mɪks/ Verb
to mix with people means to meet them socially and talk
Collocates:  highlight issues/concerns/areas
to them
psychologists highlight several stages that nearly
you might refuse to mix with people you used to know |
everyone goes through | the report highlights four key
teachers mixed with students at the end-of-year party |
trends in youth crime | the minister was right to highlight
Jenny was very shy and didn’t mix easily
the issue | she also highlighted concerns about late-
night traffic noise Noun:  mixer
Jack was a good mixer and put everyone at their ease
horn  /hɔː(r)n/ Noun
a horn is a device that makes a loud noise as a warning, moan  /məʊn/ Noun
for example in a car a moan is a complaint about something
drivers are constantly sounding their horns in the street | Collocates:  have a moan
all cabins contain radios and alarm horns | passing we meet up and have a moan about things | I don’t want
drivers honked their horns in support when they saw our to listen to your moans!
banners
Verb:  moan
integration  /ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun uncount she’s always moaning about the buses | there’s no point
integration is the process in which people gradually moaning; it won’t change anything
become part of a new society or group
party  /ˈpɑː(r)ti/ Verb
Collocates:  integration into something
to party means to have a good time by being with
integration into a new culture | the country’s integration friends, and doing things like drinking or dancing or
into the EU took years | policies that encourage social talking. If you party the night away, you spend a whole
integration | we’re in favour of greater integration evening and night doing this
Verb:  integrate I spent most of my time meeting new people and
they soon became integrated into the local community | partying | we partied the night away | let’s party! | he’s
they’ve integrated very well been working all day and out partying all night | since it
was the last night of our holiday, we all celebrated and
joy  /dʒɔɪ/ Noun uncount partied
joy is great happiness
Noun:  party
I never feel joy about anything any more | for Gordon,
Collocates:  throw a party | a birthday party | a dinner
the evening was sheer joy | come and experience the
party | a street party | a house-warming party
joy of singing in a choir | I felt a great joy when I heard
the news there was plenty to eat at the party | he had his ninth
birthday party last week | they threw a lavish house-
Adjective:  joyful | Adverb:  joyfully | Adjective:  joyous
warming party (a party to celebrate someone moving
staying there was a unique and joyful experience | the into a new home)
ballet was a joyful celebration of life | we chatted joyfully
all evening | he was joyfully welcomed home by his phase  /feɪz/ Noun
mother | it was a joyous occasion | they burst into joyous a phase is one stage in the development of something
laughter there are four distinct phases that everyone goes through |
the first phase of the project | the second phase of the
laundry  /ˈlɔːndri/ Noun singular
building work | a difficult phase in the country’s history |
laundry is clothes, sheets, towels etc. that have been
the final phase of the installation was completed today |
used and need to be washed, or that have just been
the next phase of flight testing was delayed by two weeks
washed
Verb:  phase
Collocates:  do the laundry
Collocates:  phase something in | phase something out
I have my laundry done once a week | leave your dirty
laundry in the bathroom | the van collects the laundry new systems will be phased in early next year (gradually
every Monday and brings it back on Wednesdays | introduced) | they are gradually phasing out the old
washing laundry in hot water really does not get your desktop style computers (stopping using them, but in
clothes any cleaner | the other laundry basket is for dirty stages, not all at the same time)
clothes to be washed
pride  /praɪd/ Noun uncount
Verb:  launder pride is a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction you get
freshly laundered shirts | launder your work clothes when you do something well
separately from your bedding Collocates:  take pride in (doing) something
maid  /meɪd/ Noun people take pride in what they do here | she showed us
a maid is a woman who works for a hotel or for a private her award with great pride | she could see the pride in
family, doing jobs like cleaning and washing clothes her parents’ faces | with immense pride she hung her
medal round her neck
a maid comes in to sort out my flat every day | the hotel
Verb:  pride yourself | Adjective:  proud | Adverb:  proudly

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he prides himself on the quality of his work | we’re very smoothly dealt with
proud of you | I’m particularly proud of this painting | she Adjective:  smooth
proudly showed us her diploma
she made a smooth transition from school to university |
resistance  /rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns/ Noun uncount he stayed on for a month to ensure a smooth handover
resistance to something is a refusal to accept it willingly to the new chairman
Collocates:  resistance to something sound  /saʊnd/ Verb
resistance to a new culture | there’s considerable to sound an instrument means to make it produce its
resistance to the proposals | the plans met with a lot of usual noise
resistance from local people | they put up quite a bit of drivers are constantly sounding their horns in the street |
resistance | strong resistance to change still remains he sounded his trumpet to announce the president’s
Adjective:  resistant | Verb:  resist arrival | the referee sounded his whistle for the start of
Collocates:  be resistant to something the match
the employees had been very resistant to change | Alan straight  /streɪt/ Adjective
remained resistant to the idea | he spent his life resisting a straight answer is a clear and honest reply to a serious
change | she resisted the pressure to resign question
root  /ruːt/ Noun I couldn’t get a straight answer out of anyone | what
the roots of a plant are the parts under the ground that we need from our politicians is some straight answers
send food up to the plant above the ground. A person’s | Tommy gave straight answers and expected them in
roots are the place, culture, and family that they come return
from Adverb:  straight
Collocates:  go back/return to your roots I’ll tell you straight: I don’t want to work for you
some people cut themselves off from their roots | an art
swing  /swɪŋ/ Verb
form that has deep roots in Spanish history | she felt the
if you or your opinions swing, you change your ideas
need to go back to her roots | he wanted to return to his
about something
Irish roots | I brought my mother here to rediscover her
childhood roots some people swing from one extreme to the other | her
mood could swing from joy to despair within a matter of
Adjective:  rooted
minutes | public opinion has swung to the left (become
these ceremonies are rooted in centuries-old tradition more left-wing)
routine  /ruːˈtiːn/ Noun Noun:  swing
a routine is a set pattern of actions that happen regularly she suffers from mood swings | a big swing in public
and often in the same order opinion
Collocates:  a daily routine
take the mickey  /ˌteɪk ðə ˈmɪki/ Phrase
things gradually settled into a routine | the walk home if someone says you are taking the mickey, they are
from the station was his favourite time in the daily accusing you of making fun of them by deceiving them
routine | the next day I began what became my usual or telling lies
routine | a good bedtime routine can help you fall asleep
Collocates:  take the mickey out of someone
quicker
they took the mickey out of him because of his accent |
Adjective:  routine | Adverb:  routinely
what did you say? Are you taking the mickey? | Don’t
a routine inspection (one that happens regularly) | has take the mickey. He can’t help it
it become routine to stay at your desk till 6.30 pm? | the
database is routinely updated | schools are routinely transformation  /ˌtrænsfə(r)ˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
inspected once every three years a transformation is a complete change
Collocates:  the transformation of something (into
slave  /sleɪv/ Verb
something) | a complete/total transformation | undergo a
if you slave or slave away, you work very hard for a long
transformation
time
she proposed a radical transformation of the health
Collocates:  slave away at something | slave over
service | the transformation phase of the process | she
something
underwent an amazing transformation | the building’s
I’ve been slaving away at my desk | slaving over a hot transformation from a school to a community centre | the
cooker | slaving away at a report | after slaving over the party has undergone a complete transformation
novel for 10 years, he finally gave up |
Verb:  transform
smoothly  /ˈsmuːðli/ Adverb the whole house has been transformed | their former
if something happens smoothly, everything works well home was transformed into a hotel
and successfully and there are no problems
undergo  /ˌʌndə(r)ˈɡəʊ/ Verb
Collocates:  go/run smoothly
if you undergo something, you experience it
all the arrangements went very smoothly | the sessions
we’re undergoing a big change in the organisation |
were well planned and went smoothly | the process did
the building has undergone some renovations | you may
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need to undergo surgery | she underwent an emergency


operation

wild  /waɪld/ Adjective


if things are wild, or if you have a wild time, you do
a lot of enjoyable and exciting things in a way that is
uncontrolled
it’s been a wild few weeks | the party was wild | it’s all
been a bit wild since my brother came home

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Outcomes Upper Intermediate Vocabulary Builder  Unit 6

EXERCISES Collocations
E Complete the collocations with the verbs in the
Prepositions box. Look up the nouns if you need help.
A Complete the sentences with the correct pitch return make
preposition. have highlight
1 Everyone had a moan the food.
1 the issue
2 She found it easy to mix new people.
2 camp
3 They’re always taking the mickey of him.
3 a moan
4 He gazed thoughtfully the painting.
4 a dash
5 I have a confirmation the booking.
5 to your roots
6 She takes great pride her work.
F Complete the missing adjectives/adverbs.
B Choose the correct preposition. Look up the
words in bold if you need help. 1 I have a strict d _ _ _ y routine.
1 The house was at / in an isolated area. 2 By the time I got home, I was s _ _ _ _ d to the skin.
2 We watched the sunset at / from our balcony. 3 I saw a s _ _ _ _ _ _ g sunset last night.
3 Put your dirty laundry in / on the basket. 4 The restaurant has undergone a c _ _ _ _ _ _ e
transformation.
4 Look in / at the state of the kitchen!
5 It’s a restaurant of / with a welcoming atmosphere. G Match the two halves of the collocations. Look
up the words a–e if you need help.
6 His flat was a bit in / of a dump.
1
drop dead a)  
party
2
national b)  
procedure
Word families
3 a house-warming c)  heritage
C Complete the expressions with the correct form 4 the standard d)  gorgeous
of the word in bold. 5
run e)  
smoothly
1 a remarkable the living
transformation room
H Complete the expressions with the words in the
box.
2 resist the proposal meet with
3 muddy boots covered in resistant reservation
welcome pride
4 he’s always very sarcastic a touch of
5 a filthy floor living in 1 to change
2 make someone
Word-building 3 confirm a
4 take in something
D Complete the sentences with the correct noun
from the verbs.
1 The of the two companies was
Phrasal verbs
successful. (integrate)
I Choose the correct word to complete the phrasal
2 We need of your signature before verb.
we can proceed. (confirm)
1 You can’t put off / up this decision any longer.
3 A of ancient and modern
architecture (combine) 2 I’ve been slaving up / away in the kitchen for hours.
4 We’d like to make a , please. 3 It took her a long time to get over / by her divorce.
(reserve) 4 Our bills added up / on to over a thousand pounds.

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