Speak Business English Like An American covers over 350 idioms and expressions you're likely to encounter in today's business world. Familiarize yourself with all of them.
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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
The words you need to communicate with confidence. Vocabulary explanations and practice for advanced level (C1 to C2) learners of English. Perfect for both self-study and classroom activities. Quickly expand your vocabulary with over 100 units of easy to understand explanations and practice exercises.
Table of Contents
- Unit 1: Cramming for success: study and academic work
- Unit 2: Education: debates and issues
- Unit 3: Applying for a job
- Unit 4: Job interviews
- Unit 5: At work: colleagues and routines
- Unit 6: At work: job satisfaction
- Unit 7: At work: careers
- Unit 8: Describing people: positive and negative qualities
- Unit 9: Describing people: appearance and mannerisms
- Unit 10: Describing people: personality and character traits
- Unit 11: Relationships: friends forever
- Unit 12: Relationships: ups and downs
- Unit 13: Emotions and reactions
- Unit 14: Negative feelings
- Unit 15: Birth and death: from cradle to grave
- Unit 16: Free time: relaxation and leisure
- Unit 17: All the rage: clothes and fashion
- Unit 18: Home styles, lifestyles
- Unit 19: Socialising and networking
- Unit 20: The performance arts: reviews and critiques
- Unit 21: The visual arts
- Unit 22: Talking about books
- Unit 23: Food: a recipe for disaster
- Unit 24: Dinner’s on me: entertaining and eating out
- Unit 25: On the road: traffic and driving
- Unit 26: Travel and accommodation
- Unit 27: Attracting tourists
- Unit 28: Describing the world
- Unit 29: Weather and climate
- Unit 30: Brick walls and glass ceilings
- Unit 31: Taking root and reaping rewards
- Unit 32: The animal kingdom
- Unit 33: Our endangered world
- Unit 34: Here to help: customer service
- Unit 35: Authorities: customs and police
- Unit 36: Beliefs
- Unit 37: Festivals in their cultural context
- Unit 38: Talking about language
- Unit 39: History: since the dawn of civilisation
- Unit 40: The haves and the have-nots
- Unit 41: British politics
- Unit 42: International politics
- Unit 43: The letter of the law
- Unit 44: War and peace
- Unit 45: Economy and finance
- Unit 46: Personal finance: making ends meet
- Unit 47: The media: in print
- Unit 48: The media: internet and email
- Unit 49: Advertising
- Unit 50: The news: gathering and delivering
- Unit 51: Healthcare
- Unit 52: Illness: feeling under the weather
- Unit 53: Medical language
- Unit 54: Diet, sport and fitness
- Unit 55: Industries: from manufacturing to service
- Unit 56: Technology and its impact
- Unit 57: Technology of the future
- Unit 58: Energy: from fossil fuels to windmills
- Unit 59: Space: no room to swing a cat
- Unit 60: Time: once in a blue moon
- Unit 61: Motion: taking steps
- Unit 62: Manner: behaviour and body language
- Unit 63: Sounds: listen up!
- Unit 64: Weight and density
- Unit 65: All the colours of the rainbow
- Unit 66: Speed: fast and slow
- Unit 67: Cause and effect
- Unit 68: Spot the difference: making comparisons
- Unit 69: Difficulties and dilemmas
- Unit 70: Modality: expressing facts, opinions, desires
- Unit 71: Number: statistics and quantity
- Unit 72: Permission: getting the go-ahead
- Unit 73: Complaining and protesting
- Unit 74: Apology, regret and reconciliation
- Unit 75: A pat on the back: complimenting and praising
- Unit 76: Promises and bets
- Unit 77: Reminiscences and regrets
- Unit 78: Agreement, disagreement and compromise
- Unit 79: Academic writing: making sense
- Unit 80: Academic writing: text structure
- Unit 81: Writing: style and format
- Unit 82: Whatchamacallit: being indirect
- Unit 83: Give or take: more vague expressions
- Unit 84: The way you say it
- Unit 85: Abbreviations and acronyms
- Unit 86: Prefixes: creating new meanings
- Unit 87: Suffixes: forming new words
- Unit 88: Word-building and word-blending
- Unit 89: English: a global language
- Unit 90: Easily confused words
- Unit 91: One word, many meanings
- Unit 92: Collocation: which words go together
- Unit 93: Metaphor: seeing the light
- Unit 94: Idioms for everyday situations and feelings
- Unit 95: Brushing up on phrasal verbs
- Unit 96: Connotation: making associations
- Unit 97: Register: degrees of formality
- Unit 98: Divided by a common language
- Unit 99: Language and gender
- Unit 100: In the headlines
- Unit 101: Red tape
- Phonemic symbols
- Index
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