Tuesday, 12 March 2019

Word list for February / March 2019

The test on this will be on Tuesday 19 March.

Holy Grail

a pension
a donation
baggy
the till
stuffed
to fill in / to fill out
to gather (dust)
clothes racks
chipped (mug)
threadbare
walking stick
a goblet
spectacles
to shrug
a mantelpiece
to soak
a dash of
late (husband)

Stories for 2019

to fall apart
unprecedented
impeachment
witch hunt
to boost
to encourage
to shrink
labour shortage
illegitimate
aging (population)
built-in
migrant workers
carbon emissions


Global News

an alliance
to launch sth
an assault
to confirm
to hand sth in
a defendant
a detention camp
reportedly
to risk sth
to abandon sb/sth
a giant
ruthless
in response to
to interfere in/with
to challenge
a stigma
to stigmatise sb/sth
significant
to poach / poacher
a round (of talks)
to come to an end

Utopia for Realists

to conduct = to carry out
to decline
to pay off
formerly
noticeably
inadvertently
(un)lit
an indication
a coincidence
on average


The best stats

preconceived idea
life expectancy
child mortality
fertility rate
GDP per capita
average
birth control
to conceive
immaculate
conception
contraception
contraceptives

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