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Level: Intermediate to Advanced (B1-C2)

Learn phrasal verbs and idioms in context and know how and when to use them.

Increase your knowledge and understanding of phrasal verbs and idioms with this compact, easy-to-use book. It teaches over 1,500 phrasal verbs and idioms, and is ideal for preparing for exams such as IELTS and Cambridge English: Proficiency and Advanced.

Key features
• Learn phrases and expressions for everyday situations
• Covers topics such as sport, study, business, social events and home technology
• Includes information on style, synonyms, opposites and derivatives, and common word partners
• Download the word list at www.oup.com/elt/wordskills and test yourself on the phrasal verbs and idioms covered in the book
• Written by vocabulary experts Ruth Gairns and Stuart Redman, the authors of the popular Oxford Word Skills series

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Learn phrasal verbs and idioms in context and know how and when to use them.
Introduction ix
About phrasal verbs and idioms
1.1 What are phrasal verbs?
1.2 Grammar of phrasal verbs
1.3 Multiple meaning
1.4 Style and register
1.5 Nouns from phrasal verbs
1.6 Adjectives from phrasal verbs
1.7 What are idioms?
Body, health and mind
2.1 Physical actions
2.2 A healthy eating plan
2.3 Common ailments
2.4 Going to hospital
2.5 Health headlines
2.6 Feelings
Family and friends
3.1 Growing up
3.2 What makes a good parent?
3.3 Mother and daughter
3.4 What makes a good friend?
3.5 Friendships at work
Romantic relationships
4.1 Starting a new relationship
4.2 Ending a relationship
4.3 How did we meet?
4.4 Starting again
4.5 Ex-girlfriends
Everyday life
5.1 Weather
5.2 Food
5.3 Cooking
5.4 Our home
5.5 Clothes shopping
5.6 Sleep
Money
6.1 Save or spend?
6.2 How would you spend it?
6.3 A waste of money
6.4 Living in poverty
6.5 My best ever buy
Transport and travel
7.1 Getting around
7.2 Road rage
7.3 A long car journey
7.4 Airports
7.5 A holiday break
Law and order
8.1 A police investigation
8.2 Crime headlines
8.3 A robbery
8.4 Incompetent criminals
8.5 Gang culture
Home technology
9.1 Using phones and mobiles
9.2 Phone questionnaire
9.3 The downside of texting
9.4 Domestic robots
9.5 Computers
Media and entertainment
10.1 Talking about the news
10.2 Newspaper headlines
10.3 Press behaviour
10.4 Film reviews
10.5 The pros and cons of TV
10.6 TV crime series
Leisure
11.1 Hobbies
11.2 My free time
11.3 Reading
11.4 Art galleries with children
11.5 Board games
Sport
12.1 Phrases in team sports
12.2 Winter sports
12.3 The rise of a great tennis player
12.4 Sports injuries
12.5 The mind of a champion
Social events
13.1 A picnic
13.2 A surprise party
13.3 A family meal
13.4 A wedding
13.5 Rock concerts
Dramatic events
14.1 A nasty row
14.2 Riots
14.3 Storms and flooding
14.4 A fight in a fish shop
14.5 Mountain rescue
Study
15.1 Memories of school
15.2 Classroom actions
15.3 What teachers say
15.4 Exam revision tips
15.5 Exam results
15.6 Why learn a language?
Work
16.1 Getting a job
16.2 Job likes and dislikes
16.3 Better job performance
16.4 Colleagues
16.5 Losing your job
Business
17.1 Buying an existing business
17.2 A growing business
17.3 A struggling business
17.4 Going bankrupt
17.5 Management buyout
17.6 Company rescue
Politics
18.1 A future prime minister?
18.2 Political sound bites
18.3 Election night
18.4 Opinions about politicians
18.5 Passing laws
19.1 Criticism
19.2 Dishonesty
19.3 Time
19.4 Making decisions
19.5 Success
Social English
20.1 Making arrangements
20.2 Likes and dislikes
20.3 Wants and needs
20.4 Excuses, excuses
20.5 Invitations and offers
20.6 Asking for information
Speaking English
21.1 Ways of talking
21.2 Conversation rules
21.3 Exclamations
21.4 Discussion groups
21.5 Speeches
Aspects of phrasal verbs
22.1 Say it another way 1
22.2 Say it another way 2
22.3 Synonymous phrasal verbs
22.4 Opposites
22.5 Basic meaning and metaphor
22.6 Metaphorical meaning
22.7 Informal phrasal verbs
22.8 More formal phrasal verbs
Particles with specific meanings
23.1 Back
23.2 Through
23.3 Around, about
23.4 On
23.5 Up
23.6 Off
Key verbs
24.1 Get
24.2 Go
24.3 Take
24.4 Come
24.5 Turn
24.6 Put
24.7 Keep
List of irregular verbs 270(3)
Key to symbols 273(1)
Abbreviations 274
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