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74 Cards in this Set
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in addition
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furthermore, moreover, what's more
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Besides
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Besides, we'll have to deal with CD
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Equally, Likewise
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Equally they should respect you.
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On top of (all) we'll have to pay the bill.<br />That we'll have to pay the bill
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...and so on<br />...and so on and so forth.<br />...into the bargain/to boot.
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Further to you letter of 1/1/1920, I am writing to...
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Beside doing...., ...<br />Apart from her tail, ....
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He was there, along with Carlo.
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Text-referring words: problem, issue, question, topic, aspect of
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situation, daily feature, affect, approach, dilemma
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Your claim, this fact, the real point, that argument, out-of-date, our position, that view
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situation: state of affairs, position (with regard to)
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problem: difficulty, crisis, matter
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response: reaction to, attitude to
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evaluation of the solution: assessment, judgement
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Mwar<img src="Doctor Mouse.jpg" />
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First/Firstly/First of all<br />Next<br />Secondly/Thirdly
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Turning to the question of...<br />Leaving aside the question of...<br />In parenthesis, let us not forget that...
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In summary/To sum up,...<br />In sum,....<br />In conclusion,...
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In other words/That is to say,...
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For instance,...
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It might be possible, say, to include her into discussion.
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Briefly,
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, so to speak/as it were,
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She is, as it were, living in a world of her own.
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The following points<br />It was stated above/earlier that
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some advice, knowledge, progress, reasearch, work, luggage, accomodation, money<br />U
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What terrible weather!<br />
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She has long hair.
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We bought some new furniture.
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tools: plural only
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scissors, pliers, pincers, tweezers, tongs, headphones, binoculars, scales, handcuffs, shears, glasses/spectacles, goggles
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things we wear: plural only
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clothes, pyjamas, knickers/pants, underpants/pants, jeans, tighs, jodhpurs, leggings, dungarees, shorts, trousers, braces, (swimming) trunks
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lodgings (P)
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When I move to London, I'll have to find lodgings.
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goods (P)
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When will the goods be delivered?
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foundations, premises (P)
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The architect inspected the foundations before declaring the premises were safe.
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headquaters (P)
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authorities (P)
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acoustics (P)
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contents (P)
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The contents of the house were sold after his death.
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Looks (P)
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Looks are less important than personality in a partner.
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outskirts (P), traffic-lights (P)
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A the outskirts of the village, there are some traffic-lights.
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stairs (P)
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proceeds (P)
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the proceeds of the concert are going to the children's fund.
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whereabouts (P)
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A terrorist has escaped. His whereabouts are unknown.
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P with S verbs: games
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billiards, dominoes, draughts, darts, bowl, cards
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P with S verbs: activities
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maths, physics, economics, classics, gymnatics, athletics, aerobics
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looks P, but S!
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means, news, spaghetti, series<br />There was a cool series on TV.
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a group of people, a crowd of people, a gang of thieves
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a flock of sheep/birds (geese/pigeons)
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a herd of cows, deer, goats
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a shoal of fish, herring, mackerel (S!)
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a swarm of insects (flying)
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a pack of wolves
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The staff ARE on strike.
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P or S, the: crew, company, cast, public
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A row of cottage, a clump of trees, a range of hills, a small group of islands
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a pair of birds
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a couple of bananas
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a pile/heap of papers, clothes, dishes, toys
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a bunch of flowers
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a stack of chairs, tables, boxes, logs
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a set of tools, pots and pans, dishes
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Making uncountable countable: piece of, bit of
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An old piece of furniture<br />Many pieces of luggage<br />Bits of information, advice, computer equipment<br />Pieces of music
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Weather: countable<br />heavy showers (of rain), sunny spells (of weather), rumbles of thunder, flashes of lightning, claps of thunder, spots of rain, gusts of wind
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Groceries, countable<br />A loaf of bread<br />a couple of slices of ham/toast/bread/meat/cheese<br />bars of chocolate<br />bars of soap<br />a tube of toothpaste<br />cartons of milk
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a blade of grass, a cloud of smoke, puffs of smoke, a breath of fresh air<br />Put a lump of coal on the fire!<br />A lump fo sugar
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I have an amazing stroke of luck today.
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I've never seen him do a stroke of work.
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I've never seen him in such a fit of temper.
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The donkey is the basic <span style="font-weight:600; text-decoration: underline;">means</span> of transport on the island.
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in the picture, on the island
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the most useful article/item of clothing
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An interesting item of news about...
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<span style="font-weight:600; text-decoration: underline; color:#0000ff;">A state of</span>: chaos, emergency, tension, confusion, health, disorder, uncertainty, poverty, agitation, disrepair and flux (continuous change)
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