Reading B2

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Word List 1

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Try to memorize the word list blow then read the eaxamples and make your own sentences
Word 1

Phonetic 1

Part of speech 1

English Meaning 1

trend

/trend/
Noun

B1 a general development or change in a

situation or in the way that people are behaving

Example 1
Dictionary examples:
I'm not familiar with the latest trends in teaching
methodology.
The trend at the moment is toward a more natural and less
made-up look.
Surveys show a trend away from home-ownership and
toward rented accommodations.
There's been a downward/upward trend in sales in the last
few years.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Word 2

Phonetic 2

Part of speech 2

English Meaning 2

Word 3

Phonetic 3

Part of speech 3

English Meaning 3

Word 4

Phonetic 4

bizarre

/bzr/

Adjective

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Things are sometimes quite bizarre, aren't they?

seek (sought, sought) FORMAL

Example 3

Verb

Dictionary examples:
"Are you actively seeking work?" she asked.
The government is seeking ways to reduce the cost of
health care.

/sik/

B2 to try to find or get something

think on your feet

Idiom

Word 5

at a time

Phonetic 5

Part of speech 5

English Meaning 5

Dictionary examples:
bizarre behavior
It was really a bizarre meeting.

B2 very strange and unusual

Part of speech 4

English Meaning 4

Example 2

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

I am seeking employment and [am] interested in your offer.

Example 4
I'd never heard about the company before, so I had to think
on my feet.

to make a quick decision or give an answer

quickly:

Epression

separately

Example 5
Dictionary example:
Eat them one at a time.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
The story was a horrible one but it had a harmless ending.
The mad man kills one at a time, but in the end, the
producer of the film says: "Cut, we'll take everything once
again."