EmSAT
English
Review
Vocabulary 1
• Flexible • Chaotic
• Achieve • Variety
• Escape • Reluctant
• Capture • Inflation
• Distinguish • Barrier
• Release • Crowded
• Approximate • Dilemma
• Artificial • Vague
• Accessible • Allegation
• Bulky • Deny
Vocabulary 2
• Annoy • Announce
• Attract • Improve
• Owe • Build
• Surrounding • Footprints
• Disappear • Traffic
• Huge • Equipment
• Climate • Knowledge
• Expensive • Chemicals
• Location • Collect
• Advantage • Predict
Vocabulary 3
• Society • Discussion
• Develop • Excited
• Recognize • Terminate
• Spontaneous • Dull
• Devices • Attain
• Accurate • Indicate
• Attractive • Infer
• Statistics • Invest
• Destruction • Clever
• Interpret • Spread
Idiom Meaning
Have the best of both worlds To enjoy the advantages of two
Idioms 1 different things at the same time
English phrases & expressions Turn a blind eye To pretend to not notice something
Face the music To accept responsibility for
something you have done
Beat around the bush To avoid the main topic or
answering a question
Cry over spilt milk Don’t be upset about something
that cannot change
Feel a bit under the weather To feel ill
Once in a blue moon Happens very rarely
Let the cat out of the bag To reveal a secret
Hit the nail on the head To do or say exactly the correct
thing
Make a long story short To get to the main part of the story
Idiom Meaning
Kill two birds with one stone Complete two goals at once
Idioms 2
English phrases & expressions A needle in a haystack Something really hard to find
Money doesn’t grow on trees It’s not easy to get money
Hit it off To get along with someone
Wrap your head around something To understand something
complicated
A wake up call An event that changes the way
you think
On its last legs In bad condition and about to
break soon
Think big Consider ambitious plans
Pay an arm and a leg Very expensive
On the same page In agreement with someone
Phrasal verbs are two or more words that
Phrasal Verbs 1 together act as a completely new word, with a
meaning separate from the original words.
Phrasal Verb Meaning Sentence
Run into To meet someone by chance (unexpectedly) Yesterday, I ran into a friend at the mall.
Get together To meet Let’s get together on Friday.
Give up To stop or quit something I would like to give up smoking because it’s not good for
my health.
Get along To have a friendly relationship with someone She gets along very well with her sister.
Burn out Extremely tired I am so burned out today. Yesterday was a long day.
Back up To support You need to back up your answers with examples.
Call off To cancel They called off the meeting today because of the bad
weather.
Hand in To give something to a person of authority I need to hand in my project to the teacher by 5pm.
Do over To complete something again The teacher was not happy with my project. I need to do
it over.
Catch up on To move faster to reach a certain level During the holiday, I need to catch up on my reading.
Phrasal verbs can be used in different tenses,
Phrasal Verbs 2 for example present, past and future
Phrasal Verb Meaning Sentence
Carried away To lose control or get very excited I got carried away in the shop and spent all my
money!
Turn down To reject He turned down the business offer because the
money was too low.
Turn into To change or develop into something new or Today turned into such a long day!
different
Run out To use all of something and have nothing left Oh no! My phone battery has run out!
Speak up To speak louder I can’t hear you. Please speak up!
Carry on To continue Carry on with the meeting. I’ll be right back.
Cut down To reduce I need to cut down on sweets and coffee.
Get by To survive or manage It’s hard to get by on a low salary.
Take after To resemble someone She takes after her mother.
Take over To take control In a few years, he will take over his father’s company.
Common Conjunctions
a conjunction is used to connect words, phrases or sentences
• However • In addition
• On the contrary • Furthermore
• On the other hand • Moreover
• Even though • Similarly
• Although • Consequently
• Whereas • Meanwhile
• Nevertheless • Otherwise
• Nonetheless • Therefore
• For instance • Ultimately
• In spite of • In the meantime
• Afterwards • Similarly
