Cambridge
ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
Vocabulary reference and practice
IN USE
ENGLISH
VOCABU L ARY
Vocabulary reference and practice
with answers and ebook
Fourth Edition
IN USE
Upper-intermediate
Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell
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First published 1994 Fourth Edition 2017
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Learning vocabulary Organising a vocabulary notebook Using your dictionary Guessing and explaining meaning
Countries, nationalities and languages
The weather
Describing people: appearance Describing people: personality Idioms describing people Relationships At home
Everyday minor problems Global problems Education Higher education Work Business Sport
Art and literature Theatre and cinema Music Food
Physical geography Environmental problems Towns
The natural world Clothes
Health and medicine Medicine and technology Health and lifestyle
Travel Holidays
Science and technology Computers
The press and the media
8 Politics and public institutions
9 Crime 0 Money
Describing objects
Belief and opinion Pleasant and unpleasant feelings 44 Like, dislike and desire Speaking The six senses
What your body does
8 Praising and criticising
49 Emotions and moods
0 Commenting on problematic situations
Number, quantity. degree and intensity
Numbers and shapes Time
Distances and dimensions
Obligation. need. possibility and probability