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E C C E: Themes and Related vocabulary
Contents :
Sport and Leisure
Health
Education
Money-Work-Employment-Housing-Living
Technology and Machines
TV / Newspapers / Radio (mass media)
Crime and Punishment
Disasters – Weather – Environment - Animals
Relationships - Romance and Marriage - Behaviour
Death - Sadness - Nervousness - Coming to Harm
Consumerism – Shopping
Transport
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Sport and Leisure - Hobbies
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basket - captain
camping (go camping) - cycling helmet
billiards - dive
bat - draw
basketball court - hooligan
costume - player in charge
competition - rival
coach - score
club - side
cards - tennis racket
crossword - stadium
do-it-yourself - tracksuit
match - beat
hiking - competition
handlebars - defeat
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Health
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addiction - elderly - medicine
agony - medical treatment - muscle
ambulance - physically disabled - brains
backache - pension - chest
bandage - pensioner - waist
body - mentally handicapped - bruised
breath - eligible - hurt
come round - out of work - tongue
cure - social services - ribs
diet - benefits - beard
diseases - social workers - painful
emergency - welfare state - lips
express - retire - bruise
faint - subsidised - sunburnt
fever - low incomes - knees
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Education
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college - learner
exams - principal
university - pupil
term - coach
distance learning - graduate
diploma lecturer
semester - professor
degree - tutor
project - college degree
on-line course - absent
assessment - experiment
assignment - gifted pupil
class - board
course - science laboratory
lesson - alternate lines
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Money - Work - Employment - Housing - Living
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cash - job - offer
generous - standard of living
purchase - rent a flat
poverty be / get tired
profit - work nine to five
save - make a living
well off - fired
expensive - applications
take out - dismissal
worthless - earn
accommodation - employee
bus route - employer
cottage - laid off
crowded facilities - manual
flatmate - salary
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Technology / Machines
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appliance - modern
appliances - sophisticated
cell phone - air conditioning
corkscrew - break down
develop - website
device - engine
download - machine
e-mail - electric / electrical
experiment - plug / switch
fax - electric drill
hammer - typist / typewriter
instruments - high-tech industry
keyboard - out of order
laptop - be / go online
mobile phone - binoculars
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Television / Newspapers / Radio (mass media)
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serial - channel
reality show - commercial break
host - soap opera
documentary - newscaster
series - viewers
ratings - press
film - public
comic - correspondent
page - opinion
review - editor
Sunday papers - local papers
journalist - journalism
leading article - circulation
reporter - tabloid
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C r i m e and P u n i s h m e n t
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burglary / burglar - forgery
smuggling / smuggler - fraud
manslaughter - arson / arsonist
vandalism - embezzlement
shoplifting / shoplifter - assault and battery
armed robbery - homicide
blackmailer - forger
hooligan - murder/murderer
vandal - hijacking / hijacker
kidnapping / kidnapper - pickpocket
thief / theft - steal
accident - commit suicide
commit a crime - rob / robber
drug smuggling - terrorism
drinking and driving - speeding
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Disasters / Weather / Environment / Energy / Animals / Industry
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risk - put out
earthquake - fire brigade
floods - overcome
drought - arson / arsonist
victims - chilly
tents - foggy
clothing - freezing
supplies - frost
rescue teams - heatwave
relief - humid
aid - lightning
epidemic - overcast
famine - storm
starve - thunder
starvation - tornado
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Relationships – Romance and Marriage – Behaviour
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approve - adorable
attracted - aggressive
be married - ambitious
break off - bad-tempered
bride - brave
bridegroom - cheerful
bring up - considerate
brother-in-law - courageous
civil - determined
close relatives - frank
consent - frank
cousin - generous
date - gentle
daughter-in-law - grateful
distant relative grateful
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Death - Sadness - Nervousness - Coming to Harm
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aggressive - faint
blush - shy
abuse - withdrawn
cemetery - tranquillizer
comfort - tremble
crematorium - troublemaker
damage - widow
dead - will
destroy - disagreement
embarrassment - friction
funeral - grief
hearse - heartbroken
inherits - injure
insult - jealous
leave - loss
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Consumerism / Shopping
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tag - on sale
label - buyer
cash desk - purchase
off—the-peg - discount
refund - deliver
sales - wrap
try on - serve
fit - advertisement
till - catalogue
assistant - list
mail order - purse
bargain - street markets
receipt - banknotes
cashier - shop assistant
exchange - in charge
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Transport
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route - roof rack
lane - bonnet
heavy - bumper
thick - tyre
jam - exhaust
block - windscreen
oil - wheel
gas - engine
fare - headlight
price - mirror
stop - steering wheel
station - boot
rush - wiper
commute - wing
communicate - garage
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