WORDLIST

yawn (v.) /jɔːn/ |  | to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored

Grammar A

avoid (v.) /əˈvɔɪd/ doomscrolling (n.) /'du:m.skrəʊlɪŋ/ dose (n.) /dəʊs/ potential (adj.) /pəˈtenʃᵊl/ recent (adj.) /'ri:.sant/ scan (v.) /skæn/ violence (n.) /ˈvaɪə.lᵊns/ violent (adj.) /ˈvaɪə.lᵊnt/ |  | to try not to do something, or to try to stay away from something the activity of spending a lot of time looking at your phone or computer and reading bad or negative news stories an amount or experience of something, often something bad or unpleasant possible when the necessary conditions exist happening or starting a short time ago; belonging to a time close to the present. to examine something carefully forceful actions in order to hurt someone or that is likely to cause damage used to describe a situation or event in which people are hurt or killed

Grammar B

assistant (n.) /əˈsɪstᵊnt/ cardiologist (n.) /ˌkɑːdiˈɒl.ə.ʤɪst/ snore (v.) /snɔːr/ |  | a person who helps someone else in their work, tasks, or duties; a helper a doctor who specialises in treating diseases of the heart to breathe in a very noisy way while you are sleeping

Listening

itch (v.) /ɪʧ/ realise (v.) /ˈrɪə.laɪz/ shorten (v.) /ˈʃɔː.tᵊn/ spill (v.) /spɪl/ superstition (n.) /ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃ.ᵊn/ superstitious (adj.) /ˌsuːpəˈstɪʃ.ᵊs/ |  | to have or cause an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with your nails to achieve something you were hoping for to become shorter or make something shorter to cause a liquid or substance to flow out of its container and onto a surface the belief that particular events bring good or bad luck; the belief that explains the causes for events in ways that are connected to magic, not to science. believing in superstitions

Writing

contribution (n.) /ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuːʃᵊn/ investment (n.) /ɪnˈvest.mənt/ life-long (adj.)/ˈlaɪf.lɒŋ/ |  | something that you do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make something successful the act of putting money, time, or resources into something to make profit or get an advantage lasting or continuing for the entire duration of a person’s life

Time to Watch

alert (adj.) /əˈlɜːt/ critical (adj.) /ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kᵊl/ cycle (n.) /ˈsaɪ.kᵊl/ |  | quick to see and understand and act in a particular situation of the greatest importance to the way things might happen a regular period of time during which an activity, job, etc. is done