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Skills
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Vocabulary
Business English
Pronunciation
TOEFL/TOEIC
Idioms
Levels
Low Beginning
High Beginning
Low Intermediate
High Intermediate
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Sample conversation
words, phrases and
sentences
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Good morning. How are you? |
My name is
John. |
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What is your name? |
I
live in Chicago. |
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Where do you live? |
I
work for Burger King. |
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Where do you work? |
How
are you feeling? |
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I was sick last week, but I'm fine now. |
Do
you think it will rain today? |
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I go to night school. |
Do you attend school at the university? |
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I'm from China.
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Where are you from? |
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I don't speak English very well. |
I am leaning to speak English. |
Greetings |
Introducing other
people |
large, sizable,
substantial, great, huge, enormous,
extensive, colossal, massive, mammoth, vast,
gigantic
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big, great, huge,
sizable, substantial, immense, enormous,
colossal, giant
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measuring a small
distance from end to end, small, little,
tiny brief fleeting, passing, quick
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moving or capable
of moving at high speed, quick, swift,
rapid, speedy
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having a high
degree of heat or a high temperature,
scorching, boiling, searing, fiery
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to be desired or
approved of, healthy, fine, sound, fit,
robust, superior, integrity
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having lived for
a long time, no longer young, elderly,
senior, aged
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attractive in a
delicate way without being truly beautiful,
lovely, good-looking
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a natural oily or
greasy sustance, having a large amount of
excess flesh, plump, stout, overweight
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feeling or
showing pleasure or contentment, joyful,
jolly, cheery, merry, lighthearted
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containing or
holding as much or as many as possible,
brimfull,filled up, brimming
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with little or no
light, black, pitch-black, inky, gloom
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causing laughter
or amusement, humerous, witty, comic, droll,
jocular, amusing
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arousing
curiosity or interest, holding or catching
attention, fascinating, gripping, compelling
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low in price,
worth more than its cost, inexpensive,
low-priced, low-cost, economical
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of great vertical
extent, tall, lofty, towering, soaring,
elevated, giant, big
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extending far
down from the top or surface, cavernous,
yawning, gaping
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in good health,
well, fine, fit, in good shape, robust,
strong, vigorous
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having a great
deal of money or assets; wealthy, affluent,
well-to-do, prosperous
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easy to mold,
cut, compress, or fold, not hard or firm to
the touch, mushy
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achieved withoug
great effort; presenting few difficulties,
uncomplicated, undemanding, simple
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free from dirt,
marks or stains, washed, scrubbed, cleansed,
dleaned, virtuous, good |
protected from or
not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to
be harmed or lost, secure, protected
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identical; not
different, twin, duplicate, alike, matching,
selfsame
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happening or
completed fefore the usual or expected time
for completion
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having the power
to move heavy weights, powerful, muscular,
brawny, sturdy, burly, robust
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the highest or
uppermost point, part, or surface of
simething, summit, peak, pinnacle, crest,
tip
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pleasing the
senses or mind aesthetically, attractive,
very pretty, handsome, good looking,
alluring
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(of a man)
good-looking, attractive, striking, gorgeous
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feeling or
displaying the need for food, ravenous,
empty stomach, faint with hunger
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feeling a need to
drink something, dry, parched, baked,
dehydrated
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in need of sleep
or rest; weary, exhausted, worn out,
dog-tired, bone-tired, drained, wasted
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having a great
deal to accomplish, occupied, engaged,
involved, employed, working
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not under the
control or in the power of another, able to
act or be done as one wishes, without cost
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of an extent,
amount, or intensity considerably above the
normal or average, special, eminent,
important
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kind or pleasant,
affable, amiable, congenial, cordial, warm,
affectionate, sociable
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preferred before
all others of the same kind, favored,
best-loved, dearest, strongly preferred
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small in size,
amount, or degree, , small-scale, compact,
miniscule, baby, undersized, wee, micro
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of a size that is
less than normal or usual. little, compact,
tiny, miniature, mini |
of great or more
than average height, especially with respect
to an object relative to width
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moving or
operating or designed to do so, only at a
low speed, not quick or fast, sluggish,
plodding
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of or at a low or
relatively low termerature, especially
compared to the human body, chilly,cool, icy
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of poor quality;
inferior or defective, evil, inadequate,
defective, shoddy, imperfect
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not existing
before; made, introduced, or discovered
recently or now for the first time
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unpleasant or
repulsive, especially in appearance,
unattractive, unappealing, hideous, awful |
having opposite
surfaces or sides close together, skinny,
narrow |
feeling or
showing sorrow, unhappy, depressed,
downcast, down, despondent |
containing
nothing; not filled or occupied, vacant,
unoccupied, abandoned |
the natural agent
that stimulates sight and makes things
visible, illumination or glow |
(of a person)
solumn or thoughtful in character or manner,
earnest, grave, somber, sober |
not interesting;
dedious, dull, monotonous, unvaried,
uneventful, repetitive |
costing a lot of
money, costly, high-priced, dear, pricey,
exorbitant, big-ticket |
of less than
average height from top to bottom, short,
nearly empty, small, little |
of little depth
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affected by
physical or mental illness, ill, unwell,
feeling poorly, ailing |
lacking
sufficient money to live at a standard
considered normal in a society, indigent |
solid, firm, and
resistant to pressure, not easily broken,
bent or pierced, hardened |
needing much
effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or
understand, laborious, tough |
covered or marked
with an unclean substance, grimy, grubby,
filthy, muddy, stained |
able or likely to
cause harm or injury, menacing, threatening,
hazardous, perilous, risky |
not the same as
another or each other; unlike in nature,
form or quality, dissimilar |
doing something
or taking place after the expected, proper,
or usual time, tardy |
lacking the power
to perform physically demanding tasks,
lacking physical strength |
the lowest point
or part, buttocks, base, foot, seat,
backside |
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