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VOCABULARY LIST
These are the words and phrases we will be focussing on in the vocabulary practice below. Which words/phrases do you know already? Are there any that you've never seen before?

Nouns
✤accuracy ✤communication ✤concepts ✤conjecture ✤dialect ✤fluency ✤gesture ✤hesitation ✤language ✤language barrier ✤linguist ✤linguistics ✤means of communication ✤mother tongue ✤native speaker ✤pronunciation ✤sign ✤language ✤vocabulary

Adjectives
✤incoherent ✤inherent ✤sophisticated ✤spontaneous

Verbs
✤clarify ✤communicate ✤comprehend ✤conclude ✤confirm ✤converse ✤define ✤demonstrate ✤distinguish ✤emerge ✤evolve ✤explain ✤express ✤gesture ✤illustrate ✤imply ✤indicate ✤pronounce ✤record ✤refer (to) ✤signify ✤state ✤stutter ✤suggest ✤translate

Idioms
✤there is something to be said for ✤needless to say ✤have a say ✤when all is said and done ✤having said that ✤to say the least ✤you can say that again ✤that is to say

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SHOW YOUR PROGRESS
Before you do any of the exercises below, make sure you have completed one or both of the tasks in the Show Your Progress PDF (download it below). Remember to keep a record of how you answered the questions.

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VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Work through these exercises in this order to learn and practice the above vocabulary.

1. Exercise I

2. Exercise II — Idioms

3. Exercise III

4. Exercise IV

5. Exercise V

6. Exercise VI

7. Exercise VII

Now go to the next lecture in this section for some IELTS Academic reading practice.

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