WARNING many lists are of dubious usefulness. Vocabulary should be learnt in
context. What follows is just a quick revision list and is no substitute for careful dictionary
work and your own notetaking.
Match the key words with their definitions:
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1. instil 2. suppress 3. verbal 4. unruly 5. maxim 6. accord someone 7. different kettle of fish 8. lay down (the law) 9. resort to 10. liken 11. to bar 12. a breach |
a. naughty, disruptive (behaviour) b. give c. produce (in someone) d. to do with words/language e. a saying (eg "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush") f. different kind of thing g. to prohibit, forbid h. impose i. a contravention, an illegal action j. to keep something down (eg inclinations to misbehave) k. switch from plan A to plan B l. to say that two things are similar |
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