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🎆haven't been doing so hard.

🎆In soccer=> team-->club/ coach--> manager

🎆Championship contender

🎆Mediocre performance= a disappointing performance

=> mediocore 表現中庸，普通的

🎆Struggle on the road 在他國比賽

🎆At home 在自己國家比賽

🎆Hit the back of the net= make a goal

🎆Biased ref= a referee who makes calls which are unfair toward a team

🎆Noteworthy- excellent

🎆commentary

🎆Marble bust 石膏/ 大理石 半身像

🎆Restrained 抽象的，狂野風格的

🎆Classical sensibility- in a style of Greek, Roman, or Renaissance art

🎆Oil on canvas

🎆Mural 壁畫

🎆Utilizes a palette of grays and blacks

=> palette 調色盤

🎆Prominent in the composition is...

=> Prominent 突出的，顯眼的

🎆Salvador Dali (1904-1989) - Surrealist Artist

Spanish artist Salvador Dali is known as one of the best and most well-known Surrealist artists. He used the technique of illusionism (also known as Veristic Surrealism) to portray his personal dream world. His fears, desires, addictions, and insecurities surfaced in his paintings, as he depicted a convincing fantasy realm using an academic painting style. The photographic realism and its miniscule details and textures are striking in each work. Even though many images in his paintings are painted from life, or objectively, they are exaggerated with color and juxtaposed with unusual scenery and matter. For example, a realistic portrayal of a landscape, an animal, or a human figure is usually distorted with color, texture, or the addition of bizarre imagery, making it a subjective or imaginative piece.

Through artmaking and acting like a madman, Dali was interpreting the absurdity of the world, urging others to do the same. Dali's artwork boldly challenged human fears, dealing with the most personal and provocative taboo topics. His obsession with voyeurism, castration, impotence, violence, and many other controversial subjects were thoroughly explored in his images. Dali was influenced by Freudian theories such as the Oedipus legend which he addressed in his work. The artist created countless works of graphic art such as paintings, drawings, and prints, but also illustrated books, designed costumes, stage sets, and produced Surrealistic films.

🎆Pros and Cons of Electronic Cash

Pros :

=>provide convenience to the user and the banker.------does not have to deal with long line of people.

=> The manual labor, involving the cashier, security and other bank staff is reduced.

=> The small-scale and the local level merchants can also access and transact in the global market.

=> can be easily accomplished through the facility of online shopping.

=> the transactions are all recorded in a database.

Cons:

=> not a foolproof system.

=>The online facility can be hacked or can also be infected with a virus, if sufficient security is not provided.

🎆When in Rome (do as the Romans do)

🎆If it ain’t broke (don’t fix it)

🎆The bigger they are (the harder they fall)

🎆What goes up (must come down)

🎆When life gives you lemons (make lemonade)

🎆Puppy-dog eyes

🎆Fetch

🎆Man’s best friend

🎆Curl up (next to...)

🎆Pooch

🎆don't make your examiner drops difficult on your essay.

=> 1. Messy essay 2. Bad handwriting 3. Paragraphs 4. Linking words

🎆premium

🎆actions speak louder than words

🎆driftwood 漂流木

🎆Pricey / spendy / a luxury item / a splurge

🎆Bummed / in a funk

🎆Pull an all-nighter / put one’s nose to the grindstone

🎆A cinch / brainless / not rocket science

🎆A ROME TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!

🎆There is no way to know what topic you will be faced with in IELTS Speaking Part 3. However, you can prepare by knowing the functions that you will be required to use! 1. Compare past / present How have work hours changed in your country from the past until now? 2. Compare generations, or ages Do younger people in your country like the same type of music as older people? 3. Effects / causes What are the positive / negative effects of social media? 4. Solutions How can teachers solve student behavior problems? 5. Advantages / disadvantages What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a robot in your home? 6. Describing trends in your country / culture / the world In your culture, do families spend a lot of money on weddings? 7. The future Do you think libraries will still exist in the future?

🎆Snap at- to yell at someone suddenly

=> When I was younger, my mother would always snap at me when I didn’t clean my room.

🎆Snap back- recover

=> I had ACL surgery a year ago, but I haven’t snapped back as I’d hoped.

🎆Snap out of it- to refocus on the present after zoning out or letting your attention wander

=> I was hanging out with my friends last night, and I completely zoned out because I was so tired from studying. When I snapped out of it, they were talking about a movie I really wanted to go see.

🎆Snap up- buy quickly

=> I saw the ad recently for the latest iPhone, and it’s gorgeous. I’m sure it will be snapped up as soon as it’s available.

🎆I would say, to be honest, not as much as I like.

🎆Second-run movie theater / the cheap sheets

🎆Keep it light- create a mood that is not serious

🎆Have a feast- have a very large meal

🎆“hanging out” and “chilling”

🎆Happy hour- period of time in a bar / restaurant when alcoholic drinks and perhaps snacks are cheaper

🎆Goof off for hours- joke around for a long time

🎆Keep it low-key- hang out with friends in a relaxed, not active, way

🎆Clown around- goof off, joke around

🎆Chow down- eat a lot

🎆Great minds think alike- having the same ideas or opinions

🎆Catch a flick- watch a movie at a cinema

🎆On the up and up- improving

=> Although I was going through a rough patch recently, my life is on the up and up. I’ve started exercising and eating healthier, and I’m much more stable than I used to be.

🎆There’s a light at the end of the tunnel- things are difficult now, but you know at a definite time in the future that the difficulties will end

=> I have massive amounts of work to do for my Master’s program, but at least there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. At this time next year, I’ll be graduating!

🎆Stepping up one’s game- To improve

=> I’m really stepping up my game in my English studies, as I’ve started doing all my homework and practicing every day.

🎆New and improved- describing a new version of something that is better than the old one

=> The new and improved dictionary features slang and idioms that were not present in older editions.

🎆Future hope/goal: ambition, aspiration

🎆Goal: objective, intent, (idiom) not just a pipedream

🎆Ideal: utopia, quintessential, exemplary, supreme

🎆My sincere wish is that…

=> My sincere wish is that future pupils will attain a perfectly balanced curriculum, consisting of both useful vocational skills and holistic learning about the world.

The ideal future should feature/include…

=> The ideal future should feature education based on a perfectly balanced curriculum, consisting of both useful vocational skills and holistic learning about the world.

In the foreseeable future, I hope that…

=> In the foreseeable future, I hope that there exists a perfectly balanced curriculum, consisting of both useful vocational skills and holistic learning about the world.

The aspirations of ________ should be ________.

=> The aspiration of every citizen should consist of a perfectly balanced education, consisting of both useful vocational skills and holistic learning about the world.

🎆My heart sank

=> When I saw the apartment, my heart sank, as it was filthy and had no windows.

🎆Beside myself with emotion

=> When I had to leave my childhood home to move to the States, I was overcome with grief.

🎆Throwing money down the drain

=> I want to buy a house, so I’m not throwing money down the drain on rent every month.

🎆Change of heart

=> I used to only want to live in rented apartments, because it was easier. Then, around the age of 30, I started a family and had a change of heart. Now, I really want a nice house.

🎆The saccharine taste is delightful- one of the heavenly, pure joys of childhood.

🎆After a savory meal, the palate needs to be cleansed, and a small delectable treat does just that.

🎆Of course! I thought, and still feel, that chocolate fudge is the most divine flavor sensation on earth.

🎆Use adjectives meaning ‘awesome’ to describe photos you’ve taken, such as awe-inspiring, breathtaking, magnificent and majestic.

🎆I read In the Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss, and it is the most stunning fantasy novel, by far / ever written.

🎆I will never understand that, actually. Reading is an indispensable part of my life. Stories have been, and always will be, my life-blood.

🎆My personal, lifelong belief is…

Due to recent events, my sentiments have been swayed to the side of…

I actually hold strong feelings on the matter, as…

To be honest, I only have vague notions about…, as… [Use this phrase if you do not know enough about the topic to hold an opinion.]

🎆Judging from my own experience, an educated guess would put at least 80% of people…

🎆Just by looking at current diet trends,... are on the rise, so I’d forecast...

🎆‘Cyber’ is much better than ‘online’ or ‘internet’. Also, ‘threats’ is better than ‘dangers’.

🎆Attack national infrastructures, like the healthcare system‘Infrastructures’ is an excellent word to describe an organizational network, such as a system of roads, a power grid, or, in this case, the healthcare system.

🎆Cyber espionageThis is a parallel expression for ‘hacking’. ‘Espionage’ means ‘spying’.

🎆The banking industry is vulnerable‘Vulnerable’ is a great adjective meaning ‘weak’ or ‘open to danger’.

🎆Update software to monitor threats‘Monitor’ means to ‘keep track of’.

🎆Blow away the competition- to win by a lot

🎆Get a second wind- get energy again after being tired

🎆Neck in neck- to be equal in the competition, in score or performance

🎆Underdog- person or team who is supposed to lose

🎆Fanatic- (noun or adjective) to be really, really into something (even other than sports)

🎆Normal jobs: a 9 to 5 / desk monkey / rat race

🎆Get fired: get the boot / let go / cutback / downsized

🎆Working: land a job / freelance / telecommute / plug away at something / keep your nose to the grindstone

🎆Business today: brick and mortar / mom and pop / Wall Street fat cats / the 1% (*Note: These phrases are especially current and topical today, in expressing views about America’s new president.)

🎆Hiring practices: nepotism

Don’t Use These Words in IELTS Writing Task 2!

🎆Don’t say “good”. Instead, use:Stunning, stellar

🎆Don’t say “bad”. Say:Loathsome, horrific

🎆Never, ever say “a lot”. Use:A great deal, a plethora, a shocking quantity

🎆Don’t use “some”. Instead, be more specific.Don’t just say, “Some laws will make people healthier.”Instead, say, “There should be a law that requires all adults to walk 2 miles a day.”

🎆Don’t use “people”. Be more specific.Say exactly who you are referring to, for example, “individuals, citizens, youth, mature adults, employers.”

🎆Never, ever say “a lot”. Use:A great deal, a plethora, a shocking quantity

🎆Adverb + verb

Absolutely love

Totally adore

Quite fancy

(Note- Don’t say ‘keen on’!)

🎆Adverb + adjective

Incredibly stupendous

Tremendously fabulous

Fantastically delightful

🎆My sample answer is about the Fall. I describe all the changes to foliage and weather in Portland, Oregon, and describe how lovely I feel at this time. The short story is about the run I took with my dog in the rain, and how gorgeous and invigorating it felt.

🎆Oh, gosh, I don’t normally talk about this to be honest.

To be frank, this is not a topic that I generally think about.

Geez, I’ve never answered a question like this before.

🎆Informal

1. That sucks/ that’s rubbish. (It’s terrible.)

2. It pains me to say that…

3. I’ve had it up to here. / I can’t take it anymore.

4. I’m freaking out/ going mental. (I’m panicking.)

Formal

1. Unfortunately, I am the bearer of bad news.

2. Forgive me for saying, but…

3. This is pushing the limits of acceptable behavior.

4. I must insist on certain changes being made / certain solutions being carried out.

5. Needless to say, the situation is dire.

🎆Fill the two minutes.

Don’t stop talking.

You don’t need a conclusion.If fact, if the examiner has to stop you in the middle of your story, it looks like you are more fluent. It proves that you are able to keep talking for a long time, and that is what your Fluency score is based on.

Focus on the topic, not the bullet points.

If you depend on the bullet points while speaking, your answer seems disjointed.

This is enough for a 6, assuming you fill the two minutes, but no higher.Instead, while brainstorming, follow our strategies for how to provide a fluent and naturally organized answer.

🎆Don’t just use vocabulary you got from an IELTS class or in a textbook. That will only give you a 6 for vocab.

For example, don’t just say, “increase dramatically.” You can say, “grew impressively” or “exhibited a shocking jump.”

🎆Clear organization

You need to organize your numbers into two clear groups.Write one body paragraph about each group.The key is always the best way to organize the information and decide the groups.