Unit 2. Keeping a vocabulary notebook

Stuart Redman. English Vocabulary In Use. Pre-Int and Int. Fourth Edition.

Vocabulary

to make a note of smth.
(I sometimes make a note of new words in my notebooks)

to note down = to write down = to make a note

branch /brɑːntʃ/
1. one of the many parts of a tree that grows out from its trunk (I lopped off the biggest branches.)

add up
to put numbers together in order to reach a total (When you add up everything we've spent, it's cost well over £200.)

Exercises

Ex. 2.1
Food — lay the table, flour, raw, butcher, frozen,
Garden — branch, dig, ground, leaf, butterfly
Numbers — count, add up, minus, thousand, zero

Ex. 2.2
1. raw — not cooked
2. dig — to make or move the ground with tools
3. butcher — somebody who kills animals and get meat
4. leaf — a little green part of the tree
5. flour — white powder made from grain that is used to make bread
6. lay the table — to put dishes and food on the table
7. add up — to put numbers together to reach a total
8. minus — an action with numbers when you one number reduce another.

Ex. 2.3
1. forget — op. remember
2. awful — /ˈɔːfəl/, syn. terrible, op. good
3. necessary — op. unnecessary
4. translate — I, T; translate from ... into ...; n. translation
5. tip — 1. the end of smth (the tips of toes); 2. a piece of useful advice (gardening tips); 3. an extra amount of money that you give to a waiter, a taxi driver and so on
6. enjoy — /ɪnˈdʒɔɪ/ n. enjoyment; col. enjoy yourself

Quizlet

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