English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

101.4
 
verb
noun
adjective
clarify
clarification
clarifiable
facilitate
facilitation
facilitating
instruct
instruction
instructive
notify
notification
notifiable
rectify
rectification
rectifiable
101.5
1 Clients must 
obey the following rules.
2 
Put coins into the slot below.
3 Your complaints have been investigated and are considered to be 
unjustified.
4 Passengers are 
asked not to smoke.
5 Tick 
the country where you live.

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Phonemic symbols
Vowel sounds 
Consonant sounds
Symbol Examples 
Symbol Examples
/
i
/
sleep me 
/p/
 
put
/
i
/
happy recipe 
/b/
 
book
/

/
pin dinner 
/t/
 
take
/
υ
/
foot could pull 
/d/
 
dog
/
u
/
do shoe through 
/k/
 
car kick
/
e
/
red head said 
/g/
 
go guarantee
/
ə
/
arrive father colour 
/tʃ/
 
catch church
/

/
turn bird work 
/d/
 
age lounge
/
ɔ
/
sort thought walk 
/f/
 
for cough photograph
/

/
cat black 
/v/
 
love vehicle
/

/
sun enough wonder 
/θ/
 
thick path
/
ɒ
/
got watch sock 
/ð/
 
this mother
/
ɑ
/
part heart laugh 
/s/
 
since rice
/z/
 
zoo surprise
/ʃ/
 
shop sugar machine
/
e
/
name late aim 
//
 
pleasure usual vision
/a/
my idea time 
/h/
 
hear hotel
/
ɔ
/
boy noise 
/m/
 
make
/
eə
/
pair where bear 
/n/
 
name now know
/
ə
/
hear cheers 
/ŋ/
 
bring
/
əυ
/
go home show 
/l/
 
look while
/
aυ
/
out cow 
/r/
 
road
/
υə
/
pure fewer 
/j/
 
young
/w/
 
wear
 
This shows that the next syllable is the one with the stress.

This is used when some longer words have a second stress, less strong than on the main stressed 
syllable.

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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced 
277
Index
The numbers in the Index are 
Unit
 numbers, not page numbers.
4x4
/fɔbafɔ/
27
abhor
/əbhɔ/
14
abhorrence
/əbhɒrəns/
14
abhorrent
/əbhɒrənt/
14
abject
poverty 45
-able
/əbəl/
87
absolute
poverty 40
absolutely
/bsəlutli/
78
abstruse
/bstrus/
69
academic journal 1
accede
/əksid/
72
accelerate
/əkseləret/
66
access (v.)
/kses/
48
access online 1
accessory
/əksesəri/
17
Accidents will happen! 70
acclaimed
/əklemd/
22
accommodating
/əkɒmədetŋ/
34
accord
/əkɔd/
74
account for 80
ache
/ek/
52
aches and pains 52
achieve economic growth 45
acknowledge
/əknɒld/
1, 101
acquaintance
/əkwentəns/
12
acquiesce
/kwies/
72
acquit
/əkwt/
74
acquittal
/əkwtl/
74
acronym 
/krənm/
85
acupuncturist
/kjυpŋktʃərst/
51
acute
/əkjut/
51
AD
/edi/
85
addictive
/ədktv/
48
additive
/dətv/
23
additive-free 87
address
/ədres/
80
adhere
/ədhə/
36
adherence
/ədhərəns/
36
adherent
/ədhərənt/
36
adjoining
/ədɔnŋ/
101
administration
/ədmnstreʃən/
7
admit
/ədmt/
70
adoption leave 6
adoration
/dəreʃən/
11
adoring
/ədɔrŋ/
11
adverse
/dvs/
53
advocate
/dvəket/
79
affection
/əfekʃən/
11
affectionate
/əfekʃənət/
11
affinity
/əfnəti/
7, 68
affluence
/fluəns/
40
affluent
/fluənt/
40
aforementioned
/əfɔmentʃənd/
101
age-conscious 87
age-related 87
aggregate (n.)
/grgət/
71
aggregate (v.) 
/grget/
71
agony aunt
/gəni ɑnt/
47
agony column
/gəni kɒləm/
47
agree to differ 78
ahead of its time 22
AI
/ea/
56
AIDS
/edz/
85
ailing
/elŋ/
45, 53
air views 50
airline
/eəlan/
26
airtime
/eətam/
50
akin
/əkn/
68
alarm
/əlɑm/
14
alarmed
/əlɑmd/
14
alarming
/əlɑmŋ/
14
alcoholic
/lkəhɒlk/
16
alibi
/lba/
74
all the ingredients of 23
all the rage 17
all your born days 60
allegation
/lgeʃən/
41, 43
allege 
/əled/
43
allergic
/əldk/
23, 53
allergy
/lədi/
23
alleviate debt 45
all-inclusive holiday 26
allocate funds 45
all-out
/ɔlaυt/
44
allowance
/əlaυəns/
35
allude
/əlud/
80
ally
/la/
12
aloof
/əluf/
10
alternative medicine
/ɔltnətv medsən/
51
altruistic
/ltrustk/
8
amateur
/mətə/
16
amber
/mbə/
65, 89
ambiguous
/mbgjuəs/
79
ambition
/mbʃən/
70
amble
/mbəl/
61
ambush (n. and v.)
/mbυʃ/
44
amend
/əmend/
43
amendment
/əmendmənt/
43
amiability
/emiəbləti/
11
amiable
/emiəbəl/
11
ample
/mpl/
59
an item 19
anaesthesia
/nəsθiziə/
51
anaesthetist
/ənisθətst/
51
analogue
/nəlɒg/
56
analogy
/ənlədi/
68
ancestor
/nsestə/
28
angle bracket
/ŋgəl brkt/
81
Anglo-Saxon
/ŋgləυsksən/
89
animal (rescue) shelter 32
animal rights activist 32
animal welfare 23
annual bonus 6
annul
/ənl/
43
annulment
/ənlmənt/
43
-ant
/ənt/
87
anthology
/nθɒlədi/
22
anticipate
/ntspet/
76
anti-corruption squad 35
antipathy
/ntpəθi/
14
anti-social
/ntisəυʃəl/
5
anti-virus software 48
anxious
/ŋkʃəs/
70
apology
/əpɒlədi/
74
appalling
/əpɔlŋ/
92
apparent
/əprənt/
70
appeal
/əpil/
43
appease
/əpiz/
13
append
/əpend/
79
applause
/əplɔz/
20, 29
appliance
/əplaəns/
58
applicant
/plkənt/
87
approachable
/əprəυtʃəbəl/
10
approval
/əpruvəl/
78
approve of 78
approximately
/əprɒksmətli/
83
APR
/epiɑ/
46
arbitrary
/ɑbtrəri/
79
arch rival 12
archaeologist
/ɑkiɒlədst/
39
archive
/ɑkav/
50
arduous
/ɑduəs/
69
arid
/rd/
28
armistice
/ɑmsts/
74
armour
/ɑmə/
39
aromatherapist
/ərəυməθerəpst/
51
article
/ɑtkl/
1
articulate (adj.) 
/ɑtkjələt/
38
artificial
/ɑtfʃəl/
99
artificial intelligence
/ɑtfʃəl 
nteldəns/
56
as quiet as a mouse 63
as thick as thieves 11
as things are 82
ASAP
/eesepi/
85

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ashes
/ʃz/
15
aspiration
/spəreʃən/
70
assemble
/əsembəl/
55
assent
/əsent/
72
assert
/əst/
80
assess
/əses/
1
assessment of risk 7
assignment
/əsanmənt/
1
association
/əsəυʃieʃən/
96
asterisk
/stərsk/
81
asthma
/sθmə/
53
astute
/əstjut/
8
asylum
/əsaləm/
35, 97
asylum-seeker 35
at a rate of knots 60
at short notice 60
at stake 76
at your earliest convenience 101
ATM
/etiem/
46
atmospheric
/tməsferk/
37
attachment
/əttʃmənt/
48
attain
/əten/
101
attempt
/ətempt/
97
attire
/ətaə/
17
attribute (to)
/ətrbjut/
36
auburn
/ɔbən/
65
auction
/ɔkʃən/
7
audition
/ɔdʃən/
20
authorise
/ɔθəraz/
72
authoritative
/ɔθɒrtətv/
79
auto-
/ɔtəυ/
88
availability
/əveləbləti/
34
averse
/əvs/
14
aversion
/əvʃən/
14
avoid
/əvɔd/
90
avoidable
/əvɔdəbəl/
87
award
/əwɔd/
20
award custody to 43
awe-inspiring
/ɔnspaərŋ/
27
back copy
/bk kɒpi/
50
back door 30
back on your feet 52
back up 98
back-handed
/bkhndd/
75
backlog
/bklɒg/
34
backward steps 61
bad language
/bd lŋgwd/
76
baggy
/bgi/
17
bags of 82
bald
/bɔld/
25
ballpark figure 71
ban
/bn/
25
banned
/bnd/
35
banned goods 35
bar
/bɑ/
72
bargains galore
/bɑgnz gəlɔ/
49
based on 67
basis
/bess/
67
battery farming 23
battle
/btl/
44
BC
/bisi/
85
BCE
/bisii/
85
be a law unto oneself 43
be at death’s door 15
be down in the dumps 94
be down in the mouth 94
be fed up with 73
be forced to conclude 80
be in accord with 78
be in your element 94
be into 16
be looking up 94
be made for 94
be most unsatisfactory 73
be not at all satisfied about something 73
be on bad terms 12
be on cloud nine 94
be on the ball 93
be on top of the world 94
be on your last legs 15
be over the moon 94
be proactive 19
be sick of 73
be somebody’s guest 24
be the toast of 75
be up and running 94
beam
/bim/
62
bedridden
/bedrdən/
87
bedsit
/bedst/
85
bedtime reading 22
beep your horn 25
behind closed doors 30
behind someone’s back 12
beige
/be/
65
bend the law 43
bend the rules 43
benefit
/benft/
6
benefits package 3
bequeath
/bkwið/
15
bequest
/bkwest/
15
bereaved
/brivd/
15
berth
/bθ/
26
besiege
/bsid/
44, 100
besotted (with)
/bsɒtd/
11
bestow
/bstəυ/
101
bet
/bet/
76
bet your life 76
better off 2
beyond the scope of 80
bi-centenary
/basentinəri/
37
bicker
/bkə/
84
bid
/bd/
7
bidder
/bdə/
7
bill
/bl/
41
billboard
/blbɔd/
49
bio-
/baəυ/
88
biodata
/baəυdetə/
85
biodiversity
/baəυdavsəti/
33
biomass
/baəυms/
58
biopic
/baəυpk/
85
biotechnology
/baəυteknɒlədi/
56
bird sanctuary 32
a bit (of a) 83
a bit of 82
bite your nails 9
bitter rival 12
black
/blk/
65
black as thunder 65
black cat 96
black future 65
black mark
/blk mɑk/
65
black market
/blk mɑkt/
65
black sheep of the family 65
black-tie
/blk ta/
19
black-and-white 21
blip
/blp/
71
bliss
/bls/
13
blissful
/blsfəl/
13
blissfully
/blsfəli/
13
blissfully happy 13
blissfully ignorant 13
blissfully unaware 13
block capitals
/blɒk kptlz/
81
bloke
/bləυk/
97
blood sport
/bld spɔt/
32
blow hot and cold 93
blowy
/bləυi/
29
blue
/blu/
65
blue-collar worker 65
Bluetooth™ 56
bluey green 65
blurb
/blb/
22
BMI 54
boast
/bəυst/
27
body language 4
boiling
/bɔlŋ/
29
bold
/bəυld/
81
bolt (v.)
/bəυlt/
66
bomb
/bɒm/
20

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