IELTS VOCABULARY – Task 1 – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Hi
2.Welcome back to www.engvid.com
3.I'm Adam, and today's lesson is for those of you who will be taking the IELTS test
4.Now, as usual, when I do an IELTS class, I will speak a little bit faster, a little bit closer to natural speed for those of you who need the extra listening practice
5.But this is for everybody; there's always something to learn, it's all English
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C1)
experience
B1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
Example:
"a verb, okay? And: "fluctuation", a noun. Now, from my experience, checking students'"
recording
B1To make a record of information.
Example:
"can use it as a verb: Over the span of the recording, of the record, of the 15 years,"
throughout
B1Completely through, right the way through.
Example:
"throughout the period. Okay?"
different
B1The different ideal.
Example:
"I'll use a different colour now so we're not confused. And then started declining. So,"
continuously
B2Without pause.
Example:
"is 250. Okay? So, sales continuously increased until they reached their peak of 250,000.""
expression
B2The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
Example:
"expression, the safest way: "Until they reached their lowest point." Simple is best. But "peak""
important
B1Having relevant and crucial value.
Example:
"you're talking about beginning to end. So it's very important to use this preposition"
preposition
B2(grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word.
Example:
"you're talking about beginning to end. So it's very important to use this preposition"
18-25-year-olds
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Then you have this one: "18-25-year-olds". Now you're making this whole thing into one"
25-year-olds
B2A B2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"Then you have this one: "18-25-year-olds". Now you're making this whole thing into one"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| experience | B1 | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. |
| recording | B1 | To make a record of information. |
| throughout | B1 | Completely through, right the way through. |
| different | B1 | The different ideal. |
| continuously | B2 | Without pause. |
| expression | B2 | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
| important | B1 | Having relevant and crucial value. |
| preposition | B2 | (grammar, strict sense) Any of a class of non-inflecting words typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word: a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word. |
| 18-25-year-olds | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| 25-year-olds | B2 | A B2-level word commonly used in this context. |
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