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9 Sep 2021, 17:16

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Topic vocabulary: Discrimination against disability (Part 1)

Able-bodied (adj) – not disabled; fit and strong

Ableism (noun) – discrimination in favor of those who are able-bodied.

Access (noun) – a way of entering or reaching a place

Appliance (noun) – an electrical device that is used for a particular purpose in the home

Companion (noun) – a person who spends a lot of time with you; a person who travels with you or goes

Disability (noun) – a lock of one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have

Discriminate (verb) – to treat someone or a group of people in a different and often unfair way, especially in a worse way, from the way in which you treat other people

Doorway (noun) – the entrance to a building or room where the door is

Equip (verb) - to provide a person or place with things that are necessary for a particular purpose

Escalator (noun) – a moving staircase which carries people between levels of a large building

Facilities (noun) – services, equipment that are provided for a particular purpose or to fulfill a particular need

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8 May 2021, 14:04

A list of idioms to help your IELTS speaking exam

1. Fresh as a daisy
Someone who is lively and attractive, in a clean, fresh way.
Ex: My sister has been travelling for almost 24 hours, and she’s still as fresh as a daisy.

2. Couch potato
Spending too much time on the internet or watching TV.
Ex: My uncle is such a couch potato! He often spends his Saturdays watching American football on TV.

3. Full of beans
A person who is lively, active and healthy.
Ex: My 6 year old nephew is full of beans! He has more energy than three adults.

4. A bad egg
Someone who is untrustworthy.
Ex: Hey, Sue, I think your neighbor is a bad egg. He has these scary looking guys in black leather hanging around his place all the time.

5. Down to earth
Someone who is practical and realistic.
Ex: My aunt Karen is so down to earth. She can figure out any difficult situation, and offer a good solution.

6. Party pooper
A person who is gloomy, and having no fun at a social gathering.
Ex: Listen, my friend, I’m so sorry to be a party pooper, but I have to study for my IELTS speaking exam tomorrow.

7. Eager beaver
A person who is hardworking and enthusiastic.
Ex: My colleague drives me crazy! She is such an eager beaver that she always volunteers for overtime.

8. Ball in your court
It's your decision or responsibility to do something now.
Ex: Well, my friend, the ball’s in your court. I’ll wait for your decision.

9. Throw in the towel
Give up.
Ex: I’ve spent too much time on this project to throw in the towel now.

10. Get a head start
Start before all others.
Ex: Let’s get up early tomorrow to get a head start on our drive to Toronto.

11. Get a second wind
Have a burst of energy after tiring.
Ex: After having a coffee and a sandwich, he got his second wind, and finished painting the kitchen.

12. Jump the gun
Start too early.
Ex: I think I jumped the gun by buying my friends James and Susan a wedding gift. They just called off their engagement.

13. Give it my best shot
Try your hardest.
Ex: This test question is really tough! I’ll give it my best shot, and I’ll get some marks for doing my best.

14. On the ball
Ready and able.
Ex: Our department receptionist is really on the ball when it comes to fielding calls from annoyed students.

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Octa School | IELTS

5 May 2021, 21:18

Phrasal verbs📓

Catch on - become popular or fashionable

Do away - get rid of

Draw up - create (plans)

Dress up - put on fancy or unusual clothes

Go over - repeat or think about again in order to understand completely

Grow out of - develop from

Hand down - give something valuable to your children or grandchildren, usually when you die

Line up - put into lines

Pop in - visit quickly or for a short time

Show around - take somebody on a tour of a place

Take off - remove (a piece of of clothing)

Tear up - rip into pieces

Try on - Put on (a piece of clothing) to see how it looks and whether it fits

Wear out - become old and unusable

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Octa School | IELTS

3 May 2021, 12:13

IELTS Energy 995: 3 Tips for Perfect IELTS Proofreading — Lindsay McMahon & Jessica Beck: IELTS Advanced English Conversation…

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🎧3 Tips for Perfect IELTS Proofreading

IELTS Energy Podcast
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Octa School | IELTS

1 May 2021, 11:50

Doing an enjoyable activity with a child can develop better skills and more creativity than reading. To what extent do you agree? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer.

Sample answer:
Parents throughout the world place spend time reading with their offspring to prepare them for school where their literacy skills are further developed; however, recent research suggests that focusing on reading at an early age can be detrimental, and participating in fun activities would be far more beneficial. I am a strong advocate of this approach, and the benefits of it will be covered in this essay.

A fundamental reason for this is that there is no biological age for reading, and pushing infants to acquire this skill before they are ready could have repercussions. For example, in the UK, many boys are reluctant readers, possibly because of being forced to read, and this turned them off reading. By focusing on other activities and developing other skills such as creativity and imagination, when they are ready to read, they usually acquire this skill rapidly.

In addition, the importance of encouraging creativity and developing a child’s imagination must be acknowledged. Through play, youngsters develop social and cognitive skills, for example, they are more likely to learn vocabulary through context rather than learning it from a book.

Furthermore, play allows youngsters to mature emotionally, and gain self-confidence. There is no scientific research which suggests reading at a young age is essential for a child’s development, moreover, evidence suggests the reverse is true. In Finland, early years’ education focuses on playing.

Reading is only encouraged if a child shows and interest in developing this skill. This self-directed approach certainly does not result in Finnish school leavers falling behind their foreign counterparts. In fact, Finland was ranked the sixth best in the world in terms of reading.

Despite being a supporter of this non-reading approach, I strongly recommend incorporating bedtime stories into a child’s daily routine. However, reading as a regular daytime activity should be swapped for something which allows the child to develop other skills.

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Octa School | IELTS

27 Apr 2021, 19:13

Sample answer:

Two weeks ago, I bought a new motorcycle. I had not been planning to buy one but it popped up on my Facebook newsfeed because someone in a local group had listed it for sale. The bike was incredibly beautiful and also surprisingly cheap, so I bought it as a sort of impulse purchase.

Where I live, people often sell things on Facebook because there is an active community of people from around the world who have come to live here. You frequently see people selling their second-hand goods on various Facebook groups, and so I have subscribed to them and buy various things there from time to time.

Clearly, Facebook’s algorithm recognised that I paid attention to motorbikes that were for sale, and so it pushed me to take a look at this one. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was the one for me. The thing that really convinced me was the fact that it looks exactly like a motorbike I owned ten years ago. That bike was my favourite possession and I was really sad when I had to suddenly sell it just six months after buying it. I had promised myself that if I ever saw it again, I was buy it no matter what.

This new bike is not exactly the same but it is very similar, and that was good enough for me. In fact, according to bike experts, this one is even better than my first bike. I was a bit worried because there is a lot of crime in this area and I did not want anyone to steal it from me, but I decided that I would have to take the risk.

After buying the bike, I drove it around the local area on a beautiful sunny day and it really made me feel happy. I have planned many trips with this bike and, once the rainy season ends, I will take it on several long journeys around the country.

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Octa School | IELTS

27 Apr 2021, 15:43

IELTS Speaking Part 2
Describe a thing that you purchased recently. You should say:
– What it was
– What it looks like
– How you bought it
And explain how you felt about it.

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Octa School | IELTS

27 Apr 2021, 15:26

Vocabulary to speak about family and friends (Part 1)

A lifelong friend – A friend that you have had for most of your life

A relationship of trust – a connection with another in which you have faith and confidence

Arrange a dinner date – Plan to share an evening meal

A shoulder to cry on – Someone to sympathize with you

Close knit family – A close family with common interests

Dear to my heart – Someone that I care about

Distant cousins – People who share a common ancestor but are not closely related

Extend the hand of friendship – Reach out to someone in a friendly manner

Extended family – Uncles, aunts and cousins form part of the extended family

Face to face – In person

Get to know one another – Learning different aspects of each other

Get together – Meet up

Immediate family – Spouse, parents, children, grandparents

Long lost friend – A friend that you have lost contact with

Long-term relationships – A committed relationship between partners

Nurture our friendships – Looking after our relationships with friends

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Octa School | IELTS

23 Mar 2021, 23:04

Do you want to know more about IELTS? About what it is and its format, what we can do with that?

Poll

Yes, I know nothing about it yet
No, I know enough about it
I do not care about it

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Octa School | IELTS

18 Mar 2021, 21:37

The Agency for Youth Affairs has published a draft government decree, according to which, from May 1, it is proposed to reimburse the costs spent on passing international exams.

According to the document, young people with high scores will be fully reimbursed for the cost of the exam. Payments will be made at the expense of the Agency for Youth Affairs.

The agency will reimburse the costs if the examinee earns the following points:
• IELTS - 7 and higher;
• TOEFL - 95 and above;
• GMAT - 75 percentile and higher based on exam results (Verbal / Quantitative);
• GRE - 75 percentile or higher based on exam results (Verbal / Quantative);
• SAT - 1200 and higher.

Refunds will be requested through the Public Service Centers or the Single Interactive Public Services Portal.

In addition, the El-Yurt Umidi Foundation, on the basis of high scores in international exams, organizes education abroad for young people entering top 1000 foreign universities in the world.

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Octa School | IELTS

18 Mar 2021, 18:49

Good times, guys! We have a great news for those of you plannin to take IELTS test 🤩 (though it is only relevant to those living in a specific country) 🌏 📍So, where are you from?

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Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan
Russia
India
Other

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Octa School | IELTS

17 Mar 2021, 12:17

Topic vocabulary: Too much traffic (Part 2)

Park-and-ride (adj) – of a transport system, designed to reduce the amount of traffic in towns or cities, in which motorists park their cars at the edge of a town and take a bus from there to the town center

Parking meter (noun) – a machine at a roadside parking space into which you put coins to pay for parking and which shows the length of time that you may legally park

Pedestrianized (adj) – of a street in which cars are not allowed so that people can walk safely

Private car (noun) – a car which is owned and driven by an individual

Public transport (noun) – a system of transport for use by members of the public, consisting of a network vehicles, such as buses trains or trams, which travel on fixed routes at set times and charge passengers set fares

Restriction (noun) – a law or rule that limits something in some way

Rush hour (noun) – the busy part of the day in a town or city when there is a lot of traffic , usually the times when people are either coming in to work or leaving work

Tallback (noun) – a long line of very slow-moving or stationary traffic caused by something which is blocking the road

Traffic jam (noun) – a great many vehicles close together which can only move very slowly and which frequently come to a halt

Traffic warden (noun) – in some countries, a person in uniform employed to stop people from parking in places where they are not allowed to do so, or from parking somewhere for longer than thy are allowed, and to give parking tickets to motorists who ignore the regulation

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Octa School | IELTS

11 Mar 2021, 15:32

Topic vocabulary: Too much traffic

Bottle-neck (noun) – a place where a road grows narrow or a place where there is often a great deal of traffic, causing traffic either to slow down or stop completely

Car park (noun) – an area of ground or a building where cars can be parked temporarily

Chalk-a-block (adj) – extremely full or crowded

Clog (verb) – to cause a road to become blocked, so slowing down or preventing movement of traffic

Congested (adj) – extremely overcrowded, making moving around slow or difficult

Fine (noun) – a sum of money which has to be paid as a punishment for breaking a law or rule

Frustration (noun) – the feeling of being annoyed and impatient

Garage (noun) – a building, often attached to a house, office where cars may be parked or kept

Gridlock (noun) – a situation in a city in which roads become so blocked with cars that it is impossible for traffic to move in any direction and so it comes to a stop

Multi-storey (adj) – having several storeys or levels

Offence (noun) – an act which breaks a low or regulation

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11 Mar 2021, 08:05

991_E3_POD_clean_as_a_whistle.mp3

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🎧 Clean as a whistle
Daily Easy English Expression Podcasts

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Octa School | IELTS

8 Mar 2021, 07:20

Topic vocabulary: Parental aspiration (part 2)

Follow in your footsteps (verb) – to act in the same way, often to do the same work, as someone else has done before you

Generation gap (noun) – the difference in attitudes, behavior, tastes, experiences, etc between younger and older people, which can lead to a lack of understanding.

Graduate (verb) – to receive a degree from a university or college

Occupation (noun) – a job or profession

Offspring (noun) – the child of a particular person or couple

Profession (noun) – a job which requires a high level and specialist training

Status (noun) – the position of someone in relation to other people in society, a profession, a group, etc.

Stress (noun) - worry and anxiety caused by overwork or some other difficult situations

Talent (noun) - a natural ability to do something well

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1 Mar 2021, 12:56

Make sure you practise preparing and thinking of ideas for Part 2. If you do not have any personal experience of the topic, think of someone you know who does and explain this in your talk

#useful #tips

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1 Mar 2021, 12:20

Coronavirus vs other pandemics — BBC Radio

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6 Minute BBC Podcasts

Compared to historical pandemics like the Spanish flu and economic crises like the Great Depression, coronavirus isn’t apparently so bad. Neil and Georgina discuss a historian’s view of coronavirus versus other pandemics.
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24 Feb 2021, 14:37

Topic vocabulary: Parental aspiration

Academic (adjective) – connected with education and studying; involving a great deal of reading and studying, rather than practical skills

Ambition (noun) – something which you want to achieve very much

Ambitious (adj) - having ambition

Aptitude (noun) – a natural ability or sill at something

Artistic (adj) – showing a natural skill at, or enjoyment of art

Aspiration (noun) – a strong desire or hope to achieve something

Aspire (verb) – to want very much to achieve something or to become someone

Bent (noun) – a natural ability, skill or interest in something

Commerce (noun) – the activities connected with business or trade; the large scale buying and selling of goods and services

Communication (noun) – the exchange of information or the expression of ideas or feelings between people, for example, by speaking, letters, etc.

Conflict (noun) - a continued period of fighting or hospitality between countries or groups

Entrepreneur (noun) – a person who sets up a new business, especially when that involves financial risk, in the hope of making a profit and getting a lot of money

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17 Feb 2021, 07:23

⬜️Hang in there

◻️Be patient, wait.

◽️I know you want to quit school, but hang in there. You only have 4 more weeks before your graduation.

⬜️Hard feelings

◻️Anger, bitterness.

◽️I know we had our differences, but I hope there are not any hard feelings.

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