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890839
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Hart, Steve, (Academic proofreader)
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Expand your English : : a guide to improving your academic vocabulary /\ Steve Hart.
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Hong Kong :: Hong Kong University Press,, 2018.
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1 online resource
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9789888390991
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9789888390991
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9888390996
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| Contents
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Intro; Contents; Introduction; Part A: Two Hundred Key Academic Terms; 1. accomplish accumulate acquire actively adhere adjustment advanced advent advocate align; 2. allege alleviate allocate ambiguity amendment apparatus apparent applicable arbitrary arguably; 3. articulate assert assign assumption attain attribute authentic beneficial capability characteristic; 4. clarify coherent coincide collectively comparable compile complexity comprehensive conception conflicting; 5. considerable consistency consolidate constituent constitute constraint contemporary contend continuity contradictory.
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17. refine reflect reinforce relatively reliance renewed replicate reportedly resolve respective18. robust routinely salient signify similarity situate specialize speculation standing steadily; 19. subjective subsequently substantial sufficiently suitability susceptible symbolize systematic tendency theoretical; 20. trait transition underlying undertake undoubtedly unified utilize variance verify viable; Final Check for the Top 200; Part B: Academic Word Categories; 21. NOUNS: Action nouns; 22. VERBS: Reporting verbs; 23. ADJECTIVES: Evaluative adjectives.
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24. ADVERBS: Linking adverbs and sentence adverbs25. WORDS for unity and division; 26. WORDS for fact and fabrication; 27. WORDS for change; 28. WORDS for amount and size; 29. WORDS for introducing aims and objectives; 30. WORDS for models, data, and figures; 31. WORDS for interviews and questionnaires; 32. WORDS for reviewing and concluding; Appendix: Noun collocates of the top 200; About the author; Index: Top 200 by part of speech; General index.
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Writing academic prose in English is especially difficult for non-native speakers, largely because the standard vocabulary used in this genre can be quite different from colloquial English. Expand Your English: A Guide to Improving Your Academic Vocabulary is a unique and invaluable guide that will enable the reader to overcome this hurdle. It will become the favourite go-to reference book for both beginners and for intermediate learners struggling with the complexities of English-language academic writing. Steve Hart covers 1,000 vocabulary items that are essential for good academic writing.
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English language, Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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Vocabulary, Problems, exercises, etc.
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English language.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- General.
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Vocabulary.
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| Dewey Classification
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428.2
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| LC Classification
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PE1112.H37E97 2018eb
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