English C1-C2 CAE/CPE Vocabulary, Grammar and Fixed phrases

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• I wil contacted due be
• I realized nick time in
• Applicants age must be at
• Spur moment the on of
• Snowed work to be under
• Lend money tide rest month
• Day playing video games you
• Drop hat hesitation good reason
• Cordon off  stop people entering area putting rope
• Jump queue skip the
• Shortcut to take a
• Sensitise desensitise <-->
• Makes point  of treating employees fairly give one's
• Blurt suddenly thinking effect out
• One's supposed let on no to
• Tabloid saturday the comes out
• News fast around get very
• I out with news couldn't believe
• Put views extremely diplomatically you
• Set policies we've down our
• Exept caught immediately i joking
• Explain situation i to him
• Kindness complete stranger i found hotel word
• Push luck to your too
• Dint give gambling force of 
• Decidded that it so happens
• Arrive conclusion to at a
• Experts position have come around
• Money's worth we really did
• Fat lot a of use
• Eye sth to keep an
• Erect monument to a somebody
• Aiming create spacious area space
• Dom finish crossword hard couln't
• Poor health to be in
• Spending weeks hospital lying beach cry
• Negelect v negliently adv
• Plans fruition fruit to do
• Proposal sth a for
• Imitable inimitable find antonym <->
• Pride places collection to take
• Condition worse night during the turn
• Redeeming feature aspect makes drawbacks
• Someone/sth begin like   or to
• Back bad unpleasant to get
• Born culture to be into
• Sth national interest to be
• Missing rush hour past weeks extremely good fine
• Meeting chair preside a over
• Color slightly unwell off
• Check dare unreasonable annoying have
• Bit hot collar angry upset
• Flying colors great success with
• Problem chest confide get a
• Chalk cheese different as and
• Play one's cards act cleverly
• Wild goose chase hopeless pursuit
• Caught red-handed committing crime be
• Tears crocodile false
• Piece cake easily of done
• Drain wasted lost down the
• Dumps cheerful down the not
• Dole recieving unemployment benefit social security
• Dogs fail deteriorate go to
• Day red-letter imporant a very
• Sleeping dogs lie avoid mentioning subject taking action
• Put damper ruin make enjoyable
• Sth dark unaware be in
• Give day job continue something
• Broad daylight full view public easily
• Deal blow great difficulty spoil plans
• Defensive protect oneself feels insecure threatened
• Donkey's years long time for
• Dot punctual time on the
• Lend ear listen careful sympathetic
• Play ear act situation responding events plan
• Ease reduce degree speed intensity
• Cutting edge forfront at the
• Edge tnese nervous anxious on
• Effect unsuccessful to no
• Meets eye important interesting more
• Play deminish to something down
• Abeyance halted temporarily weekend plans held weather forecast
• Fixed abode homeless be of
• Outdoors travelling place out and
• Abstract general in the a
• Accord automatically of it's own
• Agree ot differ disagree stop arguing chance agreement
• Arrears depts in
• Cast aspersions criticise
• Cost arm leg expensive an
• Ball alert on the
• Belt cruel unfair below the
• Oneself anger excitement extremely angry excited
• Bide one's time wait good opportunity
• Black owing money in the
• Red owing somebody money in the
• Blaze trail discover explore a
• Blink stop working properly on
• Board rejected longer go by
• Cut bone reduced minimum the
• Bounds prohibited out of
• Pick someone's brain problem extract information expert
• Act advised suggested on do
• Act behave awkwardly badly work properly
• Answer back respond rudely somebody
• Answer responsible pay vouch for
• Answer to  command characteristics be
• Back case oppose demand down
• Back withdraw out
• Back support up
• Bear relevant affect on be
• Bear patient with be
• Told altogether all
• Spite for all in of
• People expressing annoyance surprise thought unsuitable
• All the same yet however
• Considered all in when everything
• I know  as for all
• I care for all don't
• Account of on because
• Account circumstances no on under
• Account reason this that on
• Air uncertain in the
• Air exists talked up in
• Clear air remove suspicion bad feeling
• Arms angry be up in
• Alert expecting on the something
• Full beans lively of very
• Drop brick tactless a do
• Browned fed off up
• Brainwave sudden clever idea a
• Blue suddenly unexpectedly out of
• Break show profit loss even
• Cost bomb expensive a very
• Make common act achieve aim
• Rise challenge act succesful to
• Give chapter verse exact detail
• Hold check control prevent powerful
• Big cheese person important job position
• Chin bravely accept criticism pusishment
• Chop change changing mind and
• Strike chord make feel sympathy enthusiasm
• Claim fame thing makes unusual important
• Clean admit truth confess come
• Steer stay clear avoid of
• Part company end association with
• Cut corners be less thorough
• Cracked good people overestimated not
• One's cramp style restrict behaviour
• Bigotry opinions prejudices a  adj obstinate intolerant devotion
• Condemn declare verb reprehensible wrong evil weighing evidence
• Corpulent adj large bulky body  bit   from years
• Dismal showing causing gloom see  depression the   prison
• Dissuade advise a)  person dissuading  us base thoughts
• Exasperate v a)  irritation annoyance conundrum playwright enliven
• Exasperate adj irritated annoyed point injudicious action roughened
• Feeble b)  adj a)  markedly lacking strength man
• Grudge give v unwilling admit  reluctantly resentfully time
• Molest sexual verb make unwanted improper advances force
• Oblique adj a)   neither perpendicular parallel :   lines b) 
• Purvey verb supply provisions matter business
• Sudden qualm feeling emotion attack illness faintness nausea
• Scold find fault noisily angrily
• Sequined adj ornamented with  small plate shining metal
• Male virile adj a)  traditionally masculine traits marked
• Put nose joint angry annoyed
• Time pressed left to do
• Discerning adj showing   and understanding
• Determine tax charge asses verb rate amount fine
• Kin noun group persons common ancestry  one's relatives 
• Ancient times antiquity noun quality being  people  plural
• Rough to   without  to it
• Savour verb give flavor to  delight in 
• Weary adj  in strength endurance,  freshness one's patience
• Intrepid adj characterized by  fearlessness endurance explorer
• Judicious decision adj exercising characterized sound judgment made
• Inveterate adj confirmed habit  an   liar firmly established
• Bring make happen about something
• Peruse read typically careful something
• Contemplate view with   attention  meditate
• Scorn mock
• Indignation anger aroused unjust unworthy
• Interim intervening time interval the
• Obsolete longer an   word no
• Provisional serving time government for
• Stint period time spent activity he  served waiter
• Dive start enthusiasm sat dinner table and  dove
• Knuckle apply oneself earnestly down
• Earnest in  intent mental state proposal made considerable
• Clench hold fast  to
• Clamber climb awkwardly effort hands feet we  clambered
• Fumble grope handle clumsily aimlessly make awkward attempts
• Quay n structure built parallel bank waterway landing
• Crow flies straight line measuring distance
• Stone's throw close a very
• Lose bearings confused heading your
• Make beeline sth/sb straight line crow flies
• Sensitise make   or hypersensitive to
• N allege  v)  claim assert illegal wrong typically
• Blunt adj you   without   to be   or   about
• Boast n statement expressing excessive pride oneself act
• Gist n main point part the   of argument
• Inkling n slight knowledge vague notion faintest   of
• Quibble v evade point argument caviling words
• Buy give money act off
• Cavil v make petty unnecessary objections they  cavilled
• N placard notice posted public  poster
• Rant n,v talk noisy excited declamatory manner
• Stutter v speak involuntary disruption blocking speech repetition
• Talk sb  round accept support idea opposing change
• Read assume something's to take
• Hearsay rumor
• Inadvertent n focusing mind matter inattentive
• Transpire v place occur to
• Wobble v tremble to
• Dint n force power
• Elusive tending evade grasp pursuit  prey
• Surmount v overcome adj surmountable insurmountable
• Speak volumes provide lot information
• Ample adj money trip enough
• Heap n collection things thrown
• Meager adj lacking desirable qualities leading a   life
• Clock reach number quantity up
• Club giving money common pot buy comething 
• Drum make people support buy
• Mount larger up get much
• Size form judgment  the situation
• Borad long reason choosing things equal
• Knee-high grasshopper small to a
• Line pockets obtain money dishonest
• Lock stock barrel including part
• Sum tidy large
• One's depth limits capabilities of
• Spot speck n small discoloration stain decay
• Dwell v remain time hallway
• Evict v recover property person legal process
• Prop support up
• Gloat v observe triumphant malicious satisfaction gratification delight
• Glum adj gloomy
• Smirk v smile a   or   way i touched
• Covered spots come out in
• Cotton begin realize understand up
• Laugh lot crease make a
• Follow check health recieved medical treatment
• Lash hit attack suddenly unexpectedly
• Shrivel smaller thinner fresh and
• Grin bear chin it and
• Hair worried upset keep your
• Fly handle suddenly angry good reason
• Peer v narrowly curiously to
• Neglect v give attention respect building neglected years
• Benign  (adj significant effect  a   lung tumor
• Exempt adj free released liability requirement subject was 
• Unrest n disturbed uneasy state
• Abolish v completely  slavery to
• Alleviate v make pain suffering more  drug that 
• Deterrent serving adj discourage prevent inhibit to  ads
• Sb lock horns confront to
• Aggravate v make worse severe problems been  aggravated
• Blemish n noticeable imperfection impairs appearance
• Paper hide problem disagreement finding satisfactory solution
• Clear concience  feel guilty to
• Quarrel n ground dispute complaint
• Hair enjoy oneself strenous period im gonna thursday
• Sedentary adj requiring sitting a   job migratory  birds
• Mundane adj relating characteristic world terestrial
• Outing n outdoor pleasure trip
• Glashaus sitzt pot calling kettle black
• Auf ersten blick blush at
• Flog whip to
• Rote-learning learning purely repetition by
• League tables list unis worst
• System two-tier levels with 2
• Well-endowed  receiving lots money gifts
• Bursaries money pay studies provided basis merit scholarship
• Opposite number job my same
• Rapport communication relationship
• Pecking-order system people benefits/promotions where
• Talk shop work informal to
• Knock finish work inf to
• Stuck rut trapped job escape
• Overworked underpayed idiom and
• Voluntary/compulsory redunancies people losing jobs offering choice
• Skeleton staff minimum number workers
• Cold calling phoning people havent requested sell school
• Come/go hammer sold auction to
• Tender put submit win supply written offer job
• Zip energy inf
• Chauvinistic patriotic too
• Placid calm easily excited angry
• Shrewd adj good judgement judicious
• Unstinting giving restraint unsparing given
• Dogged showing determination giving easily a   competitor
• Thrity frugal careful spending money wasting things
• Obstinate adj stubborn
• Shrewd astute cunning sly +
• Terse brusque words polite friendly
• Scrawny unattractively bony slender and
• Lanky gangly tall thin moving awkwardly
• Stout fat solid body quite
• Stocky short body wide shoulders chest
• Wiry adj thin strong but
• Well-dressed smart-looking hair place never
• Swarthy dark-coloured skin used about
• Sallow yellowish
• Haggard wild appearance  faces looked sadly straw
• Pouting positioning lips attractive in
• Taciturn reserved or says very
• Diffident lacks confidence
• Aloof unfriendly sociable and not
• Haughty unfriendly thinks and herself
• Conceited thinking wonderful yourself
• Obstinate inwilling change despide persuasion
• Man/woman heart admire you a
• Rift disagreement divides people serious
• Covet sth possess to you
• Placate stop feeling angry so
• Exultant adj feeling great pleasure happiness coy success
• Full joys spring happy of
• Offhand show rude lack interest
• Puerile silly childish and
• Fickle v change feelings suddenly reasons
• Forlorn adj sad cared alone
• Distraught adj extremely worried upset
• Doddery adj weak unable walk coy age inf
• Legs close death refers mashines phone
• Dabbler person activity long who
• Stramash sct disturbance
• Sruff noun person dresses untidy
• Frumpy fashioned boring old and
• Scanty revealing lot flesh clothes
• Skimpy short material clothes using
• Glammed nines dressed fashionably to
• Sth rage fashionable is all
• Hand glove close working relationship
• Sth shoestring spending as to
• Frills simple plain no and
• Put straitjacket restrict freedom to
• Sth draw veil talk to
• Hovel small dirty house bad condition
• Home truths info true pleasant
• Write home special nothing to
• Hobnob friendly important famous negative associations
• I hope im outstaying staying long
• Sth hackneyed boring is done
• Critics panned lauded by vs
• Play bombed london's west end failure
• Inured sth affected to not
• Highbrow/lowbrow inteded educated intelligent people lowbrow
• Peerless run mill better than
• Sb stew juice worry suffer
• Teetotal drinks alcohol never
• Pot luck eat eating special
• Jumping red light stopping a
• Bald tyre platten
• Tailback line slow stopped traffic
• Skid lose control steering tha tthe car slides
• Discerning showing good judgement style quality shrewd judicious
• Arid dry
• Fields paddy planted rice growing water
• Cloud be   or   because   you something  the   under
• Putting roots settling down
• Root idea widespread accepted take
• Nipped bud stopped develops sth
• Weed rid to out get
• Prune back cut limit to
• Withering mocking sb be to
• Poacher people hunt animals illegally
• Shoddy poor quality service goods
• Backlog sth number wating dealt
• Traffic wardens people job make drivers leave cars
• Raucous noisy very
• Tag nicht vor dem abend loben aint till
• Destitute adj destitution n money food home possessions
• Hansard official record parliamentary business
• Lodge appeal make official request repeal
• Justice pervert make diffcult to
• Quash conviction change previous official decision guilty
• Lay law to   make   what you   should  this 
•  in law unto  to  is   and not   the 
• Cash strapped inf to be
• Put/leave shade make things insignificant
• Muck-raking collecting scandal
• Doctor locum noun job ill holiday
• Nip zip whizz fast movement short distance  bus
• Career moving rapidly control to
• Scamper scurry scuttle rapid steps lots small animals
• Totter fairly slow movement unsteady mary tottered road
• Precipitate sth make bad happen suddenly sooner
• Lampoon  somebody/something criticize somebody/something publicly amusing makes ridiculous
• Abstruse difficult tiring theory argument philosopher
• Gruelling extremely tiring difficult journey work match expedition=
• Wayward changeable selfish hard control behaviour child person
• Nuisance drag what a
• Blip temporary change börse
• Ballpark figure guess believed accurate
• Tot add formal everything up
• Gripe grouse whinge complain about
• Extol virtues praise sth highly
• Sth complete shambles totally disorganised chaotic event
• I hope successfully it comes
• Diagonal catty-corner(ed opposite a   angle something/somebody restaurant catty-corner
• Dumpster uk skip
• Butch men women aggressively masculine behaviours inf

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