According
According to sb/sth
Verb Pattern
63 cards to learn, plus a reading text that puts the key phrases in context.
63 cards
According to sb/sth
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Announce sth (to sb); Announce that
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Believe sth; believe in sth; believe that; believe to be
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Comment on sth; make a comment (to sb) about sth
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Confuse sth/sb with sth/sb; confused about/by sth
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In control (of sth); take control (of sth); under control; under the control of sb; out of control
Collocation
Correspond with sth/sb
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Describe sth/sb as; describe sth/sb to sb
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Give a description of sth/sb
Collocation
Make a difference (to sth/sb); tell the difference (between);there’s no/some/little/etc difference between
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Take sth/sb for granted
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I hear sth/sb; hear about sth/sb; hear from sb
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Influence sth/sb; have/be an influence on sth/sb
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Inform sb that; inform sb about/of sth
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In the news; on the news; hear the news; newsflash; newspaper
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Take place; in place of; at a place
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Ask/answer a question; question sth/sb; in question; question mark
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Have/hold/take a view; be sb’s view that; in my view; in view of; look at/see the view; view of sth; view from sth/swh
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Watch sth/sb; watch (out) for sth/sb; keep watch
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likely to do; likely that
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persuade sb to do; persuade sb that; persuade sb of sth
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point (in) doing
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send sb sth; send sth (to sb)
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surprise by surprise; surprised at/by sth
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tell sb sth; tell sb that; tell sb about sth/doing; tell sb (not) to do
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Start discussing a subject
I hate to bring it up, but do you have the money you owe me?
Start to be broadcast
That quiz show you wanted to watch comes on in five minutes
Be published
I can't wait until the next Harry Potter book comes out
Add information in the spaces on a document
Just fill in this form and the hand it in at reception
Turn and look at the pages of a magazine, etc quickly
I was flicking through a magazine when I saw a photograph of the man who had stoled the money!
Give things to people in a group
Mark, please hand these out to everyone in the class
Try to find information in a book or list, etc
I'll look John's number up in the phone book
Pretend that something is true; see, hear or understand sb or sth with difficulty
Neil tried to make out that he won thee lottery, but it wasn't true
Invent an explanation, excuse, etc; create a story, poem, etc
I have to make up an excuse for being late
Suggest
A number of suggestions were put forward during the meeting
Recognize that something is not true and not be tricked by it
I can see through your lies
Be easy to see because of being different
She is so beautiful that stands out everywhere she goes
Turn a page so that the other side is towards you
Turn over the page please! The teacher said.
To recognise that something is true, fair or right
Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to pollution
To have the same opinion as someone else
Doreen thought that the house was to small, and Jim agreed
Someone whose job is to give information about TV or radio programmes between other programmes
The announcer said that a football match would be in place of Big Brother tonight
A piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
He has written several articles for The Times
A programme that is broadcast
We usually watch channel 5's main news broadcast in the evening
A serious type of newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper
The Guardian is a good example of broadsheet
A short news broadcast
There's a two-minute news bulletin on at eleven o'clock
A television station and the programmes that it broadcasts
What's on the other channel?
A journalist who writes a regular series of articles for a particular newspaper or magazine
As a columnist I'm allowed to express my opinion in ways that other journalists aren't allowed to
Someone whose job is to give a description of an event on TV or radio as it happens
I'd love to be a sports commentator but I don't think I'd be good at it
To say that something is not true
Spokesman denied that the company had acted irresponsibly
A newspaper or magazine article that concentrates on a particular subject
This week we've got a special feature on new children's books
A television programme where people play games in order to win prizes
Jose Pollert used to host a game show called The Generation Game
The title at the top of a page or a piece of writing
if you look at the heading, it'll tell you what the paragraph is about
The title of a newspaper story
The whole of the front page was taken up with the headline 'YOU LIAR!'
Someone whose job is to report the news for a newspaper, magazine or TV programme
Enid works as a journalist for the local newspaper
Radio, TV, newspapers, the Internet and magazines considered as a group
The story has widely been reported in the media
A short broadcast of an important piece of news in the middle of a television or radio programme
We interrupt this programme to bring you a newsflash
Newspapers and news magazines, or the journalists who work on them
She has been criticised in the press for not speaking out on this issue
A series of instructions that makes a computer do something
I'm thinking of getting a new word processing program for my laptop
A television or radio broadcast
More people watch the news than any other programme
A television programme in which answer questions to win prizes
General knowledge is important when it comes to participate in quiz shows
To say that you will not do or accept something
I asked him to apologise, but he refused
A newspaper that has small pages and not much serious news
I don't know why you waste your money on that stupid tabloid
A television or radio programme in which famous people talk about themselves
Did you see Brad Pitt on that talk show last night?
A short text using 21 of the key phrases. Tap a highlighted phrase for its meaning.
Last month I had the worst I’ve ever taken. Normally a takes care of and , but this time I decided make the myself. Big mistake!
First of all, the so . When they gave me my new , they didn’t ask me if I’d prefer a or an aisle seat (a seat next to the corridor) – and I was stuck in the middle. To top it off, it was a very .
I then missed my and had a in Chicago. Unfortunately, my had already gone through to my final destination, so all I had was my . I near the airport just so I could take a nap.
When I finally arrived in San Francisco, it turns out that I had made a mistake with my hotel reservation, and instead of booking a room at a , I had booked three nights at a in ! So I was stuck sleeping on an uncomfortable mattress in a while my colleagues enjoyed the .
The trip home was uneventful, but when I arrived I discovered that the airline had . All in all it was a miserable experience.