Skill Up! (1)

Skill Up! (1) False Friends

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Welcome to our first Skill Up! vocabulary guide. In response to your requests, we’ve created a new product to help you to increase your active vocabulary. In each issue, we’ll be focusing on one main vocabulary area and one small-talk topic.

This time, we’re presenting language you will need to talk about jobs — your own and other people’s jobs, too. We’ve divided the guide into sections in which different vocabulary and different ways to learn vocabulary are introduced. Look out for the small Skill Up! boxes for tips on how to remember the words we present.

The sections:

• Picture This! Use illustrations to help you to visualize the meanings of words.
• Word Bank Study key expressions and translations in our vocabulary list.
  
• False Friends Use visual memory aids for tricky translations.
  
• In Focus Memorize common word partnerships to become more fluent.
  
• Essential Idioms Learn idiomatic language through dialogues.
  
• Close Relations Focus on words and word families.
  
• Small Talk Learn common idioms and expressions for socializing.
  
• Your Profile Personalize our guide with your own example sentences.

We hope you enjoy our new guide and look forward to your comments.