Appendix 3: Essential Ideas
IELTS Essays,
Letters, Graphs, Diagrams & Maps
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Pre-emptive strike/action/attack
An action that is done to harm someone before they can harm you - use this especially about
official or
military actions
The US says it is prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike with nuclear weapons if it is
threatened.
4.
something that can be prevented
Preventable
Whooping cough and measles are both preventable diseases.
Many of these deaths each year are preventable.
Avoidable
Running out of gas is annoying and easily avoidable.
Too many children are still injured in avoidable accidents.
5.
to stop happening
Come to an end
When we had children, all our trips to theatres and cinemas came to an end.
Research at the college came to an end in 1870.
All good things must come to an end.
Cease
Hostilities between the two countries have now ceased.
Presently, the rain ceased and the sun came out.
Cease altogether
(=stop completely)
The sound of gunfire gradually receded and then ceased altogether.
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