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Dates and times in history Your language

the year two thousand ________________________
the middle ages ________________________
the late twentieth century ________________________
1901 (we say “nineteen o one”) ________________________
the turn of the century ________________________
twenty ten ________________________
nineteen hundred ________________________
eighteen fifty ________________________
two thousand and one ________________________


Describing maps and diagrams Your language

from east to west ________________________
from north to south ________________________
from top to bottom ________________________
in the bottom left (of …) ________________________
westwards ________________________
in the centre (of …) ________________________
in the south west (of …) ________________________
to the west ________________________
the north east (of …) ________________________
to the south east (of …) ________________________
from side to side ________________________
half-way up ________________________


Climate problems Your language

global warming ________________________

melting ice caps ________________________
rising sea levels ________________________
heatwaves ________________________
droughts ________________________
water shortages ________________________
unpredictable weather ________________________
poor harvests ________________________
food shortages ________________________
malnutrition ________________________
powerful cyclones ________________________
intense rainfall ________________________
soil erosion ________________________
rivers bursting their banks ________________________
floods ________________________
Toiletries Your language

Aftershave ________________________

comb /k@Um / ________________________
cotton wool balls ________________________
deodorant /di"@Ud@r@nt/ ________________________
disposable razor ________________________
face cream ________________________
hair brush ________________________
hair dye lipstick ________________________
make up remover ________________________
mascara /m&s"kA:r@/ ________________________
nail clippers ________________________
nail varnish ________________________
perfume /p3;fju;m/ ________________________
shaving foam ________________________