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Contents of Academic English Book

• Adjectives and Adverbs
• actual, current, topical
• actually, currently, nowadays
• advisable, convenient, comfortable
• all, entire, everything, whole
• almost, hard, hardly, nearly
• alone, only, solely
• alone, individual, only, single, sole, unique
• alternate(ly), alternative(ly)
• always, ever, never
• apparently, seemingly
• appropriate, proper, right, suitable
• appropriate(ly), convenient(ly), correct(ly),
• proper(ly), right(ly)
• at present, currently, now, nowadays
• characteristic, peculiar, typical, unique
• classic, classical
• coherent(ly), consistent(ly)
• coherent(ly), consistent(ly), substantial(ly)
• common, diffuse, widespread
• comprehensible, understandable
• connected, linked, related
• contemporary, contemporaneous, simultaneous
• continual(ly), continuous(ly)
• corresponding, correspondent
• deeply, strictly, strongly, tightly, thoroughly
• different, several, various
• each, every, any
• each other, one another, themselves
• early, soon
• economic, economical, economically, financial
• economic, low-cost
• enough, quite, sufficient(ly)
• few, little, a few, a little
• fewer, less, minor
• for, since
• greater, main, major
• independent(ly), irrespective(ly), regardless(ly)
• main, principal, principle
• pointless, useless
• relevant, remarkable, significant
• sensible, sensitive
• subsequent(ly), successive(ly)
• adverbs of manner
• adverbs of time
• adjectives -ing vs -ed
• adjectives
• adjectives: positive and negative
• adjectives with similar meanings
• Link words
• according to, depending on, following,
• in accordance with, in agreement with,
• in compliance with,
• also, as well as, even, too
• also, as well as, either, even, neither / nor, not
• only, so, too
• although, even if, even though, though
• apart from, besides, except for, in addition to,
• with the exception of
• as long as, if, provided that, unless
• as is, as it is
• as, how, like
• as a consequence, consequently, hence,
• it follows that, thus, therefore
• at the end, in the end, fi nally, lastly
• because, why
• both, either, neither
• both, either, neither, if, whether
• by now, for the moment, so far
• by, thus, When, While
• compared to, in relation to, with respect to
• despite, despite the fact, however, in any case,
• in spite of the fact, nevertheless,
• notwithstanding, still, yet
• e g , i e
• e g , for example, i e , such as, that is to say, etc
• eventual(ly), if necessary, in the end
• in fact, instead (of), on the other contrary,
• on the other hand
• various link words
• various link words
• Nouns
• base, basis
• basis, degree, extent, level, region
• capacity, competence, skill
• chance, opportunity, possibility, probability
• consideration, observation, remark
• danger, hazard
• dimension, size
• measure, measurement
• motivation, reason
• replacement, substitute, substitution
• requirement, request, query
• standard, degree, grade, level
• various nouns
• Prepositions
• about, for, of
• above, over, below, under, underneath
• among, between, of
• among, between, from, of, with
• at, in, into, inside, to
• at, to, ø (no preposition)
• at, to, towards
• by, from
• by, from, in, of, with
• during, over, throughout
• for, of
• in, into
• in, on
• in, into, on, onto
• with, within
• various prepositions
• Verbs
• affect, effect, influence, condition, interest
• agree with, be in agreement with, match
• allow, enable, permit, let, mean
• analyze, elaborate, process
• anticipate, bring forward, expect, forecast, foresee,
• predict
• argue, claim, pretend
• arise, raise, rise, give rise to
• ascertain, check, control, verify
• assist, take part, participate
• assume, hypothesize, suppose
• assure, ensure, guarantee, insure
• attempt, demonstrate, prove, show, test,
• try, try out
• avoid, prevent
• be concerned, cope with, deal with, focus on
• be the result of, turn out, result, result in
• be born, conceive, derive from, originate
• bind, bond, bound
• bring, cause, determine, give rise to, lead to
• compose, comprise, consist, constitute,
• form, make up
• condition, conduct, drive, guide
• decline, decrease, go down, lessen,
• lower, reduce
• decrease, drop, plummet
• demand, request, require, query
• desire, want, wish
• determine, cause, induce, lead to
• depict, highlight, show, visualize
• detect, discriminate, distinguish, identify
• divide, separate, share, split
• entail, imply, involve, mean
• evidence, highlight, show
• exclude, rule out, marginalize
• expect, presume, suppose, wait for
• experiment, experience, prove, test
• lack, miss
• propose, recommend, suggest
• refuse, reject
• replace, substitute
• result, turn out
• review, revise, revisit
• subject to, subjected to, undergo
• irregular verbs
• phrasal verbs
• various verbs
• False Friends and Synonyms
• false friends
• false friends
• synonyms : reducing redundancy
• synonyms: latinate versus anglo saxon
• synonyms: latinate versus anglo saxon
• various synonyms
• Spelling
• spelling
• spelling
• Useful phrases
• abstracts and introductions
• abstracts and introductions
• abstracts and introductions
• review of the literature
• review of the literature
• definitions
• materials and methods
• methods and results
• highlighting drawbacks of previous research
• highlighting importance of current research
• results and discussion
• referring to figures and tables
• giving examples
• acknowledgements
• Emails
• enquiring about possible placement
• enquiring about possible placement
• enquiring about possible placement
• cover letter for summer school application
• asking for an informal review of a manuscript
• request to co-author
• request for favor
• request for favor
• request for help with research
• chasing a request
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• apologizing for late reply, commenting
• on future project
• thanking for hospitality
• submission of paper
• request to editor regarding status of previously
• submitted manuscript
• letter to editor regarding referees’ report