ADVANCED 1
UNIT 1
VOCABULARY FOR SPEAKING: FASHION MATTERS
• Clothes: suit, sweatshirt, polo shirt.
• Footwear: boots, sandals, trainers.
• Jewellery: bracelet, earrings, necklace, ring.
• Headgear: hood, helmet, hat, baseball cap.
• Materials: woollen, leather, cotton, silk, polyester, suede, fur.
• Appearance: casual, smart, untidy, scruffy (old, dirty and untidy), fashionable.
PHRASAL VERBS FOR “FASHION AND CLOTHES”:
put on → get dressed “it’s really chilly here, put on some warm clothes”.
take off sth / take sth off → (REMOVE) get undressed “don’t take off your jacket
yet”.
try on → put on some clothes to test to fit “before I buy it, I’d like to try it on”.
add to sth → (PUT WITH) to put something with something else.
cut down → reduce.
dress up → (FORMAL) wear smarter clothes than usual.
fit in with → if one thing fits in with another thing, they look pleasant together or are
suitable for each other.
go out → go somewhere for entertainment.
keep up (with sb/sth) → understand something that is changing fast.
pull on sth / pull sth on → to put on clothes, especially quickly.
put together sth / put sth together → (JOIN PARTS) create something by joining
or combining different things.
save up sth / save sth up→ (MONEY) keep money for something in the future.
slip on sth / slip sth on → put something on quickly.
stand out → (NOTICE) be easy to be see or notice.
take back sth / take sth back → (THING) return something.
PHRASAL VERBS WITH “GO”:
go away → (LEAVE) to leave a place.
go away → (HOLIDAY) to leave your home in order to spend time in different places.
go ahead → (PERMISSION) something that you say to someone to give them
permission to do something.
go back → to return to a place where you were or where you have been before.
go for sth → (CHOOSE) choose something.
go in → to enter a place.
go on → (HAPPEN) to happen.
go on → (CONTINUE) to continue to happen or exist.
go over sth → to talk or think about something in order to explain it or make certain
that it is correct.
go up → (INCREASE) to become higher in level.
go down → (BECOME LESS) to become lower in level.
