Barron's Essential Words for the IELTS Chapter 4

But what worries him most is the thought that someone, somewhere, is planning something that no one can anticipate.

Athletes, spectators and sponsors at Olympic venues are all potential victims for local criminals. Forbes (Jan 9, 2014)

As the train sped on, everything outside the window was a blur. I looked out at the blur of faces in the audience.

The tentative consensus is that there is, indeed, a mixture—and that the boundary between the two lies at around twice the diameter of Earth.

Then it gets complicated involving loads of conference calls with Guy's.

"Under really difficult circumstances, they were efficient, fast and so well coordinated," she said.

He will demonstrate its effectiveness on January 20 for venture capitalists, who could fund wider scale testing and manufacturing.

A new test that uses heat to examine blood can be used to detect cancer, according to US scientists.

But today, when it's obvious how distracting, even toxic, the wrong image can be, I'm a convert to the idea of staging the moment.

Government regulators are focusing on whether corporate payroll programs that use the cards have sufficient safeguards against burdening employees with fees.

“Differences in tempo of up to four beats per minute are indiscernible to non-musicians.

Otherwise, speakers will censor themselves for fear of crossing indistinct boundaries. Slate (Jan 4, 2014)

With a quick maneuver, she avoided an accident. acrobats performing dangerous maneuvers Through a series of legal maneuvers, the defense lawyer kept her client out of jail.

This evening's performance will start at 8 o'clock. The hall is usually used for orchestra performances.

If we focus too much on peripheral issues, we will lose sight of the goal. He saw in his peripheral vision that a car was trying to pass him.

The grizzly bear's range is largely limited to the northwestern parts of North America.

He scanned the field with binoculars. He scanned the audience looking for his parents. She scanned his face for any clue to what he was thinking. The program is scanning [=searching] the computer's files.

One thing is clear: this type of behavior is unacceptable and I will not tolerate it because the people of New Jersey deserve better. Salon (Jan 9, 2014)

He is unconscious of his mistake. She was unconscious of being watched.

She has good/poor vision. She has normal vision. = She has 20/20 vision. impaired/blurred vision a vision test vision problems