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1 "Some people think success in life comes from hard work and determination. Others think money and appearance are more important.
Discuss both sides and give your opinion
"

2 "Some people think the main purpose of education is to make individuals useful to society; others say education helps them to achieve personal ambitions.
Discuss both views and give your opinion."

3 Some people think that the government has the duty to ensure its citizens have a healthy diet, while others argue it is the responsibility of each individual. Discuss both views and give your opinion

4 Some people think that environmental problems are too big for individuals to solve. Others believe individuals can also do some things to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

5 Some people think that governments should ban dangerous sports, while others think people should have freedom to do any sports or activity. Discuss both views and give your own opinion

6 Some people think that introducing new technology can improve people’s quality of life in developing countries. However, others believe that free education should be offered. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

7 Some people think that job satisfaction is more important while other people think that a stable job is more important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

8 Some people believe that a crime is a result of social problems and poverty, others think that crime is a result of bad person's nature. Discuss and give your opinion.

9 Some people think that it is best to live in a horizontal city while others think of a vertical city. Discuss both view and give your opinion.

10 Some people think that there should be some strict controls about noise. Others think that they could just make as much noise as they want. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

11 Nowadays, many families have both parents working. Some working parents believe family members like grandparents can take care of their children, while others think childcare centers provide the best care. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

12 Some people think that famous people can help international aid organization to draw attention to important problems. Others believe that the celebrities can make the problems seem less important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

13 Some people think that school should reward students who show the best academic results, while others believe that it is more important to reward students who show improvements. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

14 Development in technology has brought various environmental problems. Some believe that people need to live simpler lives to solve environmental problems. Other, however, believe technology is the way to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

15 Many people argue that in order to improve educational quality, high school students are encouraged to make comments or even criticism on their teachers. Others think it will lead to loss of respect and discipline in the classroom. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.


16 Some people say taxes should be spent on health care. Other people say that there are more important priorities for tax payers’ money. Discuss both these view and give your own opinion.

17 Some people think that the governments should give financial support to artists, musicians and poets. Others think that it is a waste of money. Discuss both views and give your opinion

18 Many people are afraid to leave their homes because of the fear of crime. Some believe that more actions should be taken to prevent crime. Others feel that little can be done. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

19 Scientists agree that people are damaging their health by eating too much junk food. Some people think that the answer to this problem is to educate people. Others think education will not work. Discuss both views and give opinion.

20 Nowadays, more and more people read news on the internet. However, newspapers have most of important information sources of news. Give your opinion from your experience and give examples.

21 "Some people believe government should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce traffic congestion. Others think that building more and wider roads is the better way to reduce traffic congestion.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
"
22 "Some people think that it is good for a country's culture to import foreign movies and TV programmes. Others think that it is better to produce these locally.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.
"

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Tổng hợp đề writing task 2 từ 2014 đến 2016

Đề thi writing 2014
***Ngày 09/01/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: The table below give information of age, income, poverty in the population of 3 states in 2000.
- Writing Task 2: The best way for governments to solve the problem of traffic congestion is providing free public transport in 24 hours per day, and seven days a week.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 18/1/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: One line graph and one column about the average price ticket and the average percentage of tickets sale of a theatre
- Writing Task 2: Many students find it difficult to concentrate or pay attention at school.
What are the reasons? What could be done?


***Ngày 25/1/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Pie charts
- Writing Task 2: International community must act immediately to ensure all nations to reduce their consumption of fossil fuels e.g. gas and oil.
To what extend do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 15/2/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Single line chart
- Writing Task 2: Some people think success in life comes from hard work and determination. Others think money and appearance are more important.
Discuss both sides and give your opinion


***Ngày 22/2/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Table
- Writing Task 2: Children's education is expensive. In some countries, the government pays some or all of the costs. Do the advantages outweigh its disadvantages?


***Ngày 1/3/2014***
- Writing Task 1: Maps (Mô tả sự thay đổi về cấu trúc của 1 học viện sau khi thiết kế lại.)
- Writing Task 2: Living in big cities is bad for people's health. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?


***Ngày 8/3/2014***:
 - Writing Task 1: Compare 3 diagrams describing 3 different recruitment procedures
- Writing Task 2: Some people say that all young people should have full-time education until they are 18 years old. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?


***Ngày 15/03/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Bar chart.
- Writing Task 2: It is important for all towns and cities to have large public spaces such as squares and parks. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?


***Ngày 5/4/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: 1 line graph with 3 lines of GDP in education, health & retirement pensions from 2001 to 2051
- Writing Task 2: An increasing number of people change their career and place of residence several times during their life time. Is this positive or negative development?


***Ngày 12/04/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Line graph, transportation of goods in Europe via road, water, pipeline, rail from 1980 to 2015
- Writing Task 2: Some people think the main purpose of education is to make individuals useful to society; others say education helps them to achieve personal ambitions. Discuss both views and give your opinion.


***Ngày 24/04/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Bar chart of comparing the number of males aged 16 to 26 watch different sports with the percentage of those participating in them.
- Writing Task 2: An increasing number of advertisements on TV aim at children. What are the effects of television advertising? Should television advertising be controlled?


***Ngày 10/05/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Process
- Writing Task 2: Nowadays, as women and men have to work full time, household duties should be equally divided. Do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 17/05/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Comparison in a city map, between 1950 and current
- Writing Task 2: Some children can learn more efficiently by watching TV. Therefore, children should watch TV regularly both in school and at home? Do you agree or disagree?.


***Ngày 24/05/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Table
- Writing Task 2: Many young people who leave school hold a negative attitude towards learning. Why does this happen? What are the solutions

***Ngày 07/06/2014***:
- Writing Task 2: Some people believe that if a police force carries guns, this encourages higher level of violence in that society. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?


***Ngày 28/06/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Bar chart and table combination.
- Writing Task 2: With the increasing demand for energy sources such as oil and gas, should people be looking for sources of oil and gas in remote and untouched places? Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages of damaging such areas?


***Ngày 10/07/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Process: How the sand dunes are formed.
- Writing Task 2: Some countries achieve international sports by building specialized facilities to train top athletes, instead of providing sports facilities that everyone can use. Do you think this is positive or negative development?


***Ngày 19/07/2014***:
- Writing Task 2: Some people think that the government has the duty to ensure its citizens have a healthy diet, while others argue it is the responsibility of each individual. Discuss both views and give your opinion


***Ngày 26/07/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: (Table) Data about development of high speed rail networks

- Writing Task 2: Some people think that environmental problems are too big for individuals to solve. Others believe individuals can also do some things to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion


***Ngày 02/08/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Two bar charts that compare Germany, USA, Japan, and China's worker ratio in Agriculture and Services industries
.
- Writing Task 2: In many parts of the world, children and teenagers are committing more crimes. Why is this happening? How should they be punished?


***Ngày 09/08/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Table.

- Writing Task 2: Some people think that governments should ban dangerous sports, while others think people should have freedom to do any sports or activity. Discuss both views and give your own opinion


***Ngày 16/08/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Maps about fire escape plan for a student accommodation in a college (2 exits, 7 bedrooms)

- Writing Task 2: In some countries, governments are encouraging industries and businesses to move out of the cities and into regional areas. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?


***Ngày 06/09/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Bar chart

- Writing Task 2:  As major cities in the world are growing today, so do their problems. What are problems for young people who are living in the cities as the result of continued growth? How problems might be solved?


***Ngày 20/09/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Map
- Writing Task 2: Some people think that introducing new technology can improve people’s quality of life in developing countries. However, others believe that free education should be offered. Discuss both views and give your opinion.


***Ngày 27/09/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Table
- Writing Task 2: In recent years, more and more people tend to live individually. What are the causes of this trend? Does this have a positive or negative effect on society?


***Ngày 02/10/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: 2 bar charts, 1 chart illustrate the number of people per square km (của 6 quốc gia năm 2003), 1 chart show change in urban population from 2003 to 2005 (của 6 nước đó.)

- Writing Task 2: Dạng To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Government funding in university should only be provided for scholarship for the best student. all other funding can find from student fees and private organizations. To what extend do u agree or disagree?


***Ngày 11/10/2014***:
- Writing Task 2: Today more and more people are using mobile phone and computer. Thus, the communication ability is losing. To what extent do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 18/10/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Process of making smoked fish?

- Writing Task 2: Some people think that it is not necessary to go to other countries to study other culture. We can learn from books, films and the internet. Do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 25/10/2014***:
- Writing Task 1:  Map Mô tả 1community centre 10 years ago (đến bây giờ)

- Writing Task 2: Some people think that job satisfaction is more important while other people think that a stable job is more important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.


***Ngày 01/11/2014***:
- Writing task 1: Two bar charts. The first is comparison of Australia and China’s imports and exports. The second is Australian goods imported from China

- Writing task 2: It is better for people to be unemployed than people to be employed but they do not enjoy. Do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 8/11/2014***:
- Writing Task 2: Some people believe that a crime is a result of social problems and poverty, others think that crime is a result of bad person's nature. Discuss and give your opinion.


***Ngày 22/11/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: 2 tables about international student ở Canada and the US.

- Writing Task 2: In some countries, shopping online is replacing shopping at store. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?


***Ngày 06/12/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Line graph

- Writing Task 2: Some people think that it is best to live in a horizontal city while others think of a vertical city. Discuss both view and give your opinion.


***Ngày 13/12/2014***:
- Writing Task 1: Table
- Writing Task 2: Some people think that shops should not be allowed to sell food or drinks that are scientifically proven to be bad for people's health.
Do you agree or disagree?


***Ngày 20/12/2014***
- Writing Task 1: So sánh 2 pie charts, còn task 2 về Education
- Writing Task 2: Some people think painting and drawing are as important as other subjects, they should be compulsory in the high school education .


Đề writing 2015
Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 9-1-2015:
Leaders and directors in an organization are normally older people. Some people think younger leader would be better. Do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 16-1-2015:
Some people think that there should be some strict controls about noise. Others think that they could just make as much noise as they want. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 29-1-2015:
It is now possible for scientists and tourists to travel to remote natural environment, such as the South Pole. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 31-1-2015:
Some people say that too much attention and too many resources are given in the protection of wild animals and birds. Do you agree or disagree about this opinion?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 7-2-2015:
Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists but not local people. Why is this the case and what can be done to attract more local people to visit these places?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 12-2-2015:
Some people think that the best way to increase road safety is to increase the minimum legal age for driving cars or riding motorbikes. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 17-2-2015:
The use of mobile phone is as antisocial as smoking. Smoking is banned in certain places so mobile phone should be banned like smoking. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 28-2-2015:
Some students take a year off between school and university, to work or travel. Do the advantage of this outweigh the disadvantages?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 14-3-2015:
Nowadays, many families have both parents working. Some working parents believe family members like grandparents can take care of their children, while others think childcare centers provide the best care. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 21-3-2015:
Some people think that famous people can help international aid organization to draw attention to important problems. Others believe that the celebrities can make the problems seem less important. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 28-3-2015
Some people think that the increasing use of computers and mobile phones in communication has negative effects on young people’s reading and writing skills. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 11-4-2015
Nowadays, more and more older people who need employment compete with the younger people for the same jobs. What problems this causes? What are solutions?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 18-4-2015
Some people think that school should reward students who show the best academic results, while others believe that it is more important to reward students who show improvements. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 25-4-2015
Young people who commit crimes should be treated in the same as adults who commit crimes. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 9-5-2015
Development in technology has brought various environmental problems. Some believe that people need to live simpler lives to solve environmental problems. Other, however, believe technology is the way to solve these problems. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 16-5-2015
Many people argue that in order to improve educational quality, high school students are encouraged to make comments or even criticism on their teachers. Others think it will lead to loss of respect and discipline in the classroom. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 21-5-2015
Nowadays, more and more people decide to have children later in their life. What are the reasons? What are the effects on society and family life?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 30-5-2015
Many people believe that international tourism is a bad thing for their country. What are the reasons? Solutions to change negative attitudes?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày
Accommodation and transport problems are increasing in many large cities. Businesses are encouraged to move to rural areas. Do advantages outweigh disadvantages?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày
People today do not feel safe either at home or when they are out. What are the causes? What are the solutions?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 4-7-2015
Some people think that young people should be required to do unpaid work helping people in the community. Are disadvantages of this requirement greeter than the benefits for the community and individuals?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 11-7-2015
Advertising discourages people from being different individuals by making us want to be and to look the same. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 23–7-2015
Some people say taxes should be spent on health care. Other people say that there are more important priorities for tax payers’ money. Discuss both these view and give your own opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 25-7-2015
As well as making money, businesses also have social responsibilities. Do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 1-8-2015:
The world natural resources are consumed at an ever-increased rate. What are the dangers of this situation? what should we do?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 13-8-2015
Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later. Some people think that having these people to give a talk to school students is the best way to tell them about dangers of committing a crime. Do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 29-8-2015
Some people think that the governments should give financial support to artists, musicians and poets. Others think that it is a waste of money. Discuss both views and give your opinion

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 3-9-2015
Many people are afraid to leave their homes because of the fear of crime. Some believe that more actions should be taken to prevent crime. Others feel that little can be done. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 12-9-2015
Fewer and fewer people walk on a daily basic. What are the reasons and how to encourage them to spend their time walking?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 19-9-2015
Everyone should become vegetarian because they do not need to eat meat to have a healthy diet. Do agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 26-9-2015
Studies show that criminals get low level of education. Some people believe that the best way to reduce the crime is educating people in prison so they can get a job after leaving prison. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 8-10-2015
In some countries, secondary schools aim to provide a general education across a range of subjects. In others, children focus on a narrow range of subjects related to a particular career. Which of these two systems is more appropriate in today’s word?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 10-10-2015
Some people think that in order to prevent illness and disease, government should make efforts in reducing environmental pollution and housing problems. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 24-10-2015
Students today can easily access information online, so libraries are no longer necessary. Do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 31-10-2015
Scientists agree that people are damaging their health by eating too much junk food. Some people think that the answer to this problem is to educate people. Others think education will not work. Discuss both views and give opinion.

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 7-11-2015
Whether or not someone achieve their aims is mostly by a question of luck. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 14-11-2015
The consumption of the world’s resources (oil, and water, etc.) is increasing at a dangerous rate. What are causes and solutions?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 21-11-2015
Too much emphasis is placed on going university for academic study. People should be encouraged to do vocational training, because there is a lack of qualified tradespeople such as electricians or plumbers. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 3-12-2015
The government and individuals are spending too much money money on national celebrations like new year or festivals. Do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 5-12-2015
There is a general increase in anti-social behaviors and lack of respect for others. What are the causes and solutions?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 12-12-2015
When people live in a foreign country, they should follow local traditions and customs. Do you agree or not?

Đề thi IELTS Writing ngày 19-12-2015
Children are facing more pressures nowadays form academic, social and commercial perspectives. What are the causes of these pressures and what measures should be taken to reduce these pressures?


Đề thi 2016
Đề thi IELTS ngày 09/01/2016
- Task 1: The table shows the positions held by woman in government and management in five different countries in 2000.
- Task 2: It is more important for schoolchildren to learn about local history than world history. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 14/01/2016
- Task 1: Pie Chart
- Task 2: Many museums and historical sites are mainly visited by tourists but not local people. Why is this the case and what can be done to attract more local people to visit these places?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 23/01/2016
- Task 1: Maps
- Task 2: Nowadays, more and more people read news on the internet. However, newspapers have most of important information sources of news. Give your opinion from your experience and give examples.

Đề thi IELTS ngày 20/02/2016
- Task 1: 3 Pie charts
- Task 2: Some people believe government should spend money on building train and subway lines to reduce traffic congestion. Others think that building more and wider roads is the better way to reduce traffic congestion.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Đề thi IELTS ngày 27/02/2016
- Task 1: Bar chart
- Task 2: More and more young people from wealthy countries are spending a short time in communities in poorer countries doing unpaid work such as teaching or building houses.
Why? Who benefit more from this, the community or these young people?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 05/03/2016 nhé mọi người, chia làm 2 dạng:
1. Academic IELTS: 
- Task 1: Process of recycling used paper.
- Task 2: In recent years, the family structure has changed, as well as family roles. What types of changes are occuring? Do you think these changes are positive and negative?
2. General IELTS: 
- Task 2: More and more people would like to pay more attention to the famous people who have achieved huge success in areas, such as cinema, sports. Why they attract much interest from people? Do you think it good or?

Đề thi hôm nay, ngày 12/03/2016:
- Task 1: Line graph
- Task 2: Some people think that it is good for a country's culture to import foreign movies and TV programmes. Others think that it is better to produce these locally.
Discuss both views and give your opinion.

Đề thi IELTS ngày 19/03/2016
- Task 1: Bar chart
- Task 2: People in the community can buy cheaper products nowadays. Do advantages outweigh disadvantages?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 02/04/2016
- Task 1: 3 pie charts
- Task 2: It is impossible to help all people in the world, so governments should only focus on people in their own countries. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 16/04/2016:
- Task 1: Bar chart
- Task 2:
In the future, it seems more difficult to live on the Earth. Some people think more money should be spent on researching other planet to live, such as Mars. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Đề thi IELTS ngày 21/04/2016:
- Task 1: Line graph
- Task 2: Nowadays, more and more older people who need employment compete with the younger people for the same jobs. What problems this causes? What are solutions

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300 words academic- part 2

61- concession (noun) 

Related topics: Welfare

con‧ces‧sion

1

something you allow somebody

 [countable] something that you allow someone to have in order to end an argument or a disagreement [↪ concede]

concession to

a policy of no concessions to terrorists

The British were not prepared to make any concessions.

concession on

his readiness to make concessions on many of the issues raised

concession from

We will try to force further concessions from the government.

major/important/substantial concession

The committee has won a number of major concessions from the prison authorities.

2

a right

 [uncountable and countable] a special right that a particular person or group of people is allowed to have, for example by the government or an employer, or the act of giving or allowing something as a right:

the ending of tax concessions for home owners

the import/export concessions that had been granted to the island

concession of

the concession of autonomy to the universities

62- concussion (noun)

Related topics: Illness and Disability

con‧cus‧sion

1 [uncountable] British English [countable] American English a small amount of damage to the brain that makes you lose consciousness or feel sick for a short time, usually caused by something hitting your head

with (a) concussion

He was rushed into hospital with concussion.

I had a concussion and a lot of scrapes and bruises.

2 [countable usually singular] a violent shaking movement, caused by the very loud sound of something such as an explosion:

The ground shuddered and heaved with the concussion of the blast.

63- consecutive (adjective)

con‧sec‧u‧tive

consecutive numbers or periods of time follow one after the other without any interruptions:

It had rained for four consecutive days.

Can they win the title for the third consecutive season?

—consecutively adverb:

Number the pages consecutively.

64- consent (verb) 

consent [intransitive]

to give your permission for something or agree to do something

consent to

Her father reluctantly consented to the marriage.

consent to do something

He rarely consents to do interviews.

65- consistency (noun)

con‧sis‧ten‧cy plural consistencies [uncountable and countable]

1 the quality of always being the same, doing things in the same way, having the same standards etc - used to show approval [≠ inconsistency]

consistency in

Consumer groups are demanding greater consistency in the labelling of food products.

consistency of

Consistency of performance depends on several factors.

consistency between/among

There are checks to ensure consistency between interviewers.

2 how thick, smooth etc a substance is

consistency of

Beat the mixture until it has the consistency of thick cream.

66- constituency (noun)

Related topics: Politics, Voting

con‧sti‧tu‧en‧cy plural constituencies [countable]

1 British English an area of a country that elects a representative to a parliament:

a rural constituency

constituency boundaries

He represents the Essex constituency of Epping Forest.

2 [also + plural verb British English] the people who live and vote in a particular area

3 any group that supports or is likely to support a politician or a political party:

The trade unions were no longer the constituency of the Labour Party alone

67- constitution (noun)

Related topics: Medicine, Government, Law

con‧sti‧tu‧tion [countable]

1 also Constitution a set of basic laws and principles that a country or organization is governed by:

The right to speak freely is written into the Constitution of the United States.

2 your health and your body's ability to fight illness

(have) a strong/good/weak etc constitution

She's got a strong constitution - she'll recover in no time.

3 formal the parts or structure of something

constitution of

What's the chemical constitution of the dye?

68- contempt (noun)

Related topics: Law

con‧tempt [uncountable]

1 a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect

contempt for

The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.

utter/deep contempt

The report shows utter contempt for women's judgement.

open/undisguised contempt

She looked at him with undisguised contempt.

The public is treated with contempt by broadcasters.

How could she have loved a man who so clearly held her in contempt?

beneath contempt

That sort of behaviour is simply beneath contempt (=does not deserve respect or attention).

2 law disobedience or disrespect towards a court of law:

He was jailed for 7 days for contempt of court.

in contempt of something

He was found in contempt of the order.

3 complete lack of fear about something

contempt for

his contempt for danger

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69- contentious (adjective)

1. • con‧ten‧tious

     1 causing a lot of argument and disagreement between people
     

     contentious issue/area/subject etc
     

     Animal welfare did not become a contentious issue until the late 1970s.

     2 someone who is contentious often argues with people

     —contentiously adverb
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70- continuity (noun)

Related topics: Film, Television and Radio

con‧ti‧nu‧i‧ty [uncountable]

1 the state of continuing for a period of time, without problems, interruptions, or changes:

We should ensure continuity of care between hospital and home.

2 technical the organization of a film or television programme to make it seem that the action happens without pauses or interruptions

71- contradiction (noun) 

con‧tra‧dic‧tion

1 [countable] a difference between two statements, beliefs, or ideas about something that means they cannot both be true:

apparent contradictions in the defendant's testimony

contradiction between

a contradiction between the government's ideas and its actual policy

2 [uncountable] the act of saying that someone else's opinion, statement etc is wrong or not true:

You can say what you like without fear of contradiction.

3

 a contradiction in terms

a combination of words that seem to be the opposite of each other, with the result that the phrase has no clear meaning:

'Permanent revolution' is a contradiction in terms.

4

 in (direct) contradiction to something

in a way that is opposite to a belief or statement:

Your behaviour is in direct contradiction to the principles you claim to have.

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     72- conventional (adjective)
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     Related topics: Weapons

     con‧ven‧tion‧al

     1 [only before noun] a conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type:
     

     Internet connections through conventional phone lines are fairly slow.

     Bake for 20 minutes in a conventional oven; 8 in a microwave.

     2 always following the behaviour and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal, right, and socially acceptable, so that you seem slightly boring:
     

     a strong believer in conventional morals

     
     

     conventional in
     

     He is conventional in his approach to life.

     3
     

      (the) conventional wisdom

     the opinion that most people consider to be normal and right, but that is sometimes shown to be wrong:
     

     As traffic grew, the conventional wisdom was to widen the roads.

     4 [only before noun] conventional weapons and wars do not use nuclearexplosives or weapons:
     

     conventional forces

   
   
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73- conversion (noun) 

 Related topics: Other Sports, Religion

con‧ver‧sion [uncountable and countable]

1 when you change something from one form, purpose, or system to a different one

conversion into

The warehouse was undergoing conversion into apartments.

conversion of

the conversion of waste into usable products

conversion to

The British conversion to the metric system took place in the 1970s.

house/barn/loft etc conversion British English (=when you change the use of a house, barn etc, so that it becomes apartments, a house, a room etc)

2 when someone changes from one religion or belief to a different one

conversion to

a conversion to vegetarianism

conversion from

Newman's conversion from Anglicanism to Catholicism

74- convert (verb)

con‧vert

1

a) [transitive] to change something into a different form of thing, or to change something so that it can be used for a different purpose or in a different way

convert something to/into something

They converted the spare bedroom into an office.

The stocks can be easily converted to cash.

 (=barn changed into a house)

b) [intransitive] to change into a different form of thing, or change into something that can be used for a different purpose or in a different way

convert to/into

a sofa that converts into a bed

In the process, the light energy converts to heat energy.

2

a) [transitive] to persuade someone to change to a different religion

convert somebody to something

European missionaries converted thousands to Christianity.

b) [intransitive] to change to a different religion

convert to

75- culinary (adjective) 

2. Related topics: Cooking

   cul‧i‧na‧ry [only before noun]

   formal relating to cooking:
   

   culinary skills

   mushrooms dried for culinary use

    (=food that tastes very good)
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76- damp (adjective) 

damp

1 slightly wet, often in an unpleasant way:

Wipe the leather with a damp cloth.

a cold, damp day

2

 damp squib

British English informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing

—dampness noun [uncountable]

—damply adverb

77- debacle (noun)

de‧ba‧cle , débâcle [countable]

an event or situation that is a complete failure:

the debacle of the 1994 elections

78- dedication (noun)

2. ded‧i‧ca‧tion

   1 [uncountable] hard work or effort that someone puts into a particular activity because they care about it a lot:
   

   To reach a high level of skill requires talent, dedication, and a lot of hard work.

   
   

   dedication to
   

   I admire his dedication to the job.

   2 [countable] an act of dedicating something to someone, or a ceremony where this is done

   3 [countable] the words used at the beginning of a book, film, or piece of music, thanking someone or saying that book etc has been written to show respect for them
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79- demographic (adjective) 

dem‧o‧graph‧ic

1

 demographics

 [plural] information about a group such as the people who live in a particular area:

the demographics of a newspaper's readership

2 [countable] a part of the population that is considered as a group, especially by advertisers who want to sell things to that group:

the 21-40 demographic

—demographic adjective:

demographic change

80- demonstrate (verb)

dem‧on‧strate

1 [transitive] to show or prove something clearly:

The study demonstrates the link between poverty and malnutrition.

demonstrate that

Hitchcock's films demonstrate that a British filmmaker could learn from Hollywood.

demonstrate how/what/why etc

This section will attempt to demonstrate how the Bank of England operates.

The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitmentto reform.

2 [transitive] to show or describe how to do something or how something works

demonstrate how

They'll be demonstrating how to handle modern, high performance cars.

Instructors should demonstrate new movements before letting the class try them.

82- descent (noun)

 Related topics: Family

de‧scent

1 [uncountable and countable] formal the process of going down [≠ ascent]:

Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.

descent from/to

The descent to Base Camp took about two days.

2 [uncountable] your family origins, especially your nationality or relationship to someone important who lived a long time ago

of Russian/Italian etc descent

young men and women of Asian descent

descent from

The emperor claimed descent from David.

by descent

They're Irish by descent.

3 [countable] a path or road that goes down a slope [≠ ascent]

descent from/to

There is no direct descent from the summit.

4 [singular] a gradual change towards behaviour or a situation that is very bad

descent into alcoholism/chaos/madness etc

his descent into drug abuse

5 [singular] British English a sudden unwanted visit or attack:

the descent on the town by a motorcycle gang

83- despair (verb)

despair [intransitive] formal

to feel that there is no hope at all:

Despite his illness, Ron never despaired.

despair of (doing) something

He despaired of ever finding her.

despair of somebody

My teachers began to despair of me.

84- desperate (adjective)

des‧per‧ate

1 willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger:

I had no money left and was desperate.

Time was running out and we were getting desperate.

the missing teenager's desperate parents

desperate with

She was desperate with fear.

2 needing or wanting something very much

desperate for

The team is desperate for a win.

I was desperate for a cigarette.

desperate to do something

He was desperate to get a job.

3 a desperate situation is very bad or serious:

a desperate shortage of doctors

We're in desperate need of help.

4 a desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation

desperate attempt/bid/effort

a desperate attempt to escape

We resorted to desperate measures.

desperate battle/struggle/fight

a desperate struggle to rescue the men

85- diagnosis (noun)

Related topics: Hospital, Illness and Disability, Nurses, Doctors, etc

di‧ag‧no‧sis plural diagnoses [uncountable and countable]

the process of discovering exactly what is wrong with someone or something, by examining them closely [↪ prognosis]

diagnosis of

diagnosis of kidney disease

An exact diagnosis can only be made by obtaining a blood sample.

86- dignity (noun)

dig‧ni‧ty [uncountable]

1 the ability to behave in a calm controlled way even in a difficult situation

with dignity

The family faced their ordeal with dignity.

an appearance of quiet dignity

2

 your dignity

your sense of your own value or importance

retain/lose your dignity

Old people need to retain their dignity and independence.

 (=was something she thought she was too important to do)

3 the fact of being respected or deserving respect

with dignity

Patients should be allowed to die with dignity.

Prisoners should be treated with regard for human dignity.

4 a calm and serious quality

dignity of

the dignity of the occasion

5

 stand on your dignity

formal to demand to be treated with proper respect

87- diligent (adjective) 

dil‧i‧gent

someone who is diligent works hard and is careful and thorough:

a diligent student

—diligently adverb:

They worked diligently all morning.

—diligence noun [uncountable]

88- diminish (verb)

di‧min‧ish

1 [intransitive and transitive] to become or make something become smaller or less [= reduce]:

The party's share of the electorate has diminished steadily.

These drugs diminish blood flow to the brain.

2 [transitive] to deliberately make someone or something appear less important or valuable than they really are:

Don't let him diminish your achievements.

But that's not to diminish the importance of his discoveries.

3

 diminishing returns

when the profits or advantages you are getting from something stop increasing in relation to the effort you are making

89- disclose (verb) 

dis‧close [transitive] formal

1 to make something publicly known, especially after it has been kept secret[= reveal]:

Some companies have already voluntarily disclosed similar information.

He refused to disclose the identity of the politician.

disclose that

It was disclosed that £3.5 million was needed to modernize the building.

2 to show something by removing the thing that covers it [= reveal]

90- discomfort (noun)

dis‧com‧fort

1 [uncountable] a feeling of slight pain or of being physically uncomfortable:

If the exercise causes discomfort, stop immediately.

2 [uncountable] a feeling of embarrassment, shame, or worry:

To her discomfort, he laughed.

3 [countable] something that makes you feel uncomfortable or gives you a slight pain:

the discomforts of air travel

 91- discretionary (adjective)

 Related topics: Law

di‧scre‧tion‧a‧ry

not controlled by strict rules, but decided on by someone in a position of authority:

the court's discretionary powers

discretionary award/grant/fund etc

92- dismal (adjective)

dis‧mal

1 if a situation or a place is dismal, it is so bad that it makes you feel very unhappy and hopeless:

The future looks pretty dismal right now.

a dismal, grey afternoon

2 bad and unsuccessful:

The team's record so far is pretty dismal.

Her scheme was a dismal failure.

—dismally adverb

93- dispatch (verb)

di‧spatch , despatch [transitive]

1 formal to send someone or something somewhere for a particular purpose

dispatch somebody/something to somebody/something

A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.

Goods are normally dispatched within 24 hours.

2 to deal with someone or to finish a job quickly and effectively:

She dispatched (=beat) her opponent 6-2, 6-1.

3 old-fashioned to deliberately kill a person or animal

94- distress (noun) 

2. dis‧tress [uncountable]

   1 a feeling of extreme unhappiness:

   Luke's behaviour caused his parents great distress.

   in distress

   The girl was crying and clearly in distress.

   2 suffering and problems caused by a lack of money, food etc:

   acute financial distress

   in distress

   charities that aid families in distress

   3 formal great physical pain

   4 a situation when a ship, aircraft etc is in danger and needs help:

   We picked up a distress signal 6 km away.

   in distress

   The ship is in distress.
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95- distrust (noun)

dis‧trust [uncountable]

a feeling that you cannot trust someone [↪ mistrust]:

Local people regard the police with suspicion and distrust.

distrust of

Dylan's deep distrust of journalists made him difficult to interview.

—distrustful adjective

96- dynamic (adjective)

Related topics: Physics, Power

dy‧nam‧ic

1 full of energy and new ideas, and determined to succeed:

dynamic and ambitious people

2 continuously moving or changing:

a dynamic and unstable process

3 technical relating to a force or power that causes movement

—dynamically adverb

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97- earnest (adjective)

ear‧nest

very serious and sincere:

a rather earnest young man

Matthews was in earnest conversation with a young girl.

an earnest desire to offer something useful to society

earnest expression/look/voice etc

earnest attempt/effort etc

—earnestly adverb:

earnestly discussing politics

—earnestness noun [uncountable]

98- ecosystem (noun)

Related topics: Biology, Environment and waste

e‧co‧sys‧tem [countable]

all the animals and plants in a particular area, and the way in which they are related to each other and to their environment [↪ ecology]

99- effective (adjective) 

 Related topics: Law

ef‧fec‧tive

1 successful, and working in the way that was intended [≠ ineffective]:

The cheaper drugs are just as effective in treating arthritis.

the painting's highly effective use of colour

Training is often much less effective than expected.

the most effective ways of reducing inner city congestion

2 [no comparative, not before noun] if a law, agreement, or system becomes effective, it officially starts

effective from

The cut in interest rates is effective from Monday.

3 [no comparative, only before noun] real rather than what is officially intended or generally believed:

The rebels are in effective control of the city.

—effectiveness noun [uncountable]

100- efficient (adjective)

ef‧fi‧cient

if someone or something is efficient, they work well without wasting time, money, or energy [≠ inefficient]:

a very efficient secretary

an efficient use of land

Lighting is now more energy efficient.

—efficiently adverb

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