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This edition has been revised to match the format of the latest TOEIC and includes fifty vocabulary-building lessons that focus on American English as it is used within the context of modern business, industry, communications, and cultural activities. Examples of practical English usage touch on such subjects as contracts, marketing, banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons concentrate on helping TOEIC test takers expand their English vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies, museums, music, and art. Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test students' newly acquired skill in understanding and using their new words. The enclosed audio CD provides essential help in pronunciation and listening comprehension, using the various accents tested on the new TOEIC. The Link 600 Essential Words for the TOEIC - 3rd Edition....

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ONUS [ˈoʊnəs] is a formal way to say responsibility or duty. It often refers to a difficult, unpleasant or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc., while the word responsibility can also have a positive connotation. "The onus is on companies and consumers to keep up with anti-virus updates." We all have burdens to bear, and most of them could be referred to as onuses. Don't throw trash on the road – the onus of picking it up doesn’t lie with the government. It is your civic responsibility. "He bore the onus for having made it possible for the documents to be stolen." If you say that the onus is on someone to do something, you mean it is their duty or responsibility to do it. If you're the manager, the onus is on you to fire this very amiable but inefficient employee. "The report puts the onus of children’s early education firmly on the parents." If you ordered something, then the onus is on you to pay for it. If the onus is on you to organize a...

Singular and plural is not as easy a concept as it might seem. In some cases, a compound subject consisting of two or more words that are closely related and joined by AND can be treated as singular. "My son and heir is the one who will rule this kingdom." "The restaurant's chef and owner makes good fajitas." A compound subject is more than one subject joined by a conjunction. Here, the parts of the compound subject refer to one person: "This is my husband and best friend Bob." (her husband is also her best friend) A compound subject requires a singular verb if both parts of the subject refer back to the same entity. Here, the parts of the compound subject refer to the same thing: "The new bed and breakfast opens this week." "Publication and critical acclaim is a goal for many writers." This might sound weird at first, but you hear such things every day. Night work and weekend work is a requirement of a job not everyone might be wil...

A SULK [sʌlk] is a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal; often a reaction to feelings of being rejected. You can be in a sulk, be in a fit of the sulks, go into a sulk, get the sulks, have a case of the sulks, etc.  Come on, don't get in a sulk. "I went upstairs to my room, like a teenager in a sulk." It is closely associated with envy and a desire to destroy the contentment of the other person. Instead of getting openly angry, the sulker retaliates with moody silences or monosyllabic replies designed as a punishment. "Lying in my room, in a tearful sulk, I often wished I were dead." TO SULK means to be be in a huff and display one's displeasure; be silent, grumpy, unsociable and bad-tempered; bug out, curl your lip, frown, etc. out of annoyance or disappointment. "The answer began with a sulk and ended with a smirk." When you are displeased by something and you let your gloomy mood show, you're sulking. Do you want to bake another...

MAKE DO means to manage to do something as well as possible without all the resources that one would ideally like to have. "I didn't have time to go shopping today so we'll just have to make do." If we say we make do WITH or WITHOUT something we imply that we have to come to terms with the limited, insufficient or inadequate means and use whatever is available, even though this is not really enough. "We'll have to make do with less money next year." Make do can be also followed by ON. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day." Make do is probably short for 'make something do well enough', where 'do' carries the rare sense to serve a specified purpose. So this 'do' is similar to the one used in sentences such as, "I could use a cup of coffee, but tea will do." "Once upon a time, we made do without computers and smartphones." While it’s tempting to call MAKE DUE a misspelling and leave it at that...

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