1. 1. accent a way of pronouncing words that occurs
among the people in a particular region or
country
2. affect to have an influence on someone or something
3. allow to permit (someone) to have or do something
4. appropriate right or suited for some purpose or situation
5. bilingual able to speak and understand two languages
6. catch on to become aware
7. context the words that are used with a certain word or
phrase and that help to explain its meaning
8. devastate to cause great damage or harm to (something)
9. dialect a form of a language that is spoken in a
particular area and that uses some of its own
words, grammar, and pronunciations
10. die out to become extinct
11. disappear to stop being visible
12. disastrous causing great suffering or loss
13. extinct no longer existing
14. fall behind to fail to move or go forward as quickly as
others
15. false friend a word that is often confused with a word in
another language with a different meaning
because the two words look or sound similar
16. familiar frequently seen, heard, or experienced
17. formal using an agreed and often official or traditional
way of doing things
18. get by to make ends meet and survive financially
19. humorous causing laughter
20. informal having a friendly and relaxed qualit
21. keep up
with
to go or make progress at the same rate as
(others)
22. let to permit to enter, pass, or leave
23. let
somebody
down
to fail to support
24. literacy the ability to read and write
25. means a method or way of doing something
26. medium a particular form or system of communication
27. native belonging to a person since birth or childhood
28. on the
increase
becoming more in size, amount, number, etc.
29. pay off to pay (a debt or a creditor) in full
30. permit to allow (something) to happen
31. pick up to take hold of and lift up
32. polite having or showing good manners or respect
for other people
33. prominent important and well-known
34. pronunciation the way in which a word or name is
pronounced
35. rapidly happening in a short amount of time
36. register the style of language, grammar, and words
used for particular situations
37. slang words that are not considered part of the
standard vocabulary of a language
38. take off to leave the surface
39. take up to start a hobby
40. vitality a lively or energetic quality
New Language Leader - Unit 4 (Language Learning)
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