Word of the Day – Reiterate

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Reiterate – WORD OF THE DAY (for Speaking and Writing Task 2)

Reiterate (verb)  /riˈɪtəreɪt/

to repeat something that you have already said, especially to emphasize it

Synonym: repeat

Collocation: reiterate an argument/a demand/an offer

Example:

For Writing
The government has reiterated its commitment to economic reform.

For Speaking:
Let me reiterate that we are fully committed to this policy.

Word of the Day – Trivial

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Trivial – WORD OF THE DAY (for Speaking and Writing Task 2)

Trival (adjective)

/ˈtrɪvɪəl/

of little importance

Synonym: Paltry

Antonym: gross, momentous

Example: 

  • There are several lessons to be learned from this incident, some trivial, some quite important.
  • And the pressure to conform to all these trivial values is absolutely enormous.

Daily IELTS Reading Practice Test 05 – Cambridge IELTS 10 – Stepwells

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Reading Passage was extracted from Cambridge IELTS Test 10 

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1–13, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

                                                                    Stepwells
A millennium ago, stepwells were fundamental to life in the driest parts of India. Richard Cox travelled to north-western India to document these spectacular monuments from a bygone era.
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IELTS Speaking Practice Test 03 – Topic: A Film

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Topic: Films

Audio IELTS Speaking Practice Test 03

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Word of the Day – Teeming

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Teeming – WORD OF THE DAY (for Speaking and Writing Task 2)

Teeming (adjective)
/ti:miŋ/

Fertile, in abundance, highly productive, be full of

Example: 

  • He walked briskly through the teeming streets
  • The streets teem with hustling, bustling humanity, hag-like beggar women, street urchins and drunken revellers urinating against inn walls, all rubbing shoulders with the gentry in their smart clothes and carriages