IELTS FOUNDATION - UNIT 9: LANGUAGE

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Mother tongue

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(n) the FIRST LANGUAGE that you learn when you are a baby, rather than a language learned at school or as an adult

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Multilingual

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(a) able to use MORE THAN TWO languages for communication

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Fluent

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(a) being ABLE TO SPEAK a language EASILY AND WELL WITHOUT MANY PAUSES

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Get by on [sth]

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(phr_V) to be ABLE TO LIVE or deal with a situation by HAVING VERY LITTLE OF SOMETHING you need

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Rusty

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(a) If A SKILL you had is r____, it is NOT AS GOOD AS IT WAS because you have not practiced it.

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Pick up

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(phr_V; informal) TO LEARN a new skill or language BY PRACTICING IT rather than being taught it

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A GLOBAL language

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(n) a language that is GEOGRAPHICALLY WIDESPREAD and makes it possible for members of different language communities to communicate

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A MINORITY language

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(n) A LANGUAGE spoken by A MINORITY OF THE POPULATION of a territory

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A foreign language

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(n) a language that is NOT AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF, nor typically spoken in, A SPECIFIC COUNTRY.

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A SECOND language

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(n) a language that a person can speak that is NOT THE FIRST LANGUAGE they LEARNED NATURALLY AS A CHILD