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How to build a vocabulary notebook

Save phrases with context, your example and a review date.

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Try it step by step

  • Save a useful phrase together with its meaning and context.
  • Write your own example and note a common word combination.
  • Review it later by speaking a new sentence without looking.

Example to adapt

  • Phrase: meet a deadline. Example: We met the deadline by dividing the research between us.

Self-check

  • Did I answer the actual question?
  • Did I include a reason, detail or example where appropriate?
  • What one thing will I try differently next time?

Practise your answer

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