CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 13
Emotions and reactions
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Strong desires
Pregnant
women crave / have a craving for
strange things like tuna and banana pizza! [want very strongly]
Young
children often seem to thirst /
have a thirst for knowledge. [feel very strongly that you want]
Sometimes
my cousin just yearns to be
on her own with no family responsibilities. [if you yearn to do / yearn for / have a yearning for something,
it means that you want something that you do not have and, often, can never
have]
An
Olympic gold medal is probably the most coveted
sporting prize. [to covet
something means to want to possess it very much]
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B
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Reacting
to other people’s emotions
Lottie tried to defuse the
tension by changing the subject. [make a dangerous or tense situation calmer]
Tim was very angry with his daughter
and it took her a long time to placate him. [stop someone feeling
angry]
An independent advisor has been
brought in to conciliate between the unions and the employer. [end a
disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards
both sides; formal]
Although appeasing the enemy
postponed the war for another year, it did not ultimately prevent it from happening.
[end a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are
demanding (normally used in a disapproving way); formal]
Language help
A useful adjective from placate is
implacable. It is used about someone’s opinions and feelings and means
that they cannot be changed, e.g. I cannot understand the implacable
hatred that he still feels for his old rival. (Note: placable doesn’t
exist.)
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C
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Being
extremely happy
exultant: feeling
great pleasure and happiness, usually because of a success (more formal than ecstatic)
Sarah was in an exultant mood /
was ecstatic after her great exam results.
to rejoice: be extremely
happy; formal Everyone rejoiced at the news of her recovery.
jubilant: expressing
great happiness, especially at a victory; formal There were jubilant
shouts as the results of the referendum were announced.
bliss: perfect happiness
(often collocates with utter and sheer; adjective = blissful;
the adverb blissfully often collocates with happy, ignorant
and unaware) We had a fabulous holiday on a beautiful island – seven
days of utter/sheer bliss. They are blissfully happy even
though they’re poor.
There are a number of informal
expressions which mean to be very happy:
You look full of the joys of spring
today. Why are you smiling all the time?
My daughter’s just had a baby girl.
We’re thrilled to bits at the news.
I feel on top of the world. It’s great
to have a job again.
I’ve been floating/walking
on air ever since I heard I got into drama school.
A: How did you feel when you scored
the winning goal?
B: I was over the moon!
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EXERCISES
13.1
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Choose one of the words below each
sentence to fill the gaps.
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13.2
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Read the comments. Then answer the
questions.
1 Who is yearning to do something?
2 Who is placating someone?
3 Who has a thirst for something?
4 Who covets something?
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13.3
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Match the sentence beginnings on the
left with the endings on the right.
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13.4
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Answer
these questions.
1
If a politician talks about someone appeasing someone else, is he/she
expressing approval?
2
Would fans be more likely to be called jubilant or blissful if their team won
the World Cup?
3
If someone tried to conciliate between two neighbours who each claimed the
other was too noisy, what would that person be trying to do?
4
If you are trying to placate someone, is it likely that they are (a) angry or
(b) over-excited?
5
If, after a conflict, someone is thirsting for revenge, is it likely they are
ready to forget the conflict or not?
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13.5
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Over to you
Think of an occasion
(a) when you felt ecstatic about
something,
(b) when you had to defuse a difficult
situation, and
(c) when you had to placate someone.
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ANSWER KEY
13.1
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B crave 2 C defusing 3 B thrilled 4 B appease 5 C coveted 6 B blissfully
13.2
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Katie 2 Ashley 3 Rowan 4 William
13.3
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d 2 f 3 b 4 e 5 a 6 c
13.4
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No. Appease(ment) is usually associated with disapproval.
2
Jubilant.
3
They would probably be trying to find a compromise or a solution that would
be acceptable to both neighbours.
4
Angry.
5
They are probably not ready to forget the conflict because they very much
want revenge.
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