Improve and expand your English vocabulary : Spain’s premier won’t seek third term

Sunday 17 April 2011

Spain’s premier won’t seek third term

Spain’s unpopular prime minister, Zapatero, said that he would not stand for a third term at a general election, putting an end to months of speculation about his political future amid an economic downturn that had considerably undermined his chances of winning re-election. The ruling Socialist Party is expected to hold primaries to elect Mr Zapatero’s successor as party leader after local elections on May 22nd.

Adopted from The New York Times and The Economist

Vocabulary

stand	be a candidate
putting an end to	stopping; making an end of
speculation	hypotheses; conjectures; theories
amid	in the middle of
downturn	decline; slump; depression
considerably	significantly; much
undermined	weakened; dented
primaries	preliminary elections to select candidates for a principal (esp. presidential) election

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There are a number of methods to help you improve and expand your English vocabulary. Some of them are listed below:

1. When you read English newspapers, literature or whatever you like, write down the meanings of the difficult words. Working with vocabulary in context helps one remember the meanings of the new words. This blog has been created to fulfil the same purpose.

2. Try to add context. Writing words, meanings and example sentences will help you remember the words in context.

3. Reading can be a great way to improve your vocabulary. So regularly try to spare some time for reading. Study an English magazine (The Economist, for example) or go for articles of a newspaper (The Guardian, for example).

4. Expose yourself to as much English as possible by speaking, reading, watching the news and listening to the radio.

5. Learn collocations, not isolated words. For example, a prestigious award, a prestigious university.

6. Don't make random lists of unrelated vocabulary. Try to group words in themes (BBC words: vocabulary).

7. Regularly consult a good dictionary when you need to look up the meaning of an unfamiliar word (Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary).

8. Revise the vocabulary items on a regular basis.