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USEFUL IELTS INTERVIEW EXPRESSIONS


1️⃣ Saying something in another way

🔸What I'm trying to say is...
🔸In other words...
🔸To put it another way...
🔸What I mean is...
🔸Perhaps I should make that clearer by saying...


2️⃣ Agreeing with an opinion

🔸Yes, I agree...
🔸That's my view exactly.
🔸I would tend to agree with that.
🔸I couldn't agree more.


3️⃣ Disagreeing with an opinion

🔸No, I disagree.
🔸I'm afraid I disagree.
🔸I see things rather differently myself.
🔸I wouldn't say that is necessarily true.
🔸I tend to disagree.
🔸I'm not so sure about that.


4️⃣ Partially agreeing with an opinion

🔸I don't entirely agree. It is true that......however...
🔸That is partly true, but...
🔸I agree with that to an extent. However...


5️⃣ Getting asked an opinion (by the examiner)

🔸What do you think?
🔸What's your view / opinion?
🔸What are your views on...?
🔸How do you feel about...?


6️⃣ Saying your opinion could vary according to the situation

🔸That depends...
🔸I think it really depends...
🔸That depends on how you look at it.


7️⃣ Asking for clarification (part 3 only)

🔸Could you please explain what ...(word)... means?
🔸Sorry, I don't understand the question. Could you explain?
🔸Sorry, I'm afraid I didn't understand the question.
🔸Sorry, can I just clarify what you mean. Are you asking me ...(say what you believe you have been asked)...


8️⃣ Asking for repetition

🔸Sorry, would you mind repeating the question?
🔸Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. Could you repeat the question?


9️⃣ Summing up

🔸So all in all...
🔸To sum up...
🔸To conclude...


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1️⃣Try on: To wear and see if something is the right size

پوشیدن، امتحان کردن، پرو کردن لباس
She's is trying the skirt on.

2️⃣Try out: To see if something is acceptable
امتحان کردن، آزمایش کردن

Do you want to try out my new skateboard?

3️⃣Turn out for: To get a result
به دست آوردن، به نتیجه رسیدن

She is trying out for the role of Cleopatra.

4️⃣Turn up: To increase the volume, to arrive unexpectedly, to show evidence, to find out secret information

ترقی کردن، زیاد شدن، سر و کله کسی پیدا شدن، پیدا کردن

My missing car keys turned up just in time.
When do you think our guests will turn up?

5️⃣Turn down: To refuse, to reject, to reduce the volume

رد کردن، نپذیرفتن، کم کردن صدا، کم کردن بخاری
I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation.

6️⃣Turn in: To go to bed, to report information or something that is found to the police, to give an assignment to the teacher

تحویل پلیس دادن، رفتن گرفتن خوابیدن، تحویل دادن تکلیف

He turned in the banned assault rifle to the polic.
It's almost midnight, so it's time to turn in.

7️⃣Turn around (round): To position the body or face in a different direction, to discontinue certain actions
رو برگرداندن، چرخیدن، برگرداندن

She turned the car round and drove back home.

8️⃣Turn over: To place a thing in the opposite direction

این رو و آن رو شدن، برگرداندن، چرخاندن، پشت و رو کردن، کار کردن، فروختن
I turned over the pages and saw that the book was a complete record of a year.

9️⃣Used to: To have done something in the past but to have quit
عادت داشتن، در گذشته انجام دادن

I used to live in London.

🔟Use up: To finish the supply of something
تا آخر مصرف کردن، ته چیزی را درآوردن

We used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles.


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🔴Promotion opportunities
فرصت ترفیع

✅Meaning:
chances to move to a more important position in a company or organization

✅Example:
Perhaps the most important factor when choosing a job are the promotion opportunities/promotion prospects.


🔴To move up the career ladder
بالا رفتن از نردبان شغلی (ترفیع گرفتن در کار)

✅Meaning:
a series of stages by which you can make progress in your career

✅Example:
Ambitious employees look for a job in which there is a chance to move up the career ladder.


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🔴to deliver a lecture
سخنرانی کردن

✅Meaning:
to give a lecture

✅Example:
It is just as easy to deliver a lecture online as it is to give a lecture in front of a class of students in a lecture theatre.


🔴streaming in schools
کلاس بندی کردن دانش آموزان بر طبق استعداد

✅Meaning:
the policy of dividing pupils into groups of the same level of ability

✅Example:
One disadvantage of streaming in schools is that children in the lower groups have less motivation to study because they think of themselves as failures


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1️⃣ bite your tongue

🔵 to stop yourself from saying what you really think, even though this is difficult
یعنی اینکه جلوی خودتون را هر چقدر هم سخت باشه بگیرید و چیزی نگید.


🔶 She should have bitten her tongue.
باید جلوی زبونش را میگرفت و چیزی نمیگفت.


2️⃣ speak your mind

🔵 to tell people exactly what you think, even if it offends them
یعنی آنچه که تو ذهنت هست را رک بگی بدون اینکه فکر کنی ممکنه کسی را ناراحت کنی.


🔶 He was a tough politician who wasn’t afraid to speak his mind.
او سیاستمدار خشنی بود که بدون ترس حرفش را میزد.


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💢 Expressions

Here are some expressions that use words related to your favourite time of the week...the weekend!

💢a wet weekend
this expression can be used to describe rainy weather on the weekend, but here we use it to describe a person who we think is boring and not fun:
'I don't like him. He's as much fun as a wet weekend!'

💢a long weekend
This expression decribes not working on the weekend, and also, having an extra day off on Friday or Sunday - probably because of a national holiday. At least three days off including Saturday and Sunday:
'I feel refreshed after my long weekend. I love having three days'

💢a Saturday night special
This slang phrase is becoming a little old fashioned these days. A Saturday night special is a cheap and small gun. The name first appeared in the New York Times back in the '60s.
'The robber was caught by the police carrying a Saturday night special.'

💢Sunday best
Your Sunday best are your smartest or 'best' clothes. If you were going to a formal party you would wear your Sunday best.
Traditionally people would dress in smart clothes on a Sunday when they went to church:
'Joanna looked lovely all dressed up in her Sunday best'.

💢Sunday driver
A Sunday driver is someone who drives very slowly. The description has a negative meaning. We use it to desribe a driver who makes other drivers angry because of their slow driving.
Sunday drivers go for a drive on Sunday just for something to do. They are not in a hurry and are not going anywhere special:
'DRIVE! COME ON! COME ON! I'M IN A HURRY! MOVE OUT OF MY WAY! I HATE SUNDAY DRIVERS!'


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