Forwarded from ibtil_ IELTS (Bahram Modaberi)
recent/modern/contemporary history
• The country’s recent history is powerfully told in this film.
early/ancient history
• He had studied ancient Roman history.
recorded history (=history since people have written things down)
• These were the worst floods in recorded history.
local history (=the history of events in a particular local area)
• The building is now a museum of local history.
American/Chinese/British etc history
• It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in American history.
human history (=the history of people rather than the world itself)
• World War I was the most destructive war in human history up to that time.
political/social etc. history
• the political history of Germany
oral history (=history that is told by speaking and that often consists of personal memories)
• Smith recorded the conversation for oral history.
rich history (=an interesting and important history)
• Greece has a very rich history.
long history
• The 1970s were the most successful in the theatre's long history.
VERBS
history shows/tells (that)
• History shows that the usual response to violent protests is repression.
go down in history (=be remembered for many years)
• She will go down in history as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
make history (=do something important that will be recorded and remembered)
• Ordinary Berliners made history when they tore down the wall.
rewrite history (=change what we believe are the facts about the past)
• They're trying to rewrite history to exaggerate their role in the war.
trace the history of something (=find out what the history of something is)
• James traces the history of modern cricket back to its beginnings in the late 1700s.
shape history (=influence events that are recorded)
• He is one of the politicians who shaped 20th century history.
PHRASES
a period of/in history
• a glorious period in English history
the first time in history (=the first time something has ever happened)
• For the first time in history, an American president resigned his office.
change the course of history (=do something that has many important effects)
• Roosevelt and Churchill helped to change the course of history.
be steeped in history (=be closely connected with important events in history)
• Cambridge is steeped in history and tradition.
consign something to the dustbin of history (=to forget about something that existed in the past – used especially when saying that you will feel glad when people have got rid of something)
• One day nuclear weapons will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
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• The country’s recent history is powerfully told in this film.
early/ancient history
• He had studied ancient Roman history.
recorded history (=history since people have written things down)
• These were the worst floods in recorded history.
local history (=the history of events in a particular local area)
• The building is now a museum of local history.
American/Chinese/British etc history
• It was one of the worst peacetime disasters in American history.
human history (=the history of people rather than the world itself)
• World War I was the most destructive war in human history up to that time.
political/social etc. history
• the political history of Germany
oral history (=history that is told by speaking and that often consists of personal memories)
• Smith recorded the conversation for oral history.
rich history (=an interesting and important history)
• Greece has a very rich history.
long history
• The 1970s were the most successful in the theatre's long history.
VERBS
history shows/tells (that)
• History shows that the usual response to violent protests is repression.
go down in history (=be remembered for many years)
• She will go down in history as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
make history (=do something important that will be recorded and remembered)
• Ordinary Berliners made history when they tore down the wall.
rewrite history (=change what we believe are the facts about the past)
• They're trying to rewrite history to exaggerate their role in the war.
trace the history of something (=find out what the history of something is)
• James traces the history of modern cricket back to its beginnings in the late 1700s.
shape history (=influence events that are recorded)
• He is one of the politicians who shaped 20th century history.
PHRASES
a period of/in history
• a glorious period in English history
the first time in history (=the first time something has ever happened)
• For the first time in history, an American president resigned his office.
change the course of history (=do something that has many important effects)
• Roosevelt and Churchill helped to change the course of history.
be steeped in history (=be closely connected with important events in history)
• Cambridge is steeped in history and tradition.
consign something to the dustbin of history (=to forget about something that existed in the past – used especially when saying that you will feel glad when people have got rid of something)
• One day nuclear weapons will be consigned to the dustbin of history.
@yourielts
#vocabulary
#history
#writing