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Behold this list of words and phrases for they appear in native English fiction and non-fiction. Mastering this list means decoding and understanding the nuances, the subtle distinctions between the different ways we perform, experience and express some of the most common activities and phenomena.
Created from carefully crafted notes and illustrations from Ayelén Alfaro and later compiled, repurposed and edited by Jerónimo Visñovezky.
Neither of them claims authorship of the definitions which were sourced from a combination of classes and dictionaries provided in the bibliography where Longman Language Activator played a crucial role. If you are interested in more lists of ways of expressing different, nuanced ideas you may want to consider picking a copy of a similar dictionary.