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Grow out of sth phrasal verb1

CLOTHES If children grow out of clothes, they gradually become too big to wear them.

Adam's grown out of his shoes.

Becoming bigger ▶ See also Enlarging and inflating

Grow out of sth

STOP grow out of sth phrasal verb2 STOP to stop doing something as you get older

He still bites his nails, but hopefully he'll grow out of it.

Topic: EDUCATION

Dropout (Initially)

Play truant - be allowed to

Skip

Cheating - I’m glad

Crib

Swot (Whenever)

Teacher’s pet

Pushy (nowadays)

Core subjects - be used to

State schools… slightly less – twice as … as

Lecture (By the time)

Bachelor – degree

Deadline (despite) – more by far

Master’s degree - I’m really into

Postgraduate studies (PhD)

Seminar

Grant

(To sum up)

Tips on how to organise you paper at the oral exam…

Topic: Shopping

Bargain (to begin with) get/be used to

On the sales (by the time)

Second hand

Brand names (ever since) you don’t want to

Material

Hand made nowhere near as

Designer brands (How come…?)

Outfit

Window shopping  (whereas) I’d rather

Retail therapy

Shop around

Shopping mall

Wrap a present.(as long as)

Changing rooms not supposed to

Try on

Size

(In conclusion)

List of Commonly Used Linking Words

Function	Coordinators	Subordinators	Transitions
	Link independent clauses within a sentence.	Link an independent clause with a dependent clause or phrase within a sentence.	Link independent clauses within a sentence. Link sentences within a paragraph.
Punctuation	Use a comma before a coordinator: I researched the topic, and I created the presentation.	When the dependent clause is at the beginning of the sentence, it should be followed by a comma: After I researched the topic, I created the presentation. Do not use a comma when the dependent clause is at the end of the sentence: I created the presentation after I researched the topic.	When the transition begins the sentence, it should be followed by a comma: First, I researched the topic. Then, I created the presentation. When the transition connects two independent clauses, a semi-colon comes before it and a comma follows it: I researched the topic; afterwards, I created the presentation.
Showing time, beginning, during, ending	And	Before As As long as At the same time (as) Every time Since So long as The first/second/next/last time When Whenever While By the time Till Until	Afterward(s) At first Initially Meanwhile Meantime Simultaneously Eventually Finally
Showing a sequence	And	After As soon as Ever since Following Later Once	Next Subsequently Then Thereafter First Firstly Initially To begin Next Second Secondly Then Third Thirdly Finally Last Lastly
Showing conclusion	So		In all In summation In conclusion To conclude
Showing contrast	But Either … or Yet	Although Despite Even though In spite of Instead of Though Whereas While	By comparison By contrast Conversely However In contrast Instead Nevertheless Nonetheless On the contrary On the other hand Otherwise
Showing similarity	Neither … nor Either … or		In other words Likewise Similarly
Adding information	And		Additionally Also Besides Further Furthermore In addition Moreover
Adding example			For example For instance In particular
Showing cause	For	As a result of … Because … Due to (the fact that) In order to … Resulting from … Since …
Showing effect	So	(If) … then … resulting in So …that … then	Accordingly, As a result, Consequently, Hence, Therefore, Thus,
Showing condition		Even if If … then In case Provided that Providing Unless Whether or not