Advanced Vocabulary : death and dying

Talking about death is not always easy or welcome and English speakers have developed several ways of doing so without being too direct. Session I looks at literal uses of "die" and its related forms. Sessions II and III consider metaphorical uses, some euphemistic and some a little bizarre.

These advanced-vocabulary one-hour single-topic sessions focus on accuracy, appropriacy and on developing the speaker's range, while considering the many different forms, meanings and usages, both literal and metaphorical.

• Word families
• Conjugations
• Usages, idiomatic and figurative 
• Related vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms 
• Uses and misuses
• Metaphorical usages
• Aphorisms

These sessions are stand-alone, although we recommend Session I before Sessions II and III.

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