VOCABULARY
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DEFINITION
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EXAMPLE
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TIP OF MY TONGUE |
if
a word is on the tip of your tongue, you want to say it
but cannot remember it.
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One of the characters in the book, his name was, wait a second,
it's on the tip of my tongue.
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BACK
OF MY MIND
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you intend to
do it, but are not actively thinking about it
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There are quite a few things that are in the back of my mind to
do but recently I have just been focusing on studying for the IELTS exam.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC
MEMORY
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you
are able to remember things in exact detail
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I know a couple of people who have a photographic memory and
sometimes I wish I had the same as I am very forgetful.
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JOG
MY MEMORY
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cause someone
to remember something suddenly
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I usually look at photographs of when I was at school to help me
jog my memory of certain people and events.
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If
memory serves me right
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to remember correctly
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If my memory serves me right the name of the book is Brave New
World, if you haven't read it then I highly recommend it.
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Monday, 15 June 2015
IELTS Vocabulary - Idioms related to memory
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