N2 Vocabulary

intention; aim; design

will; desire; ambition; urge

idle complaint; grumble

practice; practising; experience

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

hatred

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of; to be concluded

strategy; tactics

belonging to

one’;s possessions; ownership

at hand; on hand; nearby; close at hand; way of moving one’;s arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open

lottery; raffle; drawing

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

to fuss over; to be particular about

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

to point at

pointing out; identification