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Vocabulary

  • [1]taste: Gu
  • [2]preferences
  • [3]embarrassing: Lúng túng
  • [4]peculiar: Kinh ngạc
  • [5]bizarre: Kỳ quái
  • [6]norm: Bình thường
  • [7]weird: Kỳ dị
  • [8]misconception: Quan niệm sai lầm

Table of contents

1. Personality

1.1. [1]Taste and [2]preferences

1.2. [3]Embarrassing things

1.3. Past experiences

2. Connect with previous

3. Make comparisons

3.1 Compare yourself with other people

3.2. Compare with something completely different

4. Refer

1. Personality

1.1. [1]Taste and [2]preferences

I'm an avid ...

  • I'm an avid foodie
  • I'm an avid communication

I'm an well-...

  • I'm a well-traveled person

I'm pretty ...-conscious

  • I'm pretty fashion-conscious

  • Let me begin by saying that i am very health-conscious person. so staying lean and fit is very important to me. It goes without saying walking is my favorite thing to do

1.2. [3]Embarrassing things

I don't know the first thing about ...

  • I don't know the first thing about history
  • I don't know the first thing about dancing
  • To be honest, i love everyday but i don't know the first thing about food and culinary art and all that stuffs

I am absolute clueless about ...

  • To be honest, I am absolute clueless about fashion and clothes. However i do admire this person who i think dresses pretty

1.3. Past experiences

When i was a kid, ... Back in the day, ...

  • When i was a kid i didn't do any housework to all

2. Connect with previous

So as i was saying / As i mentioned ...

So remember how i was telling you about ...

  • Remember how i was telling you about how i didn't like birds. I don't know a lot about bird species at all

3. Make comparisons

3.1. Compare yourself with other people

I guess this is quite [4]peculiar / I know it may sound very [5]bizarre

  • I know it sounds very bizarre but collecting Ve chai is my favorite

Which i guess is the [6]norm in ...

  • I don't really do housework. I guess that is a [6]norm in Vietnam most people don't have to do housework

  • This is [7]weird question. In Vietnam i only wear helmet when i am driving and i guess this is norm in this country, a lot of people also wear helmet

There is a common [8]misconception that ...

3.2. Compare with something completely different

This is not the case with ...

  • This is not the case with another park in Hanoi

... is a completely different story

  • My story is a completely different story

4. Refer

  • IELTS FACE-OFF
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