close up C1 reading 3 Flashcards
(22 cards)
to think that something happened because of a particular thing is to…
phrasal verb
put it down to that thing
TO BRING BACK events TO MEMORY with precise detail=
to recall
to be recorded as a historical event=
idiom/phrasal verb
to go down in history
precise memory….
photographic memory
information that is unimportant and numerical
useless facts and figures
the other extreme point of a range
the other end of the spectrum
tissue that makes up the brain
brain matter
a virus caused great damage to his brain or
ravaged it
amnesia prevents someone ….
from forming or recalling memories
A historical event of the 60s…
The Moon landing
unaware and unconscious of what is happening around you
oblivious
his experiences have disappeared from his memory, that is, they have been…
wiped out
an ability is absent in you or you have …. of that ability
lack
to live in your own little world, disconnected from contemporary events, is to ….
idiom
fall completely out of time
instances of forgetfulness
slips of the mind
a state of confusion
bewilderment
when a person or function we rely on doesn’t act/work as we would expect it, then it….
fails us
hobby
pasttime
majorly, to a great extent
vastly
unimportant details are ….
insignificant
extremely important events #
minor events
become available, appear, arrive
idiom
come on the scene
