Some Useful Phrases for Oral

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Oral Examination 6 (Picture) Words and Phrases COLLATED BY ALAN ANAND AND LUCAS TAN 1. One possible reason is … 2. Specifically… 3. Perhaps (reason), if not (why) 4. Flocking to the area 5. They could be… 6. Incredibly low price 7. Off-season 8. I can almost sense their excitement when thy are rummaging through the clothes 9. I think that… 10. Unbeknownst/oblivious to them, there was a disaster waiting to happen/strike 11. In a shopping spree 12. There is a baby, who is crying as loud as a whale/sirens 13. Bawling uncontrollably 14. The situation is a matter of life and death 15. Mother’s face turned as white as sheet 16. All hell broke loose 17. A plump lady 18. Concluding from the expression… 19. Accidentally letting go of the baby’s pram 20. A couple is paralysed with fear as the baby’s pram is heading towards them 21. The force of friction could not stop the baby’s pram 22. Attracted a crowd 23. Caught the attention of a middle aged plump women 24. A disaster was brewing 25. A baby in the pram is rolling down the escalator 26. Quite a dangerous action 27. Wail uncontrollably 28. Anxious about the fate of the baby 29. Beads of perspiration 30. Hoping 31. However, this was not so 32. Fortunately… 33. Quick-witted 34. He is attempting to … 35. Endangering the safety of the baby 36. I can conclude from this that… 37. Escalator not suited for prams 38. Instead, …

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Oral Examination 6 (Picture) – Words and Phrases

COLLATED BY ALAN ANAND AND LUCAS TAN

1. One possible reason is …

2. Specifically…

3. Perhaps (reason), if not (why)

4. Flocking to the area

5. They could be…

6. Incredibly low price

7. Off-season

8. I can almost sense their excitement when thy are rummaging through the clothes

9. I think that…

10. Unbeknownst/oblivious to them, there was a disaster waiting to happen/strike

11. In a shopping spree

12. There is a baby, who is crying as loud as a whale/sirens

13. Bawling uncontrollably

14. The situation is a matter of life and death

15. Mother’s face turned as white as sheet

16. All hell broke loose

17. A plump lady

18. Concluding from the expression…

19. Accidentally letting go of the baby’s pram

20. A couple is paralysed with fear as the baby’s pram is heading towards them

21. The force of friction could not stop the baby’s pram

22. Attracted a crowd

23. Caught the attention of a middle aged plump women

24. A disaster was brewing

25. A baby in the pram is rolling down the escalator

26. Quite a dangerous action

27. Wail uncontrollably

28. Anxious about the fate of the baby

29. Beads of perspiration

30. Hoping

31. However, this was not so

32. Fortunately…

33. Quick-witted

34. He is attempting to …

35. Endangering the safety of the baby

36. I can conclude from this that…

37. Escalator not suited for prams

38. Instead, …

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39. (Connect with fact, law, proverbs, news etc…)

40. Jerk forward

41. Were helpless

42. Obstructed by the lady

43. Panic-stricken

44. Breakneck speed