B2, C1, C2 Level English Verbs For New Beginnings

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B2, C1, C2 Level English Verbs for new beginnings.

In this advanced English lesson, you will learn 10 upper-intermediate, advanced and proficiency level verbs (B2/C1/C2 level) which will be useful for English proficiency exams: IELTS, FCE, CAE and CPE (B2 First, C1 advanced and C2 proficiency).

Using them in your spoken and written English will also improve your general English level and make you sound more like a native speaker.

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List of B2-C2 Verbs

B2, C1, C2 Level English Verbs For New Beginnings

Today, I want to talk to you about verbs.

And in particular, verbs related to beginnings. Like always, I’m going to go through them one by one.

Some of them are phrasal verbs, and some of them are more formal verbs. So I’m going to give you examples of each, how to use them, so that you can practise them, hopefully, remember them, and try to use them in your conversations.

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to set up

to set up a company

Meaning: to start, to establish

Example:

You will need a legal team to help you fill in some documentation and set up a company.

You can set up lots of things.

✅ We can set up the house to move into it.

✅ We can set up and set the table for a meal

to introduce

to introduce legislation

Example:

Last week the government introduced legislation about social payments to people who might be unemployed.

We can also introduce one person to another.

Example:

I‘d like to introduce you to my partner. She’s the one I told you about.

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to implement

to implement a plan

Meaning: to begin the plan, start the plan

Examples:

When will this be implemented? The new budget starts on the 1st of April, so every department has to stick to it.

We will implement our new schedule for the summer season from the 1st of May.

to set off

to set off smoke/fire alarm

Example:

Careful, the pan is burning. You’re going to set off the smoke fire alarm!

Another way to use set off is to start a journey.

Example:

What time do we set off tomorrow for the airport? The traffic is always bad. Let’s leave half an hour earlier.

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to generate

to generate a lot of interest

Examples:

We’re going to spend a lot of money on an advertising campaign. We expect to generate a lot of interest.

This reading of your book will generate a lot of interest and hopefully, get it up the list to the top of the pick.

to prompt

When we prompt somebody, we give them a little bit of a nudge or a little bit of a push or a little bit of encouragement.

Example:

Actors sometimes have to be prompted if they forget or don’t put enough emphasis on a particular word.

to prompt speculation

Example:

The announcement that inflation has increased from 3% to 7% might prompt speculation that the government are about to increase interest rates.

B2, C1, C2 Level English Verbs For New Beginnings

to strike up

to strike up a conversation

Example:

To get rid of boredom, you often strike up a conversation with the person sitting beside you.

to strike up a relationship

Example:

When children go to school for the first time, they strike up a relationship with certain kids in their class.

to embark on

to embark on a journey

Examples:

The famous explorer embarked on his journey in the first week of July heading for Antarctica.

When our kids leave school, and then they head to university, they embark on the next stage of their life.

When our sons or daughters get married, that’s the next journey that they embark on.

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B2, C1, C2 Level English Verbs For New Beginnings

to trigger

to trigger a crisis

Examples:

A sudden shortage of oil or petroleum might trigger a crisis in the price of oil.

Some minister has been accused of some form of corruption, that might trigger a crisis in the government.

to launch

to launch a career

Examples:

When your university courses are over, you then are at the next stage where you launch your career.

We’ve developed a new product, and we’re going to launch it on the 1st of June.

So these are all B2, C1, C2 level English verbs for new beginnings. Let me give them to you one more time:

to set up (a company)
to introduce (legislation)
to implement (a plan)
to set off (the smoke alarm)
to generate (a lot of interest)
to prompt (speculation)
to strike up (a conversation)
to embark on (a journey)
to trigger (a crisis)
to launch (a career)

I really appreciate you listening and hopefully, you got something from those and you’ll be able to practice these English verbs.

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