IELTS Energy English 7+ IELTS Energy 1485: Vocabulary That Lifts a Weight Off Your Shoulders
May 13, 2025
Lindsay McMahon, co-founder of the popular All Ears English podcast, shares her insights on vocabulary that alleviates stress, particularly for IELTS candidates. She emphasizes the importance of idioms like 'a weight lifted off your shoulders' to express relief and improve speaking scores. The discussion includes emotional relief tied to achieving goals, essential vocabulary strategies for the IELTS, and the value of relaxed, everyday conversation practice to ease exam pressures. This episode is packed with practical tips and relatable anecdotes.
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Weight Lifted by Organizing Tasks
- Lindsay felt a big weight lifted after organizing her Monday.com tasks, which had caused her stress due to overdue items.
- Getting organized immediately relieved her anxiety and improved her sense of control over workload.
Flexible Idiom for Relief
- "A weight lifted off your shoulders" is a flexible idiom describing sudden relief from stress or anxiety.
- Its usage fits naturally in many IELTS speaking scenarios, enhancing expression.
Use Vocabulary Across IELTS Tasks
- Practice incorporating today's vocabulary in all IELTS speaking parts and writing tasks to describe stress and relief.
- Use idioms and phrases like "a weight lifted" to describe feelings in both essays and speaking.