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Oxford Word Skills Intermediate

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• #NAME? — is used with some adjectives to mean 'quite'
• Abbreviation — a short form of a word
• Absolutely — completely
• Academic — relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with practical skills
• Accelerator — pedal in car used to speed up
• Accessory — sth you wear or carry that goes with your clothes, e.g. bag
• Accident — something ​bad that ​happens that is not ​expected or ​intended and that often ​damages something or ​injures someone
• Accurately — without mistakes
• Accused — a ​person or ​people who may be ​guilty of a ​crime and who are being ​judged in a ​court of ​law (SYN defendant)
• Achieve — to get something done which was difficult
• Achieve Sth — get something done successfully through hard work or skill
• Achievement — sth you have done successfully that was difficult
• Acknowledge Sth — let sb know that you have received sth from them
• Acknowledgement — a letter or email to say that you have received something that someone sent to you
• Add Sth — put sth together with sth else
• Address — the ​number of the ​house, ​name of the ​road, and ​name of the ​town where a ​person ​lives or ​works, and where ​letters can be ​sent
• Admiration — the feeling of liking sb and thinking they have achieved a lot
• Adopt A Child — take sb's child into your family and legally make them your child
• Advantage — a ​condition giving a ​greater ​chance of ​success
• Advice — piece of knowledge about sth
• Advise Sb — tell sb the best thing to do (SYN give sb advice)
• Affect — to have an influence on someone or sth
• Afford Sth — you have enough money to pay for sth
• After A While — after a period of time
• Against The Law — againstthe rules of a country (SYN illegal)
• Aggression — spoken or ​physical ​behaviour that is ​threatening or ​involves ​harm to someone or something
• Aggressive — likely to fight or argue
• Aid — money, food, etc. that is sent to a country or to people to help them
• Aim — a thing you want to be able to do in the future (SYN goal)
• Album — a book with plain pages, used for collecting together and protecting stamps, photographs, etc
• Alive — being live
• Allergic — to have allergy to sth
• Allergy — a medical condition that makes you ill when you thouch, eat, or breathe sth that doesn't normally make other people ill
• Ally — a country that agrees to support another country
• Aloud — speak so that people can hear you (SYN out loud)
• Alphabet — a set of letters arranged in a fixed order using a writing a language
• Alphabetical — listed in the samp way as the asphabet
• Alternative — one of two or more things that you can choose between
• Amateur Photographer — sb who does photograpy as a hobby and not do it as his job
• Amazed — very surprised (SYN astonished)
• Ambition — a ​strong ​wish to ​achieve something
• Ambulance — a ​special ​vehicle used to take ​sick or ​injured ​people to ​hospital
• Amount — a quantity of sth; a sum of money
• Analysis — a careful study of sth in order to exlpain it
• Anniversary — the date on which sth happened the pervious year or in the past
• Announce Sth — say sth officially and in public
• Announcement — something said officially and in public
• Antisocial — A person who doesn't like the company of other people
• Anxious — worried and afraid
• Apostrophe — symbol used in writing to show when a ​letter or a ​number has been left out
• Appeal To Sb — be attractive or interesting to sb
• Apply For Sth — ask for sth in writing (often a job or course)
• Appoint Sb — choose sb for a job
• Appointment — a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place
• Area — a ​particular ​part of a ​place, ​piece of ​land, or ​country
• Argue — angry discussion
• Argument — a discussion in which people disagree, often angrily
• Army — a country's fighting force
• Arrangements — plans or preparations for sth
• Arrest — when the police take sb away to ​ask them about a ​crime that they might have ​committed
• Arrogance — unpleasantly ​proud and ​behaving as if you are more ​important than, or ​know more than, other ​people
• Arrogant — thinking you are better than other people
• Arthritic — to have artritis
• Arthritis — a disease which causes pain when you bend your arms, fingers, etc
• Artist — someone who paints, draws or making sculptures
• Asleep — sleeping
• Assassinate Sb — to kill a famous person, often for political reasons
• Assassination — murder of a famous person
• Assault — a violent attack
• Assess Sth — decide on the quality or ability of sth
• Assessment — result of decision about sth/sb
• Asthma — a medical condition which makes it diffirult to breathe
• Astonished — very surprised (SYN amazed)
• At Home — where your home is
• Athlete — a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise
• Athletics — the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing
• Atmosphere — the gases around the earth, planets, etc
• Attack Sb — start fighting or hurting sb
• Attack Sb/Sth — try to hurt sb/sth by using physical force
• Attacker — a person who uses violence to hurt sb
• Attempt — the act of trying to do something difficult
• Attend Sth — to go to the event, place, etc
• Attic — the space or room under the roof of a house
• Attitude — the way you think, feel and behave
• Attract Attention — when sth interests you so that you want to look at it
• Author — the writer of a particular book or play or sth
• Autobiography — the story of sb's life written by that person
• Automatic — able to work by itself without direct human control
• Automatically — withot any human control
• Average — normal or typical
• Avoid Sth — stay away from sth
• Awake — not sleeping
• Award — a prize in a competition
• Away From Home — in a different place from your home
• Axe Sth — cut numbers of people, jobs, etc. by a large amount
• Background — the things that can be ​seen behind the ​main things or ​people in a ​picture
• Backward(S) — in the direction behind you
• Bad Diet — too much of the wrong food
• Bad For You — bad for health (SYN unhealthy)
• Bake Sth — cook sth in the oven without oil or fat (with oil and fat = roast)
• Balanced Diet — all the right food the body needs
• Band — a number of people who play music together (SYN group)
• Bandage — a ​long, ​narrow ​piece of ​cloth that is ​tied around an ​injury or a ​part of someone's ​body that has been ​hurt
• Bang — an ​act of ​hitting someone or something
• Bang Sth — hit a part of your body against sth when you are moving
• Bank — slopping raised land, especially along the sides of the river
• Bank Loan — money the bank lends and sb borrows
• Bargain — sth that is a good price or is cheaper than usual
• Based — when sth is the centre for your work
• Basement — a room or part of a building that is partly or completely below ground level
• Bay — a ​part of the ​coast where the ​land ​curves in so that the ​sea is ​surrounded by ​land on three ​sides
• Be Aware Of Sth — know about sth
• Be Delayed — sth caused you to be late (SYN be held up)
• Be Held Up — sth caused you to be late (SYN be delayed)
• Be Related To Sb — be in the same family as sb (SYN relation)
• Be Stuck — be unable to move easily (SYN get stuck)
• Beach — an ​area of ​sand or ​small ​stones near the ​sea or another ​area of ​water such as a ​lake
• Beak — the hard, pointed part of a bird's mouth
• Bear — a large, strong, wild mammal with a thick fur coat
• Beat Sb — be stronger and better than sb in a game SYN defeat sb
• Beauty Contest — a competition to see who is the most beautiful
• Bee — a ​yellow and ​black ​flying ​insect that makes ​honey and can ​sting you
• Beg — ask for food or money
• Belong To — something is yours (SYN own sth)
• Benefit — a thing that has a good or helpful result
• Best Man — a male friend or relative chosen by a bridegroom to assist him at his wedding
• Bite Sth — cut sth with your teeth
• Bitterly Cold — extremely cold
• Bland — without much flavour
• Blanket — a ​flat ​cover made of ​wool or ​similar ​warm ​material, usually used on a ​bed
• Bleed — loose blood from your body
• Blind — not able to see
• Block A Road — make it difficult for anything to pass
• Blood — the ​red ​liquid that is ​sent around the ​body by the ​heart
• Blow-Dry — to ​dry ​your ​hair using a ​hairdryer
• Boat — a small vehicle to travel on water
• Boil Sth — cook sth in water, usually in a saucepan
• Bold — strong in ​colour or ​shape, and very ​noticeable to the ​eye
• Bomb — a container packed with materials that can burst out with force
• Bomb Scare — a situation in which many people are afraid or worried about the reported bomb
• Bone — any of the hard ​parts inside a ​human or ​animal that make up ​its ​frame
• Bonnet — the ​metal ​cover over the ​part of a ​car where the ​engine is
• Bonus — an extra payment that is added to what you normally receive
• Boot — a ​covered ​space at the back of a ​car, for ​storing things in
• Bottom — the lowerest part of something
• Boxer — someone who takes part in the sport of boxing
• Brackets — used to separate two or more words from other sentence and put them in group
• Brain — the ​organ inside the ​head that ​controls ​thought, ​memory, ​feelings, and ​activity
• Brake — pedal in car used to slow down
• Brand — the name under which one or more products are sold
• Break A Record — to set a new record
• Break Down — stop working
• Break Even — not make a profit or a loss
• Break Into — entering a building illegally
• Break Out — start suddenly
• Break The Law — do sth illegal/against the law
• Breath — the air that goes into and out of your lungs
• Breathe — the process of moving air into and out of the lungs
• Breeze — a light wind
• Brick — a ​rectangular ​block of hard ​material used for ​building ​walls and ​houses
• Bride — a woman who is about to get ​married or has just got ​married
• Bridesmaid — a ​girl or woman who during the ​marriage ​ceremony ​helps the woman who is getting ​married
• Bright — having a lot of light
• Brightness — the property of amount of light
• Bring Sb Up — look after a child and teach them how to live
• Broad Shoulders — with wide shoulders
• Broke — having no money
• Broom — a ​brush with a ​long ​handle, used for ​cleaning the ​floor
• Browse — spend time pleasantly in a shop looking at things
• Bruised — an ​injury or ​mark where the ​skin has not been ​broken but is ​darker in ​colour, often as a ​result of being ​hit by something
• Bucket — a ​container with an ​open ​top and a ​handle, often used for ​carrying ​liquids
• Build Sth — make sth bigger; increase sth
• Built-In Flash — device used to produce short flash of light
• Built-Up — with a lot of buildings
• Bull — a male cow
• Burglar — somebody breaking into the property
• Burglary — entering a building illegally and steaing things from it
• Burial — ceremony of putting a dead body in the ground
• Burn — to be ​hurt, ​damaged, or ​destroyed by ​fire or ​extreme ​heat
• Burst — break open suddenly and violently
• Burst Into Tears — start crying suddenly
• Burst Out Laughing — start laughing suddenly
• Bury — put a dead body in the ground
• Business Trip — a journey for business purpose
• Cabinet — a ​piece of ​furniture with ​shelves, ​cupboards, or ​drawers
• Calf — a young cow
• Camel — a ​large ​animal with a ​long ​neck, that ​lives in the ​desert and has one or two ​humps on it's back
• Campaign — a plan to do a number of things with a specific aim
• Can — used with see, smell or taste in the continuous tense
• Canal — a ​long, ​thin ​stretch of ​water that is artificially made either for ​boats to ​travel along or for taking ​water from one ​area to another
• Cancel Sth — decide that sth that has been planned will not happen
• Cancer — a very serious illness in which tumours often grow in the body
• Capital — the money you need to start a business
• Capital Letter — ​letter of the ​alphabet in the ​form and ​larger ​size that is used at the beginning of sentences and names
• Capsize — (used of boats) turn over in the water
• Captain — the player who is leader of the team
• Capture — take someone as a prisoner
• Care For Sb — look after sb (SYN take care of sb)
• Career — the series of jobs you have in a particular area
• Carefully — slowly and paying full attention
• Cargo Ship — a ship used to move goods
• Carnival — festival with people danicng and playing music in the streets
• Carpenter — makes or repairs parts of a building and other objects made of wood
• Carry Out Sth — do and complete a task
• Cash Flow — the movement of money into and out of a business
• Cash Flow Problem — more money is going out than coming in
• Catalogue — a complete list of things you can buy or see somewhere
• Catch Sb — find and hold sb
• Catch Sth — hear or understand what sb is saying
• Cattle — ​cows and ​bulls that are ​kept for ​their ​milk or ​meat
• Cause Sth — to make something (often unpleasant) happen
• Cave — a ​large ​hole in the ​side of a ​hill, ​cliff, or ​mountain, or one that is ​underground
• Ceasefire — an agreement between two sides to stop fighting
• Celebrate Sth — have a special meal, party, etc. to show you are happy about sth
• Cellar — an underground room without windows, where things are often kept
• Cellist — musician who plays cello
• Cemetery — a place where dead people are buried
• Centre — in the middle of something
• Ceremony — a formal public event
• Challenging — difficult to do, but interesting and enjoyable
• Championship — a competition to find the best player or team in a sport
• Chance — a time when it's possible to do sth that you want to do (not an opportunity)
• Change — smaller ​units of ​money given in exchange for ​larger ​units of the same ​amount
• Chapter — one of the parts into which a book is divided
• Charge Sb — (of the police) say officially that they believe sb has done sth illegal
• Cheat — do sth dishonest to get an advantage for yourself
• Check-Up — a medical or dental examination to see if you are healthy
• Cheerful — feeling happy
• Chew — use your teeth to break up food in your mouth
• Chilly — a little too cold to be comfortable
• Chimney — a ​hollow ​structure that ​allows the ​smoke from a ​fire inside a ​building to ​escape to the ​air ​outside
• Choice — an option you have chosen to
• Choose Sth — decide what you want from two or more things or possibilities (SYN select sth)
• Chop — to cut sth in the pieces with axe or knife
• Circle Sth — go round sth in a circle (SYN revolve around sth)
• Circuit — an area of land, often in a circle, where a race takes place SYN track
• Circular — shaped like a ​circle
• City — a large town
• Civil Ceremony — a non-religious ceremony
• Civil Servant — sb who works for goverment departments except the military
• Civil Service — government department except military
• Civil War — a war between groups of people who live in the same country
• Claim Sth — say that sth is true without having proof
• Clash With Sb — fight or disagree seriously with sb about sth
• Clean-Shaven — without a beard or moustache
• Clerical — connected with office work, especialy keeping records or accounts
• Clerk — office worker
• Cliff — a high ​area of ​rock with a very ​steep ​side
• Climate — the normal weather conditions of a particular region
• Close Friend — someone you know and like very much
• Close To Sth — near sth
• Cloth — a ​small ​piece of ​material, used in ​cleaning to ​remove ​dirt, ​dust, or ​liquid
• Club — an organization of people with a common purpose or interest, who meet regularly and take part in shared activities
• Clutch — pedal in car used to disconnect engine from wheels
• Coach — bus
• Coast — the area of land that is close to or next to the sea or an ocean
• Coffin — a ​long ​box in which the ​body of a ​dead ​person is ​buried or ​burned
• Collide With Sth — hit sth very hard while moving (SYN crash into sth)
• Colon — symbol : used in writing, ​especially to ​introduce a ​list of things or a ​sentence or phrase taken from ​somewhere ​else
• Colour — to make something a particular colour
• Come Round — become conscious again
• Comma — the ​symbol , used in writing to ​separate ​parts of a ​sentence ​showing a ​slight ​pause, or to ​separate the ​single things in a ​list
• Commentator — a person who describes a game on TV or the radio
• Commit A Crime — do sth illegal
• Communicate With Sb — talk to or make signs to sb
• Community — all the people who live in an area or town
• Company — organisation
• Competition — a situation when two or more people are trying to win
• Competitive — wanting very much to win or be more successful than other people
• Competitor — a person or company that competes with another SYN rival
• Complain — make a statement that you are not satisfied with something
• Composer — a person who writes music
• Compromise — accept less than you want in order to reach an agreement
• Concentrate On Sth — give all your attention to sth
• Concerned About Sb — worried about sb
• Conditions — all the particular things that influence someone’s living or working environment
• Conductor — the person in an orchestra who directs the musicians
• Confirm Sth — say or show that sth is true or definite
• Confirmation — a statement or proof that something is true
• Connect Sth — put two or more things together (SYN join sth)
• Connecting Flight — a flight that leaves soon after another one arrives
• Conscious — in a woken up state
• Consist Of Sth — be formed or made up of sth
• Constituency — one ofthe areas into witch the country is divided for voting in political elections
• Construct Sth — build or make sth
• Construction — the way words are used together in sentence
• Consultant — person in hospital who knows a lot about a particular subject (SYN specialist)
• Contact Lenses — small round pieces of plastic you wear in you eyes to help you see better
• Contact Sb — phone or write to sb
• Contest — an activity between two players or teams to see who is best
• Context — the words before and after the new word or phrase that help you understand the meaning
• Continuous Assessment — the evaluation of pupil's progress during the course in school or university
• Convenient — located near to things you need (SYN handy)
• Conversation — a talk between two or more people
• Convert Sth Into Sth — change sth from one form or use to another
• Corner — part of a ​larger ​area, often ​somewhere ​quiet or ​far away
• Corridor — a passage in a large building or on a train
• Cost A Fortune — be very expensive
• Costs — expenses
• Costume — special clothes
• Court — a ​place where ​trials and other ​legal ​cases ​happen
• Courtroom — a ​room where a ​law ​court ​meets
• Cover — the outside part of a book, magazine, etc
• Cover Sth — put sth over sth, especially to proctect it
• Cow — a ​large ​female ​farm ​animal ​kept to ​produce ​meat and ​milk
• Crash Into Sth — hit sth very hard while moving (SYN collide with sth)
• Crazy — not sensible or practical; a bit stupid (SYN mad)
• Create Sth — cause sth new to happen; produce sth new
• Creature — any ​large or ​small ​living thing that can ​move independently
• Cremate Sb — burn the body of a dead person as part of a funeral
• Cremation — the process of burning of a dead person's body
• Crime — illegal activities (SYN offence)
• Criminal — someone who commits a crime
• Critical Of Sth — saying what is wrong with sth
• Criticize Sth — to say what is wrong whith sth
• Crops — plants that a grown for food, e.g. rice and potatoes
• Crowd — large amount of people
• Cry — to call out loudly
• Cultural — something related to art, literature, music, etc
• Culture — activities involving art, literature, music, etc
• Current Affairs — important political or social events happening now
• Currently — at the moment
• Cut — an ​injury made when the ​skin is cut with something ​sharp
• Cut Down — decrease consumption of sth
• Cycling — bicycle competition
• Daily — something issued every day
• Damage — harm or injury caused when sth is broken
• Damp — wet
• Dark — without much light
• Dark-Skinned — with colour of skin close to black
• Dash — the ​symbol – used to ​separate ​parts of a ​sentence
• Day Return — a ticket to travel to a place and back again on the same day
• Day Trip — a journey for one day
• Deaf — not able to hear
• Deal With Sth — take suitable action in a situation (SYN handle sth)
• Death Toll — the number of people killed in a disaster, accident, etc
• Debt — an amount of money that you owe sb
• Decline — become weaker or smaller
• Decorate — make something more attractive or beautiful
• Deep — long way down
• Deep Sleep — slow sleeping phase (SYN fast asleep)
• Defeat Sb — win a battle, vote, game, etc against sb
• Defence — the lawyers who try to prove that sthe accused person has not commited the crime
• Defend Sb — to ​protect someone or something against ​attack or ​criticism
• Defendant — a person or people who my be guildty (SYN accused)
• Define Sth — make an exact statement of what a word or phrase means
• Definition — an exact statement of what a word or phrase means
• Delighted — very happy and excited (SYN thrilled)
• Demonstrate — take part in a public protest for or against sth
• Demonstration — an occasion when a group of people march or stand together to show that they disagree with or support something or someone
• Dental Surgery — a place where a dentist sees you
• Department — a section of a business, university, etc
• Depend On Sb — feel sure that sb will do what they say they will do (SYN rely on sb)
• Depressed — to have a depression
• Depressing — making you feel sad and without hope
• Depression — a feeling of being very unhappy
• Depth — distance down
• Destroy Sth — break sth completely so it can't be used again
• Destruction — the act of breaking something
• Details — small pieces of information about sth
• Determined — having a strong desire to do sth and be successufl
• Develop — grow or increase
• Develop A Film — make pictures from a piece of film using chemicals
• Devote Time To Sth — give proper time to sth
• Diabetes — a disease in which your body can't control the level of sugar in the blood
• Diabetic — to have diabetes
• Diagonal — A line which is ​straight and ​sloping, not ​horizontal or ​vertical
• Die — stop living
• Diet — the food person eats
• Digital Camera — a type of camera that records images that can be looked at on a computer
• Direct — to control or be in charge of an activity
• Director — the person who tells actors what to do in a film
• Dirt — a substance that isn't clean (e.g. mud)
• Dirty — not clean
• Disability — not able to use a part of your body properly
• Disabled — someone who has some disability
• Disadvantage — a situation or thing that is not good or causes problems (SYN drawback)
• Disappear — stop existing (SYN vanish)
• Disappointing — not as good as you had hoped
• Discount — a cut in the usual price of something (SYN reduction)
• Discover — to find information about place or an object, especially for the first time
• Discover Sth — find sth that nobody has found before
• Discovery — the process of finding information
• Discussion About Sth — is when we talk about sth seriously
• Disease — illness in people, animals, or plants
• Disgusting — very unpleasant
• Dish — a container for serving food at the table (it is lager than a plate)
• Dishonest — not always telling the truth
• Disloyal — stop being a friend in difficult times
• Disqualify Sb — officially stop sb from taking part in sth because they have broken a rule
• Distance — the amount of space between two places
• District — a part of a town or country, often with special qualities
• Divide Sth — keep people of things away from each other (SYN separate sb/sth)
• Dizzy — feeling as if everything is turning around and you might fall
• Do Overtime — process of working extra working hours (SYN work overtime)
• Do Research — a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding
• Do Revision — a process of study sth again
• Do The Washing Up — wash dishes, plates, glasses, etc. after a meal
• Doctor'S Surgery — a place where a doctor sees you
• Donkey — an ​animal like a ​small ​horse with ​long ​ears
• Door Handle — used to open car's door
• Dozen — twelve or a group of twelve
• Drag — to move something by pulling it along the surface
• Drama — exciting things that happen; an exciting event
• Dramatic — sudden an surprising
• Draw — produce picture with pencil or pen
• Drawback — a situation or thing that is not good or causes problems (SYN disadvantage)
• Drawing — picture made with pencil or pen
• Dream — a ​series of ​events or ​images that ​happen in ​your ​mind when you are ​sleeping
• Dress Up — put on special clothes either for fun or for a formal event
• Dressing — a ​covering that is put on a ​cut or an ​area of ​damaged ​skin to ​protect it
• Drink A Toast To Sb — raise a glass of wine, etc. to whish sb success or happiness
• Drizzle — rain lightly with very small drops
• Drop — decrease; go lower (SYN fall)
• Drown — cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater
• Drummer — sb who plays drums
• Dry Up — when water disappears from river or lake
• Due — expected to arrive or happen
• Dull — boring
• Dust Sth — remove very small pieces of dry dirt
• Dusty — covered in dust
• Duty — the task you do when you are at work
• Eagle — a ​large, ​strong ​bird with a ​curved ​beak that ​eats ​meat and can ​see very well
• Earth — our planet
• Earthquake — sudden violent movement of the ground causing damage
• Easy Going — relaxed and not worried by what other people do
• Edit — to modify something
• Editing — the process of diciding which parts of a film to show and in which order
• Effect — the result of a particular influence
• Effectively — in a way that gives you the result you want
• Effort — a period of action to achieve sth difficult SYN struggle
• Elbow — the ​part in the ​middle of the ​arm where it ​bends
• Elect — process of selection of politicians
• Election — the time when people choose individuals to speak for them and act for them
• Electrical — of or about electricity
• Electrician — installs, connects, or repairs electrical wiring
• Elegant — attractive and well designed
• Elephant — a very ​large ​grey ​mammal that has a ​trunk with which it can ​pick things up
• Elsewhere — in or to another place
• Emergency Services — the police, ambulance, and fire services
• Emigrate — leave your country in order to live in another
• Emotion — feeling
• Emotional — having strong feelings, and often showing them
• Emphasis On Sth — say sth with extra loudness (SYN stress on sth)
• Emphasize — pronounce sth with extra loudness
• Employ Sb — give sb a job
• Employer — is sb who provides job
• Encouragement — feeling of hope and will to to continue
• Encouraging — sth which gives you hope and makes you want to continue
• Encyclopedia — a book or set of books that gives information about many different subjects arranged in alphabetical order
• End Up — find yourself in a place or situation you didn't plan
• Enemy — the people your army or country is fighting against
• Energetic — having or involving a lot of energy
• Energy — the ability to be very active without getting tired
• Engine — car's motor
• Engineering — the activity of designing roads, railways, bridges, etc
• Enough — as good, well, old, long, etc. as is necessary
• Enquiry — a question about sth
• Entertainer — the people who intertain you
• Entertaining — interesting and fun
• Entertainment — an activity that people enjoy watching and listening to
• Entire — completely (SYN whole)
• Entitled — be able to receive sth
• Entry — one of a list of items included in a dictionary, list, etc
• Envious — angryor sad because sb has sth you don't have (SYN jealous)
• Environmentalist — sb who studies the environment
• Equivalent — sth that has the same value, amount, meaning, or importance as sth else
• Erupt — explode and throw out fire, burning rocks, etc
• Establish Sth — start or create an organization or system
• Estate Agent — buys and sells houses or land for people
• Evacuate Sb — move sb away from a dangerous place
• Evacuation — process of moving people away from dangerous place
• Even — at the same level
• Everyday — normal or usual
• Examine Sb — look at sb very carefully
• Examiner — the person who will read and mark thecandidate's answer
• Exclamation Mark — the symbol - used in writing to show that a word, phrase, or sentence is an exclamation
• Exhibition — a collection of paintings objects, etc, that are shown in public
• Exist — to be real
• Expect — to ​think or ​believe something will ​happen, or someone will ​arrive
• Experience — the things that you have done in your life
• Experiment — a scientific test done in order to learn sth
• Experiment With Sth — try sth to see what result it has
• Expert — having the ability and experience to do sth well (SYN skilled)
• Explain Sth — make sth clear and easy to understand
• Explanation — the ​details or ​reasons that someone gives to make something ​clear or ​easy to ​understand
• Explode — burst with force and a loud noise (SYN go off)
• Exploration — the activity of searching and finding out about sth
• Explore Sth — travel round a place in order to learn about it
• Explosion — the fact of something exploding
• Express Sth — say or show what you think or feel
• Expression — a word or group of words used in a particular situation or a particular people
• Extreme — much hotter, colder, or more violent than usual
• Eyebrows — the ​lines of ​short ​hairs above eyes in ​humans
• Fabric — cloth or ​material for making ​clothes, ​covering ​furniture, etc. (SYN material)
• Face Sth — have to deal with a difficult situation
• Face-To-Face — with and looking at sb
• Fail — be unable to continue SYN go out of business
• Faint — to loose conscious (SYN pass out)
• Fall — decrease; go lower (SYN drop)
• Fall Asleep — start sleeping (SYN go to sleep)
• Fall Out With Sb — argue with sb and stop being friendly with them
• Fan — sb who really likes and is enthusiastic about a person or an activity
• Far-Fetched — not easy to believe because it is very improbable
• Fast Asleep — deep sleep
• Fattening — food which quickly make you fatter
• Fattish — quite fat
• Faulty — doesn't work correctly
• Favourite — the person or team who is expected to win
• Fear — a feeling that sth bad might happen
• Feathers — one of the many ​soft, ​light things that ​cover a bird's ​body
• Feature — an important part of sth, and often a part that you notice
• Fed Up — unhappy and depressed (SYN miserable)
• Feedback — statement of opinion about sth or sb
• Feel — give a sensation of or like sth when touched
• Fees — money you pay for the professional advice or service of a doctor, lawyer, etc
• Female — woman or girl
• Fencing — a sport in which two competitors fight using 'Rapier-style' swords
• Festival — a day or days when people celebrate something
• Fight — when people try to hurt or kill each other
• Fighter — sb participating in fight
• Figure — the sahpe of a woman's body
• Filling — a mixture that a dentist puts in your tooth to fill a hole
• Film — dark plastic-like material that can record images as photographs or as a moving picture
• Filthy — very dirty
• Financial — related to money management
• Find A Solution — find an answer to a problem (SYN solve a problem)
• Fine — a sum of money you have to pay if you break a law
• Fingerprints — the ​pattern of ​curved ​lines on the end of a ​finger or ​thumb that is different in every ​person
• Fire Sb — to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong (SYN sack sb, dismiss sb)
• Fireworks — objects that burn or explode in the sky with colours and noise
• Fix — put sth right that is broken or damaged
• Fizzy Drink — a drink containing small bubbles of gas
• Flautist — sb who plays flute
• Flavour — the sensation of sth in your mouth
• Flexibility — the property to be changed easily
• Flood — to cause to fill or become covered with water
• Fluent — able to speak a foregn language easily and well
• Fly — a small insect with two wings
• Focus On Sth — give all your attention to sth
• Fold — to bend something
• Follow Instructions — do what sb tels you to do
• Food Scare — a situation in which many people are afraid of hunger
• Footballer — football player
• For Example — used when giving an example of the type of thing you mean (SYN for instance)
• Foreground — something located before other things
• Foreigner — person from an other country
• Formal — used in situations that are serious or that involve people we don't know well
• Forward(S) — in the direction in front of you
• Foster Parent — sb who looks after another person's child in their home for a time
• Frame — a flat object with a clear front surface used to put a photograph in
• Freedom — the right or ability to say or do what you want
• Friendly — treat sb as a friend
• Friendship — the relationship between people who are friends
• Fringe — the ​outer or less ​important ​part of an ​area, ​group, or ​activity
• Frog — a ​small ​animal that has ​smooth ​skin, ​lives in ​water and on ​land, has ​long ​powerful back ​legs with which it ​jumps from ​place to ​place, has no ​tail, and is usually greenish-brown in ​colour
• Frost — the weather condition when the temperature is below 0 degree an ice forms on windows, the ground, etc
• Frustrating — making you annoyed because you cannot do sth you want to do
• Fry Sth — cook sth in oil, usualy in a frying pan
• Full Stop — the ​symbol . used in writing at the end of a ​sentence or at the end of the ​short ​form of a word
• Funeral — a ceremody after sb dies
• Fur — the ​thick ​hair that ​covers the ​bodies of some ​animals
• Furious — very angry
• Gain — obtain something
• Gain Sth — get more and more of sth useful, such as knowledge or experience
• Gale — strong wind
• Gas — a substance like air, e.g. oxygen and hydrogen
• Gear Lever — a ​metal ​rod that you use to ​change ​gear in a ​car or other ​vehicle (SYN gear stick)
• Gear Stick — a ​metal ​rod that you use to ​change ​gear in a ​car or other ​vehicle (SYN gear lever)
• Generation — all the people in a family born at about the same time
• Generosity — the ​quality or ​condition of being ​generous
• Generous — happy to give more money and help than is usual
• Get A Divorce — legally end your marriage (SYN get divorced)
• Get Better — become better (SYN improve, make progress)
• Get Divorced — legally end your marriage (SYN get a divorce)
• Get In — (usually of train or coach) arrive
• Get On With — have a good relationship with sb
• Get Over Sth — become well after you have been ill (SYN recover)
• Get Sth Done — pay sb to do sth for you (SYN have sth done)
• Get Stuck — be unable to move easily (SYN be stuck)
• Get The Sack — when you removed from the job for doing sth wrong
• Get Time Off — take vacation (SYN take time off)
• Get To Know — meet sb a number of times and become friends
• Get Together — meet for a social reason
• Gift — a thing that you give to sb, e.g. for their birthday SYN present
• Gist — general meaning but not all the details
• Give It A Trim — cut sth a little so that it is shorter and tidier (SYN trim sth)
• Give Sb Advice — tell sb the best thing to do (SYN advise sb)
• Give Sb Feedback — provide information about result of sb's application
• Give Sb The Sack — remove sb from their job because of sth wrong have done
• Give Up — stop fighting and admit you have lost (SYN surrender)
• Glance At Sb — look quickly at sb
• Global Warming — the process of global temprerature increase which causes ice on poles to melt
• Go Bald — in process of loosing hair
• Go Blind — to have a decreasing vision (SYN lose your sight)
• Go Deaf — to have a decreasing hearing
• Go Down — decrease SYN drop, fall
• Go Grey — become grey-haired or white-haired (SYN go white)
• Go Into Hospital — go for treatment and stay there for a night or more
• Go Off — ring or make a noise
• Go On A Diet — preserve limitations on what you eat
• Go On Strike — refuse to work for a period of time as a protest for more money, better conditions, etc
• Go Out Of Business — be unable to continue SYN fail
• Go Out With Sb — have sb as a boyfriend or girlfriend
• Go Through Sth — read sth carefully from beginning to end
• Go To Court — to take a legal actions agains sb
• Go To Hospital — go there for treatment, but not stay in
• Go To Jail — go to place where criminals have to stay after committing a crime (SYN go to prison)
• Go To Prison — go to place where criminals have to stay after committing a crime (SYN go to jail)
• Go To Sleep — start sleepig (SYN fall asleep)
• Go Up — make bigger SYN increase, rise, grow
• Go White — become grey-haired or white-haired (SYN go grey)
• Go Wrong — used when a problem happens in a situation or relationship
• Goal — a thing you want to be able to do in the future (SYN aim)
• Goat — an ​animal ​related to ​sheep that usually has ​horns and a ​beard
• Golfer — sb who plays golf
• Good For You — good for health (SYN healthy)
• Goods — things that are made to be sold
• Gorilla — a ​large ​ape that comes from ​western ​Africa
• Government — the group of people in control of a country
• Grab Sth — take sth with a sudden movement
• Gradual — happening slowly over a long period of time
• Gradually — when something changes slowly over a long period of time
• Graduate N — a person who has a first degree from a university or college
• Graduate V — to complete a first university degree successfully
• Graffiti — pictures or writing on a wall in a public place (often humorous or political)
• Grave — a ​place in the ​ground where a ​dead ​person is ​buried
• Gravestone — a stone that shows where a dead person is buried, usually with the name and the years of living
• Grease — oil and fat that comes from cooking
• Greasy — covered with or ​full of ​fat or ​oil
• Gripping — very exciting; holding your attention
• Group — a number of people who play music together (SYN band)
• Grow — increase SYN go up, rise
• Growth — an increase in size or number
• Guess Sth — give an answer to sth without being sure of the facts
• Guest — ​person you have ​invited to a ​social ​occasion, such as a ​party or a ​meal
• Guilty — ​responsible for ​breaking a ​law
• Guitarist — sb who plays guitar
• Gun — a weapon that bullets or shells are fired from
• Gun Battle — a fight with guns involved
• Gymnast — sb who is skilled in gymnastics
• Gymnastics — physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes
• Habit — a thing you do often, almost without thinking
• Hair — the ​mass of ​thin thread-like ​structures on the ​head of a ​person
• Haircut — the style in which someone's hair is cut
• Hairdryer — a device which creates a stream of hot air
• Hairstyle — the way your hair is cut and arranged
• Half — either of the two ​equal or ​nearly ​equal ​parts that together make up a ​whole
• Half A Dozen — six or a group of six
• Half-Brother — a brother who has either the same mother or the same father as you
• Half-Sister — a sister who has either the same mother or the same father as you
• Hall — a room or small passage just inside the entrance to a house
• Hall Of Residence — a building where students live
• Hand In Your Notice — say officially thot you want to leave you job (SYN resign
• Handcuffs — two ​metal or ​plastic ​rings ​joined by a ​short ​chain that ​lock around a prisoner's ​wrists
• Handle — a ​part of an ​object ​designed for ​holding, ​moving, or ​carrying the ​object ​easily
• Handle Sth — take suitable action in a situation (SYN deal with sth)
• Harbour — an area of water next to the coast, often protected from the sea by thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter
• Hard-Working — able to work with effort and for a long time
• Hardback — a book with hard cover
• Harm — physical or other ​injury or ​damage
• Harm Sth — cause of damage to sth or sb
• Harmful — causing damage, injury, or illness
• Harmless — not causing damage, injury, or illness
• Have A Chat With Sb — friendly informal conversation
• Have A Debate — participate in a serious discussion
• Have A Lie-In — stay in bed later than usual
• Have A Lot In Common — have lots of common interests
• Have A Nap — have a short sleep
• Have A Restless Night — be unable to sleep well and often wake up
• Have A Row — have an angry discussion (SYN have an argument)
• Have A Stroke — a sudden illness which affects the brain and can stop you walking, talking, etc
• Have An Operation — treatment when doctor cuts open the body
• Have Fun — enjoy yourself
• Have Nothing In Common — have no interests that are the same
• Have Sth Done — pay sb to do sth for you (SYN get sth done)
• Have The Right To — be able to or be allowed to do sth
• Have Time Off — on a vacation
• Have Toothache — have a pain in your tooth
• Headlights — a ​large, ​powerful ​light at the ​front of a ​vehicle
• Headline — the title of a newspaper article
• Heal — to make or ​become well again, ​especially after a ​cut or other ​injury
• Heal Up — the skin or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again
• Health Scare — a situation in which many people are afraid of health system issues
• Healthy — good for health (SYN good for you)
• Hear Sth — receive sounds with your ears without trying
• Heart — an organ which moves blood in the body
• Heart Attack — when heart suddenly stops working properly
• Heart Disease — a serious long-term condition causing problems for your heart
• Heartbroken — very sad and emotinolly upset
• Heatwave — a period of unusually hot weather
• Heavy Sleeper — a person who doesn't wake up easily
• Heavy Traffic — a lot of cars on the road at a particular time
• Herd — a ​large ​group of ​animals of the same ​type that ​live and ​feed together
• Hide Your Feelings — don't express your feelings openly
• High Tide — the time when the sea or a river reaches it's highest level
• Hire A Car — pay to use a car for a short time (SYN rent a car)
• Hit Sth — make sudden violent contact with sth (SYN strike sth)
• Hold An Election — to organise election
• Hold The Record — when sb has set record
• Homesick — sad because you are away from home and you miss it
• Honest — always telling the truth
• Honesty — the quality of being honest
• Honeymoon — a holiday for a couple who have just got married
• Hoover — clean a carpet or floor using a vacuum cleaner (SYN vacuum sth)
• Horizon — where the ​sky ​seems to ​touch the ​land or ​sea
• Horizontal — parallel to the ​ground or to the ​bottom or ​top ​edge of something
• Horn — a ​device on a ​vehicle that is used to make a ​loud ​noise as a ​warning or ​signal to other ​people
• Horns — a hard, ​pointed, often ​curved ​part that ​grows from the ​top of the ​head of some ​animals
• Horse — a ​large ​animal with four ​legs that ​people ​ride on or use for ​carrying things or ​pulling ​vehicles
• Hospital — a ​place where ​people who are ​ill or ​injured are ​treated and taken ​care of by ​doctors and ​nurses
• Human — connected with people
• Hunt — to ​chase and ​try to ​catch and ​kill an ​animal or ​bird for ​food, ​sport, or ​profit
• Hurricane — violent storm with very storng winds
• Hurt Sb'S Feelings — say sth that makes sb unhappy
• Husband — the man that you are ​married to
• Hyphen — the ​symbol - used to ​join two words together or to show that a word has been ​divided into two ​parts
• I.E. — in other words abbreviation
• Ideal — perfect; the best possible
• Identify Sth — recognize sth and decide what it is
• Idiom — a group of words whose meanings is different from the meanings of the individual words
• Ignition — the ​electrical ​system in an ​engine that ​causes the ​fuel to ​burn or ​explode in ​order to ​start the ​engine
• Ignore Sth — don't pay much attention to sth
• Illuminate Sth — make sth bright with light SYN light sth up
• Illustrate Sth — explain sth in a picture or diagram
• Illustration — picture, used to explain sth
• Immediately — with no delay (SYN straightaway)
• Immigrant — a person who comes to a foreghn country to live there
• Impatient — not able to stay calm and wait for sth/sb
• Improve — become better (SYN get better; make progress)
• In A Bad Mood — feel angry or unhappy at a particular time
• In A Deep Sleep — in a state of strong sleep
• In A Good Mood — feel good and cheerfull at a particular time
• In A Relationship — haveing a long-term boyfriend or girlfriend
• In Bad Shape — in bad physical condition
• In Charge Of Sth — in a position of control over sth (SYN responsible for sth)
• In Control — have the power or ability to deal with sth
• In Detail — fully and including a lot of information
• In Focus — showing things clearly
• In Good Shape — in good physical condition
• In Other Words — used to say sth in a different way
• In Power — in political countrol of the country
• In The Centre — in the middle of something
• In The Distance — far from the centre
• In Time — when you arrive before or at the correct time
• Inadequate — not sufficient, not good enough
• Inappropriate — not right or insuitable in a particular situation
• Include — to have something as a part (SYN contain)
• Income — the money you earn from work, plus any other money you receive
• Increase — get larger in number or amount
• Incredible — very unusual or much better than usual SYN extraordinary
• Indeed — used to emphasize an adjective
• Independence — freedom from control by another country
• Independent — be free from control of another country
• Individual — one person who is seen separately from others or a group
• Industrial — related to factories and machinery
• Industry — the production of goods in factories
• Infection — an illness caused by bacteria or a virus
• Infectious — disease which passes easily from person to person
• Inflation — a general rise in the price of services and goods in a particular country
• Influence — to affect or change how someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks
• Informal — more commonly used in situations that are more relaxed and involve people we know well
• Ingredients — the food items you need to have to make sth to eat
• Inherit — receive money or things from sb when they die
• Inheritance — money or ​objects that someone gives you when they ​die
• Injure — to ​hurt or ​cause ​physical ​harm to a ​person or ​animal
• Injured — hurt physically
• Injury — an area of damage done to sb's body, especilaly in an accident
• Inner City — the part of a large city which is near the centre and often poor
• Innocent — you have done nothing wrong
• Insect — very ​small ​animal with six ​legs, a ​body ​divided into three ​parts and usually two ​pairs of ​wings
• Insecure — not feeling sure about your own ability
• Insensitive — not able to understand people's feelings and problems
• Insomnia — sleeping disorder when you can't sleep
• Install Sth — put in some equipment so that it is ready to use
• Instead Of Sth — in the place of sth
• Instructions — information about how to do, make or use sth
• Interest — extra money you pay when you borrow money
• Interest Rate — exact cost of borrowing money
• International — involving two or more countries
• Interrupt Sth — occur in the middle of sth and stop it continuing
• Interview — a meeting in which sb is asked questions to find out if the are suitable for a job
• Interviewer — sb who asks questions to candidate
• Intolerant — not able to accept ideas you don't agree with
• Invasion — act of entering a country with an army to attack and take control of it
• Invention — something that has never been made before
• Investigate Sth — try to find out about sth
• Invigilator — the person watching students in the exam room
• Involve — include
• Involved In — taking part in sth or connected to sth
• Irrelevant — not useful or not connected to sth
• Irresponsible — nat able to act sensibly and intelligently
• Irritable — becoming angry easily
• Item — a thing or an object
• Jail — a place where criminals are kept to punish them (SYN prison)
• Jewellery — decorative ​objects ​worn on ​your ​clothes or ​body that are usually made from ​valuable ​metals, such as ​gold and ​silver, and ​precious ​stones
• Join Sth — put two or more things together (SYN connect sth)
• Journalism — the profession of collecting and writing about news in newspapers, on TV, etc
• Junk Food — food which is not good for you
• Jury — a ​group of ​people who have been ​chosen to ​listen to all the ​facts in a ​trial in a ​law ​court and to ​decide if a ​person is ​guilty or not ​guilty, or if a ​claim has been ​proved
• Just See Sth — see sth with difficulty
• Keep — continue or stay ina particular place or condition
• Keep A Record Of Sth — write sth down to help you remember it
• Keep In Touch — stay in contact by speaking or writing to each other
• Keep Sth — make sth stay in a particular state or condition and not change
• Keep Sth Up — continue doing sth
• Keyboard Player — sb who plays keyboard
• Kill Sb — make sb die
• King — a ​male ​ruler of a ​country, who ​holds this ​position because of his ​royal ​birth
• Knock — to ​repeatedly ​hit something, ​producing a ​noise
• Knowledge — what you know and understand about sth
• Lack Of Sth — a situation in which you don't have enough of sth
• Lake — a ​large ​area of ​water ​surrounded by ​land and not ​connected to the ​sea except by ​rivers or ​streams
• Land — area of earth
• Lane — a part of a wide road marked by painted white lines
• Lap — one journey around a track
• Latest — new or very recent
• Laugh — to ​smile while making ​sounds with ​your ​voice that show you ​think something is ​funny or you are ​happy
• Launch Sth — start sth new, especially a compain or product
• Lava — hot liquid rock
• Law — a ​rule, usually made by a ​government, that is used to ​order the way in which a ​society ​behaves
• Lawn — an area of grass in a park or garden
• Lazy — not able to work with effort and for a long time
• Lead — sth that you can go along to get swh
• Lead Singer — the main singer in a band
• Lead To Sth — cause or have sth as a result, often sth bad
• Leader — a person who is in charge or contor of sth
• Leading Role — the most important role in a film or play
• Leaf — one of the ​flat, usually ​green ​parts of a ​plant that are ​joined at one end to the ​stem or ​branch
• Leak — allow liquid or gas to go through a hole or crack
• Leave Sth Out — don't include sth (SYN omit sth)
• Leaves — PLURAL of leaf
• Lecturer — sb who gives a lecture
• Left-Hand — on the left side of sth
• Legal — allowed by law
• Length — the measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side
• Lens — a curved piece of glass, plastic, or other transparent material, used in cameras, glasses, and scientific equipment, that makes objects seem closer, larger, smaller, etc.
• Leopard — a ​large ​wild ​cat that has ​yellow ​fur with ​black ​spots on it and ​lives in ​Africa and ​southern ​Asia
• Let — allow to do sth
• Letter — any of the set of ​symbols used to write a ​language
• Lid — a ​cover on a ​container, that can be ​lifted up or ​removed
• Life Expectancy — a time that people is likely to live
• Lifespan — the time that sth is likely to live
• Light Sleeper — a person who can easily wake up
• Light Sth Up — make sth bright with light SYN illuminate sth
• Light-Skinned — with colour of skin close to white
• Like — used to introduce an example (SYN such as)
• Limit — the ​greatest ​amount, ​number, or ​level of something that is either ​possible or ​allowed
• Linesman — a person who helps the referee in some sports SYN referee's assistant
• Lion — a ​large ​wild ​animal of the ​cat ​family with yellowish-brown ​fur that ​lives in ​Africa and ​southern ​Asia
• Liquid — in a non-solid form, like water
• List — a series of names, items, or numbers
• Listen — pay attention to sth you hear, often for a long time
• Litter — paper and rubbish that is dropped and left on the ground in a public place
• Live — seen or heard as it is happening
• Lively — full of interest, and with things to do
• Living — not dead
• Loan — money you borrow somewhere, usually from the bank
• Local — located in the area where you live
• Log — a thick piece of tree trunk or brunch
• Look — turn your eyes to sth and pay attention to it; seem from what you can see
• Look Forward To — you are happy or excited about something that is going to happen
• Look Like Sb — have the same appearance as sb
• Look Through — read sth quickly SYN skim sth
• Loosen — to unscrew or unwind something a bit
• Lose Sth — stop having sth
• Lose Weight — decrease you body weight
• Lose Your Hair — becoming bald
• Lose Your Sight — not able to see (SYN go blind)
• Loss — have a negative balance after paying costs
• Loud — making a lot of noise
• Low Tide — the ​time when the ​sea has ​reached ​its ​lowest ​level
• Loyal — being a friend even in difficult times
• Lungs — an organ which gets oxygen from the air into the blood
• Lyrics — the word of a song
• Mad — not sensible or practical; a bit stupid (SYN crazy)
• Maintain Sth — make sth continue at a certain level
• Make A Complaint — send a statement that you are not satisfied with sth
• Make A Note Of Sth — write sth down quickly to help you remember it
• Make A Profit — have a positive balance after paying costs
• Make A Promise — say definetely that you will do sth (SYN promise sth)
• Make A Speech — give a formal talk to a lot of people at a special event
• Make An Appointment — arrange a time to go to a dentist, doctor, etc
• Make An Enquiry — ask a question about sth
• Make Arrangements — make plans or perparations for sth
• Make Friends — form friendly relationships
• Make Mistakes — do sth in a wrong way
• Make Progress — become better (SYN get better; improve)
• Make Sb Redundant — make sb leave their job because they are not needed any more
• Make Sure — check sth so that you can be certain about it
• Male — man or boy
• Manage Sth — be in control of sth
• Management — the control of a business or organization
• Manager — the person in control of a football team
• Manual — a book that tells you how to do or use sth such as a car or a computer
• Manufacture — to produce goods in factories
• Manufacturing — the business of producing goods in factories
• Mark — a written or printed symbol
• Market Leader — the company with the biggest share of a market
• Market Research — the study of what people want to buy and why
• Marriage — a ​legally ​accepted ​relationship between two ​people in which they ​live together, or the ​official ​ceremony that ​results in this
• Mash — to ​crush ​food, so that it ​forms a ​soft ​mass
• Masterpiece — a great work of art
• Match — look good with something else
• Material — cloth for making clothes, covering furniture, etc (SYN fabric)
• May — used to express possibility
• Mean A Lot To Sb — be very important to sb
• Meant To Do Sth — sb have been asked to do sth
• Mechanic — repairs engines, epecially in vehicles
• Medal — a piece of metal given to an athlete who comes 1st, 2nd or 3rd
• Melody — a series of musical notes in a particular order
• Melt — process of ice changing from a solid to a liquid due to high temperature
• Member — a person who is in a group such as a family or a club
• Member Of Parliament — politician with the most votes for some constituency
• Member Of The Public — people in general
• Memory Loss — a condition in which you lose your ability to remember things
• Mend — fix clothes (SYN repair)
• Method — a way of doing sth
• Mice — PLURAL of mouse
• Middle — centre
• Might — used to ​express the ​possibility that something will ​happen or be done, or that something is ​true ​although not very ​likely
• Mild — warmer than usual for the time of year
• Military — connected with soldiers, or the army, navy, and air force
• Minced — having been ​cut up into very ​small ​pieces
• Mind — the ​part of a ​person that makes it ​possible for him or her to ​think
• Minor — having little importance
• Miserable — unhappy and depressed (SYN fed up)
• Mist — thin cloud near the ground which is difficult to see through (not as thick as fog)
• Monkey — an ​animal that ​lives in ​hot ​countries, has a ​long ​tail, and ​climbs ​trees
• Mood — the way you ​feel at a ​particular ​time
• Moody — you often change and become angry or unhappy for no obvious reason
• Moon — the satellite of the Earth
• Mop — a ​stick with ​soft ​material ​attached to one end, ​especially used for ​washing ​floors
• Mosquito — a ​small ​flying ​insect that ​bites ​people and ​animals and ​sucks ​their ​blood
• Motivated — really want to do sth
• Mourners — people who sad because of sb's death
• Mourning — great ​sadness ​felt because someone has ​died
• Mouse — a ​small ​mammal with ​short ​fur, a ​pointed ​face, and a ​long ​tail
• Movie — a film
• Mud — soft, wet earth
• Muddy — covered by or containing mud
• Mugger — sb who attack other people
• Mugging — to ​attack a ​person in a ​public ​place and ​steal ​their ​money
• Muggy — warm and damp in an unpleasant way (SYN humid)
• Multi-Storey Car Park — a large car park with several floors
• Murder — killing someone deliberately
• Murderer — sb committed a murder
• Musical Instrument — a thingthat is used for playing music
• Musician — a person who plays a musical instrument
• Mystery — a story in which the events are only explained at the end
• Nanny — takes care of children in their own home
• Nap — a short sleep, especially during the day
• Nasty — very bad or unpleasant
• National — connected with all of a country
• Neat — tidy and carefully arranged
• Negotiate — talk to sb in order to decide or gree on sth
• Neighbourhood — an area of a town and the people who live there
• Nightie — INF nightdress
• Nightmare — a bad dream
• Non-Fiction — books about real facts, people, events, etc
• Notice Sth — see sth and be aware of it
• Number Plate — a ​sign on a ​road ​vehicle that ​shows ​its ​registration ​number
• Obese — to have obesity
• Obey The Law — violate the rules
• Object — something tangible
• Occur — happen, especially in a way that has not been planned
• Ocean — a very large area of sea
• Off — less than usual
• Offence — an illegal activity (SYN crime)
• Offend Sb — to make sb upset or angry
• Offender — sb performing an illegal activities
• Offensive — rude and likely to upset sb
• Old Friend — someone you have known fro a long time
• Omit Sth — don't include sth (SYN leave sth out)
• On Display — being shown in a place where people will see it (SYN on show)
• On My Way — during travelling somewhere
• On Show — being shown in a place where people will see it (SYN on display)
• On Time — when you arrive exactly the correct time
• On Your Mind — you're thinking or worrying about sth
• One-Sided — when one person or team is much better than the other
• Only Child — a child with no brothers or sisters
• Operate — perform a medical treatment which involves cutting
• Operating Costs — the amount of money that a business needs to spend to continue as a business
• Operating Theatre — a ​special ​room in which ​people are ​operated on in a ​hospital
• Operation — an ​occasion when a ​doctor ​cuts a ​body for ​medical ​reasons in ​order to ​repair, ​remove, or ​replace an ​unhealthy or ​damaged ​part
• Opportunity — a time when it's possible to do sth that you want to do
• Oppose Sth — to disagree with something and try to change it
• Opposition — political party in parliament which is in minority
• Orchestra — a large group of musicians who play music together
• Ordinary — usual and typical
• Organist — sb who plays organ
• Original — existing from the time when sth was first made or done
• Out Loud — speak so that people can hear you (SYN aloud)
• Out Of Focus — not showing things clearly
• Out Of Order — when machine or piece of equipment in a public placen isn't working
• Out Of Work — not working and unable to find a job (SYN unemployed)
• Outfit — a set of clothes that you wear together
• Outsider — the person or team whe is expected to loose
• Outskirts — the outer part of a town or city
• Outstanding — extremely good; excellent
• Over-Ambitious — too sure in own ability
• Over-Optimistic — overestimate situation
• Overall — in total
• Overcharge — to withdraw too much money
• Overestimate — to be too optimistic about sth
• Overhear Sb — hear other people's conversation by accident
• Overnight — for one night
• Oversleep — sleep longer than you should or want
• Overtake Sb — go past sb that is going more slowly
• Overtime — the time you spend working after your normal working hours
• Owe — have debt
• Own Sth — have something (SYN belongs to)
• Painful — when something hurts
• Paint — make pictures with brush and colour liquid
• Painter — someone who makes paints
• Painting — process of creation of pictures with brush and paints
• Pale-Skinned — with colour of skin close to red
• Paper — the written questions in an exam
• Paperback — a book with a thick paper cover
• Parade — organazed event in which people move through the streets
• Parent — a mother or father of a person
• Parliament — the group of people elected to make the laws in a country
• Part — some but not all of a thing
• Participate — join with other people in an activity SYN take part in sth
• Parting — a ​line on someone's ​head made by ​brushing the ​hair in two different ​directions
• Pass Out — to loose conscious (SYN faint)
• Passage — a long, narrow way with walls on both sides that leads somewhere
• Patience — the ​ability to ​wait, or to ​continue doing something ​despite difficulties, or to ​suffer without ​complaining or ​becoming ​annoyed
• Patient — able to stay calm and wait for sth/sb
• Pause — a short period of time when sb stops talking
• Pavement — the part of the road where people walk
• Peace — is a time when there is no war
• Peace Settlement — an official agreement that ends a war
• Pebbles — ​small ​smooth round ​stones, ​especially one ​found on a ​beach or in a ​river
• Peel — to ​remove the ​skin of ​fruit and ​vegetables
• Pensioner — sb who stopped working because of old age and being paid regularly by the gorvernment
• Perform — the act of doing sth
• Performance — the act of playing a role in a film or play
• Perm — a ​chemical ​process that makes ​your ​hair ​curly, or a ​hairstyle that is ​created in this way
• Persuade Sb — give reasons to make sb agree
• Photo — a picture produced using a camera (SYN photograph)
• Photo Album — a book with clear pages holding photographs
• Photograph — a picture produced using a camera (SYN photo)
• Photographer — a person who takes photographs, either as a job or hobby
• Pianist — sb who plays piano
• Pick Sb Up — go to a place and collect sb (usually in a car)
• Pitch — an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football
• Pity — a fact or situation that makes you feel disappointed (SYN shame)
• Planets — an extremely large, round masses of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the sun or another star
• Planning — the act or process of making plans for sth
• Pleasure — a feeling of enjoyment
• Pledge Sth — make a formal promise to do or give sth
• Plenty Of Sth — as much of sth as you need
• Plot — the series of events that form the story of a film, novel, etc
• Plumber — installs and repairs water pipes, taps, central heating, baths, etc
• Plump — quite fat, in a anice way
• Poem — piece of writing arronged in short lines which express thoughts and feelings through sound and rhythm
• Poetry — poems in general
• Pointed — An ​object which has a ​thin, ​sharp end or ​becomes much ​narrower at one end
• Poison — a ​substance that can make ​people or ​animals ​ill or ​kill them if they ​eat or ​drink it
• Poisonous — very harmful and able to cause illness or death
• Pole — either of the two ​points at the most ​northern and most ​southern ​ends of the ​earth, around which the ​earth ​turns
• Policy — a plan to do sth, agreed by a government, company, etc
• Polish Sth — make sth shine by rubbing it with a cream or liquid
• Political Party — a group of people with the same ideas who want to win an election
• Politician — a person whith a job in politics
• Pollution — durty and dangerous gases, chemicals, etc. that harm the environment
• Pond — an ​area of ​water ​smaller than a ​lake, often artificially made
• Pool — place to do swimming
• Portrait — a picture of person
• Position — job
• Pour — rain heavily
• Praise Sb — say that sb is very good
• Pre-Tax — before paing tax
• Predictable — when it's possible to say how sth will change in the future
• Pregnant — expecting a baby
• Prepare — to make or get something or someone ​ready for something that will ​happen in the ​future
• Prepared — ready to ​deal with a ​situation
• Present — a thing that you give to sb, e.g. for their birthday SYN gift
• President — the leader of a country with no king or queen
• Press — newspapers and the quernalists who work for them
• Press Sth — put your hand or finger on sth firmly
• Pretty — attractive and nice to look at
• Prevent Sth — stop sth from happening
• Prevention — the act of stopping sth from happening
• Prime Minister — the leader of the government in some countries
• Prince — the son or grandson of a king or queen
• Princess — the daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen
• Print — a photographic copy of a picture
• Prison — a place where criminals are kept to punish them (SYN jail)
• Private Sector — business activity controlled by private companies
• Produce — being responsible for business side of a film
• Producer — the person who is responsible for the business side of a film
• Product — a thing that people make or grow in order to sell
• Profession — a job with high level of training and education
• Professional — a person who plays a sport for money as their job
• Professor — a teacher of the highest rank
• Profit — the money you make in a business after paying costs
• Promise Sth — say definetely that you will do sth (SYN make a promise)
• Promote Sb — give sb a better job as a higher lever in a company
• Promotion — the act of raising someone to a higher position
• Pronounce Sth — make the sound of a word or letter
• Proof — a ​fact or ​piece of ​information that ​shows that something ​exists or is ​true
• Properly — correctly or well
• Prosecute Sb — to ​officially ​accuse someone of ​committing a ​crime in a ​law ​court, or (of a ​lawyer) to ​try to ​prove that a ​person ​accused of ​committing a ​crime is ​guilty of that ​crime
• Prosecution — the lawyers who try to prove that the accused person has commited a crime
• Prospects — chances of being successful in the future
• Protection — to ​keep someone or something ​safe from ​injury, ​damage, or ​loss
• Protest — take part in a public demonstration for or against sth
• Proud — pleased about sth you or other people have done
• Prove Sth — give evidence to show that sth is true
• Provide Sth — give sth to sb or make sth available for sb
• Public — people
• Public Sector — business activity controlled by government
• Publish Sth — prepare and print a book, newspaper, etc
• Publishing — the business of making books, magazines, or newspapers available to the public
• Puddle — a ​small ​pool of ​liquid on the ​ground, ​especially from ​rain
• Put On Weight — increase you body weight
• Pyjamas — soft, ​loose ​clothing that is ​worn in ​bed and consists of ​trousers and a ​type of ​shirt
• Qualifications — the exams you have passed or courses you have finished
• Quality — goodness of sth
• Question Mark — the ​symbol ? used in writing at the end of a phrase or ​sentence to show that it is a ​question
• Quit — say officially that you want to leave your job (SYN resign
• Quotation Marks — symbols “ ” or ‘ ’ that are put around a word or phrase to show that someone ​else has written or said it
• Race — a competition to see who is fastest or best, or who wins
• Racing Driver — sb to drives a races
• Rainbow — an arch of different colors seen in the sky when rain is falling and the sun is shining
• Rainforest — a forest in a tropical area that receives a lot of rain
• Raise Capital — to find the money you need
• Rat — a ​small rodent, ​larger than a ​mouse, that has a ​long ​tail and is ​considered to be ​harmful
• Reach An Agreement — arrive at a decision that both sides agree on
• Reach Swh — arrive at a place
• Read Widely — to read a lot of a different publications
• Readable — easy or interesting to read
• Realism — kind of art showing things as they are
• Realistic — showing things as they are
• Realize Sth — to understand the situation, sometimes suddenly
• Rear-View Mirror — mirror in car used to look back
• Receding — decrease of something
• Receipt — a piece of paper that shows that sth has been paid for
• Reception — a ​formal ​party at which ​important ​people are ​welcomed
• Recipe — a set of instructions for cooking sth
• Recognize Sb/Sth — know who sb is or what sth is because you've seen or heard them before
• Record — a best performance in sth
• Record Sth — put music, a film, etc onto a CD or tape
• Recording — a process of putting music or sth similar in a digital form or a tape
• Recover — become well after you have been ill (SYN get over sth)
• Recruit Sb — to search for sb for position
• Recruitment — the business of finding people for job vacancies
• Rectangular — shaped like a ​rectangle
• Reduce Sth — make sth less in size, quantity, or price
• Reduction — a cut in the usual price of something (SYN discount)
• Redundant — something not needed or not essential
• Ref — informal name of the person in contol in some sports
• Referee'S Assistant — a person who helps the referee in some sports SYN linesman
• Reference — a statement or letter which describes sb's character and ability to do a job
• Reference Book — a book you use to find a piece of information
• Refund — an amount of money paid back to you when you return sth to a shop
• Region — is part of a country or the world
• Regret — to ​feel ​sorry about a ​situation, ​especially something ​sad or ​wrong or a ​mistake that you have made
• Relate Sth To Sth — connect sth to sth
• Related — when sth connected with sth
• Relation — be in the same family as sb (SYN be related to sb)
• Relationship — the way in which two or more ​people ​feel and ​behave towards each other
• Release Sb — allow sb to be free
• Release Sth — put an album onto the market so people can buy it
• Relevant To Sth — useful for and connected to sth
• Reliable — when someone be trusted or believed
• Relief — the feeling you have when sth unpeasant stops
• Relieved — happy that something unpleasant has not happened or has ended
• Religious — related to religion
• Religious Ceremony — ceremony in church
• Rely On — feel sure that sb will do what they say they will do (SYN depend on sb)
• Remain Unchanged — keep the same value SYN stay the same, stable
• Remove Sth — take sth away
• Rent A Car — pay to use a car for a short time (SYN hire a car)
• Rep — abbreviation from representative
• Repair — fix clothes (SYN mend)
• Repeat Sth — say sth again
• Replace Sth — exchange sth for sth that is better or newer
• Report Sth — give information that sth has happened
• Represent — to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or people
• Representative — sb who represents company or firm
• Republic — a country with no king or queen
• Request — ask for sth
• Require — to need sth or make sth neccessary
• Rescue Sb — take sb from a dangerous place to safety (SYN save sb)
• Residence — a home
• Resistance — the action of trying to stop sth happening or stop sb doing sth
• Responsibility — the fact or duty of being in control of sth
• Responsible — able to act sensibly and intelligently
• Responsible For Sth — in a position of control over sth (SYN in charge of)
• Restless — without a rest
• Retail — selling goods to people directly in shops, on the internet, etc
• Reverse — go backwardsin a car
• Revise Sth — study sth again
• Revision — the process of studying sth again to prepare for an examp
• Revolve Around Sth — go round sth in a circle (SYN circle sth)
• Reward — sth you get because you have done sth helpful, worked hard, etc
• Right-Hand — on the right side of sth
• Risky — when sth is likely to end up bad
• Roast — cook sth in the oven with oil or fat (without = bake)
• Robber — sb committed a robbery
• Robbery — stealing from a person or place, often using violence
• Rocket — a ​large cylinder-shaped ​object that ​moves very ​fast by ​forcing out ​burning ​gases
• Rocks — the ​dry ​solid ​part of the earth's ​surface, or any ​large ​piece of this that ​sticks up out of the ​ground or the ​sea
• Roll Of Film — photo film in a tube
• Roof — the ​covering that ​forms the ​top of a ​building
• Rough — (of a surface) doesn't feel smooth
• Round — shaped like a ​ball or ​circle, or ​curved
• Roundish — oval- or circle-shaped
• Royal — relating to a king or queen
• Rub Sth — move your hand firmly backwards and forwards over the surface of sth
• Rugby Player — sb who plays rugby
• Running Water — water stream
• Rush — move or do sth quickly (SYN hurry)
• Rush Hour — the time when a lat of people are travilling to and from work
• Sack Sb — to remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong (SYN fire sb, dismiss sb)
• Sales Representative — travels to differentplaces and sells the products of a particular company
• Sales Revenue — the total value of goods or services that a company sells in a particular period of time (SYN turnover)
• Salty — having the taste of or contaning a lot of salt
• Sand — very ​small ​grains of ​rock
• Satellite — an object that moves round a bigger object in space; a piece of electronic equipment that is sent into space and moves around
• Save Sb — take sb from a dangerous place to safety (SYN rescue sb)
• Saxophonist — sb who plays saxophone
• Scan — an image of inner's organs
• Scar — leftover on skin after surgery or injury
• Scare — a situation in which many pople are afraid or worried
• Scared Stiff — very frightened (SYN terrified)
• Scene — a view you can see in a picture or from the place where you are
• Scholarship — money that an organization gives sb to help them study
• Sci-Fi — abbreviation of science fiction
• Science — a particular subject which is studied by scientific methods
• Science Fiction — books about events that take place in the future, often involving travel in space
• Scientist — a person who studies the physical world
• Scissors — a ​device used for ​cutting ​materials such as ​paper, ​cloth, and ​hair
• Scratch — a mark on the surface of sth made by a sharp object
• Scream — cry out in a high voice because you are in pain, upset, frightened, etc
• Section — one of the parts into which sth is divided
• Sector — a part of the buisness activity of a country
• See — know or notice sth using your eyes
• See Sb As Sth — imagine or think of sb in a particular way
• Select Sth — decide what you want from two or more things (SYN choose sth)
• Selection — what you decided
• Self-Confident — feeling sure about your own ability
• Semi-Detached — joined to one other house, forming a pair of houses
• Semi-Final — one of two games to decide who plays in the final
• Semicolon — the ​symbol ; used in writing between two ​parts of a ​sentence
• Seminar — an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something
• Sense — get a feeling about sth that you can't directly see or hear
• Sense Of Humour — the ability to laugh at things and see when sth is funny
• Sentence Sb — tell sb who is guilty what they will have to do, e.g. go to prison
• Separate Sth — keep people or things away from each other (SYN divide sb/sth)
• Serious — important
• Serious Accident — a bad or dangerous accident
• Servant — sb who provides a service
• Service — help to other people
• Set The Alarm — adjust clock to ring at some time
• Set Up A Business — start a business
• Several — more than two, but not many
• Sex — the state of being either male or female
• Shade — slight ​darkness ​caused by something ​blocking the ​direct ​light from the ​sun
• Shadow — an area of darknes due to sth blocking the light
• Shake — to ​move ​backwards and ​forwards or up and down in ​quick, ​short ​movements
• Shall — will
• Shame — a fact or situation that makes you feel disappointed (SYN pity)
• Shape — the ​particular ​physical ​form or ​appearance of something
• Share — a part of sth that has been divided
• Shares — units of equal value that a company is divided into and which are then sold to raise money
• Shark — a ​large ​fish that has ​sharp ​teeth and a ​pointed fin on ​its back
• Sharp — very large and sudden
• Shift Work — a pattern of work in which you sometimes work during the day and sometimes at night
• Ship — a ​large ​boat for ​travelling on ​water, ​especially ​across the ​sea
• Shoot — to fire a bullet or an arrow
• Shooting — the sport of firing rifle in target
• Shoplifter — sb commited a shoplifting
• Shoplifting — stealing things from a shop
• Shopping List — list of things to buy
• Shore — the ​land along the ​edge of a ​sea, ​lake, or ​wide ​river
• Shoulder — one of the two ​parts of the ​body at each ​side of the ​neck that ​join the ​arms to the ​rest of the ​body
• Shout — speak in a loud voice
• Show Your Feelings — express your feelings openly
• Shutters — wooden ​covers on the ​outside of a ​window that ​prevents ​light or ​heat from going into a ​room or ​heat from ​leaving it
• Sick Pay — payments for days when you were sick
• Side — an edge or border of sth
• Sigh — let out a long deep breath that shows you are sad, bored, relieved, etc
• Sight — ability to see things
• Silence — a period without any sound, complete quiet
• Silent — without any sound
• Single Parent — a mother or father who looks after their children alone
• Skid — suddenly move sideways without control
• Skier — sb who skies
• Skilled — having the ability and experience to do sth well (SYN expert)
• Skim Sth — read sth quickly SYN look through
• Skin — covers the body
• Skinny — very thin, but not in an attractive way
• Slang — very informal words or phrases used in spoken language
• Slash — the ​symbol / used in writing to ​separate ​letters, ​numbers, or words
• Sleep — the ​resting ​state in which the ​body is not ​active and the ​mind is ​unconscious
• Sleep Like A Log — sleep very well
• Sleepy — tired and ready to go to sleep
• Slim — thin in an attractive way (SYN slender)
• Slipped — to slide without intending to
• Slow Down — decrease speed
• Small Letters — letters of small size (OPP capital letters)
• Smash — to ​cause something to ​break ​noisily into a lot of ​small ​pieces
• Smell Sth — notice or recognize sth using your nose
• Smooth — with a completely flat surface
• Snack — a small amount of food usually eaten between meals
• Snake — a ​reptile with a ​long ​body and no ​legs
• Sneeze — when air and often ​small ​drops of ​liquid ​suddenly come out of ​your ​nose and ​mouth in a way you cannot ​control
• Snore — to ​breathe in a very ​noisy way while you are ​sleeping
• Soaked — become extremely wet
• Soaking Wet — extremely wet
• Sociable — A person who likes the company of thore people
• Social Worker — sb who works in social service
• Solar System — the sun and the group of planets that move around it
• Soldier — a person who is in army and wears its uniform
• Solid — in hard form
• Solo Artist — a singer or musician who is not part of a band
• Solution — answer to a problem
• Solve A Problem — find an answer to a problem
• Songwriter — a person who writes the words and music for a song
• Sound Like Sth — make a noicse that is like sth
• Space — the area beyond the earth round the planets and stars
• Spacious — large, and having a lot of space
• Specialist — a person who knows a lot about a particular subject (SYN consultant)
• Specialized — having or needing a lot of special knowledge
• Spectators — people who whatch a game
• Speech — a forgmal talk given usually to a large amount of people on a special occasion
• Speed Limit — the highest legal speed at which you can drive on a road
• Speedometer — device which shows car's speed
• Spider — a ​small ​creature with eight ​thin ​legs that ​catches ​insects in a ​web
• Split Up With Sb — stop being in a romantic relationship with sb
• Spots — a ​small, usually round ​areas of ​colour that is differently ​coloured or ​lighter or ​darker than the ​surface around it
• Spray — to ​spread ​liquid in ​small ​drops over an ​area
• Square — a ​flat ​shape with four ​sides of ​equal ​length and four ​angles of 90°
• Squeeze — to ​press something ​firmly, ​especially from all ​sides in ​order to ​change ​its ​shape, ​reduce ​its ​size, or ​remove ​liquid from it
• Stab — to ​injure someone with a ​sharp ​pointed ​object such as a ​knife
• Stability — without much change
• Stable — keep the same value SYN remain unchanged, stay the same
• Stadium — a large structure where people sit and watch sport
• Staircase — a set of stairs
• Standard — normal; average
• Star — a very large ball of burning gas in space
• Stare At Sb — look at sb for a long time without moving your eyes
• Starve To Death — suffer or die because you dont' have enough food
• Stay The Same — keep the same value SYN remain unchanged, stable
• Steal Sth — take sth belonging to sb else without permission
• Steep — ​rising or ​falling at a ​sharp ​angle
• Steer — control the direction a vehicle is moving in
• Steering Wheel — used to control the direction of the car
• Stepfather — a man who has married your mother but is not your father
• Stick — be in one position and difficult to move
• Stick Together — close to each over and hard to separate
• Stiff — firm or hard
• Still Life — a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects that do not move, such as flowers, fruit, bowls, etc.
• Sting — If an ​insect, ​plant, or ​animal stings, it ​produces a ​small but ​painful ​injury, usually with a ​poison, by ​brushing against the ​skin or making a very ​small ​hole in the ​skin
• Stink — have a horrible smell
• Stir — to ​mix a ​liquid or other ​substance by ​moving an ​object such as a ​spoon in a ​circular ​pattern
• Stock — part of the ownership of the company
• Stocky — with a solid, strong body (SYN well built)
• Stone — the hard, ​solid ​substance ​found in the ​ground that is often used for ​building, or a ​piece of this
• Stop Off — stop during a journey to do sth
• Storage — a place to store things
• Store Sth — keep sth in a place for future use
• Straight — continuing in one ​direction without ​bending or ​curving
• Straightaway — with no delay (SYN immediately)
• Stream — water that ​flows ​naturally along a ​fixed ​route ​formed by a ​channel ​cut into ​rock or ​ground, usually at ​ground ​level
• Stress — say sth with extra loudness (SYN emphasis)
• Stressful — making you worry a lot
• Strike Sth — sudden violent contact with sth (SYN hit sth)
• Stripe — a ​strip on the ​surface of something that is a different ​colour from the ​surrounding ​surface
• Struggle — a period of action to achieve sth difficult SYN effort
• Stubble — the ​short ​hair that ​grows on a man's ​face
• Studio — a place where artist works
• Stupid — silly or ​unwise; ​showing ​poor ​judgment or little ​intelligence
• Style — the way sth is written or spoken
• Stylish — attractive and fashionable
• Suburb — an area outside the center of a town, where a lot of people live
• Subway — a tunnel that goes under a road or railway so people can walk to the other side
• Success — the achievement of sth you have wanted
• Successful — has gone well
• Such As — used to introduce an example (SYN like)
• Sudden — happening very quickly
• Suffer From Sth — have the experience of sth unpleasant
• Suit — when sth looks good on you
• Sun — closest star to the Earth
• Supplier — a company that provides sth for another company
• Supply — an amount of sth that you need
• Support Sb — help someone live by giving them money, food, or a home
• Supporters — people who regulary watch teamplay SYN fan
• Supporting Role — the next most important role
• Supportive — giving help to sb who has a problem
• Sure — certain about sth
• Surface — the ​outer or ​top ​part or ​layer of something
• Surgeon — a doctor who does medical operations
• Surgery — the ​treatment of ​injuries or ​diseases in ​people or ​animals by ​cutting ​open the ​body and ​removing or ​repairing the ​damaged ​part
• Surrender — stop fighting and admit you have lost (SYN give up)
• Surrounded By Sth — when some things are situated around other thing
• Surrounding — that is near or around sth
• Swear — rude language that may upset people
• Swearing — the process of using rude language
• Sweep Sth — remove dirt from the floor or ground with a broom
• Swimmer — sb who does swimming
• Swimming Pool — place to swim
• Swollen — large than usual because of an injury
• Syllable — a part of a word which contains a vowel sound
• Symptom — a change in your body which is a sign of illness
• Tail — a ​part of an animal's ​body, ​sticking out from the ​base of the back, or something ​similar in ​shape or ​position
• Take A Tooth Out — remove a tooth from your mouth
• Take After Sb — be like an older member of your family
• Take Care For — look after sb or sth
• Take Care Of — look after sb or sth
• Take Care Of Sb — look after sb (SYN care for sb)
• Take Notes — write sth during the lecture
• Take Out — obtain
• Take Over — take control of another company
• Take Part In Sth — join with other people in an activity SYN participate
• Take Pictures — make a photo using camera
• Take Time Off — take vacation
• Takeover — the process of taking control of another company
• Talented — having a lot of ability
• Tallish — quite large and tall
• Tanned — having brown skin after spending time in the sun
• Tap Sb — touch sb quickly with your hands or feet
• Taste — have a particular flavour
• Tax — money you have to pay to the government
• Tear — a ​drop of ​salty ​liquid that ​flows from the ​eye
• Tear Up — to get ​tears in ​your ​eyes, so that you ​almost ​start to ​cry, because you are ​experiencing ​strong ​emotion
• Tell Sth — know or guess sth
• Temporarily — for a short time only
• Tennis Player — sb who plays tennis
• Terrified — very frightened (SYN scared stiff)
• Test — a medical examination of part of your body
• Text — the written part of the book, newspaper, etc
• The Sales — a time when shops sell things at a lower price
• Theft — sb commited a thief
• Thesis — a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done for a higher college or university degree
• Thief — taking something which belongs to someone else without permission
• Thrilled — very happy and excited (SYN delighted)
• Throw Away — get rid of something
• Throw Sth — use your hand and arm to send an object through the air
• Tidal Wave — a very large ocean wav that is caused by a storm or earthquake
• Tide — the ​rise and ​fall of the ​sea that ​happens ​twice every ​day
• Tidy Up — make a ploce look better by putting things in the correct place
• Tiger — a ​large ​wild ​animal of the ​cat ​family with yellowish-orange ​fur with ​black ​lines that ​lives in ​parts of ​Asia
• Tighten — make something stronger or fastened
• Time Off — when you are not at work
• Tiny — very small
• Tip — a piece of practical advice
• Title — the name of a book, play, film, etc
• Toast — an expression of good wishes or respect
• Tolerance — willingness to ​accept ​behaviour and ​beliefs that are different from ​your own, ​although you might not ​agree with or ​approve of them
• Tolerant — able to accept ideas you don't agree with
• Ton — a unit for measuring weight in Britain
• Tools — a ​piece of ​equipment that you use with ​your ​hands to make or ​repair something
• Tooth — one of the hard ​white ​objects in the ​mouth that are used for ​biting and ​chewing
• Toothache — pain in tooth
• Top — the highest place or part
• Touch Sth — put your fingers on sth
• Trade Union — an organization of people in the same kind of work who try to get better pay and working conditions for their members (SYN union)
• Traditional — sth that people have done for a long time
• Traffic Jam — a long line of cars moving very slowly
• Train Sb — teach people skills they need
• Training — the activity of teaching people the skills they need for a job
• Transfer Sth From — move sth from one place to another
• Translation — a text that has been changed from one language into another
• Trap Sb — when sb is inside sth and cannot get out
• Travel Agent — makes travel arrangements for people
• Treat Sb — give medical help to sb to make them better
• Treatment — the things a doctor or dentist does to make you better
• Trial — an examination of evidence in court to decide if sb has done sth illegal
• Triangular — shaped like a ​triangle
• Trim Sth — cut sth a little so that it is shorter and tidier (SYN give it a trim)
• Trip — a journey to a place and back again
• Trouble — a situation that causes a problem
• Trumpeter — sb who plays trumpet
• Trunk — the ​long, tube-shaped ​nose of an ​elephant
• Trust — to ​believe that someone is good and ​honest and will not ​harm you, or that something is ​safe and ​reliable
• Tube — a ​long ​cylinder made from ​plastic, ​metal, ​rubber, or ​glass, ​especially used for ​moving or ​containing ​liquids or ​gases
• Tuition Fees — are the money that you pay to be taught
• Tune — adjust sound of an instrument
• Turkey — a ​large ​bird ​grown for ​its ​meat on ​farms
• Turn Up — arrive or appear (often used in the negative)
• Turnover — the total value of goods or services that a company sells in a particular period of time (SYN sales revenue)
• Tutor — a teacher who teaches a child outside of school, especially in order to give the child extra help with a subject they find difficult
• Typhoon — another name of the hurricane -- strong violent storm
• Tyre — a ​thick ​rubber ​ring, often ​filled with ​air, that is ​fitted around the ​outer ​edge of the ​wheel of a ​vehicle, ​allowing the ​vehicle to ​stick to the ​road ​surface and to ​travel over the ​ground more ​easily
• Umpire — a person in control of tennis match
• Unambitious — not having a strong desire to do well or be successful
• Unconscious — in a state like sleep, often caused by an injury
• Undergraduate — a student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university
• Underwater — under the surface of the water
• Underwear — clothes ​worn next to the ​skin, under other ​clothes
• Unemployed — not woring and unable to find a job (SYN out of work)
• Unhealthy — bad for health (SYN bad for you)
• Union — an organization of people in the same kind of work who try to get better pay and working conditions for their members (SYN trade union)
• Universe — the whole of space and everything in it, including the planets and stars
• Unpredictable — is impossible to say how it will change in the future
• Unwilling — not ready to do sth
• Up To — used when saying the most an amaount can be
• Upset — sad and angry because of sth that has happened
• Vacancy — a job that is available for sb to do
• Vacuum — clean a carpet or floor using a vacuum cleaner (SYN hoover)
• Vacuum Cleaner — device used to cleaning carpets, floor and furniture by soaking air
• Value Sth At Sth — becide what sth is worth, or what you could sell it for
• Van — a medium-sized ​road ​vehicle, used ​especially for ​carrying ​goods, that often has no ​windows in the ​sides at the back
• Vary — be different from each other
• Victim — a person who has been robbed, injured, etc
• Violence — extreme force; very strong
• Violinist — sb who plays violin
• Voice — the sounds that are made when people speak or sing
• Volcanic Eruption — explode of volcano with lava, earthquake, etc
• Volcano — a ​mountain with a ​large
• Vote For Sb — choose sb in an election
• Wake You Up — make you stop sleeping
• Wall — a ​vertical ​structure, often made of ​stone or ​brick, that ​divides or ​surrounds something
• Walled — surrounded by walls
• War — armed fighting between two or more countries or groups
• Ward — one of the ​parts or ​large ​rooms into which a ​hospital is ​divided, usually with ​beds for ​patients
• Warmth — a pleasant heat
• Warning — information that sth bad my happen
• Waste Of Money — useless spending of money
• Waste Of Time — a bad use of your time
• Watch Out — pay attention to
• Watch Sth — look at sth for some time to see what happens
• Watercolour — type of paint on water basis
• Waterfall — water, dropping from a higher to a lower point
• Wave — a raised line of water that moves across the surface
• Way — the route or direction that you need to take to get somewhere
• Wealthy — rich (SYN well off)
• Wedding Reception — a meal and/or party after a wedding
• Weigh — have a certain weight; process of weight measurement
• Weight — how heavy sth is (value/property)
• Weightlifting — the sport which involves lifting of heavy weights
• Well Built — with a solid, strong body (SYN stocky)
• Well Informed — knowing a lot about a subject
• Well Known — famous
• Well Off — rich (SYN wealthy)
• Well Written — book with content of high quality
• Whale — a very ​large ​sea ​mammal that ​breathes ​air through a ​hole at the ​top of ​its ​head
• Wheel — a ​circular ​object ​connected at the ​centre to a ​bar, used for making ​vehicles or ​parts of ​machines ​move
• Whisper — speak very quietly
• Whistle — make a musical sound whith your lips nearly closed
• Wide — having a large distance from one side to another
• Wide Awake — fully awake
• Wide Range — large number of different things
• Widow — a woman whose husband has died
• Widower — a man whose wife has died
• Width — the measurement of sth from side to side
• Wife — the woman that you are ​married to
• Wild — used to refer to ​plants or ​animals that ​live or ​grow independently of ​people
• Will — a document that says who will have your money or things when you die
• Willing To Do Sth — happy and prepared to do sth
• Win — do the best in a competition
• Windscreen — the window at the front of a car
• Windscreen Wiper — one of two ​long ​metal and ​rubber ​parts that ​move against a ​windscreen to ​remove ​rain
• Wing — the ​flat ​part of the ​body that a ​bird, ​insect, or ​bat uses for ​flying
• Wing Mirror — a ​mirror on the ​outside of a ​car ​door that ​allows the ​driver to ​see the ​vehicles that are behind or ​trying to ​pass
• Winner — sb who won a competition
• Wipe Sth — clean or dry sth with a cloth
• Wiper — something which used to wipe sth
• Wish Sb Sth — say that you hope good things will happen to sb
• Wonder — ask yourself questions about sth
• Work — get or have the result you want
• Work Of Art — a very good painting, drawing, book, etc
• Work Overtime — process of working extra working hours (SYN do overtime)
• Work Permit — an official document which says you are allowed to work
• Working Conditions — the arrangements made at a place of work for physical comfort and safety
• Worldwide — existing or happening in all parts of the world
• Worth — value of something in money equivalent
• Wound — an area of damage to part of your body
• Wrestling — ​a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground
• Wrinkles — small lines in the skin caused by old age
• Write A Thesis — during creation of final writing for graduation
• Wrong — cousing problems or difficulties
• X-Ray — medical device which shows solid inner part of body like bones, etc
• Yawning — to ​open the ​mouth ​wide and take a lot of ​air into the ​lungs and ​slowly ​send it out, usually when ​tired or ​bored
• Youngish — quite young
• Zoom Lens — change focus of the camera