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Pre-intermediate wordlist: English

In document Pre Intermediate (Page 66-130)

e 1A earn (v) She earns more than £40,000 a year.

e 1A Essex (n) Essex is north of London.

f 1A face (n) She's got a long, thin face.

f 1A famous (adj) a famous actress is often photographed.

f 1A favourite (adj) What's your favourite band?

f 1A final (adj) The committee's decision is final.

f 1A form (n) Swimming is the best form of exercise.

g 1A grammar (n) I love studying grammar.

g 1A group (n) She went camping with a small group of friends.

i 1A ingredient (v) Trust is an essential ingredient in a successful marriage.

i 1A instant(adj) The book was an instant success in the US.

j 1A job (n) It's time to start job-hunting.

l 1A last(adj) What was the last film you saw?

l 1A lemon(n) Would you like a slice of lemon with your tea?

l 1A life(n) Careful use will prolong the life of your machine.

l 1A like (adv) He acted like he didn't hear me.

m 1A much (adv) Was there much food there?

n 1A naked(adj) He wasn't wearing clothes - he was naked.

n 1A note (n) He left a note on her desk.

n 1A now (adv) She's finished her degree and now she teaches English.

o 1A (olive) oil(n) Olive oil is delicious on fresh salad

o 1A olive (oil)(n) Olive oil is healthy.

p 1A play(n) We saw a play at the National Theatre.

p 1A practise (v) You need to practise your pronunciation.

p 1A prepare (v) I haven't prepared my speech yet.

p 1A present(n) Let's talk about the present.

p 1A profile(n) The picture shows him in profile.

q 1A quickly(adv) I quickly shut the door.

r 1A ready(adj) Give me a call when you're ready.

r 1A recipe(n) She gave me a recipe for carrot cake.

r 1A rest(n) Why don't you have a rest?

r 1A review(v) He reviews films for the Times.

r 1A riding(v) I like riding my bike.

r 1A river(n) Two major rivers flow through the town.

s 1A school(n) I started school when I was five.

s 1A shopping(n) I love shopping.

s 1A Sicily(n) I went to Sicily, an Italian island, for my honeymoon.

s 1A so (adv) I was so tired when I got home.

s 1A subject(n) Chemistry is my favourite subject.

s 1A success(n) Her success is due to hard work and determination.

s 1A summary(n) He gave a brief summary of what happened.

s 1A swap(v) Would you mind if Dave swapped places with you?

t 1A teach (v) She taught at Harvard University for several years.

t 1A tell (v) He told me about his new school.

t 1A (the) past(n) I've spent the past ten years in and out of jobs.

t 1A tick(n) Put a tick in the box if it is correct.

t 1A true (adj) Is it true that Martin and Sue are getting married?

t 1A turn (v) Ricky turned and saw Sue standing in the doorway.

t 1A typical(adj) typical German food

u 1A unusual(adj) She's got an unusual name.

u 1A usually (adv) I usually get home at about six o'clock.

w 1A watch(v) I watched him as he arrived.

w 1A which (det) Which of these do you like best?

w 1A work (v) Helen works for a computer company.

y 1A year (n) last year/next year

y 1A young(adj) She's younger than me.

r 1A rock (music/band)(n) He plays in a rock band.

p 1A (prime) minister(n) The British prime minister lives at number 10 Downing Street.

l 1A London(n) London is the biggest city in Europe.

a 1B advance (n) You need to book your ticket at least 14 days in advance.

a 1B ago (adv) They moved to London ten years ago.

a 1B all (det) Who's eaten all the cake?

a 1B a.m. (adv) We're open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

c 1B catch (v) I think I've caught a cold.

c 1B charity (n) I'm going to give my money to charity.

c 1B commute (v) It takes me 45 minutes to commute to work.

c 1B commuter (n) The train was filled with commuters.

c 1B crazy (adj) It's a crazy idea, but it might work!

d 1B department (store) (n) Let's go to the department store.

d 1B (department) store (n) She works in a department store.

d 1B describe (v) She was able to describe her attacker to the police.

d 1B desk (n) Make sure your desk is tidy.

d 1B distance (n) We're only a short distance from my house.

d 1B documentary (n) I saw a TV documentary about the Russia last night.

e 1B editor (n) She is the editor of the newspaper.

e 1B either (adv) The menu is boring and it's not cheap either.

e 1B enormous (adj) This living room is enormous.

e 1B even (adv) Everyone danced, even Mick.

e 1B expensive (adj) expensive jewellery

f 1B far (adj) It's the first time I've been so far away from home.

f 1B fascinating (adj) I found the movie fascinating.

f 1B few (det) She's staying at the cottage for a few days.

f 1B fireman (n) He's a fireman.

g 1B gap (n) There's quite a big gap between the door and the floor.

i 1B instead (adv) If you don't want pizza, we can have pasta instead.

i 1B interview (n) My job interviewer was very unpleasant.

j 1B journalist (n) She wants to become a journalist.

k 1B kilometre (km)(n) It takes about 20 minutes to walk a kilometre.

k 1B km (kilometre)(n) He cycles 8km every day.

l 1B Liverpool(n) Liverpool is in the north-east of England.

m 1B maybe (adv) Maybe we're too early.

m 1B move I'm going to move in in March.

m 1B multinational (company) (n)

Microsoft is a multinational corporation.

n 1B nearly (adv) It's nearly three weeks since I last saw her.

n 1B notice (n) If the sign's too small, no one will notice it.

n 1B noun (n) Car and "Book" are nouns.

o 1B object (n) There's a bright, shiny object on the floor.

p 1B Paris(n) Paris is the capital of France.

p 1B preposition(n) At and "In" are prepositions.

r 1B receptionist(n) Please ask the hotel receptionist.

r 1B return(n) Could I have two returns to Birmingham?

s 1B series(n) This is a four-part drama series.

s 1B stay (v) The weather was bad so we stayed at home.

s 1B stress (n) Jogging puts a lot of stress on your knee joints.

s 1B stressed(adj) Tanya's really stressed out about her exams.

s 1B super(adj) We had a super time.

s 1B syllable(n) 'But' has one syllable and 'apple' has two syllables.

t 1B them (pron) I'm looking for my keys - have you seen them?

t 1B (traffic) jam(n) We were stuck in a jam for hours.

u 1B unbelievable(adj) It's unbelievable how lucky she's been.

w 1B way (n) I must find a way to help him.

w 1B west (adj) Innsbruck is in the west of Austria.

y 1B yes(exclam) Was that a yes or a no?

a 1C adverb (n) Quickly and "Slowly" are adverbs.

a 1C aerobics (n) She goes to aerobics classes.

a 1C after (prep) We went swimming after lunch.

a 1C art (n) She's studying art at school.

b 1C ball (n) My son loves ball games.

b 1C bar (n) Can I have a bar of chocolate please?

b 1C basketball (n) Basketball is played in a team on a court.

b 1C biking (n) He prefers biking to driving.

c 1C Christmas (n) Christmas day is celebrated on 25th December.

c 1C club (n) He's a member of the fitness club.

c 1C complete (v) Complete the sentence with one of the adjectives provided.

c 1C could (v) I couldn't see what he was doing.

c 1C cycling (n) Cycling is very good for you.

d 1C drink (v) Would you like something to drink?

e 1C eat (v) Who ate all the cake?

e 1C evening (n) Are you doing anything this evening?

e 1C event (n) People have been shocked by recent events in the town.

e 1C expression (n) It's not my cup of tea' is typically English expression.

f 1C frequency (n) The frequency of attacks has increased recently.

f 1C furthest (sup) What is the furthest distance you can run?

g 1C gallery (n) The courtroom has a public gallery.

g 1C generally (adv) I generally wake up early.

g 1C guess (v) Can you guess how old he is?

h 1C habit (n) He has some really nasty habits.

h 1C hot (adj) a hot summer's day

i 1C important(adj) My family is very important to me.

i 1C interviewer (n) The interviewer asked me lots of difficult questions.

j 1C jogging (n) I was jogging through the park.

j 1C judo (n) He has a black belt in judo.

k 1C kg (kilogram)(n) I'd like a kg of tomatoes please.

l 1C least (sup) She earns the least money of all of us.

l 1C let (v) Let them play outside.

l 1C line(n) He can't kick the ball in a straight line.

l 1C lunchtime(n) Let's meet at lunchtime.

m 1C men (n) Where's the men's toilet?

n 1C normally (adv) Normally, I start work around nine o'clock.

o 1C occasionally(adv) I occasionally go to the cinema.

o 1C order (n) It's in alphabetical order.

p 1C perhaps (adv) Perhaps I'll go to the gym after work.

p 1C place(n) His leg's broken in two places.

p 1C pub (n) We're all going to the pub after work.

p 1C publish(v) This book is published by Cambridge University Press.

r 1C researcher(n) a researcher uses lots of ways of collecting information..

r 1C result(n) The election results will be known by Sunday.

s 1C skateboarding(n) My son loves skateboarding.

s 1C socialising (n) She doesn't enjoy socialising.

s 1C sometimes (adv) He does cook sometimes, but not very often.

s 1C somewhere (adv) They had difficulties finding somewhere to live.

s 1C sports(n) I always enjoyed sports when I was at school.

s 1C survey (n) According to a recent survey, 90% of children hate school.

s 1C sweets(n) Eating a lot of sweets is bad for your teeth.

t 1C (the) theatre(n) I want to work in theatre.

t 1C traditional(adj) She's wearing traditional Hungarian dress.

v 1C vowel (n) A and "O" are vowels.

w 1C women(n) Lots of women watched the TV show.

y 1C yeah (yes) (exclam) Yeah, I agree.

y 1C yoga(n) She does yoga three times a week.

a 1D actually (adv) She sounds English but she's actually Spanish.

b 1D bell (n) Please ring the bell for attention.

b 1D bit (n) I wrote it down on a bit of paper.

d 1D date (n) Let's make a date to have lunch.

d 1D dating (n) Have you thought about Internet dating?

d 1D definitely (adv) This book is definitely worth reading.

d 1D delicious (adj) This soup is absolutely delicious.

d 1D disagree (v) I disagree with most of what he said.

e 1D everybody (n) I've received a reply from everybody now.

e 1D everyone (n) Everyone was happy to hear the news.

e 1D exciting (adj) It was an exciting football match.

f 1D friendly(adj) This is not a friendly place.

h 1D hate (v) They've hated each other since they were kids.

h 1D hi (exclam) Hi! How's it going?

h 1D horror (n) She watched in horror as the car skidded across the road.

i 1D interested(adj) I'm not interested in football.

i 1D Istanbul (n) Istanbul used to be called Constantinople.

k 1D kind(adj) Your mother was very kind to us.

m 1D matter (n) What's the matter?

n 1D negative(adj) Terrorist threats have had a negative impact on tourism.

n 1D neither (adv) Jerry doesn't like it, and neither do I.

n 1D nervous(adj) I felt nervous before the exam.

n 1D nice(adj) He seems like a really nice guy.

n 1D nightmare (n) The traffic can be a real nightmare after 4.30.

p 1D pet(n) I love my pet rabbit.

p 1D positive(adj) Response to our new product has been very positive

r 1D real(adj) He's not real you know, he's just a character in a book.

r 1D response(n) His comments provoked an angry response from students.

r 1D ring(n) She's got a diamond wedding ring.

r 1D Russian(n) He speaks Russian fluently.

s 1D speed(n) He put on a sudden burst of speed.

s 1D suppose (v) I suppose that you've already heard the news?

v 1D vampire (n) Dracula is a famous vampire.

v 1D vegetarian(adj) All her children are vegetarian.

v 1D visit (v) Did you visit St Petersburg while you were in Russia?

w 1D website (n) I read the news on a website.

w 1D would(v) What would you do if you lost your job?

e 1D etc This shelf here is for pens, paper etc.

l 1D Ltd (limited) Pinewood Supplies Ltd.

a 2A aged (adj) They have one daughter, aged three.

a 2A ambitious (adj) This is our most ambitious project so far.

a 2A anyone (pron) I didn't know anyone at the party.

c 2A cent (n) A coffee costs one Euro, and 20 cents.

c 2A chicken (n) We're going to have chicken tonight.

c 2A childhood (n) Did you have a happy childhood?

c 2A close (adv) He stayed close to his mother.

c 2A customer (n) The customer is always right.

d 2A develop (v) Scientists are developing new drugs all the time.

e 2A extra (adj) Can I invite a few extra people?

f 2A factory (n) We work in a textile factory.

f 2A farm (n) He works on a farm in Wales.

f 2A fast (adj) Fast food, like hamburgers, is not very good for you.

f 2A fries (n) I'll have a double cheeseburger and fries please.

h 2A hungry (adj) I'm hungry. What's for supper?

i 2A irregular(adj) Go is an irregular verb.

l 2A learn(v) I learned Russian at school.

m 2A mile (n) The nearest station is two miles from here.

m 2A (milk) shake (n) What flavour milk shake would you like?

m 2A mother (n) My mother and father are divorced.

n 2A nearby(adj) He lives in a nearby town.

n 2A nineteenth (n) I was born on the nineteenth of June.

n 2A north(adj) I live north of the river.

o 2A official(adj) It's official - they're getting married!

r 2A regular(adj) Start and "Like" are regular verbs.

s 2A second (2nd)(adj) This is the second time I've told you.

s 2A serve(v) We're not allowed to serve alcohol to anyone under 18.

s 2A service station(n) We stopped at the service station on the motorway to relax.

s 2A small(adj) They live in a smaller apartment than us.

s 2A soon (adv) I've got to leave quite soon.

s 2A spokesman(n) A spokesman for the company wouldn't refused to comment.

s 2A states(n) She is from the United States.

s 2A stop (v) Stop laughing - it's not funny.

t 2A (the) sixties(n) My dad was born in the sixties.

t 2A tip(n) We left a tip because the waiter was so friendly.

t 2A traveller(n) We're doing a survey of business travellers.

w 2A wear(v) What are you wearing?

y 2A yesterday(n) I went to see the doctor yesterday.

y 2A younger (comp) I have three younger sisters; I am the oldest.

b 2A, billion (n) The government spends billions of dollars every year.

a 2B action (n) She has to accept the consequences of her actions.

a 2B anyway (adv) I hate carrots, but I eat them anyway.

a 2B ask someone out (pv) If you really like someone, you can ask them out on a date.

b 2B break up (with) (pv) My boyfriend and I fought and broke up.

e 2B engaged (adj) When did they get engaged?

f 2B (food) poisoning (n) The restaurant was closed down because of food poisoning.

f 2B forever (adv) I'll love you forever.

f 2B funny(adj) This chicken tastes a bit funny.

g 2B get engaged (v) My brother got engaged last year.

g 2B get married (v) My brother will get married in October.

g 2B go on a date (pv) Will you go on a date with me?

g 2B go out with (pv) Will you go out with me?

i 2B immediately (adv) You have to come home immediately.

i 2B invite (v) They've invited us to the wedding.

j 2B just (adv) I've just been on a trip to France.

l 2B lift(n) Can you give me a lift to the airport?

l 2B list(n) I've made a shopping list.

m 2B Madrid (n) Madrid is the capital of Spain.

m 2B meeting (n) We're having a meeting to talk about the problem.

n 2B number (n) What's your phone number?

p 2B pronounce(v) How do you pronounce his name?

q 2B queue(n) We waited in the queue for two hours.

r 2B relationship (n) He has a good relationship with his older sister.

r 2B relative(n) This is a party for friends and relatives.

r 2B romantic(adj) It was a romantic dinner for two.

r 2B round (adj) He has a round face.

s 2B short(adj) She's shorter than me.

s 2B shorter (comp) Your hair looks shorter! Have you been to the hairdressers?

s 2B stand (v) We'd been standing for hours.

s 2B straight (adj) Continue straight along the road.

s 2B surprised(adj) I'm surprised you're here. I thought you wouldn't come.

w 2B while (adv) I read a magazine while I was waiting.

f 2B fall in love with someone (idiom)

I fell in love with her very quickly.

e 2B exactly (adv) What exactly seems to be the problem?

a 2C adviser (n) She's a financial adviser.

a 2C Arabia (n) He works in Saudi Arabia.

c 2C clever (adj) He's a very clever student.

c 2C collection (n) He's got a private art collection.

c 2C consequence (n) The ship capsized, with disastrous consequences.

c 2C contain (v) Does this drink contain alcohol?

e 2C edition (n) A new edition of the dictionary will be published next month.

e 2C Egypt (n) Have you ever been to Egypt?

f 2C false (adj) He has false teeth.

f 2C fully (adv) The restaurant was fully booked.

h 2C happily (adv) Happily, the operation was a complete success.

h 2C herself (pron) She kept telling herself that nothing was wrong.

i 2C Indian(adj) Indian food is popular in Britain.

i 2C into (prep) Stop running around and get into bed!

k 2C king(n) He's the new king of pop music.

k 2C kingdom(n) The Kingdom of Belgium became independent in 1830.

l 2C lover(n) She had many lovers but never married.

m 2C main(adj) The main problem is we don't have enough time.

n 2C ninth (n) I was born on the ninth of May.

o 2C original(adj) Her essay was full of original ideas.

o 2C originally (adv) Despite the rain, I'll play the match as originally planned.

p 2C palace(n) The Queen lives in Buckingham Palace.

p 2C Persia(n) Persia is now called Iran.

p 2C professional(adj) Get some professional advice about your finances.

q 2C queen(n) Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of England.

s 2C second (time)(adj) This is the second time I've told you.

s 2C situation(n) The park's situation was perfect.

s 2C smile(n) She smiled at me.

s 2C storyteller (n) Andrew is a great storyteller.

t 2C teacher (n) a history/science teacher

t 2C thief (n) The police caught the thief.

t 2C thousand(n) There are ninety thousand people in this city.

t 2C translate (v) We were asked to translate a list of sentences.

v 2C version (n) I saw the original version of the film.

w 2C well-known (adj) He's a well-known actor.

w 2C worried(adj) She's really worried about her son.

i 2C illustrated(adj) Most childrens'books are illustrated.

b 2D bow (v) The actors all bowed after the performance.

c 2D cheers (n) Say "cheers" when you are drinking beer.

f 2D festival (n) Are you going to the film festival?

f 2D fine (adj) I had a cold last week, but I'm fine now.

g 2D greet (v) He greeted me at the door.

h 2D hope (v) I hope you're well and had a nice holiday.

i 2D imagine (v) Imagine winning the lottery!

k 2D keep(v) You can keep that dress if you like it.

k 2D kiss(n) She gave him a kiss.

m 2D Manchester (n) Manchester is in the north of England.

m 2D member (n) I'm a member of a club.

m 2D Milan (n) Milan is in the north of Italy.

m 2D mine (pron) I borrowed them from a friend of mine.

n 2D neighbour (n) Our next-door neighbours are always arguing.

r 2D remember (v) I can't remember his name.

r 2D role-play(n) we like role-plays.

s 2D shake (hands) (v) It's polite to shake hands when you meet someone in England

s 2D sorry (exclam) Sorry I'm late.

t 2D touch (v) You can look at them but please don't touch them.

u 2D usual(adj) I went to bed at my usual time.

w 2D whole (adj) She spent the whole afternoon studying.

a 3A airline (n) Which airline did you fly with?

b 3A basic (adj) My software is very basic.

b 3A borrow (v) Can I borrow a pen please?

c 3A colleague (n) I work closely with my colleagues.

e 3A employment (n) Are you looking for full-time or part-time employment?

e 3A exam (n) a maths exam

e 3A examiner (n) Do you know who will be your examiner?

f 3A fact (n) It's hard to separate fact from fiction in what she says.

f 3A farmer (n) He's always been a farmer.

f 3A flexible (adj) I'd like a job with more flexible working hours.

j 3A (job)security (n) I'm looking for a job with security.

k 3A knowledge (n) He will easily find a job with his knowledge and skills.

l 3A licence(n) You need a driving licence if you want to drive.

m 3A major(adj) It was a major problem.

m 3A meaning (n) The word 'get' has several meanings.

o 3A on-the-job (adj) I'm doing on-the-job training.

o 3A opportunity(n) This is a fantastic opportunity.

o 3A oral (adj) She's having an oral exam for her English test.

p 3A pilot(n) He's training to be a pilot.

p 3A pleased(adj) I wasn't very pleased about having to pay.

p 3A practical(adj) She has a lot of good ideas but she's not very practical.

p 3A promotion(n) She got a promotion after four years of work for the company.

q 3A qualified (adj) He's recently qualified as a doctor.

s 3A salary (n) There will be a 2% salary increase next month.

s 3A street(n) We live on the same street.

t 3A test (n) I've got a driving test tomorrow.

t 3A training(n) She's on a training course.

v 3A vet (n) Applicants for the job are carefully vetted.

s 3A sick (pay) He was off work sick for most of last week.

a 3B application (n) I made an application for a bank loan.

a 3B apply (v) I've applied for a job.

b 3B believe (v) I don't believe in ghosts.

c 3B chance (n) I didn't get a chance to speak to you at the party.

c 3B circle (v) Circle the answer you think is correct.

c 3B CV (n) Please send your CV to this address.

e 3B engineer (n) He has worked as an engineer for twelve years.

e 3B explain (v) Can you explain why you did this?

f 3B follow-up (adj) We need a follow-up meeting.

f 3B frustrating (adj) It's frustrating to see money going to waste like that.

j 3B job-hunting (n) If you are unemployed, you need to do a lot of job-hunting.

l 3B local(adj) This is a local shop.

l 3B lose (v) I've lost my keys. Can you help me look for them?

m 3B Mrs (n) Hello, Mrs Jones.

n 3B nothing (n) I've had nothing to eat since breakfast.

o 3B older (comp) I'm older than my brother

p 3B product(n) They have a new range of skin-care products.

r 3B report(v) He should have reported the accident immediately.

s 3B state (verbs)(n) State verbs are different from dynamic verbs.

s 3B support (v) Do you support their views on nuclear weapons?

t 3B technical(adj) We're having a few technical problems.

t 3B temporary(adj) This is only a temporary job.

t 3B (the) news(n) Have you had any news about your job yet?

v 3B (a) vicious (circle)(adj) It was just a vicious rumour.

u 3B (unemployment) benefit(n)

Unemployment in the north-east is 12%.

u 3B unemployment (n) Unemployment in the north-east is 12%.

a 3C act (n) Was she really upset or was that just an act?

a 3C advertisement (n) I saw the job in a newspaper advertisement.

a 3C apologise (v) The bank apologised for the error.

a 3C apparently (adv) Apparently it's going to rain today.

a 3C argue (v) My parents are always arguing about money.

a 3C argument (n) They had an argument about who should do the cleaning.

a 3C argument (n) They had an argument about who should do the cleaning.

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