Intermediate Level Wordlist 1415

INTERMEDIATE
WORD LIST
INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST
HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB COLLOCATION

to have a natural/great
ability able ability
inability unable to be (un)able to do sth
1 Ability/inability disability disabled to be disabled
absenteeism limit
to have an absenteeism
limit
to be absent
to be absent from
2 Absent absenteeism absent school/work
a military/police academy
3 Academic academy academic academic year
to have an accent
to speak with an accent
a regional/local accent
4 Accent accent a strong accent
to have access to sth
to have easy access to
accessible sth
5 Access access access inaccessible to be (in)accessible
to provide/offer
6 Accommodate accommodate accommodation accommodation
to be difficult to achieve
great/important
achievement
7 Achieve achieve achievement achievable an achievable goal
8 Actual actual actually the actual number
1

to make additions to sth
9 Addition add addition In addition
to admire greatly/really
to be full of admiration
to feel admiration
great/deep admiration
admiration to have an admirer
10 Admire admire admirer admirable great/secret admirer
to admit openly/honestly
that + sentence
11 Admit admit admit to + Ving
to adopt a child/an animal

adopted an adopted son/daughter
12 Adopt (a child) adopt adoption adoptive adoptive parents
to be an adult
a young adult
adult to reach adulthood
13 Adult adulthood during/in adulthood
to advertise sth widely

to show an advertisement
good/misleading
advertisement
a television/radio
advertisement
advertisement a magazine/newspaper
14 Advert (Advertisement) advertise advert advert
2

to affect greatly
to have an effect on sth
to have a
strong/significant effect
15 Affect affect effect effective effectively to be/seem effective
to afford to do sth
to afford easily/hardly
to be (un)able to afford
to put afford in sth
16 Afford afford affordable to be affordable
an advertising agency
travel agency
real estate agency
agency a real estate agent
17 Agency agent an FBI agent
to work in agriculture
modern/organic
agriculture
18 Agriculture agriculture agricultural to depend on agriculture
to ask for aid
food/medical aid
19 Aid aid aid give / provide aid
alarm clock
fire/smoke/burglar alarm
to set/activate an / the
20 Alarm alarm alarm
to look alike
to be very alike
21 Alike alike alike to think alike
3

to allow to do sth
to have an allowance
a large/small allowance
a daily/weekly/monthly
22 Allow allow allowance allowance
to have an alternative
23 Alternative alternative alternatively alternative medicine
to be/look/sound amazing
amazing to be really amazing
24 Amaze amaze amazement amazed to be/look amazed by sth
the amount of sth
to pay regular amounts of
money to sb/sth
a huge/large/enormous
amount of sth
to increase/decrease the
25 Amount amount amount of sth
to feel anger at/over sth
to be angry at/with sb
to be angry about sth
26 Anger anger angry angrily to look/appear angry
to celebrate an / our
anniversary
first/second etc.
anniversary
27 Anniversary anniversary wedding anniversary
4

to announce that +
sentence
to make an
28 Announce announce announcement announcement
29 Annual annual annually an annual meeting/report

30 Apart apart apart from
to appear on television
appear appearance physical appearance
31 Appear/Disappear disappear disappearance attractive appearance
to be (in)appropriate
appropriate appropriately to be (in)appropriate for
32 Appropriate/Inappropriate inappropriate inappropriately children
to (dis)approve of sth
approve approval to approve strongly
33 Approve/Disapprove disapprove disapproval to need approval
34 Army army to have a powerful army
to arrange easily/with
difficulty
to make arrangements
35 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged arranged marriage
to arrest sb
to be arrested for sth
to make an arrest
36 Arrest arrest arrest to be under arrest
5
to arrive early/late
to arrive at + place
early/late arrival
37 Arrival arrive arrival to be the first/last to arrive
to be/feel/look ashamed
to be ashamed of sth
to be deeply/very
ashamed
ashamed shameless behaviour/lies
38 Ashamed shame shameless What a shame!
assessment to assess
39 Assess (performance) assess assessor performance/skills
reading assignment
to hand out / hand in an
40 Assign assign assignment assignment
to assume that +
sentence
to make assumptions
41 Assume assume assumption about sth
to attach sth to sth
42 Attach attach attachment to open the attachment
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to attack violently
a terrorist/violent/gun
attack
an attack happens/takes
place/occurs
43 Attack attack attack to have a heart attack
attitude towards sth

the writer's attitude
towards sth have a
44 Attitude attitude positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction
to/towards sb
to be/look attractive
attractive very/extremely attractive
45 Attract attract attraction unattractive to find sb attractive
46 Audience audience
47 Average average
avoidable to avoid sth
48 Avoid avoid unavoidable to be (un)avoidable
wake
49 Awake wake up awake to be/lie awake
to be/look awkward
very awkward
50 Awkward awkward an awkward question
51 Backwards backwards to walk backwards
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harmful/beneficial bacteria
52 Bacteria bacteria bacterial bacterial infections
53 Baggage baggage baggage allowance
54 Ban ban ban to ban officially
to wear/remove a
bandage
55 Bandage bandage bandage a tight/loose bandage
56 Barber barber
to bargain about sth with
57 Bargain bargain bargain sb
to base sth on sth
58 Base base to be based on sth
59 Basic basic basically
60 Basin basin
to carry a basket
a basket of flowers/fruit
to play/watch basketball
basket basketball
61 Basket basketball player/star/team/match
to charge a battery
to be powered by battery
62 Battery battery battery goes dead
to beat badly/violently
to beat fast/rapidly
a regular beat
63 Beat beat beat a heart beat
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to behave well/properly
good/bad/(un)acceptable
behaviour
behaviour towards sb
a badly-behaved child
64 Behave behave behaviour a well-behaved child
to believe that + sentence

believable / to believe in sth
65 Belief believe belief unbelievable to have/hold belief
66 Belong belong belongings personal belongings
to have enormous/great
benefit
67 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial to be beneficial to sb/sth
68 Bin bin a rubbish/wastepaper bin

biology biology department
69 Biology (Dep) biologist biological biological weapons
70 Bite bite bite a mosquito bite
71 Blame blame blame to blame sb for sth
to fill in the blanks
72 Blank blank blank a blank page
to bleed badly
bleeding to stop bleeding
73 Bleed bleed blood to lose blood
block
74 Block block blockage a block of ice/stone/wood
75 Blow blow to blow strongly
76 Bold bold to be bold
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to bomb heavily
77 Bomb bomb bomb atomic bomb
to be at the bottom of the
78 Bottom bottom page
79 Bow bow bow
80 Breast breast to breast feed
to breathe in/out
to take a deep breath
81 Breath breathe breath to hold your breath
a bright student
82 Bright brightness bright bright colours
broadcast to broadcast live
83 Broadcast broadcast broadcast a news broadcast
84 Bucket bucket a bucket of water
85 Budget budget annual budget
building
86 Builder build builder to build a house/wall
87 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter

88 Button button button to button your coat
89 Cage cage a bird cage
calculation to calculate accurately
calculate miscalculation an accurate/exact
90 Calculate miscalculate calculator calculation
91 Canal canal the Panama Canal
92 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation
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a deep/large cave
93 Cave cave to explore a cave
94 Ceiling ceiling a high/low ceiling
an exam certificate
a marriage/death/birth
95 Certificate certificate certificate
to challenge sb
to be extremely/very
96 Challenge challenge challenge challenging challenging
to have little chance of
doing sth
to get a chance to do sth
to give sb a chance to do
sth
97 Chance chance to do sth by chance
chapter of a book
98 Chapter chapter chapter in history
99 Charge (money) charge to charge money
to donate/give money to
charity
to live on charity
100 Charity (organization) charity charitable a charitable event
101 Cheek cheek
to draw a circle
a complete/full circle
102 Circle circle circle to sit in a circle
103 Click click to click on sth
11

a piece of cloth
cloth to wear clothes
104 Cloth clothes to put on/take off clothes
105 Cloud cloud cloudy to be cloudy
106 Coin coin
an amazing/strange
107 Coincidence coincidence coincidence
108 Collar collar a shirt collar
109 Colleague colleague
coloured
colourful coloured cloth
110 Coloured colour colour colourless a colourful painting
a combination of X and Y
a perfect/strange
111 Combine combine combination combination
to comment on sth
to make a comment
a brief/negative/critical
comment
112 Comment comment comment a comment about/on sth
to communicate
effectively/successfully
to communicate with sb
to have good/effective
communication
communication between
113 Communicate communicate communication communicative sb and sb
114 Community (college) community a community college
12
to compete against/with
sb/sth
to have competition
competition to win/lose a competition
115 Compete (against/with) compete competitor competitive to be/become competitive
to complain constantly
to complain about sth
116 Complain complain complaint to have/make a complaint
117 Concrete (=cement) concrete
118 Condition condition to be in good condition
to go to a conference
annual/international
119 Conference conference conference
120 Conflict conflict conflict to be in conflict with sth/sb
connection between X
121 Connect connect connection and Y
to consider
consider considerate carefully/seriously
122 Consider/Reconsider reconsider inconsiderate to consider doing sth
123 Contain contain container
124 Context context
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to have a contract
long-term/short-term
contract
125 Contract contract permanent contract
to contribute to sth
to make a contribution
an important/big/major
126 Contribute (to) contribute contribution contribution
convenience convenient
127 Convenient inconvenience inconvenient
to convince that +
sentence
to convince sb to do sth
convinced to be convinced that +
128 Convince convince convincing sentence
129 Cookie cookie
a bad cough
130 Cough cough cough cough medicine
to encourage sb to do sth
to have the courage to do
sth
to need encouragement
courage from sb
131 Courage encourage encouragement courageous to be courageous
cover
132 Cover uncover coverage media coverage
creativity
133 Create create creator creative great/artistic creativity
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to criticize heavily
to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
harsh/heavy/serious
criticism criticism
134 Criticize criticize critic critical critically critical thinking
to grow/produce crop
135 Crop crop agricultural crop
to cure completely
to develop/discover cure
curable an effective cure
136 Cure cure cure incurable to be (in)curable
to have curiosity
out of curiosity
to be curious about sth
137 Curious curiosity curious curiously to look curiously
138 Current current currently
139 Cushion cushion soft cushion
140 Custom (tradition) custom
to damage
badly/seriously/severely
to cause/do damage
great/enormous damage
141 Damage damage damage damaging to be/become damaging
to die of sth
142 Dead die death dead deadly a deadly virus/weapon
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143 Deaf deafness deaf to be deaf
to deal with sth/sb
to do/make a deal
144 Deal (with) deal deal a good/fair deal
to deduce that + sentence

to deduce easily
to deduce meaning from
context
to make a deduction
a brilliant/logical deduction
145 Deduce (meaning from context) deduce deduction about sth
deep a deep cave
146 Deep/Shallow shallow deep/shallow water
define
147 Define/Redefine redefine definition
to have a degree in a field

148 Degree degree Master's degree
149 Deliver deliver delivery
to demand that +
sentence
a demand for sth
150 Demand demand demand demanding to be demanding
dependable
dependence dependent to depend on sth
151 Depend (on) depend independence independent to be dependent on sb
152 Detail detail detailed to explain in detail
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to have determination
to be full of determination
153 Determine determine determination determined to be determined to do sth
developed a developed/developing
154 Develop develop development developing country
155 Diagram diagram
156 Director direct director
to be
disappointing/disappointe
d
disappointing to feel disappointment
157 Disappoint disappoint disappointment disappointed over sth
158 Discount discount
to discover suddenly
an amazing/big discovery
159 Discover discover discovery to make a discovery
160 Disease disease heart disease
to feel/show disgust
great disgust
to be/look/smell/taste
disgusting disgusting
161 Disgusting disgust disgust disgusted to be/look disgusted
162 Dishes dishes to wash the dishes
honest
163 Dishonest/Honest honesty dishonest to be (dis)honest
17

to (dis)like doing sth
to feel/have dislike
like to express/show dislike
164 Dislike dislike dislike deep/great dislike
the distance between X
and Y
to be within walking
165 Distance distance distant distance
166 District district
167 Divide divide division to divide equally
to prepare a document
an important/key
168 Document document document
169 Dollar dollar
to doubt that + sentence
to have doubts about sth
to be doubtful about sth
It is doubtful that +
170 Doubt doubt doubt doubtful sentence
downstairs
171 Downstairs upstairs to go downstairs/upstairs
172 Draft draft the first draft
173 Drown drown drowning
174 Dump dump dump
175 Duration duration
dust
176 Dust dustbin dusty
177 Eastern east eastern
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to develop/improve
economic economy
178 Economy economy economical economically to be very economical
a new edition
edition the first edition
179 Edit edit editor limited/special edition
education to have/receive education

180 Education educate educator good/poor education
181 Either either
old
older
elder
182 Elder elderly elder brother / sister
to produce/provide
electricity
electrical
electricity appliances/goods
183 Electricity electrician electrical an electrical engineer
184 Electronic electronic
to have/lack elegance
to be/look elegant
to be very/extremely
185 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly elegant
emergency exit
186 Emergency emergency emergency room
187 Emotion emotion emotional to be/look emotional
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to have the energy to do
sth
188 Energy energy energetic to be energetic
189 Enter enter entry
to be enthusiastic about
190 Enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically sth
191 Envelope envelope
equality equal to have equality
192 Equal inequality unequal to be/become equal
193 Equipment equipment electrical equipment
194 Error error to make an error
to escape from sth
195 Escape (from) escape escape successful escape
to write an essay
196 Essay essay an essay on/about sth
197 Essential essential
198 Establish establish establishment
to estimate that +
199 Estimate estimate estimation sentence
200 Euro Euro
an important event
to witness an event
an event occurs/happens
201 Event event an event takes place
202 Exact exact exactly
203 Exchange- Rate exchange-rate
20

to expand greatly/rapidly
expansion occurs/takes
204 Expand expand expansion place
to have expectations
205 Expect expect expectation expected expected result
to carry out/conduct/do an
experiment
206 Experiment experiment experiment to experiment with sth
to be an expert in/on/at
sth
recognized/leading/real
expert
to take advice/consult an
207 Expert expert expert
208 Explode explode explosion explosive an explosive device
to carry out exploration

exploration exploration to take place
209 Explore explore explorer a great explorer
210 Extend (arms) extend extension to extend arms
a textile factory
211 Factory factory to set up a factory
212 Fail fail failure complete failure
fair a fair competition
213 Fair (just)/Unfair unfair fairly it is fair to do something
familiar
214 Familiar unfamiliar to be (un)familiar with sth
fasten
215 Fasten unfasten to fasten seat belt
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to do sb a favour
to ask a favour to
216 Favour favour favour be in favour of something
university fee
217 Fee fee registration fee
218 Fetch fetch
to have fever
to suffer from a fever
219 Fever fever high/slight fever
to have a good/beautiful
220 Figure figure figure
221 Fix fix
to have a
salty/sweet/bitter/spicy
222 Flavour flavour flavour flavour
223 Float float to float on water
224 Flow flow flow
225 Focus (on) focus focus to focus on sth
226 Fold fold to fold carefully/neatly
227 Fool fool
228 Force force to force sb to do sth
to destroy forest
229 Forest forest natural forest
to forgive sb for doing sth

230 Forgive forgive forgiveness to ask/beg for forgiveness
22

231 Format format
to have freedom
to be/feel free
232 Freedom freedom free to be free to do sth
233 Freeze freeze freezing to be/look freezing
to be frequent
234 Frequent frequent frequently frequent
to become friends
to establish a friendship
a close friendship
friend friendly a friendly face/smile
235 Friendship friendship unfriendly to be friendly to sb
fuel
236 Fuel/Gas gas
garbage
237 Garbage garbageman garbage truck
to gather ideas
238 Gather (ideas) gather gathering a social gathering
239 Generation generation future generations
240 Giant giant giant a giant spider
241 Global global a global problem
to have a goal
to set goals
a long-term goal
goal the main/major goal
242 Goal (sports/aim) goalkeeper to score a goal
23

to grade papers
to grade carefully
exam grade
243 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade to get good grades
to greet
cheerfully/enthusiastically
244 Greet greet greeting formal/friendly greeting
245 Grocery grocery
246 Guest guest to invite guests
247 Handkerchief handkerchief
to have good/poor
248 Handwriting handwriting handwriting
249 Harbour harbour
250 Hardly hard hardly
251 Heading heading
252 Heal heal to heal completely/well
253 Heat heat heat to heat up the food
254 Height height high a high building/mountain
255 Hide hide
256 Highlight highlight highlight highlights of the match
history a historical novel
257 Historic/Historical historian historical historical documents
258 Hole hole
household bills/expenses
259 Household household household household products/goods
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260 Hut hut to build hut
to be ideal
ideal opportunity
261 Ideal ideal ideally ideal job
identity to identify correctly/falsely

262 Identify identify identification identified / unidentified identity card
to suffer from/have illness

to be/become ill
to feel/look ill
to be
263 Illness illness ill very/seriously/extremely ill
to imagine that +
sentence
to have/show/lack
imagination
great/creative imagination
imaginative imaginative
264 Imagination imagine imagination imaginary imaginary character
mature
265 Immature/Mature maturity immature to be very (im)mature
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to lose patience
to have/show patience
patience patient patiently to be (im)patient about sth
266 Impatient/Patient impatience impatient impatiently to wait patiently
to be (in)correct
correct a (in)correct answer
267 Incorrect/Correct incorrect correctly to pronounce correctly
to increase rapidly/sharply
to increase greatly
to decrease dramatically
a huge/enormous
increase in sth
a decrease in sth
increase increase a sharp/dramatic
268 Increase/Decrease decrease decrease decrease
269 Index index
to indicate clearly
to indicate that + sentence
270 Indicate indicate indication clear indication
271 Individual individual individual
important/key/major
industry
272 Industry industry industrial the industrial revolution
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to be infected with virus
to suffer from/have an
infection
a serious/mild infection
an infectious patient
273 Infect infect infection infectious infected an infected wound/cut
274 Infer infer inference to make/draw inference
to influence
greatly/adversely
to have a good/bad
influence on sb
275 Influence influence influence influential great/significant influence
276 Inform inform information correct/false information
277 Ingredient ingredient
278 Ink ink to write in ink
279 Inn inn
280 Insect insect a swarm of bees/ants
281 Insert (card) insert to insert a card
282 Install install installation to install properly
283 Institute institute
284 Interact (with) interact interaction interactive to interact with sb
to have an interest in sth

interesting to lose interest in sth
285 Interest interest interested to be interested in sth/sb
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to interrupt
impatiently/rudely
to work without
286 Interrupt interrupt interruption interruption
287 Interval interval
288 Introduce introduce introduction a brief/short introduction
invention
289 Invent invent inventor
visible to be visible to the naked
290 Invisible invisible eye
291 Involve involve involvement
responsibility responsible
292 Irresponsible/Responsible irresponsibility irresponsible to be responsible for sth
293 Item item
to cause jealousy
294 Jealous jealousy jealous to be jealous of sb/sth
to joke about sth
295 Joke joke joke to make a joke
296 Joy joy joyful joyful news
junior high
junior year
297 Junior junior junior football club
298 Keen keen to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard
299 Kick kick kick to give sb a kick
to knit a jumper
to do knitting
300 Knit knit knitting hand/machine knitting
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to knock on the door
301 Knock (on the door) knock knock to knock sb down
to know very well

to have great knowledge
knowledgeable to be knowledgeable
302 Knowledge know knowledge unknown / known about sth
to lack confidence
303 Lack lack lack lack of food/money
to change lane
the inside/middle/outside
lane
304 Lane lane the fast/slow lane
305 Last last
late to be late for
306 Later later late work/class/school
to lead the way
a natural/charismatic
307 Lead lead leader leader
308 Leaf leaf an oak leaf
a lecture on sth
to go to/attend a lecture
an interesting/boring
lecture
lecture a college/university
309 Lecture lecturer lecturer
310 Length length long
311 Level level
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to lie about sth
to lie to sb
to tell a lie
lie a big/white lie
312 Liar lie liar to be a good liar
to be (un)likely to do sth
likely It's (un)likely that +
313 Likely unlikely sentence
to limit strictly
maximum/lower limit
to reach/cross the limit
to be at/above the limit
to break the speed limit
314 Limit limit limit limited limited edition
315 Link link link a link between X and Y
lock to lock the door
316 Lock/Unlock unlock lock safety locks
317 Loose loose a loose dress/sweater
to drive a lorry
318 Lorry lorry lorry driver
to lose the keys
to lose interest in sth
loss of
memory/appetite/confiden
loss ce
319 Loss lose loser lost to get lost
30
sheer/absolute madness
to be mad at/with sb
to drive/make sb mad
320 Mad madness mad madly to cheer madly
management
321 Manage manage manager to manage successfully
to have an
aggressive/friendly
manner good / bad
322 Manner manner manners
323 Margin margin to leave a wide margin
maximum, minimum
324 Maximum / Minimum maximum maximum / minimum amount/number
325 Measure measure to measure accurately
to be/become a member
family/staff members
member to apply for membership
326 Member membership to renew membership
327 Memory memory memory loss
to mention that +
328 Mention mention sentence
329 Metal metal
31
to use a method
an effective/good method
various methods
330 Method method the best method of/for sth
moral
331 Moral morality immoral immoral behaviour
most
332 Mostly mostly
to move to another
333 Movement move movement room/country
to be covered in mud
334 Mud mud a mud hut
an unsolved mystery
335 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously to disappear mysteriously
a narrow lane/street
336 Narrow narrow a narrow escape
nation national to create a new nation
337 Nation nationality international to have dual nationality
to be natural
338 Natural nature natural natural beauty
next-door neighbours
a friendly neighbourhood
neighbour a poor/middle-class
339 Neighbour neighbourhood neighbourhood
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neither
340 Neither/Nor nor neither X nor Y
341 Nest nest a bird's nest
a rail/road network
342 Network network a large network of friends
343 Northern north northern the North Pole
to note carefully
to leave a note to sb
344 Note note note a Post-it note
to notice that + sentence
to take any notice of sb's
advice
345 Notice notice notice noticeable a noticeable difference
obey obedience obedient
346 Obey disobey disobedience disobedient an obedient child/dog
347 Objective objective to achieve an objective

It's obvious that +
348 Obvious obvious obviously sentence
a special occasion
349 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally to meet occasionally
350 Ocean ocean ocean current
old-fashioned
351 Old-fashioned old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity
to miss an opportunity
a unique/golden
352 Opportunity opportunity opportunity
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ordinary life
353 Ordinary ordinary an ordinary day
to organise a
meeting/wedding
to organise
successfully/badly
a large/voluntary
organised organiation
354 Organisation organise organisation disorganised to be very organised
355 Original original originally to have original ideas
an outbreak of flu
a serious outbreak
356 Outbreak outbreak outbreak occurs
357 Outline outline outline the outline of the essay
358 Overall overall overall
359 Package pack package to pack your bags
360 Pale pale to have a pale complexion

361 Panel (Discussion) panel panel discussion
362 Pants pants
participation
363 Participate participate participant to participate in sth
364 Path path a garden path
365 Peaceful peace peaceful a peaceful protest
366 Percent percent percent
performance to perform successfully
367 Perform perform performer a live performance
368 Period period
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to have a warm/outgoing
369 Personality personality personality
to persuade sb to do sth
370 Persuade persuade persuasion persuasive to be persuasive
philosophy of
371 Philosophy (of something) philosophy education/religion/science
to take a pill
372 Pill pill diet/sleeping/vitamin pill
373 Pin (Code) pin pin code
374 Plain plain plain yoghurt
to produce/manufacture
375 Plastic plastic plastic
to poison sb
a strong/deadly poison
poison to die from/of poisoning
376 Poison poison poisoning poisonous poisonous gas
377 Pollution pollute pollution to control/reduce pollution

378 Poorly poverty poor to live in poverty
379 Port port
380 Poster poster cinema/circus poster
381 Postpone postpone to postpone doing sth
a flower pot
a pot of coffee/tea
382 Pot pot cooking pot
383 Pour pour to pour carefully
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a powerful man/woman
384 Power power powerful a powerful engine/weapon
385 Praise praise praise to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence
to pray silently/regularly
386 Pray pray prayer to say a prayer
387 Precise precise precisely to be precise about sth
to predict
correctly/successfully
to make predictions about
sth
388 Predict predict prediction predictable to be predictable
a normal/difficult
pregnancy
pregnancy test
389 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant to be/become pregnant
to give a presentation
presentation an interesting/short
390 Presentation present presenter presentation
to be under pressure
to put sb under pressure
to cope with pressure
to put pressure on
391 Pressure pressure somebody
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to prevent accidents/crime
to prevent sb from doing
sth
392 Prevent prevent prevention preventable a preventable disease
to have pride
393 Pride pride proud proudly to be proud of sb
394 Priest priest a Catholic priest
a prime number
395 Prime (number) prime prime minister
prince
396 Prince princess
school principal
397 Principal principal basic principal
print
398 Print print printer
to go through a process
a long/slow/difficult
399 Process process process
production mass/annual production
400 Produce produce product to buy/sell products
to profit from sth
to make a profit
big/small profit
to be profitable
401 Profit profit profit profitable a profitable business
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to promise to do sth
to make a promise
402 Promise promise promise to keep/break a promise
to pronounce correctly
good/bad pronunciation
correct pronunciation
403 Pronounce pronounce pronunciation pronunciation exercises
404 Proper proper properly a proper meal
to protect from sth
to protect against sth
405 Protect protect protection protective protective clothing
to protest peacefully
protest to organize protest
406 Protest protest protester protest demonstration
to have proof
407 Prove prove proof concrete/absolute proof
408 Provide provide to provide sth/sb with sth

409 Public public public transport
newspaper/book
publisher publishing
410 Publish publish publishing publishing house
411 Pull pull pull to pull hard
412 Pump pump pump a gas/petrol pump
to punish sb for sth
to punish severely
413 Punish punish punishment heavy punishment
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main/primary purpose
414 Purpose purpose to have/lack purpose
415 Push push push to push hard
good/high quality
416 Quality quality poor/low quality
417 Quick quick quickly to be quick to do sth
418 Quiet quiet quietly to be/become quiet
rail ticket
rail disaster
rail rail travel
419 Rail railway to travel by rail
to raise your hand
420 Raise raise to raise children
421 Rather (than) rather rather than
ray of light
422 Ray (of light) ray the rays of the sun
423 Reach reach to reach an agreement
to react strongly
424 React react reaction to react to sth
425 Realise realise realisation to realise that + sentence

real
426 Realistic realistic to be real
reasonable to be reasonable
427 Reasonable unreasonable to be reasonable to do sth
428 Receipt receipt
429 Receive receive
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430 Recent recent recently
reception area/desk
431 Reception reception a hotel receptionist
432 Recognise recognise
to make a
recommendation about/on
433 Recommend recommend recommendation sth
434 Reduce reduce reduction
435 Refer refer to refer to sth
to register for class
436 Register register registration to require registration
to relate sth to/with sth
relation the relation between X
relationship and Y
437 Relation relate relative related to be related to sth
438 Religion religion religious to be very religious
439 Remind remind reminder
440 Remote remote
441 Remove remove removal
to repair
successfully/poorly
442 Repair repair repairs to do/make repairs
443 Replace replace replacement
a brief reply
444 Reply reply reply to have/get a reply
445 Report report report, reporter a news/weather report
446 Represent represent to represent well/poorly
447 Republic republic
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448 Require require requirement
449 Reserve reserve reservation to make a reservation
to respect deeply/greatly
respectful/ to show respect for sb
disrespectful to have deep/great
450 Respect respect respect respected respect
to respond quickly
451 Respond respond response a great response
to revise notes
to need a lot of revision
452 Revise revise revision to do revision
453 Rhythm rhythm slow/fast rhythm
to be/look/sound
454 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously ridiculous
to rise
dramatically/sharply
455 Rise rise rise a rise in sth
to rob a bank
a bank robbery
to commit a robbery
robbery a bank robber
456 Rob rob robber an armed robber
457 Roll (the ball) roll to roll the ball
458 Roof roof
459 Root root deep/shallow root
460 Royal royalty royal the royal family
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to put the rubbish out
461 Rubbish rubbish rubbish bin
462 Rug rug
to set out rules
to obey/follow rules
463 Rule rule to break the rules
to run fast
464 Runner run runner a fast/good runner
to go sailing
sailing an experienced/good
465 Sail sail sailor sailor
466 Saucer saucer
scene beautiful/breathtaking/spe
467 Scenery scenery ctacular scenery
468 Scissors scissors
469 Score score score high/low score
to scratch badly
to have a scratch
470 Scratch scratch scratch a scratch mark
471 Scream scream scream to scream loudly
472 Screen screen
473 Section section
474 Seem seem It seems that + sentence
475 Sense sense
476 Separate separate separation separate
477 Series series television series
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a serious illness
to have serious injuries
to seriously damage your
478 Serious serious seriously health
servant
479 Serve serve service
480 Set (the table) set to set the table
severe pain/illness
severe headache
severe weather conditions
481 Severe (pain/illness) severe severely to be severely injured
482 Sew sew
483 Sex sex opposite sex
to make a shadow
484 Shadow shadow dark shadow
485 Shake shake to shake hands
486 Shape shape
487 Shave shave shave to have a shave
to shine brightly
488 Shine shine shining a shining silver cup
489 Shortly (after) shortly shortly after/before sth
490 Shoulder shoulder a shoulder to cry on
to shout aloud
491 Shout shout shout to hear shouts
to be/feel shy
492 Shy shy shyly to smile shyly
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to see clearly
493 Sight see sight to have good/poor sight
sign
494 Sign sign signature
495 Signal signal signal to give a/the signal
significant significance of, attach
496 Significant/insignificant significance insignificant significance to
brief/long silence
497 Silent silence silent silently to be/become silent
498 Silly silly to be/look silly
499 Since since
to sink slowly/fast
500 Sink sink sink a kitchen/bathroom sink
501 Site site historical sites
502 Situated (in/on/by) situated to be situated in/on/by
to have a skill
skilled great/necessary skill
503 Skill skill skillful to be very skilled at/in sth
skin cancer
504 Skin skin dark/fair/pale/tanned skin
slave
505 Slave slavery
506 Sleeve sleeve to roll your sleeves up
507 Slip slip
508 Smell smell smell to have a nice/sweet smell
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soap
509 Soap soap opera a bar of soap
to be/look soft
a soft pillow
510 Softly soft softly to speak softly
511 Soldier soldier a brave/good soldier
to solve a problem
to solve a mystery/puzzle
512 Solution solve solution a solution to the problem
513 Somehow somehow
speech
514 Speaker speak speaker a brilliant/good speaker
515 Specific specific specifically a specific example
speed limit
516 Speed speed maximum speed
517 Spend (money/time) spend spending to spend money/time
to add spice
518 Spice spice spicy to be/smell/taste spicy
519 Spread spread spread
520 Squeeze squeeze
to go through a stage
a difficult/critical stage
521 Stage stage to be on stage
to state that + sentence
to make a statement
522 Statement state statement about sth
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523 Stick stick stick
524 Stock (Market) stock stock market
525 Stuff stuff stuff
526 Stupid stupid to be/look stupid
527 Style style
successful to achieve/have success

528 Succeed succeed success unsuccessful successfully to be successful at/in sth
to come up with some
suggestions
to give sb some
suggestions to make a
529 Suggest suggest suggestion suggestion
to pack a suitcase
530 Suitcase suitcase heavy/light suitcase
531 Summary summary to write a summary
532 Support support support to support well
to suppose that +
533 Suppose suppose sentence
534 Surface surface
535 Symbol symbol
536 System system
to take sleeping/vitamin
537 Tablet tablet tablets
538 Tank (water) tank a petrol/water tank
tap water
539 Tap (water) tap to turn a tap on/off
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to complete a challenging
540 Task task task
tax
541 Tax taxpayer to pay tax
to tend to do sth
to have a tendency to do
542 Tendency tend tendency sth
543 Term (terminology) term a technical term
544 Theatre theatre theatrical
545 Theme theme
546 Theory theory
547 Thumb thumb
548 Thunder thunder loud thunder
549 Tip tip
550 Tool tool to use tools
551 Topic topic
552 Total total totally
553 Towel towel clean/wet towel
554 Tower tower the Eiffel tower
to translate correctly
to translate from one
language into another
translation language
555 Translate translate translator to do translation
transport
556 Transport/transportation transportation to use public transport
557 Trend trend trendy trendy clothes
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a native tribe
558 Tribe tribe tribal tribal dress
559 Trick trick trick to play a trick on sb
to drive a truck
560 Truck truck a heavy/big truck
561 Tunnel tunnel to go into a tunnel
562 Ugly ugly to be/look very ugly
563 Underwater underwater an underwater camera
564 Underwear underwear
in the entire/whole
565 Universe universe universal universe
necessary
566 Unnecessary/Necessary unnecessary necessarily It is necessary to do sth
to give/get/take pleasure
from sth
to be pleased to do sth
to be pleased that +
sentence
pleased to be pleased about sth
pleasant a pleasant day/surprise
567 Unpleasant/ Pleasant pleasure unpleasant an unpleasant experience
568 Urban urbanisation urban urban areas/development

569 Vacation vacation to take a vacation
570 Valley valley
to place value
571 Value value value valuable high/low value
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572 Van van
573 Variety vary variety various to vary greatly
the original version of the
film
574 Version version current/latest version
to have different views
about/on sth
view In my view, + sentence
575 View view viewer TV viewer
to use violence
great/extreme violence
576 Violent violence violent to be/become violent
a deadly virus
577 Virus virus to be infected with virus
vowel
578 Vowel/Consonant consonant
weekly wages
the minimum wage
579 Wage wage to earn/pay wages
to cause/avoid waste
580 Waste waste waste a waste of time/money
to wave at sb
581 Wave wave wave to hear the waves
web spider's web
582 Web website to design a website
to weigh carefully
to be about average
height and weight
583 Weigh weigh weight to lose a bit of weight
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wheel
584 Wheel wheelchair to use a wheelchair
a wide river/road
585 Wide wide widely to vary widely
strong/terrible wind
586 Wind wind wind to blow
a piece of wood
587 Wood wood wooden a wooden chair
588 Worth worth to be worth it
to wrap firmly/tightly
to wrap in a blanket
589 Wrap wrap wrap to wrap a present
590 Yard yard
591 Yawn yawn yawn
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to adopt a child/an animal

to advertise sth widely

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29 Annual annual annually an annual meeting/report

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attitude towards sth

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to believe that + sentence

68 Bin bin a rubbish/wastepaper bin

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87 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter

92 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation

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120 Conflict conflict conflict to be in conflict with sth/sb

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to deduce that + sentence

to have a degree in a field

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education to have/receive education

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to carry out exploration

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to forgive sb for doing sth

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