BUILDINGS college library primary school school university

bar

café
airport
education
cinema/movie theater
bridge
circus
bus station fountain
club
bus stop monument
public art disco
car park/parking lot sculpture
gallery
motorway transport statue
library
petrol station/gas station
museum
railway (station)
Buildings leisure
bank nightclub
roundabout

clinic park
station

hospital playground
underground/subway

jail cathedral restaurant

public
services sports centre
police station hut

post office other buildings ruin stadium

prison tower swimming pool

tourist information centre theatre

zoo

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BUILDINGS cafeteria canteen factory office apartment

apartment building
work
block (of flats)

cabin
build
castle
improve verbs
cottage
rebuild accommodation
flat

guest house
Buildings hostel

entrance hotel

exit house

lift/elevator palace

reception things in a building

step architect
design
wall architecture
other nouns
window
condition development improvement progress

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CLOTHES belt button collar label pocket sleeve coat

cap jacket
parts of clothes
boot(s) glove(s) jumper
cold and wet
helmet handkerchief clothing accessories pullover
weather clothes
raincoat blouse
kit hat

sweater dress
shorts scarf

sweatshirt jeans
swimming costume/ tie
bathing suit
tights pants
swimsuit
shirt
tracksuit sports and activities
cotton Clothes casual clothes shorts

leather trainers
skirt

plastic materials trousers/pants

design boot(s)
silk footwear T-shirt

fashion pair of boots

wool underpants

pair sandal(s)
other nouns underwear
shoe(s)
size
smart clothes making clothes socks
style

suit uniform knit pattern pin sew trainers

trend

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CLOTHES
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checked floral knitted plain spotted striped bracelet

chain
adjectives (patterns)
dressed bag
earring(s)
design fashionable jewellery/jewelry backpack
necklace
dress fit handbag
ring
fasten latest things you carry keys
watch
fit loose purse

fold medium umbrella

go (with/together) Clothes neat Accessories wallet

knit adjectives nice

verbs belt
match old-fashioned
glasses
put on plain
things you wear make-up
suit smart
perfume
take off stylish
sunglasses
try on tight

undress uncomfortable

wear (out) well-dressed

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COLOURS

black

blue

brown

gold

golden

green bright

grey/gray colourful

navy blue colours Colours describing colours dark

orange light

pink pale

purple

red

silver

white

yellow

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COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
access address
adjectives electronic
battery at/@
cable by post
correspondence
comment delivery
connection click document
Communication and
contact digital technology connect dot
data contact email
download copy enquiry
file delete envelope
fault delivery fax
information drag mail
technology (IT)
other nouns
download message
memory
enter regards
parcel
install reply
password
verbs print send
photocopy
receive sign
program
share signature
robot
sign up stamp
software
switch on text
update
turn off text message
upload
turn on type
virus
turn up
volume
update

upload

visit

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COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY answer

answerphone
camera
call
CD
audio and visual phone calls chat
CD player
conversation
disc/disk Communication and
digital technology dial
(remote) control calculator
engaged
digital camera computer
give someone a ring
DVD disk
hang up
DVD player hardware
app equipment message
MP3 player online keyboard
blog mobile (phone)/cell phone
photo server laptop
blogger phone
photograph site mouse
chatroom put through
podcast social media the internet PC
homepage ring back
selfie web printer
information ring up
video web page screen
link smartphone
video clip website software
net talk
webcam speaker
network telephone
tablet
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COUNTIES, LANGUAGES AND NATIONALITIES

country language nationality

Australia English Australian

Canada English Canadian

Ireland English Irish

New Zealand English New Zealander

United Kingdom English British

United States English American

Argentina Spanish Argentinian

Brazil Portuguese Brazilian

China Chinese Chinese

France French French

Germany German German

India Hindi, Bengali, English, Punjabi, etc. Indian

Italy Italian Italian

Japan Japanese Japanese

Poland Polish Polish

Portugal Portuguese Portuguese

Spain Spanish Spanish

Turkey Turkish Turkish

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DIRECTIONS east

left
eastern
north
face-to-face
northeast
far
northwest
left-hand
adjectives direction right
northern
south area
right-hand
southeast block
cross southern
southwest bridge
follow western
Directions straight centre/center
go
west corner
lead verbs
crossing
locate
behind district
pass
close to path
turn
in front of road
prepositions landmarks
near roundabout

next to square

opposite street

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EDUCATION advanced

absent beginner

break up clever elementary

adjectives levels
communicate historic intermediate

encourage historical level attention

explain incorrect attitude

fail intelligent other nouns communication

hand in stupid cross

hand out difficulty

Education
inform blackboard experiment

influence verbs board explanation

know book grammar

classmate
learn bookcase grant
coach
look up bookshelf (for) instance
examiner
mark desk knowledge
headteacher
mean dictionary mark
instructor people
note eraser meaning
professor
practise equipment ink method
pupil
pronounce notebook permission
reader
read noticeboard practice
schoolchild
remember pen pronunciation
student
revise pencil question
teacher
study pencil case revision

teach rubber teaching

tick ruler tick

translate textbook translation

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EDUCATION bell

diagram break

essay class
history battle
certificate handwriting grade
written texts
course note homework
curriculum project instructions
degree review the learning day lecture
exam/examination
lesson
qualification official things
research
register
studies
registration Education
art
result
biology
term
chemistry
test
drama
subjects
timetable
economics

accent geography

alphabet language history

learning
consonant IT

correction classroom language

phrase college literature

places
rule laboratory (lab) maths/mathematics/math

sense library music

tense primary school nature studies

topic school physics

vocabulary secondary school science

vowel university technology

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ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS AND MEDIA chat show/talk show drum

ballet nouns role documentary guitar

events/performances
concert programme flute album
actor television
competition series instrument classical
anniversary
actress
dance soap opera keyboard disco
birthday
film maker people: film
date piano folk
ceremony
film star musical instruments
disco trumpet hip hop
gift
movie star
exhibition violin hit
graduation
festival
celebrations Entertainment, events and media jazz
invitation
music
fireworks artist live
invite
people: creative
lottery comic cartoon musical
occasion
band film
magic clown comedy opera
party
DJ/disc jockey
play dancer people: music hero pop
present
group
production painter fun heroine rap
surprise
guitarist
show photographer lively horror rock
wedding
musician adjectives
take place original superhero song
orchestra
realistic thriller soul
rap artist
social western tune
singer
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ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS AND MEDIA board game admission

celebrity cards/card game audience

ad famous people
presenter chess exit
advert
mass media
drawing interval
advertisement
pastimes
film and
photography performance
article theatre

cinema reading row

book

disco(theque) Entertainment, events and media singing scene

channel

gallery video game screen

cartoon
places advertise
museum verbs soundtrack
film
act other nouns
excitement
magazine nightclub
graphics
news row (of seats)
verbs, other verbs, creative
imagination
newspaper stage
create inspire attend joke
joke
photography studio
dance paint celebrate laugh
other nightlife
radio theatre/theater
draw perform clap listen
recording
television/TV enjoy look at
entertain record
review
film sing give practise
trick
go out read
version
imagine watch
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

flood
public transport
global warming
recycle
litter
problems solutions recycled
pollution
recycling
rubbish
volunteer
traffic jam

Environmental issues

action

energy
reduce
environment
throw away verbs other nouns
fire
waste
petrol/gas

population

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EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES
DVD
machine industry
MP3

camera entertainment radio alarm clock

computer television/TV clock

digital camera video cooker

headphones personal electric

laptop electricity

mobile (phone)/cell phone fridge/refrigerator

PC (personal computer) Equipment and appliances gas

household heating
plug other nouns
lamp

lights

break microwave

fix oven
verbs
mend phone

repair broken telephone

adjectives
working washing machine

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FOOD AND DRINK fork
bread ingredients/store cupboard frying pan
bread roll kettle
apple barbecue
cereal knife
banana fruit and nuts Food and drink utensils breakfast
chilli pan
coconut course
flour saucepan
grape dessert
herb scissors
lemon beef
honey dinner
spoon
mango chicken preparation and cooking
jam fast food

melon cod bake grill

oil meals lunch

orange duck barbecue grilled

pasta lunchtime

peach fish boil microwave

pepper amount main course

peanut lamb meat and fish boiled mix

rice bit picnic

pear salmon cook peel quantities

salt bunch refreshments

pineapple sausage cut raw

sauce drop takeaway

strawberry steak cut up recipe

spice piece tea

tomato tuna freeze roast

sugar pile snack
turkey fried slice
vanilla slice supper
fry stir
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FOOD AND DRINK bean

frozen broccoli
vegetables
bottle hungry cabbage
adjectives burger
bite
bowl tasty carrot
chewing gum/gum
drink
box thirsty chilli
chips
eat
can vegetarian corn
verbs curry
containers, vessels feed
cover cucumber
French fries
lay (a table)
cup garlic
olive
coffee pour
dish lettuce
omelette
cola Food and drink serve
glass mushroom
pie
juice drinks
jar dishes/snacks onion
pizza
lemonade
jug pea
biscuit sweets/desserts bitter salad
liquid
mug pepper
cake disgusting sandwich
mineral water butter
packet potato
candy flavour sausage
sparkling water cheese
plate salad
chocolate taste
cream spicy soup
tea
pot spinach
cookie salty toast
water eggs
saucer dairy
ice cream sour
ice milk
tin
sweet sweet
yoghurt
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HEALTH AND MEDICINE blood nightmare

body smoking

exercise dream tear symptoms

blind fit other nouns ache problem

wellness
deaf health bleed sick

disabled well break shock

Illness and injury
fit cough sore (throat)

healthy adjectives verbs cry spot

ill break feel cut stomach ache

miserable cold breathe get fit earache stress

painful dead brush help fever temperature

illnesses/conditions
stressed depression check hurt headache tired

stressful disease clean recover hurt toothache

tiring flu chemist cry sleep injure weak

unfit illness dentist cure smoke pain

unhealthy stress doctor (Dr) people die suffer

unwell virus nurse dream wash

well patient fall

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HEALTH AND MEDICINE
aspirin

accident ambulance appointment emergency bandage

clean
brush hospital
cure
comb
effect
perfume
medicine
powder
lie down
shampoo
operate
shave personal care Treatment and medicine treatment and advice
operation
soap
pill
tissue
prescription
toothbrush
relax
toothpaste
physical aids rest
tube of toothpaste
suggestion
glasses (walking) stick wheelchair
tablet

take care of

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HOBBIES, GAMES AND LEISURE
camping

cycling
bicycle ball
camp
dancing
camera balloon
collect
drawing
ice skates equipment toys and games chess
cycle
game
paint doll
dance
hobby
tent kite
draw
ice hockey
go out
ice skating
guess
verbs Hobbies, games and leisure leisure activities/hobbies interest
interest
painting
paint
photography
photograph
puzzle
play bar
quiz
shop campsite
habit shopping
swim nouns places park
pleasure swimmer
walk playground
swimming
swimming pool
walking

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HOME blanket alarm (smoke/fire) accommodation

carpet key home security/safety address

curtain lock apartment

cushion apartment building

Home
duvet block (of flats)
soft furnishings home
armchair pillow cabin
objects/other nouns
bed rug cottage balcony
alarm clock ladder
bookcase sheet flat ceiling
antique lamp
bookshelf table-cloth house downstairs
basket light bulb
cabinet towel property entrance
bell object
chair floor
bin picture
chest of drawers hall
bucket plug
cupboard lift/elevator
furniture bulb poster parts of the home
desk roof
candle rubbish
seat stairs
clock stuff
sofa upstairs
drawer thing
table wall
dustbin / trash can vase
wardrobe window
heater
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HOME garage bathroom

cooker garden bedroom

dishwasher outside the home gate dining room

freezer hut rooms kitchen

fridge/refrigerator path living room

DVD player appliances sitting room

basin hairdryer toilet

air conditioning
bath/bathtub iron
central heating
door oven

Home electricity
light washing machine
services fuel
pipe
fittings
gas
shelf antique
decorate heating
shower comfortable
knock water
sink cosy

tap live
electric
verbs
toilet rent
adjectives/adverbs electrical
repair
indoor/indoors
stay
outdoor/outdoors

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LAW AND ORDER
dangerous
court
forbidden
Law and order places police station
honest
prison/jail
peaceful

prohibited adjectives criminal

safe customs officer

scary attack detective

things

serious break in guard

behaviour rescue
shocking frighten judge
courage security
identify lawyer
crime shame
kill people pirate
damage shock
lie verbs police
description situation
rob policeman
fear solution
search police officer
fight trouble
solve prisoner
gun truth
steal spy
lie uniform
trust thief
peace warning
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MATERIALS AND TEXTURE

cardboard

fur

Materials and texture glass

golden gold

rough leather

shiny metal
adjectives materials
smooth paper

sticky plastic

wooden silver

tin
made from/of/out of
verbs wood
make
wool

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MEASUREMENTS AND SHAPES day

circle gram(me)/g half

depth
round shapes weight kilogram(me)/kg hour
height
square load minute
length
moment
lots/lots of
Measurements and shapes
nouns time quarter
quantity
enormous second
speed
flat sunrise
unit
large size sunset
weight cold
little week
adjectives
deep
tiny year
centimetre/centimeter/cm flat
volume litre/l
inch high

kilometre/kilometer/km hot
temperature degree
metre/meter distance long

mile dozen narrow

measure
millimetre/millimeter/mm verbs number few thick
weigh
yard less wide

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MONEY
cash

afford dollar cent

buy euro currency/currencies money/coins change

account
cost pound note pay
bank account
deposit penny pence
banking
earn price
bill
exchange receipt
buyer
hire reward
verbs Money nouns cashpoint
lend salary
cost
owe tax
credit
pay tip
exchange rate
rise value
fee
save wages
cheap loan
sell
financial cheque
spend adjectives alternatives to cash
valuable credit card

worth

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NUMBERS fraction

half zero

percentage (one/a) hundred

one Statistics 0; 100; 1,000; 1,000,000
point (one/a) thousand
two
quarter (one/a) million
three
third add
four Numbers
addition
five
1–10 other words count
six
divide
seven
eleven figure
eight twenty
twelve maximum
nine thirty
thirteen minimum
ten forty
fourteen minus
fifty
fifteen 11–19 20–90 multiply
sixty
sixteen plus
seventy
seventeen subtract
eighty
eighteen sum
ninety
nineteen take away

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PARTS OF THE BODY

glance Parts of the body brain

hear cheek

listen the face and head chin

look ear
verbs
see eye
the body
slip face

smell ankle heart hair

speak arm heel head

touch back knee lip

blood leg mouth

breath bone neck neck
sense elbow shoulder nose
nouns
sight finger skin throat
voice foot stomach tongue

hand thumb tooth/teeth

head toe

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PEOPLE, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND APPEARANCE
adjectives: personality/feelings/qualities
age beard curly-haired moustache
other words
aged nouns: appearance positive negative

birth charming jealous

born aunt People, family, friends cheerful lazy

and appearance
childhood daughter easy-going lonely
boy
death girl friendly moody
boyfriend
elder girlfriend generous nervous
brother
friendship granddaughter gentle proud
dad
generation grandma independent rude
father
greeting grandmother female relatives kind selfish
granddad/grandad
granny male relatives
ID polite shy
grandfather
ID card/identity card mother cousin responsible silly
grandpa
life mum family sociable unfriendly
grandson
poor niece grandchild wise unkind
female or male husband
sister relatives
rich grandparent
nephew
sex wife parent
son
welcome twin
uncle
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PEOPLE, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND APPEARANCE boyfriend
guest
hang out bride
attraction love
promise neighbour
hate crowd
couple marriage
recognise partner
adult foreigner
date married look like
retire penfriend
baby friend
happiness marry love
smile stranger
child girlfriend
honeymoon partner meet
visitor
guy groom
hug romance verbs
human other people
kiss wedding
kid
relationships
People, family, friends
lady and appearance adjectives: appearance

man people bald handsome

mate beauty middle-aged

person names/titles blond(e) old

public Dr Ms curly-haired slim

other adjectives
relation first name Mr cute tall
familiar
teenager initial Mrs romantic elderly thin
fond
woman Madam sir single fair ugly
middle-aged
youth Miss surname unmarried fat young
pregnant
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SHOPS AND SHOPPING basket

checkout on sale
agency shops/services
choice opening hours
barber
buy complaint price
bookshop
change customer service product
bookstore
choose discount range
chemist
verbs
collect display sale
department store
complain
Shops and shopping item second-hand
drugstore
display label shopping
grocery store
exchange cheap logo variety
haircut
get convenient other words
hairdresser
go shopping dear
mall (shopping)
refund expensive
market
reserve half-price adjectives people
pharmacy
sell local assistant customer
stall
serve luxury baker salesman/saleswoman
store
spend reasonable barber shop assistant
supermarket
try on self-service butcher
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SPORT championship competition contest match race

athlete
events
verbs
coach
people
competitor aim race

cyclist Sport catch ride

diver challenge run

bottom
fan winning and losing adjectives keen cheat sail
champion
footballer climb score
defence equipment
(goal)keeper compete shoot
goal
instructor bat racket dive skate
lose
member effort bicycle rope enter (a competition) ski
nouns
luck
player entry bike skateboard hit surf
prize
reserve fitness boat snowboard jog swim
record
rider membership football surfboard join take part
score
runner session kit swimming costume/bathing suit jump throw
versus/v
supporter start locker swimsuit kick train
win
trainer step net tracksuit play walk
winner
winner technique pump trainers practise watch
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SPORT
league
beach
baseball side groups
changing room
basketball team places
club
cricket
court
football
Sport athletics gym
golf
ball games badminton pitch
hockey
climbing pool
rugby
diving cycling sports centre
soccer
fishing extreme sport stadium
squash
ice skating gymnastics swimming pool
table tennis
sailing sports/physical activities jogging track
tennis
skating motor racing
volleyball water, snow and ice sports
skiing running

snowboarding training

surfing walking

swimming workout

windsurfing yoga

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THE NATURAL WORLD giant natural
wing

ant adjectives parts of an animal

bull creature
bee
calf general nouns nature
bug
camel species
insects
butterfly
cat
fly wild animals
cattle
mosquito bear monkey
cow
bird mouse/mice
dog
Natural world – dolphin parrot
goat domestic animals and pets branch
animals and plants
donkey penguin
horse crop
duck rabbit
kitten flower
autumn/fall
elephant shark
lamb grass
spring plants
seasons fish snake
pig grow (v)
summer
frog tiger
puppy leaf
winter
giraffe whale
rabbit air rose
other nouns kangaroo wildlife
sheep dinosaur verbs tree
lion zebra
monster
grow hunt kill pick plant

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THE NATURAL WORLD
coast
moon forest jungle rainforest wood
lake shore
planet
areas of trees ocean stream
sky
river waterfall
space
the solar system/space sea wave
star
areas of water
sun
Natural world
universe – places

world natural features

bay island
border
Africa beach mountain
campsite
Antarctica cave peak
canal
Asia cliff region
farm
Australia continents country rock
manmade features field
Europe countryside sand
harbour
North America desert seaside
path
South America ground stone
port
hill valley
village
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TIME AND THE CALENDAR ago never ages month

afternoon noon appointment always occasionally century period

a.m. overnight birthday annual rarely day second

evening p.m. calendar daily sometimes fortnight week

midday today date other nouns frequently weekly hour weekday

midnight tomorrow diary frequency minute weekend

morning tonight future moment year

Time and the calendar
night yesterday routine periods of time

a day

a year dates

January September a week first ninth

February October early adjectives Monday Saturday second tenth

March November late Tuesday Sunday third eleventh

April December on time Wednesday weekday fourth twelfth

May spring recent Thursday weekend fifth thirteenth/fourteenth, etc.

June summer Friday six twentieth/thirtieth

telling the time
July autumn seventh twenty-first, twenty-second, etc.

August winter clock half past o’clock quarter to/past watch eighth

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TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AND HOLIDAYS
road and rail transport ambulance
Transport, travel and holidays
bus
boarding pass paperwork and officialdom
driving brake
cab
brochure
aeroplane air and water transport boot/trunk
roads bridge car
check-in
airline crash
activity types of holidays crossing coach
customs
boat driving licence
adventure crossroads lorry
duty-free
canal map
arrival airport nouns motorway motorbike
backpacking
ID
ferry mirror
baggage pavement motorcycle
camping
ID card
helicopter oil
booking roundabout railway
cruise
identity card
jet petrol/gas
departure street scooter
expedition
immigration
plane abroad route
flight tunnel service
sailing
passport
rocket cultural seat belt
gate traffic subway
sightseeing
reservation
ship custom signpost
queue traffic light taxi
tour
return (ticket)
spaceship due traffic
trip vehicle train
ticket other words
wing far tyre
way tram
visa
international wheel
truck
situated windscreen
van
via
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backpacker customs officer driver explorer guest passenger pedestrian tour guide tourist visitor

people
background

scenery landscape Transport, travel and holidays

view verbs

places in cities other nouns

verbs, travel verbs, other
airport harbour announcement engine
arrive hire accompany leave
border location (book in) advance experience
board hitchhike book (in advance) pack
bus station petrol/gas station arrangement journey
brake hold up cancel set off
bus stop platform backpack limit
check in land come set out
capital (city) port booking luggage
check out miss complete stop
car park/parking lot reception booking office relaxation
crash park confirm sunbathe
city resort case sign
delay ride explore unpack
country station culture souvenir
depart sail fill visit
destination town facilities suitcase
drive take off hike
embassy underground fare tourism
fly travel
garage flag

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WEATHER
dry cold

sun cool
summer weather temperature
sunny degree(s)

sunshine heat

hot

ice mild

icy winter weather warm

snow

Weather

other words wind and rain

climate (weather) forecast breeze thunder

cloud freezing lightning thunderstorm

cloudy humid rain wet

fog shade shower windy

foggy shadow storm

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WORK, GENERAL generic job titles assistant

boss
finance accountant
apply verbs
Work, general
businessman

arrest other nouns (work)

business businesswoman

babysit ability meeting business person

charity
places of work
defend achievement occupation director
company
dig ambition presentation employee
department
earn dirt duty profession employer
desk
other nouns
employ dust career qualification expert
factory (chores)
invent mess conference skill instructor
firm
manage contract speech manager
office
organise candidate diary strike owner
organisation other nouns
(people)
quit colleague discovery success professional
section
rescue leader employment talent receptionist

retire volunteer farming trade secretary

rule crew fire unemployment staff

set up team collective nouns invention work worker

vote union job

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election criminal judge
architect
government prince crime lawyer
astronaut explorer
king princess customs officer pirate
captain farmer
politician queen detective policeman
coach model
president vote guard police officer
diver pilot
politics/government law actor
driver shop assistant
clown
other jobs performers
dentist musician

doctor (Dr) health workers Work, jobs and professions singer

nurse hospitality and

chef
tourism jobs
engineer cook
creative and media jobs
mechanic guide
science, technology
military actor painter
and industry jobs
scientist tour guide
air force gun actress photographer
vet firefighter travel agent
public
army officer artist poet
servants
headteacher waiter/waitress
bomb soldier author reporter
postman
defence war designer writer
teacher
enemy journalist
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dusty part-time

efficient out-of-work

full-time scientific

guilty talented

messy unemployed

adjectives

housework
babysitter
ironing
chores Work, jobs and professions home workers cleaner
tidy up
housewife
washing up/to wash up

getting a job

application form opportunity

CV/curriculum vitae qualified

decision salary

diploma wages

interview

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advertisement
composition verbs tear (a piece of paper)
article
email published texts
Stationery, books, biography
handwriting written texts documents and texts
book
writing a text
letter
chapter
list beginning page
comic
message bill comma paragraph
contents
note card stationery certificate conclusion plan
guidebook
project diary contract cross out reason
official headline
documents
text ink diploma detail(s) sentence
bestseller issue
notebook form ending spell
mystery magazine
notepaper ID/identification example spelling
novel menu
paper/a sheet of paper ID card/identity card fact title
literature and newspaper
poem
fiction
pen licence full stop underline
poetry notice
pencil passport introduction word
science questionnaire
pencil case fiction record line write
textbook
postcard story report list write down

scissors thriller ticket mistake

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Adverbs and adjectives Adverbs and prepositions
alone nearby about beside
first next above down
free only across in
late still after inside
later straight along off
least around on
before over
below up

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opinions quality/attribute
amazing brilliant favourite perfect acceptable clear exact hopeless own
attractive crazy horrible pleasant accurate close excited important popular
awesome delicious impressed pretty active closed experienced impossible possible
awful disappointing interesting terrible alive comfortable extra incredible quick
beautiful enjoyable lovely wonderful alone common false kind quiet
best excellent mad worse amusing complicated famous last ready
better exciting nasty worst ancient confusing fast late real
boring fantastic nice wrong asleep correct final latest short
available crowded following lazy simple
feelings average cruel foreign left-handed soft
awake curious former limited spare
afraid confident exhausted sorry
bad damaged fresh local special
amazed confused glad strange
basic dangerous frequent lost strong
angry delighted grateful unhappy
better deep friendly loud sure
anxious disappointed happy upset
blank different frightening low tidy
ashamed fine interested worried
bold difficult full lucky true
bored frightened pleased
brand new direct funny magnificent unusual
brave embarrassed sad
brief dirty further main useful
calm excited scared
broad double furthest marvellous usual
broken dry good missing various
ability size/number burning dull gorgeous modern well-known
able big busy early hard national whole
slow few careful easy heavy negative wild
successful small careless embarrassing healthy new written
useful central empty hidden noisy wrong
certain essential high normal
challenging equal hopeful open
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manner other adverbs
absolutely exactly hopefully seriously alone else otherwise
aloud face to face how sincerely also how personally
badly fairly however slowly altogether however same
carefully fortunately immediately somehow anyway instead (of) well done
certainly (not) fully loudly suddenly apart no why
clearly generally luckily terribly apart from not yes
curiously incredibly normally together as well of course (not)
definitely happily obviously typically away off
directly hard quickly unfortunately
easily hardly quietly urgently degree
especially honestly safely
actually maybe rather
alike nearly really
time and frequency place almost particularly reasonably
afterwards just sometimes ahead approximately partly slightly
again lately soon anywhere even perfectly too
already meanwhile still away extremely perhaps totally
anymore now then backwards indeed possibly very
ever nowadays twice everywhere least probably
finally occasionally usually forwards likely quite
first often when here
first of all once yet nowhere
forever previously out
immediately shortly somewhere
there
where

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greetings/salutations formal words disappointment, surprise and pleasure informal words agreement
bye pardon congratulations hi cool all right/alright
cheers please cool oh thanks of course
good afternoon thank you hey oh dear! wow OK/okay
goodbye welcome you know yeah!
good evening well
good morning
good night
hello
hey
hi

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Modal verbs
can
could
have got to
have to
may
might
must
ought
shall
should
will
would

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PHRASAL VERBS

break call carry fill get give go

break down call for carry on fill in get along give back go for
break in call in carry out fill up get back give in go off
get down give out go on
get in give up go out
get off give way
get on (with)
get rid of
get up

keep look on others put turn up

keep in look after base on be over put away turn down bring up
keep on look after come on deal with put down turn into end up
keep up look for depend on find out put off turn up grow up
look forward to try on knock down put out pick up
look out lie down put up split up
run out take up
sit down wake up
stay behind
work out

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place Prepositional phrases Conjunctions

against between outside according to in love although unless

among/amongst beyond over at all in pencil and whenever
at by round at first in order because wherever
behind next to under at last in order to even though whether
beneath on underneath at least in the end if while/whilst
beside opposite upon at one in time or while
at present in two though
at the same time on board
direction
because of on business Conjunctions and prepositions
along onto toward(s) by accident on fire
from through as except
by hand on foot
into to but than
by mistake on holiday
by name on purpose
time due to on request
in advance out of date
at for since
in fact out of order
by on till
in front of up to
during past until
in half up to date
in ink
other prepositions
as well (as) minus regarding
by of with
despite out of within
including per without
like plus

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personal pronouns possessive adjectives/determiners possessive pronoun reflexive pronouns
he them her our hers ours herself ourselves
him they his their his theirs himself themselves
I us its your mine yours itself yourself
it we my myself
me you
she

indefinite pronoun pronoun and determiner determiners determiners and pronouns

anybody none another one a/an every all no
anyone no one any several all the time such all kinds of one
anything nothing both some double the all sorts of other
everybody somebody each these another several
everyone someone either this both some
everything something enough those any these
nobody many who each this
much whose less those
neither many what
more which
most whose

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Nouns
advantage hole pity
apology idea position
argument importance power
difference inquiry purpose
disadvantage lack secret
discussion load silence
edge matter sort
end mind spite (in spite of)
favour noise user
finish opinion wish
frame order zone
gap part

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VERBS
movement other verbs
appear begin fight increase sit achieve carry fill make
approach blow finish move stand add change find make sure
arrive bring float pass stop allow choose finish matter
attach disappear flow point turn arrange collect gain meet
attack drop follow pull assist come get need
avoid escape handle push attempt come back get back prepare
beat explode hit return attract consist give put
become fetch hurry shut be contain give back receive
become continue Guess what? record
thinking and perception begin cover hang repeat
behave cry happen share
accept decide feel like like sound (sounds
belong decrease have start
admire dislike focus (on) mean good)
benefit defeat hide steal
believe doubt forget mind suppose
bomb defend hold take
blame enjoy hope prefer/would think
borrow deserve improve take part
concentrate expect ignore prefer understand
bother develop include tell
consider fancy intend seem want
bring destroy join try
worry
bring back disappoint keep use
build discover lend wait
communication burn disturb let wake
admit apologise declare excuse say bury end limit
advise approve demand explain shout care exist look
affect argue describe forgive suggest
agree ask discuss greet thank
announce compare disagree interrupt
annoy convince enquire mention

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