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assessment
49 Assess (performance) assess assessor to assess performance/skills
50 Assign assign assignment reading assignment to hand out / hand in an assignment
to assume that + sentence to make
51 Assume assume assumption assumptions about sth
52 Attach attach attachment to attach sth to sth to open the attachment
attempt to do stg attempt
at doing stg attempted
53 Attempt attempt attempt attempted murder/ suicide
attitude towards sth the writer's attitude towards sth --- have a
54 Attitude attitude positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction to/towards sb
to be/look attractive very/extremely
attractive to find sb attractive to make
attraction attractive sb/sth attractive
55 Attract attract attractiveness unattractive attractively
56 Audience audience
57 Autonomy autonomous
58 Average average
avoidable
59 Avoid avoid unavoidable to avoid sth to be (un)avoidable
wake
60 Awake wake up awake to be/lie awake
to be/look awkward very awkward an awkward
61 Awkward awkward question
62 Backwards backwards to walk backwards
63 Bacteria bacteria bacterial harmful/beneficial bacteria bacterial infections
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92 Brand brand
93 Breast breast to breast feed
to breathe in/out to take a
94 Breath breathe breath deep breath to hold your breath
95 Brilliant brilliance brilliant brilliantly
broadcast
96 Broadcast broadcast broadcast to broadcast live a news broadcast
97 Bucket bucket a bucket of water
98 Budget budget annual budget
building
99 Builder build builder to build a house/wall
bully
100 Bully bully bullying
101 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter
102 Button button button to button your coat
103 Cage cage a bird cage
calculation
calculate miscalculation
104 Calculate miscalculate calculator to calculate accurately an accurate/exact calculation
105 Canal canal the Panama Canal
106 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation
107 Capable/incapable (of) capability capable/incapable have capability be capable of doing something
108 Cash cash cash cash a check
categorize into put
109 Category categorize category stg into a category
110 Cave cave a deep/large cave to explore a cave
111 Ceiling ceiling a high/low ceiling
an exam certificate
112 Certificate certificate a marriage/death/birth certificate
113 Challenge challenge challenge challenging to challenge sb to be extremely/very challenging
to have little chance of doing sth
to get a chance to do sth to give sb a chance to do sth
114 Chance chance to do sth by chance
115 Chapter chapter chapter of a book chapter in history
116 Charge (money) charge to charge money
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consider considerate
146 Consider/Reconsider reconsider inconsiderate to consider carefully/seriously to consider doing sth
147 Contain contain container
148 Context context
to have a contract long-term/short-term contract
149 Contract contract permanent contract
to contribute to sth to make a contribution an
150 Contribute (to) contribute contribution important/big/major contribution
convenience convenient
151 Convenient inconvenience inconvenient
convinced to convince that + sentence to convince sb to do
152 Convince convince convincing sth to be convinced that + sentence
153 Cookie cookie
154 Cotton cotton
155 Cough cough cough a bad cough cough medicine
to encourage sb to do sth to have the
courage courage to do sth
156 Courage encourage encouragement courageous to need encouragement from sb---to be courageous
cover
157 Cover uncover coverage media coverage
to criticize heavily to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
criticism harsh/heavy/serious criticism
158 Criticize criticize critic critical critically critical thinking
159 Crop crop to grow/produce crop agricultural crop
160 Cue cue
161 Cuisine cuisine Mexican cuisine
curable to cure completely to develop/discover cure an
162 Cure cure cure incurable effective cure to be (in)curable
to have curiosity out of curiosity to be
163 Curious curiosity curious curiously curious about sth to look curiously
164 Current current currently
curricular
165 Curriculum curriculum extracurricular extracurricular activity
166 Cushion cushion soft cushion
167 Custom (tradition) custom
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define
177 Define/Redefine redefine definition
178 Degree degree to have a degree in a field Master's degree
179 Deliver deliver delivery
to demand that + sentence a demand for sth
180 Demand demand demand demanding to be demanding
dependable
dependence dependent
181 Depend (on) depend independence independent to depend on sth to be dependent on sb
182 Destination destination destination point
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invention
348 Invent invent inventor
visible
349 Invisible invisible to be visible to the naked eye
350 Involve involve involvement
responsibility responsible
351 Irresponsible/Responsible irresponsibility irresponsible to be responsible for sth
352 Item item
353 Jealous jealousy jealous to cause jealousy to be jealous of sb/sth
to joke about sth to make a
354 Joke joke joke joke
355 Joy joy joyful joyful news
junior high junior year junior
356 Junior junior football club
357 Keen keen to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard to give sb a
358 Kick kick kick kick
to knit a jumper to do knitting
359 Knit knit knitting hand/machine knitting
360 Knock (on the door) knock knock to knock on the door to knock sb down
knowledgeable to know very well to have great knowledge
361 Knowledge know knowledge unknown / known to be knowledgeable about sth
to lack confidence lack of
362 Lack lack lack food/money
to change lane the
363 Lane lane inside/middle/outside lane the fast/slow lane
364 Last last
late
365 Later later late to be late for work/class/school
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immortal
most
402 Mostly mostly
403 Motivate motivate motivation motivated poor, low motivation, lack, lose motivation
404 Movement move movement to move to another room/country
405 Mud mud to be covered in mud a mud hut
406 Muscle muscle
407 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously an unsolved mystery to disappear mysteriously
408 Narrow narrow a narrow lane/street a narrow escape
nasty weather nasty
language nasty living
409 Nasty nasty conditions
nation national
410 Nation nationality international to create a new nation to have dual nationality
411 Natural nature natural to be natural natural beauty
naughty child
412 Naughty naughty naughty jokes
neighbour next-door neighbours a friendly neighbourhood a
413 Neighbour neighbourhood poor/middle-class neighbourhood
neither
414 Neither/Nor nor neither X nor Y
415 Nest nest a bird's nest
416 Network network a rail/road network a large network of friends
417 Northern north northern the North Pole
418 Note note note to note carefully to leave a note to sb a Post-it note
to notice that + sentence to take any notice of sb's advice
419 Notice notice notice noticeable a noticeable difference
nutrient nutrient
420 Nutrient nutrition nutricious
obey obedience obedient
421 Obey disobey disobedience disobedient an obedient child/dog
422 Objective objective to achieve an objective
423 Obvious obvious obviously It's obvious that + sentence
424 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally a special occasion to meet occasionally
425 Ocean ocean ocean current
426 Old-fashioned old-fashioned old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity to miss an
427 Opportunity opportunity opportunity a unique/golden opportunity
oral presentation
428 Oral oral oral hygene
429 Ordinary ordinary ordinary life an ordinary day
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organic food
430 Organic organic organically organic farmic
431 Organism organism complex organism
to organise a meeting/wedding to organise
organised successfully/badly a large/voluntary organiation
432 Organisation organise organisation disorganised to be very organised
433 Original original originally to have original ideas
an outbreak of flu a serious outbreak
434 Outbreak outbreak outbreak occurs
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471 Poverty poverty poor reduce, eliminate poverty extreme, severe, widespread, rural, urban poverty
472 Praise praise praise to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence to pray silently/regularly
473 Pray pray prayer to say a prayer
474 Precise precise precisely to be precise about sth
to predict correctly/successfully to make predictions about
475 Predict predict prediction predictable sth to be predictable
a normal/difficult pregnancy pregnancy test
476 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant to be/become pregnant
presentation
477 Presentation present presenter to give a presentation an interesting/short presentation
to be under pressure to put sb under pressure to
478 Pressure pressure cope with pressure to put pressure on somebody
to prevent accidents/crime to prevent sb from doing sth
479 Prevent prevent prevention preventable a preventable disease
480 Pride pride proud proudly to have pride to be proud of sb
481 Priest priest a Catholic priest
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respectful/
disrespectful to respect deeply/greatly to show
539 Respect respect respect respected respect for sb to have deep/great respect
540 Respond respond response to respond quickly a great response
541 Resource resource resourceful financial, limited, natural resources
542 Revise revise revision to revise notes to need a lot of revision to do revision
543 Rhythm rhythm slow/fast rhythm
544 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously to be/look/sound ridiculous
545 Rise rise rise to rise dramatically/sharply a rise in sth
546 Roll (the ball) roll to roll the ball
547 Roof roof
548 Root root deep/shallow root
549 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
550 Royal royalty royal the royal family
551 Rubbish rubbish to put the rubbish out rubbish bin
552 Rug rug
to set out rules to obey/follow rules to break
553 Rule rule the rules
554 Runner run runner to run fast a fast/good runner
555 Salary salary to pay/earn salary good/high/low salary
556 Saucer saucer
scene
557 Scenery scenery beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular scenery
558 Scissors scissors
559 Score score score high/low score
to scratch badly to have a scratch a scratch
560 Scratch scratch scratch mark
561 Scream scream scream to scream loudly
562 Screen screen
563 Section section
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slave
592 Slave slavery
593 Sleeve sleeve to roll your sleeves up
594 Slip slip
595 Smell smell smell to have a nice/sweet smell
soap
596 Soap soap opera a bar of soap
to be/look soft a soft pillow to speak
597 Softly soft softly softly
to solve a problem to solve a mystery/puzzle a
598 Solution solve solution solution to the problem
599 Somehow somehow
speech
600 Speaker speak speaker a brilliant/good speaker
601 Species species endangered/extinct species
602 Specific specific specifically a specific example
603 Speed speed speed limit maximum speed
604 Spice spice spicy to add spice to be/smell/taste spicy
to spread fast/rapidly to encourage/prevent/limit spread
605 Spread spread spread great/gradual/rapid/slow spread
606 Squeeze squeeze
to go through a stage a difficult/critical stage
607 Stage stage to be on stage
608 Statement state statement to state that + sentence to make a statement about sth
609 Status status to have/acquire status great/high status
610 Stereotype stereotype stereotype stereotypical popular/common/gender/racial stereotype
611 Stick stick stick
612 Stock (Market) stock stock market
613 Stuff stuff stuff
614 Stupid stupid to be/look stupid
615 Style style
616 Sub sub-
successful
617 Succeed succeed success unsuccessful successfully to achieve/have success to be successful at/in sth
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web
686 Web website spider's web to design a website
to weigh carefully to be about average height and weight
687 Weigh weigh weight to lose a bit of weight
688 Weird weird to feel/sound weird
wheel
689 Wheel wheelchair to use a wheelchair
690 Wide wide widely a wide river/road to vary widely
691 Widespread widespread widespread support/ acceptance/criticism
692 Wind wind strong/terrible wind wind to blow
to wish to do sth / to wish desperately / to have/express a wish / strong/last
693 wish wish wish wish
694 Wood wood wooden a piece of wood a wooden chair
695 worldwide worldwide worldwide to be sold worldwide
696 Worth worth to be worth it
to wrap firmly/tightly to wrap in a blanket
697 Wrap wrap wrap to wrap a present
698 Yard yard
699 Yawn yawn yawn
700 Zone zone military/restricted zone
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