Word list

Note: the numbers show which page the word or phrase first appears on in the unit.
abrupt adj (18) describes something that is sudden and pile n (19) an amount of a substance in the shape of a small hill or a number of objects on top of each other rush n (19) sudden, quick movement simultaneously adv (22) happening or existing at the

unexpected, and often unpleasant

clamber v (18) to climb up, across or into somewhere with difficulty, using the hands and the feet commit

v (22) to do something illegal or something that v (22) to try to be more successful than

same time
straw n (19) the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the ground for animals to lie on sum up v (18) to describe the important facts about something briefly triviality n (18) something that is not important urge v (18) to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing venture

is considered wrong
compete

someone or something else

consistent adj (22) always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way disappoint v (21) to make someone feel unhappy beca use

something or someone was not as good as they had expected or beca use something did not happen
distract v (21) to make someone stop giving their

attention to something
exhaust

v (19) to risk going somewhere or doing

something that might be dangerous or unpleasant

v (21) to make someone feel extremely tired

fantasise v (19) to imagine something that you would

like to happen but which is not likely to happen

further afield n (19) a long distance away heap n (19) an untidy pile or mass of things heartbroken adj (18) extremely sad, often beca use a relationship has finished high-pitched adj (19) describes a noise that is high and

sometimes also loud or unpleasant

irrelevant adj (18) not related to what is being discussed

or considered and therefore of no importance

leisure n (26) the time when you are not working or doing other duties make up

v (19) to invent something, such as an excuse or a story, often in order to deceive

mousy adj (18) describes hair which is brown and not

special or attractive
on display n (18) If something is on display, it is in a

place for people to look at.

Complete First Certificate by Guy Brook-Hart

@ Cambridge University Press 2011

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