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Word Objects agenda alarm clock bottle of water business card ** ** nC nC nC nC /dend/ /l(r)m klk/ /bt()l v wt(r)/ /bzns k(r)d/ /km()r/ /te(r)/ /kmpjut(r)/ /desk/ /(r)fnz/ /lsz/ /mem()ri stk/ /mr(r)/ /njuzpep(r)/ /pep(r)/ /fn/ /mbrel/ /wlt/ a list of things that people will discuss at a meeting Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

This is todays agenda. Is that the alarm clock? Thats my bottle of water. This is my business card.

a clock that wakes you up at a particular time by making a noise a glass or plastic container containing water a small card that has a persons name on it, as well as the address, telephone number, and email address of the company that they work for a piece of equipment used for taking photographs a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, legs, and sometimes two arms a machine that stores programs and information in electronic form and can be used for a variety of processes, for example writing, calculating, and communicating on the Internet a table that you sit at to write or work, often with drawers in it a piece of electronic equipment with parts that you wear over your ears to listen to recorded music an object that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better. a small disk drive that can store information for use in electronic equipment and that you carry around with you

camera chair computer

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Is that a camera? Excuse me. Is this your chair? Its my computer.

desk earphones glasses memory stick mirror newspaper paper phone umbrella wallet Countries & nationalities Brazil Brazilian

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This is my desk. This is your phone, but those are my earphones. Are those your glasses? The memory stick is in my computer.

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nC n C/U n C/U nC nC nC

a piece of special glass in which you can see yourself or see what is This is my mirror. behind you a set of large printed sheets of folded paper containing news, articles, and other information, usually published every day. the thin at substance that you use for writing on or wrapping things in a telephone an object that you hold over your head when it is raining a small at case that people keep money, bank cards, and small documents in and usually carry in their pocket or bag Is that todays newspaper? Is this the paper for the computer? This is your phone, but those are my earphones. Is that your umbrella? Hey! Thats my wallet!

n adj

/brzl/ /brzljn/

a country in South America someone who is Brazilian comes from Brazil; relating to Brazil, or its people or culture

Hes from Brazil. He is from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, he is Brazilian.

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Word Britain British China Chinese France French Germany German Greece Greek Ireland Irish Italy Italian Japan Japanese Poland Polish Russia Russian Turkey Turkish Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj n adj /brt()n/ /brt/ /tan/ /taniz/ /frns/ /frent/ /d(r)mn/ /d(r)mn/ /ris/ /rik/ /alnd/ /ar/ /tl/ /tljn/ /dpn/ /dpniz/ /plnd/ /pl/ /r/ /r()n/ /t(r)ki/ /t(r)k/ Denition England, Scotland, and Wales

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Sample Sentence Were from Britain. The British and Russian ags are red, white and blue. Theyre from China. The Chinese ag is red and yellow. Pierre is from France. They are French students. Jens is from Germany. Mark is a German student. The students are from Greece. This is a Greek restaurant. Hes a language teacher from Ireland. Hes from Ireland, so his nationality is Irish. My parents are from Italy. The Italian ag is red, white and green. Mixi is a social network in Japan. Mixi is a Japanese online social network. Im from Poland. Im Polish. V Kontakte is a social network in Russia. The British and Russian ags are red, white and blue. Hes from Turkey. The Turkish ag is red.

someone who is British comes from the UK; relating to the UK, or its people or culture a large country in Asia someone who is Chinese is from China; relating to China, or its language or culture a country in Europe someone who is French is from France; relating to France, or its language or culture a country in Europe someone who is German is from Germany; relating to Germany, or its language or culture a country in southern Europe someone who is Greek is from Greece; relating to Greece, or its language or culture a country in northern Europe someone who is Irish is from Ireland; relating to Ireland, or its language or culture a country in southern Europe someone who is Italian is from Italy; relating to Italy, or its language or culture a country in Asia someone who is Japanese is from Japan; relating to Japan, or its language or culture a country in eastern Europe someone who is Polish comes from Poland; relating to Poland, or its language or culture a large country in northern Asia someone who is Russian is from Russia; relating to Russia, or its language or culture a country in Europe someone who is Turkish is from Turkey; relating to Turkey, or its language or culture

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Word Drinks beer coffee (orange, apple) juice tea (mineral) water wine Other words & phrases afternoon age bar cake country email evening glass guide invite language meet morning nationality *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** * n C/U n C/U nC n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U nC v n C/U v n C/U n C/U /ft(r)nun/ /ed/ /b(r)/ /kek/ /kntri/ /imel/ /ivn/ /ls/ /ad/ /nvat/ /lwd/ /mit/ /m(r)n/ /nnlti/ the period of time between the middle of the day and the beginning of the evening the number of years that someone has lived a place where you go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks *** *** ** *** *** *** n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U nU n C/U /b(r)/ /kfi/ /dus/ /ti/ /wt(r)/ /wan/ a yellow or brown alcoholic drink made from malt and hops. Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

Would you like a beer? Would you like a coffee? Id like an orange juice. He has tea and she has a cola. Can I have a glass of water? Would you like a white wine?

a hot, slightly bitter drink made by pouring hot water over brown powder consisting of coffee beans that have been ground. the liquid that comes out of fruit or vegetables when you squeeze them and is often used as a drink a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves of the tea bush the clear liquid that falls as rain and is used for things such as drinking and washing an alcoholic drink made from grapes

Good afternoon. Whats your name and age? They are in the bar.

a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, Mmm, this cake is lovely! eggs, our, and butter or oil an area of land that has its own government and official borders a system for sending messages from one computer to another the part of the day between the end of the afternoon and night, including the time when the sun goes down a small container made of glass used for a drink someone whose job is to look after a group of people who are visiting a place and give them information about it to ask someone to come to see you or to spend time with you socially the particular form of words and speech that is used by the people of a country, area, or social group to come together in order to talk to someone who you have arranged to see the part of the day from when the sun rises until midday the legal status of being a citizen of a particular country China is a very big country. If you have any questions about your tour, please send me an email. Good evening. Would you like a glass of wine? I am your tour guide for the Explore London tour. Explore London tours would like to invite you to a welcome party. If you are a language teacher, click here. Come for a drink and meet the other people on your tour. Good morning. Whats your nationality?

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Word new online party practise reception room sandwich social network telephone *** Frequency of Use *** ** *** ** ** *** ** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj adj nC v n U/C n C/U nC n C/U n C/U /nju/ /nlan/ /p(r)ti/ /prkts/ /rsep()n/ /rum/ /sn(d)wd/; / sn(d)wt/ /s()l netw(r) k/ /telfn/ /t(r)/ Denition

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Sample Sentence Julian, this is Alison. Shes new. Facebook is a big online network. Explore London tours would like to invite you to a welcome party. Choose a language you want to practise. Shes at the hotel reception. They are in room 34. This isnt my sandwich! Social networks are very popular on the internet now. Listen to a telephone call to TSLN. recently arrived in a place or situation that you have not been in before connected to or available through a computer or a computer network a social event at which people meet to celebrate something or to have fun by eating and drinking, dancing, playing games etc to repeat an activity regularly so that you become better at it the part of a large building such as a hotel or office where there is someone whose job is to welcome visitors, deal with questions etc a part of a building with a oor, walls, and a ceiling a light meal that you make by putting a layer of food such as meat, cheese, or egg between two pieces of bread a website for social interractions and personal relationships a piece of electronic equipment that you use for speaking to someone in a different place. A telephone is often simply called a phone a journey in which you visit several places for pleasure

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I am your tour guide for the Explore London tour.

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Word Common verbs drink eat go have live read speak study travel work Free time activities go dancing go shopping go to restaurants go to the cinema listen to music play sports watch tv Family aunt brother child *** *** *** nC nC nC /nt/ /br(r)/ /tald/ the sister of your mother or father, or the wife of your uncle a boy or man who has the same parents as you v v v v v v v / dns/ / p/ / t rest()rnts/ / t snm/ /ls()n t mjuzk/ /ple sp(r)tz/ /wt ti vi/ *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** v v v v v v v v v v /drk/ /it/ // /hv/ /lv/ /rid/ /spik/ /stdi/ /trv()l/ /w(r)k/ to take liquid into your body through your mouth to put food into your mouth and swallow it Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

I drink lots of tea. I eat a lot of Mexican-American fast food. We go to language classes every Thursday. I have a big car and a big house. They live in other countries. We read English newspapers. He speaks Turkish. I study alone. I travel a lot for my job. We dont work now, were retired.

to move or travel to a place that is away from where you are now to own something to have your home in a particular place to look at and understand words in a letter, book, newspaper etc to be able to talk in a particular language the process of learning about a subject by reading and by going to school, university etc to go on a journey or visit different places, especially places that are far away from where you live or work to have a job, usually one that you are paid to do

to move your feet and your body in a pattern of movements that follows the sound of music to go to shops to look at and buy things to go and eat in a building or room where meals and drinks are sold to customers sitting at tables to go and watch a lm on a big screen in a special building to pay attention to a sound made by voices or instruments arranged in a way that is pleasant to take part in a sport or game to look at something on a television, usually from the beginning to the end

We go dancing every weekend. She goes shopping with friends. I dont go to restaurants. He goes to the cinema alone. Does he listen to music? I play sports with friends. We watch the BBC on satellite television.

My aunt lives in France. Its his brothers birthday. It is normal for a British woman to have her rst child when she is 29 years old.

a young person from the time they are born until they are about 14 years old

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Word cousin daughter father grandchild granddaughter grandfather grandmother grandparent grandson husband mother parent sister son uncle Descriptions age average-looking beautiful dark fair fat glasses hair handsome height medium height *** *** *** *** *** ** * *** ** *** n C/U adj adj adj adj adj n pl n C/U adj n C/U adj /ed/ /v()rd lk/ /bjutf()l/ /d(r)k/ /fe(r)/ /ft/ /lsz/ /he(r)/ /hns()m/ /hat/ /midim hat/ the number of years that someone has lived not very attractive, but not ugly a beautiful person is extremely attractive black, or almost black, in colour fair hair is blonde (=light yellow) or very light brown in colour * ** ** * * *** *** *** *** *** ** Frequency of Use ** *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC /kz()n/ /dt(r)/ /f(r)/ /rn(d)tald/ /rn(d)dt(r)/ /rn(d)f(r)/ /rn(d)m(r)/ /rn(d)pernt/ /rn(d)sn/ /hzbnd/ /m(r)/ /pernt/ /sst(r)/ /sn/ /k()l/ Denition a child of your uncle or aunt your female child your male parent the son or daughter of one of your children the daughter of one of your children the father of one of your parents the mother of one of your parents the mother or father of your mother or father the son of one of your children the man that a woman is married to your female parent a mother or father a daughter of your parents your male child

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Sample Sentence This is Johns cousin. I have a daughter, Emily. My father isnt very happy. They would like a grandhild. I have two grandsons and a granddaughter. I want to be a grandfather! My grandmother lives with us. I visit my grandparents every year. Jack is her oldest grandson. Jane lives with her husband and her daughter. His mother says hes a good boy. Andy Castle lives with his parents. I go to the cinema with my sister. Andy is my only son. My uncle is a teacher.

the brother of one of your parents, or the husband of your aunt

Are these adjectives for height, age or looks? Hes an average-looking man. Shes a beautiful singer. She has dark hair. She has fair hair. Hes a fat man. She has glasses. What colour hair does he have? Hes a handsome young man. Are these adjectives for height, age or looks? Shes medium height.

a person or animal that is fat has too much esh on their body and weighs too much an object that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better the mass of thin bres that grows on your head a handsome man or boy has a very attractive face the degree to which something is high or someone is tall not very tall and not very short

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Word middle-aged old pretty short tall thin ugly weight young Other words & phrases boy bread cat chocolate different divorce fashion feelings at friend get married girl home *** *** *** *** *** ** *** ** *** *** *** *** nC nU nC n C/U adj n C/U n C/U n pl nC nC v nC n C/U /b/ /bred/ /kt/ /tklt/ /dfrnt/ /dv(r)s/ /f()n/ /filz/ /flt/ /frend/ /et mrid/ /(r)l/ /hm/ a male child a common food made from our, water, and usually yeast Frequency of Use * *** ** *** *** *** ** *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj adj adj adj adj adj adj n C/U adj /md()l edd/ /ld/ /prti/ /(r)t/ /tl/ /n/ /li/ /wet/ /j/ Denition no longer young but not yet old used for talking about the age of someone or something

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Sample Sentence Shes middle aged and has glasses. Shes thirty years old. Delilah is pretty. Delilah is short. How tall is John? Shes a thin woman. Hes an ugly politician. Whats his weight? They are young children.

a pretty girl or woman is good-looking in a fairly ordinary way and has a nice face. measuring a small height, length, or distance a tall person or object has greater height than the average person or object someone who is thin has very little fat on their body someone who is ugly has a face that is unpleasant to look at. a measurement of how heavy a person or thing is someone who is young has lived for only a short time

He is a very good boy. I dont eat bread. I have a black cat. Would you like some chocolate? How is your life different? On average, 45% of marriages end in divorce. Whats the fashion this summer? They talk about their feelings. How many people live in the family house or at? I live there with three friends. When I meet the right girl, Ill get married. When I meet the right girl, Ill get married. How old are people when they leave the family home?

an animal with soft fur, a long thin tail, and whiskers, that people keep as a pet or for catching mice. a sweet brown food eaten as a sweet or used for avouring other food not the same as another person or thing, or not the same as before to take legal action to end your marriage the fact that something such as a style of dress or an activity is popular at a particular time an opinion that you have about something, especially when it is based on general thoughts rather than denite reasons a set of rooms for living in, usually on one oor of a large building. someone you know well and like, but who is not a member of your family if someone marries someone else, they become the husband or wife of that person a female child the place where you live

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Word house leave life love man office per cent personal podcast Frequency of Use *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling n C/U v n C/U v nC n C/U n adj nC /has/ /liv/ /laf/ /lv/ /mn/ /fs/ /p(r)sent/ /p(r)s()nl/ /pdkst/ /pnt v vju/ /pltks/ /prblm/ /sem/ /sp(r)ts/ // /junv(r)sti/ /wmn/ Denition a building for living in, usually where only one family lives to leave a place permanently

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Sample Sentence Andy Castle lives with his parents, in his parents house. Ill get married and leave home. I have a very American life now. We love Spanish food. Hes a handsome young man. I work in an office. 40 per cent of the British population is married. They talk about personal things. I listen to the Weekly Podcast.

your particular way of living and the experiences that you have to like or enjoy something very much an adult male person a room or building where the people in an organization or department work one part of 100, or a particular amount of a total that you have divided by 100 used about your own opinions or feelings and/or about events or experiances in your life a multimedia le, such as a radio programme or music video, that can be downloaded from the Internet and played on an ipod or similar piece of equipment a way of judging a situation based on a particular aspect the study of how people gain and use political power something that causes trouble or difficulty exactly like another person or thing activities in which players or teams compete against each other, usually an activity that involves physical effort an object, or an item an educational institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done an adult female person

point of view politics problem same sports thing university woman

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Whats your point of view? James studies politics. Its not a problem. Are men and women the same? I play sports with friends. Men and women like the same things as their friends. I go to an American university. Shes a thin woman.

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Word Places to live city city centre at house town village Parts of a house balcony bathroom bedroom dining room door hall kitchen living room staircase window Furniture bed bookcase chair *** * *** n C/U nC nC /bed/ /bkkes/ /te(r)/ a piece of furniture that you sleep on, consisting of a soft comfortable part called a mattress and a base a piece of furniture with shelves in it for putting books on * ** *** * *** *** *** ** * *** nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC /blkni/ /brum/ /bedrum/ /dan rum/ /d(r)/ /hl/ /ktn/ /lv rum/ /ste(r)kes/ /wnd/ *** *** *** *** *** nC nC nC n C/U n C/U nC /sti/ /sti sent(r)/ /flt/ /has/ /tan/ /vld/ a large important town the part of a city where the main shops and businesses are Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

Hughs at is in the city centre. Hughs at is in the city centre. Gerards at is very quiet. Hameds house is in Luxor. I live in a town. Jane lives in a village.

a set of rooms for living in, usually on one oor of a large building a building for living in, usually where only one family lives a place where people live and work that is larger than a village but smaller than a city a very small town in the countryside

a place where you can stand just outside an upper window. It sticks Does your at have a balcony? out from the wall of a building. a room containing a bath or shower, a washbasin, and often a toilet a room that you sleep in the room in a house or hotel where you eat meals a large at object that you open when you want to enter or leave a building, room, or vehicle the area inside the front door of a house or other building that leads to other rooms a room where you prepare and cook food, and wash dishes the main room in a house where you usually relax in comfortable chairs and entertain guests a set of stairs in a building, including the banister that you hold onto when you go up or down a frame in a wall with glass in it that lets light and air into a room and lets you see what is outside Is there a bathroom? How many bedrooms are there in your house? Is there a dining room in your house? Sorry, thats the door. Go through the hall. There are three kitchens. Claudia has a lamp for the living room. There are two staircases. There are 147 windows.

I have a desk and a bed in my room. There is a bookcase in her bedroom. We dont have any chairs.

a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, legs, and sometimes two arms

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Word clock cooker cupboard curtain desk fridge lamp picture plant sofa stereo television wardrobe Ordinal numbers rst second third fourth fth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth *** *** /f(r)st/ /seknd/ /(r)d/ /f(r)/ /ff/ /sks/ /sev()n/ /et/ /nan/ /ten/ before any others or before everything else in the place or position counted as number 2 in the place or position counted as number 3 in the place or position counted as number 4 in the place or position counted as number 5 in the place or position counted as number 6 in the place or position counted as number 7 in the place or position counted as number 8 in the place or position counted as number 9 in the place or position counted as number 10 Frequency of Use ** * ** ** *** * ** *** *** * * *** * Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC /klk/ /kk(r)/ /kb(r)d/ /k(r)t()n/ /desk/ /frd/ /lmp/ /pkt(r)/ /plnt/ /sf/ /steri/ /telv()n/ /w(r)drb/ Denition an object that shows the time a large piece of kitchen equipment that is used for cooking

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Sample Sentence Wheres the clock? We have a big cooker in the kitchen. There is a cupboard in the classroom. Your mother has some old curtains. I have a desk and a bed in my room. The wine is in the fridge. Would you like a lamp? There are some pictures on the wall. There arent any plants. Theres a sofa in the living room. I have a big stereo in my room. There isnt a television in the classroom. Is there a wardrobe?

a tall piece of furniture, usually attached to a wall and used for storing things, with shelves inside and one or two doors at the front a long piece of cloth, usually one of a pair, that hangs down and covers a window a table that you sit at to write or work, often with drawers in it a piece of equipment that is used for storing food at low temperatures an electric light, especially a small one, that stands on a table or desk a drawing, painting, or photograph a living thing that grows in soil, has leaves and roots, and needs water and light from the sun to live a large, soft, comfortable seat with arms and a back that two or three people can sit on a set of electronic equipment with two speakers, used for listening to the radio, CDs, and cassettes a piece of electrical equipment with a screen, used for watching programmes a large piece of furniture like a large cupboard where you can hang your clothes

This is my rst at Its on the second oor. My office is on the third oor. My at is on the fourth oor. Its on the fth oor. We live on the sixth oor. Its on the seventh oor. Edward works on the eighth oor. Wheres the bathroom on the ninth oor? Its on the tenth oor.

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Word Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition Other words & phrases art baby big caf dark easy elevator entrance famous lm star oor horrible information lift lovely modern museum new nice noisy official old outside *** ** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** * *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** n C/U nC adj nC adj adj nC n C/U adj nC nC adj nU n C/U adj adj nC adj adj adj adj adj adj /(r)t/ /bebi/ /b/ /kfe/ /d(r)k/ /izi/ /elvet(r)/ /entrns/ /fems/ /flm st(r)/ /fl(r)/ /hrb()l/ /nf(r)me()n/ /lft/ /lvli/ /md(r)n/ /mjuzim/ /nju/ /nas/ /nzi/ /f()l/ /ld/ /atsad/

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Sample Sentence

paintings, drawings, and sculptures that are created to be beautiful I love the Modern Art Museum. or to express ideas a very young child who cannot yet talk or walk large in size an informal restaurant where you can get simple cheap meals and drinks lacking light not difficult to do, or not needing much work a lift in a building the place where you can enter a room, building, or area if someone or something is famous, a lot of people know their name or have heard about them a very famous lm actor the at area that you walk on inside a building or room very unpleasant knowledge or facts about someone or something a machine that carries people up or down between different levels of a tall building very attractive relating to or belonging to the present time a building where many valuable and important objects are kept so that people can go and see them replacing something that you no longer have or something that is no longer useful attractive, enjoyable, or pleasant making a lot of noise done by people in authority something that is old has existed or been used for a long time not within the limits of something We have a new baby. Michael and Catherines house isnt very big. Where is the caf? Its a dark at. My work isnt easy. There are three elevators. There is one entrance through a black door on Downing Street. The famous Hollywood letters are near our house! George Clooney is a lm star. Theres some pizza on the oor. Its a horrible at. You work at the information desk. Theyre on the right, next to the lift. We have a lovely big family house on the beach. I love the Modern Art Museum. You are a visitor to the museum. Hows your new at? The street is nice. Its a little noisy. Number 10 is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Britain. Your mother has some old curtains. A policeman always stands outside the door.

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Word policeman quiet residence school shop stand Frequency of Use ** *** ** *** *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC adj n C/U n C/U n C/U v /plismn/ /kwat/ /rezd()ns/ /skul/ /p/ /stnd/ Denition a male police officer making very little or no noise

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Sample Sentence A policeman always stands outside the door. Gerards at is very quiet. Number 10 is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Britain. Her house is in front of the school. Hughs at is not close to the shops. A policeman always stands outside the door.

a house or other place where someone lives, especially a large house used by an important person a place where children go to be taught a place where you buy things or where you pay for a service to have your body in an upright position supported by your feet

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Word Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Phrases with have, go & get have breakfast/ dinner/lunch have a drink/a coffee/a sandwich have a break have a nap get dressed get up get home go home go to bed go to sleep Months January February March April May June July August September October November December *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U /dnjuri/ /februri/ /m(r)t/ /eprl/ /me/ /dun/ /dla/ /st/ /septemb(r)/ /ktb(r)/ /nvemb(r)/ /dsemb(r)/ the rst month of the year the second month of the year, between January and March the third month of the year, between February and April the fourth month of the year, between March and May the fth month of the year, between April and June the sixth month of the year, between May and July the seventh month of the year, between June and August the eighth month of the year, between July and September the ninth month of the year, between August and October the tenth month of the year, between September and November the eleventh month of the year, between October and December the twelfth and last month of the year, between November and January Nothing Day is on 6th January. Valentintes Day is on 14th February. Why is 5th March important for you? In April theres Earth Day. May Day is on the rst of May. In June we have Fathers Day. Canada Day is on 1st July. I go on holiday in August. My children start school in September. In October theres United Nations Day. The American Thanksgiving Day is in November. Christmas is in December. phr phr phr phr phr phr phr phr phr phr /hv brekfst, dn(r), lnt/ the rst meal you have in the morning/your main meal/the meal in the middle of the day Its nice to have a relaxing breakfast/dinner/ lunch. You have a sandwich and a drink. Its a time to have a break. Do you have a nap during the day? I get dressed in the morning. What time do you get up in the morning? I get home at 6:15. I go home at 6:00. In the evening, I read a book, or go to bed. You listen to quiet, relaxing music and then go to sleep.

/hv drk, kfi, to drink alcohol/coffee/eat a sandwich sn(d)wd/ /hv brek/ /hv np/ /et drest/ /et p/ /et hm/ / hm/ / t bed/ / t slip/ to stop what you are doing for a short period of time to sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day to put your clothes on to get out of bed after sleeping arrive at the place where you live travel to the place where you live to lie down to sleep to begin sleeping

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Word Housework do the ironing do the shopping clean the bathroom make dinner make the bed wash the clothes water the plants do the dishes set the table take out the rubbish Other words & phrases breakfast calendar card class closed dinner Earth nish gym Halloween idea *** *** ** *** *** ** *** *** *** * n C/U nC n C/U n C/U adj n C/U n C/U v n C/U n C/U n C/U /brekfst/ /klnd(r)/ /k(r)d/ /kls/ /klzd/ /dn(r)/ /(r)/ /fn/ /dm/ /hlin/ /ad/ the rst meal you have in the morning a list of important events and the dates they take place a piece of thick stiff paper folded into two equal parts, with a picture and a message on it /du a(r)n/ /du p/ /klin brum/ /mek dn(r)/ /mek bed/ /w klz/ /wt(r) plnts/ /du ds/ /set teb()l/ /tek at rb/ the job of making clothes smooth with an iron to go to a shop to buy things to remove the dirt and dust in the bathroom to prepare and heat food for the main meal of the day to arrange the covers on a bed so that they are tidy to clean clothing, usually with soap and water to pour water on plants to keep them healthy to wash plates, knives, forks, etc used for a meal Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

He does the ironing on Mondays. I do the shopping on Saturdays. You dont clean the bathroom. She usually makes dinner. I make the bed every morning. Once a year he washes the clothes. We water the plants twice a week. I often do the dishes. They set the table for breakfast every morning. We take out the rubbish once a week.

to put all the dishes, forks, knives etc needed for a meal onto a table to put waste outside your house so that it can be collected and taken away

Itsnice to have a relaxing breakfast. I always buy a new calender in January. She wants no parties, no gifts, no cards for her birthday. I am late for English class. What time does Metronaps open and close? He gets home at 9:00 and has dinner. In April theres Earth Day. What time does he nish work?

a group of students who are taught together: can be followed by a singular or plural verb not operating or doing business, especially for the night or weekend the main meal of the day, eaten in the evening or at midday the planet on which we live to do the last part of something so that it is complete

a building or club where you go to do physical exercises, swim, and After his meetings he goes to the gym. play sports the night of 31st October, when children dress as witches (=women In October theres Halloween. with magic powers) and ghosts (=the spirits of dead people) a thought that you have about how to do something or how to deal with something The idea for Nothing Day comes from the United States.

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Word lunch meeting nap nothing open shower special United Nations *** *** ** *** Frequency of Use *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling n C/U nC nC prn adj nC adj nC /lnt/ /mit/ /np/ /n/ /pn/ /a(r)/ /spe()l/ /junatd ne()nz/ Denition a meal that you eat in the middle of the day an occasion when people gather to discuss things and make decisions to sleep for a short period of time, usually during the day not anything

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Sample Sentence Do you want to have lunch? Im not stressed in meetings after work. Do you have a nap during the day? On Nothing Day, people do nothing. How many hours is it open? I always have a shower in the morning. What months are these special days in? United Nations Day is in October.

if a shop, restaurant etc is open, people are working there and the public can use or visit it a piece of equipment that produces a ow of water that you stand under to wash your body different from and usually better than what is normal or ordinary an international organization that encourages countries to work together in order to solve world problems such as war, disease, and poverty

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Word Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition Things to take on holiday alarm clock guidebook passport phrasebook sunglasses ticket The weather cloudy cold cool rainy snowy sunny warm windy Other words & phrases accessible airport *** adj nC /ksesb()l/ /e(r)p(r)t/ /nm()l/ /velb()l/ /b(r)bkju/ an accessible place is easy to nd or get to * *** * *** *** adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj /kladi/ /kld/ /kul/ /reni/ /sni/ /sni/ /w(r)m/ /wndi/ full of clouds *** ** * * nC nC nC nC n pl nC /l(r)m klk/ /ad bk/ /psp(r)t/ /frezbk/ /snlsz/ /tkt/

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Sample Sentence

a clock that wakes you up at a particular time by making a noise a book for tourists that provides information about a place an official document containing your photograph and showing which country you are a citizen of.

I have an alarm clock on my phone. Do you have the guidebook? Did you remember the passports?

a small book that contains useful words and phrases in a particular Do you have an English phrasebook? foreign language, used especially by tourists glasses with dark lenses that you wear to protect your eyes when the sun is bright a piece of paper that shows you have paid for a journey on a train, plane etc Where are my sunglasses? They remembered the tickets.

In London today its cloudy and windy, but warm. It was very cold. Its rainy and cool. Its rainy and cold. Its cold and snowy in Whitehorse. It was sunny and warm. It was nice and warm for me! In New York today its cloudy and windy, but warm.

with a low temperature or a temperature that is lower than normal rather cold, often in a pleasant way a rainy day is one on which it rains a lot covered in snow bright with light from the sun fairly hot in a way that is comfortable and pleasant with a lot of wind

The airport is very accessible. Airports are usually outside city centres.

a place where planes arrive and leave, consisting of runways (long roads where planes land and take off) and large buildings for passengers called terminals any living thing that can move independently and that has senses for recognizing and reacting to the environment around it. able to be obtained, taken, or used a meal at which meat and other food is cooked and eaten outside, often a meal that you invite friends to

animal available barbecue

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Animals are welcome. We have conference rooms available. When its sunny, we have a barbecue.

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Word bilingual bird bullet clean complimentary convenient concert continental breakfast cook design destination dictionary draw drive electronic establishment exchange rate friendly go skiing hear high-speed *** *** *** ** ** *** *** *** *** * *** ** ** *** ** *** Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj nC nC adj adj adj nC n C/U v n C/U nC nC v v adj n C/U nC adj v v adj /balwl/ /b(r)d/ /blt/ /klin/ /kmplment()ri/ /knvinint/ /kns(r)t/ /kntnent()l brekfst// /kk/ /dzan/ /destne()n/ /dkn()ri/ /dr/ /drav/ /elektrnk/ /stblmnt/ /kstend ret/ /fren(d)li/ / ski/ /h(r)/ /haspid/ Denition

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Sample Sentence someone who is bilingual is able to speak two languages extremely My colleague is bilingual. well an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for ying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits not dirty if something is complimentary, you do not have to pay for it easy to use or suitable for a particular purpose an event at which an orchestra, band, or musician plays or sings in front of an audience a breakfast consisting of bread and butter, coffee or tea, and sometimes pastries or croissants to prepare food and heat it so that it is ready to eat the way that something is made so that it works in a certain way or has a certain appearance the place where someone or something is going a book that gives a list of words in alphabetical order and explains what they mean to create a picture by making lines with a pen or pencil to control a vehicle so that it moves somewhere using electricity and extremely small electrical parts such as microchips and transistors an institution, organization, or business the value of the money of one country when you change it into the money of another country someone who is friendly is always pleasant and helpful towards other people the sport or activity of moving over snow on skis to realize that someone or something is making a sound moving or operating very quickly Which train has a name that means bird? Which train is called a bullet train? There are clean warm beds at the hotel. All our 81 rooms have a bathroom with shower, complimentary tea and coffee. In many ways they are more convenient than airplanes. The concert was very good. Our famous Sky Central continental breakfast comes with the price of your room. You cooked dinner. All our 81 rooms have internet access and modern furniture and design. What are the popular destinations for tourists from your country? Look the word up in a dictionary. My son can draw pictures. Can you drive a car? My iPod is electronic. Please note: the guesthouse is a non-smoking establishment. The exchange rate is very good at the moment. Its a happy, friendly 18th century guest house. I go skiing once a year. Can you hear me? With high-speed trains people can go from city centre to city centre.

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Word iPod Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC /apd/ /dz/ /min/ /mil/ /mni/ /psnd(r)/ /ple tes, tens/ /s/ /swm/ /t(r)t/ /trnslet/ /trnsle()n/ /tap/ /nness()ri/ /vju/ /w(r)m/ Denition

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Sample Sentence I wanted the iPod. a small music player with headphones that you carry around with you and on which you can store large amounts of music, especially music from the Internet

jazz

nU

a type of music that developed in the late 19th century in which Montreal jazz is my favourite music. there is a strong lively beat and the players often improvise (=make up the music as they play) a piece of equipment that does a particular job by using electricity, steam, gas etc an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or dinner what you earn, save, invest and use to pay for things. someone who travels in a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or ship but is not the driver or one of the people who works on it to take part in a game of chess or tennis to make music using your voice to move through water by making movements with your arms and legs a small electric light operated by batteries that you hold in your hand. to change spoken or written words into another language spoken or written words that have been changed into a different language to write something using a keyboard not needed a picture or photograph of a place, especially an attractive place fairly hot in a way that is comfortable and pleasant Thats an amazing machine! There is also a hotel restaurant for your evening meals. Train tickets cost a lot of money. Passengers on a high-speed train have more space than in an airplane. I sometimes play tennis at the weekends. Can you sing? I cant swim. Do you have a torch in your car? Can you translate that into English? Whats the English translation? I type emails on my computer. Its day time, so the torch is unnecessary. This is a quiet, rural location with lots of walks nearby, and excellent views. There are clean warm beds in the hotel.

machine meal money passenger play chess/tennis sing swim torch translate translation type unnecessary view warm

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Word Celebrations birthday ceremony champagne congratulate New Years Eve retirement * ** * ** ** nC n C/U nU v nC n C/U /b(r)de/ /sermni/ /mpen/ /knrtlet/ /nju j(r)z v/ /rta(r)mnt/ /wed/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

the day each year that has the same date as the one on which you were born a formal public event with special traditions, actions, or words a type of French sparkling wine that people often drink to celebrate special occasions to tell someone that you are pleased about their success, good luck, or happiness on a special occasion the evening of 31st December, when many people celebrate with their family or friends by staying awake until midnight the time when you stop working, especially because you have reached the age when you are officially too old to work, or the act of doing this a ceremony in which two people get married

Click here to see a list of other people born on my birthday. I didnt go to the ceremony. I always drink champagne New Years Eve. We all congratulated him. It will be a good New Years Eve. My father had a party for his retirement.

wedding Films & books cartoon

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nC

Kyle and Sue didnt have a big wedding.

nC

/k(r)tun/ /kmdi/ /hr(r)/ /lv stri/ /rmns/ /sans fk()n// /rl(r)/ /west(r)n/

a lm or television programme, especially for children, that is made My son watched a cartoon this morning. by photographing a series of drawings so that people and things in them seem to move a funny lm, play or television programme books and lms that are intended to frighten people a story of how two people meet and fall in love a book or lm about a romantic relationship books and lms about imaginary future events and characters, often dealing with space travel and life on other planets. Science ction is often called sci-. a book, play, or lm that tells an exciting story, especially about something dangerous like a crime a lm about the western United States in the 1800s, usually with cowboys This lm is a comedy. We watched a horror lm at the cinema. He wrote a famous love story. I want to read a romance on holiday. I read a science ction book last week.

comedy horror love story romance science ction

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thriller western Feelings angry bored

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He wrote a thriller. He acted in several westerns.

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/ri/ /b(r)d/

very annoyed feeling impatient or dissatised, because you are not interested in something or because you have nothing to do.

Men cry when they are angry. She is bored.

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Word happy nervous sad Adjectives of opinion awful bad excellent good great horrible lovely nice terrible wonderful Other words & phrases acceptable act actor athlete author boat ride buy cry fall *** *** *** ** *** *** * ** adj v nC nC nC nC v v v /kseptb()l/ /kt/ /kt(r)/ /lit/ /(r)/ /bt rad/ /ba/ /kra/ /fl/ ** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** *** adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj /f()l/ /bd/ /ekslnt/ /d/ /ret/ /hrb()l/ /lvli/ /nas/ /terb()l/ /wnd(r)f()l/ Frequency of Use *** ** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj adj adj /hpi/ /n(r)vs/ /sd/ Denition feeling pleased and satised feeling excited and worried, or slightly afraid

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Sample Sentence I was so happy for them. He is nervous.

feeling unhappy, especially because something bad has happened Its a very sad lm.

used for emphasizing how unpleasant someone or something is of very low quality extremely good of a high quality or standard enthusiastic about something or someone very unpleasant very attractive attractive, enjoyable, or pleasant very bad in quality or ability extremely good

It was an awful lm. The actors were bad. I think London is excellent. They are good players. It was great to see him again after all these years. The gardens are horrible. You have a lovely house. some nice food for a picnic. The football match was terrible. We had a wonderful dinner.

considered by most people to be reasonable or to be something that can be allowed to perform in plays or lms someone who performs in plays and lms, especially as their job someone who is good at sports, especially athletics, and takes part in sports competitions someone who writes books, articles etc, especially as their job a short trip or journey in a small boat on a lake or river to get something by paying money for it to have tears coming from your eyes, especially because you are sad to move quickly downwards from a higher position, usually by accident

In Britain and America it is more acceptable for men to cry today. He acted in many lms by Tim Burton. An actor from your country. Matthew Pinsent is a British Olympic athlete. Can you guess the famous author? We can go for a boat ride on the Thames. We will buy some nice food for a picnic. Its difficult for British men to cry. Why did the glass fall off the table?

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Word favourite feel health horse medal president psychologist stress symbol twice was born weekend win *** *** Frequency of Use ** *** *** *** ** *** ** *** ** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj v nU nC nC nC nC n C/U nC adv v nC v /fev()rt/ /fil/ /hel/ /h(r)s/ /med()l/ /prezdnt/ /sakldst/ /stres/ /smb()l/ /twas/ /wz b(r)n/ /wikend/ /wn/ Denition

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Sample Sentence Its my favourite sport. How do you feel? Crying is good for your health He is learning to ride a horse. Matthew Pinsent cried when he won a gold medal at the Olympics. Even two US presidents cried quietly on television. British psychologists and researchers say that men cry easily. I have a lot of stress at work. Its about symbols in the art of a famous Italian painter. A twice-a-year blog He was born in Kentucky, USA I watched a DVD last weekend. Theyre very happy when they win an Oscar. your favourite person or thing of a particular kind is the one that you like the best to be in a particular state as a result of an emotion or a physical feeling the condition of your body, especially whether or not you are ill a large animal that people ride a small at piece of metal that you are given for winning a competition or doing something very brave the political leader of a country that does not have a king or queen someone who studies how peoples minds work and how this affects their behaviour a worried or nervous feeling that stops you relaxing, caused, for example, by pressure at work or nancial or personal problems a picture or shape used to represent something two times when a baby is born, it comes out of its mothers body and starts its life. Saturday and Sunday to defeat everyone else by being the best or by nishing rst in a competition

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Word Food apple banana bean bread butter cake carrot cheese chicken chips chocolate corn curry diet egg sh fruit garlic ice cream lemon lettuce * ** *** *** *** * *** ** ** *** * ** *** ** *** * ** n C/U n C/U nC nU nU n C/U n C/U n C/U nC n pl n C/U nU n C/U n C/U nC n C/U n C/U nU n C/U n C/U n C/U /p()l/ /bnn/ /bin/ /bred/ /bt(r)/ /kek/ /krt/ /tiz/ /tkn/ /tps/ /tklt/ /k(r)n/ /kri/ /dat/ /e/ /f/ /frut/ /(r)lk/ /as krim/ /lemn/ /lets/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

a hard round fruit that is white inside and has a smooth green, yellow, or red skin, which is called peel when it has been removed a long curved fruit with a yellow skin a seed of various plants that is cooked and eaten a common food made from our, water, and usually yeast (=a substance that makes the bread grow larger) a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking

Every morning I had three apples Banana and apple soup?!? Its simple it has rice, beans and corn. Dont eat any bread. Would you like some butter on your bread?

a sweet food made by baking a mixture that usually contains sugar, We drank coffee and ate cake. eggs, our, and butter or oil a long hard orange vegetable that grows under the ground and has green leaves on its top a solid food made from milk a bird kept for its eggs and meat a long thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil a sweet brown food eaten as a sweet or used for avouring other food the seeds of a corn plant that are cooked as food or fed to animals an Indian food consisting of meat or vegetables cooked in a sauce with a hot avour, often eaten with rice the food that a person or animal usually eats the round object with a shell that a female bird produces and a baby bird develops in an animal that lives in water and swims a type of food that grows on trees or plants a round white vegetable with small sections called cloves which you add to food for a strong pleasant avour a frozen sweet food made from cream or milk and sugar, often with fruit or chocolate added to avour it fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice a vegetable with large thin green leaves that you eat raw in a salad Id like some carrots. Do you want some cheese on your pasta? Eat lots of sh, meat and chicken. Would you like chips with your steak? We ate some chocolate cake. It has rice, beans and corn. We ate a very nice curry last night. Shes on the Soup diet. You can eat eggs with this diet. You can eat sh and tomatoes at lunch. He doesnt eat vegetables or fruit. For this paella you need some garlic. Can I have some ice cream, please? Make it with salt, pepper and a lemon. You can eat some lettuce.

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Word milk nutrition onion orange pasta pepper potato rice salt sauce sausage shellsh soup spinach steak sugar tomato vegetable water wine *** *** *** * *** ** Frequency of Use *** * ** ** * * ** ** * ** * Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nU nU nC nC n C/U n C/U n C/U nU nU n C/U n C/U n C/U n C/U nU n C/U nU nC n C/U nU n C/U /mlk/ /njutr()n/ /njn/ /rnd/ /pst/ /pep(r)/ /ptet/ /ras/ /slt/ /ss/ /ssd/ /elf/ /sup/ /spnd/ /stek/ /(r)/ /tmt/ /vedtb()l/ /wt(r)/ /wan/ Denition

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Sample Sentence For breakfast, have some milk. Complete the information for the Nutrition Reference Guide. You can have a tomato and onion salad. Can I have an orange? Do you like pasta? The vegetarian pizza has tomato sauce, onion, green pepper and mushroom. You can eat sh and potatoes at lunch. Did you eat any rice this week? Do you have any salt? Id like a Margarita pizza (tomato sauce and cheese). They have some nice Spanish sausages. For this paella you need rice, different kinds of shellsh, I cant eat this soup. Its too cold. The spinach is lovely. I ate a big steak at the restaurant. Theres a lot of sugar in this coffee. Id like a tomato and onion salad. Rice and vegetables are important dishes in the Middle East. She drank some water. The man likes the wine. a white liquid that comes from cows, goats, and sheep, which people drink and use in cooking the science of food and its effect on health and growth a round vegetable with thin dry skin and many layers inside that tastes and smells very strong a round fruit that has a hard orange-coloured skin called peel, and that divides into parts called segments an Italian food made from our and water, and sometimes eggs a green or red vegetable a very common hard round vegetable that has a brown, red or yellow skin and is white or yellow inside a food consisting of small white or brown grains that are eaten cooked a white substance that is often added to food before or after cooking to improve its avour a liquid food that you put on other foods to give them a particular avour a food that consists of a tube of skin containing very small pieces of meat mixed with spices sea creatures with a hard shell around them, for example crabs, mussels, and oysters a liquid food that is made by cooking meat, sh, vegetables etc with water or milk a vegetable with dark green leaves that can be cooked or eaten raw in salads the meat from a cow, especially a piece without fat that is high in quality a sweet substance consisting of very small white or brown pieces that is added to food or drinks to make them taste sweet a round red fruit eaten as a vegetable raw in salads or cooked a part of a plant used as food, for example a potato, bean, or cabbage the clear liquid that falls as rain and is used for things such as drinking and washing an alcoholic drink made from grapes

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Word Describing food cold cooked delicious healthy hot raw salty spicy sweet Eating out bill dessert main course meal menu tip waiter waitress Other words & phrases almost dry wet *** *** *** adv adj adj /lmst/ /dra/ /wet/ nearly but not completely something that is dry has no water in it or on it covered with water or another liquid *** ** ** * * *** * nC n C/U nC nC nC nC nC nC /bl/ /dz(r)t/ /men k(r)s// /mil/ /menju/ /tp/ /wet(r)/ /wetrs/ *** * *** *** ** *** adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj /kld/ /kkt/ /dls/ /heli/ /ht/ /r/ /slti/ /spasi/ /swit/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

with a low temperature or a temperature that is lower than normal cooked food has been heated and is ready to eat with a very pleasant taste or smell working well and likely to continue to be successful very high in temperature raw food has not been cooked, or has not been thoroughly cooked containing salt, or tasting like salt spicy food has a strong hot avour tasting like sugar

I hate cold soup! Find someone who always eats cooked vegetables. Delicious! 71% of Americans say they try to eat more healthy food at restaurants now than in the past. The tea was very hot. Find someone who doesnt like raw vegetables. The boyfriend can only eat salty food. Do you like spicy food? Its too sweet.

a piece of paper that shows how much money you owe after eating in a restaurant sweet food that you eat after the main part of a meal the biggest part of a meal an occasion when you eat, especially breakfast, lunch, or dinner a list of the food that is available in a restaurant, caf etc a small amount of money that you give to someone in addition to what you owe for a service a man or boy who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant or caf a woman or girl who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant or caf

When we nished the meal we asked for the bill. We ate some chocolate cake for dessert. We had sh for the main course. When we nished the meal we asked for the bill. Can I have the menu, please? We left a tip for the waiter. You are the waiter at Bella Pizza. The waitress asked us what we wanted to eat.

Almost every country has rice in its diet. You can grow rice on dry land. Rice grows on wet land.

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Word Transport airport *** nC /e(r)p(r)t/ /bask()l/ /bt/ /bs/ /bs stp/ /k(r)/ /k(r) p(r)k/ /drav/ /mt(r)bak/ /n ft/ *** *** *** *** *** nC nC v nC nC nU /plen/ /p(r)t/ /rad/ /ste()n/ /tren/ /nd(r)rand/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

a place where planes arrive and leave, consisting of runways (=long roads where planes land and take off) and large buildings for passengers called terminals

But every time I was at the airport, I felt terrible.

bicycle boat bus

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a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing pedals with your More people use public transport and bicycles feet now in London because of this law. a small vehicle that people use for travelling on water a large road vehicle with a lot of seats that you pay to travel on, especially one that takes you fairly short distances and stops frequently a place marked by a sign at the side of a road where buses stop to let passengers get on and off a road vehicle for one driver and a few passengers an area or a building where people can leave their cars for a short time to control a vehicle so that it moves somewhere a road vehicle that has two wheels and an engine and looks like a large heavy bicycle walking an aircraft with wings and at least one engine an area of water where ships stop, including the buildings around it to sit on a bicycle, motorcycle etc, and control it as it moves along a building or place where buses, trains, or other public vehicles stop so that passengers can get on or off a group of railway vehicles that are connected and pulled by an engine a system of public transport consisting of trains that travel in tunnels below a city I would like to make a long journey by boat. He goes to work by bus every day.

bus stop car car park drive motorbike on foot plane port ride station train underground Action verbs kiss run *** *** *** * ***

nC nC nC v nC

We waited for an hour at the bus stop. A car is on the wrong side of the road in East London. Do we have to pay for the car park? It now costs 10 (12) a day to drive in central London. Can you ride a motorbike? We can go on foot. Did you travel by plane? The ship is in the port at the moment. Can you ride a motorbike? Excuse me, wheres the station? They go to work by train. We can take the underground.

v v

/ks/ /rn/

to touch someone with your lips when you say hello or goodbye to them to move quickly to a place using your legs and feet

I saw them kiss in the romantic lm. She can run very fast.

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Word sing sleep smoke walk Other words & phrases accident adult alone business partner company common course exactly fear ight follow hand law phobia photograph pilot police station *** *** * *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** n C/U nC adj nC nC adj nC adv n C/U n C/U v nC n C/U nC nC nC nC /ksd()nt/ /dlt/ /ln/ /bzns p(r)tn(r)/ /kmp()ni/ /kmn/ /k(r)s/ /zk(t)li/ /f(r)/ /flat/ /fl/ /hnd/ /l/ /fbi/ /ftrf/ /palt/ /plis ste()n/ a crash involving a car, train, plane, or other vehicle Frequency of Use *** *** ** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling v v v v /s/ /slip/ /smk/ /wk/ Denition to make music using your voice

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Sample Sentence Some people are singing in Oxford Street. I sleep for 8 hours every night. Do you smoke? Do you walk, take public transport or drive?

to go into a natural state in which you are unconscious for a time and your body rests, especially for several hours at night to put a cigarette in your mouth and breathe in smoke from it to move forwards by putting one foot in front of the other

The chances of being in a plane accident were about 0.0000000004%. More than 10 million British adults are afraid of ying. If you dont like ying, you are not alone. Jack Lewis, your business partner, is leaving work now. Hes leaving our company! Fear of ying is one of the most common phobias in the world. The writer went on a course for people afraid of ying. He explained exactly how a plane works Fear of ying is one of the most common phobias in the world. What did the people do when the ight started? Do you want me to follow him? Some people held hands. In 2003, the mayor of London made a new law to help reduce traffic. She gave us information about phobias and taught us a relaxation technique. He took a photograph of his family. The writer talked to a pilot. He found a camera, so he took it to the police station.

someone who is no longer a child and is legally responsible for their actions without anyone with you a company or person that is involved with the business dealings of another company or person an organization that provides services, or that makes or sells goods for money happening frequently, or existing in large amounts or numbers a series of lessons or lectures in an academic subject or a practical skill no more and no less than a particular amount or time the feeling that you have when you are frightened a journey through air or space in a vehicle such as a plane to walk, drive etc closely behind someone in order to watch them the part of your body at the end of each arm that you use for picking up and holding things an official rule that people must obey a very strong feeling of disliking or being afraid of someone or something a picture of something that you make with a camera someone who ies an aircraft the building where the local police force works

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Word safe secret security stranger survive take Frequency of Use *** *** *** ** *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj nC nC nC v v /sef/ /sikrt/ /skjrti/ /strend(r)/ /s(r)vav/ /tek/ Denition not likely to cause damage, injury, or harm

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Sample Sentence I knew that planes were very safe. Its a secret meeting. I dont like going through security, it makes me nervous. I dont like talking to a stranger on a plane. I could get on a plane and survive. Why dont we take a taxi?

a piece of information that is known by only a small number of people, and is deliberately not told to other people the department within an organization that protects buildings and workers someone who you do not know to manage to deal with something difficult or unpleasant to use a particular type of transport

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Unit 9 | Main vocabulary


Word Clothes boot dress jacket jeans jumper shirt shoe skirt tie trainers trousers *** *** *** * * *** *** ** ** * ** nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC /but/ /dres/ /dkt/ /dinz/ /dmp(r)/ /(r)t/ /u/ /sk(r)t/ /ta/ /tren(r)z/ /traz(r)z/ /ti(r)t/ a type of shoe that covers all of your foot and part of your leg Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

I cant nd my other boot! Thats a beautiful dress. Its a good idea to put on a jacket for an interview. She bought some new jeans yesterday. Right now Im wearing a jumper. I think a shirt and tie make a good impression at an interview. A dirty shirt makes a very bad impression, and so do dirty shoes. I think you shouldnt wear a very short skirt for a rst meeting I think a shirt and tie make a good impression at an interview. You cant wear trainers here. A shirt and trousers is ne.

a piece of clothing that covers a womans body and part of her legs a short coat that covers the upper part of the body and is made in many styles for different occasions and different kinds of weather trousers made of heavy cotton cloth called denim that you wear in informal situations a warm piece of clothing, usually made of wool, that you pull over your head and that covers your upper body and arms a piece of mens clothing that covers the top part of the body something that you wear on each foot, usually over socks a piece of clothing for a woman or girl. It hangs from the waist and is not joined between the legs a long narrow piece of cloth that a man wears around his neck under the collar of a shirt. It is tied with a knot strong, comfortable shoes which are designed for doing sports in, but which many people wear as informal clothing a piece of clothing covering the body from the waist to the feet, divided into separate parts for each leg and worn by both men and women a soft shirt that usually has short sleeves and no collar

T-shirt Body arm back chest elbow nger foot (plural feet) *** *** *** ** *** ***

nC

Its sunny, so Im wearing a T-shirt.

nC nC nC nC nC nC

/(r)m/ /bk/ /test/ /elb/ /f(r)/ /ft, fit/

one of the two long parts of your body with your hands at the end the part of your body between your neck and your bottom, on the opposite side to your chest and stomach the upper front part of your body between your neck and your stomach the part in the middle of your arm, where it bends your ngers are the long thin parts on the end of your hands the part of your body at the end of your leg, on which you stand

Stretch your arms, your hands and your shoulders. Keep your back straight My chest hurts! My elbow hurts when I play tennis. He types with one nger. Keep your back straight and your feet on the oor.

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Unit 9 | Main vocabulary


Word hand head knee leg neck shoulder stomach wrist Face cheek chin ear eye hair mouth nose tooth (plural teeth) Health problems cold headache hurt ill ** * *** *** nC nC v adj /kld/ /hedek/ /h(r)t/ /l/ a minor illness that blocks your nose and makes you cough a pain in your head to feel pain somewhere in your body not healthy, because of a medical condition or an injury ** ** *** *** *** *** *** *** nC nC nC nC nU nC nC nC /tik/ /tn/ /(r)/ /a/ /he(r)/ /ma/ /nz/ /tu, ti/ the soft part on each side of your face below your eyes Frequency of Use *** *** *** *** *** *** ** ** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC /hnd/ /hed/ /ni/ /le/ /nek/ /ld(r)/ /stmk/ /rst/ Denition the part of your body at the end of each arm that you use for picking up and holding things

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Sample Sentence In Canada, you should shake a persons hand. Many English-speaking countries have the Queen of Englands head on their coins. She hurt her knee playing tennis. My son can stand on one leg. You can hurt your neck if you sit for a long time every day. Stretch your arms, your hands and your shoulders. Hows your stomach? You can hurt your wrists if you type for a long time every day.

the top part of your body that has your brain, eyes, mouth etc in it the part in the middle of your leg, where it bends one of the two parts of your body to which your feet are attached the part of the body that joins the head to the rest of the body one of the two parts of your body between your neck and the top of your arms the soft part at the front of your body between your chest and your legs the part of your body between your hand and your arm

It was cold so his cheeks were red. He doesnt have much hair on his chin. My brother has big ears. I dont trust a person if he or she doesnt make eye contact. Whose hair is in picture B? He has a small mouth and a long chin. She has a big nose. When I eat cold ice cream it hurts my teeth.

the centre of the bottom part of your face, below your mouth and above your neck one of the two parts at the sides of your head that you hear with one of the two body parts in your face that you use for seeing the mass of thin bres that grows on your head the part of your face below your nose that you use to eat and speak the part of your face above your mouth that you use for smelling and breathing one of the hard white objects inside your mouth that you use for biting and for chewing food

Ive got a cold. Ive got a headache. My back hurts. Are you ill often?

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Unit 9 | Main vocabulary


Word stomach ache tired toothache *** Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling n C/U adj nU /stmk ek/ /ta(r)d/ /tuek/ Denition pain in your stomach needing to rest or sleep a pain in one or more of your teeth

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Sample Sentence I cant work because Ive got stomach ache. You are very tired. Ive got a toothache.

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Unit 10 | Main vocabulary


Word Places in a city bank chemist cinema disco hospital hotel library nightclub pool school shop shopping centre stadium supermarket * ** *** *** *** *** ** ** * *** *** *** nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC nC n C/U nC nC nC nC /bk/ /kemst/ /snm/ /dsk/ /hspt()l/ /htel/ /labrri/ /natklb/ /pul/ /skul/ /p/ /p sent(r)/ /stedim/ /sup(r)m(r)kt/ /tan hl/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

a nancial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from a shop that sells medicines, beauty products, and toiletries a building where you pay to go and watch a lm a place or event where people dance to popular music a place where people stay when they are ill or injured and need a lot of care from doctors and nurses a building where you pay to stay in a room and have meals a place where books, documents, CDs etc are available for you to look at or borrow a place where people go in the evening to dance, drink alcohol, or watch entertainers a large structure lled with water for people to swim in a place where children go to be taught a place where you buy things or where you pay for a service an area where a group of different shops and businesses such as banks and restaurants are all built next to each other a large building, usually without a roof, where people watch sports events such as football matches or races a very large shop that sells food and other products for the home. You go around the shop pushing a trolley and putting things in it, then you pay for your goods at the checkout. a building that has all the offices of a towns local government

You mustnt smoke now in any offices, banks, restaurants or pubs in India. She bought the medicine at the chemist. We went to the cinema last night. The disco is full of people at the weekends. He was in hospital for a week when he was ill. The Cape Grace is a ve-star hotel next to the sea in Cape Town. You bring the books back to the library. Cape Town is home to the biggest nightclub in South Africa. At Cape Grace you can go swimming in the pool. In Cathedral City, California its illegal to take a dog to school. There are hundreds of little shops at the market. The V&A Waterfront is the most popular shopping centre. Nicks city has big stadiums. I have no food, so Im going to the supermarket.

town hall Describing a town/city beautiful boring cheap cosmopolitan *** ** ***

nC

The town hall is in the city centre.

adj adj adj adj

/bjutf()l/ /br/ /tip/ /kzmplt()n/

something that is beautiful is very pleasant to look at not at all interesting, and making you feel impatient or dissatised not expensive showing the inuence of many different countries and cultures

Cape Town is one of South Africas most beautiful cities. I think that living in a big city is never boring. You can nd cheap jewellery at the shopping centre. Lots of people say that Toronto is interesting, because its cosmopolitan.

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Word dangerous expensive friendly historical interesting modern noisy polluted quiet safe ugly unfriendly go + -ing go dancing go diving go sightseeing go shopping go swimming go walking Size & colours big dark *** *** adj adj /b/ /d(r)k/ large in size black, or almost black, in colour / dns/ / dav/ / satsi/ / p/ / swm/ / wk/ Frequency of Use *** *** *** *** *** *** * * *** *** ** * Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj /dendrs/ /kspensv/ /fren(d)li/ /hstrk()l/ /ntrst/ /md(r)n/ /nzi/ /plutd/ /kwat/ /sef/ /li/ /nfren(d)li/ Denition likely to have a bad effect or to cause a problem something that is expensive costs a lot of money

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Sample Sentence Its the most dangerous part of the city. Life in Madrid is not expensive. Are the people friendly? I think that Ottawa has more historical buildings than Toronto. Which law do you think is the most interesting? Mexico City is more modern than other cities in Mexico. Is it very noisy? Is the air polluted? Nicks city is very clean and quiet. Toronto and Ottawa are both safe cities. Some parts of the city are very ugly. Are the people friendly or unfriendly in the city?

someone who is friendly is always pleasant and helpful towards other people connected with history or with the past something that is interesting makes you want to know about it or take part in it using the most recent methods, ideas, designs, or equipment making a lot of noise to make air, water, or land too dirty and dangerous for people to use in a safe way used about places in which there is little noise used about places and situations where you are protected from danger something that is ugly is unpleasant to look at not friendly

to move your feet and your body in a pattern of movements that follows the sound of music to jump into water with your head rst and your arms stretched out in front of you to travel around a place to see the interesting things in it to go to a shop to buy things to swim for enjoyment, for exercise, or in races to go for a long walk, often in hills or mountains

This is the best place to go dancing and have a good time. On special adventure tours you can go diving with a great white shark. If you want to go sightseeing, you must go to Robben Island. Whats the best place to go shopping for clothes? At Cape Grace you can go swimming in the pool. You can also go walking around the top of the mountain.

Nicks city has big stadiums. Its a dark brown T-shirt.

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Word gold large light silver small tiny Other words & phrases apartheid at least bizarre carry danceoor get dressed * *** adj v nC nU /p(r)thet/ /t list/ /bz(r)/ /kri/ /dnsfl(r)// /et drest/ /n/ /li()l/ /dulri/ /ki r/ /luz/ /m/ /f(r)/ /p(r)mt/ /p/ the political system that existed in the past in South Africa, in which only white people had political rights and power Frequency of Use *** *** *** * *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling adj adj adj adj adj adj /ld/ /l(r)d/ /lat/ /slv(r)/ /sml/ /tani/ Denition something that is gold is the colour of gold bigger than usual in size pale in colour, not dark light grey in colour not large in size, amount, or number extremely small

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Sample Sentence Its a gold pen. A supermarket is a large place where you can buy Its a light blue T-shirt. There are silver ones and these black ones. Alicante is smaller than Madrid. Its a tiny black keyring.

Robben Island was one of South Africas worst prisons during apartheid. Add at least one more sentence of your own. They now have several hundred bizarre laws. In the majority of American cities, you neednt have a permit to carry a gun. The giant building has a danceoor for 5,000 people. If you want to go swimming in Destin, Florida, you must get dressed in your hotel room and not in your car. You neednt have a permit to buy a gun. In Cathedral City, California its illegal to take a dog to school. You can nd cheap jewellery at the shopping centre. Does the man like the keyrings? Where did you lose your keys? How many mugs does the woman take? We have collected here a small sample of the best Cape Town has to offer. You neednt have a permit to buy a gun. You mustnt take a pig to the beach in Miami Beach, Florida.

not less than a particular amount or number, and possibly more strange and difficult to explain to have something with you, usually in your pocket or bag an area in a club, restaurant etc designed for people to dance on to put your clothes on

gun illegal jewellery keyring lose mug offer permit pig

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nC adj nU nC

a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rie not allowed by the law objects that you wear as decoration a metal ring used for keeping keys together to stop having something because it has been taken from you or destroyed a cup with straight sides and no saucer, used mainly for hot drinks to provide something such as a product or service an official document that gives you permission to do something an animal with no fur and a curly tail kept by farmers for its meat

*** * ***

v nC v nC

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nC

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Word quality shark shout skill snake spa strange teddy bear throw towel *** ** *** Frequency of Use *** * *** *** * Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling n C/U nC v n C/U nC nC adj nC v nC /kwlti/ /(r)k/ /at/ /skl/ /snek/ /sp/ /strend/ /tedi be(r)/ /r/ /tal/ Denition the quality of something is how good or bad it is a large sh with sharp teeth that lives in the sea to say something in a loud voice

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Sample Sentence You can nd quality clothes at the shopping centre. The ocean near Cape Town is famous for sharks. You must not shout or sing in public at night in the town of Topeka, Kansas. Football players have a lot of skill. In Toledo, Ohio its against the law to throw a snake at another person. At Cape Grace you can relax in the spa. Do you have any strange laws in your town or country? Its a big brown teddy bear. In Toledo, Ohio its against the law to throw a snake at another person. Theyre small white towels.

the ability to do something well, usually as a result of experience and training a long thin animal with no legs and a smooth skin a place with a natural supply of mineral water where people go because the water is considered to improve health unusual or unexpected, especially in a way that surprises or worries you a soft toy bear to use your hand to send an object through the air a piece of material used for drying your hands or body, or for drying dishes

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Unit 11 | Main vocabulary


Word Jobs accountant actor builder doctor nurse secretary ** *** ** *** *** *** nC nC nC nC nC nC /kantnt/ /kt(r)/ /bld(r)/ /dkt(r)/ /n(r)s/ /sekrtri/ /skjrti (r)d/ /vet/ /wet(r)/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

someone whose job is to prepare nancial records for a company or person someone who performs in plays and lms, especially as their job someone whose job is to repair and build houses someone whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured someone who is trained to look after ill or injured people, usually in a hospital someone in an office who works for someone else and who does jobs such as arranging meetings, making phone calls, and preparing letters someone whose job is to guard something a doctor for animals. Vet is short for veterinary surgeon. a man or boy who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant or caf

My brother is an accountant. Brad Pitt is a famous actor. Do you know a good builder? Are you a doctor? In Britain there are men and women nurses. Her secretary sent me an email.

security guard vet waiter Describing work badly-paid employed full-time part-time permanent temporary unemployed well-paid Collocations with make & do do a good job ** ** *** *** *** *

nC nC nC

He works as a security guard. I took my dog to the vet yesterday. Will is a waiter.

adj adj adj adj adj adj adj adj

/bdliped/ /mpld/ /fltam/ /p(r)ttam/ /p(r)mnnt/ /temp()rri/ /nmpld/ /welped/

if someone is badly paid, they do not earn much money, or they earn less money than is fair for the work they do someone paid regularly to do a job or to work as a member of an organization done for the number of hours that people normally work in a complete week done for only part of the time that an activity is usually performed happening or existing for a long time or for all time in the future temporary workers do a job for a limited period of time without a job a well-paid person receives a good amount of money for work

What jobs are badly-paid? This means that more people will be employed in the service sector. Part-time jobs will be more common than fulltime jobs. Do students have part-time jobs? You wont have a permanent job for life in the future. A lot of young people do temporary work. Are there many unemployed people in your country? What jobs are well-paid in your country?

/du d db/

to do something well

I sometimes do a good job when Im motivated.

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Word do homework make a friend make a mistake make coffee make plans Phrasal verbs clean up log on shut down throw away turn off Other words & phrases chance chapter invisible opportunity public quit regret save (money) volunteer work *** *** ** *** *** * ** *** n C/U nC adj n C/U adj v v v /tns/ /tpt(r)/ /nvzb()l/ /p(r)tjunti/ /pblk/ /kwt/ /rret/ /sev/ v v v v v /klin p/ /l n/ /t dan/ /r we/ /t(r)n f/ to make a place completely clean and tidy Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling /du hmw(r)k/ /mek frend/ /mek mstek/ /mek kfi/ /mek plnz/ Denition work that a teacher gives a student to do out of class

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Sample Sentence I always do my homework every night. I usually make friends easily. I sometimes make mistakes in English. I never make coffee in the morning. I sometimes make plans for the future.

to become the friend of someone and treat them in a kind way something that you have not done correctly, or something you say or think that is not correct to pour hot water onto a powder made from ground coffee beans so that you have a hot drink make arrangements to achieve something

Please clean up when you nish your break.

to start using a computer system, for example by typing a particular Log on with your username and password. word if a machine or computer shuts down, or if someone shuts it down, it stops operating to get rid of something that you no longer want, for example by putting it in a dustbin to stop a piece of equipment working temporarily by pressing a button or by moving a switch When you nish, please shut down the computer. Do not throw away paper. Turn off all lights at the end of the day.

an opportunity for you to do something, especially something that you want to do one of the sections into which a book is divided something that is invisible cannot be seen a chance to do something, or a situation in which it is easy for you to do something available for people in general to use to stop doing something to feel sorry or sad that something has happened to regularly put money in a bank or invest it so that you can use it later

When you make a mistake, see this as a chance to learn something new. There are 12 chapters in the book. Behind the Scenes talks to the people who do the invisible jobs. People who speak two or more languages will have better opportunities. Are hospitals in your country public or private? John hates his job, so he wants to quit. Many people hate the dentist, but if you dont go you will regret it later. Its never too late to save money. Do some volunteer work.

/vlnt(r) w(r)k/ work that is not paid

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Unit 12 | Main vocabulary


Word Music band classical (music) folk (music) *** * nC nU nU /bnd/ /klsk()l/ /fk/ /dz/ /mjuz()n/ /pp/ /(r) n bi/ /rp/ /rk/ /s(r)/ /s/ /srat(r)/ Frequency of Use Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling Denition

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Sample Sentence

a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz or rock music written according to standard European forms or structures by people such as Mozart and Beethoven traditional music from a particular country, region, or community, especially music developed by people who were not professional musicians

Ive seen lots of new and classic rock bands. We went to a classical music concert last weekend. I really like folk music.

jazz

nU

a type of music that developed in the late 19th century in which The bar plays jazz music in the evenings. there is a strong lively beat and the players often improvise (=make up the music as they play) someone who performs or writes music, especially as their job Think of a musician or band that you like. a type of music, usually played on electronic instruments, that is In the past I liked pop music. popular with many people because it consists of short songs with a strong beat and simple tunes that are easy to remember a type of popular music that African American musicians developed from blues and jazz a way of talking using rhythm and rhyme, usually over a strong musical beat a type of music that developed from rock n roll and uses a heavy regular beat, electric guitars, singing, and a tune that is easy to remember She likes dancing to R&B. Do you have much rap music on your iPod? How long has the man liked rock music?

musician pop (music)

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nC nU

R&B rap rock (music) ***

nU n C/U nU

singer song songwriter Media camera game show journalist newspaper

** ***

nC nC nC

someone who sings, especially someone who sings well or as a job Listen to a person talking about her favourite singer. a piece of music with words that you sing someone who writes songs He has written a song. Hes a great songwriter but he cant sing very well.

***

nC nC

/km()r/ /em / /d(r)nlst/ /njuzpep(r)/

a piece of equipment used for making television programmes, lms, or videos a television programme in which people play games or answer questions in order to win prizes someone whose job is to report the news for a newspaper, magazine, radio programme, or television programme a set of large printed sheets of folded paper containing news, articles, and other information, usually published every day

Dont look into the camera! They won a lot of money on the game show. Can the journalist ask you some questions? I read the newspaper every morning.

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nC nC

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Word radio the (morning/ evening) news Other words & phrases achievement award beginning brochure choose *** *** *** * *** n C /U nC nC nC v /tivmnt/ /w(r)d/ /bn/ /br(r)/ /tuz/ /fand(r)/ /laftam/ /memraz/ a particular thing that you have achieved Frequency of Use *** *** Part of Speech Phonetic Spelling nC nU /redi/ / njuz/ Denition

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Sample Sentence Shes been on local radio. Think of some people who are on television or in the news a lot at the moment. a system of broadcasting information and programmes that people can listen to a television or radio broadcast that gives you information about recent events, read by a newsreader with special reports by correspondents

Winning this award is a great achievement. He has won an award. Every end is a new beginning. An advertisement brochure for a language school. Time chooses the Person of the Year as the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the years news. Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook. (2010) Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. I memorize a new English word every day.

a prize or other reward that is given to someone who has achieved something the rst part of something a small magazine containing details and pictures of goods or services that you can buy to decide which you want from a number of people or things

founder lifetime memorize

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nC nC v

someone who starts a school, organization, business, or community the period of time when someone is alive to learn something so that you remember it perfectly

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