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method (n)
modern methods of teaching
metre (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: meter)
microwave (n)
a microwave oven
midday (n)
middle (n)
middle-aged (adj)
midnight (n)
might (mv)
mild (adj)
mile (n)
milk (n)
millimetre (mm) (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:
millimeter)
million (n)
mind (n & v)
His mind was on other things. (n)
Would you mind if I called
tomorrow? (v)
Mind your head! (v)
Who's minding the baby for you? (v)
Make your mind up, quickly! (v)
mine (pron)
mineral water (n)
minimum (adj & n)
minus (prep)
minute (n)
mirror (n)
miserable (adj)
miss (v)
Miss (n)
missing (adj)
mistake (n)
mix (v & n)
mobile (phone) (n)
model (n)
It's cheap because it's last year's
model. (n)
She’s a fashion model. (n)
modern (adj)
moment (n)
money (n)
monkey (n)
monster (n)
month (n)
monument (n)
mood (n)
moon (n)
more (adv, det & pron)
morning (n)
mosquito (n)
most (adv, det & pron)
mother (n)
motorbike (n)
motorcycle (n)
motor-racing (n)
motorway (n)
mountain (n)
mouse (n)
moustache (n)
mouth (n)
move (v)
movie (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: film)
movie star (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng:
film star)
movie theater (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng:
cinema)
MP3 player (n)
Mr (n)
Mrs (n)
Ms (n)
much (adv, det & pron)
mug (n)
mum (n)
museum (n)
mushroom (n)
music (n)
musical (adj)
musician (n)
must (mv)
multiply (v)
my (det)
myself (pron)
mystery (n)
N
name (n & v)
narrow (adj)
nasty (adj)
national (adj)
nationality (n)
natural (adj)
nature (n)
nature studies
navy blue (adj)
near (adv, prep & adj)
nearby (adj & adv)
nearly (adv)
neat (adj)
necessary (adj)
neck (n)
necklace (n)
need (v)
negative (adj)
neighbour (n)
neighbourhood (n)
neither (adv, det, pron)
She’s not tall, and neither am I.
Neither child was hurt.
They gave us two keys and neither
worked.
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nephew (n)
nervous (adj)
a nervous person
to feel nervous
net (n)
network (n)
never (adv)
new (adj)
news (n)
newspaper (n)
next (adj & adv)
next to (prep)
nice (adj)
niece (n)
night (n)
nightclub (n)
nightlife (n)
nightmare (n)
no (adv, det & pron)
nobody (pron)
noise (n)
noisy (adj)
none (pron)
noon (n)
no one (pron)
normal (adj)
normally (adv)
north (adj, adv & n)
northeast (adj & n)
northern (adj)
northwest (adj & n)
nose (n)
not (adv)
note (n & v)
to write a note (n)
a ten-pound note (n)
Please note. (v)
notebook (n)
notepaper (n)
nothing (pron)
notice (n & v)
to read a notice (n)
until further notice (n)
Did you notice anything wrong? (v)
noticeboard (n)
novel (n)
now (adv)
nowadays (adv)
nowhere (adv)
number (n)
numbers 5 to 7
a large number of cars
What’s your (phone) number?
nurse (n)
O
object (n)
obvious (adj)
obviously (adv)
occasion (n)
occasionally (adv)
occupation (n)
ocean (n)
o’clock (adv)
of (prep)
of course (adv)
off (adv & prep)
It fell off the table. (prep)
The meeting is off. (adv)
I’ve got the afternoon off. (adv)
offer (n & v)
office (n)
officer (n)
often (adv)
oh (exclam)
oh dear! (exclam)
oil (n)
OK / O.K. / okay (adj & exclam)
old (adj)
old-fashioned (adj)
olive (n)
omelette (n)
on (adv & prep)
on board (prep phr)
on business (prep phr)
once (adv)
once a year
I once saw him dancing.
one (det & pron)
on fire (prep phr)
on foot (prep phr)
on holiday (prep phr)
onion (n)
online (adv & adj)
to book/buy something online (adv)
an online printer (adj)
only (adj & adv)
on purpose (prep phr)
on request (prep phr)
on sale (prep phr)
on time (prep phr)
onto (prep)
open (adj & v)
opening hours (n pl)
opera (n)
operate (v)
operation (n)
opinion (n)
opportunity (n)
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opposite (adj, n, prep & adv)
option (n)
or (conj)
orange (adj & n)
orchestra (n)
order (conj, n & v)
in order to (conj)
to put something in order (n)
to order a meal (v)
ordinary (adj)
organisation (n)
organise (v)
original (adj)
other (adj, pron & det)
otherwise (adv)
ought (mv)
our (det)
ours (pron)
ourselves (pron)
out (adv)
outdoor (adj)
outdoors (adv)
out of (prep)
out of date (prep phr)
out of order (prep phr)
out of work (prep phr)
outside (adv, adj & prep)
oven (n)
over (adv & prep)
I’m going over the road. (prep)
over 40 people (more than) (adv)
to be over (finished) (adv)
Several birds were flying over the roof
of the school. (prep)
overnight (adj & adv)
owe (v)
own (adj, pron & v)
my own pen (adj)
on my own (pron)
to own a car (v)
owner (n)
P
pack (v)
to pack a case (v)
packet (n)
page (n)
pain (n)
painful (adj)
paint (n & v)
painter (n)
painting (n)
pair (n)
palace (n)
pale (adj)
pale blue
pan (n)
pants (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: trousers)
paper (n)
a sheet of paper
a (news)paper
paragraph (n)
parcel (n)
pardon (exclam)
Pardon?
parent (n)
park (n & v)
a public park (n)
to park a car (v)
parking (n)
parking lot (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: car park)
parrot (n)
part (n)
a part of something (n)
partly (adv)
particular (adj)
I love this CD - in particular the last
song.
particularly (adv)
partner (n)
part time (adv)
part-time (adj)
party (n)
a birthday party
a political party
pass (n & v)
Several cars passed.
to pass the sugar
to pass an examination
passenger (n)
passport (n)
password (n)
past (adj, n & prep)
the past few weeks (adj)
in the past (n)
It’s half past one. (prep)
pasta (n)
path (n)
patient (adj & n)
to be patient (adj)
a hospital patient (n)
pattern (n)
pause (v)
pavement (n)
pay (n & v)
PC (personal computer) (n)
pea (n)
peace (n)
peaceful (adj)
peach (n)
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peak (n)
peanut (n)
pear (n)
pedestrian (n)
peel (v)
pen (n)
pence (n pl)
pencil (n)
pencil case (n)
penfriend (n)
penguin (n)
penny (n)
people (n pl)
pepper (n)
to pass the pepper (spice)
red peppers (vegetable)
per (prep)
percent (adv)
perfect (adj)
perfectly (adv)
perform (v)
performance (n)
performer (n)
perfume (n)
perhaps (adv)
period (n)
permanent (adj)
permission (n)
permit (v)
Dogs are not permitted here.
permitted (adj)
person (n)
personal (adj)
personally (adv)
persuade (v)
pet (n)
petrol (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: gas)
petrol station (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: gas
station)
pharmacy (n)
phone (n & v)
photo (n)
photocopy (n)
photograph (n & v)
photographer (n)
photography (n)
phrase (n)
physics (n)
piano (n)
pick (v)
pick up (phr v)
I picked up a pencil.
I’ll pick up my sister from the station.
picnic (n)
picture (n)
pie (n)
piece (n)
a piece of cheese
to break into small pieces
a piece of furniture/advice
pig (n)
pile (n)
pill (n)
pillow (n)
pilot (n)
pin (n & v)
pineapple (n)
pink (adj & n)
pipe (n)
pirate (n)
pitch (n)
football pitch
pity (n)
It’s a pity you couldn’t come to the
party
– it was great.
pizza (n)
place (n)
a safe place (n)
I’ve lost my place in the book. (n)
third place in a race (n)
London is a big place. (n)
plain (adj)
It’s plain to me. (clear)
a plain T-shirt (no design)
plan (n & v)
a street plan (n)
a plan to do something (n)
plane (n)
planet (n)
plant (n & v)
plastic (adj & n)
plate (n)
platform (n)
play (n & v)
a play at the theatre (n)
children playing (v)
to play football (v)
to play the guitar (v)
to play a DVD (v)
to play the part of someone (act) (v)
player (n)
playground (n)
pleasant (adj)
please (exclam & v)
Come in, please. (exclam)
to please someone (v)
pleased (adj)
pleasure (n)
plenty (pron)
plug (n)
a plug for the bath
an electrical plug
plus (prep & conj)
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p.m. (adv)
pocket (n)
pocket money (n)
podcast (n)
poem (n)
poet (n)
poetry (n)
point (n & v)
to point at something (v)
The pencil has no point on it. (n)
police (n)
policeman (n)
police officer (n)
police station (n)
polite (adj)
political (adj)
politician (n)
politics (n)
pollution (n)
pool (n)
a swimming-pool
poor (adj)
She is very poor. (financial)
the poor man (sympathy)
pop (n)
pop song/music/star/group
popular (adj)
population (n)
port (n)
position (n)
positive (adj)
possibility (n)
possible (adj)
possibly (adv)
post (n & v)
to post a letter (v)
to send it by post (n)
postcard (n)
poster (n)
postman (n)
post office (n)
postpone (v)
pot (n)
potato (n)
pound (£) (n)
pour (v)
powder (n)
power (n)
powerful (adj)
practice (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: practise)
practise (v)
pray (v)
prayer (n)
predict (v)
prefer (v)
pregnant (adj)
preparation (n)
prepare (v)
prepared (adj)
prescription (n)
medicine on a prescription
present (adj & n & v)
to be present (adj)
at the present time (adj)
That will be all for the present. (n)
I got some lovely birthday presents. (n)
The winners were presented with
prizes. (v)
She presents the late-night news. (v)
presentation (n)
presenter (n)
a sports presenter
president (n)
press (v)
to press a button
to press a suit
pretty (adj & adv)
prevent (v)
previous (adj)
previously (adv)
price (n)
primary school (n)
prince (n)
princess (n)
principal (adj)
print (v)
to print a document
printer (n)
prison (n)
prisoner (n)
private (adj)
prize (n)
probably (adv)
problem (n)
produce (v)
product (n)
production (n)
film/music production
She wants to work in television
production.
profession (n)
professional (n)
professor (n)
program(me) (n)
TV programme
computer program
progress (n)
prohibited (adj)
project (n)
school/work project
promise (n & v)
to promise to do something (v)
to keep a promise (n)
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promote (v)
pronounce (v)
to pronounce a word correctly
pronunciation (n)
proper (adj)
property (n)
protect (v)
proud (adj)
prove (v)
provide (v)
public (adj & n)
public opinion (adj)
to make something public (adj)
to be open to the public (n)
public transport (n)
publish (v)
pull (v)
pullover (n)
pump (n)
petrol/bike pump
punish (v)
pupil (n)
puppy (n)
pure (adj)
purple (adj & n)
purpose (n)
He did it on purpose. (deliberately)
purse (n)
push (n & v)
put (v)
put away (phr v)
He put the book away.
put down (phr v)
She put her name down for the trip.
put off (phr v)
The meeting was put off until the
following week.
put on (phr v)
He put on a suit.
Can you put on the light?
He didn’t want to put on weight.
put out (phr v)
The fire was quickly put out.
put through (phr v)
Can you put me through to the
manager, please?
put up (phr v)
The company had to put up its prices.
puzzle (n)
pyjamas (n pl)
Q
qualification (n)
qualified (adj)
quality (n)
quantity (n)
quarter (n)
queen (n)
question (n)
to ask a question
the question being discussed (subject)
questionnaire (n)
queue (n)
quick (adj)
quickly (adv)
quiet (adj)
quietly (adv)
quit (v)
quite (adv)
Are you quite sure?
quite old
quiz (n)
R
rabbit (n)
race (n & v)
to win a race (n)
to race against fast runners (compete)
(v)
to race home quickly (run) (v)
racket (n)
tennis racket
radio (n)
rail (n)
to go by rail
railway (n)
rain (n & v)
raincoat (n)
rainforest (n)
raise (v)
to raise your arm
to raise prices
range (n)
rap (n)
rap artist
rare (adj)
rarely (adv)
rather (adv)
She’s rather tall for her age.
I’d rather go to the cinema than the
theatre.
Shall we stay in tonight, rather than go
out?
raw (adj)
raw meat
reach (v)
react (v)
He reacted quickly to the news.
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