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Sport
athlete
athletics
badminton
ball
baseball
basketball
bat
bathing suit
beach
bicycle
bike
boat
boxing
catch
(v)
champion
championship
changing room
climb (v)
climbing
club
coach (n)
compete
competition
competitor
contest
court
cricket
cycling
cyclist
dancing
diving
enter (a
competition)
extreme sports
(sports) facilities
fishing
fitness
football
football player
game
goal
goalkeeper
golf
gym
gymnastics
helmet
high jump
hit
(v)
hockey
horse-riding
ice hockey
ice skates
ice skating
instructor
jogging
join in
kick (v)
kit
league
locker (room)
long jump
luck
match
member
motor-racing
net
pitch (n)
play
(v)
point(s)
practice (n)
practise (v)
prize
race
race track
racing
racket
reserve (n)
rest (n & v)
ride (n & v)
rider
riding
rugby
run (n & v)
running
sail (n & v)
sailing
score
sea
season
shoot(ing)
shorts
skateboard
skating
skiing
snowboard
snowboarding
soccer
sport(s)
sports centre
squash
stadium
surf
surfboard
surfboarding
surfing
swim
swimming
swimming
costume
swimming pool
swimsuit
table tennis
take part
team
tennis
tennis player
throw (v)
ticket
tired
track
tracksuit
trainer(s)
train(ing)
versus / v
volleyball
walk (v)
watch (v)
water skiing
win
workout
yoga
The Natural World
air
animal
autumn
beach
bee
bird
branch
bush
butterfly
cave
cliff
climate
coast
continent
country
countryside
desert
dolphin
donkey
duck
earth
east
elephant
environment
environmental
explore(r)
fall (Am Eng)
farmland
field
fire
fish
flood
flower
forest
freeze
frog
fur
giraffe
grass
grow
hill
hot
ice
island
jungle
kangaroo
lake
land
leaf
lion
monkey
moon
mosquito
mountain
mouse/mice
nature
north
parrot
penguin
planet
plant
pollution
rabbit
rainforest
range
river
rock
sand
scenery
sea
shark
sky
south
space
species
spring
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star
stone
summer
sun
sunrise
sunset
sunshine
tiger
tree
valley
water
waterfall
waves
west
wild
wildlife
winter
wood
wool
world
zebra
Time
afternoon
evening
night
weekday
a.m. / p.m.
half (past)
noon
weekend
ages (for ages)
holidays
o’clock
weekly
appointment
hour
past
winter
approximately
January - December
quarter (past / to)
working hours
autumn
meeting
second
year
birthday
midnight
spring
yesterday
century
minute
summer
clock
moment
time
daily
Monday - Sunday
today
date
month
tomorrow
day
monthly
tonight
diary
morning
week
Travel and Transport
abroad
accommodation
(aero) / (air)plane
airline
airport
ambulance
announcement
arrival
arrive
astronaut
at sea
backpack
backpacker
backpacking
bag
baggage
bicycle / bike
board (v)
boarding pass
boat
border
bridge
brochure
bus
bus station
bus stop
by air
by land
by rail
by road
by sea
cab
cabin
canal
capital city
car
car alarm
car park
case
catch
(v)
change (v)
charter
check in (v)
check-in (n)
check out (v)
coach
confirm
country
crossing
crossroads
currency
customs
cycle (n & v)
cyclist
delay
delayed
deliver
depart
departure
destination
direction
document(s)
dollar
double room
drive
driver
driving
/driver’s
licence
due
duty-free
embassy
euro
exchange rate
facilities
far
fare
ferry
flight
fly
foreign
fuel
garage
gas / gas station
(Am Eng)
gate
guest
guide
guidebook
handlebars
harbour
helicopter
hitchhike
hotel
immigration
jet
journey
land
(v)
leave
left
light
lorry
luggage
machine
map
mechanic
mirror
miss
motorbike
motorway
move
nationality
on board
on business
on foot
on holiday
on time
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on vacation
oil
operator
overnight
park (v)
parking lot
parking space
passenger
passport
path
petrol
petrol station
pilot
platform
public transport
rail(road)
railway
reception
repair (v)
reservation
reserve
return
(n & v)
ride
road sign
rocket
roundabout
route
sail
(v)
scooter
(bus)
service
ship
sightseeing
signpost
single room
spaceship
speed
subway
suitcase
take off
taxi
tour (n & v)
tour guide
tourist
tourist
information
centre
traffic
traffic jam
traffic lights
train
tram
translate
translation
travel
trip
tunnel
tyre/tire
underground
underground
train
vehicle
visa
visit(or)
waiting room
way
wheel
window
windscreen
Weather
blow
breeze
centigrade
cloud
cloudy
cold
cool
degrees
dry
forecast
fog
foggy
freezing
frozen
gale
get wet
heat
hot
humid
ice
icy
lightning
mild
rain
shower
snow
snowfall
storm
sun
sunny
sunshine
temperature
thunder(storm)
warm
weather
wet
wind
windy
Work and Jobs
actor
actress
application
apply
architect
army
artist
assistant
astronaut
athlete
babysitter
banker
barber
boss
break (n)
businessman
businesswoman
butcher
cameraman
candidate
canteen
captain
career
chef
chemist
cleaner
colleague
company
computer
conference
contract
cook
crew
customs officer
CV
dancer
dentist
department
designer
desk
detective
diary
diploma
director
diver
doctor
earn
email
employ (v)
employee
employer
employment
engineer
explorer
factory
farm
farmer
film star
firefighter
football player/
footballer
full time
goalkeeper
guard
guest
guide
hairdresser
housewife
housework
instructions
instructor
job
journalist
judge
king
laboratory
lawyer
lecturer
letter
librarian
manager
mechanic
meeting
message
model
musician
novelist
nurse
occupation
office
officer (e.g.
prison/police)
out of work
owner
painter
part time
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photographer
pilot
poet
policeman
police officer
policewoman
politician
porter
postman
president
profession
professional
professor
(computer)
programmer
publisher
qualification
queen
quit
receptionist
reporter
retire
retirement
sailor
salary
sales assistant
salesman
saleswoman
scientist
secretary
security guard
shop assistant
shopper
singer
soldier
staff
student
taxi driver
teacher
tennis player
tour guide
trade
travel agent
unemployed
uniform
volunteer
(n)
wage(s)
waiter/waitress
work
worker