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- accord/əˈkɔːd/noun · B2A formal settlement reached between two sides who were in dispute.
- adjust/əˈd͡ʒʌst/verb · B2To change something a little until it is exactly right.
- aid/eɪd/noun · B2Help given, especially money or supplies sent to those in need.
- amputee/ampjʊˈtiː/noun · B2A person who has lost an arm or a leg.
- announce/əˈnaʊns/verb · B1To tell news officially to many people at once.
- apologetic/əˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/adjective · C1Showing you are sorry.
- ashamed/əˈʃeɪmd/adjective · B1Feeling bad because you did something wrong and others know.
- automatic/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk/adjective · B2Working by itself, without a person doing anything.
- back upphrase · B2To make a safety copy; also, to support someone's story.
- battery/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/noun · B1The store of power inside a phone or a toy; it runs out at the worst moment.
- belt/ˈbɛlt/noun · A2The leather band that holds your legwear up at the waist.
- beside/bɪˈsaɪd/preposition · A2Right next to somebody or something.
- bounce/baʊns/verb · B1To spring back up after hitting the ground, like a ball.
- brisk/bɹɪsk/adjective · B2Quick and energetic — a walk in cold morning air.
- buckle/ˈbʌkəl/noun · B1The metal clasp that fastens a belt.
- calcium/ˈkælsi.əm/noun · B1+The element that makes bones and shells hard.
- call outphrase · B1To shout in order to be heard or to summon somebody.
- cassette/kəˈsɛt/noun · C1The stack of toothed wheels on a rear hub.
- cataract/ˈkætəɹækt/noun · B2+A clouding of the lens of the eye that dims the sight.
- categoriseverb · B2+To sort things into named groups.
- cheerful/ˈt͡ʃɪəfl̩/adjective · B1Naturally sunny — smiling and spreading good feelings around.
- clarify/ˈklæɹ.ɪ.faɪ/verb · B2+To make a confusing thing clear.
- climb/ˈklaɪ̯m/verb · B1To go up using your hands and feet.
- coat/ˈkoʊ̯t/noun · A1The long warm thing you wear outside in winter.
- comparatively/kəmˈpæɹ.ə.tɪvli/adverb · B2+When set beside something else.
- compress/kəmˈpɹɛs/verb · B2+To squeeze a file into fewer bytes.
- container/kənˈteɪ.nə/noun · B1A standard steel box for carrying goods.
- contort/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/verb · B2To twist out of its normal shape.
- convey/kənˈveɪ/verb · B2+To carry a meaning or feeling across to someone.
- creak/kɹiːk/verb · B2+To make the long squeaking groan of old floors and doors.
- cretin/ˈkɹɛtɪn/noun · C1A stupid person, in offensive informal use.
- curse/kɜːs/noun · A2+Words spoken to bring harm upon somebody.
- daydream/ˈdeɪdɹiːm/noun · B2A pleasant drift of thoughts while wide awake.
- defect/ˈdiːfɛkt/noun · B2A flaw present from the moment it was made.
- deficiency/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/noun · C1A shortage of something needed, or a weakness.
- dent/dɛnt/noun · B2A hollow left in a hard surface where something struck it.
- difficulty/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/noun · B1Something hard, or the quality of being hard.
- disarmingadjective · C1So charming that it takes away any wish to be hostile.
- doorbell/ˈdɔː.bɛl/noun · A2+Visitors press this button, and you hear ding-dong.
- doorframe/ˈdɔːˌfɹeɪm/noun · B1The wooden or metal border fixed around a doorway, which the door itself hangs on.
- doorstep/ˈdɔː(ɹ)stɛp/noun · B1The step right outside your front door.
- doorway/ˈdɔɹweɪ/noun · B2The open space you walk through when you enter a room.
- drilling/ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/noun · B2Repeated practice of a movement until it is automatic.
- driver/ˈdɹaɪ.və/noun · A1The person behind the wheel of a car, bus, or taxi.
- dunce/dʌns/noun · C2A hopelessly slow learner — once made to wear a cone hat.
- dusk/dʌsk/noun · B1+The dim time just after the sun goes down.
- eagerly/ˈiɡɚli/adverb · B2+With excited, impatient enthusiasm.
- electric/ɪˈlɛktɹɪk/adjective · A2Working on the power that flows through wires.
- electricity/ˌiːlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/noun · A2+The invisible force in wires that lights lamps and runs machines.
- end upphrase · B1To finally arrive in a situation you never planned.
- enthusiasticallyadverb · B2+With keen and eager interest.
- establish/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/verb · B2To found something meant to last; also, to prove a fact firmly.
- evaluate/ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/verb · B2To judge carefully how good or valuable something is.
- exception/əkˈsɛpʃən/noun · B2An error a program raises so something else can handle it.
- expanse/ɪkˈspæns/noun · B2+A wide continuous stretch of something.
- explanation/ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/noun · A2+Words that make a confusing thing clear.
- expressive/ɪkˈspɹɛsɪv/adjective · B2Showing feeling clearly.
- fetch/fɛt͡ʃ/verb · B1To go after something thrown and bring it back.
- figure outphrase · B1To finally understand or solve something after thinking.
- fist/fɪst/noun · B1Your hand closed tight into a ball.
- flap/flæp/verb · B2To beat the wings up and down.
- fling/ˈflɪŋ/verb · B2To throw something carelessly and hard.
- floorboardnoun · B2+One of the long planks that make up a wooden floor.
- floral/ˈfloɹəl/adjective · B1+Patterned with flowers.
- flowerbednoun · B1+A patch of soil planted with flowers.
- flutter/ˈflʌtə/verb · B2To move the wings in quick light beats.
- fold/ˈfəʊld/verb · A2To bend paper or cloth so one part lies on the other.
- folk/fəʊk/noun · B1Ordinary people, said warmly and plainly.
- forehead/ˈfɔːhɛd/noun · B1The part of your face above your eyebrows.
- fridge/fɹɪd͡ʒ/noun · A2A large cold cupboard that keeps your food and drinks fresh.
- furious/ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/adjective · B2So extremely angry you can barely speak.
- gesticulate/dʒɛsˈtɪkjʊleɪt/verb · C1To wave the hands about while talking.
- gesture/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃə/noun · B2A movement of hands or head that carries meaning without words.
- get outphrase · A2To leave or escape from a place.
- go backphrase · A2To return to where you were before.
- go on/ˈɡoʊˌɒn/phrase · B1To keep happening or keep doing; also, what is happening.
- grin/ɡɹɪn/verb · B2To give a big wide happy smile showing your teeth.
- gruff/ɡɹʌf/adjective · B2+Rough and abrupt in voice or manner.
- grumble/ˈɡɹʌmbl̩/verb · B2To complain in a low, continuous, unhappy voice.
- habitual/həˈbɪ.tʃʊ.əl/adjective · C2Done so regularly it has become second nature.
- halfway/ˌhæfˈweɪ/adverb · B1At the middle point between two places or times.
- hang upphrase · A2To end a phone call.
- harangue/həˈɹæŋ/noun · C2A long scolding speech.
- harmonious/hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/adjective · B2+Fitting together pleasantly, in sound or in relations.
- haul/hɔːl/verb · B2To drag or pull something heavy with effort.
- hood/hʊd/noun · B1The part of a coat that pulls up over your head.
- hormone/ˈhɔːməʊn/noun · B2+One of the chemical messengers traveling in your blood.
- huff/hʌf/noun · B2A fit of bad temper over a slight.
- hybrid/ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/noun · B2+A vehicle that runs on both fuel and stored electricity.
- in front ofphrase · A1Facing the forward side of something.
- incapable/ɪnˈkeɪpəbl̩/adjective · B1+Not able to do something.
- inch/ɪnt͡ʃ/noun · B1A small unit of length, about the width of your thumb.
- incline/ɪnˈklaɪn/noun · B2+A slope, or a leaning towards something.
- increase/ɪnˈkɹiːs/verb · A2+To become bigger in number or amount.
- indescribable/ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/adjective · B2+Too extreme to be put into words.
- insistent/ɪnˈsɪstənt/adjective · B2+Demanding attention and refusing to be put off.
- instinctive/ɪnˈstɪŋktɪv/adjective · C1Done without thinking, because it comes naturally.
- instrument/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/noun · A2+Anything made for playing music.
- irritated/ˈɪɹɪteɪtɪd/adjective · B2Annoyed, or sore and inflamed.
- irritation/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/noun · B2+Small sharp annoyance, like a fly that keeps coming back.
- jog/d͡ʒɒɡ/verb · B2To run at a slow steady pace for exercise.
- keep an eye onphrase · B2To watch something carefully so nothing goes wrong.
- key inphrase · B1To type information into a machine.
- knee/niː/noun · A2The joint in the middle of your leg that bends when you sit.
- knit/nɪt/verb · B1+To make clothes by looping wool with two long needles.
- kronornoun · C2The money used in Sweden.
- ladder/ˈlad.ə/noun · B2You climb its steps to reach high places like the roof.
- ludicrous/ˈluː.dɪ.kɹəs/adjective · C1So silly it deserves to be laughed at.
- mailbox/ˈmeɪl.bɑks/noun · B1The box where your letters are delivered.
- massive/ˈmæs.ɪv/adjective · B2Extremely big and heavy.
- mirror/ˈmɪɹə/noun · A2The glass on the wall where you see yourself.
- mist/mɪst/noun · B2A thin low cloud hanging just above the ground.
- momentarily/ˈməʊməntəɹəli/adverb · B2For a moment only, or in a moment's time.
- moronic/mɔːˈɹɒnɪk/adjective · B2So stupid it makes you want to groan.
- motor/ˈməʊtə/noun · B2The part that makes a machine turn.
- notch/nɒtʃ/noun · B2A small V-shaped cut in a surface.
- obesity/ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/noun · B2+The medical condition of being dangerously overweight.
- obvious/ˈɑb.vi.əs/adjective · B1So plain that everyone sees it immediately.
- off-balanceadjective · B1Unsteady, about to topple over.
- offend/əˈfɛnd/verb · B2To hurt someone's feelings or sense of what is proper.
- panel/ˈpænəl/noun · B2A flat section in a door or wall, or a group chosen to judge.
- perplexity/pəˈplɛksɪti/noun · C1A state of being puzzled and unsure.
- persist/pɚˈsɪst/verb · C1To keep going in spite of difficulty.
- pitch/pɪt͡ʃ/noun · A2The marked grass where football or rugby is played.
- plaster/ˈplɑːstə/noun · B2The small sticky strip you press over a cut.
- plastic/ˈplæstɪk/noun · A2A light man-made material moulded when soft.
- ponderous/ˈpɒn.dəɹ.əs/adjective · C2Heavy and slow, or dull and laboured.
- posture/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/noun · B2The way you hold your body when standing or sitting.
- premise/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/noun · C1The starting assumption an argument is built on.
- provocation/ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/noun · C1Something done deliberately to make somebody angry.
- put backphrase · A2To return a thing to where it was.
- putt/pʌt/verb · B2+To hit a golf ball gently along the green.
- rag/ɹæɡ/noun · B1A torn piece of old cloth, kept for cleaning or wiping rather than for wearing.
- rearview/ˈɹɪəvjuː/adjective · B2Describing the mirror that shows a driver what is behind.
- reluctantly/ɹɪˈlʌktəntli/adverb · C1Unwillingly, dragging your feet.
- reply/ɹɪˈplaɪ/verb · A2+To say or write something back when someone asks or writes to you.
- resentful/ɹɪˈzɛntfəl/adjective · C1Quietly angry about an old unfairness.
- resignation/ˌɹɛz.ɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/noun · C1The formal act of quitting your job, letter included.
- reverse/ɹɪˈvɜːs/verb · B2To drive a car backward.
- rewind/ɹiːˈwaɪnd/verb · B1+To wind something back to an earlier point.
- rice/ɹaɪs/noun · A1The small white grains half the world eats every day.
- roar/ˈɹɔː/verb · B2To make the deep mighty cry of a lion.
- robot/ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/noun · B1A machine that moves and works by itself, like a mechanical person.
- roll upphrase · B2To turn a sleeve over on itself, again and again.
- roof/ɹuːf/noun · A2The top cover of a house that keeps the rain out.
- run intophrase · B2To meet someone by pure chance.
- saffron/ˈsæfɹən/noun · B2+The world's most expensive spice, a red flower thread.
- satisfaction/sætɪsˈfækʃən/noun · B2The quiet good feeling of having got what you wanted.
- schoolboy/ˈskulˌbɔɪ/noun · B1+A boy who attends school.
- seethe/siːð/verb · C1To boil, or to be filled with barely hidden rage.
- selective/səˈlɛktɪv/adjective · B2Choosing carefully rather than taking everything.
- shameful/ˈʃeɪmfəl/adjective · B1+So bad that it brings disgrace.
- sheet/ʃiːt/noun · A2The thin cloth that covers a mattress.
- show-off/ˈʃəʊ ˌɒf/noun · B2A person who performs their talents just to be admired.
- shriek/ʃɹiːk/verb · B2To scream in a high piercing voice.
- silent/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/adjective · B1Making no sound at all.
- sink/ˈsɪŋk/noun · B1The place in the kitchen where you wash the dishes.
- skepticism/ˈskɛp.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/noun · B2+The habit of doubting claims until they are proven.
- skulk/skʌlk/verb · C1To hide and move about with bad intentions.
- slap/slæp/verb · B1To hit with the flat of an open hand.
- slumber/ˈslʌm.bə/noun · B2Sleep, in a gentle or literary sense.
- snap/snæp/verb · B1To break with a short sharp sound.
- soil/sɔɪl/noun · B1The dark ground material that plants grow in.
- speech/spiːt͡ʃ/noun · A2A prepared talk given to a room of listeners.
- squeeze/skwiːz/verb · B1To press something hard from both sides, like a lemon.
- stairs/ˈstɛəz/noun · A1The steps you climb to go from one floor to another.
- stare/stɛɚ/verb · B2To keep your eyes fixed on someone for an impolitely long time.
- startled/ˈstɑɹt.l̩d/adjective · B2Jolted by something sudden.
- steering wheel/ˈstɪə.ɪŋ ˌ(h)wiːl/noun · B2The wheel a driver turns to point the vehicle.
- stool/stuːl/noun · B2A simple seat with no back, often tall for bar counters.
- straighten/ˈstɹeɪtn̩/verb · B2To make something flat, level or tidy that was bent or crooked.
- straighten upphrase · B2To make your back upright.
- suspicious/səˈspɪʃ.əs/adjective · B1Looking like something dishonest is going on; or quick to doubt others.
- swing/ˈswɪŋ/verb · A2To move back and forth through the air while hanging.
- switch offphrase · A2To stop a machine, or to stop paying attention.
- tall/tɔːl/adjective · A1Reaching high up, like a basketball player or a tower.
- tangled/ˈtæŋ.ɡəld/adjective · B2Twisted together into a knot that is hard to undo.
- terrified/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪd/adjective · B1So extremely afraid you cannot move.
- terror/ˈtɛɹɚ/noun · B2Very great fear, or violence used to cause it.
- thirty/ˈθɜːti/noun · A1Three times ten.
- throw awayphrase · A2To put something in the bin for good.
- thump/θʌmp/noun · B1+A heavy dull blow, and the sound it makes.
- thunder/ˈθʌndə/noun · B1The huge rumbling sound that follows a flash in a storm.
- tobacco/təˈbækəʊ/noun · B2The dried leaf that cigarettes are made from.
- trapdoor/ˈtræpdɔː/noun · C1A hidden door set flat into a floor or ceiling.
- turn onphrase · A1To make a machine or a light start working.
- turn outphrase · B2To be revealed in the end — how things finally prove to be.
- turn tophrase · C1To go to someone for help when in trouble.
- twist/twɪst/verb · B1To turn something around itself, the way you wring out a wet cloth.
- undauntedadjective · C1Not put off by danger or difficulty.
- unison/ˈjunɪsən/noun · C1Complete agreement, or all sounding the same note.
- unsubtleadjective · B2So obvious that nobody could miss the point.
- unusual/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/adjective · A2+Different from what normally happens.
- upper/ˈʌpə/adjective · B2Higher than the other part; nearer the top.
- utter/ˈʌtə/verb · B2To make a sound or speak words aloud.
- vehicle/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/noun · A2Any machine on wheels that carries people or things.
- vocabulary/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/noun · B1All the words you know in a language.
- walnut/ˈwɔːlnʌt/noun · B2A wrinkled nut that looks like a little brain.
- wary/ˈwɛə.ɹi/adjective · C1On careful guard against possible trouble.
- weary/ˈwɪə̯ɹi/adjective · B2Deeply tired in body and spirit.
- wing/wɪŋ/noun · B1One of the two parts a bird flies with.
- worried/ˈwʌɹid/adjective · A2Thinking again and again about something bad that might happen.
- wrinkle/ˈɹɪŋkl̩/noun · B1+A small line or fold in skin or cloth.
- wry/ɹaɪ/adjective · C1Dryly amused, with a touch of irony.
- yard/ˈjɑːd/noun · B1A unit of length equal to three feet.