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- absent/ˈæb.sn̩t/adjective · B2Not there — missing from the lesson.
- account for/əˈkaʊnt foɹ/phrase · B2To explain the reason for something.
- advance/ədˈvɑːns/verb · B2To move forward towards something.
- afterwards/ˈɑːftə.wədz/adverb · B1At a later time, once the thing before has finished.
- aloud/əˈlaʊd/adverb · B1+Out loud, so that others can hear.
- alternative/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/noun · B1Another possibility instead of this one.
- angle/ˈæŋ.ɡəl/noun · B2The space between two lines that meet, measured in degrees.
- at long lastphrase · B2Finally, after far too much waiting.
- badly/ˈbæd.li/adverb · A2In a poor way, or very much.
- balance/ˈbæləns/noun · B1The steady state where no side is heavier than the other.
- banquet/ˈbæŋkwɪt/noun · B2A grand formal dinner for many guests.
- bare/bɛə/adjective · A2Not covered by anything — feet, walls, or trees in winter.
- behave/bᵻˈheɪv/verb · A2To act in a certain way — parents ask children to do it well.
- bench/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/noun · A2The long outdoor seat in parks where several people can sit.
- billowingadjective · C1Swelling and rolling outward in great soft waves.
- bitter/ˈbɪt.ə/adjective · B1Tasting sharp and unsweet, like black coffee or dark chocolate.
- blabber/ˈblæb.ɚ/verb · C2To chatter on and on about nothing.
- boast/bəʊst/verb · B2To talk too proudly about what you have or did.
- bookshelf/ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/noun · A2+The piece of furniture your books stand in rows on.
- bread/brɛd/noun · A1A basic baked food made from flour; you cut it into slices for toast.
- briefcase/ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/noun · B1A flat case for carrying documents.
- bring upphrase · B2To care for a child until grown; also, to start talking about a topic.
- broken-downadjective · B2No longer working and falling apart.
- call it a dayphrase · B2To decide you have worked enough and stop.
- carriage/ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/noun · B2One car of a passenger train; also, a horse-drawn vehicle.
- carve/kɑɹv/verb · B2To cut slices off a large cooked joint of meat.
- classmate/ˈklɑːs.meɪt/noun · A2+A person who is in the same class as you.
- clench/klɛnt͡ʃ/verb · C1To close your hand or jaw tightly, usually in anger.
- click/klɪk/verb · B1To press a button on the pointer device to choose something on screen.
- cloud/ˈklaʊ̯d/noun · A2The white or grey fluffy thing floating in the sky.
- clutch/ˈklʌt͡ʃ/verb · B2To hold on to something tightly because you fear losing it.
- colournoun · C1A rating of how near to colourless a stone is.
- come out/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/phrase · B1To be released — films and books do it; the sun does too.
- contemplate/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/verb · C1To turn a thought over slowly and deeply in your mind.
- courage/ˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/noun · B2The strength inside that lets you face fear.
- courtyard/ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/noun · B1+An open space enclosed by the walls of a building.
- cycle/ˈsaɪ.kəl/verb · A2+To travel by pedalling a two-wheeled machine.
- damp/ˈdæmp/adjective · B1Slightly wet, in an unpleasant way.
- dart/dɑːt/verb · B2To move suddenly and quickly in one direction.
- decency/ˈdiːsənsi/noun · C1Basic honest, polite behaviour toward other people.
- defiance/dɪˈfaɪ(j)əns/noun · C1Open refusal to obey.
- desk/dɛsk/noun · A1The table where you write, study, and keep your computer.
- discordant/dɪsˈkɔːdn̩t/adjective · C1Clashing, and not in harmony.
- dishonest/dɪˈsɒnɪst/adjective · B2Willing to lie or cheat.
- drawing/ˈdɹɔː.ɪŋ/noun · A2A picture made with lines from a pen or a graphite stick.
- dwell onphrase · B2To keep thinking about something long past useful.
- engage/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/verb · B2To capture attention and involvement; also, to hire.
- excessive/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/adjective · B2Far more than is reasonable.
- exert/ɪɡˈzɝt/verb · C1To apply force, effort, or influence.
- extremely/ɪksˈtɹimli/adverb · A2To a very great degree.
- filling/ˈfɪlɪŋ/adjective · B1Making you feel full quickly.
- finder/ˈfaɪndə/noun · B2Somebody or something that locates what was lost.
- fingertip/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌtɪp/noun · B2The very end of a finger, where the print is.
- foreseeable/fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/adjective · B2+Able to be expected within the near future.
- funeral/ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/noun · B1The sad ceremony after a person dies.
- fury/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/noun · B2Wild, violent anger.
- gaze/ɡeɪz/verb · B2To look long and steadily, lost in what you see.
- get offphrase · A2To leave a bus, train, or plane.
- giant/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/adjective · B1Far bigger than the normal size.
- grip/ˈɡɹɪp/verb · B1To hold something tightly so it cannot slip.
- grow upphrase · A2To change slowly from a child into an adult.
- growl/ˈɡɹaʊ̯l/verb · B2To make the low warning rumble of an angry dog.
- harass/həˈɹæs/verb · C1To keep troubling somebody with unwanted pressure.
- hateful/ˈheɪtfəl/adjective · B2Filled with hate, or deserving it.
- hesitant/ˈhɛzɪtənt/adjective · B2+Pausing because you are unsure whether to act.
- hoarse/hɔːs/adjective · B2+Rough and harsh in voice from strain.
- hold onphrase · B1To pause a moment; also, to grip tight.
- honesty/ˈɒn.ɪ.sti/noun · B2The habit of always telling the truth.
- in advancephrase · B1Before the time something happens.
- insect/ˈɪn.sɛkt/noun · A2+A small creature with six legs and a body in three parts.
- instance/ˈɪnstəns/noun · B2One example of something.
- instant/ˈɪnstənt/noun · B2An extremely short point of time.
- instruction/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/noun · B1+A statement telling you exactly how something must be done.
- jubilation/ˌd͡ʒuːbəlˈeiːʃən/noun · C1Great public rejoicing.
- lad/læd/noun · B1A boy or young man, said in a friendly, old-fashioned way.
- lap/læp/noun · B1The flat place your legs make when you sit down.
- lengthyadjective · C1Going on much longer than usual.
- let gophrase · B1To release your grip; also, to stop holding onto the past.
- lost propertynoun · B2The office holding things guests have left behind.
- luggage racknoun · B2The shelf above the seats for bags.
- mathematics/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/noun · A2+The school subject about numbers, shapes, and equations.
- more often than notphrase · B2In most cases.
- muscle/ˈmʌs.əl/noun · B1The parts of your body that get stronger in the gym.
- newly/ˈnjuːli/adverb · B2Having happened only a very short time ago.
- overwhelmed/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmd/adjective · B2Buried under more feelings or work than you can handle.
- passenger/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/noun · A2+Anyone riding in a vehicle who is not the one driving it.
- pay back/peɪ bæk/phrase · B1To return money you borrowed; also, to take revenge.
- peculiar/pɪˈkjuː.li.ə/adjective · B2Strange in a puzzling, particular way.
- persuade/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/verb · B1+To slowly talk someone into doing what you want.
- pew/ˈpjuː/noun · B2+A long wooden bench in a church.
- pigmentationnoun · B2The natural colouring of skin, hair, or leaves.
- potato/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/noun · A1A brown vegetable that grows under the ground; chips are made from it.
- put awayphrase · A2To return things to their proper place.
- railway/ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/noun · B1+The metal track a train runs on, and the company that runs it.
- ramshackle/ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl/adjective · C1Badly made and ready to fall down.
- recognise/ˈɹɛkənaɪz/verb · A2+To know somebody or something because you have met it before.
- reflect/ɹɪˈflɛkt/verb · B1+To throw back light or an image.
- refurbish/ɹiːˈfɜːbɪʃ/verb · C1To clean up and re-equip an interior.
- relative/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/noun · B1Any person who belongs to your family.
- right angle/ˈɹaɪt ˌæŋɡəl/noun · B1A perfect square corner of ninety degrees.
- rough/ɹʌf/adjective · B1Uneven and scratchy to the touch, like tree bark.
- rubber/ˈɹʌbə/noun · A2The stretchy bouncy material tires and erasers are made of.
- rubber bandnoun · B1The stretchy loop that snaps around things to hold them.
- safety/ˈseɪfti/noun · B1The state of being protected from all harm.
- satisfied/ˈsætɪsfaɪd/adjective · B2Content that what you wanted has been met.
- sausage/ˈsɒsɪd͡ʒ/noun · A2+Minced meat and spice pushed into a long skin.
- scrabble/ˈskɹæbəl/verb · B2To scratch and grope about hurriedly.
- screwdriver/ˈskɹuˌdɹaɪvɚ/noun · A2+The tool you turn to put screws in or take them out.
- silver/ˈsɪl.və/adjective · A2A pale shining grey, like polished metal.
- sit downphrase · A1To lower yourself onto a chair.
- sixteen/ˈsɪks.tiːn/noun · A1The number that comes after fifteen.
- small talknoun · B2Light polite chat about nothing much, like the weather.
- speculate/ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/verb · B2+To think about what might be, without evidence.
- stain/steɪn/noun · B2The dirty mark that coffee or ketchup leaves on your shirt.
- steel/stiːl/noun · B2The strong grey metal of bridges, knives, and skyscrapers.
- straddle/ˈstɹædəl/verb · B2+To sit or stand with a leg on either side.
- stumble/ˈstʌmbəl/verb · B2To trip and nearly fall while walking or speaking.
- sudden/ˈsʌd.ən/adjective · B1Happening at once, without any warning.
- sufferance/ˈsʌf(ə)ɹəns/noun · C2Being allowed only because nobody objects.
- sum/sʌm/noun · B2The total you get by adding numbers together.
- suspenders/səˈspɛndɚz/noun · C1The elastic straps over the shoulders that hold trousers up.
- sweat/swɛt/noun · B1The salty water your skin makes when you are hot or afraid.
- swine/swaɪn/noun · B2Pigs, or a contemptible person.
- take away/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/phrase · A2To remove, or to subtract one number from another.
- tell talesphrase · B2To report somebody's wrongdoing to get them into trouble.
- thin/ˈθɪn/adjective · A2Having very little distance between its sides, like paper; or not fat.
- thrash/θɹæʃ/verb · B2+To beat somebody hard, or to move about wildly.
- thumb/ˈθʌm/noun · A2The short thick finger that makes the 'good job' sign.
- toolbox/ˈtuːlˌbɒks/noun · B1+The sturdy case that holds hammers, screwdrivers, and nails.
- touch woodphrase · B2Said to avoid spoiling your own luck by mentioning it.
- transport/tɹænsˈpɔːt/verb · B1To move goods or people any distance.
- unwavering/(ˌ)ʌnˈweɪvəɹɪŋ/adjective · C1Never faltering or losing steadiness.
- upgrade/ˈʌp.ɡɹeɪd/<q:noun>noun · B2A move to a better class of seat.
- various/ˈvɛəɹi.əs/adjective · B1Of several different kinds.
- vicar/ˈvɪkɚ/noun · B2+The priest in charge of a parish.
- voluntarily/ˌvɑlənˈtɛɹɪli/adverb · B2Of your own free choice.
- wallet/ˈwɒl.ɪt/noun · A2The small flat case in your pocket for money and cards.
- wear downphrase · B2To reduce something gradually by use or pressure.
- weigh/weɪ/verb · B1To find out how heavy something is.
- wipe/waɪp/verb · B1To clean a surface by sliding a cloth across it.
- with respectphrase · C1A polite opening to a disagreement.
- youth/juːθ/noun · B1The early part of life, when a person is still young.
- zeal/ziːl/noun · C1Burning enthusiasm for a cause.