A Man Called Ove · 6
A Man Called Ove and a Bicycle That Should Have Been Left Where Bicycles Are Left · 105 words
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- arrange/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/verb · A2+To plan and organize the details of something in advance.
- back offphrase · B2To retreat and stop pressuring someone.
- bark/bɑːk/noun · B1The rough protective skin of a tree.
- barrel/ˈbæɹ(ə)l/noun · B1A round wooden container with curved sides.
- bleed/ˈbliːd/verb · B1To lose blood from the body.
- bloodstain/ˈblʌdˌsteɪn/noun · B2A dark mark left on cloth where someone bled.
- bowl/bəʊl/noun · A1A deep, round dish for soup, cereal, or salad.
- breast/bɹɛst/noun · B2The front of the chest, or one of the two milk glands on a woman.
- bury/ˈbɛɹi/verb · B1To put something under the ground and cover it, as dogs do bones.
- churchyard/ˈt͡ʃɝt͡ʃ.jɑɹd/noun · C1The walled ground around a chapel, often with graves.
- clear up/klɪəˈɹʌp/phrase · B1To tidy, or for weather to improve.
- comment/ˈkɒmɛnt/noun · A2+A short remark giving an opinion.
- common sensenoun · B1The practical everyday judgment most people share.
- comprehend/kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnd/verb · B2To take in the meaning of something.
- condescending/ˈkɔn.dɪ.sɛnd.ɪŋ/adjective · B2+Kind in a way that makes clear you feel superior.
- curt/kɝt/adjective · C1Using so few words that it sounds rude.
- deal withphrase · B1To take care of a problem or person that must be dealt with.
- disgust/dɪsˈɡʌst/noun · B2The strong sick feeling at something revolting.
- dissatisfied/dɪsˈsætɪsˌfaɪd/adjective · B2+Not content with what you have been given.
- doormat/ˈdɔːˌmæt/noun · B1+The rough mat at the entrance where you wipe your shoes.
- drill/dɹɪl/noun · A2+The loud electric tool that makes holes in walls.
- drill bitnoun · B2The spiral cutter that makes the hole.
- dyed/daɪd/adjective · B1+Coloured by soaking in a liquid.
- eighteen/ˈeɪ(t).tin/noun · A1The number that comes after seventeen.
- electrify/ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/verb · B2To thrill a crowd, or to run current through something.
- emaciated/əˈmeɪ.ʃi.eɪ.tɪd/adjective · C1Painfully thin from hunger or illness.
- enunciate/ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/verb · C1To pronounce each word slowly and very clearly.
- envelope/ˈɛnvə(ˌ)ləʊp/noun · A2The paper pocket a letter travels in.
- evolutionary/ˌiː.vəˈl(j)uː.ʃən.ɹi/adjective · C1Happening by slow development over generations.
- exertion/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/noun · B2+Great physical or mental effort.
- facial/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/noun · B2A professional treatment for the face.
- faculty/ˈfæk.əl.ti/noun · C1The teaching staff of a university, or one of its departments.
- fair enough/fɛəɹ‿ɪˈnʌf/phrase · B2I accept your point, even if I would not have made it.
- falsetto/fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/noun · C1A man's voice singing far above its natural range.
- fathom/ˈfað(ə)m/verb · C1To understand something deep and puzzling.
- feminine/ˈfɛmɪnɪn/adjective · B2Having the qualities people traditionally link with women.
- flatten/ˈflæ.tən/verb · B1+To make something level or squash it down.
- fleck/flɛk/noun · C1A very small patch of colour.
- for good/fə ˈɡʊd/phrase · B1Permanently, and with no going back.
- go overphrase · B2To review something carefully, point by point.
- groan/ˈɡɹəʊ̯n/verb · B2To make a long low sound of pain or complaint.
- groin/ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/noun · B2The hollow where the legs meet the trunk.
- grumpy/ˈɡɹʌmpi/adjective · B1In a bad mood and complaining about everything.
- head offphrase · B2To stop something before it can happen.
- home-cookedadjective · B2Made in a family kitchen, not bought ready-made.
- hurl/hɜːl/verb · B2To throw something with all your strength.
- hyperventilateverb · C2To breathe too fast and shallow in panic.
- hysterical/hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/adjective · B2Out of control with wild emotion — panic or unstoppable laughter.
- illness/ˈɪl.nəs/noun · A2+A period or kind of being unwell.
- indecency/ɪnˈdiːsənsi/noun · C1Behaviour that shocks people as rude or improper.
- indignation/ˌɪn.dɪɡˈneɪ.ʃən/noun · C1Anger at something felt to be unjust.
- jabber/ˈd͡ʒæbə(ɹ)/verb · C1To talk fast and unintelligibly.
- jeans/d͡ʒiːnz/noun · A2+Strong blue cotton legwear that almost everyone owns.
- lip/lɪp/noun · B1One of the two soft edges of your mouth.
- lunchbox/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/noun · B2The small container a packed midday meal travels in.
- melodramatic/ˌmɛl.ə.dɹəˈmæt.ɪk/adjective · C1Exaggerated and full of overdone emotion.
- mental/ˈmɛn.təl/adjective · B1Happening in the mind rather than the body.
- motion/ˈməʊ.ʃən/noun · B1The act of moving, or the way a thing moves.
- murmur/ˈmɜːmə/verb · B2+To speak in a soft low continuous voice.
- mutt/mʌt/noun · B2A dog of no particular breed, said with rough affection or mild scorn.
- negligible/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/adjective · C1So small it can safely be ignored.
- negotiation/nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/noun · B2+The back-and-forth talk where two sides bargain toward a deal.
- nutter/ˈnʌtə/noun · C1Somebody thought to be mad, in British informal use.
- occupy/ˈɒkjʊpaɪ/verb · B2To fill a space, a position, or someone's whole attention.
- oneself/wʌnˈsɛlf/pronoun · B1+Your own person, used when speaking generally.
- out of the blue/aʊt əv ðə ˈbluː/phrase · B2Completely without warning.
- pass awayphrase · B2The gentle way of saying that someone has died.
- pedantic/pəˈdæn.tɪk/adjective · B2+Too concerned with small formal details.
- picking/ˈpɪkɪŋ/noun · C1Selecting the ordered items from the shelves.
- precise/pɹɪˈsaɪs/adjective · B2Exact, down to the smallest detail.
- progress/ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/noun · A2+Steady movement toward something better.
- pull overphrase · B2To steer to the roadside and stop the car.
- puncture/ˈpʌŋktʃə/noun · B1+The small hole that lets all the air out of a wheel.
- rabies/ˈɹeɪ.biːz/noun · B2A deadly viral disease passed on by an animal bite.
- raccoon/ɹəˈkuːn/noun · B1+The masked grey animal that raids bins at night in North America.
- receipt/ɹɪˈsiːt/noun · B1The little paper the shop gives you to prove you paid.
- repair/ɹɪˈpɛə/verb · B1To make a broken thing work again.
- resigned/ɹɪˈzaɪnd/adjective · C1Accepting something unpleasant because fighting it is pointless.
- setting/ˈsɛtɪŋ/noun · B1The time and place a story happens in.
- slouch/ˈslaʊ̯t͡ʃ/verb · B2To sit or stand with a drooping back.
- sneakers/ˈsnikɚz/noun · A2+Soft sports shoes for running and everyday comfort.
- snot/snɒt/noun · B1Mucus from the nose.
- spin/spɪn/verb · B1To turn round and round quickly on one spot.
- spit/spɪt/verb · B1To force liquid out of your mouth.
- splash/splæʃ/verb · B1To throw water about noisily.
- stamp/stæmp/noun · A2+The small sticky picture you put on an envelope to pay for its trip.
- stamping/ˈstæmpɪŋ/noun · C1Pressing shapes out of sheet metal.
- stripling/ˈstɹɪplɪŋ/noun · C2A boy just beginning to grow into a man.
- superior/suːˈpɪə.ɹi.ə/adjective · B2Better or higher in rank than the others.
- swat/swɒt/verb · B2To hit a small moving thing with a flat object.
- sway/ˈsweɪ̯/verb · B2To rock gently side to side; also, to influence a decision.
- teenage/ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/adjective · A2+Belonging to the years between thirteen and nineteen.
- thick/θɪk/adjective · A2Having a lot of distance between its two flat sides, like a winter coat.
- tidy/ˈtaɪ.di/verb · A2+To put everything back in its right place.
- toolshed/ˈtulˌʃɛd/noun · C1The little garden hut where spades and hammers live.
- tranquilizer/ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/noun · B2+A drug that calms without dulling the mind.
- tremble/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/verb · B1+To shake slightly from fear, cold, or weakness.
- undertaker/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/noun · B2+Somebody whose job is preparing the dead for burial.
- utterly/ˈʌtəli/adverb · B2Totally and absolutely, to the last degree.
- violent/ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/adjective · B1Using physical force to hurt.
- weedy/ˈwiːdi/adjective · C1Thin and feeble, or overgrown with weeds.
- wet/wɛt/adjective · A2Covered in or full of water.
- whelp/wɛlp/noun · C2A young dog or wolf.
- windowsill/ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl/noun · B1+The little ledge at the bottom of a window where plants sit.
- yell/jɛl/verb · B1To call out very loudly in anger or excitement.