A Man Called Ove · 12
A Man Who Was Ove and One Day He Had Enough · 58 words
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- abstract/ˈæbˌstɹækt/adjective · B2Existing as an idea only, not as a thing you can touch.
- ache/eɪk/verb · B1To hurt with a dull pain that will not stop.
- administrative/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stɹə.tɪv/adjective · C1To do with the running of an organisation.
- amused/əˈmjuːzd/adjective · B1+Finding something mildly funny.
- astonish/əˈstɒnɪʃ/verb · B2+To surprise somebody very greatly.
- avoid eye contactphrase · B2To keep from looking somebody in the face.
- bogus/ˈbəʊ̯ɡəs/adjective · B2Fake, though presented as genuine.
- bushy/ˈbʊʃi/adjective · C1Growing thick and shaggy — eyebrows, beards, and tails.
- career/kəˈɹɪə/noun · B1Your whole working life, seen as one long road.
- compartment/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/noun · B2One enclosed section of seats in a carriage.
- conclude/kənˈkluːd/verb · B1+To reach a final judgment after weighing everything; also, to bring to an end.
- congenital/kənˈdʒɛnɪt(ə)l/adjective · C2Present from birth — conditions, or deep-rooted habits.
- desolate/ˈdɛs.ə.lət/adjective · C1Empty, abandoned, and bleak.
- despondent/dɪˈspɒndənt/adjective · C1Having lost all hope of things improving.
- destined/ˈdɛstɪnd/adjective · C1Certain to end up a particular way, as though it had already been decided.
- develop/dɪˈvɛl.əp/verb · A2+To grow step by step into something bigger or better.
- disdainful/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/adjective · C2Showing that you consider something beneath you.
- document/ˈdɒkjʊmənt/noun · B1+A paper or file that records information officially.
- enlist/ɛnˈlɪst/verb · B2+To join the armed forces voluntarily.
- exempt/ɪɡˈzɛmpt/adjective · B2+Freed from a duty that others must meet.
- filter/ˈfɪltə/noun · C1A piece of glass over the lens that changes the light.
- flex/flɛks/verb · B2To bend and tighten a joint or muscle, testing that it still moves.
- flicker/ˈflɪkə/verb · C1To burn or shine unsteadily.
- flour/ˈflaʊ.ə/noun · B1The fine white powder from grain that bread and cakes start as.
- flow/ˈfləʊ̯/noun · B1A steady movement of liquid or of anything in one direction.
- giddy/ˈɡɪd.i/adjective · C1Dizzy with spinning excitement.
- giggle/ˈɡɪɡl̩/verb · B1To laugh in a light silly childish way.
- gloomy/ˈɡluːmi/adjective · B2Dark and low in spirits, like a rainy Monday.
- haphazard/(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/adjective · C1Done with no plan or order.
- hippie/ˈhɪpi/noun · B2A young person of the 1960s with long hair, flowers and peace slogans.
- immediate/ɪˈmiː.dɪət/adjective · B1Happening right now, without any waiting.
- insurance agentnoun · B2A person who arranges cover against loss.
- joy/d͡ʒɔɪ/noun · B1Great and pure happiness.
- lighter/ˈlaɪtɚ/noun · B1A small device for lighting a cigarette.
- mere/mɪə̯/adjective · B2Nothing more than what is stated.
- methodical/mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/adjective · C1Doing things in a careful orderly way.
- objection/əbˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/noun · B2A reason given against something.
- officer/ˈɒf.ɪ.sə/noun · A2Somebody holding a position of authority in the forces or the police.
- physical/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/adjective · A2+Concerning the body, or things you can actually touch.
- platform/ˈplætfɔːm/noun · B1The numbered place at a station where you stand and wait to board.
- playful/ˈpleɪfl̩/adjective · B2Full of fun and lightness.
- point outphrase · B2To draw everyone's attention to a detail they missed.
- recollection/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/noun · B2+A memory of something, as you hold it now.
- recruitment/rɪˈkruːt.mənt /noun · B2+The process of finding and choosing new people for jobs.
- rip/ɹɪp/verb · B1To tear roughly and quickly.
- robotic/ɹəʊˈbɒt.ɪk/adjective · B2+Machine-like, and without human feeling.
- shadow/ˈʃædəʊ̯/noun · B1The dark shape you make on the ground when you stand in sunshine.
- shower/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/noun · A1You stand under its falling water to get clean.
- soldier/ˈsəʊld͡ʒə/noun · A2A person who serves in the army.
- spontaneous/spɒnˈteɪ.ni.əs/adjective · B2Happening on the spur of the moment, unplanned.
- stand by/ˌstændˈbaɪ̯/phrase · B2To stay loyal to someone in trouble; also, to wait ready.
- stethoscope/ˈstɛθəskəʊp/noun · B2The tool a doctor wears around the neck to listen to your heart.
- taciturn/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/adjective · C2Saying very little by nature.
- take offphrase · B1To leave the ground and rise into the air, as a plane does.
- tangible/ˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.b(ə)l/adjective · B2+Real enough to touch or measure.
- tread/tɹɛd/verb · B2To walk or to press down with the feet.
- unfortunate/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/adjective · B2Having bad luck, or causing it.
- willing/ˈwɪlɪŋ/adjective · B2Happy and ready to do something if asked.