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- account numbernoun · B1The figure identifying one particular account.
- advisableadjective · B2+Sensible, and worth doing.
- agape/əˈɡeɪp/adjective · C2With the mouth hanging wide open in astonishment.
- agility/əˈd͡ʒɪl.ɪ.ti/noun · C1The gift of moving quickly and changing direction like a cat.
- anxious/ˈæŋkʃəs/adjective · B2Troubled by constant worry about what might go wrong.
- appreciative/əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/adjective · B2+Showing that you value something.
- asphalt/ˈæʃfɑlt/noun · B2+The black mix of tar and stone that road surfaces are made of.
- attendant/əˈtɛndənt/noun · B2The person employed to help visitors in a garage, museum, or hospital.
- back downphrase · C1To stop insisting and admit you will not win the argument.
- bathtub/ˈbɑːθtʌb/noun · A2The long basin you fill with warm water and lie in.
- below/bɪˈləʊ/preposition · A1Lower down than something else.
- burrow/ˈbʌɹəʊ/noun · B1+The underground home a rabbit digs.
- cast/kɑːst/verb · B1To throw something out and away from you, like a fishing line.
- coin/ˈkoɪ̯n/noun · B1A small round piece of metal money.
- colorful/ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/adjective · A2+Full of many bright colors.
- contrast/ˈkɒntɹɑːst/noun · B1+The sharp difference that shows when two things sit side by side.
- declare/dɪˈklɛə/verb · B2To state something openly and officially.
- disinfectant/dɪs.ɪnˈfɛktənt/noun · C1A cleaning liquid that kills germs.
- distracted/dɪˈstɹæk.tɪd/adjective · B1Pulled away from what you meant to attend to.
- dour/ˈdʊə/adjective · C1Stern, gloomy and unsmiling.
- enthusiasm/ɪnˈθuziæzəm/noun · B2Keen and lively interest in something.
- exasperationnoun · C2The worn-out irritation of dealing with something impossible.
- excitable/ɪkˈsaɪtəbəl/adjective · B2+Easily roused into strong feeling.
- fin/fɪn/noun · B1+The thin flap a fish steers and pushes with.
- full-grown/ˈfʊlˌɡɹoʊn/adjective · B2Completely adult; done growing.
- gaily/ˈɡeɪli/adverb · C1Cheerfully and brightly.
- get rid of/ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/phrase · B1To finally make an unwanted thing go away.
- give backphrase · A2To return what you borrowed to its owner.
- glee/ɡliː/noun · B2Great delight, often at somebody else's expense.
- go awayphrase · A2To leave — what you tell someone bothering you to do.
- hand outphrase · B1To give one to each person in the group.
- have a gophrase · B2To make an attempt at something.
- hellish/ˈhɛlɪʃ/adjective · B2+Extremely unpleasant.
- helpful/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/adjective · A2Ready and useful in giving help.
- howl/ˈhaʊ̯l/verb · B2To make a long mournful cry.
- hyperactivitynoun · B2Being unable to sit still or stop moving.
- ice cream/ˌaɪsˈkɹiːm/phrase · A1A cold sweet food you lick from a cone in summer.
- idiotic/ˌɪdiˈɑtɪk/adjective · C1Completely, maddeningly brainless.
- impress/ɪmˈpɹɛs/verb · B2To fill someone with admiration for you.
- incredulous/ɪnˈkɹɛdjʊləs/adjective · C1Unwilling or unable to believe something.
- interject/ɪn.təˈdʒɛkt/verb · C1To throw in a short remark while others are speaking.
- investment/ɪnˈvɛstmənt/noun · B2Money placed somewhere in the hope it will grow.
- jubilant/ˈd͡ʒuːbɪlənt/adjective · B2Bursting with joy after a victory.
- lamp/ˈlæ̞mp/noun · A2The small light that stands on a desk or beside a bed.
- lucrative/ˈluː.kɹə.tɪv/adjective · B2+Bringing in a great deal of money.
- moose/muːs/noun · B1A very large deer of North America.
- natural disasternoun · B1A catastrophe caused by the forces of nature.
- nutty/ˈnʌti/adjective · B2Tasting like almonds or hazelnuts.
- once upon a time/ˈwʌns.əˈpɑn.əˈtaɪ̯m/phrase · A2The words every fairy tale begins with.
- parking meternoun · B1The machine you pay to leave a car in a space.
- perish/ˈpɛɹɪʃ/verb · B2The literary word for to die, especially in disaster.
- perplexed/pɚˈplɛkst/adjective · B2+Puzzled and unable to see the way through.
- pout/paʊt/verb · B2+To push the lips out to show displeasure.
- radiant/ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/adjective · B2Glowing brightly with light or happiness.
- reasonably/ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/adverb · B2To a fair degree, or in a sensible way.
- recite/ɹɪˈsaɪt/verb · B1+To say a piece from memory in front of others.
- rickety/ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/adjective · C1Shaky and likely to collapse.
- scarf/skɑːf/noun · A2+The long soft cloth you wrap around your neck in winter.
- security guardnoun · B1A person employed to protect a place or people.
- slippers/ˈslɪpə(ɹ)z/noun · A2+Soft comfortable shoes worn only indoors.
- sneak/sniːk/verb · B1To go somewhere secretly and quietly.
- squelch/ˈskwɛlt͡ʃ/verb · C1To make the wet sucking sound of mud underfoot.
- stench/stɛnt͡ʃ/noun · B2A very strong and disgusting smell.
- sulky/ˈsʌlki/adjective · C1Silent and cross because you did not get your way.
- take outphrase · B1To remove something from inside; also, to invite someone on a date.
- therefore/ˈðɛə.fɔː/adverb · B1For that reason; it follows that.
- titter/ˈtɪtə(ɹ)/verb · C1To laugh quietly in a nervous or silly way.
- toddler/ˈtɑdlɚ/noun · B1A very small child just learning to walk.
- upholstery/ʌpˈhəʊlstəɹi/noun · C1The soft padded covering of sofas and chairs.
- waddle/ˈwɒd.əl/verb · B2To walk with short steps, rocking side to side.
- waiting roomnoun · A2The room where patients sit before being called.
- walker/ˈwɔːkə/noun · B2Somebody who walks, especially for pleasure.
- wee/wiː/adjective · B2Very small — a Scottish word that has spread into wider informal use.