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34 words
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yacht
/jɒt/
noun
B2
An expensive private boat used for pleasure and showing off.
yahoo
/ˈjɑːhuː/
noun
C1
A loud, rowdy person with no manners.
yam
/jæm/
noun
B1+
A large starchy tropical root.
yank
/ˈjæŋk/
verb
B2
2 meanings
To pull sharply and suddenly.
yard
/ˈjɑːd/
noun
B1
2 meanings
A unit of length of three feet.
yardstick
/ˈjɑːdˌstɪk/
noun
C1
A standard used for measuring or comparing.
yarn
/jɑːn/
noun
B2
Spun thread, or a long rambling story.
yawn
/jɔːn/
noun
B2
2 meanings
An involuntary wide opening of the mouth from tiredness or boredom.
year
/jɪə/
noun
A1
2 meanings
Twelve months; the time the earth takes to circle the sun.
yearling
/ˈjɜː.lɪŋ/
noun
C1
An animal in its second year of life.
yeast
/jiːst/
noun
B2
The living fungus that makes bread rise and beer ferment.
yell
/jɛl/
verb
B1
3 meanings
To make a loud, rough cry, in anger, pain or excitement.
yellow
/ˈjɛləʊ/
noun
A1
3 meanings
The colour of lemons and of the sun.
yemen
noun
B1+
A country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
yeoman
/ˈjəʊ.mən/
noun
C1
A farmer who owned his own small holding.
yes
/jɛs/
phrase
A1
2 meanings
Used to agree, to say that something is true, or to accept what is offered.
yesterday
/ˈjɛstədeɪ/
adverb
A1
3 meanings
On the day before today.
yeti
/ˈjɛ.ti/
noun
B2+
A large hairy creature said to live in the Himalayas.
yew
/juː/
noun
C1
A dark slow-growing evergreen often found in churchyards.
yield
/jiːld/
verb
C1
4 meanings
To give way at last to force, pressure or persuasion.
yo-yo
/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/
noun
B1
The spinning toy that rolls down its string and climbs back up.
yoga
/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/
noun
B1+
A practice of held body positions and controlled breathing.
yoghurt
/ˈjɒɡət/
noun
A2+
Milk cultured with bacteria until it thickens and sours.
yogi
/ˈjəʊɡi/
noun
B2+
Somebody far advanced in the practice of yoga.
yogurt
/ˈjɒɡ.ət/
noun
A2+
Milk thickened and soured by fermentation.
yoke
/jəʊk/
noun
C1
A wooden frame joining two oxen, or a heavy burden.
yokel
/ˈjəʊ.kəl/
noun
C2
A country person, spoken of as simple and unpolished.
yolk
/jəʊk/
noun
B1+
The yellow part inside an egg.
yore
/jɔː/
noun
C2
Long ago, in the phrase of yore.
young
/jʌŋ/
adjective
A1
3 meanings
Having lived or existed for only a short time.
young adult
noun
B1
Somebody in their late teens or twenties.
youngest
/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/
noun
B1
2 meanings
The last-born child of a family.
youngster
/ˈjʌŋstə/
noun
C1
A child or a young person.
youth
/juːθ/
noun
B1
2 meanings
The period of being young.