Communication

cry tears frown gasp glare laugh scream sigh smile yawn
angry bored happy terrified interested puzzled sad surprised
disappointed amazing brilliant delicious excellent fantastic great lovely
marvellous superb tasty terrific wonderful appalling awful disgusting
dreadful horrible terrible adore am keen on am mad about love cant stand
cant bear detest hate loathe angry confident disappointed nervous
sarcastic sincere sincerely sarcastically confidently nervously
sympathetically angrily pleasantly sarcastically unpleasantly disappointedly
Food and drink
mint basil oregano pepper paprika cinnamon trout shrimp lobster
chicken pork mineral water iced tea milkshake coffee carrot potato
banana pineapple bowl/dish chopsticks cup fork frying pan glass knife
menu mug napkin oven plate sandwich saucepan saucer spoon
starters desserts main courses snacks bake short-grain grate shallow
sprinkle dot topping
Science and technology
ballpoint pen CD colour TV dishwasher DVD e-mail mobile phone
personal computer remote control video recorder walkman world wide web
(-ly) funny easy year day hour careful loud particular slight sudden
recent equal usual
(-en) soft thick fresh loose tight short sweet
(-able) avoid accept enjoy notice prefer understand
(-ful) power hope use
(-al) emotion nature accident nation region department
(-y) cloud fog mud rain snow thirst hunger dirt grass itch hair
smoke sun
atoms nitrogen oxygen atmosphere phenomenon scatter particle
transparent translucent photon path layer crystal bounce frequency
spectrum
Around the world
Australia Canada Egypt Japan New Zealand Austria Chile England
Mexico Switzerland Brazil China Greece Morocco Thailand countries
states cities counties oceans lakes seas rivers mountains mountain
ranges islands
Weather and climate
morning lunchtime afternoon evening overnight snow rain a hot day a
shower a breeze a cloud frost sleet drizzle a heatwave a downpour a
gale fog ice particularly hot unusually cold extremely wet very snowy
stormy and frightening
swim-swimmer act-actor piano-pianist happy-happiness punish-punishment
educate-education perform-performance generous-generosity decide-decision
combine-combination warm-warming
(people er) drive golf work manage paint read speak
(people or) conduct sail collect direct edit invent visit narrate
(people ist) art violin piano science
(things er) time cook print record
(nouns from adjectives ness) sad rude careless foolish gentle good kind
nervous serious sweet sick friendly lonely
(nouns from adjectives ity) similar sincere severe
(nouns from adjectives ence) different confident innocent patient violent
(nouns from verbs ment) disappoint develop agree pay replace enjoy
move
(nouns from verbs ance) disappear accept appear resist insure
(nouns from verbs ion) act collect direct react protect investigate operate
(nouns from verbs ation) inform explain examine organize
(nouns from verbs ing) hear cook paint train type
Nature
wild animals rabbit fox farm animals sheep cow birds pigeon duck
insects bee ant fish salmon shark reptiles snake crocodile trees
palm oak fruit orange pineapple flowers rose carnation
Free time
clean your room cook a nice meal listen to music play a computer game play a
musical instrument read a book read a magazine or newspaper sit alone and think
surf the internet watch a video or DVD watch television write letters or e-mails to
friends aerobics basketball cycling dancing football frisbee golf
gymnastics running sailing skating skiing snowboarding surfing
swimming tennis volleyball walking windsurfing working out
False friends
actually now agenda notebook assist attend conference lecture control
check cry shout eventual possible experience experiment a game a play
lecture reading library bookshop parent relative pass an exam take an
exam professor teacher sensible sensitive smoking dinner jacket/tuxedo
sympathetic likeable, friendly, nice
Good health
felt sick someone fainted couldnt sleep had a cold had flu broke your arm
back hurt twisted your ankle unfit appointment doctor examination hospital
medicine operation rewards hurdles firm like-minded people worn out
down side get my heart rate up vitamin supplements difficulties disadvantage
make my heart beat faster people who have the same attitude satisfying advantages
strict tables to give you extra vitamins tired drink two litres of water a day dont
smoke eat plenty of fruit and vegetables go to the gym every day take vitamin tablets
dont eat junk food dont worry too much do something enjoyable every day sleep
eight hours a night walk as often as possible arms chest elbows fingers hands
head
The future
ambition bring career expect forecast hope likelihood looking forward to
optimistic predict saw it coming
British and American English
biscuit boot (of a car) city centre colleague CV first floor ground floor
fortnight holiday public holiday lift (in a building) motorway petrol sweets
timetable toilet trousers bathroom, restroom candy cookie co-worker
downtown elevator second floor gas freeway, highway pants rsum
schedule trunk two weeks vacation sidewalk area code subway center
windshield neighbour
Work
actor architect assembly line worker builder caretaker cashier chambermaid
chef cleaner farmer flight attendant lecturer lifeguard machine operator
manager musician nurse postman producer receptionist seaman shop
assistant surgeon waiter/waitress bank factory hospital hotel recording
studio restaurant school shop television studio theatre university office
outdoors beach building site farm plane ship
Transport
bus lanes parking meters park and ride schemes pedestrian zones car parks cycle
lanes roundabouts traffic lights trams buses metro lines plane ship and
ferry car train bus or tram bike
The past
ancient archaeologists BC century colonies destroyed emperor empires
independence invaded monument prehistoric republic restored retreat
revolution states war
Books
audio books biography childrens cookery crime health history literature
reference science and technology science fiction self-help sports travel
advertisements letters recipes CD inserts and covers literature reports comic
books magazines reviews e-mails newspapers textbooks fiction non-
fiction thrillers instructions official forms websites
People
Take the blame for something you did tell you all his or her secrets pay for you in a
restaurant listen to your troubles phone you every day tell the truth, even if it hurts you
keep a secret not hold a grudge travel across the city to see you lend you money let
you win a game against him or her remember your birthday give you advice send you
flowers not talk about you behind your back help with your problems adventurous
aggressive amusing arrogant calm cheerful confident considerate
conventional easy-going fashionable friendly funny imaginative kind
lively modest practical quiet reliable reserved self-satisfied sensible
sensitive serious shy sociable talkative tolerant unfriendly age height
build hair colour hairstyle eyes appearance clothes eighteen twentyish
middle-aged medium-height tall slim muscular dark fair wavy straight
bald balding brown good-looking handsome smart scruffy casual jeans
suit t-shirt