VOCABULARY NEW ENGLISH FILE PRE-INTERMEDIATE

1Aname n /neIm/first name n /"f3:st neIm/surname n /"s3:neIm/city n /"sIti/town n /taUn/language n /"l&NgwIÙ/kind n /kaInd/what kind? /"wQt "kaInd/

What kind of books do you like?

music n /"mju:zIk/instrument n /"instr@m@nt/programme n /"pr@Ugr&m/book n /bUk/magazine n /m&g@"zi:n/telephone n, v /"telIf@Un/phone n, v /f@Un/sport n /spO:t/

do a sport

exam n /Ig"z&m/exercise n /"eks@saIz/

do exercisedo an exercise

page n /peIÙ/Which / what page is it?on page 50

class n /klA:s/go to classes

weekend n /"wi:k"end/at the weekend /@t D@ "wi:k"end/last / this weekend

summer n /"sVm@/last summer

house pl. houses n /haUs, "haUzIz/flat n /fl&t/birthday n /"b3:TdeI/

Happy Birthday! /"h&pi "b3:TdeI/When's your birthday?

job n /ÙQb/What's your job?What do you do? /"wQt d@ jU "du:/I'm a student. /"aIm @ "stju:d@nt/I'm a teacher. /"aIm @ "ti:Í@/

(was / were) born /bO:n/

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Where were you born?

live v /lIv/do v /du:/work v /w3:k/like v /laIk/speak v /spi:k/read v /ri:d/listen to v /lIsn t@/

listen to the radio /"lIsn t@ D@ "reIdI@U/watch v /wQÍ/

watch TV /wQÍ "ti:"vi:/introduce v /Intr@"dju:s/play v /pleI/study v /"stVdi/try (to do) v /"traI t@/start v /stA:t/finish v /"fInIS/go v /g@U/

he / she goes

have v /h&v, h@v/he / she has

have sth in common v /h@v In "kQm@n/mean v /mi:n/

What does ... mean? /"wQt d@z ... "mi:n/spell v /spel/

How do you spell it? /"haU d@ jU "spel It/pronounce v /pr@"nauns/

How do you pronounce ..? /"haU d@ jU pr@"nauns/foreign adj /"fQr@n/traditional adj /tr@"dIS@nl/unusual adj /Vn"ju:ZU@l/late adj /leIt/sorry adj /"sQri/

I'm sorry I'm late /aIm "sQri/now adv /naU/today adv /t@"deI/yesterday adv /"jest@di, jest@deI/before adv /bI"fO:/

Where did you study English before?

please adv /pli:z/from prep /frQm, fr@m/

Where are you from? /"we@r @ jU "frQm/another /@"nVD@/

I want another book.who? /hu:/

Who are you?

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what? /wQt/What's your name? /"wQts j@ "neIm/What languages do you

speak?which? /wIÍ/

Which book do you want?

where? /we@/Where do you live? /"we@ dU jU "lIv/Where are you from? /"we@r @ jU "frQm/

Vocabulary Review: Days and Monthsday n /deI/Monday /"mVndi, mVndeI/Tuesday /"tju:zdi, "tju:zdeI/Wednesday /"wenzdi, "wenzdeI/Thursday /"T3:zdi, "T3:zdeI/Friday /"fraIdi, "fraIdeI/Saturday /"s&t@di, "s&t@deI/Sunday /"sVndi, "sVndeI/

on Saturday /Qn "s&t@deI/on Saturdays /Qn "s&t@deIz/

January /"Ù&nj@ri/February /"febrU@ri/March /mA:Í/April /"eIprl/May /meI/June /Ùu:n/July /"ÙU"laI/August /"O:g@st/September /sep"temb@/October /Qk"t@Ub@/November /n@U"vemb@/December /dI"semb@/

in Decemberlast Decembernext December

Vocabulary Review: The Numbersnumber n /"nVmb@/one /wVn/two /tu:/three /Tri:/four /fO:/five /faIv/six /sIks/seven /"sev@n/eight /eIt/nine /naIn/

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ten /ten/eleven /I"levn/twelve /"twelv/thirteen /"T3:"ti:n/fourteen /"fO:"ti:n/fifteen /"fIf"ti:n/sixteen /"sIks"ti:n/seventeen /"sevn"ti:n/eighteen /"eI"ti:n/nineteen /"naIn"ti:n/twenty /"twenti/twenty-one /"twenti "wVn/twenty-two /"twenti "tu:/thirty /"T3:ti/forty /"fO:ti/fifty /"fIfti/sixty /"sIksti/seventy /"sev@nti/eighty /"eIti/ninety /"naInti/a / one hundred /@ "hVndr@d/

a hundred and twelve

a / one thousand /@ "TaUs@nd/one thousand two hundred

and sixty-four

Vocabulary Review: Timetime n /taIm/o'clock /@"klQk/to /tu:, t@/past /pA:st/half /hA:f/

What time is it? /"wQt "taIm "Iz It/What's the time? /"wQts D@ "taIm/It's three o'clock. /Its "Tri: @"klQk/It's ten past three. /Its "ten "pA:st "Tri:/It's a quarter past three. /Its @ "kwO:t@ "pA:st "Tri:/It's half past three. /Its "hA:f "pA:st "Tri:/It's ten to four. /Its "ten t@ "fO:/in the morning /In D@ "mO:nIN/in the afternoon /In Di: A:ft@"nu:n/in the evening /In Di: "i:vnIN/

Vocabulary Review: Datesdate n /deIt/

What's the date today?What's today's date?

first, 1st, 1st /f3:st/

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second, 2nd /"sek@nd/third, 3rd /T3:d/fourth, 4th /fO:T/fifth /fIfT/sixth /sIksT/seventh /"sev@nT/eighth /eItT/ninth /naInT/tenth /tenT/eleventh /I"lev@nT/twelfth /twelfT/twentieth /"twentI@T/twenty-first /"twenti"f3:st/twenty-second /"twenti"sek@nd/twenty-third /"twenti"T3:d/6th September 2006 /D@ "sIks @v sep"temb@/

1Bfamily n /"f&mIli/husband n /"hVzb@nd/wife, pl. wives n /waIf, waIvz/father n /"fA:D@/mother n /"mVD@/parent n /"pe@r@nt/parents n /"pe@r@nts/child, pl. children n /ÍaIld,"ÍIldr@n/brother n /"brVD@/sister n /"sIst@/son n /sVn/daughter n /"dO:t@/uncle n /"VNkl/aunt n /A:nt/cousin n /"kVzn/niece n /ni:s/nephew n /"nefju:/brother-in-law n /"brVD@r In lO:/sister-in-law n /"sIst@r In lO:/grandparents n /"gr&npe@r@nts/grandmother n /"gr&nmVD@/grandfather n /"gr&nfA:D@/grandson n /"gr&nsVn/granddaughter n /"gr&ndO:t@/grandchild, pl. grandchildren n

/"gr&nÍaIld, "gr&nÍIldr@n/

boy n /bOI/girl n /g3:l/man, pl. men n /m&n, men/

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woman, pl. women n /"wUm@n, "wImIn/partner n /"pA:tn@/friend n /frend/girlfriend n /"g3:lfrend/boyfriend n /"bOIfrend/party n /"pA:ti/date n /deIt/

go on a date

thing n /TIN/opposite n /"Qp@zIt/

What's the opposite of … ?

age n /eIÙ/What's your age?at the age of four

personality n /p3:s@"n&l@ti/travel v /"tr&vl/choose v /Íu:z/talk v /tO:k/think v /TINk/look for v /lUk f@/know v /n@U/prefer v /prI"f3:/

I prefer walking.

remember sth/sb v /rI"memb@/I don't remember her.

get on (well) with sb v /"get "Qn "wel wID/laugh v /lVf/smoke v /sm@Uk/good at adj /gUd @t/

She's good at music.He's good at singing.

right adj /raIt/wrong adj /rQN/abroad adv /@"brO:d/

be abroad / go abroad

thin adj /TIn/slim adj /slIm/fat adj /f&t/fair adj /fe@/dark adj /dA:k/short adj /SO:t/long adj /lQN/tall adj /tO:l/friendly adj /"frendli/unfriendly adj /Vn"frendli/generous adj /"Ùen@r@s/mean adj /mi:n/

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funny adj /"fVni/serious adj /"sI@rI@s/lazy adj /"leIzi/hard-working adj /hA:d"w3:kIN/shy adj /SaI/extrovert adj /"ekstr@Uv3:t/talkative adj /"tO:k@tIv/quiet adj /"kwaI@t/stupid adj /"stju:pId/intelligent adj /In"telIÙ@nt/sporty adj /"spO:ti/sure adj /SU@/

I'm sure

always adv /"O:lweIz/He always plays football.He doesn't always play tennis.He is always hungry.

never adv /"nev@/sometimes adv /"sVmtaImz/usually adv /"ju:3@li/normally adv /"nO:m@li/often adv /"Qfn, "Qftn/hardly ever adv /"hA:dli "ev@/each adv /"i:Í /too adv /tu:/also adv /"O:ls@U/

She's happy, too.She's also happy.

quite adv /kwaIt/The weather is quite nice.

because conj /bI"kQz/at least /@t li:st/

for example /f@r Ig"zA:mpl/

Vocabulary Review: this & thatthis, pl. these pron /DIs, Di:z/

What's this? /"wQts "DIs/What are these? /"wQt @ "Di:z/

that, pl. those pron /D&t, D@Uz/here adv /hI@/there adv /De@/over there /"@Uv@ "De@/there is, there's /De@rIz, D@rIz, D@z/

There's a lot of snow in winter.

there are /De@r A:, D@r@/There are a lot of people in the

street.

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Vocabulary Review: CountriesGermany, German /"Ù3:m@ni, "Ù3:m@n/

She is German.She has got a German car.I speak German.

Switzerland, Swiss /"swIts@l@nd, swIs/Austria, Austrian /"QstrI@, "QstrI@n/France, French /frA:ns, frenÍ/Italy, Italian /"It@li, I"t&lI@n/Spain, Spanish /speIn, "sp&nIS/England, English /"INgl@nd, "INglIS/the United States, American

/D@ jU"naItId "steIts, @"merIkn/

1Cquestion n /"kwestS@n/answer (to) n /"A:ns@/clothes pl n /kl@UDz, kl@Uz/person, pl people n /"p3:sn, pi:pl/table n /teIbl/back n /b&k/

at the back

front n /frVnt/at the front

painting n /"peIntIN/picture n /"pIkÍ@/artist n /"A:tIst/head n /hed/face n /feIs/hair n /he@/arm n /A:m/shoulder n /"S@Uld@/neck n /nek/eye n /aI/mouth n /maUT/nose n /n@Uz/hand n /h&nd/finger n /fINg@/ear n /I@/stomach n /"stVm@k/lip n /lIp/foot, pl feet n /fUt, fi:t/knee n /ni:/back n /b&k/leg n /leg/heart n /hA:t/

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brain n /breIn/tooth, pl teeth n /tu:T, ti:T/toe n /t@U/tongue n /tVN/ask v /A:sk/

ask a question

answer v /A:ns@/answer a question

wear v /we@/sit v /sIt/draw v /drO:/paint v /peInt/describe v /dI"skraIb/see v /si:/hear v /hI@/smell v /smel/kiss v /kIs/bite v /bait/touch v /tVÍ/feel v /fi:l/kick v /kIk/smile v /smaIl/famous adj /"feIm@s/favourite adj /"feIvrIt/

What's your favourite drink?

between prep /bI"twi:n/behind prep /bI"haInd/in front of prep /In "frVnt @v/next to prep /"nekst t@/on prep /Qn/in prep /In/on the right prep /Qn D@ "raIt/on the left prep /Qn D@ "left /opposite prep /"Qp@zIt/under prep /"Vnd@/

Vocabulary Review: Househall n /hO:l/kitchen n /"kIÍIn/dining-room n /"daInIN ru:m/living-room n /"lIvIN ru:m/bedroom n /"bedru:m/bathroom n /"bA:Tru:m/toilet n /"tOIlIt/garage n /"g&rA:3/garden n /"gA:dn/wall n /wO:l/

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on the wall

floor n /flO:/on the floor

1Ddefinition n /defI"nISn/dentist n /dentist/bank n /b&Nk/author n /"O:T@/Internet n /"Int@net/

on the Internet

website n /"websaIt/train n /treIn/place n /pleIs/food n /fu:d/restaurant n /"rest@rQnt/café n /"k&feI/church n /Í3:Í/key n /ki:/secret n /"sIkr@t/life pl lives n /laIf, laIvz/money n unc /"mVni/machine n /m@"Si:n/tourist n /"tU@rIst/put v /pUt/take v /teIk/lose v /lu:z/contain v /k@n"teIn/explain sth to sb v /Ik"spleIn/tell sb sth v /tel/want to v /"wQnt t@/

I want to travel.mime v /maIm/panic v /"p&nIk/recognize v /"rek@gnaIz/dislike v /dIs"laIk/borrow sth from sb v /"bQr@U/lend sb sth v /lend/show v /S@U/need v /ni:d/get up v /"get "Vp/buy v /baI/boring adj /"bO:rIN/attractive adj /@"tr&ktIv/worried adj /"wVrId/similar (to) adj /"sImIl@/who rel pron /hu:/

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which rel pron /wIÍ/where rel pron /we@/the same (as) /D@ "seIm @s/somebody /"sVmbQdi/something /"sVmTIN/a lot (of) /@ "lQt/many /"meni/much /"mVÍ/

Vocabulary Review: Jobsa shop assistant /"SQp @"sIst@nt/a secretary /"sekr@tri/a manager /"m&nIÙ@/a doctor /"dQkt@/a nurse /n3:s/a pilot /"paIl@t/a police officer /p@"li:s "QfIs@/an engineer /enÙI"nI@/a housewife /"haUswaIf/a civil servant /sIv@l "s3:v@nt/a film director /"fIlm dI"rekt@, daI"rekt@/an actor /"&kt@/an actress /"&ktr@s/a model /"mQdl/a footballer /"fUtbO:l@/policeman, pl. policemen n /p@"li:sm@n/policewoman, pl. policewomen n

/p@"li:swUm@n, p@"li:swImIn/

taxi-driver n /"t&ksi "draIv@/bus driver n /"bVsdraIv@/politician n /pQlI"tIS@n/interpreter n /In"t3:prIt@/waiter n /"weIt@/chef n /Sef/

1 Practical Englishpurpose n /"p3:p@s/

What’s the purpose of your visit?

business n /"bIznIs/Are you here on business?

stay n /steI/Enjoy your stay.

phone number n /f@Un "nVmb@/flight n /flaIt/car park n /"kA: pA:k/hotel n /h@U"tel/morning n /"mO:nIN/

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Good morning. /"gUd "mO:nIN/afternoon n /A:ft@"nu:n/

Good afternoon. /"gUd A:ft@"nu:n/evening n /"i:vnIN/

Good evening. /"gUd "i:vnIN/night n /naIt/

Good night. /"gUd "naIt/visit n + v /"vIzIt/arrive (at) v /@"raIv @t/enjoy sth / doing sth v /In"ÙOI/

Did you enjoy it?She enjoys reading.

stay v /steI/stay in a hotel

sleep v /sli:p/how? /"haU/

How are you? /"haU @ "ju:/How do you do? /"haU d@ jU "du:/How old are you? /"haU @uld A: jU/

2Ateenager n /"ti:nEIÙ@/holiday n /"hQl@di, "hQl@deI/

go on holidaybe on holidayin my holiday(s)

beach n /bi:Í/on the beach

weather n unc /"weD@/What's the weather like?

heat n /hi:t/temperature n /"temprIÍ@/

What's the temperature?

degree n /dI"gri:/air-conditioning n /e@k@n"dIS@nIN/shop n /SQp/museum n /mju:"zi:@m/couple n /"kVpl/a couple of n

She’s got a couple of books.

travel agent n /"tr&vl "eIÙnt/travel agent's n /"tr&vl "eIÙnts/

He went to the travel agent's.She works in a travel agent's.

island n /"aIl@nd/time n /"taIm/

the first time

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car n /kA:/bus n /bVs/(air)plane n /"e@pleIn/rent v /rent/sunbathe v /"sVnbeID/hate v /heIt/decide v /dI"saId/escape (from) v /I"skeIp/break up with v /"breIk "Vp wID/book v /bUk/look v /lUk/argue v /"A:gju:/go swimming v /g@U "swImIN/go sailing v /g@U "seIlIN/go shopping v /g@U "SQpIN/go camping v /g@U "k&mpIN/go sightseeing v /g@U "saItsi:IN/go by car / bus / plane / train v

/g@U baI "kA:, "bVs, "pleIn, "treIn/

go to the beach v /bi:Í/go out v /g@U "aUt/go away v /g@U @"weI/go for a walk v /g@U f@r @ "wO:k/lovely adj /"lVvli/great adj /greIt/wonderful adj /"wVnd@fl/fantastic adj /f&n"t&stIk/miserable adj /"mIzr@bl/awful adj /"O:fl/terrible adj /"terIb@l/furious adj /"fjU@ri@s/popular adj /"pQpjUl@/hot adj /hQt/

It's very hot today.I'm very hot.

boiling adj /"bOIlIN/cool adj /ku:l/cloudy adj /"klaUdi/sunny adj /"sVni/windy adj /"wIndi/cheap adj /Íi:p/expensive adj /Iks"pensIv/noisy adj /"nOIzI/different (from) adj /"dIfr@nt fr@m/exciting adj /Ik"saItIN/really adv /"rI@li/on my own /Qn maI "@Un/

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each other /"i:Í "VD@/They looked into each other's

eyes.everywhere /"evriwe@/anywhere /"eniwe@/what … like? /"wQt ... laIk/

What's she like?What's the weather like?

all day /"O:l "deI/

Vocabulary Review: Irregular Verbsbe, was/were /bi:, wQz, w3:/have, had /h&f, h&d/can, could /k&n, kUd/do, did /du:, dId/get, got /get/forget, forgot /f@"get, f@"gQt/go, went /g@U, went/make, made /meIk, meId/buy, bought /baI, bO:t /catch, caught /k&Í, kO:t/see, saw /si:, sO:/speak, spoke /spi:k, sp@Uk/tell, told /tel, t@Uld/take, took /teIk, tUk/come, came /kVm, keIm/know, knew /n@U, nju:/sit, sat /sIt, s&t/hold, held /h@Uld, held/spend, spent /spend, spent/

spend money /spend "mVni/spend time /spend "taIm/

say, said /seI, sed/pay, paid /peI, peId/put, put /pUt/let, let /let/

2Bphotographer n /f@"tQgr@f@/photograph n /"f@Ut@grA:f/photo n /"f@Ut@U/

take a photo(graph) / picturein the photo / picture

newspaper n /"nju:speIp@/story n /"stO:ri/news n unc /nju:z/

Here is the news.

stone n /st@Un/

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piano n /pi"&n@U/play the piano

word n /w3:d/song n /sQN/bookshop n /"bUkSQp/wedding n /"wedIN/year n /jI@/exhibition n /eksI"bISn/balcony n /"b&lk@ni/home n /h@Um/

go homebe at home

work n /w3:k/at work /@t "w3:k/

snake n /sneIk/dog n /dQg/tree n /tri:/sandwich n /"s&nwIÍ/library n /"laIbr@ri/fire n /"faI@/stand, stood v /st&nd, stUd/feel, felt v /fi:l, felt/hear, heard v /hI@, h3:d/become, became v /bI"kVm, bI"keIm/leave, left v /li:v, left/drive, drove v /draIv, dr@Uv/hit, hit v /hIt/break, broke v /breIk, br@Uk/sleep, slept v /sli:p, slept/fight, fought v /faIt, fO:t/eat, ate v /i:t, et OR eIt/get married v /"get "m&rId/get on a bus/train/plane /"get Qn/get off a bus/train/plane /"get Qf/plan (to do) v /pl&n/shout v /SaUt/attack v /@"t&k/happen v /"h&p@n/call v /kO:l/rain v /reIn/snow v /sn@U/ski v /ski:/young adj /jVN/old adj /@Uld/happy adj /"h&pi/good adj /gUd/open adj /"@Upn/

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fine adj /faIn/luckily adv /"lVkIli/immediately adv /I"mi:dI@tli/suddenly adv /"sVdnli/(at) first adv /@t "f3:st/then adv /Den/together adv /t@"geD@/near prep /"nI@/(a)round prep /@"raUnd/along prep /@"lQN/after prep /"A:ft@/when conj /wen/nothing /"nVTIN/

2Csign n /saIn/plane crash n /"pleIn "kr&S/poem n /"p@U@m/fact n /f&kt/

in fact

hope (for) n /h@Up/peace n /pi:s/

make peace

attack n /@"t&k/idea n /aI"dI@/war n /wO:/dream n /dri:m/world n /w3:ld/

in the world

airport n /"e@pO:t/line n /lain/sky n /skaI/name sb / sth v /neIm/re-name sb / sth v /ri:"neIm/marry sb v /"m&ri/die v /daI/help v /help/open v /"@Upn/deserve v /dI"z3:v/share v /Se@/imagine sth v /I"m&ÙIn/murder sb v /"m3:d@/sing, sang v /sIN, s&N/write, wrote v /raIt, r@Ut/read, read v /ri:d, red/begin, began v /bI"gIn, bI"g&n/fly, flew v /flaI, flu:/

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be in love v /"bi: In "lVv/big adj /bIg/little adj /lItl/hungry adj /"hVNgri/thirsty adj /"T3:sti/possible adj /"pQs@bl/impossible adj /Im"pQs@bl/sad adj /s&d/delicious adj /dI"lIS@s/only adv /"@Unli/just adv /ÙVst, Ù@st/recently adv /"ri:sntli/once adv /wVns/twice adv /twaIs/three times, four times, … /Tri: "taImz/across adv, prep /@"krQs/until prep /@n"tIl/about prep /@"baUt/during prep /"ÙU@rIN, djU@rIN/

I never rest during the day.

above prep /@"bVv/

Vocabulary Review: Question Wordswhen? /wen/

When do you come home?

why? /waI/Why are you learning English?

whose? /hu:z/Whose book is this?

how long? /"haU "lQN/How long did you stay there?

how many? /"haU "meni/How many books has he got?

how much? /"haU "mVÍ/How much time did you spend

with her?how old? /"haU "@Uld/

How old are you?

how often? /"haU "Qftn/How often did you see her?

what time? /"wQt "taIm/What time do you get up?

what colour? /"wQt "kVl@/What colour is your shirt?

2Dmeal n /mi:l/breakfast n /"brekf@st/

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lunch n /lVnÍ/supper n /"sVp@/dinner n /"dIn@/

have breakfast / lunch / supper / dinner

She doesn't have breakfast.

street n /stri:t/road n /r@Ud/coat n /k@Ut/watch n /wQÍ/hurry n /"hVri/

be in a hurry

dress n /dres/accident n /"&ksId@nt/DJ n /di: Ùei/club n /klVb/meet, met v /mi:t, met/run, ran v /rVn, r&n/wear, wore v /we@, wO:/give, gave v /gIv, geIv/get into a car/taxi /"get "Int@/get out of a car/taxi /"get aUt @v/

He got into the car. BUT: He got in.

She got out of the car. BUT: She got out.

call v /kO:l/What is she called?She is called Ann.It is called Yellow.

invite v /In"vaIt/dance v /dA:ns/knock v /nQk/look at v /"lUk @t/wait (for sb / sth) v /weIt/follow v /"fQl@U/would aux /wUd/

I would like to dance.I'd like to dance.

bad adj /b&d/romantic adj /r@U"m&ntIk/mad adj /m&d/fast adj /fA:st/perfect adj /"p3:fIkt/afraid adj /@"freId/

I'm afraid I can't help you.She's afraid of dogs.

too adv /tu:/

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too late

again adv /@"gen/every /"evri/

every night

although conj /O:l"D@U/

Vocabulary Review: Coloursred /red/green /gri:n/blue /blu:/yellow /"jel@U/black /bl&k/white /waIt/brown /braUn/grey /greI/orange /"QrInÙ/pink /pINk/purple /"p3:pl/

2 Practical Englishreception n /rI"sepSn/lift n /lIft/bread n unc /bred/salad n /"s&l@d/lemon n /"lem@n/ice n unc /aIs/chips n pl /ÍIps/heating n unc /"hi:tIN/problem n /"prQbl@m/plan n /pl&n/chicken n unc /"ÍIkIn/

fruit juice n unc /"fru:t "Ùu:s/sights n pl /"saIts/tired adj /"taI@d/comfortable adj /"kVmft@bl/uncomfortable adj /Vn"kVmft@bl/

Which floor is it on?It's on the second floor.

3Aluck n /lVk/

Good luck!

honeymoon n /"hVnimu:n/bicycle n /"baIsIkl/top n /tQp/on top of /@n "tQp @v/

She put her hand on top of his.

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at the top of /@t D@ "tQp @v/She was standing at the top of

the stairs.to the top of /t@ De "tQp @v/

We climbed to the top of the mountain.

mountain n /"maUnt@n/village n /"vIlIÙ/timetable n /"taImteIbl/fun n /fVn/

This is fun!

surprise n + v /s@"praIz/look after sb v /lUk "A:ft@/look forward to v /lUk "fO:w@d t@/

He's looking forward to the party.He's looking forward to going to

the party.pass v /pA:s/

pass an exam

miss v /mIs/improve v /Im"pru:v/move v /mu:v/jump v /ÙVmp/sail v /seIl/climb v /klaIm/shave v /SeIv/good, better, best adj /gUd, "bet@, best/busy adj /bIsi/nervous adj /"n3:v@s/quickly adv /"kwIkli/maybe adv /"meIbi/everything /"evriTIN/

Everything is OK.

a bit /@ "bIt/as well as /@z "wel @z/

I have to go to the bookshop as well as the bank.

own /@Un/I want my own flat.

one day /wVn "deI/Congratulations!It depends. /It dI"pendz/I’m a bit nervous.tell a story /"tel @ "stQri/

3Bthought n /TO:t/win, won v /wIn, wVn/lose, lost v /lu:z, lQst/

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find, found v /faInd, faUnd/think, thought v /TINk, TO:t/

I think so.I don’t think so.

fail v /feIl/She failed the exam.

hope v /h@Up/I hope so.I hope not.

worry v /"wVri/Don't worry /"d@Unt "wVri/

depressed adj /dI"prest/perhaps adv /p@"h&ps/probably adv /"prQb@bli/definitely adv /"defIn@tli/tonight adv /t@"naIt/

Cheer up!

Vocabulary Review: Quantifiersa lot of /@ "lQt @v/lots of /"lQts @v/

He’s got a lot of books.He’s got lots of books.

many /"meni/She hasn’t got many friends.

much /mVÍ/He hasn’t got much money.

(very) few /fju:/She’s got very few friends.

a few /fju:/She’s got a few friends.

(very) little /lItl/He’s got very little money.

a little /@ "lItl/He’s got a little money.

enough /I"nVf/

3Cbuilder n /"bIld@/electrician n /Ilek"trISn/plumber n /"plVm@/injection n /In"ÙekSn/medicine n unc /"medsn/skin n /skIn/needle n /"ni:dl/research n unc /rI"s3:Í/promise n /"prQmIs/

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make a promisekeep a promisebreak a promise

decision n /dI"sI3n/make a decision /"meIk @ dI"sI3n/

journey n /"Ù3:ni/paper n unc /"peIp@/piece n /pi:s/

a piece of paper

address n /@"dres/truth n /tru:T/meat n unc /mi:t/fish n unc /fIS/steak n /steIk/briefcase n /"bri:fkeIs/hurt, hurt v /h3:t/keep, kept v /ki:p, kept/last v /lA:st/exist v /Ig"zIst/offer (to do sth) v /"Qf@/safe adj /seIf/eternal adj /I"t3:nl/complete adj /k@m"pli:t/soon adv /su:n/before prep /bI"fO:/not … either /nQt ... "aID@, "i:D@/

She doesn't like dogs either.oh dear /@U "dI@/of course /@v "kO:s/

3Dchampagne n /S&m"peIn/patient n /"peISnt/romance n /r@U"m&ns/violin n /vaI@"lIn/

play the violin

flower n /"flaU@/owl n /aUl/future n /"fju:Í@/offer n /"Qf@/dream, dreamt v /dri:m, dremt/wake up, woke up v /"weIk "Vp, "w@Uk "Vp/go on (doing sth), went on v /"g@U "Qn, "went "Qn/appear v /@"pI@/predict v /prI"dIkt/agree (with sb) v /@"gri:/frightened adj /"fraItnd/

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I'm frightened.successful adj /s@k"sesfl/especially adv /I"speS@li/freezing adj /"fri:zIN/pregnant adj /"pregn@nt/in the middle (of) prep /In D@ "mIdl/

3 Practical Englishstarter n /"stA:t@/main course n /"meIn "kO:s/potato, pl potatoes n /p@"teIt@U, p@"teIt@Uz/tomato, pl tomatoes n /t@"mA:t@U, t@"mA:t@Uz/mushroom n /"mVSrUm/soup n /su:p/bill n /bIl/mistake n /mIs"teIk/

make a mistake /"meIk @ mIs"teIk/glass, pl glasses n /glA:s, glA:sIz//bottle n /"bQtl/wine n /waIn/

a bottle of wine

knife, pl knives n /naIf/tip n, v /tIp/order v /"O:d@/rare adj /re@/medium adj /"mi:dI@m/well-done adj /wel"dVn/

4Acompany n /"kVmp@ni/chain n /ÍeIn/store n /stO:/customer n /"kVst@m@/washing machine n /"wQSIN m@"Sin/reason n /"ri:zn/

the main reason

argument n /"A:gjum@nt/have an argument

interview n /"Int@vju:/give an interview

suit n /su:t, sju:t/tracksuit n /"tr&ksu:t/tie n /taI/shirt n /S3:t/T-shirt n /"ti: S3:t/blouse n /blaUz/top n /tQp/

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sweater n /"swet@/skirt n /sk3:t/mini skirt n /"mIni sk3:t/jacket n /"Ù&kIt/leather jacket n /"leD@ Ù&kIt/belt n /belt/scarf n /skA:f/hat n /h&t/cap n /k&p/trousers pl n /"traUz@z/pants pl n /p&nts/jeans n pl /Ùi:nz/shorts pl n /SO:ts/tights pl n /taIts/pair n /pe@/

a pair of trousers

shoes n /Su:/trainers n /"treIn@/boots n /bu:t/socks n /sQk/put on, put on, put on (clothes) v

/"pUt Qn/

take off, took, taken v /"teIk Qf/get dressed, got dressed, got dressed v

/"get "drest/

take, took, taken v /teIk, tUk, teIkn/How long does the journey

take?It takes two hours.

try on v /"traI Qn/look like v /lUk laIk/

He looks like a businessman.

rich adj /"rIÍ/fashionable adj /"f&Sn@bl/rarely adv /"re@li/exactly adv /Ig"z&ktli/

exactly the same

ever adv /"ev@/Have you ever lost your

passport?none pron /nVn/

none of them

Vocabulary Review: Irregular Verbsbe, was/were, been /bi:, wQz, w3:, bi:n/read, read, read /ri:d, red, red/have, had, had /h&v, h&d/win, won, won /wIn, wVn, wVn/meet, met, met /mi:t, met, met/

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buy, bought, bought /baI, bO:t, bO:t/hear, heard, heard /hI@, h3:d, h3:d /lose, lost, lost /lu:z, lQst, lQst/tell, told, told /tel, t@Uld, t@Uld/do, did, done /du:, dId, dVn/wear, wore, worn /we@, wO:, wO:n/see, saw, seen /si:, sO:, si:n/break, broke, broken /breIk, br@Uk,"br@Ukn/eat, ate, eaten /i:t, et OR eIt, "i:tn/fly, flew, flown /flaI, flu:, fl@Un/take, took, taken /teIk, tUk, teIkn/write, wrote, written /raIt, r@Ut, "rItn/

4Bmess n /mes/towel n /"taU@l/plate n /pleIt/pet n /pet/(TV) channel n /"Í&nl/homework n /"h@Umw3:k/

do the homework

housework n /"haUsw3:k/do the housework

court n /kO:t/go to court

judge n /ÙVÙ/pick up v /pIk "Vp/guess v /ges/treat v /tri:t/complain v /k@m"pleIn/insult v /In"sVlt/promise to do sth v /"prQmIs/do the washing v /"du: D@ "wQSIN/do the washing-up v /"du: D@ wQSIN "Vp/wash up v /wQS "Vp/clean adj /kli:n/dirty adj /"d3:ti/wet adj /wet/dry adj /draI/strange adj /streInÙ/rude adj /ru:d/covered with adj /"kVv@d/far adj /fA:/

How far is it?

already adv /O:l"redi/He's already tidied his room.

yet adv /jet/

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He hasn't tidied his room yet.Has he tidied his room yet?

Vocabulary Review: Irregular Verbsmake, made, made /meIk, meId/learn, learnt, learnt /l3:n, l3:nt, l3:nt/find, found, found /faInd, faUnd, faUnd/fall, fell, fallen /fO:l, fel, "fO:l@n/forget, forgot, forgotten f@"get, f@"gQt, f@"gQtn/wake, woke, woken /weIk, w@Uk, "w@Ukn/leave, left, left /li:v, left, left/go, went, gone /g@U, went, gQn/pay, paid, paid v /peI, peId/send, sent, sent /send, sent, sent/sell, sold, sold /sel, s@Uld/get, got, got /get, gQt, gQt/speak, spoke, spoken /spi:k, sp@Uk, "sp@Ukn/throw, threw, thrown /TreU, Tru:, Tr@Un/

4Carticle n /"A:tIkl/headlines pl n /"hedlainz/speed n /spi:d/

at normal speed

traffic n /"tr&fIk/health n /helT/sickness n /"sIkn@s/answerphone n /"A:ns@f@Un/result n /rI"zVlt/

as a result

game n /geIm/play a game

match n /"m&Í/average n, adj /"&vrIÙ/walk v /wO:k/believe v /bI"li:v/suffer from v /"sVf@ fr@m/relax v /rI"l&ks/slow down v /"sl@U "daUn/save v /seIv/waste v /weIst/far, further, furthest adj /fA:, "f3:D@, "f3DIst/good, better, best adj /gUd, "bet@, best/bad, worse, worst adj /b&d, w3:s, w3:st/obsessed with adj /Ob"sest/simple adj /"sImpl/complicated adj /"kQmplIkeItId/

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previous adj /"pri:vI@s/relaxed adj /rI"l&kst/stressed adj /"strest/stressful adj /stresful/quick adj /kwIk/slow adj /sl@U/hard adj, adv /hA:d/

She's a hard worker.She works hard.

fast adj, adv /fA:st/well, better, best adv /gUd, "bet@, best/badly, worse, worst adv /b&dli, w3:s, w3:st/nowadays adv /"naU@deIz/on time /Qn "taim/

arrive on timethan conj /Den/

… more interesting than …… less interesting than …It's a bit less expensive than…

(not) as … as conj /@z ... @z/…as interesting as……not as (so) interesting as…

Vocabulary Review: Irregular Verbssleep, slept, slept /sli:p, slept, slept/drive, drove, driven /draIv, dr@Uv, "drIvn/keep, kept, kept /ki:p, kept, kept/think, thought, thought /TINk, TO:t, TO:t/spend, spent, spent /spend, spent, spent/understand, understood, understood

/"Vnd@"st&nd, "Vnd@"stUd, "Vnd@"stUd/

put, put, put /pUt, pUt, pUt/cost, cost, cost /kQst, kQst, kQst/

4Dreputation n /repju"teISn/greengrocer n /"gri:ngr@Us@/gardener n /"gA:dn@/coin n /kOIn/amount n /@"maUnt/sunglasses pl n /"sVnglA:sIz/change n /ÍeInÙ/souvenir n /su:v@"nI@/fall over, fell over, fallen over v

/"fO: "@Uv@/

find out, found out, found out v

/"faInd "aUt/

pretend to v /prI"tend/

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careful adj /"ke@fl/helpful adj /"helpfl/beautiful adj /"bju:tIfl/ugly adj /"Vgli/polluted adj /p@"lu:tId/dangerous adj /"deInÙ@r@s/crowded adj /"kraUdId/modern adj /"mQdn/healthy adj /"helTi/unhealthy adj /Vn"helTi/tidy adj /"taIdi/untidy adj /Vn"taIdi/polite adj /p@"laIt/impolite adj /Imp@"laIt/patient adj /"peISnt/impatient adj /Im"peISnt/unhappy adj /Vn"h&pi/sure adv /SU@/

Are you OK? – Sure.

several /"sevr@l/

4 Practical Englishmap n /m&p/corner n /"kO:n@/

It's on the corner.He was standing in the corner.

recommend v /rek@"mend/turn v /t3:n/

Turn left.

straight adj, adv /streIt/ahead adv /@"hed/

Go straight ahead.

5Aimpression n /Im"preSn/time n /taIm/

have a good time /h&v @ "gUd "taIm/all the time

adult n /"&dVlt/psychiatrist n /saI"kaI@trIst/hairdresser n /"he@dres@/hairstyle n /"he@staIl/survive v /s@"vaIv/celebrate v /"sel@breIt/motivate v /"m@UtIveIt/decide to do v /dI"saId/help to do v /help/

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hope to do v /h@Up/need to do v /ni:d/offer to do v /"Qf@/plan to do v /plan/promise to do v /"prQmIs/remember to do v /rI"memb@/

Remember to close the door!

remember doing v /rI"memb@/I remember closing the doors.

start to do v /stA:t/try to do v /"traI/want to do v /"wQnt/would like to do aux /"wUd "laIk/forget to do, forgot, forgotten v

f@"get, f@"gQt, f@"gQtn/

learn to do, learnt, learnt v /l3:n, l3:nt, l3:nt/personal adj /"p3:snl/impersonal adj /Im"p3:snl/

5Bforest n /"fQrIst/nature n /"neIÍ@/storm n /stO:m/pleasure n /"ple3@/cupboard n /"kVb@d/dictionary n /"dIkSnri/mystery n /"mIstri/note n /n@Ut/choir n /"kwaI@/feel, felt, felt v /fi:l, felt/sing, sang, sung v /sIN, s&N, sVN/take off, took, taken v /"teIk Qf/

The plane took off.

mention v /"menSn/tidy v /"taIdi/breathe v /bri:D/control v /k@n"tr@Ul/be able to v /"bi: "eIbl t@/matter v /"m&t@/

It doesn't matter.

enjoy doing v /In"ÙOI/finish doing v /"fInIS/go on doing, went on, gone on v

/"g@U "Qn, "went "Qn, gQn "Qn/

(don't) mind doing v /maInd/spend time doing, spent, spent v

/spend, spent/

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stop doing v /stQp/start doing / to do v /stA:t/hate doing / to do v /heIt/like doing / to do v /laIk/love doing / to do v /lVv/high adj /haI/low adj /l@U/surprised adj /s@"praIzd/alive adj /@"laIv/

She's alive.

whole adj /h@Ul/A whole day

outside adv, prep /aUt"saId/inside adv, prep /In"saId/(un)fortunately adv /(Vn)"fO:Ín@tli/while conj /waIl/

While he was watching TV the phone rang.

during prep /"ÙU@rIN, djU@rIN/I never rest during the day.

5Crule n /ru:l/building n /bIldIN/experiment n /Iks"perIm@nt/lesson n /"lesn/test n /test/

do a test

course n /kO:s/do a course

grammar n /"gr&m@/pronunciation n /pr@nVnsi"eISn/relative n /"rel@tIv/direction n /daI"rekSn, d@"rekSn /

ask for directions

guide n /"gaId/must aux /mVst/must not, mustn't aux /mVsnt/have to, had to, had to v /h&f t@/choose, chose, chosen v /Íu:z/expect v /Ik"spekt/tell (sb) the timeask sb the timeintensive adj /In"tensIv/incredible adj /In"kredIbl/unbelievable adj /Vnbi"li:v@bl/full (of) adj /fUl/

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useful adj /"ju:sfl/obligatory adj /@"blIg@tri/permitted adj /p@"mItId/against prep /@"genst/

against the rules

5Dfan n /f&n/team n /ti:m/ball n /bO:l/player n /"pleI@/pitch n /pIÍ/stadium n /"steIdI@m/champion n /"Í&mpI@n/hole n /h@Ul/net n /net/track n /tr&k/goal n /g@Ul/point n /pOInt/post n /p@Ust/score n /skO:/football n /"fUtbO:l/rugby n /"rVgbi/baseball n /"beIsbO:l/basketball n /"bA:skItbO:l/volleyball n /"vQlibO:l/step n /step/river n /"rIv@/hit, hit, hit v /hIt/shoot, shot, shot v /Su:t, SQt/take part in, took, taken v /"teIk "pA:t In/pass (to sb) v /pA:s/score v /skO:/

score a goal

large adj /lA:Ù/small adj /smO:l/into prep /"Int@/past prep /pA:st/over prep /"@Uv@/through prep /Tru:/towards prep /t@"wO:dz/out of prep /"aUt @v/up prep /Vp/down prep /DaUn/

(a)round prep /@"raUnd, raUnd/

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5 Practical Englishsize n /"saIz/

What size are you?

receipt n /rI"si:t/check v /Íek/exchange sth for sth n /Iks"ÍeInÙ/

Never mind.

6Aseat n /si:t/queue n /kju:/supermarket n /"su:p@mA:kIt/law n /lO:/know, knew, known v /n@U, nju:, n@Un/become, became, become v

/bI"kVm, bI"keIm, bI"kVm/

lend, lent, lent v /lend, lent/go to sleep,went to sleep, gone to sleep v

/"g@U t@ sli:p, went/

crash v /kr&S/spill v /spIl/push v /pUS/pull v /pUl/kill v /kIl/investigate v /In"vestIgeIt/earn v /3:n/

earn a lot of money

bored adj /bO:d/single adj /"sINgl/directly adv /dI"rektli/

6B(river) bank n /b&Nk/ground n /graUnd/

on the ground

field n /fi:ld/safari n /s@"fA:ri/

go on a safari

fur coat n /"f3: "k@Ut/water n unc /"wO:t@/animal n /"&nIm@l/bird n /b3:d/insect n /"insekt/crocodile n /"krQk@daIl/bear n /be@/bull n /"bUl/

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bee n /bi:/butterfly n /"bVt@flaI/fly n /flaI/mosquito n /m@"ski:t@U/spider n /spaId@/wasp n /wQsp/chicken n /"ÍIkIn/cow n /kaU/goat n /g@Ut/horse n /hO:s/pig n /pIg/rabbit n /"r&bIt/sheep, pl sheep n /Si:p/camel n /"k&ml/dolphin n /"dQlfIn/elephant n /"elIfnt/giraffe n /Ù@"rA:f/gorilla n /g@"rIl@/kangaroo n /k&Ng@"ru:/lion n /"laI@n/mouse, pl mice n /maUs, maIs/shark n /SA:k/tiger n /"taIg@/whale n /weIl/duck n /dVk/eagle n /i:gl/swan n /swQn/lie (down), lay, lain v /laI "daUn, leI, leIn//grow, grew, grown v /gr@U, gru:, gr@Un/wave v /weIv/

wave one’s arms

bark v /bA:k/weigh v /weI/drown v /draUn/disappear v /dIs@"pI@/

6Coption n /"QpSn/possibility n /pQs@"bIl@ti/advice n UNC /@d"vaIs/imagination n UNC /Im&ÙI"neISn/list n /lIst/

make a list

umbrella n /Vm"brel@/confuse v /k@n"fju:z/compare v /k@m"pe@/ask for v /A:sk fO:/

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belong to v /bI"lQN t@/change your mind v /"ÍeInÙ j@ "maInd/take your time v "teIk j@ "taIm/may aux /meI/

I may go to the party.

might aux /maIt/I might go to the party.

decisive adj /dI"saIsIv/indecisive adj /IndI"saIsIv/positive adj /"pQz@tIv/negative adj /"neg@tIv/finally adv /"fAIn@li/

6Dsuggestion n /s@"ÙestSn/subject n /"sVbÙekt/(good) taste n /teIst/message n /"mesIÙ/excuse n /Ik"skju:s/

make an excuse

surprise n /s@"praIz/present n /"prez@nt/

birthday presentChristmas present

gym n /ÙIm/lock v /lQk/get divorced v /"get dI"vO:st/get lost v /"get "lQst/sensitive adj /"sens@tIv/worth adj /w3:T/

It isn't worth it.

obsessive adj /@b"sesIv/offended adj /@"fendId/desperate adj /"despr@t/

6 Practical Englishheadache n /"hedeIk/

have a headache

backache n /"b&keIk/cough n /kQf/

have a cough

chemist's n /"kemIsts/

7Afear (of) n /fI@/space n /speIs/height n /haIt/

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What's your height?How tall are you?

lake n /leIk/character n /"k&r@kt@/treatment n /"tri:tm@nt/lawyer n /"lO:j@/boat n /b@Ut/bomb n /bQm/scene n /si:n/rest n /rest/

the rest of us

giant n, adj /"ÙaI@nt/fight, fought, fought v /faIt, fO:t, fO:t/affect v /@"fekt/hairy adj /"he@ri/terrified adj /"terIfaId/since prep /sIns/

I've lived her since 2000.

for prep /fO:/I've lived here for six years.

how long? /"haU "lQN/How long have you known

her?in this respect /In Dis rI"spekt/

7Bcareer n /k@"rI@/university n /ju:nI"v3:s@ti/

go to university

school n /sku:l/go to schoolbe at school

primary school n /"praimri sku:l/secondary school n /"sekndri sku:l/difficulty n /"dIfIk@lti/entrance n /"entr@ns/art n /A:t/cattle n UNC /k&tl/prison n /prIzn/parking ticket n /"pA:kIN "tIkIt/episode n /"epIs@Ud/role n /r@Ul/

play a role

stage n /steIÙ/drug n /drVg/violence n /"vaI@l@ns/retire v /rI"taI@/

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get engaged v /get In"geIÙd/separate (from) v /"sep@reIt/direct v /daI"rekt, d@"rekt/receive v /rI"si:v/nominate v /"nQmIneIt/

7Crebel n /"rebl/musician n /mju"zISn/contribution n /kQntrI"bju:Sn/protest n /"pr@Utest/qualification(s) n /kwQlIfI"keISn/memory n /"mem@ri/drama n /"drA:m@/vegetable(s) n /"veÙt@bl/(school) subject n /"sVbÙekt/PE (physical education) n /pi: "i:/maths n sg /m&Ts/history n /"hIstri/geography n /Ùi"Qgr@fi/science n /"saI@ns/physics n sg /"fizIks/chemistry n /"kemIstri/biology n /baI"Ql@Ùi/used to v

I used to get up late.He didn’t use to be friendly.

want sb to be (sth) v /wQnt/They wanted her to be a

teacher.I want you to be quiet.

be at war with sb v /bi: @t "wO: wID/organize v /"O:g@naIz/bright adj /braIt/strict adj /strikt/however adv /haU"ev@/according to prep /@"kO:dIN tU/

7Dinvention n /In"venSn/inventor n /In"vent@/nappies n pl /"n&piz/bullet n /"bUlIt/bullet-proof vest n /"bUlItpru:f vest/dishwasher n /"dISwQS@/biro n /"baIr@U/text-message n /"tekst mesIÙ/

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bikini n /bI"ki:ni/vacuum cleaner n /"v&kju@m kli:n@/hoover n /"hu:v@/light bulb n /"laIt bVlb/windscreen wipers n pl /"wIndskri:n "waIp@z/effect n /I"fekt/scientist n /"saI@ntIst/cure n /kjU@/toothache n UNC /"tu:TeIk/

have toothache

century n /"senÍri/detective n /dI"t@ktIv/cut, cut, cut v /kVt/invent v /In"v@nt/discover v /dIs"kVv@/protect v /pr@"tekt/text v /tekst/explode v /Ik"spl@Ud/observe v /@b"z3:v/record v /rI"kO:d/educate v /"edjukeIt/disposable adj /dI"sp@Uz@bl/unemployed adj /VnIm"plOId/forever adv /f@r"@v@/

last forever

7 Practical Englishbay n /beI/bridge n /brIÙ/cab n /k&b/wonder v /"wQnd@/ready adj /"redi/about adv /@"baUt/

How long does it take?About an hour.

8Akids n /kIdz/day off n /deI Qf/

have a day off

admit v /@d"mIt/prepare (oneself) v /prI"pe@/depend on v /dI"pend Qn/tiring adj /"taI@rIN/depressing adj /dI"presIN/relaxing adj /rI"l&ksIN/exhausted adj /Ig"zO:stId/

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excited adj /Ik"saItId/latest adj /"leItIst/on my (your, his, ...) own /Qn maI @Un/

have some peace and quiet

8Bdiet n /"daI@t/sunscreen n /"sVnskri:n/squash n /skwQS/

play squash

calendar n /"k&l@nd@/fruit n /fru:t/alcohol n /"&lk@hQl/habit n /"h&bIt/give up doing, gave, given v

/"gIv "Vp/

go wrong, went, gone v /"g@u "rQN/calculate vclose adj /kl@Us/

a close friend

fresh adj /freS/irritable adj /"IrIt@bl/tense adj /tens/regular adj /"regjUl@/

8Calarm clock n /@"lA:m klQk/gene n /Ùi:n/fit v /fIt/turn sth on v /"t3:n "Qn/turn sth off v /"t3:n "Qf/turn sth up v /"t3:n "Vp/turn sth down v /"t3:n "daUn/write sth down v /"raIt "daUn/look sth up v /"lUk "Vp/fill sth in v /"fIl In/throw sth away v /"Tr@U @"weI/put sth away v /"pUt @"weI/active adj /"&ktIv/allergic (to) adj /@"l3:ÙIk/energetic adj /en@"ÙetIk/because of prep /bI"kQz @v/

Because of her illness she couldn't come to school.

instead of prep /In"sted @v/Could I have tea instead of

coffee?

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8Dbelief n /bI"li:f/twins n pl /twInz/wood n /wUd/similarity n /sIm@"l&r@ti/preference n /"prefr@ns/vote (for) v /v@Ut/adopt v /@"dQpt/reunite v /ri:ju:"naIt/amazing adj /@"meIzIN/amazed (by) adj /@"meIzd/convinced adj /k@n"vInst/enormous adj /I"nO:m@s/identical adj /aI"dentIkl/so adv /s@U/

So do I.

neither adv /"naID@, "ni:D@/Neither do I.

8 Practical Englishhold, held, held v /h@Uld, held/

hold the line

leave, left, left v /li:v, left, left/leave a message /"li:v @ "mesIÙ/

put through, put, put v /pUt "Tru:/engaged adj /In"geIÙd/

The line's busy/engaged.

9Amotorway n /"m@Ut@wei/fine n /faIn/porter n /"pO:t@/price n /praIs/

pay a price

prize n /praiz/win a prize

passenger n /"p&sInÙ@/neighbour n /"neIb@/arrest v /@"rest/behave v /bI"heIv/commit v /k@"mIt/

commit a crime

rob v /rQb/rob a bank

scream v /skri:m/snore v /snO:/

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solve v /s@Ulv/solve a problem

accidentally adv /&ksI"dentli/

9Bbride n /braid/let, let, let v /let/

let sb do sth

shine, shone, shone v /SaIn, SQn, SQn/whisper v /"wIsp@/tight adj, adv /taIt/almost adv /"O:lm@Ust/

by your side

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