English basic vocabular 1
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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Cartes-fiches
landscape - (English people love Austria's mountainous landscape.)
mainland - (Dan booked a flight from mainland Greece to one of the Greek islands.)
mountainboard - (My brother wants a mountainboard for his birthday.)
mountainboarding - (Mountainboarding is a dangerous sport, and everyone must wear a helmet.)
no-frills - (The motels we booked around the US were clean, no-frills accommodation that suited us well.)
on record - (Last year was the warmest on record in the UK.)
paddle - (They took a paddle down the river in their canoe.)
region - (He failed in his efforts to bring peace to the region.)
regional - (I watch both the national and the regional news on the TV.)
scenery - (The best part of the trip was the fantastic scenery.)
shipwreck - (There were few survivors of the shipwreck.)
signpost - (I'm sure that signpost is pointing the wrong way.)
switch off - (It's difficult to switch off in the evening after a long day's work.)
take things easy - (Zak is a workaholic, and needs to relax more and take things easy.)
track - (The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track.)
trail - (The trail led through the forest to the lake.)
unwind - (Just give me half an hour to relax and unwind.)
warmth - (Naomi lay on the beach and soaked up the warmth of the summer sun.)
acquaintance - (She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.)
aggressive - (Jim's voice became aggressive.)
and so on - (Parents always want to know where you're going, who you're going with and so on.)
attitude - (Pete's attitude towards women really scares me.)
bossy - (Her bossy sister was always telling her what to do.)
cheerful - (She was feeling more cheerful than before.)
colleague - (I introduced him to a colleague of mine from the bank.)
combine - (Women today want to combine a career and a family.)
comment - (Greg always comments when he notices something different about his wife.)
confident - (We are confident next year's profits will be higher.)
consider - (They consider her to be a good teacher.)
couple - (You two sound like an old married couple – always arguing!)
cross - (My mother gets cross when my brother plays computer games all evening.)
depend - ('How long are you staying?' 'I don't know; it depends.')
duo - (They were a famous singing and dancing duo.)
entry - (When was the last entry made in the report book?)
fell out - (They fell out about six months ago, but they're the best of friends again now.)
figure - (Ohio's employment figures for December have increased.)
flexible - (We can be flexible about your starting date.)
former - (Ukraine was part of the former Soviet Union.)
generation - (the younger generation knws more about Internet than their parents.)
generous - (She's always very generous to the kids.)
