English basic vocabular 2
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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pedestrian crossing - (Alison was nearly knocked down, although she was on a pedestrian crossing!)
penfriend - (I used to write to my penfriend every week, but now we email each other every day!)
place - (Three customers have placed orders today for new kitchens furniture.)
port - (There's only a small fishing port in the town.)
rapid - (The patient made a rapid recovery.)
real estate - (The fall in the value of real estate means that fewer people are moving house.)
register - (The tanker is registered in Rotterdam.)
residential - (We live in a quiet residential neighbourhood.)
rival - (Chelsea and Arsenal football clubs are rivals.)
roundabout - (Turn left at the first roundabout.)
route - (What's the best route from here to Cambridge?)
ruling - (A ruling class clearly existed.)
run - (How often do the buses run on a Sunday?)
rush hour - (I got caught in the morning rush hour.)
secluded - (We sunbathed on a small secluded beach.)
setting - (When we were house-hunting, we came across an old farmhouse in a beautiful setting.)
settlement - (Several small settlements will be covered by water when the new dam is built.)
significantly - (Health problems can be significantly reduced by careful diet.)
skyscraper - (New York is a city well known for its skyscrapers.)
sold out - (Tickets for the rock concert were sold out.)
souq/souk - (We want to visit the Gold Souk in Dubai.)
spa - (Harrogate is an historic spa town in North Yorkshire.)
square - (Don't you think the town square would make a wonderful painting?)
strip - (That strip of land is a runway for private aircraft.)
subway - (In New York the subway is the quickest and easiest way to get around.)
sun-drenched - (The brochure said that St Lucia was a sun-drenched tropical island.)
taxi rank - (There were no taxis at the station taxi rank.)
tend - (People tend to need less sleep as they get older.)
the naked eye - (Five planets can be seen from Earth with the naked eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.)
theme park - (John decided to take the children to the theme park at Alton Towers.)
tip - (In Britain it's usual to give taxi-drivers a tip.)
tobogganing - (The children were tobogganing down the snow-covered hill.)
trace - (People have traced the history of the town from 800 AD to today.)
trading - (Sunday trading is not often allowed in Germany.)
traffic lights - (We had to stop at the traffic lights when they turned red.)
transparent - (He put the sandwiches in a transparent plastic container.)
tunnel - (I rang him on my mobile phone, but we were cut off when the train went through a tunnel.)
turn - (My grandad was born at the turn of last century.)
turning - (He must have taken a wrong turning in the dark.)
ultimate - (The Stones are the ultimate rock and roll band!)
