English basic vocabular 3
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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Flashcards
challenge - (He challenged me to a game of squash.)
chapter - (Read chapter 11 as your homework.)
chimney - (We can't light a fire because the chimney isn't clean.)
clay - (Connie formed a pot from clay.)
(in) consequence - (She was over the age limit, and in consequence, she wasn't accepted.)
convict - (She was convicted of shoplifting.)
copy - (Here's a copy of the local newspaper.)
courtroom - (When the jury came back into the courtroom, we all stood up.)
crawl - (A tiny baby was crawling across the floor.)
creepy - (There's something creepy about the way he looks at me.)
dare - (He wanted to ask her, but he didn't dare.)
death - (The death of his mother came as a tremendous shock.)
dig - (Rover is digging up his bone in the back garden.)
disappointed - (Dad seemed more disappointed than angry.)
emotion - (Her voice was full of emotion.)
enormous - (He gave his mum an enormous bunch of flowers on Mother's Day.)
entire - (It was the worst day in my entire life.)
fade - (After so many washes, the colour in this shirt has faded.)
familiar - (The old man was a familiar sight around town.)
fatal - (There was a fatal accident on the motorway and three people were killed.)
fetch - (Quick! Go and fetch a doctor.)
fiancé - (I saw my fiancé kissing another girl.)
fiction - (Mum has always liked reading romantic fiction.)
fire brigade - (The fire brigade arrived in time to rescue the family from the burning house.)
fright - (You gave me such a fright creeping up on me like that!)
ghost - (There's supposed to be a ghost in the house, but I've never seen it!)
go-between - (A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries.)
gripping - (Collins's gripping novel 'The Woman in White' has never been out of print.)
hair-raising - (The police were involved in a hair-raising car chase.)
hideous - (I thought the colour scheme was hideous, but Shani loved it!)
horrible - (The weather has been really horrible all week.)
horror story - (The newspapers are full of horror stories about patients being given the wrong drugs.)
imaginary - (He's an only child, and like many only children he has an imaginary friend.)
interrupt - (He interrupted me whilst I was talking to my mum on the phone.)
jail - (He's been in jail for three months already.)
judge - (The trial judge decides the number of years to be spent in prison.)
kidnap - (Terrorists kidnapped his daughter, but he paid them what they demanded and they set her free.)
lack - (New parents have a problem with lack of sleep.)
moonlight - (The water looked silver in the moonlight.)
movement - (Beethoven's String Quartet Opus 131 is in seven movements.)
