English basic vocabular 4
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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Cartes-fiches
normal - (Thankfully, train services are now back to normal.)
obtain - (Ellie obtained permission from her parents to stay out late.)
ordinary - (It's just an ordinary camera.)
outfit - (She bought a new outfit for the party.)
overall - (The overall cost of the exhibition was £400,000.)
overweight - (Sally was fifty pounds overweight.)
peer - (American children did less well in maths than their peers in Japan.)
persuade - (I finally persuaded her to go to the café with me.)
pick - (Many young people would like to be picked for a TV show like Big Brother!)
plastic surgery - (Some film stars have plastic surgery and look 10 years younger.)
plump - (The nurse was a cheerful plump woman.)
pre-historic - (The side of the hill was full of pre-historic drawings.)
premiere - (Rossini's work had its premiere at the Paris Opera.)
presenter - (She's one of the presenters of BBC 2's Newsnight.)
reality show - (I wouldn't want to appear on a TV reality show.)
responsible - (Police believe that the same man is responsible for three other murders in the area.)
rush - (They rushed over to get the front seat on the bus.)
set - (In the oral examination they asked him a whole set of questions that he couldn't answer!)
set off - (I'll set off early to avoid the traffic.)
skinny - (Some supermodels are far too skinny.)
slim - (All the swimmers were very slim.)
stay on - (Ruth is staying on at university to do a PhD.)
stripy - (He was wearing jeans and a stripy T-shirt.)
stuck - (They were stuck in a traffic jam for hours.)
survey - (We conducted a survey of parents in the village.)
surveyed - (20% of the people surveyed were against nuclear energy.)
tempting - (It was a tempting job offer and he couldn't say no.)
top - (He wants to be a top footballer.)
traffic jam - (We were stuck in a traffic jam for two hours.)
underweight - (Many models are really underweight.)
unemployed - (He's not an unemployed actor – he's just 'resting'!)
waiter - (The waiter asked if we were ready to order.)
aim - (He aims to get rich as quickly as he can.)
attach - (I've attached the file you wanted to this email.)
awareness - (Doctors have tried to raise awareness about AIDS.)
bridal - (Georgina wore a white bridal gown.)
ceremony - (All their friends and relatives attended the wedding ceremony.)
colossal - (The building was colossal.)
conflict - (The two sides have been in conflict for years.)
consumption - (The consumption of food and drink in the library is forbidden.)
