English basic vocabular 4
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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fit in - (I never really fitted in at school.)
flick - (She tossed her head and flicked back her hair.)
float - (A piece of wood was floating in the stream.)
gather - (A crowd gathered to watch the fight.)
giggle - (We couldn't stop giggling at his jokes.)
goodness gracious - (Goodness gracious! Did you do all that just for me?)
hip-hop - (Kendra bought the magazine for all the latest hip-hop news.)
hiss - (She hissed at him to be quiet.)
hit - (Tim went to see the theatre hit, 'Phantom of the Opera'.)
housekeeping - (She works in a hotel and is responsible for the housekeeping.)
influential - (He had influential friends.)
interval - (Let's get something to drink in the interval.)
joint - (They've got a joint bank accountant.)
lead - (He's the lead singer in the group.)
leading - (The leading actor was Helen Mirren.)
main - (The main reason for living in Spain is the weather.)
make the most of - (He could only stay for two weeks, but made the most of his time while he was here.)
modestly - ('I was just lucky,' he said modestly.)
moving - (Bayman's book about his illness is deeply moving.)
oddly - (She's been behaving oddly this week.)
offering - (We listened to the latest offering from Nancy Griffith.)
one-woman - (She was so successful, no one could believe it was a one-woman business.)
order - (Wasn't a footballer awarded an order by the Queen?)
pharmacist - (I gave my prescription to the pharmacist.)
pity - (What a pity that he didn't accept the job.)
play - (The Cherry Orchard' is a play by Anton Chekhov.)
pour - (It was pouring with rain so I took my umbrella.)
prejudice - (Women still face prejudice in the workplace.)
pretend - (The little girl was pretending to be a princess.)
promising - (His family thought medicine would be a more promising career for him.)
publish - (George Orwell's novel 'Nineteen Eighty-four' was first published in 1949.)
recall - (Gran often recalls the days of her youth.)
register - (The conversation was conducted in an informal register.)
religious - (I don't share her religious beliefs.)
reluctant - (She gave a reluctant smile.)
remind - (She reminds me of my mother.)
ripping - (There was a loud ripping sound when I bent down to pick up my shoes.)
rite - (The priest performed the funeral rites.)
rumour - (There are rumours that the Italian restaurant is closing down.)
show-off - (She's a bit of a show-off.)