English basic vocabular 4
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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distress - (Luke's behaviour caused his parents great distress.)
endorse - (She's had her licence endorsed for speeding.)
energy-efficient - (We only use energy-efficient lightbulbs in our house.)
genuine - (The reforms are motivated by a genuine concern for the disabled.)
good value - (You can get good value for money at the cheaper supermarkets.)
goods - (I prefer to shop there because the goods are always reasonably priced.)
home page - (Liz said I could create my own home page in minutes.)
impulse - (She had a sudden impulse to laugh.)
in-car - (The in-car audio system wasn't working properly.)
lay out - (The gardens were beautifully laid out.)
irritating - (He's the most irritating man I've ever met.)
item - (He opened the cardboard box and took out each item.)
lighting - (Better street lighting might help to reduce crime.)
load - (Dad put a load of washing into the machine.)
loaded - (Sinead inherited a fortune – she's loaded!)
manipulate - (He was one of those men who manipulated people.)
messed-up - (Her hair was all messed-up because she'd been out in the wind and rain.)
mix up - (I mixed up the invitations and put them in the wrong envelopes.)
multi-billion - (They've agreed a multi-billion-dollar business deal.)
multicoloured - (Jake was wearing a multicoloured sweatshirt.)
open to something - (If you have to go into hospital today, it seems you are open to all kinds of infection.)
open-air - (We went to an open-air concert in the park.)
overspend - (He knew he was overspending again, but couldn't resist the latest iPhone.)
overwhelm - (Harriet was overwhelmed by a feeling of homesickness.)
part with - (I don't want to part with any of the kittens, but we need the money.)
pile - (His mother came in carrying a pile of ironing in her arms.)
poor - (Her father is in poor health, and they're afraid he may not last long.)
profitable - (The advertising campaign proved very profitable.)
program - (He programmed the central heating to come on at 8 am.)
purchase - (We purchased our first ever new car last October.)
refund - (They refused to give me a refund.)
refund - (The radio didn't work, and we asked the store to refund our money.)
registered - (eBay has millions of registered users.)
replacement - (Our old car is badly in need of replacement.)
sales - (Isabel bought her new coat during the sales.)
sales assistant - (The sales assistant was very helpful.)
search engine - (Our computers are set up to use Google as their main search engine.)
signal - (When she got up from the table, it was obviously the signal for us to leave.)
staff - (Some of the staff were made redundant when the company cut its workforce.)
status symbol - (A Rolls-Royce is seen as a status symbol.)
