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
convert - (Our sofa converts into a bed.)
cover - (They asked Gerald to illustrate the cover of his own book.)
eco-principle - (It is difficult to be true to eco-principles if you like to fly abroad for your holidays.)
emission - (Britain wants to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide from power stations.)
emit - (The chimney emitted a cloud of smoke.)
ethical - (The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult ethical questions.)
fraction - (I got these shoes at a fraction of the original price.)
gas-guzzling - (The California governor sold his gas-guzzling car, which only did 10 miles to the gallon.)
honeymoon - (The couple are honeymooning in Greece.)
offset - (Cuts in prices for milk, butter, and cheese will be offset by direct payments to farmers.)
overseas - (The university has a lot of overseas students.)
reception - (We're holding a reception for the new mayor tonight.)
reduce - (The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.)
result - (Helen's parents paid for extra tuition, and that resulted in her passing the exam.)
reverse - (The decision to wear school uniforms has been reversed.)
stand - (The unemployment rate stands at 6%.)
tonne - (By using four energy-saving lightbulbs in your home you will save a tonne of CO2 within 6 years.)
venue - (The first thing to do is book a venue.)
add - (Sid always adds salt to his food.)
age - (Galileo lived in an age when science was really just in its infancy.)
agent - (Our agent in Rio deals with all our Brazilian business.)
album - (The band plan to release their new album next week.)
alternative - (Mike says he likes 'alternative' music, but I'm not certain what that means.)
application form - (He applied for the job and they sent him an application form through the post.)
apply - (Are you going to apply for the job?)
aristocrat - (He claims to be an aristocrat, but I don't think he's any different from us.)
balanced - (The policeman gave a balanced account of what happened.)
biopic - (Jim Carrey starred as Andy Kaufman in the biopic 'Man on the Moon'.)
blogging - (People who love blogging never stop, while others become bored and do something new.)
break - (The group's big break came when they won the talent show.)
break out - (The Russian Revolution broke out in 1917.)
cast - (Films like 'Ben Hur' have a cast of thousands.)
charger - (I've bought a new battery charger for my camera..)
check out - (The website sounds interesting, so I'm thinking of checking it out.)
classical - (My father has loved classical music since he first heard an orchestra play.)
common - (It's quite common today to meet your partner through Internet.)
consent - (He took the car without the owner's consent.)
content - (The customs official searched through the contents of his suitcase.)
crime - (We moved here ten years ago because there was very little crime.)
CV - (Henry wrote a letter of application and enclosed his CV.)
