English basic vocabular 5
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
Standard english vocabular for beginners and lower intermediate
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giant - (They watched the World Cup in front of a giant TV screen.)
gravy - (He always pours gravy onto his Yorkshire pudding.)
hand-held - (The Palmtop is a hand-held pocket-sized computing device.)
identify - (The man at the post office asked her to identify herself.)
ignorance - (Excuse my ignorance, but how does it actually work?)
in evidence - (Police were very much in evidence at the airport.)
insane - (That's an insane risk.)
instant messaging - (With instant messaging you can get an immediate reply.)
labourer - (The farm labourers worked long hours.)
laziness - (He was well known for his laziness when he was at school.)
line - (I tried to ring her up, but her line was engaged.)
medieval - (There's a medieval castle above the town.)
miner - (There was an accident and several coal miners were injured.)
misunderstanding - (There must have been some misunderstanding. I didn't order all these books.)
on hold - (I rang Customer Services to complain and they put me on hold for 30 minutes!)
one-way - (It was difficult following the town's one-way system.)
origin - (He came up with a new theory to explain the origins of the universe.)
pastry - (I treated myself to a Danish pastry for breakfast.)
pasty - (We bought some delicious Cornish pasties at the supermarket.)
platform - (The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six.)
private - (Morris has a private jet.)
properly - (The brakes don't seem to be working properly.)
proportion - (The proportion of women in management has increased in recent years.)
put through - (I rang and asked the receptionist to put me through to the Sales Manager.)
regret - (Jonathan regretted that he had not been to university.)
remainder - (The remainder must be paid by the end of June.)
remain - (Coca cola remains popular with all age groups.)
reminder - (I got a reminder to return my library books.)
researcher - (Ian's applied for a job as a programme researcher.)
ridiculous - (That's a ridiculous idea!)
ring up - (I'll ring the manager up tomorrow.)
root - (Her roots are in Ireland.)
row - (Have you ever rowed a boat across the lake?)
shocked - (I was deeply shocked by Jo's death.)
side street - (Which of these side streets did we park the car in?)
similarity - (There are defintely similarities between the two plays.)
swordfish - (Swordfish are found in temperate waters throughout the world.)
text - (Sam texted his mum to let her know he'd be home late.)
texting - (Texting is a cheap way of sending someone a message without having to call them.)
tin-mining - (Not many people know that there was a large tin-mining industry in Cornwall.)
