accessories [{k'ses@rIz] | |
advertise ['{dv@taIz] | |
afford | () |
antique [{n'tÖk] shop | |
art shop | |
article | ; |
bargain-hunter | |
be good on smb. | - |
be loose on smb. | ( ) |
be of service | |
be on offer | |
be two sizes too large (small) | 1. , () |
bookshop |
boutique [bü'tÖk] | , |
browse [braUz] through | () |
changing room | |
check-out till | |
choice of goods | |
client ['klaI@nt] | |
come off | ( , .) |
come undone | ( , .) |
come unstuck | |
cost the earth | |
costly | |
courteous ['kÆ:tI@s] | , |
customer | |
dear | ( ) |
department store | |
discount ['dIskaUnt] | |
display | |
display goods | |
drapery department/draper's ['dreIp@z] | / |
exchange | |
extravagant [Ik'str{v@g@nt], | |
faulty ['fþltI] goods | |
festive [festIv] | |
fit | |
florist's/flower shop | |
furniture shop | |
gift shop | |
give (about things) | ( ) |
give a discount | |
glace ['gl{seI] | |
go cheap | |
go sky-high | ( ) |
go well with smth. | , |
haberdashery ['h{b@d{S@rI] |
hi-fi store ['haIfaI 'stþ] | - |
hosiery ['h@UzI@rI] department | |
instep | ( ) |
ironmonger's [aI@nmöÎg@z] | |
jeweller's ['³ü@l@z] | |
kiosk ['kÖÁsk] | |
knitwear | , |
leather [leD@] | , |
leisurewear | |
lingerie ['l{nZ@rÖ] department | |
loafers | , |
look around | |
mall | |
manageress | |
mannequin ['m{nIkIn] | |
match | ( , ) |
measure ['meZ@] | |
merchandise ['mÆ:@ndaIz] | |
millinery ['mIlInrI] department | |
money spinner | |
nightwear | |
optician's [Áp'tIS@nz] | |
order | |
overheads (., pi.) | |
pet shop | |
photographic shop | |
pinch | ( ) |
purchase ['pÆ:@s] | |
purchaser | |
price (cut/reduce ~) | ( ~) |
(increase/raise ~) | ( ~) |
queue [kju:]/line (Am.) | . v. |
rack | |
radio ['reIdI@U] shop | |
range of goods | |
record ['rekþd] shop |
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retail ['rÖteIl] | n. v. |
receipt [rI'sÖt] | |
refund | n. ['rÖfönd] v. [rI'fönd] |
run | ( , ) |
run out of smth. | , |
sale (be on ~) | ( ) |
sell out | |
shop around | , ; |
shopper | |
devoted shopper | () |
shopping centre/precinct ['prÖsIÎkt] | |
shop counter | |
shrink | ( ) |
size | |
spend money | |
spendthrift/big spender | () |
sports shop | |
stall [stþl] | , |
stationer's ['steIS@n@z] | |
stiletto [stI'let@U] shoes | |
stock | . v. |
stretch | |
substandard ["söb'st{nd@d] | |
suede [sweId] | |
suit [s(j)u:t] | |
super buy | |
tight [taIt] | |
toy shop | |
trendy | |
try smth. on | |
value for money |
vendor[vend@] | |
wait on smb. | |
waste money | |
wholesale | |
window shopping (go ~) | ( , ) |
Conversational Formulas: | |
Are you in the queue/line? | ? |
Are you the last in the queue/line? | ? |
It's not my size. | . |
What do you have in size 7? | ? |
This colour shoe does not match my dress. | . |
I'll pay in cash/by card/by cheque. | / /. |
Meals and Cooking
aperitif [¸"perI'tÖf| | |
appetite ['{pItaIt] | |
bake | |
baking pan | |
be overweight | |
be ready for dinner... | |
be seated at the table | |
beat | ; |
beverage [bev@rI³] | |
biscuit [bIskIt] | |
boil | , |
bolt [b@Ult] | |
book the table |
borsch [bþS] | |
breadcrumbs | |
breakfast | |
bring to the boil | |
broil | |
buffet ['bUfeI] | |
bun | |
cafe ['k{feI] | |
cafeteria ["k{f@'tI@rI@] | |
cake | , |
calorie/caloly [k{l@rI] | |
canteen [k{n'tÖn] | (, ) |
casserole ['k{s@r@Ul] | |
champ | , |
chew | |
choke on smth. | - |
chicken Kiev | - |
chop | . v. 1) , , ; 2) |
cocoa ['k@Uk@U] | |
coffee | |
condiment ['kÁndIm@nt] | |
continental breakfast | |
cook | |
corn flakes | |
cmnch | , |
crust | (), () |
cuisine [kwI'zÖn] | , |
cutlet | |
delicious | |
dessert [dI'zÆ:t] | |
devour [dI'vaU@] | , , |
drink to smth. | - |
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double Martini | |
dough [d@U] | |
doughnut ['d@Unöt] | , |
dumpling | |
eat out | , . |
eat with a fork/fingers | / |
eclair [eI'kle@] | |
fast food restaurant | |
fattening products | , |
fillet ['fIlIt] | |
fish and chips | |
fried eggs | |
fry | |
frying pan | |
garnish ['g¸nIS] | |
glutton | |
gnaw [nþ] | , |
gobble | , , |
gourmand ['gU@m@nd] | , |
gravy ['greIvI] | , |
groan with food | |
grill | |
gulp | |
hard-boiled/soft-boiled eggs | , / |
have a sweet tooth | |
have breakfast/dinner | / |
have meals | , |
healthy food | |
heat | |
hog | , |
home-made preserves | |
hot | 1) 2) , , |
hot drink | |
inedible [In'ed@bl] | |
jam | |
jelly | |
juice [³üs] | |
keep the diet | |
lard | () |
lay the table for two | |
lose weight | |
lunch | , |
luncheon | |
macaroni ["m{k@'r@UnI] | |
marmalade ['m¸m@leId] | |
meat balls | |
meat/fish/sweet course | // |
melt | |
meringue [m@'r{Î] | , |
mince | 1) , 2) |
minced meat | |
mix | |
muffin ['möfIn] | 1) 2) 3) (.) |
munch | ( ), |
mustard | |
nibble | 1) , 2) - at smth. - |
orange juice | |
oven ['övn] | |
overdone | |
pan | |
pancake | |
paste [peIst] | ; |
pasta ['p¸st@] | 1) 2) |
pastry ['peIstrI] | |
pickles [pIklz] | , |
pie | |
pizzeria ["pÖts@'rI(:)@] | |
porridge | |
portion | |
powdered sugar | |
pub | |
puff pastry | |
raise a glass | |
ravioli ["r{vI'@UlI] | ; |
recipe ['resIpI] | |
refectory [rI'fekt@rI] | ( , ) |
restaurant ['rest(@)rÁnt] | |
rich | ( , ) |
rind [raInd] | , |
roast | , |
roll | |
roll out | |
rub smth. into smth. | - -( |
rusk | |
Russian beet salad | |
salad | |
sandwich | |
sauce [sþs] | |
saucepan ['sþsp@n] | |
say/pronounce a toast | / |
seafood restaurant | |
shortcrust | |
shrimp | |
simmer | , |
sizzle | ( ) |
slim | |
snack bar | |
soak | , |
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soft drink | |
souffle ['su:fleI] | |
spaghetti [sp@'getI] | |
specialty ['speS@ltI] | |
spicy ['spaIsI] | , |
squeeze out | |
starter | |
steak | |
stick to a diet | |
stir [st:] | , |
strain | |
stuff | , |
substantial | ( , ) |
swallow | |
take milk in one's coffee/tea | / |
takeaway ['teIk@,weI] food | , |
taste smth. | - |
tea | |
toast | 1) , 2) , |
underdone | |
vermicelli ["v:mI'selI] | |
waffle [wÁfl] | |
wait on smb. | - |
waiter | |
whipped cream | |
whisk | ( . .) |
whistling kettle | |
Conversational formulas: | |
I'm thirsty. | . |
I'm hungry. | . |
I'm starving. | ( ). |
Thank you, I've had enough. | , . |
The potatoes (the spaghetti) need some salt. | () (). |
Would you like some more? | ? |
No, not for me, thanks. | , , . |
Could you pass me the salt? | ? |
It is just the kind my mother makes. | . |
College Life
analytical reading | |
applicant ['{plIk@nt] | |
assignment [@'saInm@nt] | |
assistant professor | .. |
associate professor | |
Bachelor's degree ['b{tS@l@z dIg'rÖ] | |
be absorbed | , |
be bored | |
be good at smth. | - |
be used to smth. | - |
be on | ( , ) |
be smth. by training | - |
campus ['k{mp@s] | , , |
carry on scientific/research work | - |
catch up (with) | , |
certificate [s@'tIfIk@t] | ( , .) |
cheat |
check up | |
coach | ( ) |
coach smb. for an exam | - |
college; | ; (, . .); |
college work | |
come down to a choice | |
composition | |
conversation | , ( ) |
cram | |
crib | n. ; v. |
curriculum [k@'rIkjUl@m] | |
deal with smb. | - |
dean | |
dean's office | |
degree (to take one's ~) | , ( ~) |
department | |
devote much time to studies | , |
diploma [dI'pl@Um@] | , |
disrupt classes | |
dissertation ["dIs@'teISn] | , |
distraction [dI'str{kS@n] | , |
do postgraduate work | |
do well | , , |
educate ['e³UkeIt] | , |
education ['e³U'keISn] (primaiy/secondary/higher ~) | , (// ~) |
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educational system | |
enter a university | |
examine | , |
examination (exam) | |
examination period (exams) | |
examination question (paper) | |
essay ['eseI] | , |
faculty | |
faculty office | |
fail an examination in smth. | |
failure ['feIlj@] | , |
fall (lag) behind | |
final exams (finals) | |
freshman (Am.) | (.) |
full-time student | |
get down to work | |
get on well (in/at smth.) | ( - ) |
give a pass | |
give up | , ( , ) |
go to lectures | |
go up to university | |
grammar | |
grammatical theory | |
grade (Am.) | (.) |
graduate ['gr{³UeIt] from a university | |
graduate ['gr{³UIt] | |
graduation dissertation | |
grant [gr¸nt] | |
grind [graInd] away (for, at) | |
have a lecture | |
have classes in smth. | - - |
have a good command [k@'m¸nd] of smth. | -; - |
head of department | . |
hold examinations | |
holidays (vacation) | |
home-reading | |
homework | |
hostel ['hÁstl] | |
improve | () |
instruct | ( ) |
junior ['³ünI@] | |
keep up (with smb.) | , - |
keep in one's head | |
lack (smth.) | ( -) |
learn | , , |
learn smth. by heart | |
lecture | |
lecturer | , |
library card | |
live in a hall of residence | |
major ['meI³@] in smth. (Am.) | - ( . .) |
make progress (in smth.) | ( -) |
Master's degree | |
master | , ( . .) |
memorize ['mem@raIz] | |
miss classes (~ on a plausible ['plþz@bl]excuse, for a good reason) | (~ ) |
neglect | , |
oral ['þr@l] | |
paper | |
pass an examination | |
pass in smth. | |
part-time student | |
period [pI@rI@d] | , |
Philology | |
phonetics [f@'netIks] | |
pick up | (.) ( ), , , |
pick up a foreign language | |
play truant ['tru: @nt] | |
post-graduate ["p@Ust'gr{djUIt] student | |
professor | |
put off | |
read up for exams | |
reader | (), |
record book (students' record book) | |
rector | |
scholarship ['skÁl@SIp] | |
(apply for a ~) | |
(get/receive/win a ~) | |
semester (Am.) [sI'mest@] | |
senior ['si:nI@] | |
senior lecturer | |
session [seS@n] | |
students' membership card | |
subdean | . |
specialize in smth. | - |
students' council | |
students' society | |
study | , (- ) |
synopsis [sI'nÁpsIs], pl. -es [i:z] | () |
take a degree | |
take an examination | , |
take notes | , |
talk | , , |
(give a ~ on smth.) | /... |
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teach (English) | ( ) |
teacher (a history teacher) | , ( ) |
teacher training | |
teacher's certificate | |
teacher's training college | |
teaching profession | |
teaching staff [st¸f] | |
test period | |
thesis ['TÖs@s], pi. -es [i:z] | () |
train | , , (, ) |
translation | |
tuition [tjir'ifan] | |
pay tuition fee | |
free (half) tuition | ( ) |
tutor ['tju:t@] | . v. ; |
(~ smb in Latin) | - |
tutorial [tjü'tþrI@l] | 1) , 2) |
undergraduate ['önd@"gr{³UIt] | |
university | |
vice-rector | |
written composition | |
written reproduction | |
yearly ['jI@lI] essay | |
Conversational formulas: | |
I have passed. | . |
I have failed. | . |
get smth. down pat. | , . |
Crammer/tool/mug. | . |
It goes in one ear and out the other. | , . |
He crammed the pupil for an examination. | . |
Character and Appearance
absent-minded | , |
add to one's attraction | |
appeal to smb. | |
aquiline ['{kwIlaIn] | ( ) |
attractive | |
bald [bþld] | ; |
bear no resemblance to smb. | - |
be characteristic of smb. | - |
be dressed in smth. | - |
be dressed up | |
be in the habit of doing smth. | - |
be in one's mid/late thirties, | 30, 40 |
forties, etc. | .. |
be the perfect type of smb. | / - |
be very much the same in appearance | |
beauty | |
broad-shouldered | |
calm | |
capable | |
charming | |
close-set | ( ) |
clumsy | |
coarse [kþs] | |
comb back | |
complexion | |
conduct ['kÁndökt] | |
considerate | , |
constitution ["kÁnstI'tjüSn] | |
cordial ['kþdI@l] | , |
courage ['körI³] | , , , , |
curious ['kjU@rI@s] | 1) 2) 3) |
curly | , ( ) |
dark-skinned | , |
deep-set | ( ) |
delicately built | |
determined | , |
dimpled | ( ) |
done in a knot [nÁt] | ( ) |
dreamy | |
dress tastily/cleanly/smartly | // , |
enjoy good health | |
envious | |
even-tempered | |
extravagant [Ik'str{v@g@nt] | 1) , 2) |
fair-haired | |
fat | , |
finely-curved | |
firmness | 1) 2) , , |
frank | |
freckled ['frekld] | - |
fussy | , |
generosity | 1) , 2) |
generous | 1) , 2) |
gentle | 1) , , 2) , |
gesture ['³estS@] | |
gloomy | 1) 2) , 3) , |
go back on one's words | , |
good-looking | , , |
good looks | , , |
good mixer | |
handsome ['h{ns@m] | |
have a high opinion of oneself | |
have a way with smb. | , |
have smth. one's own way | - |
hazel ['heIz@l] | ( ) |
honesty ['ÁnIstI] | , , |
hooked [hUkt] | ( ) |
hot-tempered | |
humility | , , |
hypocritical ["hIp@'krItIkl] | |
ignoramus ["ign@'reIm@s] | |
ill-bred | |
ill-mannered | |
ill-tempered | |
the very image of smb. | - |
industrious [In'döstrI@s] | , , |
inquiring [In'kwaI@rIÎ] | |
inquisitive [In'kwIzItIv] | , |
intellect ['int@lekt] |
intellectual ["Int@'lektSU@l] | , |
intelligence | , |
intelligent | |
jealous ['³el@s] | |
listless | , , |
long-armed | |
long-legged | |
look like smb. | - |
look one's age | |
look old/young for one's age | / |
mediocrity ["mÖdI'ÁkrItI] | |
(of) medium height | |
mild | , |
modest | |
narrow-minded | , , |
narrow-shouldered | |
naughty ['nþtI] | , |
nervous | 1) 2) 3) |
nosy | , |
(dis)obedient | (), () |
obstinate ['ÁbstInIt] | , |
open-handed | |
parted on the right/left side/in the middle | / / |
patience | |
patient | |
pensive ['pensIv] | , |
plait [pl{t] | |
ins | |
plump | , , |
pointed | ( ) |
(im)polite | () |
pragmatic | , |
precocious [prI'k@US@s] | ( ) |
quarrelsome ['kwÁr@ls@m] | , , |
resemble smb. | - |
reserved | , , |
responsible | , |
responsive | , |
mde | |
scrooge [skrü³] | |
self-assured | |
selfish | |
sense of humour | |
sensible | |
sensitive | 1) , 2) |
serious ['sI@rI@s] | |
silky | ( ) |
sincere [sIn'sI@] | |
sincerity [sIn'serItI] | |
shoulder length | ( ) |
shrewd [Srüd] | 1) , ( ) 2) , |
shy | |
skinny | |
slanting ['sl¸ntIÎ] | |
slender | |
slim | 1) , , 2) ( ) |
(unsociable | () |
solidly-built | |
spendthrift ['spend"TrIft] | , |
steep | ( ) |
stingy [stIn³I] | , |
straight [streIt] |
stubborn | , |
sympathetic | , |
take after smb. | -, |
thrifty | , |
thoughtful [Tþtfl] | 1) , 2) , |
timid | , |
tolerance | |
tolerant | |
ugly | |
up-turned | ( ) |
wavy | ( ) |
weak-willed | |
well-bred | |
well-brought up | |
wicked ['wIkId] | 1) , 2) , , |
wise [waIz] | |
witty | |
wrinkled ['rIÎk(@)ld] | |
Conversational Formulas: | |
He is always the heart and soul of the company. | . |
She has lost her good looks. | . |
She is the picture of health. | . |
They arc as like as two peas. | . |
They get along well with each other. | . |
Weather
be cast with clouds | |
be caught in a storm | |
be subject to changes | ( ) |
beastly [bÖstlI] | ( ) |
bedew [bI'djü] | , |
blast/gust of wind | |
blizzard ['blIz@d] | , |
blow | |
break | ( , ) |
breeze | , |
bright | , |
brighten up | |
brisk | ( ) |
cast [k¸st] | () |
change for the better | |
chill | , |
chilly | |
clean | |
clear | , |
clear up | |
cool | |
damp | ( ) |
die down/away - | ( ) |
downpour ['daUnpþ] | |
drench | |
draught [dr¸ft] | 1) 2) 3) |
drizzle | n. , v. |
drought [draUt] | |
drip | |
drop | |
dry | ( , ) |
dull | |
fall | ( ) |
flash | |
flood [flöd] | |
fog | |
freeze |
fresh | |
frost | |
gale | , |
get cold | , |
get stiff/numb with cold | |
get under the rain | |
glazed frost | |
greenhouse effect | |
ground frost | |
grow hot/warm/cold | // |
hail | |
have a frost-bitten nose | |
haze | , , |
heat | n. v. , |
heavy | ( ) |
hoarfrost ['hþfrÁst] | , |
humid ['hjümId] | ( ) |
hurricane ['hörIk@n] | |
Ice Age | |
ice drift | |
icicle ['aIsIkl] | |
icing ['aIsIÎ] | , |
Indian summer | |
intermittent | ( ) |
lightning ['laItnIÎ] | |
loom | |
mackerel ['m{krel] sky | |
melt | |
meteorologist ["mÖtI@'rÁl@³Ist] | |
mist | , |
moderate ['mÁd@r@t] | |
moist [mOIst] | |
mount [maUnt] | , |
nasty ['n¸stI] | , , |
overcast |
patchy | |
pool | |
pour [pþ] | ( ) |
puddle ['pödl] | |
rain curtain | |
rainbow ['reInb@U] | |
rainfall | , |
rainstorm | |
roll of thunder | |
rumble [römbl] | |
shadow | |
shower | |
shred | , |
slacken ['sl{kn] | , |
slant | ( ) |
sleet | , |
slush | , |
smite (smote, smitten) | ( ) |
smoke | |
snowdrift | , |
snowflake | |
snowstonn | |
spell | |
squall [skwþl] | |
steam up | , ( ) |
strand | |
stream | n. v. |
sun tan | |
sunshine | , |
swirl [swÆ:l] | , |
tatters (n., pi.) [t{t@z] | |
thaw [Tþ] | , |
thunder | |
torrents (n., pi.) ['tÁr@nts] | |
turn bad | ( ) |
veil | , |
weather forecast ['weD@ 'fþk¸st] | |
weather lore ['weD@ "lþ] | / , |
weather sign ['weD@ "saIn] | |
weatherman | |
whirlwind | |
windy | |
wretched [retSId] | ( ) |
Conversational Formulas: | |
A change is coming in the weather. | . |
I am chilled to the bone. | . |
I am drenched through. | . |
I am freezing. | . |
I am soaked to the skin; | . |
I feel hot. | . |
It'll change for the better. | . |
It's getting/growing warm/cold. | /. |
It's pouring! | ! |
The weather is fine/nice/awful. | / / . |
The weather keeps nice. | . |
We are in for a spell of good weather. | . |
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