one (pron & det)
oneself (pron)
one-way (adj)
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onion (n)
online (adv & adj)
• to book/buy something online (adv)
• an online facility (adj)
only (adj & adv)
onto (prep)
open (adj & v)
opening hours (n pl)
opera (n)
operate (v)
operation (n)
operator (n)
opinion (n)
opportunity (n)
opposite (adj, n, prep & adv)
option (n)
or (conj)
orange (adj & n)
orchestra (n)
order (conj, n & v)
• in order to (conj)
• to put something in order (n)
• to order a meal (v)
ordinary (adj)
organisation (n)
organise (v)
original (adj)
other (adj, pron & det)
our (det)
ours (pron)
ourselves (pron)
out (adv)
out of (prep)
out of date (prep phr)
out of doors (prep phr)
out of order (prep phr)
out of stock (prep phr)
out of work (prep phr)
outdoor (adj)
outdoors (adv)
outside (adv, n, prep & adj)
oven (n)
over (adv & prep)
• I’m going over the road. (prep)
• over 40 people (more than) (adv)
• to be over (finished) (adv)
• Several birds were flying over the roof
of the school. (prep)
overnight (adj & adv)
overtake (v)
owe (v)
own (adj & v)
• my own pen (adj)
• to own a car (v)
owner (n)
P
pack (n & v)
• an information pack (n)
• to pack a case (v)
packet (n)
page (n)
pain (n)
paint (n & v)
pair (n)
palace (n)
pale (adj)
pan (n)
pants (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: trousers )
paper (n)
• a sheet of paper
• a (news)paper
parcel (n)
pardon (n) (int)
• Pardon? I didn’t hear what you said.
parent (n)
park (n & v)
• a public park (n)
• to park a car (v)
parliament (n)
part (n & v)
• a part of something (n)
• to part from someone (v)
partly (adv)
particular (adj)
partner (n)
part time (adv)
part-time (adj)
party (n)
• a birthday party
• a political party
pass (v)
• Several cars passed.
• to pass the sugar
• to pass an examination
passenger (n)
passport (n)
password (n)
past (adj, n & prep)
• the past few weeks. (adj)
• in the past. (n)
• It’s half past one. (prep)
pasta (n)
pastry (n)
path (n)
patient (adj & n)
• to be patient (adj)
• a hospital patient (n)
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pattern (n)
pause (n & v)
pavement (n)
pay (n & v)
pea (n)
peace (n)
peanut (n)
pear (n)
pedestrian (n)
peel (n & v)
pen (n)
pence (n pl)
pencil (n)
pencil case (n)
pen-friend (n)
penknife (n)
penny (n)
pension (n)
people (n pl)
pepper (n)
• to pass the pepper (spice)
• red peppers (vegetable)
per (prep)
per cent (n)
perfect (adj)
perform (v)
performance (n)
perfume (n)
perhaps (adv)
period (n)
permanent (adj)
permission (n)
permitted (adj)
person (n)
personal (adj)
persuade (v)
pet (n)
petrol (n)
petrol station (n)
pharmacy (n)
phone (n & v)
photo (n)
photocopy (n)
photograph (n)
photography (n)
physician (n)
physics (n)
piano (n)
pick (v)
pick up (phr v)
• I picked up a pencil.
• I’ll pick up my sister from the station.
picnic (n & v)
picture (n)
pie (n)
piece (n)
• a piece of cheese
• to break into small pieces
• a piece of furniture/advice
pig (n)
pile (n)
pill (n)
pillow (n)
pilot (n & v)
pin (n & v)
pink (adj)
pipe (n)
pity (n)
pizza (n)
place (n & v)
• a safe place (n)
• I’ve lost my place in the book. (n)
• third place in a race (n)
• to place something on the table (v)
• London is a big place. (n)
plain (adj)
• It’s plain to me. (clear)
• a plain T-shirt (no design)
plan (n & v)
• a street plan (n)
• a plan to do something (n)
plane (n)
planet (n)
plant (n & v)
plastic (adj & n)
plate (n)
platform (n)
play (n & v)
• a play at the theatre (n)
• children playing (v)
• to play football (v)
• to play the guitar (v)
• to play a record/cassette/CD (v)
• to play the part of someone (act) (v)
player (n)
playground (n)
playing cards (n pl)
pleasant (adj)
please (int & v)
• Come in, please. (int)
• to please someone (v)
pleasure (n)
plenty (pron)
plug (n)
• a plug for the bath
• an electrical plug
plug in (phr v)
p.m. (adv)
pocket (n)
pocket money (n)
poem (n)
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poet (n)
poetry (n)
point (n & v)
• to point at something (v)
• The pencil has no point to it. (n)
police (n)
policeman (n)
police officer (n)
policewoman (n)
police station (n)
polite (adj)
political (adj)
politics (n)
politician (n)
pollution (n)
pool (n)
• a swimming-pool
poor (adj)
• She is very poor. (financial)
• The poor man. (sympathy)
pop (adj & n)
• pop song/music/star/group
popular (adj)
population (n)
port (n)
porter (n)
position (n)
positive (adj)
possibility (n)
possible (adj)
post (n & v)
• to post a letter (v)
• to send it by post (n)
post office (n)
postage (n)
postcard (n)
poster (n)
postman (n)
pot (n)
potato (n)
pound (£) (n)
pour (v)
poverty (n)
powder (n)
power (n)
practice (n)
practise (v) (n = Am Eng)
pray (v)
prayer (n)
prefer (v)
preparation (n)
prepare (v)
prescription (n)
• medicine on a prescription
present (adj & n)
• to be present (adj)
• at the present time (adj)
• That will be all for the present. (n)
• I got some lovely birthday presents. (n)
presenter (n)
president (n)
press (v)
• to press a button
• to press a suit
pretty (adj)
prevent (v)
previous (adj)
price (n)
priest (n)
primary (adj)
• primary school
prime minister (n)
prince (n)
princess (n)
principal (adj)
print (n & v)
• in large print (n)
• print a document (v)
• to print your name in capitals (v)
prison (n)
prisoner (n)
private (adj)
prize (n)
probable (adj)
probably (adv)
problem (n)
produce (v)
product (n)
profession (n)
professional (adj & n)
professor (n)
program(me) (n)
• TV programme
• computer program
progress (n)
project (n)
promise (n & v)
• to promise to do something (v)
• to keep a promise (n)
pronounce (v)
• to pronounce a word correctly
pronunciation (n)
proper (adj)
property (n)
protect (v)
proud (adj)
prove (v)
provide (v)
public (adj & n)
• public opinion (adj)
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• to make something public (adj)
• to be open to the public (n)
publish (v)
pull (n & v)
pullover (n)
pump (n)
• petrol/bike pump
punctual (adj)
punish (v)
punishment (n)
pupil (n)
pure (adj)
purple (adj)
purpose (n)
• He did it on purpose. (deliberately)
purse (n)
push (n & v)
put (v)
put away (phr v)
• He put the book away.
put down (phr v)
• She put her name down.
put off (phr v)
• The meeting was put off until the
following week.
put on (phr v)
• He put on a suit.
• Can you put on the light?
• He didn’t want to put on weight.
put out (phr v)
• The fire was quickly put out.
put through (phr v)
• Can you put me through to the
manager, please?
put up (phr v)
• The company was forced to put up its
prices.
pyjamas (n pl)
Q
qualification (n)
qualify (v)
quality (n)
quantity (n)
quarter (n)
quay (n)
queen (n)
question (n)
• to ask a question
• the question being discussed (subject)
questionnaire (n)
queue (n & v)
quick (adj)
quiet (adj)
quit (v)
quite (adv)
• Are you quite sure?
• quite old
quiz (n)
R
rabbit (n)
race (n & v)
• to win a race (n)
• to race against fast runners (compete)
(v)
• to race home quickly (run) (v)
racket (n)
• tennis racket
radio (n)
rail (n)
• to go by rail
railway (n)
rain (n & v)
raincoat (n)
rainforest (n)
raise (v)
• to raise your arm
• to raise prices
range (n)
rank (n)
• a taxi rank
rare (adj)
rarely (adv)
rather (adv & prep)
• rather earlier than usual (adv)
• I’d prefer to drink water rather than fruit
juice. (prep)
raw (adj)
• raw meat
razor (n)
reach (v)
read (v)
ready (adj)
real (adj)
realise (v)
• He realised it was true.
realistic (adj)
really (adv)
reason (n)
reasonable (adj)
receipt (n)
receive (v)
recent (adj)
reception (n)
recipe (n)
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recognise (v)
recommend (v)
• to recommend someone/something
record (n & v)
• to keep a record (n)
• to break a record (n)
• to record a song (v)
recording (n)
recover (v)
• to recover from an illness
recycle (v)
• I don’t recycle as much as I should.
recycled (adj)
recycling (n)
red (adj)
reduce (v)
refreshments (n)
refrigerator (n)
refund (n & v)
refuse (v)
regarding (prep)
region (n)
register (n & v)
• He took the class register. (n)
• He registered with a new doctor. (v)
registration (n)
regret (n & v)
regular (adj)
relation (n)
• to visit a relation
relationship (n)
relative (n)
• a relative came to stay
relax (v)
relaxation (n)
reliable (adj)
religion (n)
remain (v)
remember (v)
remind (v)
remove (v)
rent (n & v)
repair (n & v)
repeat (v)
replace (v)
reply (n & v)
report (n & v)
request (n & v)
require (v)
rescue (n & v)
research (n & v)
reservation (n)
reserve (n & v)
• She was a reserve for the team. (n)
• to reserve a seat (v)
respect (n & v)
responsible (adj)
rest (n & v)
• a rest from work (n)
• the rest of them (n)
• The doctor told her to rest. (v)
restaurant (n)
result (n)
retire (v)
return (n & v)
• to return home (v)
• a return (ticket) (n)
review (n & v)
revise (v)
reward (n & v)
rice (n)
rich (adj & n)
ride (n & v)
right (adj, adv & n)
• the right time (correct) (adj)
• the right person for the job (suitable)
(adj)
• my right foot (adj)
• Everything will be all right. (adj)
• Go right there. (directly) (adv)
• Fill it right to the top. (completely)
(adv)
• the right to vote (n)
ring (n & v)
• stand in a ring (n)
• a wedding ring (n)
• Give me a ring tomorrow. (phone) (n)
• Suddenly the bell rang. (v)
ring back (phr v)
ring off (phr v)
ring up (phr v)
ripe (adj)
rise (v)
• The sun rises in the East.
• Prices are rising.
river (n)
road (n)
roast (adj & v)
rob (v)
robbery (n)
rock (n)
• rock (music) (n)
• a hard piece of rock (n)
role (n)
roll (n & v)
• a roll of film (n)
• a bread roll (n)
• to roll into a ball (v)
roof (n)
room (n)
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• the sitting room
• There’s lots of room in here.
rose (n)
rough (adj)
• a rough road
• a rough idea
• rough work
round (adj, adv & prep)
• a round object (adj)
• the wrong way round (adv)
• to sit round a table (prep)
roundabout (n)
route (n)
row (n)
• a row of seats
rubber (adj & n)
• rubber tyres (adj)
• a rubber (eraser) (n)
rubbish (n)
rude (adj)
rugby (n)
ruin (n)
rule (n & v)
• the rules of grammar (n)
• to rule a country (v)
ruler (n)
• draw a line using a ruler
run (v)
• to run in a race
• to run a business
run out of (phr v)
• He ran out of time and didn’t finish.
S
sad (adj)
safe (adj)
• to be safe from harm
safety (n)
sail (n & v)
salad (n)
salary (n)
sale (n)
salesman/saleswoman (n)
salt (n)
same (adj, pron & adv)
sand (n)
sandwich (n)
satisfactory (adj)
satisfied (adj)
saucer (n)
sausage (n)
save (v)
• to save someone
• to save money
• to save time
say (v)
• to say something to someone
• I really can’t say. (give an opinion)
scene (n)
scenery (n)
school (n)
science (n)
science fiction (n)
scientific (adj)
scientist (n)
scissors (n)
scooter (n)
score (n & v)
• The score was 3-0. (n)
• to score a goal (v)
scream (n & v)
screen (n)
sculpture (n)
sea (n)
search (n & v)
seaside (n)
season (n)
seat (n)
seat belt (n)
second (adj & n)
• to be second in the race (adj)
• sixty seconds in a minute (n)
secondary (adj)
• secondary school
secret (adj & n)
secretary (n)
security (n)
see (v)
• to see something (with the eyes)
• to see the joke (understand)
• to see someone about a problem
(consult)
seem (v)
seldom (adv)
select (v)
self-service (adj)
sell (v)
send (v)
sensible (adj)
sentence (n)
• words in a sentence
separate (adj & v)
series (n)
• a TV series
serious (adj)
• a serious person
• a serious illness
servant (n)
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serve (v)
• to serve in a shop
service (n)
• a bus service
• customer service
session (n)
• in a school, gym
set (v)
set free (phr v)
set off (phr v)
• She set off early for work.
set out (phr v)
• They set out on the long journey.
set up (phr v)
• Her mother helped her to set up in
business.
several (adj & det)
sew (v)
sex (n)
• the male/female sex
sh! (int)
shade (n)
• to sit in the shade
shadow (n)
shake (n & v)
shallow (adj)
shame (n)
shampoo (n)
shape (n)
share (n & v)
shark (n)
sharp (adj)
• a sharp knife
• a sharp corner
• a sharp picture
shave (n & v)
she (pron)
sheep (n)
sheet (n)
• sheets on a bed
• a sheet of paper
• information sheet
shelf (n)
shine (v)
ship (n)
shirt (n)
shock (n & v)
• to suffer from shock (n)
• The film shocked me. (v)
shoe (n)
shoot (v)
• to shoot at the goal
shop (n & v)
shop assistant (n)
shopkeeper (n)
shore (n)
short (adj)
shorts (n pl)
• a pair of shorts
shoulder (n)
shout (n & v)
show (n & v)
• a film show (n)
• Show it to me. (v)
• The picture shows a village. (v)
• It shows that they care. (v)
shower (n)
• a shower of rain
• to have a shower
shut (adj & v)
shy (adj)
sick (adj)
side (n)
sight (n)
• Her sight is better with glasses.
• in sight, out of sight
sightseeing (n)
sign (n & v)
• a road sign (n)
• to sign a document (v)
• no sign of life (n)
• signs of winter (n)
signal (n & v)
signature (n)
signpost (n)
silence (n)
silent (adj)
silk (adj & n)
silly (adj)
silver (adj & n)
similar (adj)
simple (adj)
since (conj & prep)
sincerely (adv)
• Yours sincerely
sing (v)
single (n & adj)
• a single (ticket) to Cambridge (n)
• to be single (unmarried) (adj)
• a single room (adj)
sink (n & v)
