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PRE- INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST

HEADWORD

VERB

NOUN

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

COLLOCATION

1. Able

ability

able

athletic/musical/artistic etc ability be able to do something

2. Abroad

abroad

live, go, travel abroad

3. Absolutely absolutely

4.

Accept

accept

acceptable /

unacceptable

accept a gift, offer, invitation

5. Accountant accountant

6. Acid acid acid

7. Active active active life/lifestyle

8. Activity

activity

leisure/recreation/outdoor/cultural

etc activities

9. Actress Actress

10. Actually actual Actually

11. Advantage

advantage

advantage of stg have an

advantage give somebody

an advantage

12. Adventure adventure a great adventure

13. Advertise

Advertise

advertisement,

advertiser

advertise (something) on

television/in a newspaper

a newspaper/ television/radio

advertisement a full-

page/half-page/two-page

advertisement a job advertisement

14. Advice

Advise

Advice

advice on/about

follow/take somebody's advice

advise somebody to do

something


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15.

Afford

afford

affordable

to afford to do sth to

afford easily/hardly to

be (un)able to afford

to be affordable

16. Afterwards Afterwards

17. Agree

agree

agreement

agree with agree

to do something come to /

reach an agreement

18. Airplane

Airplane

19. Album

Album

20. Alcohol Alcohol , alcoholic alcoholic alcoholic drinks

21. Alive live alive stay alive, be alive

22. Almost almost almost all/every/everything

23. Already Already

24. Altogether Altogether

25. Amazed

amazement

amazed, amazing

amazed to see/find/discover

something

to somebody's amazement

26.

Ambition

ambition

ambitious

an ambition to do something/of

doing something

27. Ambulance ambulance

28. Ankle Ankle

29. Annoy

Annoy

Annoyed , annoying

be annoyed at/with somebody

be annoyed about/by something

30. Anymore Anymore

31. Apologise

Apologise

apology

apologize for (doing) something

apologize to somebody

letter of apology written apology

formal apology


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32.

Apply

apply

application

apply for a job job

application fill in/out an application

application form make/put

in/submit an application

33. Appointment

Appointment

have an appointment make an

appointment an appointment to do

something

34. Area

area

no-smoking area dining

area

35. Arm arm

36. Arrest

arrest

arrest

to arrest sb to

be arrested for sth to

make an arrest to

be under arrest

37. Article article newspaper, magazine article

38. Artist artist

39. Artwork artwork

40.

Attack

attack

attack

to attack violently a

terrorist/violent/gun attack an

attack happens/takes

place/occurs to

have a heart attack

41. Attention

attention

pay attention (to

somebody/something)

42. Audio Audio

43. Author author

44. Baby

baby

have a baby give

birth to a baby

newborn/new baby premature

baby baby boy/girl

45. Bake bake baker, bakery bake a cake

46. Band (Music) band music band in a band

47. Bar bar

48. Bat bat

49. Bean bean


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50. Bay

bay

a sandy bay

across the bay

51. Beard beard

52. Beauty

beauty

beautiful

natural beauty beauty products.

53. Beer beer

54. Beginning

begin

Beginning

since the beginning (of something)

at the beginning (of something)

from the beginning in the

beginning

55.

Behavior

behave

behavior

well-behaved/badly-

behaved good/bad behaviour

behaviour problem

56. Believe

believe

belief

believable /

unbelievable

a strong/firm belief popular

belief

57. Bell bell ring the bell

58. Belt belt seat belt

59.

Birth

birth

place of birth time of

birth

60. Blind

blind

totally/completely/almost/partially

blind

61. Body body

62. Book book booklet book a room

63. Boot boot wear boots

64.

Borrow

borrow

borrow something from somebody

65. Boss boss

66. Bowl bowl a soup/salad/cereal bowl

67.

Brain

brain

the right/left hemisphere of the

brain

68. Brave bravery brave

69. Bright

brightness

bright

a bright student

bright colours

70. Brilliant

brilliant

brilliant idea brilliant

career


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71. Bullet

bullet

to fire/shoot a bullet

bullet hits sb/sth

bullet wound/scar

72. Bunch bunch a bunch of flowers

73. Bush bush

74. Calendar calendar

75. Calm calm calmly remain/stay/keep calm

76. Camera camera

77. Camp camp camping go camping

78. Crash crash car crash

79. Care

care

care

carelessness

caring

careless

carelessly

take care take

care of somebody/something day

care, health care, intensive care

care about

a warm and caring man

provide smb with care care about

become/get/grow careless

a caring attitude

80. Career career make a career

81. Carrot carrot carrot juice

82. Carry carry

83. Case case just in case

84. Castle castle Edinburgh Castle

85. Catalogue

86. Cause

cause

cause and effect natural

causes

87. Cell phone Cell phone

88. Central Central Central America/Asia/Europe

89. Century century

90. Certain

Certain

Certainly

it is/seems certain (that)

it is certainly true/possible

91. Champion Championship

92. Chapter chapter chapter 5

93. Chase Chase


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94. Chat chat chat have a friendly chat

95. *Cheek cheek

96. Cheque cheque pay by cheque

97. Childhood

Childhood , child

Childish /childlike

in/during/since (somebody's)

childhood childhood

home/friend/experience

98. Choice

choose

choice

have no choice make a

choice a choice of /

between

99. Church church at church

100. Cigarette Cigarette smoke a cigarette

101. Circle circle circle circle round/above/over

102. Classical Classical classical music

103. Clear

clear

clearly

make something clear

clear idea Please speak

clearly

104. Clerk clerk a bank/sales/store clerk

105.

Climate

climate

climate change climate of a

place

106. Clinic Clinic Clinic al

107. Coach

coach

coach

a tennis coach coach

somebody for something

108. Coast

coast

coast of on the

coast off the

coast

109. Collect collect collection a stamp collection

110. College

college

college graduates

a college education

college campus

111. Comb comb comb comb your hair

112.

Common

common

commonly

it's common for somebody to do

something

113.

Competition

compete

competition,

competitor competition between/among

compete with/against


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114. Complain

complain

complaint

to complain constantly

to complain about sth

to have/make a complaint

115. Completely complete completely

116. Contact

contact

contact

be/get/stay/keep in contact (with

somebody) contact person

117. Content

Content

118. Control

control

control

have control (over/of something)

take/gain control (of/over

something) lose

control (of/over something)

be under control

keep something under control

119.

Cool

cool

keep/stay cool cool

temperature

120. Copy

copy

copy

copy of stg

copy (something) from something

121. Correct

correct

correction

correct / incorrect

correctly

correct yourself, correct mistakes

make corrections

122.

Couple

couple

a couple of the

couple next door

123. Crazy crazy crazy idea , go crazy

124. Cream cream put cream on stg

125. Create

create

creativity

creator creative

great/artistic creativity

126. Credit Card Credit Card

127. Crime crime, criminal commit crime

128. Cross cross cross (over) the road/street/river

129. Crowd

crowd

crowded

a crowded room

a crowded street


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130. Culture

culture

cultural, cultured

cultural activities cultured

woman

Western/American/Japanese

culture

131. Curtain

curtain

draw/close/pull the curtains

draw back/open the curtains

132.

Danger

danger

dangerous

in danger

dangerous for somebody

133. Death

death

death of somebody

death from an illness

134. Decade decade

135. Decorate decorate decoration

136. Definite definite definitely

137. Delayed delay delay delayed long/considerable/slight delay

138. Delighted Delighted delighted to do something

139. Department

Department

the personnel department ,

Department Store

140. Depressed depression Depressed depressed about

141. Description

describe

description

describe how/why/what

brief/short/full/complete

description

description of

142. Design

design

design, designer

graphic design design

something for something

interior designer

143.

Details

detail

detailed

further/more details

detailed description

144. Develop

develop

development

developed

developing

a developed/developing country


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145. Diagnostic Diagnose Diagnosis Diagnostic Diagnose an illness

146. Diamond diamond flawless/perfect/real diamond

147. Diary diary keep a diary

148. D Diet diet balanced diet, good/healthy diet, go on a diet

149. Difference

Difference

different

big/major/important/significant

difference small/minor difference

difference between

150. Dirty dirty dirty clothes

151. Disadvantages

Disadvantage

social/economic/educational

disadvantage

152.

Disappointed

disappoint

Disappointed

disappoint somebody's

hopes/plans

153. Disaster

disaster

nuclear disaster, natural disaster

154. Discuss

discuss

Discussion

discuss something with somebody

discussion about

155. Disease disease heart disease

156. Dishes Dishes wash the dishes

157. Dream

dream

dream

dream of/about (doing) something

have a dream

158. Drivers License drive driver Drivers License

159. Drug Drug Drug use / drug addict

160. Dye Dye Dye Hair dye / food dye

161. Ear

ear

whisper/say (something) in

somebody's ear

162. Eastern Eastern


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163.

Economics (Department)

economy,

economics

Economics (Department)

164. Education

educate

education

educator to have/receive education

good/poor education

165. Electrician Electrician

166. Energy

energy

energetic

to have the energy to do sth

to be energetic

167. Enormous Enormous enormously enormous amount of

168. Enough enough bad/difficult/hard etc enough

169. Entrance enter entrance front/back/side entrance

170. Envelop Envelop

171. Environment

Environment

environmental

environmentally

working/learning environment

good for the environment:

environmentally friendly

172. Escape (from)

escape

escape

to escape from sth

successful escape

173. Especially Especially

174. Even even even bigger/better/brighter

175. Event

event

sequence of events

charity/fund-raising event

176. Exactly Exactly It's exactly half past five.

177. Example Example for example, an example of

178. Excellence Excel Excellence Excellent Academic excellence / education excellence

179.

Exchange

exchange

exchange rate (money), exchange

student

180. Exhibition

Exhibition

an exhibition of (black and white

photographs)

181.

Expect

expect

expectation

expect somebody/something to do

something

182. Explain

explain

explanation

explain something to somebody

explanation of/for

183. Express

express

expression

express your views/opinions

an expression of surprise

184. Extra

extra

an extra ten minutes/three metres


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185. Extremely

extreme

Extremely

extreme weather/conditions

extreme sports

186. Fail

fail

failure

fail to do something fail a

test failure to do

something

heart/kidney/liver failure

187. Fame

fame

famous

win/achieve/gain/find fame

international/worldwide/national

fame

188.

Farmer

farmer, farm,

farming

a pig/dairy/cattle farm

189.

Fashion

fashion

Fashionable

Fashion model , fashion magazine

190.

Feeling

feel

feeling

feeling of have/get a

feeling (that)

191. Feet

feet, foot

bare feet , front/back/hind feet ,

wipe your feet

192. Few

few

quite a few/a good few/not a few

193. Fight

fight

fight

(have a )fight against/with

fight about/over/for

194. Final

final

final

finally

final decision/say sit/take

your finals

195. Finger finger cross your fingers

196. Fire

fire

fire

fire a gun/weapon/rifle

start a fire put

out a fire forest

fire

197. Firstly first firstly

198. Fish

fish

fish

Fish and Chips go fishing

199. Fit fit physically fit.

200. Flight attendant

fly

flight

Flight attendant book a

flight catch a flight , miss a flight

201. Flu flu have, get, catch flu


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202. Follow

follow

follower

following

follow somebody follower of

the following

afternoon/month/page/chapter

203. Foreign foreigner Foreign foreign policy

204. Formal

formality

formal / informal

formal

education/training/qualifications

205. Fortunately

fortune

fortune

Fortunately

have a good fortune, tell

somebody's fortune

206. Fossil Fossil Fossil fuel

207. Frightened

Frightened, frightening

frightened of be

frightened to do something

it is frightening (to do something) 208.

Fun

fun

funny

have fun good/great fun a

lot of fun

209. Further further further details

210.

Generally

general

generally

general idea as a general

rule

211. Generous generosity generous generously generosity to/towards

212. Geography

Geography

geographical

geographical

area/location/position

213. Ghost Ghost Ghost writer Ghost house

214. Glad

glad

glad to do something glad to

see/hear

215. Gold gold golden a golden opportunity

216. Golf Golf Play golf

217. Government

Government

local government, central

government

218. Grey grey dark/light grey

219. Grocery grocery grocery store

220. Ground ground above/below/under ground

221. Guard

Guard

Guard

security guards guard

somebody/something against

something


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222. Guess

guess

guess

guess right/correctly/wrong

make a guess (at something)

have a guess (at something) ,

take a guess (at something)

223. Guide

guide

guide

tour guide guide

somebody along/through

224. Guy guy

225.

Hall

hall

city hall , concert hall, dance hall,

music hall

226. Happiness

Happiness

happy / unhappy

happily

happy to do something

happy in your work/job

happily married

227. Head

head

turn your head shake your head ,

nod your head

228. Health

Health

Healthy / unhealthy

damage your health improve your

health good/excellent health

poor/ill health healthy

diet

229. Heart

heart

heart trouble/problems a heart

condition , somebody's heart

rate 230. Heat

heat

heat, heating

heat something up the heat

of the day central

heating

231. Hell

Hell

Go to hell

232. Historical

history

Historical

historically

throughout history recent/modern

history early/ancient history

233. Hold

hold

hold something in your hand/arms

234. Horror Horror horror film, story

235. Hopeful/hopeless

hope

hope

hopeless/ hopeful

hopefully

hope for look/seem

hopeless

236. Host host / hostess

237. Huge huge a huge amount/quantity


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238.

Human

human (being)

human

the human body , the human

brain, human being

239.

Hurry

hurry

hurry

hurry up, hurry to do something,

be in a hurry to do something

240. Ice ice

241. Illness

illness

ill

to suffer from/have illness

to be/become ill

to feel/look ill to

be very/seriously/extremely ill

242.

Imagine

imagine

imagination

imaginative

imagine somebody doing

something it is

difficult/easy/possible/impossibl

e to imagine use your

imagination

243. Immediately Immediately

244. Impossible

possibility

Impossible / possible

a strong/real/distinct

possibility

it is impossible (for somebody) to

do something

make something impossible

find it impossible to do something 245. Improve Improve improvement see an improvement

246. Include

include

include something in/on

something

247.

Instead

instead

instead of somebody/something

248. Instructions Instructions read the instructions

249. Intelligent intelligence intelligent high/low , artificial intelligence

250. Interest

interest

interesting

interested

to have an interest in sth to

lose interest in sth

to be interested in sth/sb

251. Internet Internet on the Internet

252. Introduce introduce introduction a brief/short introduction

253. Item

item

item on the agenda/list/menu

item of clothing/furniture/jewellery

254. Jam jam strawberry jam, traffic jam


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255. Join join join the army, a group, a party

256. Jump

jump

jump over/across/onto something

257. Just just just you, me

258. Keyboard Keyboard a computer keyboard

259. King King King of England

260. Knee knee on your knees

261. Knock

knock

knock

knock at/on, a loud knock at the

door

262.

Laboratory

Laboratory

research laboratory, laboratory

tests/experiments/studies

263.

Land

land

land

land on/in/at (the plane) dry

land

264.

Landscape Design

Landscape Design

265. Last last last of all, last year

266. Laugh laugh laughter

267. Law law, lawyer

268. Lazy laziness lazy lazily

269. Leader leader political/military/religious leader

270. Leather leather

271. Leg leg

272. Lend lend lend something to somebody

273. Less less less (...) than

274.

Level

level

lie to somebody, lie about

something

275. Liar lie liar

276. Librarian Librarian, library

277. Lift lift (elevator) use the lift, take the lift

278.

Line

line

straight line, stand in a line, cut in

line, next in line

279. Liquid liquid

280. Literature literature works of literature

281. Loaf loaf a loaf of bread

282. Local locals local local hospital

283. Lonely loneliness lonely lonely life


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284. Look forward look forward look forward to doing stg

285. Luck

luck

lucky

not have much/any luck , have no

luck, have good luck , be

lucky to do/be something

286. Main main main campus

287. Make-up make-up put on make-up

288. Male-Female Male-Female

289. Mark mark good/high mark

290. Marry marry married get married, happily married

291. Math Math math problems

292. Maybe maybe

293. Meaning

mean

meaning

meaningful,

meaningful What does ...mean? The meaning

of ....

294. Medicine medicine take your medicine

295. Meeting

meet

meeting

have/hold a meeting , go

to/attend a meeting, be in/at a

meeting 296. Member

member

membership

to be/become a member

family/staff members

to apply for membership

to renew membership

297. Memorize

Memorize

Memory

Memorable

Unforgettable memory Excellent memory Lose memory

298. Mend

mend

a complete mess, make a mess

299. Mess mess

300. Message

message

get/receive a message, leave a

message, send a message,

take a message

301. Mid-

Middle

mid-March mid-afternoon

302. Mineral Water Mineral Water


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303. Miserable

misery

Miserable

feel miserable, make life

miserable

304. Missing missing go missing

305. Mistake

mistake

mistaken

make a mistake, be full of

mistakes, spelling mistake, silly

mistake

306. Mountain /Mount Mountain /Mount Mount Everest

307.

Movie

Movie

watch/see a movie , go to a movie

308. Multi- multiethnic multimedia multi-million dollar

309. Nearly nearly

310. Necessary

Necessary /

unnecessary

it is necessary (for somebody) to

do something

311. Neck neck around somebody's neck

312. Neighbour

Neighbour,

neighbourhood

next-door neighbours, in the

neighbourhood

313. Nervous nervousness nervous nervously nervous about

314. Noise noise noisy make a noise

315. Normal

normal

it is normal (for somebody) to do

something

316. Nose

nose

blow your nose , wipe your nose,

pick your nose

317. Novel

novel, novelist

detective/romantic/historical novel

318. Nowadays Nowadays

319. Obviously

obvious

Obviously

obvious example

The obvious question is -

320. Occupation Occupation

321. Official

Official

Official

a government official, an official

visit/engagement

322. Opinion

Opinion

in somebody's opinion ,

general/popular opinion ,public

opinion

323. Own own owner own


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324. Paint

paint

painter, painting

paint something (in)

blue/red/green

325.

Pair

pair

pair of trousers/scissors/glasses

326. Parcel parcel

327. Pass pass pass an exam,

328. Passive passive (active / passive)

329. Patient

patient

patient

patiently

AIDS patient, be patient with, wait

patiently 330. Perhaps perhaps

331. Personality

personality

to have a warm/outgoing

personality

332. Photocopy Photocopy Photocopy make a photocopy

333. Phrase phrase

334. Physical

physical

physical appearance

physical fitness

335. Physician Physician Experienced physician

336. Physics Physics

337.

Pick

pick

pick somebody/something for

something, pick flowers

338. Piece piece a piece of

339. Plant plant plant plant trees, water the plants

340. Plastic plastic made of plastic

341. Pleased pleased be pleased with

342. Poet poet, poetry write poetry

343. Point

point

point

a good point, point at somebody

344. Poison

poison

poison, poisoning

poisonous

poison somebody with

something, food- poisoning,

poisonous snake. 345. Politician Politician, Politics national/local politics

346. Population Population population of

347. Possibility Possibility Possible Possibly

348. Poster poster make a poster


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349. Power

power

powerful

a powerful man/woman a

powerful engine/weapon

350. Pre- Pre-intermediate Pre-historic 351.

Prepare prepare

preparation

prepare the meal, make

preparations

352. Preschool Preschool Preschool teacher Preschool education

353. Present present birthday/Christmas present

354. Printer print printer, printing Printing Press

355. Prison

prison, prisoner

out of prison , put somebody in

prison/send somebody to prison

, release somebody from

prison/let somebody out of

prison 356. Probably probably most probably

357. Problematic Problem Problematic Have a problem A problematic life

358. Programme programme see/watch a programme

359.

Promise

promise

promise

promise to do something, make,

keep, break a promise

360. Protect

protect

protection

protective

to protect from sth

to protect against sth

protective clothing

361. Psychology Psychology psychology department

362. Pull

pull

pull somebody/something

into/away from/over something

363. Pupil pupil star pupil (student)

364. Push

push

push somebody/something

away/back/aside

365. Puzzle puzzle make a puzzle

366. Questionnaire Questionnaire Fill in a questionnaire Design a questionnaire


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367. Quiet quiet quietly as quiet as a mouse

368.

Race

race

race

take part in a race, win a race,

race against

369. Radio radio

370. Real reality real / unreal real reason

371. Reason reason real reason

372. Record

record

record

keep a record , medical/dental

records , school records ,

historical records, a written record

/ break/beat a record , hold a

record/ listening to records

373. Regularly regular / irregular Regularly

374.

Relationship

Relationship

personal/family/social

relationships

375. Religion religion religious to be very religious

376. Repair

repair

repairs

to repair successfully/poorly

to do/make repairs

377. Reply

reply

reply

a brief reply

to have/get a reply

378. Reporter reporter a news reporter

379. Research

research

research

do/conduct research, research

into

scientific/medical/historical

research

380. Resort

Resort

Holiday resort

381. Retire retire retired retire from, retire early

382. Review

review

review

good/bad/mixed review, publish a

review review books,

films

383. Ring ring wedding ring

384. Roast roast roast chicken


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385.

Rob

rob

robbery

robber

to rob a bank a

bank robbery

to commit a robbery

a bank robber an

armed robber

386. Rock (Music) rock Rock (Music)

387. Rope

rope

rope

to tie a rope

strong rope

388. Row row a row of houses, row of trees

389. Rude rude it is rude to do something

390. Ruler ruler measure with a ruler

391. Sail

sail

sailing

sailor to go sailing

an experienced/good sailor

392. Sale sale on sale

393. Scared scared scared of (doing) something

394. Scene

scene

opening scene, battle scenes,

love scenes

395. Science science, scientist science and technology

396. Search search search for

397. Seatbelt Seatbelt

398. Secret

secret

secret

secret ingredient/recipe/formula

tell somebody a secret keep

a secret

399. Serious

serious

seriously

a serious illness

to have serious injuries

to seriously damage your health

400. Several several

401. Shave shave

402. Shine

shine

shining

to shine brightly a

shining silver cup

403. Ship ship by ship, cruise ship

404.

Shock

shock

shocked

get/have the shock of your life

shocked by

405. Shout

shout

shout

to shout aloud

to hear shouts


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406. Shy

shy

shyly

to be/feel shy

to smile shyly

407.

Side

side

n this/one side (of

somebody/something)

408. Silent

silence

silent

silently

brief/long silence

to be/become silent

409. Situation

situation

n a ... situation ,

difficult/dangerous

situation, impossible

situation 410. Size size the size of

411. Skills skill skilled develop/acquire/learn a skill

412. Slice slice a slice of

413. Social Socialize Social, sociable, antisocial

Socially social skills, social life, social

class

414. Society society members of society

415. Socks socks a pair of socks

416. Soldier soldier a brave/good soldier

417. Sore throat Sore throat

418. Sound sound sound sound of something, sound like

419. Staff staff

420. Stairs stairs up/down the stairs

421. Star

star

under the stars,

movie/film/Hollywood star

422. State state State Verbs

423. Statistics (Dep) Statistics Statistics (Department)

424. Stomach stomach stomach ache

425. Straight straight straight line, hair

426. Strange stranger strange strangely perfect/complete/total stranger

427. Stress

stress

stressful/stressed

under stress, stressful experience 428. Subject subject Subject - Object

429. Suddenly

sudden

Suddenly

a sudden change, all of a sudden

430. Sun sun sunny Look/be sunny


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431. Sunlight Sunset suntan

Beautiful sunset

Watch the sunset

To have a golden/ good suntan

432. Supper supper have super

433. Sure sure are you sure?

434. Surgery Surgery / surgeon Have surgery

435. Swollen swollen a swollen toe

436. Symbol symbolize symbol symbol of something

437. Tailor tailor

438. Taste taste taste

439. Technology technology technological modern technology

440. Teenager Teenager Teen

Teenage Teenage problems Difficult teenager

441. Telephone phone telephone phone somebody

442. Temperature

temperature

at a temperature of something,

high temperature, low

temperature, a rise in

temperature, a fall/drop in

temperature, a temperature

change/a change in temperature

443. Tense tenses tenses in English

444. Theatre theatre an open-air theatre

445. Thick thickness thick 3 feet/1cm/two inches thick

446. Thief thief, theft a car/jewel thief, car theft

447. Thin thin thin arms/legs/lip

448. Tidy tidy tidy / untidy neat and tidy, tidy up

449. Timetable timetable Detailed timetable, follow timetable

450. Tiny tiny a tiny baby

451. Title title a title of

452. Toilet

toilet

go to the toilet, flush the toilet,

toilet paper


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453. Too too too ... for something/somebody

454. Touch touch touch somebody on the arm/leg

455. Tough

tough

tough questions, be tough on/with

somebody

456. Tour

tour

tour

city tour, a

walking/cycling/sightseeing

tour

go sightseeing

457. Tower tower the Eiffel tower

458. Tradition tradition traditional

459. Tragedy Tragedy Tragic A tragic accident/life

460. Train train by train

461. Traveller

travel

traveller

travel by train/car/air, travel the

world/country, travel abroad

462. Trouble

trouble

have trouble (with something),

have (no) trouble doing

something, without any/too

much trouble , cause trouble,

serious trouble

463. Truth truth find out/discover/get to the truth

464. Try try try to do something

465. Turn

turn

turn

turn around/round/away, turn

left/right, take turns

doing something, your

turn 466. Twice twice twice a day/week/year

467. Twin twin identical twin

468. Type type type of

469. Tyre tyre flat tyre , spare tyre

470. Unfortunately Unfortunately

471. Uniform uniform school/army/police uniform

472. Unusual Unusual / Usual as usual

473. Upset

upset

upset

upset by/about/at , be upset with

somebody, an upset stomach


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474. Useful

use

use

Useful

useful information/advice/tip

useful way of doing something, it

is useful to do something, find

something useful

475. Video video

476. Voice

voice

loud voice quiet/soft/low/small

voice deep/low voice

477. Vowel/Consonant Vowel/Consonant Vowel/Consonant

478.

Wait

wait

waiter/ waitress

wait for somebody/something to

do something, wait tables

479. Wall wall stone/brick/concrete wall

480. Wallet wallet in your wallet

481. Waste

waste

waste

to cause/avoid waste a

waste of time/money

482. Website website on a website

483. Wedding

wedding

a wedding present, cake, dress,

ceremony

484. Well-dressed Well-dressed

485. Whole whole the whole school/country/village

486. Wild wild wild animals, flowers

487.

Wind

wind

strong/high winds, the wind blows

488. Wine wine red/white wine

489. Writer

write

writer

a writer of children's stories

490. Yet yet not yet

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