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86.4 Possible sentence clues:
1 Did you see that of lightning?
2 She sells old of clothing at the market.
3 Have you ever seen him do even a of work?
4 What a loud of thunder. It sounded almost overhead.
5 Let’s go and get a of fresh air. It’s so stuffy indoors.
87.1 Unit 87 4 pack 6 pair
87.2 5 team 7 couple
2 shoal
87.3 3 gang
87.4
Incorrect words: 4 cats 6 fish
87.5 2 a book 5 pigs
3 a hospital
2f 3g 4b 5a 6h 7d 8e
2 There is/’s a crowd of people waiting outside.
3 The staff are very well paid.
4 A flock of sheep had escaped from a field.
5 She gave me a set of glasses.
6 She gave me a bunch of beautiful roses / a beautiful bunch of roses.
THE journalists raised a host of difficult questions about the actions of the police during the
demonstration. There had been a barrage of complaints about police violence. The Chief of Police
replied that he was not prepared to listen to a string of wild accusations without any evidence. In
the end, he just gave a series of short answers that left everyone dissatisfied.
88.1 Unit 88 6 a pot of yoghurt
88.2 7 a large box of matches
2 two bottles/cartons of milk 8 a jar of honey
3 four cans of cola 9 six packets of crisps
4 a tin of tuna
5 a packet/box (or tin) of chocolate biscuits
2 barrel, bottle, sack (of coal/potatoes)
3 can, bottle, pack, crate, case (possibly also a barrel)
4 any of these: bottle/carton (of milk or juice), jug (of milk), mug (of tea or coffee), packet (of cereal), jar
(of jam/marmalade/honey), glass (of milk or juice), bowl (of sugar)
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5 bag and, sometimes, a sack - a sack is bigger and is more likely to be used when collecting post from a
post office or letter box, while a bag may be used by the postman delivering mail
6 bag and basket
88.3 2 a packet of washing powder 8 a box of tissues
88.4 3 a carton of cream 9 a packet of butter
4 a tube of hand cream 10 a pack of 6 cans of beer
5 a tin of sardines 11 a bottle of washing-up liquid
6 a tin of beans 12 a box of matches
7 a bag of apples
Possible answers: 5 milk/cream/water jug
2 chocolate/tool/match box 6 wine/whisky/liqueur /lɪˈkjʊə/ glass
3 wine/milk/water bottle 7 flower/tea/coffee pot
4 carrier/shopping/mail bag
89.1 Unit 89
89.2 2 manage to see
89.3 3 consists of (make up with this meaning is usually used in the passive)
89.4 4 tied up in a bundle
5 understand (with this meaning make out is usually combined with ‘can’ or ‘could’
and ‘not’ or ‘never’)
6 making something more numerous or complete
7 claimed/pretended (make out implies that what is being claimed may well not be true)
8 renovate
2 away with 3 up 4 out 5 up
2 This weekend we are planning to make for the seaside.
3 Vast amounts of money do not always make for happiness.
4 Your shoelaces are untied. Do them up or you’ll trip over.
5 They like to make out that they are very important people.
6 Thieves robbed the bank and made off with £1,000,000.
2 your best 6 an impression / a good impression
3 profit 7 business
4 (the) housework 8 exercise
5 allowances for
90.1 Unit 90 4 off 5 round 6 up
90.2 TAKE
2 on 3 about
90.3
Possible answers: to a company
the new neighbours up over
out
skiing on staff
insurance o
your shoes
2 Today’s newspaper has brought to light some fascinating information about the President.
3 The situation was brought to a head when the union called for a strike.
4 You need to take account of the historical context of the novel in your essay.
5 The view from the top of the hill took my breath away.
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6 He took advantage of her weakness at the time and she gave it to him.
7 If you’re going to succeed in business you must be prepared to take risks.
8 You shouldn’t take anyone or anything for granted.
90.4 Possible answers:
children up BRING down the government
out a magazine
an allergy on
90.5 2 to take seriously 4 to bring a law into force 6 to take control of
5 to take pride in
3 to take your breath away
91.1 Unit 91
Suggested answers:
I don’t often receive interesting junk mail. However, an unusual item came this morning. It was
headed ‘Are things depressing you? Do you feel you’ll just never manage to do / achieve all those
things you dream of?’ And it went on, ‘If so, buy/order this great new book today: Manage Your
World by Simon Triksta. It will teach you how to deal with / recover from those daily upsets, and
will ensure that you achieve the contentment in your work that you long for and that you fulfil your
dreams. Send €25 today to receive Manage Your World and your key to success within ten days.’
Maybe I should buy it!
91.2 2 through 4 round to 6 through 8 behind, into 10 on
91.3 3 down to 5 up to 7 across 9 together
2c 3d 4b 5a
92.1 Unit 92
92.2
2 We try to reserve some money for our holiday every week.
92.3 3 Ignore all your negative feelings and listen with an open mind.
4 If we hadn’t left home so late, we would have arrived on time.
5 The government’s unpopular proposals caused a wave of protests.
2 put forward an idea / a proposal / a suggestion
3 put off a football match / an appointment / customers
4 put across your feelings / ideas / opinions
5 put up an umbrella / prices / a picture
6 put on a concert / an accent / clothes
7 put away papers / books / files
8 put up with someone’s temper / behaviour / bad manners
Possible answers:
2 I haven’t had time to put things away yet.
3 We’d better set out/off at 7 am.
4 Yes, of course, I can put you up.
5 The cost of it all has put me off.
6 He is hoping to set up a business of his own.
7 Let’s put up some posters.
8 I’ll help you put it together.
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92.4 Possible answers:
2 He’s bound to put two and two together if you keep on behaving like that.
3 She has set her sights on becoming Prime Minister.
4 She really puts my back up.
5 If you put pressure on her to change her mind it’ll make her even more determined.
6 Please put your mind to the problem in hand.
7 She has set her heart on getting a seat in Parliament.
8 She threw petrol on the rubbish and set fire to it.
9 It’s time the teacher put a stop to the noise.
10 The man has set a record for eating the most burgers in one hour.
11 This is the first time I’ve ever set foot in the southern hemisphere.
12 We spent most of our evenings setting/putting the world to rights rather than studying.
13 You really should put your foot down (with him) or there’ll be trouble later.
14 If the teacher doesn’t set a good example, the children certainly won’t behave properly.
15 He has set himself the target of running the Athens marathon next year.
93.1 Unit 93 6 criticising / complaining
93.2 7 choose
2 check 8 suit / match / look OK with
93.3 3 attacked 9 thought of / suggested / found
93.4 4 happened / took place
5 found by chance
2 When his grandmother dies, he’ll come into a fortune / a lot of money.
3 After four years of fighting, the civil war finally came to an end.
4 Halfway up the steep hill, the bus came to a standstill.
5 They say that long skirts are coming into fashion again.
6 The telephone first came into existence nearly 150 years ago.
7 I found it very difficult to come to terms with my failure.
8 As we drove round the corner the house came into sight/view.
2 They went to great lengths to avoid meeting each other.
3 I’ve been on the go all day and I’m longing for a shower now and to relax.
4 I do hope he will make a go of his new business.
5 The story goes that they were together that night.
6 The film is good as far as it goes but it doesn’t tackle the problem deeply enough.
2d 3e 4g 5b 6a 7f
94.1 Unit 94 4 up 5 down
94.2
2 to 3 promise(s)
94.3
2 I ran into Julio at the station yesterday.
3 Nadia broke her promise to tidy her room.
4 I thought I was seeing things when I saw a monkey in the garden.
5 The police let the boy off with a warning.
6 Stupidly, I let it slip that Sabrina was planning to move abroad.
7 An enormous crowd turned up to hear the President speak.
8 My aunt looks down on people who don’t have a good job.
9 Dan has promised to turn over a new leaf.
10 Natalie has always looked up to her older cousin.
Possible answers:
2 It can be hard to see through someone’s lies if they have a lot of charm.
3 Halfway up the mountain he let go of the rope and fell into a crevasse.
4 It’ll be better in the long run if you tell him now exactly how you feel.
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5 He felt terribly let down when she refused to help him.
6 She didn’t turn up until the party was nearly over.
7 I’m afraid we’ve run out of sugar.
8 In my last year at school I decided to look into the possibility of spending a year abroad.
9 I agreed to see about booking our holiday flights.
10 It’s your turn to load the dishwasher.
95.1 Unit 95 4 Bye-bye 5 children
95.2
2 wrong 3 house/home
95.3
95.4 2 seeking 6 fundamental
95.5 3 utilise 7 occurs
4 frequently 8 provided the patient with
5 immediately, attempt
2 particular 3 in, of 4 in, to 5 account
2 to alight 3 a) to regret b) to purchase c) to address d) board 4 persons 5 stairway
2 a friend 6 intelligent
3 a friend 7 unpleasant / disgusting
4 study hard (e.g. for an exam) 8 uncertain / doubtful or not good, not honest
5 thank you / thanks
96.1 Unit 96
JIM: Annie, can you lend me ten quid?
ANNIE: What for?
JIM: I’ve got to go and see my parents, and my bike’s not working, so I’ll have to get a cab.
ANNIE: Can’t you phone them and say you can’t come?
JIM: Well, I could, but my mobile’s not working, and I want to go because they always have lots
of grub/nosh, and the fridge at our flat is empty, as usual.
ANNIE: Can’t you go by tube? Anyway, you’re in luck, I’ve got some dosh/readies/bread, so here
you are.
96.2 2 doctor 4 police 6 celebrity / famous person 8 money
96.3 3 prison 5 food 7 cup of tea
96.4 2 (exam essay) The Internet and television are probably the biggest influences on young people today.
3 (recipe in a cookery book) Next, slice the potatoes and place them on top of the meat.
4 (exam essay) Newspapers face stiff competition these days from TV and internet news.
5 (formal university publicity) The Faculty offers courses in veterinary science. Laboratory facilities are
available 24 hours a day.
2 barbecue 4 husband 6 vegetarian
3 biscuit 5 pictures / photographs
97.1 Unit 97 4 post 5 bat
97.2
97.3 2 rake 3 mouse
2 falling 3 dog 4 parrot 5 snow 6 sheet
1c 2d 3e 4a 5b
1 as quick as a flash 2 as red as a beetroot 3 as flat as a pancake [very flat]
4 as fresh as a daisy [used about how people feel or look, not about e.g. bread or other foods]
5 as strong as an ox
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97.4 Across: 1 brass 3 hatter 6 sheet 7 daisy 9 bone 10 mouse
97.5 Down: 1 bat 2 feather 3 hard 4 easy 5 cucumber 8 ice
2 Our plan worked like a dream.
3 He/She eats like a horse and drinks like a fish.
4 He/She has a mind/head like a sieve.
5 He/She has been as busy as a bee all day.
98.1 Unit 98 4 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
98.2 5 We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
2 Many hands make light work.
98.3 3 Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
98.4
2 Too many cooks spoil the broth, which suggests that problems can be caused if a lot of people are
involved in a job, whereas Many hands make light work suggests that if there are more helpers then
the job will be completed more easily.
3 When the cat’s away, the mice will play. Absence makes the heart grow fonder says that if you cannot
be with someone or something you will love them/it more, whereas When the cat’s away, the mice
will play suggests that others may take advantage of someone’s absence to behave in a way they
would not otherwise do.
4 We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it and Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. The first one
warns against anticipating future problems (they may never happen) and the second one warns against
assuming you will get something good (that may never happen either).
5 Never look a gift-horse in the mouth. Both proverbs advise you to take advantage of good fortune
when you have it in front of you.
2 When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
3 Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.
4 Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
2 Never look a gift-horse in the mouth.
3 Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
4 You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
99.1 Unit 99
99.2 Possible answers:
99.3 2 at the entrance to private land (e.g. a farm, a forest)
3 in a theatre or hall
4 in a park, on a beach
5 outside or in the window of a café or restaurant
6 outside a nightclub (possibly a gym or swimming pool)
7 at a zoo or park
8 by a dead-end street / cul-de-sac
9 on a door
10 at a supermarket check-out
11 on a packet of cigarettes
12 on a road or motorway
13 at a car park or near parking bays on a street
14 at a dangerous place or a place where pedestrians only are allowed
15 at a river or lake
2 g 3 h 4 k 5 d 6 i 7 e 8 j 9 b 10 a 11 f
Suggested answers:
2 in a shop or restaurant: the staff can speak English
3 at the customs: for people who do not have goods that require them to pay duty
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99.4 4 at a shop: the shop is probably closing down and wants to sell all its goods
5 at a sports event or cultural place or event: you must have a ticket to come in
6 at a hotel or guesthouse: the hotel/guesthouse is full, or at a shop, restaurant or factory meaning ‘no
jobs are available’
7 at a river or lake: you must not fish here
8 at a bicycle shop: you can buy or hire/rent a bicycle here
9 outside a house or at an estate agent’s: there is a flat which you can rent
10 for example, at an escalator: if you have a dog with you, you must carry it
11 on a train or bus: if there is an elderly, disabled or pregnant person, please give them this seat
Suggested answers:
2 Spanish spoken here
3 No admission to unaccompanied minors
4 No entry to unauthorised personnel
5 Shoplifters/Thieves will be prosecuted
6 Please refrain from handling food/goods
100.1 Unit 100
100.2
2f 3e 4b 5a 6c
100.3
100.4 Suggested answers:
2 Steps are being taken with the aim of providing more work for people.
3 Approval has been given to a plan to place restrictions on people’s use of water.
4 A woman resigned from her job after undergoing some kind of unpleasant experience there.
5 A public opinion survey has looked into how people spend their money.
6 An attempt has been made to remove the Prime Minister from his/her position.
7 The Princess has promised to give support to her family or to family values, in general.
2 makes a connection between 4 explodes in 6 leads / is a major figure in
3 reduces 5 promises
2 A hammer is a tool which hits nails into wood. The headline is a play on the businessman’s name
and the headline use of hit to mean affect.
3 A dramatic pause is a phrase used to refer to a pause in speech made for dramatic effect. Cats have
paws, a homophone of pause.
4 Hot air means a lot of talk with little meaning. The prince is talking about climate change, i.e. global
warming. Heir is a homophone of air and the prince in the story is presumably the heir to the throne.
101.1 Unit 101 4 American (-er, not -re) 6 American (not jewellery)
101.2 5 British (-our, not -or)
101.3 2 British (-re, not -er)
3 American (-z- not -s-)
101.4
101.5 2 elevator, lift 4 flashlight, torch 6 drapes, curtains 8 truck, lorry
3 undershirt, vest 5 diaper, nappy 7 Scotch tape, Sellotape
2 Pass me the biscuits. 7 Single or return?
3 It’s in the wardrobe. 8 Let’s take the underground.
4 Open the curtains. 9 We’ve been working in the garden.
5 We’ve run out of petrol. 10 I hate waiting in queues / a queue.
6 Our bags are in the boot.
2 (a) one (b) two 3 (a) a bank (b) a café 4 (a) under (b) over
2 eraser / rubber 4 elevator / lift 6 hood / bonnet
3 trash / garbage / rubbish 5 crosswalk / zebra crossing
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Phonemic symbols
Vowel sounds Consonant sounds
Symbol Examples Symbol Examples
/i:/ sleep me /p/ put
/i/ happy recipe /b/ book
/I/ pin dinner /t/ take
/U/ foot could pull /d/ dog
/U/ casual /k/ car kick
/u:/ do shoe through /g/ go guarantee
/e/ red head said /tS/ catch church
/@/ arrive father colour /dZ/ age lounge
/ɜː/ turn bird work /f/ for cough photograph
/O:/ sort thought walk /v/ love vehicle
/æ/ cat black /T/ thick path
/ʌ/ sun enough wonder /D/ this mother
/ɒ/ got watch sock /s/ since rice
/A:/ part heart laugh /z/ zoo surprise
/S/ shop sugar machine
/eI/ name late aim /Z/ pleasure usual vision
/aI/ my idea time /h/ hear hotel
/OI/ boy noise /m/ make
/e@/ pair where bear /n/ name now know
/I@/ hear cheers /ŋ/ bring
/@U / go home show /l/ look while
/aU/ out cow /r/ road
/U@/ pure fewer /j/ young
/w/ wear
ˈ This shows that the next syllable is the one with the stress.
ˌ This is used when some longer words have a second stress, less strong than on the main stressed
syllable.
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Index
The numbers in the Index are unit numbers, not page numbers.
The pronunciation provided is for standard British English.
3D /θridi/ 33 admission /ədmʃən/ 14, 15, 70, 99 all or nothing /ˌɔlɔnθŋ/ 77
60s music /skstz mjuzk/ 21 admit /ədmt/ 64 allocate /ləket/ 57
a) ... b) /e ... bi 67 admittedly /ədmtdli/ 64 all-out /ˌɔlaυt/ 74
abduct /əbdkt/ 39 adore /ədɔ/ 10 allowance /əlaυənts/ 89
able /ebəl/ 8 along with /əlɒŋ wð/ 65
abode /əbəυd/ 95 adult education centre alongside /əˌlɒŋsad/ 65
above /əbv/ 68 /dlt ˌedυkeʃən sentə/ 25 aloud /əlaυd/ 82
abrupt əbrpt 8 adulthood /dlthυd/ 73 alter /ɔltə/ 33
absent-minded /ˌbsəntmandd/ 74 advance /ədvɑnts/ 29 alteration /ˌɔltəreʃən/ 70
absolute /bsəlut/ 55 alternative /ɔltnətv/ 55
absolutely /ˌbsəlutli/ 43 adventure holiday although /ɔlðəυ/ 64
absorbing /əbzɔbŋ/ 3 /ədventʃə hɒləde/ 32 amazement /əmezmənt/ 73
abstract /bstrkt/ 19 adventurous /ədventʃərəs/ 25, 32 ambassador /mbsədə/ 16
absurd /əbsd/ 48 advert /dvt/ 96 ambition /mbʃən/ 60
academic /ˌkədemk/ 15 advertise /dvətaz/ 72 ambitious /mbʃəs/ 8
accept /əksept/ 10, 64 advertisement /ədvtsmənt/ 72 among (the best etc.) /əmŋ/ 48
access /kses/ 17, 35 advertiser /dvətazə/ 72 amount /əmaυnt/ 51
accident /ksdənt/ 13 advice /ədvas/ 73, 83 analyse /nəlaz/ 33
acclaim /əklem/ 48 aect /əfekt/ 66 anger /ŋə/ 73
acclaimed /əklemd/ 48 aection /əfekʃən/ 73 angrily /ŋrli/ 45
accommodation /əˌkɒmədeʃən/ 83 aectionate /əfekʃənət/ 44 ankle /ŋkl/ 28
accomplice /əkmpls/ 39 African /frkən/ 5 annoyance /ənɔənts/ 50
accomplish /əkmplʃ/ 60 African-Caribbean /frkən anorak /nərk/ 96
accomplished əkmplʃt 60 ˌkrbiən/ 5 anorexic /ˌnəreksk/ 7
answer /ɑnsə/ 66
accomplishment aer all /ɑftərɔl/ 64 Antarctica /ntɑktkə/ 5
/əkmplʃmənt/ 60 aers /ɑftəz/ 22 antibiotic /ˌntibaɒtk/ 71
account /əkaυnt/ 36 against /əenst/ 42 antiseptic /ˌntiseptk/ 71
accuse /əkjuz/ 39 age /ed/ 53 antisocial /ˌntisəυʃəl/ 71
ache /ek/ 28 ageing /edŋ/ 30 anti-war /ˌntiwɔ/ 71
achievable /ətʃivəbəl/ 60 aggressive /əresv/ 8 anxious /ŋkʃəs/ 43
achieve /ətʃiv/ 60 agitation /ˌdteʃən/ 86 anxiously /ŋkʃəsli/ 45
achievement /ətʃivmənt/ 60, 73 agreement /ərimənt/ 60, 89, 93 anyway /eniwe/ 67
acid rain /sd ren/ 24 aid /ed/ 100 apart from /əpɑt frəm/ 65
acknowledge /əknɒld/ 64 AIDS /edz/ 13 apartment /əpɑtmənt/ 32, 101
acoustics /əkustks/ 84 aim /em/ 60 apostrophe /əpɒstrəfi/ 80
acquaintance /əkwentənts/ 10 air /eə/ 82 app /p/ 34
acquit /əkwt/ 39 air con /eə kɒn/ 78 appal /əpɔl/ 44
action /kʃən/ 70 air pollution /eə pəluʃən/ 24 appeal to /əpil tu/ 44
active /ktv/ 23 appear in /əpərn/ 20
activity /ktvəti/ 73 air traic control /eə trfk application /ˌplkeʃən/ 15, 34
ad /d/ 96 kəntrəυl/ 75 apply for /əpla fɔ/ 16
addition /ədʃən/ 52 air-conditioned /eəkənˌdʃənd/ 74 appoint /əpɔnt/ 38
additionally /ədʃənəli/ 65 airport /eəpɔt/ 31 apprenticeship /əprentʃp/ 73
address /ədres/ 95 airsick /eəsk/ 31 approach /əprəυtʃ/ 66
addressee /ˌdresi/ 70 airsickness /eəsknəs/ 31 Arab /rəb/ 5
adjustment /ədstmənt/ 73 AKA /ˌekee/ 78 Arabic /rəbk/ 5
administrator /ədmnstretə/ 16 à-la-carte /ˌləkɑt/ 22 archer /ɑtʃə/ 18
admire /ədmaə/ 10 alarm clock /əlɑm klɒk/ 75
album /lbəm/ 21
alight adj, v /əlat/ 95, 99
alive /əlav/ 80
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archery /ɑtʃəri/ 18 authorities /ɔθɒrətzz/ 84 rdndənt/ 16
architect /ɑktekt/ 19 authority /ɔθɒrəti/ 73 be oered a job /b ɒfəd ə dɒb/ 16
architecture /ɑktektʃə/ 19 autobiography /ˌɔtəbaɒrəf/ 71 be oered work /b ɒfəd wk/ 16
area /eəriə/ 23 autograph /ɔtərɑf/ 71 be promoted /b prəməυtd/ 16
argue /ɑju/ 45 automatically /ˌɔtəmtkli/ 29 be set /b set/ 37
argument /ɑjəmənt/ 66 auto-pilot /ɔtəυˌpalət/ 71 beach /bitʃ/ 23
argumentative /ˌɑjəmentətv/ 8 average /vrd/ 51 beak 26
arise from /əraz frɒm/ 63 awkward /ɔkwəd/ 9 beam /bim/ 56
arithmetic /ˌərθmətk/ 80 AWOL /ewɒl/ 78 beard /bəd/ 7
arithmetical /ˌrθmetkəl/ 80 axe /ks/ 100 beautiful /bjutfəl/ 7
arms race /ɑmz ˌres/ 75 B&B /ˌbi ən bi/ 25 beautify /bjutfa/ 70
aromatic /ˌrəmtk/ 46 babysitter /bebiˌstə/ 75 because /bkɒz/ 63
arrangement /ərendmənt/ 89 bachelor’s degree 15 bee’s knees (the) /biz niz ðə/ 48
arrest /ərest/ 39 back v /bk/ 100 beg /be/ 45
arrival /əravəl/ 70 back and forth /bk ən fɔθ/ 77 Belgian /beldən/ 5
arrogant /rəənt/ 8 back to front /bk tə frnt/ 77 belief /blif/ 42, 73
art /ɑt/ 19, 85 back up /bk p/ 34 believe /bliv/ 42
art gallery /ɑt ləri/ 25 backache /bkek/ 28 belongings /blɒŋŋz/ 57
art lover /ɑt lvə/ 19 backfire /ˌbkfaə/ 60 below /bləυ/ 68
article /ɑtkəl/ 86 badge /bd/ 27 belt /belt/ 27
artificial /ˌɑtfʃəl/ 41 badly (aected) /bdl/ 50 besides /bsadz/ 65
artificial hip /ˌɑtfʃəl hp/ 29 baggage /bd/ 83, 101 best friend /best frend/ 10
artistic /ɑtstk/ 19 baggy /b/ 27 bestseller /ˌbestselə/ 19
arts /ɑts/ 85 bags of /bz əv/ 51 bewitching /bwtʃŋ/ 3
arts (the) /ði ɑts/ 19 bailout /belaυt/ 76 biannual /banjuəl/ 71
arts and cras /ɑts ənd krɑfts/ 19 balanced diet /blənst daət/ 22 bicycle /baskəl/ 71
arts page /ɑts ped/ 19 bald /bɔld/ 7 bid /bd/ 100
as … as … /əz ... əz/ 97 ballet /ble/ 20 big-head /ˌbhed/ 9
ASAP /ˌe es e pi/ 78 ballot paper /blət pepə/ 38 big-headed /ˌbhedd/ 74
Asia /eə/ 5 ban /bn/ 51 bike /bak/ 96
Asian /eən/ 5 bandage /bndd/ 28 bikini /bkini/ 27
aspect /spekt/ 66 bang /bŋ/ 12, 56 bilateral /baltərəl/ 71
assertive /əstv/ 8 bank account /bŋk əkaυnt/ 75 bilingual /balŋwəl/ 5, 71
assessment /əsesmənt/ 66 banker /bŋkə/ 16 bill /bl/ 101
associated /əsəυʃietd/ 33 banking /bŋkŋ/ 16 billiards /bljədz/ 18, 84
at fault /ət fɔlt/ 48 bar n /bɑ/ 86 binoculars /bnɒkjələz/ 84
at last /ət lɑst/ 68 bar v /bɑ/ 100 birth control /bθ kəntrəυl/ 75
at once /ət wnts/ 95 bark /bɑk/ 26 biscuit /bskt/ 101
at times /ət tamz/ 53 bark up the wrong tree 79 bit /bt/ 86
athletics /θletks/ 84 barrel /brəl/ 88 bite /bat/ 47
ATM /ˌetiem/ 78 barren /brən/ 23 bitter /btə/ 22, 46
atmosphere /tməsfə/ 24 basement /besmənt/ 11 bitterly /btəl/ 45
attach /əttʃ/ 35 bash /bʃ/ 81 bizarre /bzɑ/ 41
attachment /əttʃmənt/ 35 basic /besk/ 95 black /blk/ 7
attain /əten/ 60 basket /bɑskt/ 88 black and white /ˌblk ən wat/ 77
attainable /ətenəbəl/ 60 bass /bes/ 21 black eye /blk a/ 28
attainment /ətenmənt/ 60 bass guitarist /bes tɑrst/ 21 blade /bled/ 86
attempt n, v /ətempt/ 89, 95 bat /bt/ 18, 26 blame /blem/ 48
attic /tk/ 11 bathing (baby) /bɑθŋ/ 82 bland /blnd/ 22
attitude /ttʃud/ 66 bathroom /bɑθrυm/ 101 blast /blɑst/ 100
attract /ətrkt/ 10, 44 bay /be/ 23 blaze /blez/ 100
auburn /ɔbən/ 7 be attracted to 10 blended learning /blendd lnŋ/ 14
audience /ɔdiənts/ 20 be into /b ntu/ 21 blink /blŋk/ 47
auditorium /ˌɔdtɔriəm/ 99 be laid o /b led ɒf/ 16 block /blɒk/ 12
Australia /ɒstreliə/ 5 be made redundant /b med blog /blɒ/ 35
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blonde /blɒnd/ 7 bring about /brŋ əbaυt/ 63, 90 business plan /bzns pln/ 17
blood donor /bld ˌdəυnə/ 75 bring back /ˌbrŋ bk/ 90 business-class /bzns klɑs/ 74
blood pressure /bld ˌpreʃə/ 28, bring down /ˌbrŋ daυn/ 90 bustling /bslŋ/ 25
bring into force /brŋ ntə fɔs/ 90 button /btən/ 27, 33
29, 75 bring into the open /brŋ ntə ðə buzz /bz/ 81
blossom /blɒsəm/ 26 bypass /bapɑs/ 76
blue-eyed /bluad/ 74 əυpən/ 90 cab /kb/ 96
blunt /blnt/ 8 bring o /ˌbrŋ ɒf/ 90 cabinet /kbnət/ 38
blush /blʃ/ 47 bring on /ˌbrŋ ɒn/ 90 Cabinet of Ministers 38
board /bɔd/ 95 bring out /ˌbrŋ aυt/ 90 cable /kebəl/ 35
boast /bəυst/ 45 bring out the best /brŋ aυt ðə calm /kɑm/ 31, 73, 80
boiling /bɔlŋ/ 6 camcorder /kmˌkɔdə/ 33
bonnet /bɒnt/ 101 best/ 90 campsite /kmpsat/ 32
book (a table) v /bυk/ 22 bring round /ˌbrŋ raυnd/ 90 campus /kmpəs/ 15
booking /bυkŋ/ 22 bring to a head /brŋ tu ə hed/ 90 can /kn/ 88
bookmark /bυkmɑk/ 35 bring to light /brŋ tə lat/ 90 cancel (a reservation) /kntsəl/ 22
boost /bust/ 30, 100 bring up /ˌbrŋ p/ 90 candidate /knddət/ 38
boot /but/ 101 Briton /brtən/ 5 candy /kndi/ 101
boredom /bɔdəm/ 73 broad /brɔd/ 54 canned music /knd mjuzk/ 21
boss /bɒs/ 100 broadband /brɔdbnd/ 35 canoeist /kənust/ 18
bossy /bɒsi/ 8 broadcast /brɔdkɑst/ 37 can’t bear /kɑnt beə/ 44
bother /bɒðə/ 60 broaden /brɔdən/ 54 can’t face the thought of /kɑnt
bottle /bɒtəl/ 88 broadminded /ˌbrɔdmandd/ 8,
bough /baυ/ 26 fes ðə θɔt ɒv/ 50
bow /bəυ/ 18 54 can’t stand /kɑnt stnd/ 10, 44
bowl /bəυl/ 88 broad-shouldered capacity /kəpsəti/ 95
bowls /bəυlz/ 84 cape /kep/ 23
box /bɒks/ 88 /brɔd ʃəυldəd/ 74 capital /kptəl/ 23
bra /brɑ/ 27 brotherhood /brðəhυd/ 70, 73 captivate /kptvet/ 44
braces /bresz/ 84 brownish /braυnʃ/ 7 captivating /kptvetŋ/ 3
brainless /brenləs/ 8 browse /braυz/ 35 capture /kptʃə/ 20
brainy /breni/ 8 browser /braυzə/ 35 car hire /kɑ ˌhaə/ 25
brake /brek/ 82 bruise /bruz/ 12, 28 car park /kɑ pɑk/ 25, 75, 101
branch /brɑntʃ/ 26, 33, 38 brusque /brusk/ 8 caravan /krəvn/ 32
brand-new /brnd nju/ 74 brutal /brutəl/ 70 carbon footprint /kɑbən
breadth /bretθ/ 54, 73 bucket /bkt/ 88
break /brek/ 28, 50, 82 buckle /bkəl/ 27 fυtprnt/ 24
break (the news) /brek/ 94 bud /bd/ 26 carbs /kɑbz/ 78
break down /brekdaυn/ 12 Buddhism /bυdzəm/ 70 card /kɑd/ 80
break o /brekɒf/ 94 bug /b/ 28 cards /kɑdz/ 84
break out /ˌbrekaυt/ 13 build /bld/ 17 cards on the table 50
breakdown /brekdaυn/ 76 building 19 care for /keə ˌfɔ/ 44
breakout /brekaυt/ 76 built-up /ˌbltp/ 74 carelessness /keələsns/ 73
breakthrough /brekθru/ 76 bulky /blki/ 59 caring /keərŋ/ 44
break-up /brekp/ 76 bullet-proof /bυltpruf/ 74 carpenter /kɑpəntə/ 16
breath /breθ/ 47, 86 bump /bmp/ 12 carton /kɑtən/ 86, 88
breathe /brið/ 47 bumpy /bmpi/ 31 cartoon /kɑtun/ 37
breathless /breθləs/ 28 bunch /bntʃ/ 87 case /kes/ 39, 88
breathtaking /breθˌtekŋ/ 32 bungalow /bŋələυ/ 11 cash machine /kʃ məʃin/ 40
breed /brid/ 26 bunk bed /bŋk bed/ 32 cast /kɑst/ 20, 87
breeze /briz/ 6 burglar alarm /blər əlɑm/ 75 cast (a vote) /kɑst/ 38
brick /brk/ 83 burglary /bləri/ 39 castle /kɑsəl/ 80
briefly /brifl/ 68 burn /bn/ 12, 80 casual /kjuəl/ 10
bright /brat/ 8, 59 bury the hatchet /beri ðə casually /kjuəli/ 27
brightness /bratns/ 59 casualty /kjuəlti/ 13
brilliantly /brliəntli/ 48 htʃt/ 50 Catalan /ˌktəln/ 5
bury your head in the sand 9 catastrophe /kətstrəfi/ 80
bus service 25
bus stop /bs stɒp/ 75
business /bzns/ 17, 31
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catch /ktʃ/ 3 citizens’ advice bureau /stzənz come up /ˌkm p/ 93
catch-up TV 37 ədvas bjυərəυ/ 25 comedian /kəmidiən/ 20
cater /ketə/ 57 comment /kɒment/ 10, 36
cat’s whiskers /kts hwskərz/ 48 city /sti/ 25 commercial /kəmʃəl/ 37
cause /kɔz/ 63 City Hall /sti hɔl/ 25 commercialise /kəmʃəlaz/ 70
cease /sis/ 2 civil servant /svəl svənt/ 16 commit /kəmt/ 39
celeb /səleb/ 96 civil war /svəl wɔ/ 13 committed /kəmtd/ 42
cell /sel/ 33 claim /klem/ 66 companionship /kəmpnjənʃp/ 73
cell(phone) /sel(fəυn)/ 78 clang /klŋ/ 56, 81 company /kmpəni/ 87
cellar /selə/ 11 clap (of thunder) /klp/ 86 competition /ˌkɒmpətʃən/ 17
cellist /tʃelst/ 70 clash /klʃ/ 100 competitive /kəmpettv/ 18, 40
cello /tʃeləυ/ 2 classical /klskəl/ 2, 21 complain /kəmplen/ 45
center /sentər/ 101 classics /klsks/ 84 complexion /kəmplekʃən/ 7
Central America /sentrəl clatter /kltə/ 56 complication /ˌkɒmplkeʃən/ 70
claw /klɔ/ 26 compose /kəmpəυz/ 72
əmerkə/ 5 clever /klevə/ 8 composer /kəmpəυzə/ 72
centre /sentə/ 101 click /klk/ 34, 81 composition /ˌkɒmpəzʃən/ 72
CEO /ˌsi i əυ/ 17 cli /klf/ 23 comprehensive school
certainty /stənti/ 55 climate change /klamət
chalk n /tʃɔk/ 80 /ˌkɒmprhentsv skul/ 14
challenge /tʃlnd/ 50 ˌtʃend/ 24, 75 compromise /kɒmprəmaz/ 60
chamber /tʃembə/ 38 climb /klam/ 80 compulsory /kəmplsəri/ 14, 55
chance /tʃɑnts/ 55, 73 clip-clop /klpklɒp/ 81 computer technology /kəmpjutə
change into /tʃend ntə/ 27 clone /kləυn/ 33
cange out of /tʃend aυt ɒv/ 27 close-fitting /kləυs ftŋ/ 27 teknɒlədi/ 75
chaos /keɒs/ 50, 86 closet /klɒzt/ 101 computerise /kəmpjutəraz/ 70
character /krəktə/ 19 cloth /klɒθ/ 83, 85 concede /kənsid/ 64
characterise /krəktəraz/ 41 clothes /kləυðz/ 84 concert hall /kɒnst hɔl/ 25
characteristic /ˌkrəktərstk/ 41 cloud /klaυd/ 35, 86 conclude /kənklud/ 33, 68
charge /tʃɑd/ 39 club /klb/ 18, 25 conclusion /kənkluən/ 93
charge (interest) /tʃɑd/ 40 clump /klmp/ 87 condition /kəndʃən/ 48, 62
check n /tʃek/ 101 coal /kəυl/ 83 conduct n /kɒndkt/ 80
checked /tʃekt/ 27 coalition /kəυəlʃən/ 38 conduct v /kəndkt/ 72, 80
check-out /tʃekaυt/ 76 coarse /kɔs/ 59 confess /kənfes/ 45
cheerfully /tʃəfəli/ 45 coast /kəυst/ 23 confident /kɒnfdənt/ 8
cheerio /ˌtʃəriəυ/ 95 coat hanger /kəυt ˌhŋə/ 11, 70 conflict n /kɒnflkt/ 80
chemical /kemkəl/ 33 coee /kɒfi/ 85 conflict v /kənflkt/ 80
chemist’s /kemsts/ 25 collapse /kəlps/ 50 confused /kənfjuzd/ 43, 51
chest pains /tʃest penz/ 28 collar /kɒlə/ 27 confusion /kənfjuən/ 86
chew /tʃu/ 47 colleague /kɒli/ 10 Congress /kɒŋres/ 38
childhood /tʃaldhυd/ 70, 73 collection /kəlekʃən/ 73 consciousness /kɒntʃəsns/ 73
childminder /tʃaldˌmandə/ 16 college /kɒld/ 14, 25 consequence /kɒntskwənts/ 63
chime /tʃam/ 56 collocation /ˌkɒləυkeʃən/ 1 consequently /kɒntskwəntli/ 63
chip /tʃp/ 12, 34 color /klər/ 101 conservation /ˌkɒnsəveʃən/ 24
chips /tʃps/ 101 colour /klə/ 101 conservative /kənsvətv/ 42
chocolate 85 comb /kəυm/ 80 consider /kənsdə/ 30
choice /tʃɔs/ 55 combination /ˌkɒmbneʃən/ 73 considerable /kənsdərəbəl/ 51
cholera /kɒlərə/ 13 combine /kəmban/ 33 consolidate /kənsɒldet/ 40
cholesterol /kəlestərɒl/ 30 come across /km əkrɒs/ 93 constituency /kənsttʃuəntsi/ 38
chopping board /tʃɒpŋ bɔd/ 11 come between /km btwin/ 93 consume /kənsjum/ 30
Christmas /krsməs/ 80 come by /km ba/ 93 contact /kɒntkt/ 10, 17, 35
chubby /tʃbi/ 7 come down /ˌkm daυn/ 93 contact lens /kɒntkt ˌlenz/ 29, 75
cinema /snəmə/ 20 come into /ˌkm ntə/ 93 contemporary /kəntempərəri/ 25
circle /skəl/ 52 come o /ˌkm ɒf/ 12, 60, 93 content n /kɒntent/ 30
circular /skjələ/ 52 come out /ˌkm aυt/ 93 content adj /kəntent/ 43
circumference /səkmfrənts/ 52 come round /ˌkm raυnd/ 93 contented /kəntentd/ 43
come to /ˌkm tu/ 93 contents /kɒntents/ 84
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contest n /kɒntest/ 80 crush /krʃ/ 12 decision /dsən/ 89, 93
contest v /kəntest/ 80 crutches /krtʃz/ 29 declare /dkleə/ 99
contract v /kəntrkt/ 28, 52 cube /kjub/ 52 decorative /dekərətv/ 39
contribute /kəntrbjut/ 57 cubic /kjubk/ 52 decrease n /dikris/ 80
conventional /kənventʃənəl/ 41 cue /kju/ 18 decrease v /dkris/ 80
conversion /kənvʃən/ 11 cu /kf/ 27 dedicated /dedketd/ 42
convert v /kənvt/ 72 cumbersome /kmbəsəm/ 59 deep /dip/ 54
convict v /kənvkt/ 39 cunning /knŋ/ 8 deepen /dipən/ 54
conviction /kənvkʃən/ 42 cupboard /kbəd/ 80 deer /də/ 26
convince /kənvnts/ 42 cupid /kjupd/ 80 default /dfɒlt/ 36
cookie /kυki/ 101 cuppa /kpə/ 96 defend /dfend/ 39
cool /kul/ 80 curb /kb/ 101 defriend /ˌdifrend/ 10
co-opt /kəυɒpt/ 80 curiosity /ˌkjυəriɒsəti/ 73 degree /dri/ 14
cop /kɒp/ 96 curly /kli/ 7 déjà vu /ˌdeɑvu/ 46
cope /kəυp/ 60 curly-haired /kli heəd/ 74 delay /dle/ 31
copy /kɒpi/ 19 currency /krəntsi/ 83 delete /dlit/ 34
corkscrew /kɔkskru/ 11 current account /krənt əkaυnt/ 40 deliberations /dˌlbəreʃənz/ 39
corporation /ˌkɔpəreʃən/ 17 current aairs /krənt əfeəz/ 37 delicate /delkət/ 41
corporation tax /ˌkɔpəreʃən cursor /ksə/ 34 delicious /dlʃəs/ 70
curt /kt/ 8 delighted /dlatd/ 43
tks/ 40 curtains /ktənz/ 101 delightful /dlatfəl/ 32
costume /kɒstjum/ 20 custom-built /kstəm ˌblt/ 17 delta /deltə/ 23
cottage /kɒtd/ 11 customer /kstəmə/ 9 democracy /dmɒkrəsi/ 38
cotton wool /kɒtən wυl/ 75 customer care /kstəmə keə/ 17 denim /denm/ 27
cough /kɒf/ 47 customs /kstəmz/ 40 dense /dens/ 59
could /kυd/ 80 cut /kt/ 80, 100 density /densti/ 59
couple /kpəl/ 87 cutback /ktbk/ 76 dent /dent/ 12
court /kɔt/ 39 cut-price /ˌktpras/ 74 deny /dna/ 3
crab /krb/ 26 Cypriot /spriət/ 5 department store /dpɑtmənt
crack /krk/ 12 da /dɑft/ 8
crackdown /krkdaυn/ 76 da as a brush 79 ˌstɔ/ 25
cray /krɑfti/ 8 damage n, v /dmd/ 13 dependent /dpendənt/ 51
crash /krʃ/ 12, 34, 81 damp /dmp/ 6 deport /dipɔt/ 72
crate /kret/ 88 dance /dɑnts/ 20 deportation /ˌdipɔteʃən/ 72
crawl /krɔl/ 58 Dane /den/ 5 deportee /ˌdipɔti/ 72
create an account 36 dark /dɑk/ 7, 56 depose /dpəυz/ 72
creation /krieʃən/ 33 darkness /dɑkns/ 56 deposit /dpɒzt/ 40, 72
creativity /ˌkrietvəti/ 73 dart /dɑt/ 18 depress /dpres/ 72
crèche /kreʃ/ 14 darts /dɑts/ 84 depressed 28, 43
credit /kredt/ 15 Darwinist /dɑwnst/ 42 depression /dpreʃən/ 30
credit card /kredt kɑd/ 75 dash /dʃ/ 81 deprivation /ˌdeprveʃən/ 50
credit limit /kredt lmt/ 40 data processing /detə prəυsesŋ/ 75 deprive s.o. of sth /dprav
credit rating 40 database /detəbes/ 29, 34
creep along /ˌkrip əlɒŋ/ 58 dawdle /dɔdəl/ 58 smjwn ɒv smθŋ/ 50
crew /kru/ 31, 87 daytime /detam/ 6 depth /depθ/ 54, 73
crew-cut /krukt/ 7 dazzling /dzlŋ/ 59 desert n /dezt/ 80
crime /kram/ 39 dead /ded/ 12, 13 desert v /dzt/ 80
crisis /krass/ 66 dead end 50 deserted /dztd/ 25
critic /krtk/ 19 deafening /defnŋ/ 46 design /dzan/ 19
critical /krtkəl/ 48 death penalty /deθ penəlti/ 75 designer /dzanə/ 16, 27
critically /krtkli/ 48 death’s door 49 desire n, v /dzaə/ 44
criticise /krtsaz/ 48 debt /det/ 40, 80 desktop computer /desktɒp
crop n /krɒp/ 23 debtor /detə/ 80
crowd /kraυd/ 87 decade /deked/ 29 kəmpjutə/ 34
cruel /kruəl/ 8 decent /disənt/ 41 desperately /despərətli/ 45
cruise /kruz/ 32 despise /dspaz/ 10, 44
destruction /dstrkʃən/ 24
detached /dttʃt/ 11
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detective /dtektv/ 37 disrepair /ˌdsrpeə/ 86 drums /drmz/ 21
determined /dtmnd/ 8 disrupt /dsrpt/ 50 dub /db/ 37
detest /dtest/ 44 disruption /dsrpʃən/ 50 due to /du tu/ 63
development /dveləpmənt/ 29 dissect /dsekt/ 33 dull /dl/ 59
device /dvas/ 29, 34 dissertation /ˌdsəteʃən/ 15 dumb /dm/ 8, 80
devoted /dvəυtd/ 44 dissimilar /ˌdssmlə/ 71 dungarees /ˌdŋəriz/ 84
diagnose /ˌdaənəυz/ 29 distance /dstənts/ 54 during /dυərŋ/ 61
dialect /daəlekt/ 5 distance learning /dstənts dustpan and brush /dstpn ən
dialogue /daəlɒ/ 20
diameter /damtə/ 52 ˌlnŋ/ 14 brʃ/ 11
diaper /dapə/ 101 distant /dstənt/ 54 Dutch /dtʃ/ 5
diarrhoea /ˌdaərə/ 28 divert /davt/ 72 duty /duti/ 40
dictatorship /dktetəʃp/ 38 divide /dvad/ 64 duty-free /ˌdutifri/ 40, 74
die /da/ 28 division /dvən/ 52 eagerness /iəns/ 73
dierent 51 dizzy /dz/ 28 earache /ərek/ 28
diicult /dfkəlt/ 60 DNA /ˌdiene/ 39, 78 earlier /liə/ 68
diiculty /dfkəlti/ 29, 60, 66 do an exam / 14 earlier on /liə ɒn/ 61
digital /ddtəl/ 33 do business /du bzns/ 17, 89 early morning /li mɔnŋ/ 31
dilemma /dlemə/ 50, 66 do for a living 16 early stage /li sted/ 29
dim d?m 8, 56, 59 do housework 11 earn /n/ 2
diploma /dpləυmə/ 14 do the hoovering 11 earphones /əfəυnz/ 84
diplomat /dpləmt/ 15 do the ironing 11 earring /ərŋ/ 75
direct /drekt/ 8 do the washing-up 11 earthquake /θkwek/ 13
direct debit /drekt debt/ 40 do well 14 East Asia /ist eə/ 5
direct message 36 do without /du wðaυt/ 55, 89 easy-going /ˌiziəυŋ/ 8, 74
direction /drekʃən/ 20 do your best /du jɔ best/ 89 ook /ibυk/ 19
director /drektə/ 16, 20 documentary /ˌdɒkjəmentəri/ 37 ard /ikɑd/ 35
disagree /ˌdsəri/ 71 dominoes /dɒmnəυz/ 84 eccentric /ksentrk/ 8, 42
disagreement /ˌdsərimənt/ 73 donate /dəυnet/ 57 ecological /ˌikəlɒdkəl/ 24
disappear /ˌdsəpə/ 71 donation /dəυneʃən/ 70 ecologically sound /ˌikəlɒdkli
disapprove /dsəpruv/ 71 done in /dn n/ 49
disaster /dzɑstə/ 50 donor /dəυnə/ 70 saυnd/ 24
disbelief /ˌdsblif/ 51 dosh /dɒʃ/ 96 economical /ˌikənɒmkəl/ 8
disbelieve /ˌdsbliv/ 71 doubt /daυt/ 42, 80 economics /ˌikənɒmks/ 84
disconnect /ˌdskənekt/ 71 doubtful /daυtfəl/ 55 economist /kɒnəmst/ 16
discontented /ˌdskəntentd/ 43 down /daυn/ 35 economy /kɒnəmi/ 23
discourage /dskrd/ 71 down in the dumps 49, 79 edible /edbəl/ 70
discourteous /dsktiəs/ 8 download /ˌdaυnləυd/ 2, 34 educate /edυket/ 72
discrepancy /dskrepəntsi/ 64 downpour /daυnpɔ/ 6 eect /fekt/ 50
discus /dskəs/ 18 down-to-earth /ˌdaυntuθ/ 8 eort /efət/ 89
disease /dziz/ 29 dozen /dzən/ 51 egg /e/ 26
disguise /dsaz/ 27 drag on /dr ɒn/ 53 elapse /ilps/ 53
disgust /dsst/ 44 drama /drɑmə/ 37, 100 elect /ilekt/ 38
dish /dʃ/ 37 drapes /dreps/ 101 electrician /lektrʃən/ 16
disk /dsk/ 33 draughts /drɑfts/ 84 elegant /elənt/ 7, 25, 27
disk drive /dsk ˌdrav/ 34 drawback /drɔbk/ 76 elevator /elvetə/ 101
dislike /dslak/ 71 dread /dred/ 44 email /imel/ 2
dislocate /dsləυket/ 28 dream /drim/ 60 employee /mplɔi/ 70
dismount /dsmaυnt/ 99 dress up /dres p/ 27 employer /mplɔə/ 70
disorder /dsɔdə/ 86 dri /drft/ 58 enable /nebəl/ 33
disorganised /dsɔənazd/ 71 drinkable /drŋkəbəl/ 70 enchanting /ntʃɑntŋ/ 3
display /dsple/ 33, 99 drive /drav/ 11, 58, 100 end /end/ 93
dispose /dspəυz/ 24 drop /drɒp/ 51 end-of-year exam / 14
disprove /dspruv/ 71 dropout /drɒpaυt/ 76 endangered /ndendəd/ 24
disqualify /dskwɒlfa/ 71 drought /draυt/ 6, 13 enemy /enəmi/ 3
drummer /drmə/ 21 engrossing /nrəυsŋ/ 3
enjoyment /ndɔmənt/ 70
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enormous /nɔməs/ 51 expand /kspnd/ 17, 54 federation /ˌfedəreʃən/ 38
enquiring /nkwaərŋ/ 8 expect /kspekt/ 6 feedback /fidbk/ 17, 76
ensue /nsju/ 63 expectation /ˌekspekteʃən/ 73 feel /fil/ 28, 42, 46, 59
enter /entə/ 35 expenses /kspentsz/ 40 fencing /fentsŋ/ 18
entertainer /ˌentətenə/ 20 experience /kspəriənts/ 83, 85 field /fild/ 15
enthralling /nθrɔlŋ/ 3 experiment 33 fiend /find/ 80
enthusiastic /nˌθjuzistk/ 43 explosion /kspləυən/ 13 filthy /flθi/ 26
entire /ntaə/ 41 export n /ekspɔt/ finally /fanəli/ 68
entrance exam / 14 export v /kspɔt/ 72, 80 finance /fannts/ 40
entrancing /ntrɑntsŋ/ 3 express /kspres/ 72 find work 16
entry /entri/ 99 ex-smoker /eks ˌsməυkə/ 71 fine n, adj /fan/ 39, 59, 67
entry requirement / 15 extend /kstend/ 54 fine art(s) /fan ɑt/ 19
envious /enviəs/ 8 extinct /kstŋkt/ 24 fingerprint /fŋəprnt/ 39
environment /nvarənmənt/ 24 extract n 19 Finn /fn/ 5
environmentally friendly extract v /kstrkt/ 33, 71 fire /faə/ 16
extravagant /kstrvəənt/ 8 firefighter /faəˌfatə/ 16
/nˌvaərənˌmentəli frendli/ 24 extreme /kstrim/ 42 firm /fm/ 3, 17, 42
epidemic /ˌepdemk/ 13 extroverted /ekstrəvtd/ 8 first /fst/ 68
episode /epsəυd/ 37 ex-wife /eks waf/ 71 first and foremost /fst ən
equally /ikwəli/ 65 face n, v /fes/ 7, 48
equipment /kwpmənt/ 83 facility /fəsləti/ 40 fɔməυst/ 77
era /ərə/ 53 fact /fkt/ 66 first floor /fst flɔ/ 101
eraser /rezə/ 101 fail /fel/ 14 first impression /fst mpreʃən/ 7
ergonomics /ˌənɒmks/ 33 fair /feə 7, 82 first language /fst lŋwd/ 5
erupt /rpt/ 13 faith /feθ/ 73 first of all /fst ɒv ɔl/ 68
establish /stblʃ/ 33, 95 fake /fek/ 41 first-born /fstbɔn/ 74
estate /stet/ 57 fall /fɔl/ 101 first-class /fst ˌklɑs/ 74
estate agent /stet edənt/ 25 fall down /fɔl daυn/ 12 first-hand /ˌfsthnd/ 74
estuary /estʃuəri/ 23 fall for /fɔl fɔ/ 44 firstly /fstli/ 68
etc /etsetərə/ 65 fall in love /fɔl n lv/ 44 first-rate /ˌfstret/ 48
ethnic group /eθnk rup/ 5 fall o /fɔlɒf/ 12 fish /fʃ/ 85
Europe /jυərəp/ 5 fall out with /fɔl aυt wð/ 10 fishing line /fʃŋ lan/ 18
European /ˌjυərəpiən/ 5 fallout /fɔlaυt/ 76 fit /ft/ 27, 30, 86
evaluation /ˌvljueʃən/ 66 falter /fɔltə/ 60 fit as a fiddle 49
even-tempered /ˌivəntempəd/ 8 famine /fmn/ 13 fitness /ftnəs/ 30
evidence /evdənts/ 39 fanatical /fəntkəl/ 42 (in a) fix 50
ex /eks/ 10 fancy /fntsi/ 10, 44 fizzy /fzi/ 30
exaggeration /ˌzdəreʃən/ 49 FAQ /ˌefekju/ 35, 78 flash /flʃ/ 33
exam /zm/ 14 far /fɑ/ 54 flashlight /flʃlat/ 101
exceptional /eksepʃənəl/ 32 faraway /ˌfɑrəwe/ 54 flat /flt/ 11, 12, 32
excessive /eksesv/ 51 fare /feə/ 82 flaw /flɔ/ 33
excise /eksaz/ 40 far-fetched /ˌfɑfetʃt/ 74 fleeting /flitŋ/ 53
excitement /ksatmənt/ 70 farm /fɑm/ 80 flexibility /ˌfleksəbləti/ 70
exclusive /ksklusv/ 32 fascinate /fsnet/ 44 flexible /fleksbəl/ 41, 70
excommunicate fascinating /fsnetŋ/ 3, 32 flexi-time /fleksitam/ 16
fashion /fʃən/ 93 flicker /flkə/ 56
/ˌekskəmjunket/ 71 fast /fɑst/ 12 flock /flɒk/ 87
excursion /kskʃən/ 32 fasten /fɑsən/ 80 flood fld/ 6, 12, 13
excuse n /kskjus/ 89 fat /ft/ 7, 30 flour /flaυə/ 83
executive /zekjətv/ 16 faulty /fɔlti/ 41 flow /fləυ/ 58
exempt /zempt/ 55 faze /fez/ 82 flower /flaυə/ 26
exercise n, v /eksəsaz/ 30, 89 fear /fə/ 13, 73 flowery /flaυəri/ 27
exhale /ekshel/ 71 feather /feðə/ 26 flu /flu/ 82
exhausted /zɔstd/ 28 feature fitʃə/ 7, 33 flutter /fltə/ 58
exhilarating /zləretŋ/ 32 fed up /ˌfedp/ 43 flux /flks/ 86
existence /zstənts/ 93 fly /fla/ 53
exotic /zɒtk/ 32
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 265
focus on /fəυkəs ɒn/ 37 fulfilment /fυlflmənt/ 60 get down /et daυn/ 91
foe /fəυ/ 3 full of yourself 8 get o to a good start /et ɒf tu
foggy /fɒi/ 6 function /fŋkʃən/ 33
fold /fəυld/ 60 fundamental /ˌfndəmentəl/ 95 ə υd stɑt/ 91
folk /fəυk/ 2, 21 funding /fndŋ/ 15 get on /et ɒn/ 91
follow 36 fur /f/ 26 get on sb’s nerves 9
following /fɒləυŋ/ 61, 68 furious /fjυəriəs/ 43, 70 get on well (with someone) /et ɒn
fond of /fɒnd ɒv/ 44 furiously /fjυəriəsli/ 45
food poisoning /fud pɔzənŋ/ 75 furry /fri/ 59 wel/ 10
foolish /fulʃ/ 8 further /fðə/ 68, 95 get your act together 50
foot /fυt/ 23 further education /fðər get out of /et aυt ɒv/ 91
football pitch /fυtbɔl ˌptʃ/ 25 get over /et əυvə/ 28, 91
footballer /fυtbɔlə/ 18 ˌedυkeʃən/ 14 get rid of /et rd ɒv/ 91
for a time /fɔr ə tam/ 53 further to /fðə tu/ 65 get round /et raυnd/ 91
for example /fɔr zɑmpəl/ 68 furthermore /ˌfðəmɔ/ 65 get round to /et raυnd tu/ 91
for instance /fɔr ntstənts/ 68 fuss /fs/ 89 get through /et θru/ 91
for the time being /fɔr ðə tam gain /en/ 2 get /et tu/ 91
gain admission 14 get to know /et tə nəυ/ 91
biŋ/ 53 gale /el/ 6 get to the bottom of things 50
force into /fɔs ntə/ 55 game show /em ʃəυ/ 37 get to the point 69
forgetful /fəetfəl/ 70 gang /ŋ/ 87 get up to /et p tu/ 91
forgetfulness /fəetfəlns/ 70 garbage /ɑbd/ 101 get work 16
forgivable /fəvəbəl/ 70 garden /ɑdən/ 101 get-together n /et təˌeðə/ 91
formerly /fɔməli/ 61 garden centre /ɑdən sentə/ 25 get together v /ˌet təeðə/ 10
fortune /fɔtʃun/ 93 gardening /ɑdənŋ/ 89 geyser /izə/ 23
forward /fɔwəd/ 2 gas /s/ 24, 101 gi of the gab 48
fossil fuel /fɒsəl fjuəl/ 24 gash /ʃ/ 81 gied /ftd/ 8
foul-smelling /faυl smelŋ/ 46 gaze /ez/ 46 gig // 78
foundations /faυndeʃənz/ 84 geek /ik/ 96 gigabyte /əbat/ 34
fox /fɒks/ 26 gems /demz/ 100 ginger-haired /dndər heəd/ 7
fragile /frdal/ 41 general anaesthetic /denərəl give and take /ˌvəntek/ 77
fragrant /frerənt/ 46 give away /vəwe/ 57
frank /frŋk/ 8 ˌnəsθetk/ 29 give or take /v ɔ tek/ 77
fraud /frɔd/ 39 general election /denərəl give out /v aυt/ 57
freedom /fridəm/ 73 give rise to /v raz tu/ 63
freeway /friwe/ 101 ilekʃən/ 38 give sb a talking to 69
freeze /friz/ 6 generate /denəret/ 63 glacier /lsiə/ 23
French /frentʃ/ 5 generation gap /ˌdenəreʃən gladly /ldli/ 45
French fries /frentʃ fraz/ 101 glamorous /lmərəs/ 32
frequently /frikwəntli/ 95 p/ 75 glance /lɑnts/ 46
fridge /frd/ 96 generosity /ˌdenərɒsəti/ 73 glare /leə/ 59
friend /frend/ 3, 10, 80 generous /denərəs/ 8 glass /lɑs/ 85, 88
friend request 36 genetic engineering /dənetk glasses /lɑsz 84, 85
friendliness /frendlns/ 73 glimpse /lmps/ 46
friendship /frendʃp/ 70 ˌendnərŋ/ 33 glitter /ltə/ 56
frighten the life out of sb 49 genetically modified /dənetkli global warming /ləυbəl
frog /frɒ/ 26
from time to time /frɒm tam tə mɒdfad/ 33 wɔmŋ/ 24
gentle /dentəl/ 6 globalisation /ˌləυbəlazeʃən/ 24
tam/ 53 genuine /denjun/ 41 gloomily /lumli/ 45
frost /frɒst/ 6 German /dmən/ 5 gloomy /lumi/ 56
frown /fraυn/ 47 gesture /destʃə/ 89 glow /ləυ/ 56
frustrated /frstretd/ 43 get /et/ 91 GM /ˌdiem/ 33, 78
frustration /frstreʃən/ 73 get across /et əkrɒs/ 91 go amiss /əυ əms/ 95
fulfil /fυlfl/ 60 get at /et t/ 91 go bankrupt /əυ bŋkrpt/ 93
fulfilling /fυlflŋ/ 60 get away /et əwe/ 32 go for /əυ fɔ/ 93
get behind with /et bhand go o /əυ ɒf/ 22
wð/ 91
get carried away /et krid
əwe/ 49
266 English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate
go on /əυ ɒn 53, 93 grumpy /rmpi/ 81 heaps /hips/ 51
go pear-shaped /əυ peəʃept/ 95 guesthouse /esthaυs/ 32 hearing /hərŋ/ 46
go through /əυ θru/ 93 guilty /lti/ 39 hearing aid /hərŋ ˌed/ 29
go under /əυ ndə/ 60 guitar /tɑ/ 2, 21 heart /hɑt/ 1, 50
go wrong /əυ rɒŋ/ 60 gulf /lf/ 23 heart attack /hɑt ətk/ 28, 75
go-ahead /əυəhed/ 100 gymnast /dmnst/ 18 heart of gold 9
goal /əυl/ 60 gymnastics /dmnstks/ 18, 84 heartbreak /hɑtbrek/ 50
goggles /ɒəlz/ 84 hair /heə/ 7, 85 heart’s in the right place 9
going forward /ˌəυŋ fɔwəd/ 17 half-witted /ˌhɑfwtd/ 8 heatwave /hitwev/ 6
golf course /ɒlf ˌkɔs/ 25 hall /hɔl/ 11, 15 heavy /hevi/ 6, 22
good /υd/ 67 hall of residence 15 heavy as lead 59
good as gold /υd əz əυld/ 9, hallway /hɔlwe/ 11 heel /hil/ 27
hand down /hnd daυn/ 57 height /hat/ 54
79, 97 hand out /hnd aυt/ 57 heighten /hatən/ 54
good ear 21 hand over /ˌhnd əυvə/ 57 heir /eə/ 80, 82
good for 30 handcuffs /hndkfs/ 84 heiress /eəres/ 80
good friend 10 handle /hndəl/ 46 helmet /helmət/ 27
good-looking /ˌυdlυkŋ/ 7 handmade /ˌhndmed/ 74 help yourself 22
goodness /υdns/ 70 handsome /hndsəm/ 7 hem /hem/ 27
goods /υdz/ 84 hang on /hŋ ɒn/ 67 hemisphere /hemsfə/ 52
good-tempered /ˌυdtempəd/ 74 hang-gliding /hŋˌladŋ/ 18 herd /hd/ 87
google /uəl/ 35 happy as Larry hpi əz lri/ 49 here and there 77
gorge /ɔd/ 23 happily /hpli/ 45 high /ha/ 6
govern /vən/ 38 happiness /hpns/ 70, 73 high and dry 77
government /vənmənt/ 38 hard as nails /hɑd əz nelz/ 9 high jump /ha dmp/ 18
GPS /ˌdipies/ 33 hard disk /hɑd dsk/ 34 high-definition /ha ˌdefnʃən/ 33
grab /rb/ 46 harden /hɑdən/ 60 higher education /haər
graduate n /rdjuət/ 15 hardness /hɑdns/ 60
graduate v /rdjuet/ 15 hard-up /ˌhɑdp/ 74 ˌedυkeʃən/ 14
grammar school /rmə skul/ 14 hardware /hɑdweə/ 34 highly /hali/ 29, 48
grant /rɑnt/ 14 harm /hɑm/ 30 high-tech /ˌhatek/ 78
graphics /rfks/ 34 harmful /hɑmfəl/ 30 hip-hop /hphɒp/ 21
grasp /rɑsp/ 46, 50 harmless /hɑmləs/ 70 hiss /hs/ 56
grass roots /ˌrɑsruts/ 75 hat /ht/ 83 historic /hstɒrk/ 25
grate /ret/ 82 have an affair 10 hit n, v /ht/ 35, 100
grateful /retfəl/ 43 have a go /hv ə əυ/ 93 hoarse /hɔs/ 82
grater /retə/ 11, 70 have a good head for figures 9 hold /həυld/ 42
graze /rez/ 12 have a head for heights 9 hold a record 18
great /ret/ 41, 82 have a head like a sieve 9 hold on /həυld ɒn/ 67
Greek /rik/ 5 have trouble /hv trbəl/ 60 hold your breath 47
green /rin/ 24 have your cake and eat it / 48 holiday /hɒləde/ 101
green fingers 48 have your head in the clouds 9 hollow /hɒləυ/ 59
greenhouse effect /rinhaυs have your head screwed on 9 home page /həυmped/ 2, 35
hay fever /he ˌfivə/ 75 homeless /həυmləs/ 70
fekt/ 24 hazardous /hzədəs/ 24 homework /həυmwk/ 89
gregarious /reəriəs/ 8 head /hed/ 38, 80, 100 honest /ɒnst/ 8, 80
grey /re/ 7 head and shoulders above /hed ən honour /ɒnə/ 80
grin /rn/ 47 honourable /ɒnərəbəl/ 80
gripping /rpŋ/ 3 ʃəυldəz əbv/ 9, 48 hood /hυd/ 27, 101
groan /rəυn/ 45, 81, 82 headphones /hedfəυnz/ 75, 84 hoodie /hυdi/ 27
ground floor /raυnd ˌflɔ/ 101 headquarters /ˌhedkwɔtəz/ 84 hoof /huf/ 26
group /rup/ 87 head spinning 49 hopeful /həυpfəl/ 70
grow /rəυ/ 26 health /helθ/ 85 hopefully /həυpfəli/ 45
grow out of /rəυ aυt ɒv/ 27 health centre /helθ sentə/ 25 horns /hɔnz/ 26
growl /raυl/ 81 health warning /helθ ˌwɔnŋ/ 99 host /həυst/ 21
grub /rb/ 96 heap /hip/ 87 hostility /hɒstləti/ 73
grumble /rmbəl/ 45, 81
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 267
hot /hɒt/ 22, 46 improbable /mprɒbəbəl/ 71 intelligent /nteldənt/ 8
hotel /həυtel/ 25 improvement /mpruvmənt/ 73 intensely (annoying) /ntentsli/ 50
hour /aυə/ 80, 82 in a bad mood 49 intention /ntentʃən/ 73
hourly /aυəli/ 80 in addition /n ədʃən/ 65 interact /ˌntərkt/ 10, 33
house /haυs/ 38 in case /n kes/ 62 interactive /ˌntərktv/ 35
House of Commons /ˌhaυs əv in conclusion /ˌn kənkluən/ 68 interest /ntrəst/ 40
in contrast /ˌn kɒntrɑst/ 64 interest rate /ntrəst ret/ 40
kɒmənz/ 38 in credit /n kredt/ 40 interest-free /ntrəst fri/ 74
House of Lords /ˌhaυs əv lɔdz/ 38 in high spirits 49 internal /ntnəl/ 71
House of Representatives /ˌhaυs əv in (his/her/your) thirties 7 Internet /ntənet/ 35
in other words /n ðə wdz/ 68 interpret /ntprt/ 33
ˌreprzentətvz/ 38 in parenthesis /n pərentθəss/ 68 interstate /ˌntəstet/ 101
housemate /haυsmet/ 10 in particular /ˌn pətkjələ/ 95 intestine /ntestn/ 1
housework /haυswk 89 in season 22 into the bargain / 65
housing estate /ˌhaυzŋ in sum /n sm/ 68 introduce /ˌntrədus/ 72
in summary /n sməri/ 68 introduction /ˌntrədkʃən/ 72
stet/ 25, 57 in the long run /n ðə lɒŋ rn/ 94 introverted /ˌntrəυvtd/ 8
however /haυevə/ 62 in the meantime /n ðə intuition /ˌntʃuʃən/ 46
hum /hm/ 56 investigate /nvestet/ 37
human rights /hjumən ˌrats/ 75 mintam/ 61 investigation /nˌvesteʃən/ 37
humid /hjumd/ 6 in the red 40, 79 investment /nvestmənt/ 73
humour /hjumə/ 73 incident /nsdənt/ 13 invite /nvat/ 10
hurricane hrkən/ 6, 13 income /ŋkm/ 40, 71 IOU /ˌaəυju/ 78
hurry /hri/ 58 income tax /ŋkm tks/ 40, 75 Irish /aərʃ/ 5
hurt /ht/ 28 inconvenient /ˌnkənviniənt/ 32 iron /aən/ 85
hurtful /htfəl/ 3 increase n /nkris/ 80 ironing board /aənŋ bɔd/ 11
hydroponics /ˌhadrəυpɒnks/ 33 increase v /nkris/ 80 irregular /rejələ/ 71
I mean 67 independence /ˌndpendənts/ 38 irritant /rtənt/ 50
Ice Age /as ˌed 53 in-depth /ˌndepθ/ 37 irritation /ˌrteʃən/ 50
ice field /as ˌfild/ 23 indigestion /ˌnddestʃən/ 28 -ise 101
Icelandic /aslndk/ 5 industrial estate /ndstriəl ISP /ˌaespi/ 35
icon /akɒn/ 34 issue /ʃu/ 66
ID /adi/ 78 stet/ 25 Italian /tliən/ 5
idea /adə/ 73 industrialise /ndstriəlaz/ 70 itch /tʃ/ 28
identify /adentfa/ 29 inedible /nedəbəl/ 71 item /atəm/ 86
identity the /adentəti θeft/ 2 inevitable /nevtəbəl/ 55 -ize 101
ideology /ˌadiɒlədi/ 42 inexperienced /ˌnkspəriəntst/ 71 jagged /dd/ 59
idolise /adəlaz/ 10 information /ˌnfəmeʃən/ 83 jail /del/ 39
ill /l/ 48 inherit /nhert/ 57 jar /dɑ/ 88
illegal /liəl/ 71 inheritance tax /nhertənts javelin /dvəln/ 18
illegible /ledəbəl/ 71 jazz /dz/ 21
illiterate /ltərət/ 71 ˌtks/ 40 jealous /deləs/ 8
ill-mannered /ˌlmnəd/ 8 injection /ndekʃən/ 28 jeans /dinz/ 84
image /md/ 19 injure /ndə/ 13 jetlag /detl/ 31
immature /ˌmətʃυə/ 71 injustice /ndsts/ 73 jewellery 101
immediate /midiət/ 61 innocent /nəsənt/ 8, 39 jewelry 101
immediately /midiətli/ 95 input /npυt/ 76 job /dɒb 16, 2
immoral /mɒrəl/ 71 inquisitive /nkwzətv/ 8 job centre /dɒb sentə/ 25
immune system /mjun sstəm/ 30 insert /nst/ 33, 71 jockey /dɒki/ 18
impatient /mpeʃənt/ 71 inside out /nsad aυt/ 27 journalism /dnəlzəm/ 37, 70
impolite /ˌmpəlat/ 8 insist /nsst/ 45 journey /dni/ 31
import v /mpɔt/ 71, 72, 80 inspect /nspekt/ 72 judge /dd/ 16, 38
important 48 inspection /nspekʃən/ 72 judgment /ddmənt/ 66
impose /mpəυz/ 66, 72 inspector /nspektə/ 72 jug /d/ 88
impossible /mpɒsəbəl/ 71 inspired /nspaəd/ 43 jump out of your skin 49
impress /mpres/ 72 install /nstɔl/ 33
impression /mpreʃən/ 89 insult v /nslt/ 80
impressive /mpresv/ 32 intellectual /ˌntəlektʃuəl/ 42
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junk food /dŋk ˌfud/ 22, 75 laze /lez/ 82 loathe /ləυð/ 10, 44
junk mail /dŋk ˌmel/ 2 laziness /lezns/ 73 location /ləυkeʃən/ 37
jury /dυəri/ 39 lazy-bones /leziˌbəυnz/ 9 lock out /ˌlɒkaυt/ 12
justice /dsts/ 73 lead (pipe) /led/ 82 lodgings /lɒdŋz/ 84
keen on /kin ɒn/ 44 lead guitar /led tɑr/ 21 lo /lɒft/ 11
keep a cool head 49 lead singer /lid sŋə/ 21, 82 log in /lɒ n/ 35
keep your chin up 49 lead to /lid tu/ 63 log o /lɒ ɒf/ 35
keep your head 9 leaf /lif/ 26 log on /lɒ ɒn/ 35
key /ki/ 9, 66, 100 leak /lik/ 12 log out /lɒ aυt/ 35
key in /ki n/ 34 leaps and bounds 77 long /lɒŋ/ 7, 54
keyboard /kibɔd/ 21 leather /leðə/ 83 long face 49
keyhole surgery /kihəυl sdəri/ 29 leave /liv/ 57 long for /lɒŋ fɔ/ 44
kidnap /kdnp/ 39 leave cold 10 long jump /lɒŋ ˌdmp/ 18
kidney /kdni/ 1 lecture /lektʃə/ 15 long-distance /ˌlɒŋdstənts/ 18,
kids /kdz/ 95 lecture hall 15
kilo /kiləυ/ 78 lecture theatre 15 54, 74
kind of /kand əv/ 67 lecturer /lektʃərə/ 15, 16 long-haired /lɒŋ heəd/ 74
kindness /kandns/ 73 le-handed /ˌlefthndd/ 74 long-legged /lɒŋ led/ 74
kingdom /kŋdəm/ 73 le-wing /ˌleftwŋ/ 42 long-sleeved /lɒŋ slivd/ 27
knee /ni/ 80 legal /liəl/ 70 long-standing /ˌlɒŋstndŋ/ 74
knickers /nkəz/ 84 leggings /leŋz/ 84 long-term /ˌlɒŋtm/ 30
knife /naf/ 80 legislature /ledslətʃə/ 38 long-winded /ˌlɒŋwndd/ 69
knit /nt/ 80 length /leŋkθ/ 54, 73 loo /lu/ 96
knob /nɒb/ 80 lengthen /leŋkθən/ 54 look /lυk/ 46
knock out /ˌnɒkaυt/ 18 lengthy /leŋkθi/ 54 look at /lυk ət/ 94
knot /nɒt/ 80 let down /let daυn/ 27, 94 look down on /lυk daυn ɒn/ 10
know /nəυ/ 80 let go of 57 look for /lυk fɔ/ 94
know-all /nəυɔl/ 9 let out /let aυt/ 27 look forward to /lυk fɔwəd
knowledge /nɒld/ 83 level /levəl/ 30
lab /lb/ 96 lever /livə/ 33 tu/ 44, 94
labour force /lebə ˌfɔs/ 75 liable /laəbəl/ 55 look into /lυk ntə/ 94
laces /lesz/ 27 library /labrəri/ 25 look up to /lυk p tu/ 10, 94
lack /lk/ 24, 50, 55 lick /lk/ 47 looks /lυks/ 84
ladies and gentlemen 77 li /lft/ 101 lose appetite 28
laid-back /ˌledbk/ 8 light /lat/ 22, 33 lose voice 28
lamb /lm/ 80 light as a feather 59 loss /lɒs/ 53, 89
landing /lndŋ/ 11, 31 light at the end of the tunnel 50 lots /lɒt/ 51
landlady /lndˌledi/ 57 light bulb /lat ˌblb/ 75 loud /laυd/ 46
landlord /lndlɔd/ 57 like /lak/ 36, 44, 67, 97 love /lv/ 73, 80
landscape /lndskep/ 19, 23 like a bear with a sore head 49, 97 loving /lvŋ/ 44
landslide /lndslad/ 13 likewise /lakwaz/ 65 low /ləυ/ 54
laptop /lptɒp/ 34 limit /lmt/ 40 lower /ləυə/ 30, 54
large quantities 30 limitation /ˌlmteʃən/ 73 luck /lk/ 73
laser /lezə/ 78 line /lan/ 101 luggage /ld/ 83, 101
laser surgery /lezə sdəri/ 29 link lŋk/ 2, 35, 36, 100 lump /lmp/ 28, 86
last /lɑst/ 53, 80 list /lst/ 30, 35 lung /lŋ/ 1
lastly /lɑstli/ 68 listen /lsən/ 67, 80 luxurious /lυəriəs/ 32
last-minute /ˌlɑstmnt/ 74 literary /ltərəri/ 19 luxury goods /lkʃəri υdz/ 75
late /let/ 6, 80 litter /ltə/ 99 mag /m/ 96
Latin American /ltn əmerkən/ 5 live /lav/ 82 magnificent /mnfsənt/ 25
laugh /lɑf/ 3 lively /lavli/ 25 mail /mel/ 82
launch /lɔntʃ/ 17 liver /lvə/ 1 mail order /ˌmelɔdə/ 75
law court /lɔ ˌkɔt/ 25 LMS /ˌelemes/ 14 main bedroom 11
lay /le/ 26 loads /ləυdz/ 51 maintain /menten/ 30, 42, 45
lay-by /leba/ 76 loaf /ləυf/ 86 major /medə/ 13, 30
majority /mədɒrəti/ 38
make a living /mek ə lvŋ/ 16
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 269
make a reservation /mek ə microscopic /ˌmakrəskɒpk/ 71 mouth 23
ˌrezəveʃən/ 22 microwave /makrəυwev/ 71 move /muv/ 58
Middle Ages /mdəl edz/ 53 MP /ˌempi/ 38
make friends /mek frendz/ 10 middle-of-the-road / MP3 /ˌempiθri/ 21
make head or tail of 69 muddle /mdəl/ 50
make it /mek t/ 18 ˌmdələvðərəυd/ 9, 42 mug /m/ 88
make love /mek lv/ 89 migrant /marənt/ 13 muggy /mi/ 6
make music 21 mild /mald/ 22, 46 multilingual /ˌmltilŋwəl/ 5
make o /mek ɒf/ 89 mildly (irritating) /maldli/ 50 multimedia /ˌmltimidiə/ 71
make out /mek aυt/ 89 miles (better) /malz/ 48 multinational /ˌmltinʃənəl/ 71
make up /mek p/ 10, 89 mineral water /mnrəl wɔtə/ 75 multiplication /ˌmltplkeʃən/ 52
malaria /məleəriə/ 13 minor /manə/ 99 multiplied by 52
male /mel/ 82 minute /manjut/ 51 multipurpose /ˌmltippəs/ 71
manage /mnd/ 60 miserable /mzrəbəl/ 43 mumble /mmbəl/ 45
mandatory /mndətəri/ 55 miserably /mzrəbli/ 45 murder /mdə/ 39
mane /men/ 26 miserly /mazəli/ 8 murmur /mmə/ 45
manhood /mnhυd/ 73 mislay /msle/ 3, 12 muscle /msəl/ 80
manufacture /ˌmnjəfktʃə/ 17, mislead /mslid/ 71 muscular /mskjələ/ 7
misplace /msples/ 3 museum /mjuziəm/ 25
29 mistake /mstek/ 89 musician /mjuzʃən/ 21
marathon /mrəθən/ 18 mistranslate /ˌmstrnslet/ 71 Muslim /mυzlm/ 42
marginal /mɑdnəl/ 38 misty /msti/ 6 musty /msti/ 46
market /mɑkt/ 17 misunderstand mutter /mtə/ 45
market research /mɑkt naïve /naiv/ 8
/ˌmsndəstnd/ 71 napkin /npkn/ 21
rstʃ/ 17 moan /məυn/ 81 nappy /npi/ 101
martyrdom /mɑtədəm/ 73 mobile /məυbal/ 78, 96 narrow-minded /
Marxist /mɑksst/ 70 moderate /mɒdərət/ 42
mash /mʃ/ 81 modern ballet 20 ˌnrəυmandd/ 54
mask /mɑsk/ 27 modernise /mɒdənaz/ 70 nasty piece of work 9
mass media /ms midiə/ 37 module /mɒdjul/ 14, 15 national costume /nʃənəl
master bedroom /mɑstə molecular biology /məυlekjələ
kɒstjum/ 27
bedrυm/ 11 baɒlədi/ 33 native language /netv lŋwd/ 5
master’s /mɑstəz/ 15 molecule /mɒlkjul/ 33 NATO /netəυ/ 78
match /mtʃ/ 27 momentary /məυməntəri/ 53 natural /ntʃərəl/ 13, 41
mate /met/ 10 monarchy /mɒnəki/ 38 natural disaster /ntʃərəl
material /mətəriəl/ 85 money /mni/ 40, 83
maternity leave /mətnəti liv/ 16 monitor /mɒntə/ 14 dzɑstə/ 13
matter /mtə/ 66 monogamous /mənɒəməs/ 71 navigate /nvet/ 35
mean /min/ 8 monolingual /ˌmɒnəυlŋwəl/ 5, necessity /nəsesəti/ 55
means /minz/ 37, 84, 85 need (for) /nid/ 55
meanwhile /ˌminhwal/ 61 71 neighbourhood /nebəhυd/ 73
meat /mit/ 82 monologue /mɒnəlɒ/ 71 nerd /nd/ 96
medical 29 moo /mu/ 81 nervous /nvəs/ 43
meet /mit/ 82 moolah 96 nervously /nvəsli/ 45
melt /melt/ 6 moral /mɒrəl/ 42 nest /nest/ 26
membership /membəʃp/ 70, 73 moreish /mɔrʃ/ 22 net /net/ 35, 80
memorable /memərəbəl/ 32 moreover /mɔrəυvə/ 65 network /netwk/ 34, 35
memory /meməri/ 34 mortgage /mɔd/ 40 never-ending /ˌnevərendŋ/ 74
memory stick /meməri ˌstk/ 34 mother /mðə/ 80 nevertheless /ˌnevəðəles/ 64
mental /mentəl/ 30 mother tongue /mðə tŋ/ 5, 75 new leaf /nju lif/ 94
meow /miaυ/ 81 motherhood /mðəhυd/ 70, 73 news /njuz/ 37, 83, 84
messy-looking 7 motive /məυtv/ 63 newspaper /njuzpepə/ 37, 96
meter /mitə/ 80 motor racing /məυtə resŋ/ 18 next /nekst/ 68
MI6 /ˌemasks/ 78 motorway /məυtəwe/ 101 nice figure 7
microbiology mountain /maυntn/ 23 nick /nk/ 96
mountaineer /ˌmaυntnə/ 18 noise /nɔz/ 56, 89
/ˌmakrəυbaɒlədi/ 71 moustache /məstɑʃ/ 7
microchip /makrəυtʃp/ 34, 71
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noiseless /nɔzləs/ 46 opaque /əυpek/ 41 overweight /ˌəυvəwet/ 7
noisy /nɔzi/ 46 open /əυpən/ 8, 40 owing to (the fact that)
nominate /nɒmnet/ 38 open-necked /əυpən nekt/ 74
non-meat-eater 22 open-toed /əυpən təυd/ 74 /əυŋ tu/ 63
North Africa /nɔθ frkə/ 5 opera /ɒpərə/ 20 owl /aυl/ 26
North /nɔθ frkən/ 5 opera house /ɒpərə haυs/ 25 owner /əυnə/ 57
North America /nɔθ əmerkə/ 5 operate on /ɒpəret ɒn/ 28, 29 ownership /əυnəʃp/ 73
nosh /nɒʃ/ 96 operation /ˌɒpəreʃən/ 28, 93 ozone depletion /əυzəυn
nosy /nəυzi/ 8 operator /ɒpəretə/ 70
not do anything for sb 10 oppress /əpres/ 72 dpliʃən/ 24
not see eye to eye 10 oppression /əpreʃən/ 72 pace /pes/ 58
note /nəυt/ 101 oppressor /əpresə/ 72 pacemaker /pesˌmekə/ 29
notice /nəυts/ 46 optimistic /ˌɒptmstk/ 8 pacifist /psfst/ 42
notification 36 optional /ɒpʃənəl/ 55 pack /pk/ 87, 88
novelist /nɒvəlst/ 19 ordeal /ɔdil/ 100 package holiday /pkd
now /naυ/ 67 order book /ɔdə bυk/ 17
numb /nm/ 80 organ /ɔən/ 33 hɒləde/ 32, 75
number /nmbə/ 51 organic /ɔnk/ 22, 24 packed /pkt/ 25
nursery school /nsəri skul/ 14 original ərdənəl/ 8, 19 packet /pkt/ 88
nuts /nts/ 30 ought /ɔt/ 80 paddle /pdəl/ 18
oar /ɔ/ 18 our /aυə/ 80, 82 page /ped/ 35
obese /əυbis/ 7, 30 oust /aυst/ 100 pail /pel/ 82
obesity /əυbisəti/ 30 out and about /aυt ən əbaυt/ 77 pain /pen/ 28, 82
object v /əbdekt/ 45 out of breath /aυt əv breθ/ 47 pain in the neck 9, 79
obligation /ˌɒbleʃən/ 55, 60 out of this world /aυt əv ðs pair /peə/ 27, 82, 87
obligatory /əblətəri/ 55 pale /pel/ 82
oblige /əblad/ 55 wld/ 48 palm /pɑm/ 80
observe /əbzv/ 46 out of touch /aυt əv ttʃ/ 2 pan /pn/ 88
obsessive /əbsesv/ 42 outbreak /aυtbrek/ 76 pane /pen/ 82
obstinate /ɒbstnət/ 8 outcome /aυtkm/ 63, 76 pants /pnts/ 84, 101
octagon 52 outgoings /ˌaυtəυŋz/ 40 pantyhose /pntihəυz/ 101
octagonal /ɒktənəl/ 52 outlet /aυtlet/ 76 paper /pepə/ 85, 96
odd /ɒd/ 8, 42 outlook /aυtlυk/ 76 pare /peə/ 82
odd-ball /ɒdbɔl/ 9 outrageous /ˌaυtredəs/ 70 parents-in-law peərənts n lɔ/ 10
odds and ends /ɒdz ən enz/ 77 outset /aυtset/ 76 park /pɑk/ 80
oence /əfents/ 39 outskirts /aυtskts/ 25, 84 parking lot /pɑkŋ ˌlɒt/ 101
oender /əfendə/ 39 oval /əυvəl/ 52 parking meter /pɑkŋˌmitə/ 25
o-peak /ˌɒfpik/ 74 over the moon /əυvə ðə mun/ 79 Parliament /pɑləmənt/ 38
ospring /ɒfsprŋ/ 95 over the top /ˌəυvəðətɒp/ 9 parliamentary /ˌpɑləmentəri/ 38
oil /ɔl/ 83 overalls /əυvərɔlz/ 84 part and parcel 77
(the) old bill 96 overcast /əυvəkɑst/ 6 partner /pɑtnə/ 10
on board /ɒnbɔd/ 31 overcooked /ˌəυvəkυkt/ 22 partnership /pɑtnəʃp/ 70, 73
on campus 15 overcrowding /ˌəυvəkraυdŋ/ 24 part-time /ˌpɑttam/ 74
on cloud nine 49 overdo /ˌəυvədu/ 71 party /pɑti/ 38
on demand 37 overdone /ˌəυvədn/ 22 pass (an exam) /pɑs/ 14
on strike /ɒn strak/ 16 overdra /əυvədrɑft/ 40 pass (a verdict) 39
on the ball 48 overdrawn /ˌəυvədrɔn/ 40 passage /psd/ 19
on the other hand /ɒn ði ðə overeat /ˌəυvərit/ 71 passionate /pʃənət/ 44
overfishing /ˌəυvəfʃŋ/ 24 passive /psv/ 70
hnd/ 64, 67 overleaf /ˌəυvəlif/ 68 password /pɑswd/ 2, 35
on time /ɒn tam/ 31 overpopulated pat /pt/ 46
on top form 49 paternity leave /pətnəti ˌliv/ 16
on top of the world 49 /ˌəυvəpɒpjəletd/ 24 patio /ptiəυ/ 11
onion /njən/ 85 overpopulation patter /ptə/ 56
online banking /ˌɒnlan bŋkŋ/ 40 pavement /pevmənt/ 101
online gaming ˌɒnlan emŋ/ 35 /ˌəυvəˌpɒpjəleʃən/ 24 paw /pɔ/ 26
oversleep /ˌəυvəslip/ 71 pay (a fine) /pe/ 39
overtired /ˌəυvətaəd/ 71 pay (a subscription) 37
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 271
payee /pei/ 70 pick holes 48 portrait /pɔtrət/ 19
payment /pemənt/ 40 pick out /ˌpk aυt/ 21 position /pəzʃən/ 66
PC /ˌpisi/ 34 pick up 28 possession /pəzeʃən/ 57
peace and quiet 77 picturesque /ˌpktʃəresk/ 25, 32 possibility /ˌpɒsəbləti/ 55
peacock /pikɒk/ 26 piece /pis/ 86 post /pəυst/ 2, 36
peak /pik/ 23 pigeon /pdən/ 26 postgraduate
peal /pil/ 82 pig-headed /ˌphedd/ 8
peculiar /pkjuliə/ 8 pile /pal/ 87 /ˌpəυstrduət/ 15, 71
pedestrian crossing /pdestriən PIN /pn/ 78 post-impressionist
pinstriped /pnstrapt/ 27
krɒsŋ/ 75 pitch /ptʃ/ 32 /ˌpəυstmpreʃənst/ 71
peel /pil/ 82 plaice /ples/ 82 postpone /pəυstpəυn/ 72
peeler /pilə/ 11 plain /plen/ 23, 27 post-war /ˌpəυstwɔ/ 71
peer /pə/ 46 plaster /plɑstə/ 28 pot /pɒt/ 19, 88
penalty /penəlti/ 99 plastic /plstk/ 83 potato /pətetəυ/ 85
peninsula /pənnsjələ/ 23 play by ear 21 potential /pəυtentʃəl/ 17
pentagon /pentəən/ 52 playlist /plelst/ 21 potter /pɒtə/ 19
pentagonal /pentənəl/ 52 plea /pli/ 100 pottery /pɒtəri/ 19
people /pipəl/ 85 plead /plid/ 39 pour down /pɔ daυn/ 6
pepper /pepə/ 85 pledge /pled/ 100 pour oil on troubled waters 50
per /p/ 82 pliers /plaəz/ 84 poverty /pɒvəti/ 83, 86
perfect /pfkt/ 41 plod /plɒd/ 58 power cut /paυə kt/ 12
perform /pəfɔm/ 2 plot /plɒt/ 19 practice /prkts/ 2, 82
performance /pəfɔməns/ 20 ploy /plɔ/ 100 praise /prez/ 48
performing art /pəfɔmŋ ɑt/ 19 plug /pl/ 34 pray /pre/ 82
perfumed /pəfjumd/ 46 plumber /plmə/ 16 precise /prsas/ 41
permissive /pəmsv/ 8 plump /plmp/ 7 preconceived /ˌprikənsivd/ 71
permit n /pmt/ 80, 99 plus /pls/ 65 pre-judge /ˌpridd/ 71
permit v /pəmt/ 80 pneumatic /njumtk/ 80 premises /premsəz/ 84
personal /psənəl/ 42, 38 pocket money /pɒkt mni/ 75 premonition /ˌpremənʃən/ 46
personal computer /psənəl podcast /pɒdkɑst/ 37 present (with) 57
point /pɔnt/ 50, 66 presenter /przentə/ 37
kəmpjutə/ 34 point of view /ˌpɔnt əv vju/ 42 President 38
personality /ˌpsənləti/ 7 poke /pəυk/ 46 presidential /ˌprezdentʃəl/ 38
personnel /ˌpsənel/ 99 poke your nose into 79 press /pres/ 33, 46
perspiration /ˌpspəreʃən/ 47 polar ice cap /ˌpəυlər as kp/ 24 pretty (thick) /prti/ 41
perspire /pəspaə/ 47 Pole /pəυl/ 5 pretty as a picture 32
pessimistic /ˌpesmstk/ 8 pole vault /pəυlvɔlt/ 18 previously /priviəsli/ 61
petal /petəl/ 26 poles apart /pəυlz əpɑt/ 64 pre-war /ˌpriwɔ/ 71
petrol /petrəl/ 101 police station /pəlis steʃən/ 25 prey /pre/ 82
phase /fez/ 53, 82 policy /pɒləsi/ 38 prickly /prkli/ 59
PhD /ˌpietʃdi/ 15 polished /pɒlʃt/ 59 prim and proper /prm ən prɒpə/ 77
philosophy /flɒsəfi/ 42 politeness /pəlatns/ 73 Prime Minister /pram mnstə/ 38
phone /fəυn/ 96 politician /ˌpɒltʃən/ 38 principle /prnsəpəl/ 73
phone charger /fəυn tʃɑdə/ 11 poll /pəυl/ 100 printout /prntaυt/ 76
photo /fəυtəυ/ 36 pollen /pɒlən/ 28 prior to /praə tu/ 61
photo frame /fəυtəυ ˌfrem/ 33 polling day 38 priority /praɒrəti/ 17
photograph /fəυtərɑf/ 80 polling station /pəυlŋ steʃən/ 38 prison /przən/ 39
photographer /fətɒrəfə/ 80 pollution /pəluʃən/ 24, 70 privacy settings 36
physical /fzkəl/ 30 pool /pul/ 18 private /pravət/ 36
physicist /fzsst/ 70 popular /pɒpjələ/ 37 probable /prɒbəbəl/ 55
physics /fzks/ 84 popularity /ˌpɒpjəlrəti/ 73 probe /prəυb/ 100
physiotherapist /ˌfziəυθerəpst/ 16 population /ˌpɒpjəleʃən/ 23, 25 problem /prɒbləm/ 33, 66
pianist /piənst/ 70 pop-up /pɒpp/ 2 proceeds /prəυsidz/ 84
piano /pjɑnəυ/ 2 porch /pɔtʃ/ 11 process /prəυses/ 30
pick /pk/ 26 processed /prəυsest/ 22, 30
pick and choose 77 produce /prədus/ 2, 72
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product /prɒdkt/ 2 purr /p/ 82 rate /ret/ 36, 58
production /prədkʃən/ 20 pushy /pυʃi/ 8 rather /rðə/ 43
productive /prədktv/ 2, 70 put across /pυt əkrɒs/ 92 rave /rev/ 20
productivity /ˌprɒdktvəti/ 70 put away /pυt əwe/ 92 rays /rez/ 82
profession /prəfeʃən/ 16 put down /pυt daυn/ 92 reach /ritʃ/ 18, 60
professor /prəfesə/ 14 put forward /pυt fɔwəd/ 17, 92 react /rikt/ 33, 80
profile /prəυfal/ 36 put in /put n/ 92 reaction /rikʃən/ 66
profile picture 36 put in a nutshell 69 read music 21
profit /prɒft/ 17, 89 put o /pυt ɒf/ 92 readable /ridəbəl/ 70
programme /prəυrm/ 15, 37 put on /pυtɒn/ 92 readies /redi/ 96
progress n /prəυres/ 14, 80 put on standby 31 readiness /redns/ 70
progress v /prəres/ 80 put out /pυt aυt/ 92 realise /rəlaz/ 60
prohibited /prəυhbtd/ 99 put two and two together /pυt tu really /rəli/ 43, 48
project /prɒdekt/ 14 rearrange /ˌriərend/ 71
projector /prədektə/ 70 ən tu təeðə/ 92 reason /rizən/ 63, 72
promote /prəməυt/ 20 put up /pυt p/ 31, 92 reasonably (good) /rizənəbli/ 41
promotion /prəməυʃən/ 70 put up with /pυt p wð/ 92 receding /rsidŋ/ 7
prompt /prɒmpt/ 63 put your foot down /pυt jə fυt receipt /rsit/ 80
proof /pruf/ 39 receive /rsiv/ 37, 80
proprietor /prəpraətə/ 57 daυn/ 92 receptionist /rsepʃənst/ 16
prosecute /prɒskjut/ 39, 99 putrid /pjutrd/ 46 recession /rseʃən/ 17, 72
prospect /prɒspekt/ 72 put-up job /pυtp dɒb/ 92 recipe /respi/ 80
prosthetic 29 pyjamas /pdɑməz/ 27 reckon /rekən/ 42
protect /prətekt/ 24 pyramid 52 recover /rkvə/ 27
protest /prəυtest/ 80 pyramidal /prmdəl/ 52 rectangle /rektŋəl/ 1, 52
proud /praυd/ 49 quack /kwk/ 96 rectangular /rektŋjələ/ 52
proverb /prɒvb/ 98 qualify /kwɒlfa/ 18 recycling /ˌrisaklŋ/ 24
provide /prəvad/ 57 quality /kwɒləti/ 37 reddish /redʃ/ 70
provide s.o. with sth quantity /kwɒntəti/ 30 red-haired /redheəd/ 7, 74
/prəvad smwn wð smθŋ/ 95 quarrelsome /kwɒrəlsəm/ 8 reduce /rdus/ 24, 30, 99
provided /prəυvadd/ 62 queue /kju/ 101 reduction /rdkʃən/ 70, 72
provoke /prəvəυk/ 63 quick-witted /ˌkwkwtd/ 74 refer (s.o. to sth) /rf/ 68
PS 78 quid /kwd/ 96 referee /ˌrefəri/ 18
pseudo-intellectual /sjudəυ quiet /kwaət/ 46 re-fill /ˌrifl/ 22
quit /kwt/ 100 refrain /rfren/ 99
ˌntəlektʃuəl/ 71 quite /kwat/ 43, 44 refugee /ˌrefjυdi/ 13
pseudonym /sjudənm/ 80 R&B /ɑrəndbi/ 21 refusal /rfjuzəl/ 70
psychiatry /sakaətri/ 80 R and R /ˌɑrəndɑ/ 77 regain /ren/ 71
psychic /sakk/ 80 rabies /rebiz/ 13 regional group 2
psychology /sakɒlədi/ 80 race relations /res rleʃənz/ 75 registry oice /redstri ɒfs/ 25
PTO 78 rack and ruin 77 regret /rret/ 95
public /pblk/ 36, 87 racket /rkt/ 18, 56 reign /ren/ 80
public relations oicer /pblk radar /redɑ/ 78 rein /ren/ 80, 82
radical /rdkəl/ 42 reinforce /ˌrinfɔs/ 80
rleʃənz ɒfsə/ 16 radio station /rediəυ steʃən/ 25 reject /rdekt/ 80
public school /pblk skul/ 14 radius /rediəs/ 52 relationship /rleʃənʃp/ 73
publication /ˌpblkeʃən/ 19 rage /red/ 73 relaxed /rlkst/ 8
publishing /pblʃŋ/ 16 rain /ren/ 6, 82 release /rlis/ 2, 39
pudding /pυdŋ/ 22 rainforest /renˌfɒrst/ 24 reliable /rlaəbəl/ 8
pu /pf/ 86 raise money 40 religious /rldəs/ 42
pull /pυl/ 33 RAM /rm/ 34 remote /rməυt/ 32
pull a fast one /pυl ə fɑst wn/ 79 random access memory 34 remote control /rməυt
pungent /pndənt/ 46 range /rend/ 87
punishment /pnʃmənt/ 37 rant and rave 77 kəntrəυl/ 11
purchase /ptʃəs/ 95 rap /rp/ 21 renew /rnju/ 71
purify /pjυərfa/ 70 rapid /rpd/ 29 repay /rpe/ 71
purpose /ppəs/ 63 rash /rʃ/ 28
English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate 273
repayment /rpemənt/ 38 row /rəυ/ 82, 87 screenplay /skrinple/ 20
repel /rpel/ 44 row /raυ/ 82 script /skrpt/ 20
replace /rples/ 71 RSVP 78 scruy /skrfi/ 7
replacement /rplesmənt/ 70, 73 rubber /rbə/ 101 scuba /skubə/ 78
representative /ˌreprzentətv/ 38 rude /rud/ 8 scuba diving /skubə ˌdavŋ/ 18
reproduction /ˌriprədkʃən/ 19 ruin /run/ 12 sculptor /sklptə/ 19
republic /rpblk/ 38 rule /rul/ 38 sculpture /sklptʃə/ 19
requirement /rkwaəmənt/ 55, 62 rumble /rmbəl/ 47, 56, 86 seal /sil/ 26
research /rstʃ/ 15, 83 run /rn/ 31, 34, 38, 53, 58 search engine /stʃ ˌendn/ 35
researcher /rstʃə/ 16 run down /ˌrndaυn/ 48 seasick /sisk/ 31
reserve /rzv/ 24 run out (of) /rn aυt(əv)/ 12, 94 seasickness /sisknəs/ 31
residence /rezdəns/ 95 run over /rn əυvə/ 94 seat /sit/ 31, 38
residential /ˌrezdentʃəl/ 25 run-down /ˌrndaυn/ 25, 74 second floor /sekənd flɔ/ 101
resit /ˌrist/ 14 rural /rυərəl/ 2 second language /sekənd
resolution /ˌrezəluʃən/ 66 rush /rʃ/ 58
respect /rspekt/ 72 rustle /rsəl/ 56 lŋwd/ 5
response /rspɒns/ 66 sack /sk 16, 88 secondly /sekəndli/ 68
rest and recreation 77 SAD 78 seconds /sekəndz/ 22
rest room /restrυm/ 101 sadistic /sədstk/ 8 secure /skjυə/ 60
restaurant /restrɒnt/ 25 sadly /sdli/ 45 security /skjυərəti/ 2
result /rzlt/ 63 sadness /sdns/ 70 see 46
retirement /rtaəmənt/ 16, 73 sail /sel/ 31, 58, 82 see through /siθru/ 94
revert /rvt/ 72 salmon /smən/ 80 seek /sik/ 95
review /rvju/ 19, 20 salt /sɒlt/ 85 select 38
revolted /rvəυltd/ 44 salty /sɔlti/ 22, 46 self-assured /ˌselfəʃυəd/ 8
rewrite /ˌrirat/ 71 sarnie /sɑni/ 96 self-catering /ˌselfketərŋ/ 32
riddle /rdəl/ 100 satellite /stəlat/ 37 self-centred /ˌselfsentəd/ 74
ridge /rd/ 23 satnav /stnv/ 33, 78 self-contained /ˌselfkəntend/ 11
right /rat/ 67, 82 savings account /sevŋz əkaυnt/ 40 self-control /ˌselfkəntrəυl/ 75
right angle /ratˌŋəl/ 52 savoury /sevəri/ 22 self-important /ˌselfmpɔtənt/ 8
right-wing /ˌratwŋ/ 42 say when 22 sell /sel/ 17
ring /rŋ/ 56 scales /skelz/ 84 sellotape /seləυtep/ 101
RIP 78 scandal /skndəl/ 37 semi-circle /semiˌskəl/ 52
rise /raz/ 30 Scandinavia /ˌskndneviə/ 5 semi-circular /ˌsemiskjələ/ 71
risk /rsk/ 17, 30 Scandinavian /ˌskndneviən/ 5 semi-detached /ˌsemidttʃt/ 11,
rite /rat/ 82 scanner /sknə/ 29, 34
riveting /rvətŋ/ 3 scarcity /skeəsəti/ 70 71
roadworks /rəυdwks/ 75 scared out of your wits 49 semi-final /ˌsemifanəl/ 18, 71
roar /rɔ/ 56, 81 scared sti 49 seminar /semnɑ/ 15
rob /rɒb/ 39 scene /sin/ 20, 39, 82 Senate /sent/ 38
robbery /rɒbəri/ 39 scented /sentd/ 46 send /send/ 36
robotic /rəυbɒtk/ 29 scholarship 15 sender /sendə/ 70
rod /rɒd/ 18 school /skul/ 25 sensation /senseʃən/ 37
roe /rəυ/ 82 school-leaving age /skul livŋ sense /sents/ 73
roll out /rəυlaυt/ 17 sensible /sentsəbəl/ 8
root /rut/ 26 ed/ 14 sensitive /sentstv/ 8
rosy-cheeked /rəυzi tʃikt/ 74 science /saənts/ 80 sensitivity /ˌsentstvəti/ 73
rotate /rəυtet/ 33 science fiction /saənts fkʃən/ 75 sentence /sentənts/ 39
rough /rf/ 31, 59 scientist /saəntst/ 16 series /səriz/ 19, 84
rough and ready /ˌrfəndredi/ 77 sci-fi /saˌfa/ 78 serve /sv/ 39, 99
round /raυnd/ 18 scissors /szəz/ 84 server /svə/ 35
round the bend 9 score /skɔ/ 20 set /set/ 20, 87
round trip /raυnd trp/ 101 scores 51 set a record /set ə rkɔd/ 18, 92
round-faced /raυnd fest/ 7 Scotch tape /skɒtʃ tep/ 101 set aside /set əsad/ 92
round-neck /raυnd nek/ 27 scream /skrim/ 45 set fire to sth /set faə tə smŋ/ 92
screech /skritʃ/ 56 set foot in /set fυt n/ 92
set free /set fri/ 92
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set menu /set menju/ 22 silky /slki/ 59 social network /səυʃəl netwk/ 2
set o /set ɒf/ 92 silly /sli/ 8 social networking site /səυʃəl
set out /set aυt/ 92 simile /smli/ 97
set up /set p/ 92 simple /smpəl/ 8 netwkŋ ˌsat/ 35
setting /setŋ/ 19 simultaneously /ˌsməlteniəsli/ 61 socialist /səυʃəlst/ 42
set-up /setp/ 76 since /snts/ 63 socket /sɒkt/ 11
severe /svə/ 6, 41 sincere /snsə/ 8 soen /sɒfən/ 80
severely /svəli/ 31 singer /sŋə/ 21 soware /sɒftweə/ 33, 83
sew /səυ/ 82 single /sŋəl/ 101 soil /sɔl/ 33
shady /ʃedi/ 59 sink or swim 77 sole /səυl/ 27, 82
shake /ʃek/ 13, 47 sit an exam /ˌst n zm/ 14 solid /sɒld/ 41, 59
shake in your boots/shoes 49 sit up /st p/ 50 solidify /səldfa/ 41
shake-up /ʃekp/ 76 sitcom /stkɒm/ 37 solution /səluʃən/ 66
shallow /ʃləυ/ 54 site /sat/ 82 sombre /sɒmbə/ 31, 56
share /ʃeər/ 10, 36 situation /ˌstjueʃən/ 66 sonar /səυnɑ/ 78
shark /ʃɑk/ 26 sixth form college 14 sooner or later 77
sharp /ʃɑp/ 8, 30 skating rink /sketŋˌrŋk/ 25 sophisticated /səfstketd/ 29
shears /ʃəz/ 84 skilled worker /skld wkə/ 16 sore throat /ˌsɔ θrəυt/ 28
shed /ʃed/ 11 skin /skn/ 7 sorry /sɒri/ 80
shiwork /ʃftwk/ 16 skinny /skni/ 7 sort of /sɔt ɒv/ 67
shine /ʃan/ 56 skip /skp/ 14 soul /səυl/ 82
shiny /ʃani/ 59 sky-blue /ˌskablu/ 74 sound /saυnd/ 46, 56
shiver /ʃvə/ 28, 47 Skype /skap/ 36 sound barrier /saυnd briə/ 75
shoal /ʃəυl/ 87 sleek /slik/ 59 soundtrack /saυndtrk/ 21
shoot /ʃut/ 37 sleeve /sliv/ 27 sour /saυə/ 22, 46
shopli /ʃɒplft/ 39 sleeveless /slivləs/ 27 source /sɔs/ 23, 30
shore /ʃɔ/ 23 slice /slas/ 86 South America /saυθ əmerkə/ 5
short story /ˌʃɔt stɔri/ 19 slim /slm/ 7 Southern Africa /sðən frkə/ 5
shortage /ʃɔtd/ 55 slippers /slpəz/ 27 Southern African /sðən frkən/ 5
shortcut /ʃɔtkt/ 54 slippery /slpəri/ 59 sow /səυ/ 82
shorten /ʃɔtən/ 54 slow /sləυ/ 12, 30 spacious /speʃəs/ 25
shorts /ʃɔts/ 84 slowly but surely 77 spaghetti /spəeti/ 83, 84
short-term /ˌʃɔttm/ 30 slum /slm/ 24 spam /spm/ 2
should /ʃυd/ 80 sly /sla/ 8 Spaniard /spnjəd/ 5
shoulder /ʃəυldə/ 28 small talk /smɔl tɔk/ 69 spark o /spɑk ɒf/ 63
shout /ʃaυt/ 45 smart /smɑt/ 7 sparkle /spɑkəl/ 56
show /ʃəυ/ 20, 37, 95 smartphone /smɑtfəυn/ 33 sparse /spɑs/ 59
shower /ʃaυwə/ 6, 86 smash /smʃ/ 12, 81 speak your mind 69
showjumping /ʃəυdmpŋ/ 19 smell /smel/ 46 special /speʃəl/ 22
shrewd /ʃrud/ 8 smo /smɒ/ 24 species /spiʃiz/ 24
shriek /ʃrik/ 45 smooth /smuð/ 59 spectacles /spektəkəlz/ 29, 84
shrink n /ʃrŋk/ 96 smoothly 31 spectator /spektetə/ 18
sick and tired /sk ən taəd/ 43 smuggle /sməl/ 39 speed /spid/ 58, 73
sick leave /sk ˌliv/ 16 snail /snel/ 26 spell /spel/ 53, 86
sickly /skli/ 22 snatch /sntʃ/ 46 sphere /sfə/ 52
sickness /skns/ 28 sneeze /sniz/ 47 spherical /sferkəl/ 52
side /sad/ 52 snooker /snukə/ 18 spicy /spasi/ 22, 46
side dish /saddʃ/ 22 snore /snɔ/ 47 spill /spl/ 12
sidewalk /sadwɔk/ 101 snowboarding /snəυbɔdŋ/ 18 spiral /sparəl/ 52
sigh /sa/ 47 so /səυ/ 82 spit out /spt aυt/ 81
sight /sat/ 46, 73, 82, 93 so on /səυ ɒn/ 65 splash /splʃ/ 81
sign up /san p/ 2 soap /səυp/ 37 sponsor /spɒntsə/ 57
significant /snfkənt/ 51 so-called /ˌsəυkɔld/ 74 sports /spɔts/ 18, 37
silent /salənt/ 46 sociable /səυʃəbəl/ 8 sports centre /spɔts sentə/ 25
spot /spɒt/ 28, 86
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spotted /spɒtd/ 27 store /stɔ/ 34 sum /sm/ 82
sprain /spren/ 28 storm /stɔm/ 80 sum up /sm p/ 68
spray /spre/ 81 stout /staυt/ 7 summit /smt/ 23
spread /spred/ 13, 54 straight /stret/ 7 sunburn /snbn/ 28
spreadsheet /spredʃit/ 34 stream /strim/ 21, 23, 37 sunburnt /sn.bnd/ 7
sprinkle /sprŋkəl/ 81 streets ahead 48 sunglasses /snˌlɑsz/ 75
sprinter /sprntə/ 18 strength /streŋkθ/ 73 suntanned /sntnd/ 74
spud /spd/ 96 stress /stres/ 29 superfood /supəfud/ 30
spurt /spt/ 81 stressed /strest/ 28 supervisor /supəvazə/ 16, 70
squaddie /skwɒdi/ 96 stressed out /strest aυt/ 8 supply /spla/ 3, 57
square /skweə/ 52 stressful /stresfυl/ 29 support /səpɔt/ 57, 72
squash player 18 stretch /stretʃ/ 54 supposing /səpəυz/ 62
stack /stk/ 87 strife /straf/ 100 surf the Internet /sf ði
sta /stɑf/ 15, 87 striped /strapt/ 27
stage /sted/ 20, 53 stroke /strəυk/ 28, 46, 86 ntənet/ 2, 35
stain /sten/ 12 strong /strɒŋ/ 6, 41, 42 surface /sfs/ 59
stairs /steəz/ 84 structure /strktʃə/ 33 surrounding /səraυndŋ/ 32
stake /stek/ 82 strum /strm/ 2 survivor /səvavə/ 13
stammer /stmə/ 45 stubborn /stbən/ 8 suspect n /sspekt/ 39, 80
stand /stnd/ 38 stuck /stk/ 31 suspect v /səspekt/ 39, 42, 80
standstill /stndstl/ 93 stuck-up /ˌstkp/ 74 swallow /swɒləυ/ 47
stapler /steplə/ 70 student loan 15 swarm /swɔm/ 87
stardom /stɑdəm/ 73 student society 15 sway /swe/ 58
stare /steə/ 46 student union 15 sweat /swet/ 47
start /stɑt/ 12 studio /stjudiəυ/ 11 Swede /swid/ 5
start the ball rolling 69 studio flat /stjudiəυ flt/ 11 sweep /swip/ 13
starter /stɑtə/ 22 stu /stf/ 85 sweep under the carpet 50
starve /stɑv/ 13 stunning /stnŋ/ 7, 32 sweet /swit/ 22, 46
state /stet/ 86 stupid /stjupd/ 8 sweets /swits/ 101
stationary /steʃənəri/ 95 sturdy /stdi/ 41 sweet-smelling /swit smelŋ/ 46
statue /sttʃu/ 19 stutter /sttə/ 45 swell with pride 49
status /stetəs/ 36 subdivision /ˌsbdvən/ 71 swerve /swv/ 58
steady /stedi/ 10, 40 submarine /ˌsbmərin/ 71 swimmer /swmə/ 18
steak /stek/ 82 submit /səbmt/ 14, 15 swimming pool /swmŋ ˌpul/ 25
steal /stil/ 37 subscribe /səbskrab/ 35, 36, 37 swimming trunks /swmŋ
steering wheel /stərŋ ˌwil/ 75 subsequently /sbskwəntli/ 61
stem /stem/ 26 substance /sbstənts/ 23 ˌtrŋks/ 84
stem cell research /stem ˌsel substantial /səbstntʃəl/ 51 Swiss /sws/ 5
subtitles /sbˌtatəlz/ 37 sword /sɔd/ 80
rstʃ/ 33 subtle /stəl/ 80 sync /sŋk/ 21
stem from /stem frɒm/ 63 subtraction /səbtrkʃən/ 52 synchronise /sŋkrənaz/ 21
stick /stk/ 18 suburbs /sbbz/ 25 table mat /tebəlmt/ 11
sti /stf/ 17, 41 subway /sbwe/ 71, 101 tablet /tblət/ 28
stifling /staflŋ/ 6 succeed /səksid/ 60 tablet (computer) /tblət/ 33, 34
still /stl/ 67 success /səkses/ 60, 89 tabloid /tblɔd/ 37
still life /stl laf/ 19 successful /səksesfəl/ 60 tag /t/ 10, 36
stingy /stndi/ 8 successfully /səksesfəli/ 60 tail /tel/ 26
stinking /stŋkŋ/ 46 suck /sk/ 47 take a back seat 50
stir /st/ 58 suede /swed/ 27 take a deep breath /tek ə dip
stir things up 50 suer /sfə/ 13, 28, 31
stocky /stɒki/ 7 sugar-free /ʃυə fri/ 74 breθ/ 47
stodgy /stɒdi/ 22 sugary /ʃυəri/ 22 take a risk /tek ə rsk/ 90
stomach /stmək/ 1 suggest /sədest/ 3 take advantage of /tek
stone /stəυn/ 83 suggestion /sədestʃən/ 89
Stone Age /stəυn ˌed/ 53 suit /sut/ 27 ədvɑntd ɒv/ 90
stop /stɒp/ 12, 93 take aer /tek ɑftə/ 90
take an exam /tek n zm/ 14
take back /tek bk/ 90
take control /tek kəntrəυl/ 90
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take everything as it comes 49 temptation /tempteʃən/ 73 there /ðeə/ 82
take in /tek n/ 27, 90 tenant /tenənt/ 57 thereaer /ˌðeərɑftə/ 61
take it or leave it /ˌtektɔlivt/ 77 tennis courts /tens kɔts/ 25 thermal /θməl/ 23
take notice 50 tennis player /tens pleə/ 18 thermometer /θəmɒmtə/ 29
take o /tek ɒf/ 90 ten-pin bowling /ten pn bəυlŋ/ 18 thesis /θiss/ 15
take on /tek ɒn/ 16, 90 tense /tents/ 8 they’re /ðeə/ 82
take over /ˌtek əυvə/ 90 tension /tentʃən/ 86 thick /θk/ 8, 59
take place /tek ples/ 90 tent /tent/ 31 thin /θn/ 59
take s.o./sth for granted term /tm/ 38 thin-faced /θn fest/ 7
terminal /tmnəl/ 30 thin-lipped /θn lpt/ 74
/tek smwn/smθŋ fɔ terrace /ters/ 11 things are looking up 49
rɑntd/ 90 terraced /terst/ 11 third language 5
take the biscuit 48, 79 terrify /terəfa/ 70 thirdly /θdli/ 68
take the bull by the horns 50 terrifying /terəfaŋ/ 32 thirtyish /θtiʃ/ 7
take up /tek p/ 27, 90 terrorism /terərzəm/ 39 thorn /θɔn/ 26
take-away /tekəwe/ 25 terrorist /terərst/ 70 thought /θɔt/ 73
takeover /tekˌəυvə/ 76 texture /tekstʃə/ 59 threat /θret/ 100
talented /tləntd/ 8, 21 Thai /ta/ 5 threaten /θretən/ 45
talk /tɔk/ 80 thankful /θŋkfəl/ 43 threw /θru/ 82
talk at cross-purposes 69 thaw /θɔ/ 6 thriy /θrfti/ 8
talk behind sb’s back 69 The Antarctic /ði ntɑktk/ 5 thrilled /θrld/ 43
talk down to s.o. /ˌtɔk daυn tə The Arctic /ði ɑktk/ 5 through /θru/ 82
smwn/ 69 The Atlantic /ði ətlntk/ 5 throughout /θruaυt/ 61
talk rubbish 69 the BBC /ðə ˌbibisi/ 78 throw (a pot) /θrəυ/ 19
talk sense 69 The Caribbean /ðə ˌkrbiən/ 5 throw a wobbly 49
talk shop 69 the CIA /ðə ˌsiae/ 78 thud /θd/ 56
talk show /tɔk ʃəυ/ 37 The Commonwealth tide /tad/ 50
talking point /tɔkŋ ˌpɔnt/ 69 tight corner 50
talks /tɔks/ 100 /ðə kɒmənwelθ/ 5 tight-fisted /ˌtatfstd/ 8
tallish /tɔlʃ/ 7 The EU /ði ˌiju/ 5, 78 tight-fitting /ˌtat ftŋ/ 74
tan /tn/ 7 The European Union tights /tats/ 84, 101
tap /tp/ 46 time /tam/ 53, 85
target /tɑt/ 60, 92 /ðə ˌjυərəpiən junjən/ 5 time o /tam ɒf/ 39
tart /tɑt/ 80 The Far East /ðə fɑr ist/ 5 time-consuming
tartan /tɑtən/ 27 the FBI 78
taste /test/ 21, 46 The Indian Ocean /ði ndiən /tamkənˌsjumŋ/ 74
tasteful /testfəl/ 46 timeless /tamləs/ 53
tasteless /testləs/ 22, 46 əυʃən/ 5 timeline 36
tasty /testi/ 22, 46 the media 37 times /tamz/ 52
taxi rank /tksi rŋk/ 25 The Mediterranean tin /tn/ 88
tea /ti/ 85 tin opener /tn əυpənə/ 75
tea bag /ti b/ 75 /ðə ˌmedtəreniən/ 5 tiny /tani/ 51
teacher /titʃə/ 80 The Middle East /ðə mdəl ist/ 5 tire /taə/ 82
teacher’s pet /titʃəz pet/ 9 The Netherlands /ðə neðələndz/ 5 to and fro /ˌtuəndfrəυ/ 2, 77
teacher-training college /titʃə The Pacific /ðə pəsfk/ 5 to boot 65
trenŋ kɒld/ 14 The Philippines /ðə flpinz/ 5 toe /təυ/ 82
team /tim/ 80, 87 The UAE /ðə ˌjuei/ 5 toilet /tɔlət/ 101
teaspoonful /tispunfυl/ 28 The UK /ðə ˌjuke/ 5 toilet roll /tɔlət ˌrəυl/ 11
tech /tek/ 96 The United Arab Emirates tomb /tum/ 80
tee /ti/ 82 tongs /tɒŋz/ 84
telepathy /tlepəθi/ 46 /ðə junatd rəb emrəts/ 5 tons /tns/ 51
telephone /telfəυn/ 80 The United Kingdom /ðə junatd tool /tul/ 29
telephony /tlefəni/ 80 top of the class 9
televise /telvaz/ 37 kŋdəm/ 5 topic /tɒpk/ 66
telly /teli/ 96 The United States /ðə junatd top-notch /ˌtɒpnɒtʃ/ 46
temperature /temprətʃə/ 28 top-secret /ˌtɒp sikrət/ 74
stets/ 5
The US(A) /ðə jues(e)/ 5
theatre /θətə/ 20, 25
the /θeft/ 37
their /ðeə/ 82
theory /θəri/ 33
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torch /tɔtʃ/ 101 turnover /tnˌəυvə/ 76 update n, v /pdet/ 36
tornado /tɔnedəυ/ 13 tutor /tʃutə/ 15 upgrade /pred/ 34
torrential rain /tərentʃəl ren/ 6 tutorial /tʃutɔriəl/ 15 upload /pləυd/ 2, 36
total /təυtəl/ 51 tweet /twit/ 37, 81 upset adj, v /pset/ 8, 43, 80
totally /təυtəli/ 51 tweezers /twizəz/ 84 upset n /pset/ 80
touch /ttʃ/ 46 twig /tw/ 26 upshot /pʃɒt/ 63
tough /tf/ 41 twinkle /twŋkəl/ 56 urban /bən/ 2
tow /təυ/ 82 twist /twst/ 12 urge /d/ 45
town /taυn/ 25 two-faced /ˌtufest/ 74 use /juz/ 82, 95
Town Hall 25 typhoid /tafɔd/ 13 use /jus/ 82
track /trk/ 2, 21 typhoon /tafun/ 13 used to have 7
trade /tred/ 16 typist /tapst/ 70 useful /jusfəl/ 70
trademark /tredmɑk/ 75 tyre /taə/ 82 useless /jusləs/ 70
traditional /trədʃənəl/ 33, 42 unaccompanied /ˌnəkmpənid/ 99 username /juzənem/ 35
traic jam /trfk ˌdm/ 24 unattractive /ˌnətrktv/ 7 utilise /jutlaz/ 33, 95
traic lights /trfk ˌlats/ 75, 84 unauthorised /nɔθərazd/ 99 utility room /jutləti ˌrum/ 11
traic system /trfk sstəm/ 25 unbend /nbend/ 71 utter /tə/ 51
trained /trend/ 21 uncertainty /nstənti/ 86 utterly /təli/ 51
transfer n /trnsf/ 80 unconventional /ˌnkənventʃənəl/ 8 vacation /vəkeʃən/ 101
transfer v /trnsf/ 40 under the weather 49 valley /vli/ 23
transparent /trntsprənt/ 41 undercooked /ˌndəkυkt/ 22, 71 vast /vɑst/ 29, 51
transport n /trnspɔt/ 83, 80 underdone /ˌndədn/ 22 VAT /ˌvi e ti/ 40
transport v /trnspɔt/ 72, 80 underfoot /ˌndəfυt/ 59 vegan /viən/ 22
trash /trʃ/ 101 undergraduate 15 vegetables /vedtəbəlz/ 80
travel /trvəl/ 31, 58 underground /ndəraυnd/ 101 vegetarian /ˌvedteəriən/ 42
treat /trit/ 29 underpants /ndəpnts/ 84, 101 vehicle /vəkəl/ 99
tremble /trembəl/ 28, 47 undershirt /ndəʃt/ 101 velocity /vlɒsəti/ 58
trespasser /trespəsə/ 99 underused /ˌndəjuzd/ 71 venue /venju/ 20
trial /traəl/ 39 underworked /ˌndəwkt/ 71 verdict /vdkt/ 39
triangle 52 undo /ndu/ 34, 71 very (time/moment) 61
triangular /traŋjələ/ 52 undress /ndres/ 71 vest /vest/ 101
tributary /trbjətəri/ 23 unfair /nfeə/ 71 vet /vet/ 96
trip /trp/ 12, 31 unfold /nfəυld/ 71 victim /vktm/ 13, 39
trivial /trviəl/ 41 unfriend /ˌnfrend/ 2, 10 view /vju/ 36, 42, 66, 93
trivialise /trviəlaz/ 41 uni /juni/ 78 viewer /vjuə/ 20
trophy /trəυfi/ 18 union representative /junjən villa /vlə/ 11
tropical ?trɒp?kəl 6 violinist /vaəlnst/ 70
tropical storm /trɒpkəl stɔm/ 13 ˌreprzentətv/ 16 virtual reality /vtʃuəl riləti/ 35
trousers /traυzəz/ 84, 101 unique /junik/ 32 virus /vaərəs/ 28, 34
truck /trk/ 101 university /ˌjunvsəti/ 14, 25 vision /vən/ 29
trunk /trŋk/ 26, 101 unless /ənles/ 62 vitamin /vtəmn/ 30
trunks /trŋks/ 84 unload /nləυd/ 71 vivid /vvd/ 41, 59
trustworthy /trstˌwði/ 8 unlock /nlɒk/ 71 VLE 14
try /tra/ 39 unnatural /nntʃərəl/ 71 V-neck /vinek/ 27
try on /tra ɒn/ 27 unprincipled /nprntsəpəld/ 8 voice mail /vɔsmel/ 75
tub /tb/ 88 unripe /nrap/ 22 voice technology /vɔs
tube /tʃub/ 86, 88, 96 unskilled worker /nskld wkə/ 16
tuition fee 15 unspoilt /nspɔlt/ 32 teknɒlədi/ 33
tune /tʃun/ 21 untidy-looking /ntadi lυkŋ/ 7 volcano /vɒlkenəυ/ 13, 23
turbulence 31 untie /nta/ 71 vote /vəυt/ 38
Turk /tk/ 5 until /əntl/ 95 vow /vaυ/ 100
turn down /tn daυn/ 94 unusually (strong) /njuəli/ 41 voyage /vɔjd/ 31
turn out /tn aυt/ 94 unveil /nvel/ 71 waist /west/ 82
turn up /tn p/ 94 unwrap /nrp/ 71 waistcoat /westkəυt/ 101
turning point 50 unzip /nzp/ 71 wait /wet/ 82
up and down /ˌpənddaυn/ 77 walkout /wɔkaυt/ 76
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wander /wɒndə/ 80 wheelchair /wiltʃeə/ 28 wood /wυd/ 83
war /wɔ 13, 89 wheeze /wiz/ 81 woollen /wυlən/ 27
wardrobe /wɔdrəυb/ 101 When! /wen/ 22 (a) word in edgeways 69
warm-hearted /ˌwɔmhɑtd/ 74 whereabouts /ˌweərəbaυts/ 84 word-processing
warmth /wɔmpθ/ 73 wherever /weərevə/ 62
wash /wɒʃ/ 101 whether /weðə/ 82 /wdˌprəυsesŋ/ 34
wash up /ˌwɒʃ p/ 101 whichever /wtʃevə/ 62 work /wk/ 12, 16, 85
washable /wɒʃəbəl/ 70 whine /wan/ 82 work nine-to-five 16
waste /west/ 24, 82 whiskers /wskəz/ 26 work of art /ˌwk əv ɑt/ 19
water /wɔtə/ 80 whisper /wspə/ 45 work shis 16
water pollution /wɔtə pəluʃən/ 24 whistle /wsəl/ 80, 81 workaholic /ˌwkəhɒlk/ 16
waterfall /wɔtəfɔl/ 23 white /wat/ 7 worked-up /wkt p/ 8
wavy /wevi/ 7 whizz /wz/ 81 workout /wkaυt/ 76
wavy-haired /wevi heəd/ 74 WHO /ˌdbəljuˌetʃəυ/ 78 workshop /wkʃɒp/ 14
way out /ˌweaυt/ 66 whoever /huevə/ 62 world /wld/ 2
(a) way with 48 wholemeal /həυlmil/ 30 world’s worst 48
WC /ˌdbəljusi/ 101 wholly /həυli/ 51 World Wide Web /wldwad web/ 35
weak /wik/ 41, 82 wide /wad/ 54 world-famous /ˌwldfeməs/ 74
weakness /wiknəs/ 70, 73 widen /wadən/ 54 worldwide /ˌwldwad/ 24
wealth /welθ/ 83 width /wtθ/ 54, 73 worm /wm/ 26
weather /weðə/ 82, 83 wi-fi /wafa/ 35 worn-out /ˌwɔnaυt/ 74
weather forecast /weðə fɔkɑst/ 37 wiki /wki/ 35 would /wυd/ 80, 82
(the) Web 35 win 2 wound /wund/ 82
webcam /webkm/ 35 wind /wand/ 82 wounded /wundd/ 13
website /websat/ 35 wind /wnd/ 6, 82 wound up /waυnd p/ 8
wed /wed/ 100 winding /wandŋ/ 32 wrap up (the discussion) /rp p/ 69
week /wik/ 82 windscreen /wndskrin/ 75 wrinkles /rŋkəlz/ 7
weight /wet/ 59, 82 windscreen wiper /wndskrin wrist 28
weird /wəd/ 8, 42 wrong end of the stick 69, 79
welfare state /welfeə stet/ 75 ˌwapə/ 75 X-ray /eksre/ 29
well /wel/ 67 windsurfing /wndsfŋ/ 18 yacht /jɒt/ 30
well-built /ˌwelblt/ 7 wine /wan/ 82 yard /jɑd/ 101
well-dressed /wel drest/ 7, 74 wine and dine 77 yawn /jɔn/ 47
well-o /ˌwelɒf/ 74 wing /wŋ/ 26 yawning (gap) /jɔnŋ/ 64
whale /wel/ 26 wink /wŋk/ 47 yearn for /jn fɔ/ 44
what if 62 wireless /waələs/ 35 you know /jənəυ/ 67
what’s more 65 wisdom /wzdəm/ 73 you see /jəsi/ 67
what’s on (at) 20 witness /wtnəs/ 39, 46 youth hostel /juθ hɒstəl/ 25, 32, 75
wheel /wil/ 33 womanhood /wυmənhυd/ 73 zebra crossing /zebrə krɒsŋ/ 101
womb /wum/ 80 zip /zp/ 27
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Brand X Pictures; p. 30 (photo 2): photo division/Radius Images; p. 30 Moment; p. 103 (Ex 48.1.3): Sergey_Peterman/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
(photo 3): Jupiterimages/PHOTOS.com/Getty Images Plus; p. 30 (photo 4): p. 103 (Ex 48.1.4): Carl Pendle/Photographer’s Choice; p. 103 (Ex 48.1.5):
OutSaider/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 32 (earthquake): VCGStringer/Getty Jamie Grill/The Image Bank; p. 104 (T): Colin Hawkins/Cultura; p. 104 (C):
Images News; p. 32 (flood): Christopher Furlong/Getty Images News; p. 32 K-King Photography Media Co. Ltd/DigitalVision; p. 104 (B): Kevin
(drought): Chris SternEyeEm/EyeEm; p. 32 (volcano): Sebastián Crespo Mackintosh/The Image Bank; p. 116 (B): DNY59/E+; p. 118: ansonsaw/
Photography/Moment; p. 34 (T), p. 116 (T) & p. 168 (BC): Chris Ryan/OJO+; E+; p. 120 (T): Johan Mrd/Folio; p. 120 (B): Ikonoklast_Fotografie/iStock/
p. 34 (B): Echo/Juice Images; p. 36 (BL): asiseeit/E+; p. 36 (BC), p. 44 (BR), Getty Images Plus; p. 124 (TL): Klaus Tiedge/Blend Images; p. 124 (TR):
p. 60 (badge), p. 60 (slippers) & p. 63 (Ex 28.4.c): Peter Dazeley/ Herve Gyssels/Photononstop; p. 124 (BL): Sjo/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
Photographer’s Choice; p. 36 (BR): Compassionate Eye Foundation/Martin p. 124 (BR): Gary John Norman/The Image Bank; p. 136: Atsushi Yamada/
Barraud/Taxi; p. 36 (TL): Tony Shi Photography/Moment; p. 36 (T) & p. 100 Taxi Japan; p. 137 (Ex 65.4.1): Paolo_Toanin/iStock/Getty Images Plus;
(T): ullstein bild; p. 36 (TR) & p. 130: monkeybusinessimages/iStock/Getty p. 137 (Ex 65.4.2): Michele Constantini/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections;
Images Plus; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.1): Cultura RM Exclusive/Tim MacPherson/ p. 137 (Ex 65.4.3): Dave King/Dorling Kindersley; p. 137 (Ex 65.4.4): ZenShui/
Cultura Exclusive; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.2): Michael Kelley/Stone; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.3): Michele Constantini/PhotoAlto Agency RF Collections; p. 138: asiseeit/
Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Wavebreak MediaGetty Images Plus; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.4): iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 141: RuslanDashinsky/E+; p. 143: g-stockstu-
simazoran/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.5): gzorgz/iStockGetty dio/iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 147 (stapler): Ryan McVay/Photodisc;
Images Plus; p. 39 (Ex 16.4.6): Erik Dreyer/Stone; p. 40: Caiaimage/Chris p. 147 (hanger): Spiderstock/E+; p. 147 (sharpner) & p. 209 (sellotape):
Cross; p. 44 (T): pagadesign/E+; p. 44 (BL): James Darell/DigitalVision; p. 45 stockcam/E+; p. 147 (projector): elfinima/E+; p. 147 (tin opener): joakimbkk/
(Ex 19.2.1): DEAA. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini Picture Library; p. 45 (Ex 19.2.2): E+; p. 168 (cat): DEA/D. ROBOTTI/De Agostini; p. 168 (lion): Michael Duva/
mitza/E+; p. 45 (Ex 19.2.3): Don Farrall/DigitalVision; p. 45 (Ex 19.2.4): The Image Bank; p. 168 (bee): Geo Brightling/Dorling Kindersley; p. 168
akaplummer/E+; p. 46: Jupiterimages/Photolibrary; p. 48 (T): fmajor/E+; (BL): DreamPictures/The Image Bank; p. 168 (BR): Jo Lee/Photolibrary;
p. 48 (B): PeopleImages/E+; p. 49: Yuri Arcurs; p. 50: Bloomberg/Bloomberg; p. 169 (chicken): Burazin/Photographer’s Choice; p. 169 (snake): Simon
p. 54: Marcaux/Photographer’s Choice RF; p. 56: Richard Cumminsrober- Murrell/Cultura; p. 172 (luggage): Howard Kingsnorth/The Image Bank;
tharding/robertharding; p. 57: Ruth Tomlinson/robertharding/roberthard- p. 172 (accommodation): Tobias Titz; p. 172 (money): SEBASTIAN
ing; p. 58 (frog): Gerhard Schulz/Photographer’s Choice; p. 58 (owl): Les KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Science Photo Library; p. 172
Stocker/Oxford Scientific; p. 58 (whale): Fleetham Dave/Perspectives; p. 58 (information): goldhafen/E+; p. 172 (transport): John Snelling/Photolibrary;
(fox): Life On White/Photographer’s Choice; p. 58 (snail): Iride Pieret- p. 177 (cake): mvp64/iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 177 (iron): indigolotos/
tiEyeEm/EyeEm; p. 58 (shark): DEAC. RIVES/De Agostini; p. 58 (crab): David iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 177 (pepper): Floortje/E+; p. 177 (chocolates):
Bishop Inc./Photolibrary; p. 58 (bat): Panoramic Images/Panoramic Images; Ian O’Leary/Dorling Kindersley; p. 177 (rubber): kemie/E+; p. 177 (glass):
p. 58 (pigeon): Life On White/Stockbyte; p. 58 (worm) & p. 209 (torch): Steve Wisbauer/Stockbyte; p. 184 (T): Blend Images - KidStock/Brand X
Dorling Kindersley; p. 58 (peacock): cynoclub/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 58 Pictures; p. 189: Nick David/Taxi; p. 195: Emma Innocenti/Photodisc; p. 199:
(deer): Per-Gunnar Ostby/Oxford Scientific; p. 58 (seal), p. 168 (cow), p. 168 kadmy/iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 200 (bat): Ewen Charlton/Moment;
(bird) & p. 169 (goat): GlobalP/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 59 (tulip): Cora p. 200 (rake): ZargonDesign/E+; p. 200 (hay): Nigel Pavitt/AWL Images; p. 200
Niele/Photolibrary; p. 59 (maple leaf): mihalec/iStock/Getty Images Plus; (mouse): Andreas Von Einsiedel/Dorling Kindersley; p. 209 (wardrobe):
p. 59 (pyjama): madtwinsis/E+; p. 60 (bikini): Creative Crop/Photodisc; p. 60 photobac/iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 209 (curtains): Ben Richardson/
(bra): Kai_Wong/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60 (belt) & p. 177 (paper): Andy Photonica; p. 209 (lorry): vitpho/iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 209 (li):
Crawford/Dorling Kindersley; p. 60 (shoe): Sjo/E+; p. 60 (zip): prmustafa/ Bernard Jaubert/Photographer’s Choice RF; p. 209 (vest): SanneBerg/
iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60 (helmet): Vincenzo Lombardo/Photogra- iStock/Getty Images Plus; p. 209 (baby): dml5050/iStock/Getty Images Plus.
pher’s Choice RF; p. 60 (hoodie): Jitalia17/E+; p. 60 (pinstriped):
ClaudioVentrella/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60 (spotted): Howard Shooter/ Illustrations
Dorling Kindersley; p. 60 (plain): NaokiKim/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60
(striped): Malsveta/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60 (checked): hudiemm/E+; Pablo Gallego (Beehive Illustration), John Goodwin (Eye Candy Illustration),
p. 60 (flowery): monaMonash/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 60 (tartan): Steve John Lund (Beehive Illustration), Katie Mac (NB Illustration), Martina
Gorton/Dorling Kindersley; p. 61 (Ex 27.4.1): Michael Blann/Stone; p. 61 (KJA Artists), Miguel Diaz Rivas (Advocate Art), Norbert Sipos (Beehive
(Ex 27.4.2): BJIBlue Jean Images; p. 61 (Ex 27.4.3): PhotoGraphyKM/E+; p. 61 Illustration), Kate Charlesworth, Amanda MacPhail and Vicky Woodgate.
(Ex 27.4.4): Creativeye99/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 63 (Ex 28.4.a):
PetarSet/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 63 (Ex 28.4.b): Richard Ross/The Image Designed and typeset by QBS.
Bank; p. 63 (Ex 28.4.d): robeo/iStockGetty Images Plus; p. 63 (Ex 28.4.e):
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