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accessible
US / əkˈsesəbl /
•UK / ækˈsɛsəbəl /
- adjecitve
- Able to be entered, reached or used
court
US / kɔ:t /
•UK / kɔrt, kort /
- noun
- Place king or queen meet people, makes laws etc.
- Place where legal cases are decided
- Large, flat area, to play tennis or basketball
- verb
- To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
- To encourage dangerous behavior
- To pay attention to someone to get their support
all
US / ɔ:l /
•UK / ɔl /
- adverb
- Completely; totally
- determiner
- Being every one of something
- pronoun
- 100% of something; the complete amount
election
US / ɪ'lekʃn /
•UK / ɪˈlɛkʃən /
- noun
- Process of choosing someone by voting
russia
US / 'rʌʃə /
•UK / 'rʌʃə /
- proper noun
- A country in northern Asia and eastern Europe; population 143,500,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Mos
who
US / hu: /
•UK / hu /
- pronoun
- Which person
- Used to introduce information about people
movie
US / ˈmu:vi /
•UK / ˈmuvi /
- noun
- Motion picture; film
believe
US / bɪ'li:v /
•UK / bɪˈliv /
- verb
- To think or accept that something is true
- To have a particular opinion about something
bit
US / bɪt /
•UK / bɪt /
- noun
- Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
- Small piece of something
- verb
- (E.g. of fish) to take bait and be caught
proceed
US / prəˈsi:d /
•UK / proʊˈsi:d /
- verb
- To continue to do something; carry on
- To go forward in a certain direction
thank
US / θæŋk /
•UK / θæŋk /
- verb
- To tell someone you are grateful to them
death
US / deθ /
•UK / dɛθ /
- noun
- When someone dies; the end of life
huge
US / hju:dʒ /
•UK / hjudʒ /
- adjecitve
- Very very large
nowhere
US / 'nəʊweə(r) /
•UK / ˈnoˌhwɛr, -ˌwɛr /
- adverb
- Not in or at any place; no place
salary
US / ˈsæləri /
•UK / ˈsæləri, ˈsælri /
- noun
- Money an employee is paid each month
yes
US / jes /
•UK / jɛs /
- adverb
- Way to say you agree or will do something
arctic
US / 'ɑ:ktɪk /
•UK / ˈɑrktɪk, ˈɑrtɪk /
- adjecitve
- The regions to the north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole
- Region 66.3 degrees latitude north of the equator
eighteen
US / ˌeɪˈti:n /
•UK / eˈtin /
- number
- 18
machination
US / ˌmæʃɪˈneɪʃn /
•UK / ˌmækəˈneʃən, ˌmæʃ- /
- noun
- Crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
vote
US / vəʊt /
•UK / vot /
- noun
- Act of deciding who to choose in an election
- verb
- To make a choice for or against, as in an election
work
US / wɜ:k /
•UK / wɚk /
- adjecitve
- Activity completed in order to make money
- noun
- The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
- Everything created by an author, artist, musician
- Activity you do in order to make money
- Place of employment
- Final product or result of a some labor or effort
- verb
- To bring into a specific state of success
- To be functioning properly, e.g. a car
- To do your job in your company or workplace
- To make an effort to do something
- To operate a machine or device
they
US / ðeɪ /
•UK / ðe /
- pronoun
- Two or more people, animals, or things
very
US / 'verɪ /
•UK / ˈvɛri /
- adjecitve
- Concerning a large degree or amount
- adverb
- A lot; much; many
- Used to stress or emphasize a noun
interview
US / 'ɪntəvju: /
•UK / ˈɪntɚˌvju /
- noun
- Meeting to ask questions to get information
- verb
- To formally ask questions about a given topic
oppose
US / əˈpəʊz /
•UK / əˈpoʊz /
- verb
- To fight against someone in a contest or game
convict
US / kənˈvɪkt /
•UK / kənˈvɪkt /
- noun
- Person in prison
- verb
- To say someone is guilty of a crime in a law court
fully
US / 'fʊlɪ /
•UK / ˈfʊli /
- adverb
- Completely or entirely
talk
US / tɔ:k /
•UK / tɔk /
- noun
- Style of speaking
- Discussion between two countries
- Giving information in front of people; lecture
- Saying things or ideas to someone with words
- verb
- To make a formal speech about something
- To say things or ideas to someone with words
begin
US / bɪ'ɡɪn /
•UK / ˈbeɡɪn /
- verb
- To do the first part of an action; to start
charge
US / tʃɑ:dʒ /
•UK / tʃɑrdʒ /
- noun
- An attack by running quickly toward someone
- A price for a service or goods
- When a battery has a certain amount of electricity
- Amount of money you pay for a service
- verb
- To run quickly toward someone to attack them
- To ask for money as a price for a service or goods
- To put electricity in a battery
- To give responsibility to take care of or manage
- To state that someone has committed a crime
kill
US / kɪl /
•UK / kɪl /
- noun
- Animal killed by a person or other animal
- verb
- To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
- To end the life of a person or other living thing
- To be very funny
- To prevent something from continuing or operating
- To do something unimportant to pass time quickly
control
US / kən'trəʊl /
•UK / kənˈtrol /
- noun
- A device designed to operate a machine
- Participant in experiment that is left untouched
- Act to dominate or command; make manageable
- A law limiting the growth or spread of something
- A place which overseas or manages e.g. a factory
- verb
- To direct or influence the behavior of something
imprison
US / ɪm'prɪzn /
•UK / ɪmˈprɪzən /
- verb
- To put someone (e.g. a criminal) in prison
pop
US / pɒp /
•UK / pɑp /
- adjecitve
- Type of music or art popular with many people
- noun
- Sweet soda drink
- verb
- To cause something to open or burst suddenly
- To go to or in a place for a brief period of time
though
US / ðəu /
•UK / ðo /
- adverb
- Although, despite the fact that
joke
US / dʒəʊk /
•UK / dʒoʊk /
- noun
- A funny or amusing statement
- Something or someone not taken seriously
- verb
- To say or do things that are meant to be funny
opposition
US / ˌɒpəˈzɪʃn /
•UK / ˌɑ:pəˈzɪʃn /
- noun
- Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
- Group that you are fighting or competing against
middle
US / 'mɪdl /
•UK / ˈmidl /
- adjecitve
- Equal distance from extremes
- noun
- Place that is halfway between two things
personal
US / ˈpɜ:sənl /
•UK / ˈpɚsənəl /
- adjecitve
- Done by or to a particular person; individual
- Concerning a person's private life or feelings
send
US / send /
•UK / sɛnd /
- verb
- To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
- To cause mail or packages to go to another place
- To move something quickly in a particular way
- To give information or greetings to someone
extremely
US / ɪkˈstri:mli /
•UK / ɪk'strimlɪ /
- adverb
- In a way that is much more than usual or expected
disillusionment
US / ˌdɪsɪˈlu:ʒnmənt /
•UK / ˌdɪsɪˈluʒənmənt /
- noun
- State of having lost belief in or hope
ask
US / ɑ:sk /
•UK / æsk /
- verb
- To say to someone that you want something
die
US / daɪ /
•UK / daɪ /
- noun
- Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
- verb
- To cease to function or work
- (Of a thing) to stop being used or done
- (Of a person) to stop living
set
US / set /
•UK / sɛt /
- adjecitve
- Prepared for something; ready
- noun
- Complete group of something
- Place where a television show or movie is filmed
- Group of games in a tennis match
- Device that receives radio or television signals
- verb
- To make a clock state or ring at a particular time
- To decide upon or choose something
- To make something ready for use (e.g. table)
- To decide on a price for something
- To become hard (of glue, concrete etc.)
- To be located in a specific place or time
- To put (e.g. a vase) down carefully in a place
- To put someone in a certain condition or state
- (Of the sun) to go lower than the horizon
start
US / stɑ:t /
•UK / stɑrt /
- noun
- First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
- First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
- Sudden action or movement because you are scared
- other
- Beginning of something in place or time
- verb
- To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
- To turn something on
well
US / wel /
•UK / wɛl /
- adjecitve
- Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
- Healthy and in good condition
- adverb
- In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
- In a complete, total, or full manner
- A great and considerable degree
- In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
- exclamation
- Used to begin or continue a particular statement
- Used to show you want to start saying something
- Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
- You say this to change the topic of a conversation
- Used to indicate you are making a final remark
- noun
- Long deep hole in the ground to get water
- verb
- To cause your eyes to fill with tears
herself
US / hɜ:ˈself /
•UK / hɚˈsɛlf /
- pronoun
- Female person that did the original action
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
spend
US / spend /
•UK / spɛnd /
- verb
- To use money to pay for something
- To use time in order to do something
- To use up something completely
why
US / waɪ /
•UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /
- adverb
- Question word to ask for a reason
- exclamation
- (Used to express surprise or approval)
time
US / taɪm /
•UK / taɪm /
- noun
- Speed at which music is played; tempo
- Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
- Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
- Occasion when something happens
- Period or occasion that something occurred
- Period in history or the past
- Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
- How long an event takes; duration
- verb
- To check speed at which music is performed
- To choose a specific moment to do something
- To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
- To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
difficult
US / 'dɪfɪkəlt /
•UK / ˈdɪfɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt /
- adjecitve
- Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
news
US / nju:z /
•UK / nu:z /
- noun
- Broadcast on radio or TV about recent events
- Information about recent events
susan
US / ˈsuːzn /
•UK / ˈsuːzn /
disappear
US / ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r) /
•UK / ˌdɪsəˈpɪr /
- verb
- To no longer see because it's not there any more
penal
US / ˈpi:nl /
•UK / ˈpinəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning punishment or penalties for crimes
she
US / ʃɪ /
•UK / ʃi /
- pronoun
- Female person or animal mentioned before
- (Refers to female person mentioned before)
ukraine
US / ju:'kreɪn /
•UK / ju:'kreɪn /
- other
- A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian st
get
US / ɡet /
•UK / ɡɛt /
- verb
- To become affected by illness or disease
- To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
- To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
- To go somewhere to obtain something
- To (cause to) do a particular thing
- To obtain, receive or be given something
- To currently have
- To prepare for use
- To understand something being said or read
hard
US / hɑ:d /
•UK / hɑː(r)d /
- adjecitve
- Difficult to do; difficult to understand
- (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
- (Of alcohol) strong
- Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
- Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
- Strong
- (Of edge) clear; sharp
- Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
- adverb
- With lots of force, power, or impact
medium
US / 'mi:dɪəm /
•UK / ˈmidiəm /
- noun
- Method of expressing ideas or feelings
- Something available in a middle size or condition
- Person who claims to communicate with the dead
prison
US / 'prɪzn /
•UK / ˈprɪzən /
- noun
- Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
happen
US / 'hæpən /
•UK / ˈhæpən /
- verb
- To take place or occur
case
US / keɪs /
•UK / kes /
- noun
- Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
- Set of facts about a crime
- Set of facts about an event
- Example or instance of something
- verb
- To find out about a place, as in planning to steal
attract
US / ə'trækt /
•UK / əˈtrækt /
- verb
- To make something move closer using magnetic force
- To make someone notice and become interested in
mayor
US / meə(r) /
•UK / ˈmeɪər /
- noun
- Head of a town or city government
youth
US / ju:θ /
•UK / juθ /
- noun
- Being young; time when you are young
- Young person or teenager
- Quality or state of being young
- Boy or a young man
suspect
US / sə'spekt /
•UK / səˈspɛkt /
- adjecitve
- (Of a thing) causing doubt; suspicious
- noun
- Person thought to have committed a crime
- verb
- To consider someone is the one guilty of a crime
- To doubt or lack trust
munich
US / 'mju:nɪk /
•UK / 'mju:nɪk /
- proper noun
- A city in southeastern Germany, capital of Bavaria; population 1,294,600 (est. 2006).
word
US / wɜ:d /
•UK / wɚd /
- noun
- Unit of language that has a meaning
- Promise
- Short remark or piece of information
- verb
- To express something by choosing particular words
this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
play
US / pleɪ /
•UK / pleɪ /
- noun
- Loose, free movement between two objects
- Single action in a sports game
- Performance in which people act in a theater
- verb
- To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
- To perform music on an instrument
- To use a device, e.g. a video game
- To do something for enjoyment and fun
- To do or perform a game or sport
may
US / meɪ /
•UK / me /
- noun
- 5th month of the year
- other
- Used to express a desire
- Expresses permission, possibility or probability
- Used to show that a thing could be true
judge
US / dʒʌdʒ /
•UK / dʒʌdʒ /
- noun
- Person who decides on the results of a contest
- Person who has the power to make a decision
- verb
- To reach a decision about who won a contest
- To form an opinion after careful consideration
- To make a decision in court
you
US / jʊ /
•UK / ju /
- pronoun
- Person someone is speaking or writing to
- Person or people in general
year
US / jə: /
•UK / jɪr /
- noun
- Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- Used to refer to the age of a person
how
US / haʊ /
•UK / haʊ /
- adjecitve
- To what degree? in what amount?
- adverb
- (Used to explain the way to do something)
- exclamation
- For what purpose or reason?
- (Used to ask someone or something's condition)
kind
US / kaɪnd /
•UK / kaɪnd /
- adjecitve
- In a caring and helpful manner
- friendly and considerate
- noun
- One type of thing
also
US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /
•UK / ˈɔlso /
- adverb
- In addition; too; in a similar way
welcome
US / 'welkəm /
•UK / ˈwɛlkəm /
- adjecitve
- Being what was wanted or needed
- noun
- Friendly greeting to someone who has arrived
- verb
- To greet someone who has just arrived
- To accept or receive something happily and gladly
december
US / dɪˈsembə(r) /
•UK / dɪˈsɛmbɚ /
- noun
- The 12th month of the year
correspondent
US / ˌkɒrəˈspɒndənt /
•UK / ˌkɔrɪˈspɑndənt, ˌkɑr- /
- noun
- Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
trump
US / trʌmp /
•UK / trʌmp /
- noun
- Any playing card of a suit that outranks another
- verb
- To gain an advantage over others
russian
US / ˈrʌʃn /
•UK / ˈrʌʃn /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Russia
- noun
- Person from Russia
run
US / rʌn /
•UK / rʌn /
- noun
- Journey between two places made by ship or car
- Series of similar things or successes and failures
- Act of running; exercise of running
- verb
- To depart or travel according to a schedule
- To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
- (Of an engine) to be operating
- To start or use a computer program
- To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
- To manage or operate a business
- To operate or drive something
- (Of a road) to go from one place to another
- To move your legs faster than walking
make
US / meɪk /
•UK / mek /
- noun
- Product made by a particular company; brand
- verb
- To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- To get to (a place) on time
- To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
- To create something by putting things together
- To earn a certain amount of money at a job
- To cause or force a person to do something
- To cause something to happen or be formed
outside
US / ˌaʊtˈsaɪd /
•UK / aʊtˈsaɪd, ˈaʊtˌsaɪd /
- adverb
- Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
- noun
- Area around or near something, such as a building
- preposition
- Beyond the limits or edges of some place, thing
path
US / pɑ:θ /
•UK / pæθ, pɑθ /
- noun
- Method of living leading to a particular result
- Track made with stones, by walking over the ground
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
might
US / maɪt /
•UK / maɪt /
- other
- Used to politely request an action
- Used to express that something could happen
- Power, strength, force or influence
little
US / 'lɪtl /
•UK / ˈlɪtl /
- adjecitve
- Being short in length of time
- Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
- Being very young or younger than others
- adverb
- By an amount or degree that is not very much
- Not often; rarely
- noun
- A person's name
big
US / bɪɡ /
•UK / bɪɡ /
- adjecitve
- Popular
- Serious
- Large
won
US / wʌn /
•UK / wʌn, won /
- verb
- To gain something you want because of your efforts
- To succeed in a game or contest
overwhelming
US / ˌəʊvəˈwelmɪŋ /
•UK / ˌovɚˈhwɛlmɪŋ, -ˈwɛl- /
- adjecitve
- Having too much to handle (e.g. work)
- verb
- To defeat something or someone completely
- To affect someone emotionally in a strong way
- To cause to have too much to handle (e.g. work)
other
US / 'ʌðə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌðər /
- adjecitve
- A thing different from that mentioned
- determiner
- (Something) else; not the first (one)
- pronoun
- Being the one and only thing of that category
capital
US / 'kæpɪtl /
•UK / ˈkæpɪtl /
- adjecitve
- Main, or major
- noun
- Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
- Official main city of a country, province or state
- Collective name for money, shares, and assets
- Money that is used for a business
see
US / si: /
•UK / si /
- verb
- To go on a date with someone
- To predict whether something is, or will be true
- To understand what someone says
- To use your eyes to look at something
- To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
- To visit or meet with someone
- To find out by waiting or looking
- To watch (a game, movie or TV show)
senior
US / 'si:nɪə(r) /
•UK / ˈsinjɚ /
- adjecitve
- Being older than another person
- Concerning the needs or activities of older people
- (Student) in the final year of school
- noun
- Person who has usually reached a specific old age
- Person who is older than someone else
- Person with higher status or authority than
- Student who is in the final year of school
clear
US / klɪə(r) /
•UK / klɪr /
- adjecitve
- Empty; without anything in it or on it
- Being certain and without doubt
- Being without any streaks, spots, or cracks
- Easy to understand; well-explained; obvious
- adverb
- Completely; entirely; through the whole of
- Away from; free from
- verb
- To recover from or remove a problem
- To get rid of the entire contents of
- To give permission for something to happen
- To make a place or surface empty by removing
- To prove that someone is not guilty or to blame
tragic
US / ˈtrædʒɪk /
•UK / ˈtrædʒɪk /
- adjecitve
- (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
- Causing great sadness, e.g. due to untimely death
part
US / pɑ:t /
•UK / pɑ:rt /
- adjecitve
- To some degree; half; not fully
- noun
- Division of a book
- Ratio of something, e.g. 3 of gin, 1 of tonic
- A line in a person's hair, made with a comb
- Character an actor plays on stage, movie, or TV
- Some, but not all of a specific thing
- Role in causing something to happen
- verb
- To make a line in a person's hair, by using a comb
- To move two things apart creating a space
- To leave someone, or to break off a relationship
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
almost
US / 'ɔ:lməʊst /
•UK / ˈɔlˌmost, ɔlˈmost /
- adverb
- Only a little less than, nearly, not quite
cover
US / 'kʌvə(r) /
•UK / ˈkʌvɚ /
- noun
- A different version of another song
- Bed sheets; blankets
- (Police or military) protection from attack
- Amount of money to be paid in an insurance claim
- Thing you put over something to close or hide it
- Front and back part of a book or magazine
- Shelter built to protect from the natural elements
- verb
- To record a different version of another song
- To include as part of its area
- To put something over something to hide it
- To discuss a subject in a talk or meeting
- To form a layer over something so it is hidden
- To have sufficient funds to pay for something
- To include something within an agreed limit
- To report news on TV, radio or in a newspaper
- (Police or military) to protect from attack
- To travel a certain distance in a given time
- To wrap something with something, such as a cloth
with
US / wɪð /
•UK / wɪð, wɪθ /
- preposition
- As an employee of a certain company
- Against something or someone
- By using something as a means
- Due to; because of
- Including
- Possessing as a feature
- Related to
- (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
- Used to express that people or things are together
social
US / ˈsəuʃəl /
•UK / ˈsoʃəl /
- adjecitve
- Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
- Liking being with other people; friendly
- Living together and depending on each other
sad
US / sæd /
•UK / sæd /
- adjecitve
- Unhappy; wishing something hadn't happened
percent
US / pə'sent /
•UK / pɚˈsɛnt /
- adverb
- One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
his
US / hɪz /
•UK / hɪz /
- pronoun
- Something belonging to a male person
young
US / jʌŋ /
•UK / jʌŋ /
- adjecitve
- At an early stage of existence; not mature
- Being recently created or started
- noun
- Babies in a group or family of animals
jurist
US / ˈdʒʊərɪst /
•UK / ˈdʒʊrɪst /
- noun
- Person who has great knowledge of the law
month
US / mʌnθ /
•UK / mʌnθ /
- noun
- One of 12 28-31 day periods in the year
remember
US / rɪ'membə(r) /
•UK / rɪˈmɛmbɚ /
- verb
- To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
- To hold a thought in your mind to not forget it
- To bring a previous image or idea to your mind
loss
US / lɒs /
•UK / lɔ:s /
- noun
- Friend, family, or other loved person's death
- Decrease or decline in quantity or amount
- Experience or state of failing to have or keep
- A situation when you lose a game
- Process of failing to have or keep something
- Difficulty or trouble caused by someone's leaving
- Situation when more money is spent than is earned
filmmaker
US / 'fɪlmˌmeɪkə /
•UK / 'fɪlmˌmeɪkə /
- noun
- Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
hear
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- verb
- To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
- To be told or find out information or facts
- To consider or listen to a court case
notice
US / 'nəʊtɪs /
•UK / ˈnotɪs /
- noun
- Time by when you must leave, e.g. if you are fired
- Paper with an announcement, e.g. pinned to a board
- verb
- To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
decade
US / ˈdekeɪd /
•UK / ˈdɛkˌed, dɛˈked /
- noun
- Period of 10 years
public
US / 'pʌblɪk /
•UK / ˈpʌblɪk /
- adjecitve
- Owned by the government
- Concerning society in general
- Being available or accessible to people in general
- Known or able to be known by all people
know
US / nəʊ /
•UK / noʊ /
- verb
- To be familiar with a person or place, thing
- To feel sure or be convinced about something
- To discover or be aware of something
- To be able to distinguish
- To have knowledge of things
could
US / kəd /
•UK / kʊd /
- other
- Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
- Used to ask for something politely, or to offer
picture
US / 'pɪktʃə(r) /
•UK / ˈpɪktʃɚ /
- noun
- General situation or state of being
- Mental image of what something is or looks like
- Movie; film
- Painting, drawing or photograph on paper or screen
- verb
- To understand or imagine something
- To imagine someone or something in an image
far
US / fɑ:(r) /
•UK / fɑr /
- adjecitve
- A long way away
- Being a long way away
- adverb
- To a large degree or extent
seventeen
US / ˌsevnˈti:n /
•UK / sev(ə)nˈtin /
- number
- 17
out
US / aʊt /
•UK / aʊt /
- adverb
- No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
- Away from home, business, or the usual place
- In a direction/movement away from inside or center
- noun
- Act when a batter cannot continue playing
- verb
- To tell people a secret
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
charismatic
US / ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk /
•UK / ˌkærɪzˈmætɪk /
- adjecitve
- Able to attract and make them like you
presidential
US / ˌprezɪ'denʃl /
•UK / ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the president
another
US / əˈnʌðə(r) /
•UK / əˈnʌðɚ /
- adjecitve
- One more, but not this
- determiner
- One more added
- pronoun
- One more (thing)
lot
US / lɒt /
•UK / lɑt /
- noun
- What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
- A group of people seen together
- Item for sale at an auction
- Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking
breath
US / breθ /
•UK / brɛθ /
- noun
- Air you take in and out of your body
lawyer
US / ˈlɔ:jə(r) /
•UK / ˈlɔjɚ /
- noun
- Professional who helps people with the law
hope
US / həʊp /
•UK / hop /
- noun
- When you wish something will happen; what you wish
- verb
- To expect and want something to happen
invasion
US / ɪnˈveɪʒn /
•UK / ɪnˈveʒən /
- noun
- Entry into a place to cause harm
back
US / bæk /
•UK / bæk /
- adjecitve
- Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- adverb
- Have returned to a place you were before
- noun
- The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
- Location at the rear of something
- The reverse of side something
- Area on the rear of your body
- verb
- To bet money on something
- To go backwards in a car
- To support and encourage someone or some cause
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
something
US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /
•UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /
- adverb
- In some degree or measure
- noun
- a person or thing of some value or consequence
- pronoun
- Thing that is not yet known or named
- Approximately
monitor
US / ˈmɒnɪtə(r) /
•UK / ˈmɑ:nɪtə(r) /
- noun
- A senior student at school
- Electronic screen on which you can see images
- verb
- To observe and keep a record of something
lie
US / laɪ /
•UK / lai /
- noun
- An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
- verb
- To be in a horizontal or flat position
- To say something that you know is not true
investigate
US / ɪn'vestɪɡeɪt /
•UK / ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡet /
- verb
- To try to find out facts; to carry out research
cbc
US / /
•UK / /
- abbreviation
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
couple
US / 'kʌpl /
•UK / ˈkʌpəl /
- noun
- Two people in a romantic relationship
- Two of something; two people; a pair
- verb
- To join something to something else
- (Two animals) to engage in sexual relations
- To put two people or things together
two
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- number
- 2
only
US / ˈəunli /
•UK / ˈonli /
- adverb
- Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
- Not very important or serious
- Just that type of thing, person
- Short time ago; not before a certain time
- conjunction
- Except; but
join
US / dʒɔɪn /
•UK / dʒɔɪn /
- verb
- To bring something close to another, to become one
- To become a member of
- To participate in an activity with others
exile
US / 'eksaɪl /
•UK / ˈɛɡˌzaɪl, ˈɛkˌsaɪl /
- noun
- State of being forced to leave your country
- One forced to leave their home and live elsewhere
- verb
- One forced to leave their home and live elsewhere
think
US / θɪŋk /
•UK / θɪŋk /
- verb
- To have an idea about something without certainty
- To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
grieve
US / ɡri:v /
•UK / ɡriv /
- verb
- To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
come
US / kʌm /
•UK / kʌm /
- verb
- To arrive at a place
- (Of mail) to be delivered
- To move toward someone; go with someone
- To reach a certain point or state
office
US / ˈɒfɪs /
•UK / ˈɔ:fɪs /
- noun
- Room or building used for business
- Important job position, often in a government
meet
US / mi:t /
•UK / mit /
- noun
- Sporting competition e.g. swimming
- verb
- To provide something that is necessary
- To come together at a certain time or place
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
moscow
US / 'mɒskəʊ /
•UK / 'mɑskaʊ /
- proper noun
- The capital of Russia, located at the center of European Russia, on the Moskva River; population 10,
- A city in northwestern Idaho, home to the University of Idaho; population 22,798 (est. 2008).
direct
US / də'rekt /
•UK / dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ- /
- adverb
- Coming straight from something
- verb
- To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
- To show the way by conducting or leading
- To control the acting in a movie or play
embezzlement
US / ɪmˈbezlmənt /
•UK / ɪmˈbezlmənt /
- noun
- Act of stealing money from the place you work
team
US / ti:m /
•UK / tim /
- noun
- Group of people working on a task together
- Group of people playing a sport together
many
US / 'menɪ /
•UK / ˈmɛni /
- determiner
- Used to refer a large number of things
indeed
US / ɪnˈdi:d /
•UK / ɪnˈdid /
- adverb
- Actually; in fact; in reality
should
US / ʃʊd /
•UK / ʃʊd /
- other
- Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable
corruption
US / kəˈrʌpʃn /
•UK / kəˈrʌpʃən /
- noun
- State of being damaged or spoiled
- Illegal, immoral dishonesty
try
US / traɪ /
•UK / traɪ /
- noun
- Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
- verb
- To make an effort, to attempt to do something
- To examine someone or something in a court of law
- To test to see if it is good or you like it
- To make a person go through hardship; test
- To examine something to see if it works
savvy
US / 'sævɪ /
•UK / ˈsævi /
- adjecitve
- Wise; Not easily fooled; Street smart
here
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- adverb
- In this place; at this location, position or time
colony
US / 'kɒlənɪ /
•UK / ˈkɑləni /
- noun
- Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
- Country/settlement controlled by another country
among
US / əˈmʌŋ /
•UK / əˈmʌŋ /
- preposition
- In the center of several things
calendar
US / ˈkælɪndə(r) /
•UK / ˈkæləndɚ /
- noun
- A table showing the days, months and years
day
US / deɪ /
•UK / de /
- noun
- A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
- The period of time when it is light outside
- Person's name
actually
US / ˈæktʃuəli /
•UK / ˈæktʃuəli /
- adverb
- Used to add new (often different) information
inside
US / ˌɪn'saɪd /
•UK / ɪnˈsaɪd, ˈɪnˌsaɪd /
- adjecitve
- Being in something
- Being in a building
- adverb
- Into a house; indoors
- noun
- Inner part or surface of something
imagine
US / ɪ'mædʒɪn /
•UK / ɪˈmædʒɪn /
- verb
- To think creatively about; form mental picture of
too
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- adverb
- In addition, also; with emphasis
- Say that something is more than you want
shock
US / ʃɒk /
•UK / ʃɑ:k /
- noun
- The passage of an electricity through the body
- Sudden bad feeling caused by something unexpected
- verb
- To affect someone with an electrical current
- To cause great surprise, horror, or anger
reason
US / 'ri:zn /
•UK / ˈrizən /
- noun
- Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
- Explanation for why something occurred or was done
- verb
- To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
himself
US / hɪmˈself /
•UK / hɪmˈsɛlf /
- pronoun
- The same (male) person who did the action
true
US / tru: /
•UK / tru: /
- adjecitve
- Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual
story
US / 'stɔ:rɪ /
•UK / ˈstɔri, ˈstori /
- noun
- One of many floors or levels in a building
- Account or description of how something happened
want
US / wɔnt /
•UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /
- noun
- Something you desire or wish for
- State or condition of poverty
- verb
- To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing
putin
US / /
•UK / /
- noun
- An act or the right of putting the ball into a scrum.
provincial
US / prəˈvɪnʃl /
•UK / prəˈvɪnʃəl /
- adjecitve
- People living out of a main city
- Unsophisticated; narrow-minded
child
US / tʃaɪld /
•UK / tʃaɪld /
- noun
- A very young person, between about 2 and 15
maybe
US / ˈmeɪbi /
•UK / ˈmebi /
- adverb
- Possibly but not certainly; perhaps
not
US / nɒt /
•UK / nɑt /
- adverb
- Word indicating the negative
- (Used to form the negative of verbs)
incredibly
US / ɪnˈkredəbli /
•UK / ɪnˈkrɛdəblɪ /
- adverb
- To a great degree; very; amazingly
politic
US / ˈpɒlətɪk /
•UK / ˈpɑlɪtɪk /
- adjecitve
- Careful what you say; diplomatic
now
US / naʊ /
•UK / naʊ /
- adverb
- At the present time or moment
- Right away or in the next possible moment
- Used to refer to something that just happened
- Time between the present and a moment in the past
- conjunction
- Resulting from or because of something
legacy
US / 'leɡəsɪ /
•UK / ˈlɛɡəsi /
- noun
- Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
- Something left or given by a person who has died
against
US / əˈgenst /
•UK / əˈɡenst /
- preposition
- In physical contact with, as for support; next to
- In opposition to; disagreeing with
would
US / wʊd /
•UK / wʊd /
- other
- Used to indicate something imagined
- Used to ask or request something politely
- Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
- Used to indicate a preference
- Used to indicate a reaction
- Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
- Used to indicate willingness or ability to do
really
US / ˈri:əli /
•UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /
- adverb
- Used to stress something that is said; definitely
- In a true or accurate manner
- Very
north
US / nɔ:θ /
•UK / nɔ:rθ /
- adjecitve
- Coming from the opposite direction to the south
- noun
- Direction to your left when facing the rising sun
vladimir
US / ˈvlædɪˌmɪə /
•UK / ˈvlædəmɪr /
- proper noun
- A city in western Russia, east of Moscow; population 339,500 (est. 2008).
good
US / ɡʊd /
•UK / ɡʊd /
- adjecitve
- Proper, appropriate or right
- (Of an amount) enough; plenty
- Excellent; high quality
- Acting well or properly; of moral character
- In a positive or happy emotional state
- noun
- Advantage or benefit
give
US / ɡɪv /
•UK / ɡɪv /
- noun
- Degree of flexibility in something, a material
- verb
- To hand over or present something to someone
- To cause someone to have or experience something
afield
US / əˈfi:ld /
•UK / əˈfild /
- adverb
- Far away; far from home
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
support
US / səˈpɔ:t /
•UK / səˈpɔrt, -ˈport /
- noun
- Assistance or advice given to someone
- Evidence that helps prove something is true
- A thing to hold up or prevent from falling down
- verb
- To give assistance or advice to someone
- To help prove or show that something is true
- To hold up or prevent from falling down
sense
US / sens /
•UK / sɛns /
- noun
- Certain mental feeling or emotion
- Normal or clear state of mind
- Meaning of a particular word, phrase or text
- verb
- To perceive using sight, sound, taste touch etc.
- To recognize the presence of something
represent
US / ˌreprɪ'zent /
•UK / ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt /
- verb
- To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
- To show or describe something in a particular way
- To act on behalf of others in government
- To act or speak for another person or other people
collect
US / kəˈlekt /
•UK / kəˈlɛkt /
- adverb
- By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- verb
- To ask for money, e.g. for a charity
- To gather things, people together in one place
- To get and keep one type of things as a hobby
- To take things and bring them together
- To go and receive, e.g. a prize or an award
- To take control of your own feelings or thoughts
record
US / 'rekɔ:d /
•UK / ˈrekərd /
- noun
- Highest or most extreme level achieved
- Round plastic disc on which music has been stored
- History of a person's past actions or achievements
- verb
- To indicate a temperature, speed, etc.; register
- To write down or say what happened
- To put music, sounds onto a device to store it
canadian
US / kəˈneɪdiən /
•UK / kəˈnediən /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Canada
- noun
- Person from Canada
catch
US / kætʃ /
•UK / kætʃ, kɛtʃ /
- noun
- Amount of something that has been caught
- Trick or something trying to deceive
- verb
- To stop something flying and hold it
- To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
- To get sick or get a disease from someone else
- To find someone to do something, a task
- To get stuck on or in something
- To be trapped so you can’t escape
- To be able to understand what someone is saying
week
US / wi:k /
•UK / wik /
- noun
- Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
what
US / wɒt /
•UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /
- pronoun
- Thing or things that; the same kind as
- Used to emphasize something you are about to say
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
- Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
- adverb
- To a certain degree
- determiner
- Question words used for asking for information
- exclamation
- Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
- Used to ask people to repeat something they said
reaction
US / rɪ'ækʃn /
•UK / riˈækʃən /
- noun
- Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
- Feeling or action in response to something
poison
US / ˈpɔɪzn /
•UK / ˈpɔɪzən /
- noun
- Substance that can kill when eaten/drunk
- verb
- To affect something in a very negative way
- To hurt or kill with a dangerous substance
people
US / 'pi:pl /
•UK / ˈpipəl /
- noun
- Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
- Men, Women, Children
like
US / laɪk /
•UK / laɪk /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in status or kind to something else
- Similar; the same
- adverb
- For example
- preposition
- Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
- In a way similar to the way something is done
- Such as; for example
- verb
- To want to
- To find something pleasing; to prefer something
even
US / 'i:vn /
•UK / ˈivən /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
- Being divided equally or fairly
- (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
- Smooth, level, or regular
- Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
- At a regular, equally steady manner
- Remaining steady and unchanging
- adverb
- (When this is surprising) as well; too
- (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
- verb
- To make something level; to flatten
- To make something equal
about
US / ə'baʊt /
•UK / əˈbaʊt /
- adverb
- To be ready to; going to
- Nearly; approximately; roughly
- Near; next to; close to
- In every direction; in the area of
- preposition
- Concerning or of (a topic)
then
US / ðen /
•UK / ðɛn /
- adverb
- A time that is not now
- Following another thing in time or arrangement
- Following on reasonably from what was just stated
- At that time, not now
family
US / 'fæməlɪ /
•UK / ˈfæmli /
- noun
- Close group of people or organizations
- A group of people who are related through blood
- Group of related plants or animals
own
US / əʊn /
•UK / on /
- adjecitve
- Belong to oneself
- determiner
- Yours, his, hers, etc.; not belonging to another
- pronoun
- (Something) belong to myself
- verb
- To have something as your property
fund
US / fʌnd /
•UK / fʌnd /
- noun
- Money collected, saved, or provided for a purpose
- A specific account into which you put money
- verb
- To supply money for something
yulia
US / /
•UK / /
watch
US / wɒtʃ /
•UK / wɑtʃ /
- noun
- Period of time someone is responsible for guarding
- Device you wear on your wrist that shows the time
- Official warning statement, e.g. of bad weather
- verb
- To keep in check, manage, or control something
- To look at something for entertainment, e.g. TV
- To guard a place or people; protect child, etc.
- To look at carefully to work out what is happening
- To protect and care for someone or something
vividly
US / 'vɪvɪdlɪ /
•UK / ˈvɪvɪdlɪ /
- adverb
- In a strongly, bright, lively or colorful manner
mean
US / mi:n /
•UK / min /
- adjecitve
- Being good at
- Nasty; unkind
- Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
- noun
- Average of a set of numbers
- verb
- To express a particular idea or thought
- To intend to do something in particular
- To have a particular meaning or value