Vocabulary

Active

Admire

Admirer

Adopt

adopted

adult

age

adj Syn: energetic, quick, eager;

Colloq: up and doing, on the go, on one's toes, etc;

industrious, diligent, businesslike

to be active in (doing) smth

to be active for one's age

• She may be over 80, but still very active!

to have an active imagination

v regard with approval, respect or satisfaction

Ant: hate

to admire smth/smb for smth

• 1 admire him for his strong character

to admire smb from afar (= to be attracted to someone but without telling them how you feel)

• Mary was still a good looking woman and Sid had admired her from afar for a long time. .

n 1. a man who is attracted to a particular woman

a secret admirer

v legally make another person's child part of your family so that he or she becomes one of your own children

• John was adopted; he never knew his natural parents.

adj one's adopted son

adj 1. fully grown or developed adult life

2. typical of an adult's behaviour or of the things adults do dealing with problems in an adult way

3. adult movie/magazine, etc. (= a film, etc. that is about sex, shows sexual acts, etc.)

• Syn: grown, grown-up, full-grown, mature

• She behaves like an adult.

n 1. the number of years someone has lived or something has existed

• I tried to guess her age.

• The children's ages ranged from three to ten.

to be (of) the same age

• Jill and Harry are the same age. It's amazing, isn't it?

at the age of

• She left school at the age of 16.

• The missing girl is 19 years of age.

at an early age (= very young)

to act one's age (= behave in a way that is suitable to how old you are)

Age

Aged

Alike

appearance

Ashamed

Attract

Attractive

Bachelor

Bachelor

party

to get to one's age(= how old someone is)

• When you gel to my age, it's quite difficult getting up stairs.

for one's (his/her) age (= compared with others of the same

• She's very tall for her age, isn't she? to get to a certain age

• Kids get to a certain age and say, right, that's it, and they

just go. 2. (U) the age when you are legally old enough to do smth

• What's the minimum age for getting a driver's license? to be under age (= too young)

• You 're not allowed to be drinking, you 're under age. to be over age (- too old)

• Dan's over age, so the army won't accept him. to be of age (= to reach the age of 18 )

to come of age (= to turn 18, to become 18)

• He is of age. He came of age three months ago.

3. (C, U) one of the particular periods of someone's life women of childbearing age

• Phil's coming up to 13 - rather a difficult age.

v Syn: decline; grow old, mature

• She has aged quite well

adj aged 40

• Police are looking for a man, aged between 40 and 45 (40 to 45) who was seen at the scene of the crime.

adj Syn: similar; like

• The brothers are very much alike.

n the way someone or smth looks to other people

• You musn 't worry about your appearance - you look fine.

to judge by appearances

• It's usually best not to judge by appearances.

to/by all appearances (= based on the way someone or smth sums to most people)

• He was, to all appearances, a respectable, successful businessman.

contrary to/against (all) appearances (= in spite of the way they

appear)

• Contrary to appearances, she's actually quite funny when you get to know her.

give/create the appearance of (= seem)

• He gives the appearance of being confident, but he isn 't really. for appearances' sake/for the sake of appearances (= if you do smth for appearances' sake, you are trying to make people think you are still happy, successful, etc.)

adj 1. feeling or affected by shame

to be ashamed of smb/smth/doing smth

• I am ashamed of myself.

• You should be ashamed of what you have done.

to be ashamed that

• Barry was ashamed that he had lost his temper.

You ought to be ashamed (of yourself) (= used to tell someone they should feel guilty about smth)

• You ought to be ashamed of yourself - treating your sister

like that.

2. feeling uncomfortable or upset

Syn: confused, embarrassed

to be ashamed of smb/smth

• She is at the age when kids are ashamed of their parents.

v 1. to make someone interested in smth, or make them want to

take part in smth

Syn: to interest, to charm; to fascinate, to draw/pull one's attraction

to attract smb to smth

• What attracted me most to the job was the chance to travel.

to attract interest/attention etc.

2. be attracted to (= to feel that you like someone and want to have a sexual relationship with them)

• I'm not usually attracted to blond men.

3. make someone like or admire smth or feel romantically interested in someone

• / guess it was his eyes that attracted me first.

adj having the power to attract; pleasing a most attractive girl

Syn: charming, interesting; captivating, fascinating; seductive Colloq: cute to find smb attractive to be attractive to smb

n a man who has never been married

confirmed bachelor (= a man who intends never to marry)

eligible bachelor (= a rich young man who has not yet married)

n a party for men only, especially the night before a man’s wedding (AmE)

stag night (BrE)

Bad

bad

Badly

badly-off

bad-mouth

beauty

beauty contest

beauty queen

beauty salon

beauty

spot

beautiful

behave

behaviour

birth

adj (worse, worst)

Ant: good

1- unpleasant, unwelcome

Why are you in such a bad mood this morning ?

2. morally wicked, offensive a bad man, a bad language

3. naughty

a bad child

4. ill, injured

to feel bad

5. serious, severe (of thing unwelcome)

a bad mistake, a bad headache

not bad (inform) Syn: fairly good

• How are you? - Not bad. Thank you.

too bad (inform Syn: regrettable

• It's too bad!

to be bad-tempered (= behaving in an angry, unfriendly way)

Her father was an extremely bad-tempered man who was always rude to her friends.

• His wife is bad at cooking

to go from bad to worse

(worse, worst)

to think badly

I m sure they won't think badly of you if you tell them you need some time away from work.

v not having much money, poor

bad-off(AmE) ^:

• We 're too badly-off to have a holiday

Ant: well-off

criticise someone or smth (inform, esp AmE)

n person, thing, specimen, feature, characteristic, that is beautiful or particularly good

• Isn 't she a beauty!

n a competition in which women are judged on how

attractive they look

n the winner of a beauty contest

n a place in which you can receive beauty treatment for yourskin, hair etc.

beauty shop, beauty parlor (AmE)

n a small dark mark on a woman's skin (BrE)

beauty mark (AmE)

adj Syn: 1. handsome; pretty, lovely, graceful, elegant; good-looking; well-formed, well-proportioned; shapely

Colloq: easy on the eyes, stunning, (well-)built

2. brilliant, splendid; gorgeous, superb, magnificent, grand, fine

Ant: ugly

a beautiful face/girl/child

a beautiful voice

v act or react (in specified way)

• She is very good at home - but how does she behave at school?

to behave (oneself) (= conduct oneself well)

• Did Peter behave himself while I was away?

• Children, please, behave yourselves.

to be well-behaved (= behaving well on a particular occasion)

Ant: to be badly-behaved

• The children were very well-behaved on the train,

n way of behaving

behavior (AmE)

• I am not in the least satisfied with your behaviour

to be on one's best behaviour (= to behave as well and politely as you can, especially in order to please someone)

• / want you both to be on your best behaviour at Grandad's.

Syn: manners

n (process of) being born, coming into the world relations by birth a birth certificate

• Congratulations on the birth of your daughter!

at birth

• He weighed three pounds at birth.

of noble birth

• She is Russian by birth and British by marriage.

the town/country etc. of one's birth

to give birth to

• She gave birth to a fine healthy girl.

Birthday

Boast

Boastful

Body

Bone

Bore

Boring

Bored

Born

Bright

n day on which one was born

• When is your birthday?

Happy birthday! (= what you say on someone's birthday)

v talk too proudly about your abilities, achievements or possessions because you want to make other people admire you

• I'm fed up hearing Jan boast about her new job.

Syn: to make a boast of; to throw up one's cap

Colloq: to show off, blow one's own horn

boast of

• He enjoyed boasting of his wealth.

boast that

• She was boasting that she could speak six languages fluently.

fond of boasting

Syn: pompous, high-flown

Ant: modest

• We all got drunk and became loud and boastful

n the physical structure of a person or animal

• Many teenagers are self-conscious about their bodies.

body heat/temperature/weight etc.

body-building

body-clock (= biological clock)

body-odour (= the natural smell of someone's body especially when this is unpleasant)

body spray (= a chemical substance that you put onto your body to make it smell nice)

n one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human or animal body

thigh/cheek/jaw etc. bone

big-boned/fine-boned/small-boned etc ;

with big etc bones

• Grace was a tall, big-boned woman.

good/fine bone structure (= someone with good bone structure

has a well-shaped face)

to be chilled/frozen to the bone (= extremely cold)

a bag of bones (= someone who is much too thin)

(с) a stupid person (inform) extremely lazy

• He's not stupid, just bone idle.

(not before noun), extremely tired (inform AmE)

He set by the fire, bone-tired after his journey.

n dull or tiresome person or thing

• He is such a bore!

soccer/photography etc. bore (= someone who talks too much about photography etc.)

adj Syn: tiresome, dull

• The film is so boring, I'd rather listen to some music.

deadly boring

• / always thought maths was deadly boring.

adj tired and impatient because you do not think smth is

interesting or because you have nothing to do

• Children easily get bored.

to be bored with

• I'm bored with the same old routine day after day.

to be bored stiff/to tears/to death/out of one's mind (= extremely bored)

• You'd be bored stiff in a job like that.

to be born in/at/on

• Swift was born in 1667.

• In those days most babies were born at home.

• / was born on December 15^th 1973.

to be born into/to/of (= be born in a particular situations, type of family, etc)

• Frank was born into a wealthy family.

to be born with (= to have a particular disease, type of character etc since birth) to be bom blind/deaf, etc

to be born lucky/unlucky, etc

Australian/French etc. born

to be born to do/be smth

born leader/teacher/musician etc

I wasn't born yesterday (sp)

to be born under a lucky/unlucky star

to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (= to be born into a rich family)

adj Ant: ignorant

a bright student

Syn: intelligent, talented, cheerful, clever, smart as bright as a button (= clever and full of life)

Build

Саге

Care

careful

Careless

carelessly

certificate

cheerful

cheerfully

clever

communica­tive

complexion

courage

to look on the bright side (= to see the good points in smth that is bad in other ways)

• Look on the bright side - not having a holiday will mean you save money!

the bright lights (= the interesting and exciting life that people are supposed to have in big cities)

• Jane went off in search of the bright lights in London.

bright spot (= an event or a period of time that is more pleasant when everything else is unpleasant)

• The only bright spot of the weekend was our trip to the theatre.

n style or form of construction: proportions of human body a powerful build

• He is of medium build and height, with dark curly hair and bluish eyes

n Syn: worry, anxiety, protection

to handle with care

to take care with/over smth

• Paul always takes great care over his appearance.

• to take care of - to look after children for a short time

• Mum will be taking care of the kids when 1 go to the hospital

v feel concern or interest

to care for (= have liking for or wish to do)

• I don't care for jazz.

to care about

• Go where you want, do what you want, I don't care.

couldn't care less (an inform expression)(=meaning not to care at all about smth, because it's unimportant to you)

• / don't know where she is and 1 couldn 't care less.

Who cares? (= You say it when someone has told you smth which they think you should be interested in but you are not)

• Did you know that she's been divorced twice ?' 'Who cares?'

adj paying a lot of attention to detail, so that something is done correctly and thoroughly

• Don't worry, she's very careful - you can trust her to do a good job.

to be careful with

• Be careful with that vase - it's very fragile.

to be careful about

• Mara was extremely careful about what she ate.

to be careful with money (= not spending more money than you need to)

to be careful who/what/how etc

• Be careful how you handle those glasses.

adj lacking care or attention, unthinking, done without care, inaccurate, light-hearted

Ant: careful

• Your work is full of spelling mistakes. Try not to be so careless in future.

adv Ant: carefully

• Someone had carelessly left the gate open, letting the dog escape.

n document formally attesting a fact (esp. birth or marriage or death)

a birth certificate

a death certificate

a marriage certificate

Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE)

a school-leaving certificate

adj Syn: in good spirits, noticeably happy; bright, pleasant; happy and contented

a cheerful grin, smile, day, person, face etc; kitchen, letter; workers etc

Ant. cheerless

Adv • She smiled at me cheerfully.

quick to understand and learn

Syn: skilful, talented, intelligent, gifted

a clever answer, report

Colloq: smart, sute

to be clever at maths/doing smth

adj ready and willing to talk and give information

n natural colour, texture and appearance of skin, esp. of face pale/ruddy/sallow/good/dark/fair complexion etc

• Drinking lots of water is good for the complexion.

• You've got a sallow complexion, you should spend moretime outdoors.

n the ability to be brave when you are in danger, in pain, in a difficult situation etc

• Sue showed great courage throughout her illness.

to summon up the courage/pluck up the courage

to take courage (= need courage)

Courageous

Dead

Describe

Deceive

deceptive

depend

Describe

description

diligent

dislike

dislike

divorce

Driving again after his accident must have taken a lot a/

courage,

adj brave, fearless

a courageous and independent woman

a courageous decision

adj (no comparative)

1. no longer alive or existing

• Her mother had been dead for ten years .

dead body

dead as a doornail/stone dead (= completely dead with no signs of life at all)

drop dead (= die suddenly when no one expects it)

• 37 years old, no health problems, and he just dropi'itl dead at work.

the dead (= people, who have died, especially people who been killed)

2. having no feeling or energy

• When I got up my leg had gone totally dead.

• Jennie's eyes were cold and dead.

to be dead (sp) (= very tired)

• I can't go out tonight. I'm absolutely dead.

over my dead body (sp)

• You 'II marry him over my dead body.

more dead than alive (= in a very weak physical condition)

v cause a person to believe smth that is false; play a trick ни, mislead (on purpose)

v Syn: cheat; throw dust into the eyes

• You can't pass the examination without working html, don't deceive yourself.

adj deceiving

• How a person dresses is often deceptive.

deceptive appearances

v 1. be controlled or determined by (with on or upon) .

• Success depends on hard work.

2. be unable to do without, need for success

• He depends on his parents for food and clothing.

it depends (= if someone asks you a question and you it depends, you mean you cannot give a definite answer because the thing that they are asking about may change or may be different in different situations)

• Are you coming out tonight?' - 'May be. It depends'.

v say what (a person or thing) is like

• The police asked to describe the two men.

to describe how/why/what etc

• It's difficult to describe how I feel.

to describe smb/smth as

• She described him as shy.

to describe smb/smth to smb

• So describe this new boyfriend to me.

n a piece of writing or speech that says what someone or something is like

• Her beauty is beyond description.

• Can you give me a description of the thief?

detailed/accurate description

to give a description

brief/general description

full/complete description

to answer/fit a description (= to be like the person or thing described)

• A man fitting that description was seen outside the bant

adj someone who is diligent works hard and is careful and

thorough

• Philip is a diligent worker and should do well in the

examinations.

Syn: hard-working, thorough, industrious

n feeling that person or thing is unpleasant, unattractive intense dislike (= very strong dislike)

The colleagues regarded him with intense dislike.

likes and dislikes

• A good hotel manager should know his regular guests' likes and dislikes.

to take an instant dislike to (= to decide immediately when you meet someone that you do not like them)

• The two men took an instant dislike to one another.

v have dislike for, not like

• / don't know why you dislike my father so much.

dislike doing smth

• Mary disliked getting up early in the morning.

n the legal ending of a marriage

• In Britain, one in three marriages ends in divorce.

to get a divorce

to sue for a divorce

to take/to start divorce proceedings

to obtain a divorce from smb divorce case (= the legal process of divorce)

divorce rate (= the number of divorces each year)

divorce settlement (= the legal decision about how much money, property etc you get after a divorce)

Divorce

Divorced

Divorcee

Elder

Eldest

Elders

elderly

Energetic

Energy

engaged

engagement

engagement

ring

enjoyment

envy

envy

envious

family

v if someone divorces their husband or wife or if two people

divorce, they legally end their marriage

• David's parents divorced when he was six.

adj no longer married to your former wife or husband

• 75 % of divorced women remarry.

to get divorced (= legally end your marriage)

• My parents are getting divorced.

n someone who is no longer legally married to their former wife

or husband

Syn: senior, older, of greater age

adj elder sister/brother/daughter/son (only before noun, not used

with than)

• The two elder children looked just like their mother.

• My elder brother is two years older than me.

oldest (AmE)

• My eldest daughter is studying French in Paris.

• I'm the eldest-my brother's two years younger than me.

(pl) your elders are people who are older than you, such as

your parents or teachers, and who you should therefore respect and be polite to

• You shouldn 't talk to your elders like that!

adj a polite word meaning old

• The photograph was of an elderly, dignified-looking gentleman with a white moustache.

the elderly (= old people)

• This building is a retirement home for the elderly.

adj very active because you have a lot of energy

Syn: vigorous, to be full of energy/bursting with energy,

dynamic, hyperactive, tireless; lively

• America needs a young, strong, energetic leader who will change things.

• My mother was a bustling energetic woman, always in ahurry, always busy.

n the physical and mental strength that makes you able to be

active

• She's got tremendous energy and a huge capacity for hard work.

to be full of energy

• She came back full of energy after her vacation

to apply/devote your energies to

• She's devoting all her energies to the wedding preparation.

adj having agreed to get married

• They've been engaged for six months.

to be engaged to smb

• Have you met the man she's engaged to?

to get engaged (= to agree to marry someone)

• Helen and John have just got engaged.

n agreement to marry someone

• They've officially announced their engagement.

to break off one's engagement (= to say you no longer want to

marry someone)

n a ring that a man gives to a woman when they decide to marry

n Syn: delight; pleasure

• My children are a source of great enjoyment to me.

v wish that you had someone else's possessions, abilities, etc

• A lot of people envied his good looks and easy-going charm.

to envy smb for smth

• He envied Susan for the way she made friends so easily.

n • / listened with envy as they talked of lazy days on golden beaches.

• He stared with envy at Robert's new car.

to be green with envy (= envying someone a lot)

• Have a great time in the Bahamas. I'm really envious.

adj to be envious of

• He was envious of his brother because he could afford a large house and exotic holidays.

n 1. a group of people who are related to each other, esp. a mother, father and their children

• Ned comes from a big family of eight children.

• Do you know the family next door?

close-knit family

• We're a very close-knit family.

family home/business/holiday etc

• He grew up knowing that he would take over the family business.

nuclear family

extended family

one-parent family/single-parent family

family background

to be in smb's family

2. children

to start a family (= have children)

• They're getting married next year, and hope to start a

family straight away.

to bring up/raise a family a family film/show etc

Fault

Feeling

Fiancé

Fiancée

first name

Flatter

Flatterer

Flattery

Fool

Foolish

Forgive

Forgiving

get

n 1. defect or blemish in person's character in structure, etc

• He likes me in spite of all my faults.

2. responsibility or blame for offence or misdeed

• I'm sorry, it's all my fault.

to find fault with (= criticise unfavourably, complain about)

• Please, stop trying to find fault with me. I'm pretty tired of it.

for all/with all his faults (= even though he has these faults)

• For all his faults, he was a good father.

n 1. smth that you feel such as anger, sadness, or happiness a (great) feeling of smth

feelings are running high (=people are very angry or excited)

2. what you think and feel about a situation a feeling on/about

to have mixed feelings

• Parents often have mixed feelings about their children leaving home.

3. a general attitude among a group of people about a subject

a feeling against/in favour of

to hurt one's feelings

• I'm really sorry, I didn 't mean to hurt your feelings.

n the man who a woman is going to marry and who she is engaged to

n the woman who a man is going to marry and who he is engaged to

n 1. the name or names that come before your family name

• Her first name's Helen, but I don't know her surname.

2. be on first name terms (with smb) (BrE), be on a first name basis (AmE) (= to know someone well enough to call them by their first name)

v 1. praise too much or insincerely (in order to please)

Syn: to praise to the skies; to exaggerate

• He flattered her, saying how beautiful her eyes were.

to flatter oneself that (= be pleased with one's belief that)

• She flatters herself that she could have been a model.

2. give a feeling of pleasure to

• I'm flattered by your invitation.

3. show (a person) better looking than he is

• This photograph flatters you.

n person who flatters

n insincere praise

• Don't be deceived by her flatteries.

• She uses a mixture of charm and flattery to get what she wants.

n person without much sense; person whose conduct one considers silly

• What fools we were not to see the joke!

• She was a fool enough to believe him.

to make a fool of smb

• Sorry 1 made such a fool of myself last night. I must have been drunk.

to play/act the fool (= to behave in a silly way especially in order to make people laugh)

• Stop playing the fool! You 'll fall.

adj without reason, sense or good judgement; silly

Syn: silly; unwise; ill-considered; ridiculous

• It would be foolish for us to quarrel.

it is foolish (of smb) to do smth

v cease to feel angry or resentful towards (person) or about (offence) to forgive smb for smth

• / don't think she'll ever forgive me for telling Richard her secret.

• Forgive me for being rude to you.

to forgive smb smth

• I find it hard to forgive him his unkindness to Anna.

I'd never forgive myself

• If anything happened to the kids I'd never forgive myself.

forgive and forget (= forgive someone for smth and behave as if they had never done it)

forgive me for asking/saying etc

• Forgive me for saying so, but I think that's nonsense.

adj willing to forgive

• My father was a kind and forgiving man.

v 1. come into possession of, receive or earn

to get a job, a letter

• Stuart got a job as a computer programmer.

2. understand

• Did you get the joke ?

3. cause to reach some state or become _; to get married

to get angry

to become different, especially quickly

• Things are getting worse. They 've worried that they may have to sell the house.

to get along (with or together) (= live harmoniously)

• They don't get along together.

Syn: to get on (with)

• They don't get on well.

to get rid of smth. (= make (person or place) free of)

• He is a terrible manager - it's about time they got rid of him.

Good

grow

adj (better, best)

Syn: valuable, excellent, superior; useful; advantageous; profitable; first-class, first-rate

Colloq: tiptop.

Ant: bad; poor; weak

1. of a high standard; having qualities that are worth praising a good cook/book/answer; good food/weather/news very/extremely/pretty etc good

• Mike's done an extremely good job of painting the windows. (not) good enough

to be good for smb (inform)

• David doesn 't deserve to have a girl-friend like Kate - she's much too good for him.

2. clever or skilful

• She is a good skier.

to be good at smth/doing smth

• Alfred is very good at languages.

to be good with smth/smb

• My receptionist is very good with people.

Ant: to be no good at/not be much good at/not be very good at

• You are not very good at reading maps, are you?

3. enjoyable; pleasant

• That was good fun.

to feel good

I don't feel too good.

• He's feeling better today.

to be good for smb

• Milk is good for you.

• It isn 't good for children to watch too much TV.

4. well-behaved

• She's such a good baby. • Be a good girl, now.

to be as good as gold (= extremely well-behaved)

5. kind

to be good about smth

• / had some time off work when my mother was ill, but my boss was very good about it.

to be good of smb (to do smth) (fml)

• It was good of her to offer us a ride home.

to be good to smb

• Mr. Hawkins has always been very good to me.

to be good for nothing (= worthless (person) because of laziness)

• He is good for nothing.

• His first wife left him to live with that good-for-nothing who lived next door.

good-looking

• Our teacher's face is interesting, rather than good-looking.

good-hearted (= kind and generous)

good-humoured (= someone who is good-humoured is always happy and calm, even if they have problems or disagree with other people)

• She's always good-humoured, no matter what happens.

good-natured (= naturally, kind and helpful and not easily made angry)

Syn: kind-hearted, kindly, easygoing, even-tempered, pleasant, agreeable, sociable

to be on good terms with (= to have a polite and friendly relationship with someone especially someone you do not know socially)

• We're on good terms with all our neighbours except the couple upstairs.

good quality or circumstance, especially beneficial or morally right

• She is definitely an influence for good on those boys.

• There's good in him, in spite of his violent behaviour.

to do smb (a power of/the world of) good (= to make one feel, better physically or emotionally)

• It might do you good to meet some new people. (grew, grown)

v 1. to become bigger and develop over a period of time

• How tall you've grown!

• How you've grown since the last time I saw you!

to grow 2 inches/5 cm etc

• Stan grew two inches in six months.

growing boy/girl

• Of course he eats a lot - he's a growing boy!

to grow out of smth/doing smth (= to become too big; to become too old for smth)

• He's grown out of his clothes.

• He has grown out of playing with toys.

• She used to bite her nails but seems to have grown out of it.

to grow old/hot/worse etc (= to become old etc over a period of time)

• I'm scared of growing old.

to grow to like/fear/respect etc (= to gradually start to like etc smb or smth)

• After a while he grew to like his mother-in-law.

to grow apart (= if two people grow apart, their relationship becomes less close)

• He said the couple had been growing apart for at least a year.

to grow away from smb

• While at university she had grow away from her family.

to grow into smb/smth

• Susan's grown into a lovely young woman.

to grow up

• What do you want to be when you grow up?

to grow on smb (= if smb or smth grows on you. you like them more and more)

• His music is difficult to listen, but after a while it grows on you.

• / didn't like modern jazz at first but it certainly grows on you.

• This habit grows on you.

2. if hair, nails etc grow, they become longer

• He's growing a beard.

grown-up

habit

habitual

hate

hatred

adj Syn: adult

n • She is a grown-up. They are grown-up people.

n Syn: rule, routine, red tape; beaten path; addiction; second

nature

1. smth that you do regularly, often without thinking about it because you have done it so many times before

• Dalton was a man of regular habits.

out of habit/from habit

• After we moved I kept driving to the old house out of habit.

to be in the habit of doing smth

• Jeff was in the habit of taking a walk after dinner.

to get into/get in/out of the habit

• Since I stopped taking lessons, I've gotten out of the habit of practising my saxophone.

2. smth that someone does regularly and that other people find

annoying to have a habit of doing smth

• Glenna has an annoying habit of talking to herself while she's working.

a bad/filthy/disgusting habit

• Don't bite your fingernails - it's a disgusting habit.

to break the habit (= to stop doing smth that is annoying or bad

for your health)

don't make a habit of (doing) smth (sp)

• You're ten minutes late. I hope you're not going to make a habit of this.

I'm not in the habit of doing smth (sp)

• I'm not in the habit of lying to my friends.

old habits die hard

habit of thought/mind

a creature of habit

• Are we all creatures of habit? - Do we do things because of habit?

by/from force of habit

adj 1. done as a habit or doing smth from habit

• My father was a habitual gambler.

2. typical

• James took his habitual morning walk around the garden.

1. Syn: detest, dislike greatly, loathe

• Most people hate going to the dentist.

to hate doing smth

• Paul hates having his photo taken.

to hate to do smth

• / hate to see you making a fool of yourself.

to hate smb doing smth

• Jenny's mother hates her staying out late.

to hate it when

• / hate it when people ask me for money.

2. regret

• / hate to bother you.

n an angry feeling of deep dislike for someone or something

Syn: coolness; irritation; antipathy

• She spoke in a voice that was full of hatred and contempt.

height

honest

imagination

imaginative

imagine

introduce

jealous

Keen

Lazy

lie

lie

n measurement from head to foot of standing person

• State your age, height, and weight.

• She's about the same height as I am.

1. not telling lies; not cheating or stealing

• It was very honest of him to give them the money back. scrupulously honest

• She is scrupulously honest in all her business dealings.

2. not hiding the truth or the facts about smth

let's be honest

• Let's be honest - the only reason she married him was for his money.

to be honest with smb

to be honest about smth

to be honest (= used when you tell someone what you

really think)

• To be honest, I don't like him very much!

• / don't mean to hurt hi , honest!

1. n the ability to form pictures or ideas in your mind

• Children often have very vivid imaginations.

2. smth that is caused only by your mind

• Did you hear that noise, or was it my imagination ?

to capture/catch smb's imagination

• His music captured the imagination of a whole generation of young people.

to leave smth to smb's imagination

• I'll leave the details of the affairs to your imagination.

adj someone who is imaginative is good at thinking of new,

interesting ideas and at forming pictures in their mind

an imaginative child

v form a picture or idea in your mind about what smth could be

like to imagine smb/smth as

• I never knew my grandmother but I always imagine her as a kind, gentle person.

to imagine smb in/with/without etc

• Somehow I can't imagine him without a beard.

v 1. make (person, oneself) known by name to another, esp.formally

to introduce smb to smb

• Let me introduce Mr. Sharp to you.

2. Syn: announce or present to audience

• In my first class I will introduce some of the topics we will be studying this year.

adj 1. feeling angry and unhappy because someone has something

that you would like

Syn: envious, green with envy to be jealous of

• Why are you so jealous of his success ?

to make smb jealous

• It makes me jealous, seeing all these women with babies.

2. feeling angry or unhappy because someone you like or love showing interest in another person, or another person is showing interest in them

• She gets jealous if I even look at another woman.

a jealous husband/wife/lover/look

• You are acting like a jealous husband.

1. of person, desire or interest (= be eager, ardent)

Syn: eager, enthusiastic

• She is keen to do it.

to be keen on (inform) (= be much attracted by)

• My brother is keen on poetry.

keen as mustard

adj disliking work or physical activity so that you try to avoid

having to do them

Syn: slow, sluggish, inactive

Ant: industrious, active

• Peter was the laziest boy in the class.

• They shouldn 't use the car too much - it'll give them lazy

habits.

to be lazy about smth/doing smth

• My wife is lazy about cooking.

lazybones (inform) (= word meaning a lazy person, used especially when talking to someone that you like)

• Hey, lazybones, how long are you planning on staying in bed?

v (lied, lied; lying)

deliberately tell someone smth that is not true

• / could tell from her face that she was lying.

to lie to smb

• I would never lie to you.

to lie through one's teeth (= to say smth that is completely

untrue

n something that you say or write that you know is untrue

• There's no truth in her story. It's all lies!

to tell a lie

• 1 always know when he's telling lies.

to tell smb a lie

• Of course it's true. I wouldn't tell you a lie.

pack of lies

bare faced lie (= a shocking lie)

white lie (= a lie that is not serious, or one that is told to avoid

upsetting someone)

life

like

like

likeness

like

lively

Look

Look

Love

Love

Lovely

manage

n to be the life and soul of the party (= to make people feel

happy by talking a lot, telling jokes etc)

adj 1. having the qualities (or some of them) of another or each other

Syn: similar

Ant: unlike, dissimilar

• I'm glad we're like minds about'the project.

• She is like a sister to me.

2. characteristic of smb.

• It was like her to do that.

• What is s/he like? = What sort of person is s/he?

n Syn: resemblance, similarity

• There is much likeness between them.

n thing(s) one likes or dislikes

• She has no particular likes or dislikes when it comes to food.

adj full of life

Syn: energetic, cheerful, keen

• He was a lively, attractive boy with lots of friends.

a lively interest/imagination/description

v 1. use one's sight, turn one's eye in some direction

to look (up/down) at smb/smth

not much to look at (= to be unattractive)

2. seem to be, have a certain appearance

to look sad/ill/tired/good/impressive etc

to look one's age (= to seem as old as one really is)

• You don't look your age.

to look one's best (= to appear most attractive)

• You look your best in black.

to look blue (= to appear sad or discontented)

to look down on smb (= to think that you are better than someone else)

• She looks down on anyone who hasn't had a college education.

n an act of looking at smth

• The town has a European look.

looks (pl) (= person's appearance)

• She's beginning to lose her looks (her beauty).

• Fiona's got everything - looks, money and youth.

• You get your good looks from your mother.

to look after

• / look after my grandchildren every Tuesday and Thursday while my daughter goes shopping.

to look young/old for one's age

to look like

• She looks a bit like my sister.

• What does she look like?

n deep affection or fondness for person or thing

Syn: fondness, liking; admiration, affection, tenderness;

passion, devotion etc

love for one's children; a love of nature

• There is nothing stronger than a mother's love for her children. be, fall in love (with)

• I know why Lucy is so happy - she's in love.

• We met, fell in love and got married.

love at first sight

• When I met Tracy it was love at first sight.

v have strong affection or deep tender feelings for

Syn: like, fancy, care for, favour; adore, idolise, love to

distraction; throw oneself at

Slang: go for, fall for, shine up to, be nuts about, carry a torch

for; go steady;

• 1 love you, really.

adj 1. beautiful or attractive (BrE)

Syn: beautiful, comely, exquisite, captivating

• What a lovely child!

• Her hair's a lovely shade of red.

to look lovely

• You look lovely in blue.

2. friendly and pleasant (infml, BrE)

• He is a lovely person.

v organise or regulate or be in charge of, deal with

• Helen was always a difficult child. No one knew how to manage her.

• How do you manage to stay so slim?

• / don't know how single parents manage.

manageable

marry

marriage

middle

middle age

middle-aged

name

name

nickname

obedient

obstinate

old

outspoken

promise

adj easy to control or deal with

• My hair's more manageable since I had it cut.

Ant: unmanageable

v take or join marriage; enter into marriage

to marry smb

• She married her former fellow student.

to be married to smb

• John is married to Nancy.

to get married (to)

• They got married three years ago.

n 1. the state of being married

• My parents disapprove of sex before marriage.

2. the ceremony at which two people are legally married, whether it involves relation or not

• The marriage took place at St. Barthlomew's church.

Syn: wedding

adj middle brother/child/daughter etc (= the brother etc who is

between the oldest and the youngest)

n the period of your life when you are no longer young but are not yet old

• The new technique allows women to have children well into middle age.

adj 1. no longer young but not yet old a middle-aged businessman

2. middle-aged attitudes or ways of behaving are rather boring , or old-fashioned

a middle-aged outlook on life

n the word that someone or smth is called or known by

• Her name is Mandy Wilson.

first name (BrE)/given name (AmE)

Syn: Christian name

• Her first name is Mandy

by name

• He's got a younger sister, Susy by name.

last name/surname/family name

• Her surname is Wilson.

middle name

• Lot's of girls have Elizabeth as their middle name.

full name (= complete name)

• Please leave your full name and address with reception. maiden name (= the family name that a woman had before she got married)

to know smb by name

• It's a big school but the principal knows everyone by name.

by the name of (= whose name is)

• Is there anyone here by the name of Sommerville?

v give someone or smth a particular name

to name smb John/Ann etc

• We named our daughter Sarah.

to name smb after (BrE)/name smb/smth for (AmE)

• Bill is named after his father.

• The college is named for George Washington.

to name the day (= to decide on a date for your wedding)

n a name given to someone, esp. by their friends or family, that is not their real name and is often connected with what they look like or smth they have done

• Frank Sinatra, nicknamed 'Old Blue Eyes

adj always doing what you're told by your parents, by someone in authority

• He was a good-tempered obedient child.

Ant: disobedient, naughty (child)

adj not easily giving way to argument or persuasion

Syn: stubborn; stubborn as a mule.

adj 1. having existed for a long time, or having been used a lot before

to be (as) old as the hills (= to be extremely old)

2. having lived for a long time

to give/grow old (= to become old)

the old (= old people)

3. be a particular age

• How old are you?

to be 5/10/50 etc years old

to be 5-year-old

old enough/too old

an old head on young shoulders (= a young person who seems to think and behave like an older person)

adj expressing your opinions honestly, even when it is not popular to do so

outspoken comments/delegates/critic

n make promise, give assurance

give/make a promise

keep one's promise

break one's promise

show promise

• My son shows great promise as a chess player.

Quarrel

quarrelsome

related

relation

relationship

rely

reliable

remind

resemble

resemblance

rude

sense

Sensible

sensitive

v to argue angrily, especially for a long time and in a way that seems silly or unnecessary to other people

Ant: make up with

quarrel about

• We often quarrel about money.

quarrel with

• Bob left his job after quarrelling with his boss.

adj someone who is quarrelsome seems to like quarrelling

a quarrelsome tone in his voice

adj connected by a family relationship

• / didn 't know you two were related to each other.

• Susanna and I are related.

• I am related to Simon by marriage.

a word meaning a relative, used especially in spoken English

• She took me back home to meet all her friends and relations.

• Is Stella a relation of yours?

• Is Jack any relation to you?

• We have relations in Canada and Scotland.

close/distant relation

• Diane's a distant relation of mine - a third cousin, I think.

no relation (= not a relative)

• His name's Johnson too - no relation.

n the way that people, organisations or countries behave towards each other, feel about each other, etc.

• What kind of relationship did you have with your father?

• Teddy had a very close relationship with his grandmother, and was heartbroken when she died.

v to trust someone or smth to do what you need or expect them to do

Syn: trust, depend, count

to rely on smb/smth/for smth

• I can always rely on Helen.

• He can always be relied on for help.

adj Ant: unreliable

• Hasn't Mark arrived yet? That's odd, he's usually so reliable.

v 1. make someone remember a person, event or experience from the past, remind smb of smb/smth

• Looking down on the valley, he was suddenly reminded of his childhood days playing on the mountain slopes.

• He reminded me of his father.

v be similar

• Geraldine resembled her mother in every way.

closely resemble

• Mick closely resembled his father.

n a similarity in appearance, especially between people resemblance to

I was puzzled by Alice's strong resemblance to Josie.

resemblance between

family resemblance between members of the same family

• You can see the resemblance between Susan and her sister.

to bear a resemblance to (= to look like)

• He bears a remarkable resemblance to Kurt Russel.

adj Syn: impolite, offensive

a rude remark, reply to be rude to smb

• Don't be so rude to your sister!

n 1. one of the fire natural powers of sight, hearing, feeling, taste and smell, that give us information about the things around us

sense of smell/taste/touch etc

to have a keen sense of hearing

2. to talk/knock some sense into smb (= to try to persuade someone to stop behaving in a way that you think is silly)

• He says he's dropping out of school - will you try and talk some sense into him?

to make sense

• It just doesn 't make sense - why would she do a thing like that?

3. a natural ability to judge smth sense of direction/rhythm/timing etc

• I'll probable get lost - I haven't got a very good sense of direction.

dress/clothes sense

• He has no dress sense at all.

in very sense of the word

• He's a gentleman in even' sense of the word.

a sense of humour (BrE)

a sense of humor (AmE)

adj reasonable, practical and able to judge things well

• Surely it would be sensible to get a second opinion.

adj 1. easily hurt, upset or offended by things that people say

• Don't be so sensitive -I wasn 't criticising you!

Typical

Ugly

versatile

wedding

Widow

Widowed

Widower

Youth

youthful

adj word for describing a kind of behaviour or quality that is usual or expected in a particular type, group, or person

• This is typical adolescent behaviour.

be typical of

• The lack of curiosity was typical of Sandra.

1. extremely unattractive and unpleasant to look at

• He's just so ugly.

Ant: beautiful

to be ugly as sin (= very ugly)

ugly duckling (= someone who is less attractive, skilful etc that

other people when they are young, but who becomes beautiful

and successful later)

2. threatening; unpleasant

• The situation looks ugly.

adj good at doing a lot of different things and able to learn new

skills quickly and easily; having various uses

a very versatile performer

a versatile mind

an official ceremony at which two people get married,

especially one with a religious service and a party of meals

afterwards

• Mom always cries at weddings.

a wedding ring/ceremony/invitation

• Have you sent out the wedding invitations yet?

n a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again

adj having become a widow or widower

• She was widowed at the age of25.

n a man whose wife has died and who has not married again

n 1. a young man, between the ages of about 15 and 25, specially one who is involved in fighting, crime, etc

Syn: teenager, in one's teens, an adolescent, a minor

• A youth was leaning against a wall, watching her.

the youth/the young

2. the time when you are no longer a child but you are still young

Syn: adolescence

• Youth is a time when many people rebel against their parents. adj typical of or having qualities typical of youth

Syn: well-preserved

• She's over 50, but has a youthful complexion.

Unit 1

Location.

Unit 2

Furnishing and Decorating.

Unit 3

Living Out

Unit 4

Housework / Household Chores.

Unit 5

Pets.