Reading B2

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Word List 2

2 Extreme interviews

Try to memorize the word list blow then read the eaxamples and make your own sentences
Word 6

Phonetic 6

Part of speech 6

English Meaning 6

Word 7

Phonetic 7

Part of speech 7

English Meaning 7

Word 7

Phonetic 7

Part of speech 7

English Meaning 7

Word 8

Phonetic 8

Part of speech 8

English Meaning 8

Word 10

Phonetic 10

Part of speech 10

English Meaning 10

merely

Example 6

Adverb

Dictionary examples:
I wasn't complaining, I merely said that I was tired.
I didn't say that you had to go - I merely suggested that you
might like to go.

/mr.li/

B2 used to emphasize that you mean exactly

what you are saying and nothing more

stranded

/strn.dd/
Adjective

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Of course this is merely a suggestion, and if you have got
anything else in mind please don't hesitate to let me know.

Example 7
Dictionary example:
We were stranded at the airport for ten hours.

C2 unable to leave a place

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Not a single member of the group would have imagined
that the "Luxury coach" would break [down] and leave them
stranded in the middle of nowhere, and what was worse
without mobile network coverage.

stranded

Example 7

/strn.dd/
Adjective

C2 unable to leave a place

pioneer

/p.nr/
Noun

Dictionary example:
one of the pioneers of modern science
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
Not only was he a bold pioneer by writing lyrics for rock
songs in German as early as the late 1960s when the
German music scene was still dominated by AngloAmerican influences, but he was also concerned with
German domestic and foreign politics.

Example 8
Dictionary example:
one of the pioneers of modern science

C2 someone who is one of the first people to do

something

Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:

Not only was he a bold pioneer by writing lyrics for rock
songs in German as early as the late 1960s when the
German music scene was still dominated by AngloAmerican influences, but he was also concerned with
German domestic and foreign politics.

cruel (crueller, cruellest or crueler, cruelest)

Example 10

/kru.l/

Adjective

B1 extremely unkind and unpleasant and

causing pain to people or animals intentionally

Dictionary examples:
Don't tease him about his weight - it's cruel.
Children can be very cruel to each other.
Cambridge Learner Corpus Learner example:
The terrorists [in the film] are very cruel and also have an
atomic weapon.