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beautiful adj /bjutfl/ delicious adj /dls/

B1 wordlist - ATHENA Those flowers look beautiful. Have you tried that cake? It tastes
bossy adj /bsi/ delicious!
Stop being so bossy! Youre always desirable adj /dzarbl/
telling me what to do. Everyone wants to live there. Its a really
bright adj /brat/ desirable part of town.
active adj /ktv/ I prefer the bright blue one. dirty adj /dti/
Hes a really active person. He does careful adj /kefl/ The room was so dirty that I asked for a
exercise every day. Shes really careful with money. She different one.
addictive adj /dktv/ never wastes any. easy adj /izi/
Coffee is really addictive. I need at least careless adj /kels/ The test was really easy. I think Ill get
three cups a day. Hes really careless. He always breaks 100%.
affordable adj /fdbl/ things. expensive adj /kspensv/
Rent is so expensive in Britain. For most cheerful adj /tfl/ Thats too expensive. Can we look for
people its just not affordable. Youre always smiling. What makes you one that costs less?
aggressive adj /resv/ so cheerful? healthy adj /heli/
My son is so aggressive. Hes always Comfortable adj /kmftbl/ Your diet is really healthy. I eat too much
fighting people. I dont care about fashion. I just want to fatty food.
ambitious adj /mbs/ feel comfortable. helpful adj /helpfl/
Shes very ambitious. She wants to be a creative adj /krietv/ The staff were really helpful. They
top surgeon. I want to work in a creative profession answered all of my questions.
assertive adj /stv/ like advertising or design. hopeful adj /hpfl/
Its important to be assertive otherwise dangerous adj /dendrs/ Im hopeful Ill get the job, but I wont
you will never get what you want. Everyone drives too fast here. The roads know until Monday.
attractive adj /trktv/ are really dangerous. hopeless adj /hpls/
That cars not very attractive. Its so dark adj /dk/ This is hopeless. Well never get there on
square. I wear a lot of dark clothes in the winter. time.
impressive adj /mpresv/ rebellious adj /rbeljs/ stressful adj /stresfl/
His presentation was really impressive. I was really rebellious as a teenager. I My work is so stressful at the moment
Everyone was listening for the whole never did what my parents wanted. that I just cant relax.
hour. reliable adj /rlabl/ stylish adj /stal/
incredible adj /nkredbl/ Its much less stressful working with He always wears such stylish clothes.
The views are incredible. You can see for reliable people. Hes so fashionable.
miles. responsible adj /rspnsbl/ helpful adj /helpfl/
lucky adj /lki/ Whos responsible for updating the The staff were really helpful. They
Youre lucky I know where we are going. website? answered all of my questions.
luxurious adj /lris/ risky adj /rski/ hopeful adj /hpfl/
The British consul had a luxurious house. That idea is too risky. You could lose a lot Im hopeful Ill get the job, but I wont
moody adj /mudi/ of money. know until Monday.
Hes so moody. You never know if hes selfish adj /self/ hopeless adj /hpls/
going to be happy, sad, or angry. Its Hes so selfish. He never thinks about This is hopeless. Well never get there on
exhausting! others. time.
noisy adj /nzi/ sensible adj /sensbl/ impressive adj /mpresv/
Its too noisy in here. I cant concentrate My daughter is only 14, but shes very His presentation was really impressive.
on my work. grown-up and sensible. Everyone was listening for the whole
possessive adj /pzesv/ sensitive adj /senstv/ hour.
My girlfriend is really possessive. She Dont listen to them. Youre always so incredible adj /nkredbl/
doesnt like me talking to other girls. sensitive about other peoples opinions. The views are incredible. You can see for
powerful adj /pafl/ sociable adj /sbl/ miles.
Hes a rich and powerful businessman. Shes really sociable. Shell talk to lucky adj /lki/
profitable adj /prftbl/ anyone. Youre lucky I know where we are going.
Hes really rich. He has a very profitable spacious adj /spes/ luxurious adj /lris/
business. I need a more spacious office. I have too The British consul had a luxurious house.
many things for this space.
moody adj /mudi/ selfish adj /self/ a wide range of / wad rend v/
Hes so moody. You never know if hes Hes so selfish. He never thinks about They sell a wide range of beautiful
going to be happy, sad, or angry. Its others. colours with very unusual names.
exhausting! sensible adj /sensbl/ actual adj /ktul/
noisy adj /nzi/ My daughter is only 14, but shes very The image they create in our mind does
Its too noisy in here. I cant concentrate grown-up and sensible. not necessarily correspond with the
on my work. sensitive adj /senstv/ actual colour.
possessive adj /pzesv/ Dont listen to them. Youre always so associate ... with /siet w/
My girlfriend is really possessive. She sensitive about other peoples opinions. The name of this pleasant greenish-blue
doesnt like me talking to other girls. sociable adj /sbl/ colour may surprise people, who
powerful adj /pafl/ Shes really sociable. Shell talk to associate the name with a poisonous
Hes a rich and powerful businessman. anyone. chemical.
profitable adj /prftbl/ spacious adj /spes/ attract v /trkt/
Hes really rich. He has a very profitable I need a more spacious office. I have too Flowers are often brightly-coloured to
business. many things for this space. attract bees and other insects.
rebellious adj /rbeljs/ stressful adj /stresfl/ average n /vrd/
I was really rebellious as a teenager. I My work is so stressful at the moment People with positive initials live about
never did what my parents wanted. that I just cant relax. four years longer than the average, while
reliable adj /rlabl/ stylish adj /stal/ people with negative initials die about
Its much less stressful working with He always wears such stylish clothes. three years sooner.
reliable people. Hes so fashionable beyond prep /bjnd/
responsible adj /rspnsbl/ suitable adj /sjutbl/ The potential effects of your name go
Whos responsible for updating the Can you find me a more suitable room? beyond perceptions.
website? This one is too noisy. brand n /brnd/
risky adj /rski/ useful adj /jusfl/ Whats the name of the brand and
That idea is too risky. You could lose a lot Phones are so useful now. I can do model of your computer, car, or phone?
of money. everything I want to on mine
career n /kr(r)/ founder n /fand(r)/ ordinary adj /dnri/
I want a career in accounting after Im The founder of the company started it in White tigers are much less common
qualified. 1976. than ordinary tigers. English File third
certificate n /stfkt/ full name n /fl nem/ edition Intermediate Plus Printable
I got a certificate for completing the My full name is Ruby Alice Rogers. Oxford University Press 2014 3
course. in control adj /n kntrl/ overall adv /vrl/
chemical n /kemkl/ You never panic, and are in control of Overall, it seems that the best name for
Arsenic is a poisonous chemical. your life. males is James, which came near the top
comment v /kment/ model n /mdl/ in all three categories.
Please fill out this form at the end of Whats the name of the brand and model powder n /pad(r)/
your stay if you would like to comment of your computer, car, or phone? She put the washing powder into the
on your experience. muscle n /msl/ machine.
Commitment /kmtmnt/ This exciting exercise machine works preference n /prefrns/
He doesnt like commitment. He always nine major muscle groups and gets your I dont mind, but my preference would
has a new girlfriend. heart working in just a few minutes. be to meet at 1 p.m.
commute n /kmjut/ name after phr v /nem ft(r)/ restless adj /restls/
I have a one-hour commute to work I was named after my grandmother. He can never focus on anything. Hes so
every day. nap n /np/ restless.
depressing-sounding adj /dpres My son is only one year old. He has a smartphone n /smtfn/
sand/ two-hour nap every afternoon. This smartphone app translates while
I really dont like it. Its such a old-fashioned adj /ld fnd/ you talk.
depressing-sounding name. I think some religious names are now subtle shade of /stl ed v/
ebook n /ibk/ quite old-fashioned, for example This subtle shade of white, which has a
There were ebook readers before the Angustias or Evaristo. slight blueish hint, also gets its name
Amazon Kindle, but the Kindle was the optimistic adj /ptmstk/ from nature.
first to become popular around the Shes very optimistic and always looks matt adj /mt/
world. for the positives. Shall we buy matt or gloss paint?
translate v /trnslet/ correspond v /krspnd/ ivory adj /avri/
If you dont know an English word, this The image they create in our mind does I would say the colour of her wedding
app can translate it into your own not correspond with the actual colour. dress was ivory, not white.
language. crayon n /kren/ life expectancy n /laf kspektnsi/
wallpaper n /wlpep(r)/ My children like to colour in pictures The life expectancy is around 80 years in
Arsenic was used to create a colour using crayons. my country.
called Paris Green, which was commonly creature n /krit(r)/ monument n /mnjumnt/
used in paint and wallpaper. The blue whale is the largest creature in Whats the most impressive monument
wardrobe n /wdrb/ the world. youve ever visited?
I have a wardrobe full of clothes I never critical adj /krtkl/ perception n /psepn/
wear. He always finds negative things about The perception that he was lazy stayed
analysis n /nlss/ people. Hes very critical. with him for decades.
Transform your life, your confidence, each other pron /it (r)/ persistent adj /psstnt/
and your wardrobe with colour analysis. They really dont like each other. Im really persistent. I dont give up
bill n /bl/ gloss adj /ls/ easily.
The bill for dinner was really expensive. Shall we buy matt or gloss paint? prospect n /prspekt/
bizarre adj /bz(r)/ goddess n /des/ His job prospects arent good. There is
Famous people often give their children Many gifts were given to the goddess of too much unemployment.
bizarre names. wealth because people wanted to rank v /rk/
call ... (for short) phr v /kl (f(r) become rich. UK is to rank common names for men
t)/ hypochondriac n /hapkndrik/ and women.
My name is Louise, but some people call I worry about my health, and may be a
me Lou for short. bit of a hypochondriac.
catalogue n /ktl/ isolated adj /asletd/
Few people shop from catalogues now: I was so far away from everyone that I
more buy online. felt really isolated.

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