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Vocabulary: Nagely Villon Yagual
Vocabulary: Nagely Villon Yagual
To look after
To take responsibility for someone or something.
To get a divorce
To officially end a marriage.
Hospital.
The place where sick or injured people receive medical and nursing care.
Hospital
The place where sick or injured people receive medical and nursing care.
But
To argue
To grow
To remember
Granddaughter
To move
Quite
A small amount.
Birth
Lovely
To think
To be sure
Recently
Parent
To suffer
Cute
To live
Home
Studio flat
Marriage
Baby
Sister-in-law
Niece
Youngest
Beautiful
To look like
Building
Sledge
Near
To live
Memory
Forest
Outside
Neighbour
To remember
Field
To hide
Old
Holiday
Time, usually a few days or more, when you do not work. In american english, vacation.
To have fun
To play hide-and-seek
A game where you hide in a place so another person cannot find you.
Screen
To leave
Homework
Time
To move
Town
A place where people work and live, with many houses, shops, offices, etc.
The edge of
Far from
Apartment
Countryside
The area that is away from a town or city, close to nature, a rural area.
In the middle of
Ball
To visit
Building
Sledge
Near
To live
Memory
Forest
Outside
Neighbour
To remember
To bring back information to mind, to recall something.
Field
an area of land where plants grow.
To hide
To go to a place you can't be seen or found.
Old
From another time in the past.
Holiday
Time, usually a few days or more, when you do not work. In american english, vacation.
To have fun
To play hide-and-seek
A game where you hide in a place so another person cannot find you.
To leave
Homework
Time
To move
Town
A place where people work and live, with many houses, shops, offices, etc.
The edge of
Apartment
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In the middle of
Castle
Very big and strong building from the past, with thick walls and towers, often where an important
person lived.
Emotional
Relative
Memory
To go
To feel
To experience an emotion.
Area
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A part of a place, town or country.
Ceremony
To want
Place
To party
To celebrate.
To get on
Boyfriend
The two people who get married. The bride is the new wife, and the groom is the new husband.
Beautiful
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Something that is wonderful, lovely or that creates positive memories.
At least
To go well together
When two things (or two people) are well matched or compatible or complement each other.
To dance
All night
Lovely
Pleasant or enjoyable.
Happy
To get married
People
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More than one person; human beings.
Wedding
Marriage ceremony.
Romantic
Decoration
Wonderful
Guest
To seem to be
To love
Colleague
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Someone who works at the same place that you work.
Door
A flat object that you use to open or close the entry of a building or room.
Bathroom
Villa
Mirror
Fireplace
A place or object in a room where you can have a fire, especially in the winter, for heat.
Bedroom
To move
Building
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A large structure with a roof and walls, e.g. A house, factory or office block.
Upstairs
Living room
A room in a house that is used for relaxing and where guests and visitors sit.
Decorated
The way something is filled with objects, or colour, or furniture to make it more beautiful.
To think about
To consider, to imagine.
Material
Garden
Green area at the side or at the back of a house where you can grow plants, fruits and vegetables.
Floor
Residential area
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A part of a town with houses and apartments, the part where people live.
To design
Decor
Glass
Downstairs
To lead onto
Period
Quiet
Balcony
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A flat area outside the upper floor of a building, with a wall or railing to stop people falling to the
ground, where someone can sit or stand.
Very large
Old-fashioned
Inside
Dining room
Landscape gardener
Style
Modern
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Wood
Electricity
An energy or power supply that is very useful for lights, heating and appliances.
To rent
Available
Access
Living room
A room in a house that is used for relaxing and where guests and visitors sit.
Toilet
A small room used by people in order to carry away natural body waste.
Gas
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Tile
Floor (or wall) covering made from thin ceramic squares, often arranged in a pattern.
Washing machine
You say this when you are happy to meet a new person for the first time.
New
Bathroom
Room in a house with a toilet, bath, shower and basin.
Floor
Comfort
Parquet
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Equipped
Older
Rent
Kitchen
Building
A structure with a roof and walls, e.g. A house, a block of flats or offices.
Wall
Something solid that separates two rooms, often made of brick or wood.
Modern
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Utility
Balcony
A platform outside the upper floor of a building, with a wall or balustrade to stop people falling to
the ground, where someone can sit or have a drink or relax.
Recent
To build
Basil
A green leafy herb with a sweet smell that is used for flavour, especially in mediterranean cooking.
Supermarket
A big shop that has almost all types of food, drinks, cleaning products and things you need for your
home.
Organic
Carrot
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A long orange vegetable that grows underground.
To pick
Sweet
To taste
Delicious
Farm
To come from
Jar
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Small glass container with a lid, used to store food.
Cauliflower
Soup
Spinach
Farmer
Person who has the job of growing plants for food or raising animals for meat or other products
Chives
Long thin green herb, used in cooking for a flavour similar to onion.
Local
Pumpkin
Gram
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Unit of mass with the abbreviation symbol g. Also, gramme.
Plum
Small round fruit of a red, purple or yellow colour, with a thin skin and a pointed stone/pip in the
middle.
Gherkin
Small cucumber that is often kept in vinegar.
Fresh
Mushroom
The fruiting body of a fungus that usually grows in cool, damp places; some types are dangerous to
eat.
Kilogram
Nice
Milk products
Items made from milk such as cheese, butter or yoghurt. Also called dairy products.
That's it
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Something you could say when your order is finished. (also, that's all, or, that's everything.)
Toilet paper
Drink
Sausage
A tube of raw (uncooked) seasoned meat (e.g. Beef, pork, lamb, chicken) that can be grilled, fried
or baked.
Veal chop
At the end
Aisle
Cleaning products
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Downstairs
A lower level of a building.
To help
Italian sausage
Special offer
By weight
A measurable quantity.
To find
Section
Cheese
Food made from milk, which can be soft or hard, solid or semi-liquid.
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Is that all
Yoghurt
Food made from fermented milk, semi-liquid, that can have some fruit flavours or be plain.
Floor
Receipt
Piece of paper that shows the price of all the items bought.
Dishwashing liquid
A liquid soap used in a dishwasher or for washing dishes, cutlery and kitchen utensils by hand. Also
called washing-up liquid.
Meat counter
A sales area in a shop for the display and serving of meat-related products. Also called the butcher’s
counter.
Cv
Curriculum vitae; the document that summarises your qualifications, work experience and skills.
Perks
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The benefits or extra advantages that come with a job (e.g. Meal vouchers, company car, laptop,
mobile phone, etc.).
Meal vouchers
Tickets or coupons given to some workers that can be used to pay for a meal.
Dynamic
At work
Person that is the manager of a team or department that handles job advertisements, deals with
contracts, training, salaries, days off work, etc. (also, human resources manager/director.)
Letter
To welcome
To say hello and make guests, visitors or new employees feel comfortable.
Similar
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Department
Language
Language
Assistant
Someone who has the job of helping someone else, e.g. Shop assistant, sales assistant, admin
assistant.
Job
The type of work a person does, for which she/he receives a salary or wage.
Client
Advertisement
Announcement or notice, often in the print media (e.g. A newspaper) or on the internet.
Team
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Group of workers who all have the same goal.
Multilingual
Job vacancy
Year-end bonus
To deal with
Customer support
A team that helps customers with anything they need. (also called client services.)
Training programme
Cover letter
Document that is given with a cv, which give details about why someone wants a job that is
available. (also called a motivation letter.)
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Day off
Page
Website
Salary
To have lessons
Boss
Secretary
Person who has the job to assist with correspondence, answer the phone and do administrative
tasks.
Paper
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to work with
To reserve
To ask someone to make something available for its future use; to book something.
Floor
Thanks to
As soon as possible
Order
To be enough
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To be the right amount.
Photocopier
To want to
Cafeteria
Contract
Authorisation
Meeting
Group of people who come together to discuss the same subject, usually for work.
To have permission
To be allowed to do something.
Report
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A written (or spoken) description of an event or situation.
Room
Employee
Insurance company
To be at
Project
To manage
Lesson
Around
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Close to a number, approximately, more or less.
Work hours
Squash
A fast sport for 2 players who bounce a ball against walls with a racket.
To explain
roof
The top part of a bulding that covers and protects the building (e.g. From rain, storms, etc.). (plural
form: roofs or rooves.)
Gym
A place with facilities for physical training, fitness and health used by many people. Gymnasium,
fitness centre.
Plastic card
Small rectangle of plastic, used as a key or to pay for something. (in this context also, key card.)
To swim
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On the right
Lift
A moving compartment used to transport people from one floor of a building to another floor.
Key ring
Toilet
Room with a toilet and basin, that people use to carry away natural body waste.
Squash
A fast sport for 2 players who bounce a ball against walls with a racket.
To explain
Roof
The top part of a bulding that covers and protects the building (e.g. From rain, storms, etc.). (plural
form: roofs or rooves.)
Gym
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A place with facilities for physical training, fitness and health used by many people. Gymnasium,
fitness centre.
Plastic card
Small rectangle of plastic, used as a key or to pay for something. (in this context also, key card.)
To swim
On the right
Lift
A moving compartment used to transport people from one floor of a building to another floor.
Key ring
Toilet
Room with a toilet and basin, that people use to carry away natural body waste.
To find
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That's a shame
Badminton
Court
To continue
Changing room
Area with rooms, cubicles, or space where you can change and store your clothes. (also, change
room or locker room.)
Information
Ground floor
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Under construction
To cross
On the left
Opposite
A position that faces you, on the other side of something such as a road.
To give back
Hall
To go down
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Key
Locker
Metal box or cupboard one can lock, where bags and clothes can be stored.
Straight on
Stairs
Steps to go up or down.
Pool
Outside
To show
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Reception
To get to
Pill
Painkiller
Antibiotic
To drink
To swallow liquid.
To be cold
Not hot.
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Tired
To dissolve
Condition
To see
Fever
Box
Small empty object, usually a cube, that is filled with something else.
Script
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To get worse
To deteriorate, to become more severe or unpleasant than before. In this context, to become more
ill.
Throat
Part of the body between the chest and the mouth, where food is swallowed.
Pharmacy
Place where you can receive or buy medicine. (also called chemist or drugstore.)
Pain
Medical certificate
Document signed by a doctor for time off work. (also, a sick note)
Flu
Influenza, common viral infection of the nose, throat and chest that also causes fever and severe
aching.
What is wrong?
Ill
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To hurt
Prescription
A note, signed by a doctor, of the medicine a patient must get and use.
Headache
Vitamin
Natural compounds that are needed for the body to grow, to be healthy.
Medicine
Treatment for illness, medication e.g. Drugs, tablets or liquids to treat or prevent sickness.
Tablet
To feel well
To rest
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To need
To stay
Operation
The act of cutting the body open to repair, remove or replace an unhealthy or injured body part.
(also, surgery.)
To change
Patient
Department
To be allowed
Stomach
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Room
Space with walls and a door. (in a hospital context, also a ward.)
Internal medicine
Special medical care for organs inside your body (lungs, heart, stomach, etc.)
Nausea
To follow a diet
Visiting hours
To recommend
Medical care
A range of services to promote health.
To stabilise
Problem
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Basket
To inform
To have an operation
Surgery, to cut the body open in order to treat injuries, disorders or other medical conditions.
To recover
To be in hospital
To receive care in an institution that specialises in medical, surgical and nursing care.
To improve
Emergency room
The part of the hospital where patients with urgent problems go to be treated. Also called accident
& emergency (a&e) or casualty.
Hospital
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To be responsible for
Surgeon
Condition
Care
Serious
Pain
Worried
Concerned, anxious, to have worries, to think about someone a lot because you think something bad
could happen.
To visit
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To go and see someone or something.
To park
Dead-end
However
Bridge
To drive
One-way
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Travelling is allowed only in one direction.
To be careful
To pay attention to what you do so that you don't make a mistake or get hurt.
Free
To go over
Parking space
A place that is just big enough for a car to park in. (also, parking place.)
Reserved
Road sign
River
Natural flow of fresh water that goes to the sea or another river.
Parking permit
Car park
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An area where many cars can be left while the drivers do other things.
To drive by turning frequently but not arriving at the place you want.
Advice
Opposite
Direction
The route that someone takes; also north, south, east and west.
Immediately
To cross
No entry
To turn around
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Turn and go back in the opposite direction to where you were going.
Straight on
To follow
On foot
To walk somewhere.
To continue
Curious
To be interested in something.
Stop
A place where buses or trains stop so that passengers can get on or get off.
Direction
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The route that someone/something moves along; also north, south, east and west.
To turn
Metro
An undergound train system. (in london, the underground/tube; in europe, the metro; in america, the
subway.)
Traffic light
A set of red, orange and green lights that control the movement of cars on the road.
To cross
To go from one side to the other side of something, for example, a road.
Detailed
Main
Area
To be off work
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Some time when you are not at work, for example, you are on holiday, you are sick, etc.
Way
Complicated
Station
A place where trains, buses or coaches stop, usually with platforms, buildings and ticket offices.
To be free
To be available.
To get off
To exit a vehicle that carries many passengers; to leave a train, bus, boat, airplane.
To get lost
Possibility
To look forward to
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To be happy because an event is going to happen.
Connection
A link between one type of transport (bus, train, plane) and another.
On the right
To make a mistake
Directions
Line
To move
Tram
Near
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Close to, not far from.
Light
Changing room
Aisle
T-shirt
A casual shirt with short sleeves and no collar, shaped like the letter t. (also, tee shirt.)
Outfit
Design
Style
To suit
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To make someone look attractive.
Size
Trousers
Piece of clothing for men or women that is attached at the waist and covers each leg down to the
ankle.
Blouse
To like
To enjoy something.
Short
To try on
To put an item of clothing on in order to see if it suits you or fits you, before you buy it.
Accessory
Something that you can add to an outfit for decoration, such as a bag.
Matching
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Something of the same colour, or something that suits another piece of clothing.
Underneath
Directly below.
To wear
Evening
The end of the day, when people go to the restaurant, cinema, etc.
Collection
A range of new clothes for a specific season, made by a designer or fashion house.
Big
Large in size.
Shoes
Something you wear on your feet, often made from leather or plastic.
Clothes
Things that you wear on your body (for example, trousers, t-shirts, skirts, etc.)
Price
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The amount of money that you pay for something.
Skirt
A piece of women’s clothing that hangs from the waist down, but does not have legs.
Down
To think
Material
Cloth or textile you use to make clothes, e.g. Cotton, linen, polyester, wool. (also, fabric.)
Sleeve
Overpriced
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