INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST

INTERMEDIATE WORD LIST

HEADWORD VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE ADVERB AFFIX COLLOCATION
ability able
inability unable to have a natural/great ability to be (un)able to
1 Ability/inability disability disabled do sth to be disabled
absenteeism limit to have an absenteeism limit
2 Absent absenteeism absent to be absent to be absent from school/work
3 Academic academy academic a military/police academy academic year
to have an accent to speak with an accent a
4 Accent accent regional/local accent a strong accent
acceptable glad to accept / happy
5 Accept accept acceptance unacceptable acceptably to accept / be / seem / make stg acceptable
accessible to have access to sth to have easy access to sth
6 Access access access inaccessible to be (in)accessible
7 Accommodate accommodate accommodation to provide/offer accommodation
accurate absolute/complete accuracy
8 Accurate/ inaccurate accuracy inaccurate accurately to be (in)accurate very/extremely/highly accurate
9 Accuse accuse accusation
to be difficult to achieve great/important achievement
10 Achieve achieve achievement achievable an achievable goal
11 Actual actual actually the actual number
12 Addition add addition to make additions to sth In addition
13 Addiction addiction addictive, addicted be addicted to sth, addiction to, addictive to, highly addictive
to admire greatly/really to be full of admiration to feel
admiration admiration great/deep admiration to have an admirer
14 Admire admire admirer admirable great/secret admirer
15 Adolescent adolescent

adopted to adopt a child/an animal

16 Adopt (a child) adopt adoption adoptive an adopted son/daughter adoptive parents
adult to be an adult a young adult to reach
17 Adult adulthood adulthood during/in adulthood

to advertise sth widely to show an advertisement

advertisement good/misleading advertisement a television/radio advertisement
18 Advert (Advertisement) advertise advert a magazine/newspaper advert
to affect greatly to have an effect on
sth to have a strong/significant effect
19 Affect affect effect effective effectively to be/seem effective
an advertising agency travel agency real estate
agency agency a real estate agent
20 Agency agent an FBI agent
act of aggression aggression by sb against sb/sth
extreme aggression
to be/look/seem aggressive
extremely aggressive aggressive behaviour aggressive marketing/
campaign/techniques
21 Aggressive aggression aggressive aggresively to behave aggressively
to work in agriculture modern/organic agriculture
22 Agriculture agriculture agricultural to depend on agriculture

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to ask for aid food/medical aid

23 Aid aid aid give / provide aid
24 Aircraft aircraft
25 Airlines airlines
alarm clock fire/smoke/burglar alarm
26 Alarm alarm to set/activate an / the alarm
27 Alien alien
to look alike to be very alike
28 Alike alike alike to think alike
to allow to do sth to have an allowance a
29 Allow allow allowance large/small allowance a daily/weekly/monthly allowance
30 Alternative alternative alternatively to have an alternative alternative medicine
amazing to be/look/sound amazing to be really amazing
31 Amaze amaze amazement amazed to be/look amazed by sth
the amount of sth to pay regular amounts of money to
sb/sth a huge/large/enormous amount of sth
32 Amount amount to increase/decrease the amount of sth
to feel anger at/over sth
to be angry at/with sb to be angry about sth to
33 Anger anger angry angrily look/appear angry
to celebrate an / our anniversary first/second etc. anniversary
34 Anniversary anniversary wedding anniversary

35 Announce announce announcement to announce that + sentence to make an announcement

36 Annual annual annually an annual meeting/report
37 Anti anti-
38 Apart apart apart from
appear appearance to appear on television physical appearance attractive
39 Appear/Disappear disappear disappearance appearance
appropriate appropriately
40 Appropriate/Inappropriate inappropriate inappropriately to be (in)appropriate to be (in)appropriate for children
approve approval to (dis)approve of sth to approve strongly
41 Approve/Disapprove disapprove disapproval to need approval
architecture
42 Architecture architect
to argue fiercely/ heatedly to argue about/over sth
to argue with sb
to argue strongly/ forcefully/ sensibly
to argue against/for
a big/violent argument an argument about/ over sth
43 Argue argue argument argumentative an argument with sb /between people
44 Army army to have a powerful army
to arrange easily/with difficulty to make arrangements
45 Arrange arrange arrangement arranged arranged marriage
to arrive early/late to arrive at + place
early/late arrival
46 Arrival arrive arrival to be the first/last to arrive
47 Artificial artificial artifically artificial flowers / light
to be/feel/look ashamed to be
ashamed ashamed of sth to be deeply/very ashamed
48 Ashamed shame shameless shameless behaviour/lies What a shame!

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assessment
49 Assess (performance) assess assessor to assess performance/skills
50 Assign assign assignment reading assignment to hand out / hand in an assignment
to assume that + sentence to make assumptions
51 Assume assume assumption about sth
52 Attach attach attachment to attach sth to sth to open the attachment
attempt to do stg
attempt at doing stg
53 Attempt attempt attempt attempted attempted murder/ suicide
attitude towards sth the writer's attitude towards sth --- have a
54 Attitude attitude positive / negative attitude
to attract attention/interest
to feel a strong attraction to/towards sb
to be/look attractive very/extremely attractive
to find sb attractive
attraction attractive to make sb/sth attractive
55 Attract attract attractiveness unattractive attractively
56 Audience audience
57 Autonomy autonomous
58 Average average
avoidable
59 Avoid avoid unavoidable to avoid sth to be (un)avoidable
wake
60 Awake wake up awake to be/lie awake
to be/look awkward very awkward an awkward
61 Awkward awkward question
62 Backwards backwards to walk backwards
63 Bacteria bacteria bacterial harmful/beneficial bacteria bacterial infections
64 Baggage baggage baggage allowance
65 Ban ban ban to ban officially
66 Bandage bandage bandage to wear/remove a bandage a tight/loose bandage
67 Barber barber
68 Bargain bargain bargain to bargain about sth with sb
69 Base base to base sth on sth to be based on sth
70 Basic basic basically
71 Basin basin
basket to carry a basket a basket of flowers/fruit to
72 Basket basketball play/watch basketball basketball player/star/team/match
to charge a battery to be powered by battery battery
73 Battery battery goes dead
to beat badly/violently to beat fast/rapidly a regular
74 Beat beat beat beat a heart beat
to behave well/properly good/bad/(un)acceptable behaviour
behaviour towards sb a badly-behaved child
75 Behave behave behaviour behavioral a well-behaved child
believable / to believe that + sentence to believe in sth
76 Belief believe belief unbelievable to have/hold belief
77 Belongings belong belongings personal belongings
to have enormous/great benefit
78 Benefit benefit benefit beneficial to be beneficial to sb/sth
79 Bin bin a rubbish/wastepaper bin

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biology biology department biological

80 Biology (Dep) biologist biological weapons
81 Bite bite bite a mosquito bite
82 Blame blame blame to blame sb for sth
83 Blank blank blank to fill in the blanks a blank page
bleeding to bleed badly to stop bleeding to lose
84 Bleed bleed blood blood
block
85 Block block blockage a block of ice/stone/wood
86 Blow blow to blow strongly
87 Bold bold to be bold
88 Bomb bomb bomb to bomb heavily atomic bomb
89 Bother bother
90 Bottom bottom to be at the bottom of the page
91 Bow bow bow
92 Brand brand
93 Breast breast to breast feed
to breathe in/out to take a deep
94 Breath breathe breath breath to hold your breath
95 Brilliant brilliance brilliant brilliantly
broadcast
96 Broadcast broadcast broadcast to broadcast live a news broadcast
97 Bucket bucket a bucket of water
98 Budget budget annual budget
building
99 Builder build builder to build a house/wall
bully
100 Bully bully bullying
101 Burst (into tears) burst to burst into tears/laughter
102 Button button button to button your coat
103 Cage cage a bird cage
calculation
calculate miscalculation
104 Calculate miscalculate calculator to calculate accurately an accurate/exact calculation
105 Canal canal the Panama Canal
106 Cancel cancel cancellation a last-minute cancellation
107 Capable/incapable (of) capability capable/incapable have capability be capable of doing something
108 Cash cash cash cash a check
categorize into
109 Category categorize category put stg into a category
110 Cave cave a deep/large cave to explore a cave
111 Ceiling ceiling a high/low ceiling
an exam certificate
112 Certificate certificate a marriage/death/birth certificate
113 Challenge challenge challenge challenging to challenge sb to be extremely/very challenging
to have little chance of doing sth
to get a chance to do sth to give sb a chance to do sth
114 Chance chance to do sth by chance
115 Chapter chapter chapter of a book chapter in history
116 Charge (money) charge to charge money

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to donate/give money to charity

117 Charity (organization) charity charitable to live on charity a charitable event
118 Cheek cheek

119 Circle circle circle to draw a circle a complete/full circle to sit in a circle
ancient/early civilisations
the end/collapse/decline/ of a civilisation
120 Civilization/civilisation civilisation civilised civilized society/world
121 Click click to click on sth
clone
122 Clone clone cloning
cloth a piece of cloth to wear clothes to put on/take
123 Cloth clothes off clothes
124 Cloud cloud cloudy to be cloudy
125 Clue clue
126 Cognitive cognitive cognitively
127 Coin coin
128 Coincidence coincidence an amazing/strange coincidence
129 Collar collar a shirt collar
130 Colleague colleague
coloured
colourful
131 Coloured colour colour colourless coloured cloth a colourful painting
132 Combine combine combination a combination of X and Y a perfect/strange combination
comfortable/
comforting/
133 Comfort comfort comfort uncomfortable find / get / seek comfort
to comment on/about sth to sb -- to have/ make a comment
a brief/negative/critical comment a
134 Comment comment comment comment about/on sth
to communicate effectively/successfully to communicate with sb
to have good/effective communication communication between
135 Communicate communicate communication communicative sb and sb
136 Community (college) community a community college
137 Compact compact
competition to compete against/with sb/sth to have competition
138 Compete (against/with) compete competitor competitive to win/lose a competition to be/become competitive
139 Concrete (=cement) concrete
140 Condition condition to be in good condition
141 Conference conference to go to a conference annual/international conference
to have/lack/build up/boost confidence
to have full/total confidence enormous/great confidence
to acquire/gain/lose/restore confidence
confidence confident to be/appear/look confident
142 Confidence self-confidence self-confident to be very/completely confident
143 Conflict conflict conflict to be in conflict with sth/sb
to easily confuse sb with sb
to cause/create/result in confusion --- confusion about/over sth
confusing to be/become/seem confused about sth
144 Confuse confuse confusion confused to be/sound/look confusing extremely/highly/slightly confusing
145 Connect connect connection connection between X and Y

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consider considerate
146 Consider/Reconsider reconsider inconsiderate to consider carefully/seriously to consider doing sth
147 Contain contain container
148 Context context
to have a contract long-term/short-term contract
149 Contract contract permanent contract
to contribute to sth to make a contribution an
150 Contribute (to) contribute contribution important/big/major contribution
convenience convenient
151 Convenient inconvenience inconvenient
convinced to convince that + sentence to convince sb to do
152 Convince convince convincing sth to be convinced that + sentence
153 Cookie cookie
154 Cotton cotton
155 Cough cough cough a bad cough cough medicine
to encourage sb to do sth to have the
courage courage to do sth
156 Courage encourage encouragement courageous to need encouragement from sb---to be courageous
cover
157 Cover uncover coverage media coverage
to criticize heavily to express/make criticism
a theatre/film critic
criticism harsh/heavy/serious criticism
158 Criticize criticize critic critical critically critical thinking
159 Crop crop to grow/produce crop agricultural crop
160 Cue cue
161 Cuisine cuisine Mexican cuisine
curable to cure completely to develop/discover cure an
162 Cure cure cure incurable effective cure to be (in)curable
to have curiosity out of curiosity to be
163 Curious curiosity curious curiously curious about sth to look curiously
164 Current current currently
curricular
165 Curriculum curriculum extracurricular extracurricular activity
166 Cushion cushion soft cushion
167 Custom (tradition) custom
to damage badly/seriously/severely to cause/do damage
168 Damage damage damage damaging great/enormous damage to be/become damaging
169 Database database
170 Dead die death dead deadly to die of sth a deadly virus/weapon
171 Deaf deafness deaf to be deaf
to deal with sth/sb to do/make a deal a
172 Deal (with) deal deal good/fair deal
to deduce that + sentence to deduce easily
to deduce meaning from context to
173 Deduce (meaning from context) deduce deduction make a deduction a brilliant/logical deduction about sth
174 Deduct deduct deductive
deep
175 Deep/Shallow shallow a deep cave deep/shallow water
176 Defend defend defence defensive defend against

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define
177 Define/Redefine redefine definition
178 Degree degree to have a degree in a field Master's degree
179 Deliver deliver delivery
to demand that + sentence a demand for sth
180 Demand demand demand demanding to be demanding
dependable
dependence dependent
181 Depend (on) depend independence independent to depend on sth to be dependent on sb
182 Destination destination destination point

to destroy completely/entirely an attempt--- to destroy sth total/mass destruction

to cause/lead to/result in destruction
183 Destroy destroy destruction destructive to be/become very destructive
184 Detail detail detailed to explain in detail
to have determination to be full of determination
185 Determine determine determination determined to be determined to do sth
186 Developmental develop development developmental developmentally
187 Device device a useful/electronic/hi-tech device
188 Diagram diagram
189 Digest digest digestion digestive digestive system
190 Director direct director
191 Disable disable diabled
disappointing to be disappointing/disappointed to feel
192 Disappoint disappoint disappointment disappointed disappointment over sth
193 Discount discount
to discover suddenly an amazing/big discovery
194 Discover discover discovery to make a discovery

disgusting to feel/show disgust great disgust

195 Disgusting disgust disgust disgusted to be/look/smell/taste disgusting to be/look disgusted
196 Dishes dishes to wash the dishes
honest
197 Dishonest/Honest honesty dishonest to be (dis)honest
like to (dis)like doing sth to feel/have dislike to
198 Dislike dislike dislike express/show dislike deep/great dislike
the distance between X and Y to be within walking
distance
to travel/walk/go a
considerable/huge distance
in the far distance
199 Distance distance distant to be/become distant
200 District district
201 Divide divide division to divide equally
202 Document document to prepare a document an important/key document
203 Dollar dollar

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to doubt that + sentence

to have doubts about sth It is doubtful
that + sentence
to seriously doubt
to have/express doubt
doubtfully serious/severe doubt
doubtless to be/look/seem doubtful
204 Doubt doubt doubt doubtful undoubtedly about sth
downstairs
205 Downstairs upstairs to go downstairs/upstairs
206 Draft draft the first draft
207 Drought drought
208 Drown drown drowning
209 Dump dump dump
210 Duration duration
dust
211 Dust dustbin dusty
economic to develop/improve economy to be very
212 Economy economy economical economically economical
edition
213 Edit edit editor a new edition the first edition limited/special edition
to affect greatly/significantly to have a dramatic/ important/ longterm effect
effect effective to check the overall effectiveness of sth to be/seem effective
214 Effective/ ineffective affect effectiveness ineffective effectively highly/very/extremely effective
to enhance/achieve great efficiency
efficient energy/cost efficiency
215 Efficient/ inefficient efficiency inefficient efficiently to be/look efficient highly/extremely/really efficient
216 Either either
old
older
elder
217 Elder elderly elder brother / sister
electricity to produce/provide electricity
218 Electricity electrician electrical electrical appliances/goods an electrical engineer
219 Electronic electronic
to have/lack elegance to be/look elegant
220 Elegant elegance elegant elegantly to be very/extremely elegant
221 Emergency emergency emergency exit emergency room
222 Emotion emotion emotional to be/look emotional
empire
223 Empire emperor
224 Enable enable enabling enable sb / stg to do stg
225 Enemy enemy defeat, destroy, confront, face an enemy
226 Enter enter entry
to keep sb entertained popular entertainment
entertainment form of entertainment
227 Entertain entertain entertainer entertaining to be extremely entertaining
228 Enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiastic enthusiastically to be enthusiastic about sth
229 Envelope envelope
equality equal
230 Equal inequality unequal to have equality to be/become equal

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231 Equipment equipment electrical equipment

232 Epidemic epidemic
233 Era era
234 Error error to make an error
235 Essay essay to write an essay an essay on/about sth
236 Essential essential
237 Establish establish establishment
238 Estimate estimate estimation to estimate that + sentence
239 Euro Euro
an important event to witness an event
240 Event event an event occurs/happens an event takes place
241 Ex ex-
242 Exact exact exactly
243 Exchange- rate exchange-rate
244 Expand expand expansion to expand greatly/rapidly expansion occurs/takes place
expectation /
245 Expect expect expectancy expected life expectancy / to have expectations expected result
to carry out/conduct/do an experiment to experiment with
246 Experiment experiment experiment sth
to be an expert in/on/at sth
recognized/leading/real expert to take advice/consult
247 Expert expert an expert
248 Explode explode explosion explosive an explosive device
exploration to carry out exploration exploration to take place
249 Explore explore explorer a great explorer
250 Extend (arms) extend extension to extend arms
251 Facial facial
a textile factory to set
252 Factory factory up a factory
253 Fail fail failure complete failure
fair a fair competition
254 Fair (just)/Unfair unfair fairly it is fair to do something
to be (un)familiar with sth
familiarity with sth
to be/look/seem familiar
familiar to familiarize yourself with
255 Familiar/unfamiliar familiarize familiarity unfamiliar sth
fascinating
256 Fascinate fascinate fascination fascinated
fasten
257 Fasten unfasten to fasten seat belt
258 Fat fat
to do sb a favour to ask a favour
259 Favour favour favour to be in favour of something
260 Fee fee university fee registration fee
261 Fetch fetch
to have fever to suffer from a fever high/slight
262 Fever fever fever
263 Figure figure to have a good/beautiful figure
264 Find out find out find out about sth, find out that
265 Fire fire fire be/get fired, fire somebody from something, fire somebody for something

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266 Fix fix

267 Flavour flavour flavour to have a salty/sweet/bitter/spicy flavour
268 Float float to float on water
269 Flood flood flood
270 Flow flow flow
271 Focus (on) focus focus to focus on sth
272 Fold fold to fold carefully/neatly
273 Fool fool
274 Force force to force sb to do sth
275 Forest forest to destroy forest natural forest
to forgive sb for doing sth to
276 Forgive forgive forgiveness ask/beg for forgiveness
277 Format format
to have freedom to be/feel free
278 Freedom freedom free to be free to do sth
279 Freeze freeze freezing to be/look freezing
280 Frequent frequent frequently to be frequent to be very/extremely frequent
to become friends to establish a
friend friendly friendship a close friendship a
281 Friendship friendship unfriendly friendly face/smile to be friendly to sb
fuel
282 Fuel/Gas gas
283 Function function functional
284 Gallery gallery art gallery
garbage
285 Garbage garbageman garbage truck
286 Gather (ideas) gather gathering to gather ideas a social gathering
287 Generation generation future generations
288 Giant giant giant a giant spider
289 Global global a global problem
to have a goal to set goals a
goal long-term goal the main/major goal
290 Goal (sports/aim) goalkeeper to score a goal
291 God god / goddess
consumer/electrical/ household/ luxury goods
to produce/buy goods
292 Goods goods to import/export goods
to grade papers to grade carefully
293 Grade (Mark/class) grade grade exam grade to get good grades
294 Graph graph graphic
295 Greet greet greeting to greet cheerfully/enthusiastically formal/friendly greeting
296 Grocery grocery
297 Guest guest to invite guests
something's natural habitat, damage/destroy a habitat, conserve/protect a
298 Habitat habitat habitat, loss of habitat, the destruction of a habitat
299 Handicap handicap handicapped
300 Handkerchief handkerchief
301 Handwriting handwriting to have good/poor handwriting
302 Harbour harbour
303 Hardly hard hardly
304 Heading heading

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305 Heal heal to heal completely/well

306 Heat heat heat to heat up the food
307 Heaven heaven
308 Height height high a high building/mountain
309 Hide hide
310 Highlight highlight highlight highlights of the match
311 Highway highway
history
312 Historic/Historical historian historical a historical novel historical documents
313 Hole hole
314 Household household household household bills/expenses household products/goods
human
human being
315 Human (being) humanity
316 Hunger hunger hungry extreme hunger, feel hunger become, get, make sb hungry
hunter
317 Hunt hunt hunting fox, seal, tiger hunt massive, nationwide hunt treasure hunt
318 Hut hut to build hut
to be ideal ideal opportunity
319 Ideal ideal ideally ideal job
identity
320 Identify identify identification identified / unidentified to identify correctly/falsely identity card
to imagine that + sentence to have/show/lack imagination
imaginative great/creative imagination to be very/extremely
321 Imagination imagine imagination imaginary imaginative imaginary character
mature
322 Immature/Mature maturity immature to be very (im)mature
patience patient patiently to lose patience to have/show patience
323 Impatient/Patient impatience impatient impatiently to be (im)patient about sth to wait patiently
324 Incredible incredible
correct to be (in)correct a (in)correct answer
325 Incorrect/Correct incorrect correctly to pronounce correctly
to increase rapidly/sharply to increase greatly
to decrease dramatically a
increase increase huge/enormous increase in sth a decrease in sth
326 Increase/Decrease decrease decrease a sharp/dramatic decrease
327 Index index
to indicate clearly to indicate that + sentence
328 Indicate indicate indication clear indication
329 Individual individual individual
important/key/major industry the industrial
330 Industry industrialize industry industrial revolution
to be infected with virus to suffer from/have an infection
a serious/mild infection an infectious patient an infected
331 Infect infect infection infectious infected wound/cut

332 Infer infer inference to make/draw inference

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to influence greatly/ adversely to have a good/bad

influence on sb
great/significant influence
to influence considerably/ deeply/greatly
to have great/enormous/ significant influence on sth
to be/become deeply/ extremely/ highly influential
to be influential in sth
333 Influence influence influence influential an influential figure in a field
334 Inform inform information correct/false information
335 Ingredient ingredient
336 Inject inject injection
337 Ink ink to write in ink
338 Inn inn
339 Insect insect a swarm of bees/ants
340 Insert (card) insert to insert a card
341 Install install installation to install properly
342 Institute institute
343 Interact (with) interact interaction interactive to interact with sb
344
345 Interrupt interrupt interruption to interrupt impatiently/rudely to work without interruption
346 Interval interval
347
invention
348 Invent invent inventor
visible
349 Invisible invisible to be visible to the naked eye
350 Involve involve involvement
responsibility responsible
351 Irresponsible/Responsible irresponsibility irresponsible to be responsible for sth
352 Item item
353 Jealous jealousy jealous to cause jealousy to be jealous of sb/sth
to joke about sth to make a
354 Joke joke joke joke
355 Joy joy joyful joyful news
junior high junior year junior
356 Junior junior football club
357 Keen keen to be keen on sth/Ving
to kick hard to give sb a
358 Kick kick kick kick
to knit a jumper to do knitting
359 Knit knit knitting hand/machine knitting
360 Knock (on the door) knock knock to knock on the door to knock sb down
knowledgeable to know very well to have great knowledge
361 Knowledge know knowledge unknown / known to be knowledgeable about sth
to lack confidence lack of
362 Lack lack lack food/money
to change lane the
363 Lane lane inside/middle/outside lane the fast/slow lane
364 Last last
late
365 Later later late to be late for work/class/school

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366 Layout layout

367 Lead lead leader to lead the way a natural/charismatic leader
368 Leaf leaf an oak leaf
369 Leak leak leak

lecture a lecture on sth to go to/attend a lecture an

370 Lecture lecturer interesting/boring lecture a college/university lecturer
legal
371 Legal/ illegal legality illegal become, be legal challenge, question, assert, recognise legality
at one's leisure
372 Leisure leisure leisure leisure time
373 Length length long
374 Level level

lie to lie about sth to lie to sb

375 Liar lie liar to tell a lie a big/white lie to be a good liar
likely
376 Likely unlikely to be (un)likely to do sth It's (un)likely that + sentence
to limit strictly maximum/lower limit to
reach/cross the limit to be at/above the limit to break the
speed limit limited
377 Limit limit limit limited edition
378 Link link link a link between X and Y
379 Locally local local locally
lock
380 Lock/Unlock unlock lock to lock the door safety locks
381 Loose loose a loose dress/sweater
382 Lorry lorry to drive a lorry lorry driver
loss to lose the keys to lose interest in sth
383 Loss lose loser lost loss of memory/appetite/confidence to get lost
384 Luxury luxury luxurious luxuriously to live in luxury
sheer/absolute madness to be mad at/with sb
385 Mad madness mad madly to drive/make sb mad to cheer madly
management
386 Manage manage manager to manage successfully
387 Manner manner to have an aggressive/friendly manner good / bad manners
388 Margin margin to leave a wide margin
389 Maximum / Minimum maximum maximum / minimum maximum, minimum amount/number
390 Measure measure to measure accurately
391 Medical medical
392 Melt melt melting, melted melt away
393 Memory memory memory loss
394 Mention mention to mention that + sentence
395 Metal metal
to use a method an effective/good method
396 Method method various methods the best method of/for sth
397 Mind mind the human mind, in somebody's mind
398 Miracle miracle miraculous miraculously miraculous recovery
399 Module module modular modular course
moral
400 Moral morality immoral immoral behaviour

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mortal
401 Mortal mortality immortal mortal injury
most
402 Mostly mostly
403 Motivate motivate motivation motivated poor, low motivation, lack, lose motivation
404 Movement move movement to move to another room/country
405 Mud mud to be covered in mud a mud hut
406 Muscle muscle
407 Mystery mystery mysterious mysteriously an unsolved mystery to disappear mysteriously
408 Narrow narrow a narrow lane/street a narrow escape
nasty weather
nasty language
409 Nasty nasty nasty living conditions
nation national
410 Nation nationality international to create a new nation to have dual nationality
411 Natural nature natural to be natural natural beauty
naughty child
412 Naughty naughty naughty jokes
neighbour next-door neighbours a friendly neighbourhood a
413 Neighbour neighbourhood poor/middle-class neighbourhood
neither
414 Neither/Nor nor neither X nor Y
415 Nest nest a bird's nest
416 Network network a rail/road network a large network of friends
417 Northern north northern the North Pole
418 Note note note to note carefully to leave a note to sb a Post-it note
to notice that + sentence to take any notice of sb's advice
419 Notice notice notice noticeable a noticeable difference
nutrient nutrient
420 Nutrient nutrition nutricious
obey obedience obedient
421 Obey disobey disobedience disobedient an obedient child/dog
422 Objective objective to achieve an objective
423 Obvious obvious obviously It's obvious that + sentence
424 Occasions occasion occasional occasionally a special occasion to meet occasionally
425 Ocean ocean ocean current
426 Old-fashioned old-fashioned old-fashioned cloths/furniture
to have an opportunity to miss an
427 Opportunity opportunity opportunity a unique/golden opportunity
oral presentation
428 Oral oral oral hygene
429 Ordinary ordinary ordinary life an ordinary day
organic food
430 Organic organic organically organic farmic
431 Organism organism complex organism
to organise a meeting/wedding to organise successfully/badly
organised a large/voluntary organiation to be very
432 Organisation organise organisation disorganised organised
433 Original original originally to have original ideas
an outbreak of flu a serious outbreak
434 Outbreak outbreak outbreak occurs

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435 Outline outline outline the outline of the essay

436 Overall overall overall
437 Package pack package to pack your bags
a constant/sharp pain
to experience/feel pain
to suffer from pain
to be/seem/look painful
to be completely/entirely painless
438 Pain pain painful, painless painfully to die slowly and painfully
439 Pale pale to have a pale complexion
440 Pandemic pandemic pandemic
441 Panel (Discussion) panel panel discussion
panic fear
panic panic buying
442 Panic panic panic panicky to get into a panic
443 Pants pants
foster parents
parental controls
444 Parental parent parental parental advisory
participation
445 Participate participate participant to participate in sth
446 Path path a garden path
447 Peaceful peace peaceful a peaceful protest
448 Pedestrian pedestrian
449 peer peer
450 Percent percent percent
performance
451 Perform perform performer to perform successfully a live performance
452 Period period
to persuade sb to do sth to be
453 Persuade persuade persuasion persuasive persuasive
454 Pesticide pesticide
455 Philosophy (of something) philosophy philosophy of education/religion/science
456 Pill pill to take a pill diet/sleeping/vitamin pill
457 Pin (Code) pin pin code
458 Plain plain plain yoghurt
459 Planet planet
460 Plastic plastic to produce/manufacture plastic

461 podcast podcast/podcasting

to poison sb a strong/deadly poison
poison to die from/of poisoning
462 Poison poison poisoning poisonous poisonous gas
463 Pollution pollute pollution to control/reduce pollution
464 Poorly poverty poor to live in poverty
465 Port port
466 Portrait portray portrait
467 Poster poster cinema/circus poster
468 Postpone postpone to postpone doing sth
a flower pot a pot of coffee/tea cooking
469 Pot pot pot

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470 Pour pour to pour carefully

471 Poverty poverty poor reduce, eliminate poverty extreme, severe, widespread, rural, urban poverty
472 Praise praise praise to praise sb for sth
to pray that + sentence to pray silently/regularly
473 Pray pray prayer to say a prayer
474 Precise precise precisely to be precise about sth
to predict correctly/successfully to make predictions about sth
475 Predict predict prediction predictable to be predictable
a normal/difficult pregnancy pregnancy test
476 Pregnant pregnancy pregnant to be/become pregnant
presentation
477 Presentation present presenter to give a presentation an interesting/short presentation
to be under pressure to put sb under pressure to
478 Pressure pressure cope with pressure to put pressure on somebody
to prevent accidents/crime to prevent sb from doing sth
479 Prevent prevent prevention preventable a preventable disease
480 Pride pride proud proudly to have pride to be proud of sb
481 Priest priest a Catholic priest
482 Prime (number) prime a prime number prime minister
prince
483 Prince princess
484 Principal principal school principal basic principal
print
485 Print print printer
486 Prize prize get, receive, take, accept a prize
487 Process process to go through a process a long/slow/difficult process
production mass/annual production to buy/sell
488 Produce produce product products
to profit from sth to earn/make a profit
to be/seem profitable big/small/fat/high profit
a profitable business
to achieve high/low
profitability
a decline/fall in profitability
extremely/highly/very
profitable
profit to trade profitably
489 Profit profit profitability profitable profitably to use time profitably
to promise to do sth to make a
490 Promise promise promise promise to keep/break a promise
to pronounce correctly good/bad pronunciation correct
491 Pronounce pronounce pronunciation pronunciation pronunciation exercises
492 Proper proper properly a proper meal
protect against, from
493 Protection protect protection protective be protective against, towards protection against, from
protest to protest peacefully to
494 Protest protest protester organize protest protest demonstration
to have proof concrete/absolute proof
prove to be innocent, guilty
495 Prove prove proof proven be proof against stg

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496 Provide provide to provide sth/sb with sth

497 Public public public transport
publisher
498 Publish publish publishing newspaper/book publishing publishing house
499 Pull pull pull to pull hard
500 Pump pump pump a gas/petrol pump
to punish sb for sth to
501 Punish punish punishment punish severely heavy punishment
502 Purpose purpose main/primary purpose to have/lack purpose
503 Push push push to push hard
504 Quality quality good/high quality poor/low quality
505 quantity quantity a vast quantity of sth / in large quantities
506 Quick quick quickly to be quick to do sth
507 Quiet quiet quietly to be/become quiet
508 Quit quit quitter to quit + Ving
rail rail ticket rail disaster rail travel
509 Rail railway to travel by rail
510 Raise raise to raise your hand to raise children
511 Rather (than) rather rather than
512 Ray (of light) ray ray of light the rays of the sun
513 Reach reach to reach an agreement
514 React react reaction to react strongly to react to sth
515 Realise realise realisation to realise that + sentence
real
516 Realistic realistic to be real
reasonable
517 Reasonable unreasonable to be reasonable to be reasonable to do sth
518 Receipt receipt
519 Receive receive
520 Recent recent recently
521 Reception reception reception area/desk a hotel receptionist
522 Recipe recipe
523 Recognise recognise
524 Recommend recommend recommendation to make a recommendation about/on sth
525 Reduce reduce reduction
526 Refer refer to refer to sth
refuse to do stg
527 Refuse refuse refusal refusal to do stg
528 Register register registration to register for class to require registration
relation
relationship to relate sth to/with sth the relation between X and Y
529 Relation relate relative related to be related to sth
530 Remind remind reminder
531 Remote remote
532 Remove remove removal
533 Replace replace replacement
534 Report report report, reporter a news/weather report
535 Represent represent to represent well/poorly
536 Republic republic
537 Require require requirement
538 Reserve reserve reservation to make a reservation

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respectful/
disrespectful to respect deeply/greatly to show
539 Respect respect respect respected respect for sb to have deep/great respect
540 Respond respond response to respond quickly a great response
541 Resource resource resourceful financial, limited, natural resources

542 Revise revise revision to revise notes to need a lot of revision to do revision
543 Rhythm rhythm slow/fast rhythm
544 Ridiculous ridiculous ridiculously to be/look/sound ridiculous
545 Rise rise rise to rise dramatically/sharply a rise in sth
546 Roll (the ball) roll to roll the ball
547 Roof roof
548 Root root deep/shallow root
549 Rose rose rosy rosy cheeks
550 Royal royalty royal the royal family
551 Rubbish rubbish to put the rubbish out rubbish bin
552 Rug rug
to set out rules to obey/follow rules to break the
553 Rule rule rules
554 Runner run runner to run fast a fast/good runner
555 Salary salary to pay/earn salary good/high/low salary
556 Saucer saucer
scene
557 Scenery scenery beautiful/breathtaking/spectacular scenery
558 Scissors scissors
559 Score score score high/low score
to scratch badly to have a scratch a scratch
560 Scratch scratch scratch mark
561 Scream scream scream to scream loudly
562 Screen screen
563 Section section
564 Seem seem It seems that + sentence
an act of selfishness / pure selfishness / utter selfishness / be selfish / feel
565 selfish selfishness selfish selfishly selfish / be extremely selfish
to make sense
sensible people
566 Sense sense sensible sensible answer
567 Separate separate separation separate
568 Series series television series
servant
569 Serve serve service
570 Set (the table) set to set the table
severe pain/illness severe headache severe
571 Severe (pain/illness) severe severely weather conditions to be severely injured
572 Sew sew
573 Sex sex opposite sex
574 Shadow shadow to make a shadow dark shadow
575 Shake shake to shake hands
576 Shape shape
577 Sharp sharpen sharpener sharp sharp edge
578 Shave shave shave to have a shave

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579 ship ship ship

580 Shortly (after) shortly shortly after/before sth
581 Shoulder shoulder a shoulder to cry on
sign
582 Sign sign signature
583 Signal signal signal to give a/the signal
significant
584 Significant/insignificant significance insignificant significance of, attach significance to
585 Silly silly to be/look silly
586 Since since
587 Sink sink sink to sink slowly/fast a kitchen/bathroom sink
588 Site site historical sites
589 Situated (in/on/by) situated to be situated in/on/by
skilled to have a skill great/necessary skill
590 Skill skill skillful to be very skilled at/in sth
591 Skin skin skin cancer dark/fair/pale/tanned skin
slave
592 Slave slavery
593 Sleeve sleeve to roll your sleeves up
594 Slip slip
595 Smell smell smell to have a nice/sweet smell
soap
596 Soap soap opera a bar of soap
to be/look soft a soft pillow to speak
597 Softly soft softly softly
to solve a problem to solve a mystery/puzzle a
598 Solution solve solution solution to the problem
599 Somehow somehow
speech
600 Speaker speak speaker a brilliant/good speaker
601 Species species endangered/extinct species
602 Specific specific specifically a specific example
603 Speed speed speed limit maximum speed
604 Spice spice spicy to add spice to be/smell/taste spicy
to spread fast/rapidly to encourage/prevent/limit spread
605 Spread spread spread great/gradual/rapid/slow spread
606 Squeeze squeeze
to go through a stage a difficult/critical stage
607 Stage stage to be on stage
608 Statement state statement to state that + sentence to make a statement about sth
609 Status status to have/acquire status great/high status
610 Stereotype stereotype stereotype stereotypical popular/common/gender/racial stereotype
611 Stick stick stick
612 Stock (Market) stock stock market
613 Stuff stuff stuff
614 Stupid stupid to be/look stupid
615 Style style
616 Sub sub-
successful
617 Succeed succeed success unsuccessful successfully to achieve/have success to be successful at/in sth

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to suffer from sth

sufferer to suffer badly/a lot/greatly
618 Suffer suffer suffering to cause great/intense/terrible suffering
619 Suicide suicide suicidal to commit suicide
to come up with some suggestions to give sb some
620 Suggest suggest suggestion suggestions to make a suggestion
621 Suitcase suitcase to pack a suitcase heavy/light suitcase
to write a summary / to sum up / to sum up the main points of sth / to
622 Summary summarize summary / sum summarize / a large/small sum of money / to make a summary

supply to supply well/adequately

supplies to keep sb/sth supplied with sth--- a supply of sth
623 Supply supply supplier to bring supplies medical/plentiful supplies big/leading/main/largest supplier
624 Support support support to support well
625 Suppose suppose to suppose that + sentence
626 Surface surface
to survive well
to barely/narrowly survive
to be likely to survive
survival chances/rate
a battle/fight/struggle for survival
survival against sth
survival great survivor
627 Survive survive survivor the only survivor
628 Symbol symbol
629 Symptom symtom
630 System system
631 Tablet tablet to take sleeping/vitamin tablets
632 Tale tale to tell a tale
633 Tank (water) tank a petrol/water tank
634 Tap (water) tap tap water to turn a tap on/off
635 Task task to complete a challenging task
tax
636 Tax taxpayer to pay tax
637 Tendency tend tendency to tend to do sth to have a tendency to do sth
638 Term (terminology) term a technical term
639 Theatre theatre theatrical
640 Theme theme
641 Theory theory
642 Therapy therapy alternative therapy
paper tissue
643 Tissue tissue healty tissue
644 Thumb thumb
645 Thunder thunder loud thunder
646 Tip tip
647 Tool tool to use tools
648 Topic topic
649 Total total totally
650 Towel towel clean/wet towel

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to trade openly/successfully with sb

trade to do/carry out/conduct trade profitable trade
651 Trade trade trading fair trade
translation to translate correctly to translate from one language into
652 Translate translate translator another language to do translation
transport
653 Transport/transportation transportation to use public transport
treat somebody like/as something badly treated/well treated -- my treat
654 Treat treat treat treat somebody with respect/ contempt/courtesy
655 Trend trend trendy trendy clothes
656 Triangle triangle
657 Tribe tribe tribal a native tribe tribal dress
658 Trick trick trick to play a trick on sb
659 Truck truck to drive a truck a heavy/big truck
660 Tunnel tunnel to go into a tunnel
661 Ugly ugly to be/look very ugly
662 Underwater underwater an underwater camera
663 Undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate degree
664 Underwear underwear
665 Universe universe universal in the entire/whole universe
necessary
666 Unnecessary/Necessary unnecessary necessarily It is necessary to do sth
to give/get/take pleasure from sth to be pleased to do
pleased sth to be pleased that + sentence to be
pleasant pleased about sth a pleasant day/surprise an unpleasant
667 Unpleasant/ Pleasant pleasure unpleasant experience
to give an update
668 Update update update weekly update
669 Urban urbanisation urban urban areas/development
670 Vacuum vacuum vacuum to create/produce vacuum
671 Valley valley
672 Value value value valuable to place value high/low value
673 Van van
vandal
674 Vandal vandalism
675 Variety vary variety various to vary greatly
676 Vehicle vehicle motor vehicle
the original version of the film current/latest
677 Version version version
to have different views about/on sth In my view, + sentence
678 View view viewer TV viewer
to use violence great/extreme violence to be/become
679 Violent violence violent violent
680 Virus virus a deadly virus to be infected with virus
681 Visual visual
vowel
682 Vowel/Consonant consonant
weekly wages the minimum wage to earn/pay
683 Wage wage wages
684 Wave wave wave to wave at sb to hear the waves
685 Weave weave to weave a carpet

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web
686 Web website spider's web to design a website
to weigh carefully to be about average height and weight
687 Weigh weigh weight to lose a bit of weight
688 Weird weird to feel/sound weird
wheel
689 Wheel wheelchair to use a wheelchair
690 Wide wide widely a wide river/road to vary widely
691 Widespread widespread widespread support/ acceptance/criticism
692 Wind wind strong/terrible wind wind to blow
to wish to do sth / to wish desperately / to have/express a wish / strong/last
693 wish wish wish wish
694 Wood wood wooden a piece of wood a wooden chair
695 worldwide worldwide worldwide to be sold worldwide
696 Worth worth to be worth it
to wrap firmly/tightly to wrap in a blanket
697 Wrap wrap wrap to wrap a present
698 Yard yard
699 Yawn yawn yawn
700 Zone zone military/restricted zone

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