Word list: b2 teacher book

the ground floor noun the floor of a

gorgeous adjective building that
very beautiful
suffer verb or pleasant
to experience
completely adverb physical
in every wayor
absolutely adverb or as much
completely
dash noun the symbol –
inevitable adjective used
certaintoto
pretty adjective happen and
pleasant to
pretty adverb look at, or
quite, but not
foreigner noun extremely
a person who
repellent noun comes from
a substance
characteristic noun used to repel
a typical or
unconsciously adverb noticeable
without being
advertisement noun aware of
a picture,
insignificant adjective short
small film,
or not
overeat verb noticeable,
to eat more
rewrite verb food than
to write
queue noun something
a line of
shout verb people,
to speak with
fine noun a very
an loud of
amount
fine verb money
to chargethat
give up someone
to stop an
issue noun owning,
a subject
exaggerate verb being
to make
rarely adverb something
not often
one-off noun something
end up that happens
to finally be in
eye-opening adjective a particular
surprising,
hurtle verb and teaching
to move very
hurtle verb fast,
to move very
zorbing noun quickly andin
an activity
skiing noun which
the activity or
climbing noun sport of of
the sport
bungee jump verb climbing ona
to jump off
end up verb very high
to end or
worthwhile adjective arrive in
useful ora
worthwhile adjective helpful
useful,
vet verb important,
to examineor
length noun something
a piece of or
something
length noun a
length noun measurement
the
sleeping bag noun measurement
a large, thick
knife noun bag forusually
a tool,
tent noun with a metal
a shelter
thriller noun made
a book, ofplay,
merge verb or film that
to join
seldom adverb together
almost never
trustworthy adjective able to be
genuine adjective trusted
If people or
outgoing adjective emotions are
(of a person)
moody adjective friendly
If someoneand is
argue verb moody, their
to disagree
hooligan noun angrily
a violent
non-judgmental adjective person whoor
If a person
witty adjective thing
using iswords
non-
witty adjective in an words
using
find out (something) in
to aobtain
clever
coincidence noun knowledge
an occasionof
complain verb when
to tell two or
stain verb someone
to leave a that
duty noun mark on
something
duty noun that
a you have
manner noun responsibility
the way in
frightened adjective which
feeling afraid
frightened adjective feeling fear or
get over verb worry
to recover
facilities noun from
the buildings,
tribulation noun equipment,
a problem or
brightly adverb difficulty
in a way that
secular adjective is
notfull of light,
having
solemn adjective any
serious and
procession noun without
a line ofany
penitent adjective people
showingwho that
tackle verb you are sorry
to try to deal
tackle verb with
to deal with a
cope verb difficult
to deal
cope verb successfully
to manage to
groupie noun deal with who
a person sth
inferiority complex noun likes a that
a feeling
judge verb youform,
to are not
give,
apartment noun or have
a set of as an
third ordinal number rooms for as
3rd written
hideous adjective a word
extremely
rival noun ugly
a or bad
person,
group, etc.
grave adjective seriously bad
convincing adjective able to make
sombre adjective you believe
serious, sad,
irrelevant adjective and without
not related to
dissatisfied adjective what is being
not pleased
impolite adjective with
behaving in a
unexpected adjective way that is
not expected
troubled adjective having
bench noun problems
a long, or
totally adverb usually hard
completely
thrilled adjective extremely
exhausted adjective happy about
extremely
exhausted adjective tired
very tired
thrilled adjective feeling great
astonished adjective excitement
very
astonished adjective surprised
very
shattered adjective surprised
extremely
shattered adjective upset
extremely
gobsmacked adjective tired
so surprised
completely adverb that you
emphasizes
totally adverb verbs and
completely
absolutely adverb completely
really adverb very or a lot
stunned adjective very shocked
desperate adjective or surprised
very serious
devastated adjective or bad
completely
bewildered adjective destroyed
very
bewildered adjective confused
confused and
horrified adjective uncertain
very shocked
lonely adjective sad because
homesick adjective you are alone
unhappy
homesick adjective because
missing yourof
offended adjective home
upset and
gas station noun angry,
a placeoften
traditionally adverb where
accordingfueltois
yearly adjective tradition;
every year in or
a
spokesperson noun once
a every
person who
unfamiliar adjective is
not knowntoto
chosen
classmate noun you
someone
weak adjective who is in the
not physically
rain forest noun strong
a or
tropical
rain forest noun forest where
a forest in a
lost adjective hot
not area
knowingof
realize verb where you
to understand
assume verb a situation,
to suppose
sth is true
gloomy adjective unhappy and
gloomy adjective without
without hope
hope
upset verb or happiness
to make sb
upset adjective feel sad or
worried,
agricultural adjective unhappy,
used for or
financial adjective farming or
relating to
residential adjective money or
A residential
historical adjective road, area,
connected
commercial adjective with studying
related to
relieved adjective making
pleased that
rough adjective sth
having
survey noun bumps
a list of or an
relieved adjective questions
happy that
fed up adjective something
annoyed or
hike noun bored
a long with
walk,
starving adjective especially
dying in
backpacking noun because
the of of
activity
fluffy adjective travelling
soft and like
weakness noun wool or fur
sth that
weakness noun makes
the factyou
or
unlikely adjective stateprobable
not of not
skating rink noun or likely to
a specially
outskirts noun prepared
the area at
the outskirts noun the
the edge
areasof a
that
suburb noun form theon
an area
suburb noun the
an area ofof a
edge
mansion noun houses on
a very large,
mansion noun expensive
a very large
convenience noun house
the state or
shopping mall noun quality of
→ shopping
landfill noun centre
the process
crowded adjective of
If agetting rid
place is
convenience noun crowded,
the it is
state of
flavour noun being
how food or
pass out drink tastes,
to become
shiver verb unconscious
When people
shiver verb or animals
(of your body)
cough verb to shake
to force air
sneeze verb out
Whenof your
you
sneeze verb sneeze, air
to suddenly
breakthrough noun andimportant
an forcefully
lack noun discovery
a situationor
lack of something noun when there
the fact thatis
carry out phrasal verb something
to accomplishis
carry something out to do or
complete
squabble verb to argue over
flush verb something
If you flush a
vocation noun toilet,
a typeor ofif a
self-employed adjective work that you
not working
pastor noun for an
a religious
priest noun leader
a person,in
dustman noun usually
a person a
seasickness noun whose
the act job
of is
owe verb vomiting
to need toor
give up on someone/something pay or give
to expect
give up someone or
to stop trying
evidence noun to guess
proof of sth
trial noun a court case
paranormal adjective impossible to
misleading adjective explain
causingby
misleading adjective someone
(of to
inaccurate adjective information)
incorrect or
inaccurate adjective not
not exact
mind your own business completely
used to tell
tough luck someone
said to showin a
take notice noun that
to you have
give
refund noun attention
an amount to of
tend verb money that to
to be likely is
compensation noun behave
money thatin a is
get rid of something adjective paid to
to remove or
be/get rid of throw
to have away
keep someone up removed,
to be able toto
pay off understand
to pay back
pay off verb money
to finishthat
opportunity noun making the
an occasion
over the top or
toosituation
extreme
talk into verb and not
to persuade
niece noun sbdaughter
a to do sthof
stuff noun your brother
a group of
commit verb different
to promise or
commit verb give
to doyour
spot verb something
to see or
eccentric adjective notice
strange or
frighten verb unusual,
to make
happen verb someone
to do or befeel
by
pushy adjective chance
behaving in
perforate verb an
to make a
estate agent noun hole or holes
a person
impressive adjective whose job isor
If an object
magnificent adjective achievement
very good,
beautiful, or
lovely adjective used to
lovely adjective describe
beautiful a
exciting adjective making you
charming adjective feel excited
pleasant and
pleasant adjective attractive
enjoyable,
delicious adjective attractive,
having a very
kind adjective pleasant
generous,
gentrification noun helpful, and
the process
controversy noun by which
a lot of a
controversial adjective disagreement
causing
relate verb disagreement
to tell a story
increasingly adverb or describe
more and a
handwriting noun more
writing with a
distinguish verb pen or pencil
to notice or
periphery noun understand
the outer
merge verb edge of an or
to combine
draughtsman noun join together,
someone
cram verb whose
to forcejob is
rent verb something
to pay or
rent noun receive
a fixed a
antiquated adjective amount of
old-fashioned
countryside noun or unsuitable
land not in
fancy verb towns, cities,
to imagine or
fancy verb think that
to want to
courtyard noun have
an area do
or of flat
backcountry noun ground
a rural or
systemic adjective mountain
A systemic
systemic adjective drug,
A systemic
systematic adjective problem orto
according
contagion noun an
theagreed set
situation
hustle and bustle noun in which
noise anda
figure something/someone out activity
to finally
fit in understand
to belong
fit in with other
to feel you
harmonious adjective belong
looking,to a
outrageous adjective tasting,
shockingorand
heart noun morally
the organ in
offensive adjective your chest
causing
dull adjective offence
not
awe noun interesting
a feeling ofor
unforgettable adjective great respect
An
awe-inspiring noun unforgettable
If something
unbelievable adjective is awe-
extremely
uninspiring adjective surprising
not making
awesome adjective you feel
extremely
good
awesome adjective causing
disappointing adjective feelings of
making you
fabulous adjective feel
very good;
endanger verb wonderful
to put
awful adjective someone
extremely or
boo-boo noun bad or
a mistake
dialect noun a form of a
preserve verb language
to keep that
die out something
to become as
increase verb less common
to (make
decline verb something)
to gradually
decrease verb become
to become less,
revive verb less,
to comeor toor
deteriorate verb bring
to become
lukewarm adjective worse
(especially of
warm adjective a liquid)oronly
having
toasty adjective producing
warm and a
boiling adjective comfortable
very hot
scorching adjective very hot
sophisticated adjective having a
mind-blowing adjective good
extremely
ancestor noun exciting
a personor
descendant noun related
a person towho
you
sniff verb is
to related
take airtoin
taste verb through
to have ayour
slice noun particular
a flat piece of
snip verb food
to cutcut from
with
mash verb quick small
to press on a
hedge noun cooked food
bushes
hedge noun grown
a line of close
relic noun bushes
an object, or
depraved adjective tradition,
morally bad or
predilection noun orsomeone
If evil
penchant noun has a for,
a liking
ground noun an
theenjoyment
surface of
the ground Earth that of
the surface
strike verb therefuse
to earth to
equality noun continue
the right of
condor noun different
a type of
dawn noun vulture (= ain
the period
dawn noun the time
the day when
edge noun when the sun
the place on
edge noun sth that is
the outer or
rim noun furthest
the edgepoint
of
rim noun sth circular
the outer,
often curved
shootout noun a fight in
accurate adjective which
correcttwo
or
accurate adjective exact
correct,
highlight verb exact, and
to attract
priority noun attention
somethingto or
own adjective that is very
emphasizes
own verb that sth the
to have
reliable adjective legal right to
(opposite
bound adjective unreliable)
certain or
reliable adjective extremely
Someone or
reliable adjective something
able to be
food for thought trusted
somethingor
stingy adjective worth thinking
unwilling to
tedious adjective spend
boring
look after someone/something to take care
worth adjective of or beain
having
worth adjective particular
indicates
worth noun financial
value
cautious adjective A cautious
drawback noun action
a is
summary noun disadvantage
a brief
severely adverb account of
very seriously
shelter noun (a building
blizzard noun designed
a severe to
flooding noun snow stormin
a situation
drought noun which
a long an
period
involve verb when
If an activity,is
there
summary noun situation, etc.
a short, clear
knock someone down description
to destroy a
accurately adverb building
in a way orthat
accuracy noun is correct,
the ability to
nap noun do something
a short sleep,
lonely adjective especially
(of someone)
lonely adjective feeling
unhappy sad
get/start the ball rolling because
to make you
in touch (with someone) something
seeing
chick noun someone
a or
baby bird,
lay verb especially
(of an animala
light-hearted adjective or bird)and
happy to
power nap noun not serious
a short sleep
catnap noun that
a yousleep
short have
doze off phrasal verb to go into a
doze off light
If yousleep
doze
fall asleep off, you start
to start to
accuracy noun sleep
the fact of
being correct
accuracy noun the fact of
rural adjective being exact
in, of, or like
recipe noun the
a set of
apostrophe noun instructions
the symbol ’
catastrophe noun used in
a sudden
sword noun event
a weaponthat
muscle noun with
one ofa long,
many
might verb tissues
indicates in the
likely adjective what is or
expected
sweat the small stuff probably
to worry true
rough adjective about thingsor
too forceful
rough adjective violent
(of a
rough adjective situation)
not even or
leisure noun smooth,
the time often
put up with someone/something when you are
to be willing
put up with something/someone to
to accept
accept or
alliance noun continue
a group ofto
pharaoh noun countries,
(the title of) a
fool noun king of who
a person
field noun behaves
an area ofin a
moan verb land,
to makeuseda for
thorough adjective complaint
paying in
thorough adjective careful
detailed and
buddy noun careful
a friend
meticulous adjective very careful
thoughtful adjective and
caringwith
about
cautious adjective others’
using care to
cautious adjective avoid
Someonerisks
keen adjective who is
very
keen adjective interested,
extreme or
thought-provoking adjective very
makingstrong
you
decisiveness noun think a lot
the ability to
doom verb make
to be the
avoid verb certain cause
to stay away
avoid verb from
to stay away
pitch noun from
an area
depend verb painted
to be with
annihilate verb influenced
to destroy or
sightseeing noun something
the activity of
mess with something/someone visiting
to treat
mess noun someone
Mess or ain a
cosmopolitan adjective mess is or
containing
quiet adjective having
making very
pass away little
politenoise
inherit verb expression
to receive
money, a
delicate adjective needing
struggle noun careful
a very difficult
straightforward adjective task
easythat
to you
rigorous adjective understand
controlling
tricky adjective behaviour in
If a piece of
reasoning noun work or
the process
resonate verb of
to thinking
produce,
lead verb increase,
to control or
a
brag verb group
to talk of
about
brag verb your
to speak too
quite adverb proudly
completelyabout
quite adverb to a fairly
shy adjective large
afraiddegree
of
shy adjective talking
nervoustoand
pudding noun uncomfortabl
a sweet and
topping noun usually hot
a substance,
flip verb especially
to cook a
flip verb something
If you flip by
disadvantage noun something,
a condition or
disadvantage noun situation
sth that that
contradictory adjective makes it or
containing
contradictory adjective showing
If two or more
choosy adjective facts,
difficultpieces
to
blood noun please
the red liquid
blood noun that
a redisliquid
sent in
bloody adjective, adverb the body
used to
bloody adjective express
involving
bloody adjective fighting
coveredand with
doubt noun blood
(a feeling of)
doubt noun not being or
uncertainty
disbelieve verb mistrust of sb
not to believe
disbelieve verb to not believe
overcome verb someone
to or
defeat or
overcome verb succeed in
to defeat or
analytical adjective succeed
examining in or
uncommunicative adjective liking to to
not willing
disapproving adjective talk
showing that
disapproving adjective you feel that
showing
anxiety noun you
worry that sth
anxiety noun bad
an might
in all likelihood noun uncomfortabl
almost
likelihood noun certainly
the chance
likelihood noun that
how probable
likeness noun sth is
a similarity
likeness noun between
the fact of
being similar
collapse verb (of person) to
collapse verb fall down and
(of process or
collapse verb system) to fail
(of building or
collapse verb structure)
to fall down to
weather noun suddenly
the
rather adverb conditions
quite; to a in
rather adverb slight degree
to a fairly
awkward adjective large degree
difficult to use
awkward adjective not graceful
awkward adjective causing
awkward adjective embarrassme
difficult to
awkward adjective use, do, or
causing
near adverb problems,
at a short
near adverb, preposition distance
not far away
reach verb in
to distance
achieve a
reach verb particular
to arrive at a
researcher noun place,
someone
unless conjunction who
exceptstudies
if a
unless conjunction except if
tribe noun a group of
hopeless adjective people, often
without hope
hopeless adjective without hope
disappointed adjective of success
unhappy
gutted adjective because sth
(of a building)
gutted adjective badly
very
disappointed adjective disappointed
unhappy
gutted adjective because
extremely
so adverb disappointed
very,
attention noun extremely, or
notice,
pleased adjective thought,
happy oror
pleased adjective satisfied
happy about
so adverb sth
emphasizes
delighted adjective the large
very pleased
delighted adjective very happy
childhood noun about
a time sth
when
childhood noun sb
the timechild
is a
beyond preposition when
higher than a
beyond preposition particular
farther away
go beyond sth than
to besth
moreor
statement noun than or not
a written or
statement noun spoken
something
eyesight noun that someone
the ability to
eyesight noun see
the ability to
suddenly adverb see
in a sudden
suddenly adverb way
quickly and
unexpectedly
although conjunction despite the
although conjunction fact
but that
thought verb past simple
across adverb and
frompast
one side
through preposition to the
from oneotherend
throw away something or side
to get ridof of
come up with something something
to suggest by or
get away think
to go of an
get away somewhere
to leave or
take off escape from
If an aircraft,
take something off bird, or insect
to remove
something,
question

aller à toute allure

se retrouver
digne d’intérêt
longueur

fusionner

se disputer

devoir

effrayé/-ée

se remettre

s’attaquer à

se débrouiller
épuisé/-ée
enchanté/-ée
étonné/-ée

complètement
totalement
absolument
vraiment

déconcerté/-ée

solitaire

s’ennuyant de sa famille / son chez-soi

faible
forêt tropicale

perdu/-ue

présumer
morose
contrarier

soulagé/-ée
rêche
enquête

qui en a assez

faiblesse

périphèrie

banlieue

demeure
commodité

frissonner

éternuer

manque

mener à bien
preuve
procès

trompeur/-euse
inexact/-acte

être débarrassé de/ se débarrasser de

rembourser

convaincre
renifler
avoir un goût de
tranche
(dé)couper à petits coups de ciseaux
écraser
haie

terre

aube
bord

bord
juste

propre
posséder
fiable, digne de confiance

digne de confiance

d’une valeur de
valeur

résumé

s’assoupir
pourrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient
probable

violent/-ente
difficile

approfondi/-ie

prévenant/-ante
prudent/-ente

éviter
se vanter

assez
timide

désavantage
contradictoire

sang

sanglant/-ante
en sang

doute
ne pas croire

désapprobateur/-trice
anxiété

probabilité
ressemblance
s’évanouir
s’effondrer
s’effondrer

plutôt
difficile
maladroit/-oite
embarrassant/-ante

près

atteindre

à moins que/de

désespéré/-ée
déçu/-ue
complètement détruit
dégoûté

content/-ente
si

ravi/-ie
enfance

au-dessus de
au-delà de

déclaration

vue
soudain