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cab (n) card (n) cattle (n)

cabbage (n) • birthday card cave (n)
cabin (n) • credit card CD (n)
cabinet (n) • card game CD player (n)
cable (n) cardboard (adj & n) CD-Rom (n)
cafe/cafe (n) care (n & v) ceiling (n)
cafeteria (n) • take care of someone (n) celebrate (v)
cage (n) • to care (about/for) celebration (n)
cake (n) someone/something (v) celebrity (n)
calculator (n) career (n) cell phone (n)
calendar (n) careful (adj) cent (n)
calf (n) carefully (ad) centimetre I centimeter (em) (n)
call (n & v) careless (adj) central (adj)
call for (phr v) car park (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: central heating (n)
• I'll call for you at 7. parking lot) centre/center (n)
call in (phr v) carpet (n) century (n)
• She called in to see a friend. carrot (n) cereal (n)
calm (adj) carry (v) ceremony (n)
camel (n) carry on (phr v) certain (adj)
camera (n) • He carried on walking certainly (not) (adv)
camp (n & v) despite the rain. certificate (n)
camping (n) carry out (phr v) chain (n)
campsite (n) • She carried out the plan chair (n)
can (n & mv) according to the instructions. challenge (n)
canal (n) cartoon (n) challenging (adj)
cancel (v) case (n) champion (n)
candidate (n) • Would you like me to carry championship (n)
candle (n) your case? chance (n)
candy (n) • I'll make an exception in this change (n & v)
canteen (n) case. changing room (n)
cap (n) cash (n) channel (n)
capital (adj & n) cashpoint (n) chapter (n)
• capital city castle (n) character (n)
• capital letter casual (adj) charge (n & v)
• the capital of Italy • casual clothes charity (n)
captain (n) cat (n) charming (adj)
car(n) catch (v) chat (n)
cathedral (n) chatroom (n)

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chat show (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: • first class, second class comb (n & v)
talk show) classical (adj) come (v)
cheap (adj) • classical music comedy (n)
cheat (v) classmate (n) come on (phr v)
check (n & v) classroom (n) • Come on or we'll miss the
check in (phr v) clean (adj & v) bus.
• They checked in to a hotel. cleaner (n) comfort (n)
check-in (n) clear (adj & v) comfortable (adj)
• Your keys are at the check- clearly (adv) comic (adj & n)
in desk. clever (adj) comma (n)
check out (phr v) click (n & v) common (adj)
• He checked out of the hotel cliff (n) • a common surname
at the end of his stay. climate (n) • have something in common
checkout (n) climb (v) communicate (v)
cheek(n) climbing (n) communication (n)
cheerful (adj) clinic (n) company (n)
cheers! (exclam) clock (n) compare (v)
cheese (n) close (adj, adv & v) compete (v)
chef (n) closed (adj) competition (n)
chemist (n) clothes (n pi) competitor (n)
chemistry (n) cloud (n) complain (v)
cheque (n) cloudy (adj) complaint (n)
chess(n) clown (n) complete (adj & v)
chest of drawers (n) club (n) complicated (adj)
chicken (n) • to join a club composition (n)
child (n) coach (n) computer (n)
childhood (n) coast (n) concentrate (v)
chilli (n) coat (n) concert (n)
chin (n) coconut (n) conclusion (n)
chip (n) cod (n) condition (n)
• I love fish and chips. coffee (n) • in good condition
chocolate (n) coin (n) conference (n)
choice (n) cola (n) confident (adj)
choose (v) cold (adj & n) confirm (v)
cinema (n) collar(n) confused (adj)
circle (n) colleague (n) confusing (adj)
circus (n) collect (v) congratulations! (exclam)
city (n) collection (n) connect (v)
clap (v) college (n) connection (n)
class (n) colour (n & v) consider (v)
• language class colourful (adj)

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consist (v) could (mv) crossroads (n)
consonant (n) count (v) crowd (n)
contact (n & v) country (n) crowded (adj)
contain (v) countryside (n) cruel (adj)
contents (n) couple (n) cruise (n)
contest (n) courage (n) cry (n & v)
continent (n) course (n) cucumber (n)
continue (v) • English course cultural (adj)
contract (n) • main course culture (n)
control (n & v) • of course (exclam) cup (n)
• a remote control court (n) cupboard (n)
• Control your dog! • law court cure (n & v)
convenient (adj) • tennis court curious (adj)
conversation (n) cousin (n) curiously (adv)
convince (v) cover (n & v) • 'Why?' she asked him
cook (n & v) cow (n) curiously.
cooker (n) crash (n & v) curly (adj)
cookie (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: crazy (adj) currency (n)
biscuit) cream (adj & n) curriculum (n)
cooking (n) create (v) curry (n)
cool (adj, exclam & v) creative (adj) curtain (n)
copy (n & v) creature (n) cushion (n)
corn (n) credit (n) custom (n)
corner (n) credit card (n) customer (n)
correct (adj) crew (n) customs (n pi)
correction (n) • cabin crew cut (n & v)
cost (n & v) cricket (n) cute (adj)
costume (n) crime (n) cut up (phr v)
• I forgot my swimming criminal (n) • She cut up the cake into
costume. crop (n) small pieces.
• national costume cross (n & v) CV (Curriculum Vitae) (n)
• a Halloween costume crossing (n) cycle (n & v)
cosy (adj) • pedestrian crossing cycling (n)
cottage (n) cross out (phr v) cyclist (n)
cotton (n) • Cross it out and write it
cough (n & v) again.

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