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English Vocabulary
English Vocabulary
Asking the way (pictures)
Fruit (pictures)
Kitchen (pictures)
Menu
Proverbs
Sport (kind of sports) (pictures)
Types of texts: Fictional; Non-fictional
Vegetables (pictures)
Work and employment
Working with texts (useful phrases) A - L; M - Z
Working with texts (texts/authors) A - H; I - R; S - Z
Asking the way - Vocabulary
Useful phrases
Picture English sentence

Go straight on Elm Street.
Go down Elm Street.
Follow Elm Street for 200 metres.
Follow Elm Street until you get to the church.
Turn left into Oxford Street.
Turn right into Oxford Street.
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Take the first turning on the right.
Go past the pet shop.
Go along the river.
Go over the bridge.
Go through the park.
Go towards the church.
Go up the hill.
Go down the hill.
Cross Oxford Street.
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The bookshop is opposite the church.
The bookshop is between the church and the pet shop.
The bookshop is on/at the corner.
The bookshop is in front of the church.
The bookshop is behind the church.
The bookshop is next to the church.
The bookshop is beside the church.
The bookshop is near the church.
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Useful words:
car park
parking lot (AE)
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Crossroads
Roundabout
traffic lights
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Fruit - English
Picture English
apple
apricot
avocado
banana
bilberry
huckleberry (AE)
blackberry
cherry
coconut
cranberry
(black)currant
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Gooseberry
Grape
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Lemon
Mango
(water) melon
Orange
Peanut
Peach
Pear
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Pineapple
Plum
Pomegranate
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tomato
Walnut
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Kitchen - Vocabulary
Picture English
Barbecue
bread basket
cake slice
champagne cooler
chest freezer
coffee machine
cooker, stove
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Corksrew
Cup
deep fryer
deep-fat fryer (BE)
Dishwasher
egg-cup
extractor hood
Fork
(frying) pan
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Funnel
Glass
Grater
Jug
Juicer
Kettle
kitchen scales
Knife
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Ladle
meat fork
Microwave
mincer (BE)
grinder (AE)
Mixer
oven glove
pepper mill
pressure cooker
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refrigerator
fridge
rolling pin
Scissors
Sieve
Spoon
spring-clip tin (BE)

springform pan (AE)
steak hammer
Toaster
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waffle-iron
wine shelf
The menu - Vocabulary
1) Categories on menus
Appetizers (cold/hot)
Beverages
Bottled water and sodas (AE)
Brunch (Breakfast & Lunch)
Coffee and Tea
Desserts
Eggs
Hors d'oeuvres
Hot drinks
Liqueurs (AE)
Main course
Omelets (Omelettes)
Pasta
Pizza
Salads
Sandwiches
Sides (Side orders)
Soups
Sparkling wine
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Starters
Wine
Wines by the glass (white, blush, red)
2) Special dishes/beverages
Beef
Brandy
Burger
Cheddar
Chicken
Chicken
chips (BE), French Fries (AE)
Chop
Cod
Cognac
Crab
Crabs
Fish
Fish and chips
Ham
Irish Whiskey
jacket/baked potato
Lamb
Liver
Lobster
mashed potatoes
Meatloaf
Mussels
Oysters
Perch
Pie
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Plaice
Pork
Port
Prawn
Salmon
Seafruit
shell fish
Single Malt Scotch (Whisky)
Steak
Trout
Turkey
Veal
3) Useful phrases
bill (BE) check (AE)

service included
small/large plate
Tip
today's special
VAT /value-added tax)
Informal English vocabulary - Proverbs
A bad workman always blames his tools.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A miss is as good as a mile.
A new broom sweeps clean.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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Actions speak louder than words.

All good things come to an end.
All that glitters is not gold.
All's well that ends well.
Any Tim, Dick or Harry.
As you make your bed, so you must lie.
Barking dogs never bite.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Before you can say Jack Robinson.
Beggars cannot be choosers.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Broken crockery brings you luck.
Charity begins at home.
Do lunch or be lunch.
Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.
Don't count your chicken before they are hatched.
Don't mock the afflicted.
Dripping hollows out rock.
Easy come easy go.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Every Jack will find his Jill.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Few sandwiches short of a picnic.
First come, first served.
For Pete's sake.
Fortune favours fools.
He deserved thde break.
He is a chip of the old block.
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He had reckoned without his host.

He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.
Honesty is the best policy.
I wouldn't live in that dump if you paid me!
In for a penny, in for a pound.
It is foolish to fear that which you cannot avoid.
It is never too late to mend.
It is too late to shut the barn door after the horse has bolted.
It never rains but it pours.
It takes two to tango.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Justice was never done but someone complained.
Kill 2 birds with one stone.
Knowledge is power.
Lies have short legs.
Lies don't travel far.
Like father like son.
Listeners hear no good of themselves.
Many hands make light work.
Mind your own business.
Misery loves company.
Mistakes are often the best teachers.
Money isn't everything.
Monkey see monkey do.
More haste less speed.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
No news is good news.
No pains - no gains.
Not all who own a lyre are lyre-players.
Once bitten twice shy.
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One good turn deserves another.

One man's meat is another man's poison.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
Opportunity makes thieves.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Out of the heat, into the frying pan.
Payback is a bitch.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Practice makes perfect.
Pride comes before the fall.
Promises are made to be kept.
Rats desert the sinking ship.
Speech is silver silence is gold.
Still waters run deep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.
The last straw that breaks the camels back.
The early bird catches the worm.
The end justifies the means.
The pot calling the kettle black.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
There's no fool like an old fool.
That's old hat.
Tit for tat.
To blow one's own trumpet
To drop a brick
To carry coals to Newcastle.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
To pull someone's leg
To put the pedal to the metal
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To ride shotgun
What the eye does not see the heart cannot grieve over.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Where there is a will there is a way.
You can easily fall into your own trap.
You can't change the habits of a lifetime.
You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
You can't study on a full stomach.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
When two people quarrel, a third rejoices.
Vocabulary: Sport
Learning with Pictures - Sports
Picture English
aerobics
archery
badminton
baseball
basketball
beach volleyball
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biathlon
billiards
bowling
skittles
boxing
canoeing
car racing
Chess
Climbing
Cricket
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cross-country skiing
(also: langlauf)
Curling
Cycling
Dancing
Darts
Diving
dog-sledging
Downhill
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Fencing
figure skating
figure skating (pairs)
Fishing
fist ball
Gliding
Golf
Gymnastics
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Handball
hang gliding
high diving
high jump
Hiking
Hockey
hurdle race
ice hockey
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ice skaing
in-line skating
Jogging
Judo
Karate
long jump
motorbike sports
Nordic combine
Nordic walking
Orienteering
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Parachuting
pole-vaulting
Polo
Riding
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
shot put
Skateboarding
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ski jumping
ski-bob
Slalom
Snowboarding
Soccer
speed skating
Squash
Surfing
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Swimming
table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
the discus
the hammer
the javelin
Tobogganing
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Triathlon
triple jump
tug of war
Volleyball
Walking
water gymnastics
water polo
Waterski
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weight lifting
Windsurfing
Wrestling
Word list - Types of texts
Fictional texts
detective novel
detective story
Drama
Fable
fairy tale
Legend
Lyrics
Narrative
Novel
picture stories
Play
Poem
radio drama
science fiction novel
short story
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Sketch
Song
story, tale
Tragedy
Word list - Types of texts
Non-fictional texts
Advertisement
agenda, schedule
Backdrop
Biography
Brochure
entry in a reference book
Form
Graffiti
Graphics
Instruction
Interview
Invitation
Leaflet
Letter
Menu
message, announcement
News
newspaper article
Recipe
Report
Report
Sign
Speech
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Statement
Timetable
weather forecast
Vegetables, Herbs - English
Picture English
artichoke
asparagus
aubergine
bean
broccoli
(white) cabbage
cauliflower
celery
chilli
cucumber
garlic
Ginger
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kohlrabi
Leek
Mushroom
Onion
Parsley
Pea
(green) pepper
Potato
Radish
spring onion
(Brussels) sprouts
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sweet corn
zucchini, courgette
Vocabulary: Work and employment
General
a regular job
Commuter
Employee
Employer
He took a job as a waiter.
Job
Occupation
Profession
to earn one's living
to run a firm
Trade
What do you do for a living?
Worker
Application
Application
application form
apprentice, trainee
Apprenticeship
CV (curriculum vitae)
job interview
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skilled worker
to apply for a job
Training
training course
Vacancy
Unemployment
period of notice
to be unemployed
to be out of work
to be on the dole (BE)
to fire somebody
to sack somebody (BE)
to give somebody notice
to dismiss somebody
to hand in one's notice
to resign
to quit
Unemployment
unemployment benefit, dole money
Working hours, pay
a full-time job
a part-time job
continued payment of wages
Flexitime
pay slip
Salary
to get a rise
to work in shifts
to work overtime
wage cut
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wage demand, claim

wage group
Wages
Working with texts - Vocabulary A-L
General words
A
Action
to agree with somebody/someone
Ambiguous
Ambiguity
an extract from
Attitude
author, writer
B
... is based on ...
C
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Cause
Chapter
Characteristics
Characterization
Climax
composition, structure
Conception
Content
Contradiction
Course
Current
D
Dialogue
E
to emphasize / to underline / to stress
Ending
Exposition
F
Feature
final part, conclusion
first-person narrator
form and contents of the text
H
heading / headline
Headline
I
impression of
a piece of information
L
interior monologue
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leading article, editorial

M
main / principal / central idea
main character/ principal character
main part
main plot
Monologue
N
Narrator
Novel
O
Outlook
P
paragraph, section
Plot
Position
pun / play on words
R
Repetition
report, account
S
Setting
short story
speech sound
stanza / verse
starting point
stress / emphasis on
stylistic device / stylistic means
Subheading
subject-matter
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Subplot
Summary
Survey
Sympathy
T
the text says that
thesis/theses
this word evokes
to agree with somebody/someone
to emphasize / to underline / to stress
to play an important role
to relate to
to rhyme
to say that / to think that / to believe that / to have
the opinion that / to take the view
Transition
Texts and authors - Vocabulary A-H
Texts and authors
A
According
according to
to acknowledge / to admit
to address sb.
after that, afterwards
Age
to agree on / about sth.
Ambiguous
to amount to
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to appeal to
to arouse the reader's interest
as far as I concerned / as for me / for my part
to attach importance to
Audience
the author asserts
the author pursues the goal of / the aim of doing sth.
the author wants to persuade the reader to ...
the author's assumption
the author's intention
to awaken interest of
B
basic cause
to be against sth.
to be appropriate for / to go together well with
to be aware of
to be frank with / to be honest / (quite) frankly
to be in harmony
to be mistaken
to be right
to behave
behaviour / conduct
Believable
between human beings
C
change of tense
choice of words
to claim that / to pretend to do sth.
Column
comic, comical
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Comment
to comment on
to comment on the situation
to comprise
Comparison
Complex
to concern
as far ... is/are concerned
Concise
... concludes with
confrontated with
to connect with
to contradict
to contradict the statement (about)
to contrast two things
to convince the reader
Consequence
as a consequence of this
Contrast
to correspond with
(front) cover
D
deals with
Detail
detailed examination / close analysis / careful study
of
to develop in several stages
Difference
to disagree with the ideas of
Disproportion
to disprove
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Disputable
Distinction
to distinguish between
divides into
to draw a comparision / to make a comparision
(between)
to draw parallels
to draw the conclusion
to draw/ to direct the reader's attention to
E
Editor
to have an effect
Elaborate
emotional reaction
... ends with
to enumerate reasons
error / mistake
Essential
to establish a relationship
to evoke
to exaggerate
to explain the standpoint
to express
to express sth. / to voice sth.
to express vehement criticism of
F
Fate
feelings / emotion(s)
a feeling of …
finally / lastly
first / first of all / in the first place
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Flashback
from a remote standpoint
from the point of view of
G
to give
to give / to express / to utter / to voice
to give one's opinion about
I
Idea
to idealize
Identical
to illustrate
to imagine sth.
Imagination
impressed by
Improbable
in course of
to influence
to intended for
in public
indifference
indifferently to / in an indifferent way
inexplicable
inferior
irony
J
to judge somebody
to justify
L
lack of
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to lead to
length of the lines
M
to make a comment on /
about to give his/her opinion
to make it clear
to make no sense
to make objections
to make sb. understand
to make the reader understand /
to realize that
to make up a story
manner of speaking
meaningless
melodious
to mention
mistrust
N
naive
narrative
non-literary
novelist
O
objection
objective
obvious / evident
of inferior quality
on the whole / all in all
to open the reader's eyes to
to oppose
to have a ... opinion of / about
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a favourable opinion of / about

a good opinion of / about
high opinion of / about
a positive opinion of / about
order
P
paradoy
passage
personal opinion
to mention / indicate the place
point of view
to point out
pompus
to pose a problem
to praise
to hold/have a prejudice against
to propose
to prove sth.
to publish
Q
to quote
R
rash
to react / to respond
to recommend
to recognize
reflexions
reproach
to resign herself/himself with the idea of
to result from
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rhyme scheme
rhyming couple
to play a secondary role
rough conduct
runs from line ... to line
S
sarcasm
satire
secondary
selfishness
shortness
to show / to reveal
social backgrund/milieu
source
speaks in the first person
stage
to state
to state clearly
state of mind
strange
to study sth.
to substantive
to suggest
to suggest / to propose
superficial
superior
superiority
suspense
T
to take sb's part
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to take sth. into consideration

title
typical traits (of)
U
unbelievable
understanding
unfounded
to underline / is given prominence
unreal / imaginary
unstressed / unaccented
V
to verify
vivid
W
weak arguments
... is well-founded
what matters is
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Asking the way - Vocabulary

Picture English sentence

Follow Elm Street until you get to the church.

Turn left into Oxford Street.

Turn right into Oxford Street.

Take the first turning on the right.

Go past the pet shop.

Go along the river.

Go over the bridge.

Go through the park.

Go towards the church.

Go down the hill.

Cross Oxford Street.

The bookshop is opposite the church.

The bookshop is between the church and the pet shop.

The bookshop is on/at the corner.

The bookshop is in front of the church.

The bookshop is behind the church.

The bookshop is next to the church.

The bookshop is beside the church.

The bookshop is near the church.

spring-clip tin (BE)

The menu - Vocabulary

bill (BE) check (AE)

Informal English vocabulary - Proverbs

A bad workman always blames his tools.

Actions speak louder than words.

He had reckoned without his host.

One good turn deserves another.

Learning with Pictures - Sports

figure skating (pairs)

Word list - Types of texts

Word list - Types of texts

Vegetables, Herbs - English

Vocabulary: Work and employment

Working hours, pay

wage demand, claim

Working with texts - Vocabulary A-L

leading article, editorial

Texts and authors - Vocabulary A-H

Texts and authors

a favourable opinion of / about

to take sth. into consideration

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