English Vocabulary for learners
Lists of words, terms and useful phrases on a variety of topics.
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Vocabulary
General vocabulary : useful words, phrases and expressions for general conversations and special events, as well as antonyms, homonyms and synonyms.
- Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms with their meaning.
- Adjectives ending in '-less'
- Adjectives ending in '-some'
- Adjectives beginning with 'well'
- Antonyms (words that are opposite in meaning to another)
- British slang (informal language in the UK)
- Binomial expressions (two words joined by a conjunction or preposition)
- Trinomial expressions (three-word expressions)
- Christmas vocabulary
- Collocations: adjectives-nouns
- Collocations: adverbs + adjectives
- Collocations: adverbs + verbs
- Collocations with 'beyond'
- Collocations with 'get'
- Collocations with 'go'
- Collocations with 'out'
- Confusing words
(e.g. accept/except, coarse/course, lose/loose, waste/waist ...)
- Diseases, illnesses and sickness (medical terms and words with their meaning.)
- Easter vocabulary (words relating to Easter beliefs, traditions and celebrations.)
- Else: Words and phrases with 'else' and 'or else' in English.
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Environment vocabulary (words from 'acid
rain' to 'wind turbine' with their meaning)
- Euphemisms (expressions used to avoid being too blunt or harsh)
- Everyday phrases (short phrases and expressions used in everyday conversational
English)
- Expressions for everyday situations (useful phrases
to deal with common situations).
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Advice: asking for and giving advice
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Agreeing and disagreeing: ways to express agreement
or disagreement
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Apologies: making and accepting apologies
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Bad news: announcing and responding to bad news
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Clarifying information: checking that you have understood
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Conversational expressions: phrases used in everyday conversation
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Disappointment or frustration: ways to express disappointment or frustration
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Decisions and choices: well-known expressions
about reaching a decision
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Encouragement or support: ways to encourage someone or show support
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Excuses for being late: giving a reason for arriving late
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Expressing concern: enquiring about someone and/or offering help
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Get well soon: other ways of wishing someone well
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Remembering, forgetting, saying "I don't know"
: useful phrases
- Ways to end a conversation
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Ways to say "I'm bored" or "I'm tired"
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Ways to say something is difficult or easy.
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Ways to say "Thank you" - expressing gratitude
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Ways to say "Happy New Year" - New Year greetings
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Advice: asking for and giving advice
- Expressions with 'all'
- Expressions with 'as'
- Expressions with 'can't'
- Expressions with 'change'
- Expressions with 'deal'
- Expressions with 'first'
- Expressions with 'good'
- Expressions with 'hand'
- Expressions with 'high'
- Expressions with 'just'
- Expressions with 'know'
- Expressions with 'matter'
- Expressions with 'meet'
- Expressions with 'mind'
- Expressions with 'money'
- Expressions with 'new'
- Expressions with 'once'
- Expressions with 'point'
- Expressions with 'stay'
- Expressions with 'touch'
- Expressions with 'world'
- Expressions: two words (informal two-word expressions)
- Expressions with 'work' + 'as'-'at'-'for'-'in' (talking about jobs)
- Expressions with 'yourself'
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False Friends (Faux Amis)
(words that appear similar but have a different meaning).
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Foreign words in English (words adopted from other languages)
- Formal vs informal letter writing
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Formal-informal expressions
- Golf vocabulary
- Halloween vocabulary
- Homonyms (a list of homographs and homophones with examples of use)
- Hotels-rooms vocabulary (useful phrases)
- Informal contractions (in casual conversations)
- Invitations (ways to invite and accept or refuse politely)
- Multiple-meaning words (words that have two or more meanings)
- Made of, from, with, out of, by
- New words in English (recently-coined words and phrases)
- Nouns ending in -hood
- Nouns ending in -ship
- Polite Requests (accepting or refusing)
- Political vocabulary
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Prefixes
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Negative prefixes
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Prepositional phrases (set phrases introduced by a preposition)
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Renting accommodation vocabulary
- Restaurants - food vocabulary
- Shopping vocabulary
- Silent letters (letters not pronounced)
- Similes and Metaphors with examples
- Suffix '-ish' (words ending in 'ish')
- Suggesting leisure activities (ways to make, accept or reject a suggestion)
- Synonyms (words that are similar in meaning to another word)
- Synonyms-Homonyms-Antonyms (comparative table)
- Thanksgiving vocabulary
- Travel and transport vocabulary
- Travel phrases : airport - train - bus
- Travel words: travel, trip, journey, tour, voyage, trek, hike, excursion, expedition, cruise
- Trinomial expressions (three-word expressions)
- UK-US differences (different words and spelling).
- Useful phrases (useful phrases and expressions for everyday situations)
- Work and Employment vocabulary
- Words to use instead of others (replacing words to avoid repetition)
- Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms with their meaning.
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Business English Vocabulary
Lists of vocabulary, useful phrases and terms used in all areas of business.
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abbreviations-acronyms: abbreviations and acronyms used in business today.
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advertising vocabulary: vocabulary used in advertising and publicity.
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business letter guidelines
: guidelines to help you write a business letter
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business letters
: list of useful phrases for business letters
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computer vocabulary
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employment vocabulary
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graphs - charts : useful phrases
and vocabulary for presenting or commenting graphs and charts.
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interviews :
list of questions in preparation for an interview
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interviews: describing yourself
- phrases to help candidates describe their qualities and experience
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investment vocabulary
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marketing-sales vocabulary
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meetings vocabulary
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money-finance vocabulary
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negotiations vocabulary
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presentations: useful phrases
for presentations
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presentations: vocabulary
for presentations
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telephone vocabulary: useful terms and phrases for use on the telephone
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transitional phrases: useful phrases for meetings and presentations,
to move smoothly from one point to the next
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abbreviations-acronyms: abbreviations and acronyms used in business today.
See also:
- Pronunciation: - Intonation - Stress - Noun/Verb Stress - Silent Letters
- English word games
- English idioms and proverbs
- Vocabulary Quiz 1
- Vocabulary Quiz 2
- Vocabulary Quiz 3
- Pronunciation: - Intonation - Stress - Noun/Verb Stress - Silent Letters
- English word games
- English idioms and proverbs
- Vocabulary Quiz 1
- Vocabulary Quiz 2
- Vocabulary Quiz 3