English Vocabulary for learners
Vocabulary in categories from A to E
General vocabulary: A to E :
Useful words and expressions for general conversations and special eventsalso: homonyms and synonyms.
- Abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms with their meaning.
- Adjectives ending in '-less'
- Adjectives ending in '-some'
- Adjectives beginning with 'well'
- Adjectives to describe people (adjectives to describe character, personality, etc...)
- Amount-Number-Quantity (the difference between these words)
- Antonyms (words that are opposite in meaning to another)
- Anymore-Anyone-Anytime (any more vs anymore, any one vs anyone, any time vs any time)
- At the end, in the end, by the end (difference between them with examples of use)
- Because alternatives (words to avoid repeating 'because (of)')
- British slang (informal language in the UK)
- Binomial expressions (two words joined by a conjunction or preposition)
- Trinomial expressions (three-word expressions)
- Christmas vocabulary
- Collective nouns for animals, birds and insects
- Collective nouns for groups of people
- COLLOCATIONS list: Full list of all collocation pages
- Confusing words (e.g. accept/except, coarse/course, lose/loose, waste/waist ...)
- Conversational expressions: phrases used in everyday conversation
- Conversation topics (topics for discussion groups).
- 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.
- 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)
- Advice: asking for and giving advice
- Agreeing and disagreeing: ways to express agreement or disagreement
- Apologies: making and accepting apologies
- Bad news: announcing and responding to bad news
- Clarifying information: checking that you have understood
- Disappointment or frustration: ways to express disappointment or frustration
- Decisions and choices: well-known expressions about reaching a decision
- Encouragement or support: ways to encourage someone or show support
- Excuses for being late: giving a reason for arriving late
- Expressing concern: enquiring about someone and/or offering help
- Expressing opinions: ways to avoid using 'I think...'
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Expressions about secrets: ways to ask someone to keep a secret
- Get well soon: other ways of wishing someone well
- Remembering, forgetting, saying "I don't know"
: useful phrases
- Ways to end a conversation
- Ways to say "I'm bored" or "I'm tired"
- Ways to say something is difficult or easy.
- Ways to say "Thank you" - expressing gratitude
- Ways to say "Happy New Year" - New Year greetings
- EXPRESSIONS list: Full list of all 'English Expressions'
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Vocabulary F to Z , and Business Vocabulary