Vocabulary directory

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stream

creek; stream; brook

champion

cream

opposite

opposite; across (the street etc)

crisis

economic crisis; crisis

literature

theme

theme song; theme

usual

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

customer

customer service

bright

giving or reflecting a lot of light, or vivid in color

breakfast

draft

familiar

to be familiar with; to know well

medium

(epidemiology) medium or route of transmission (of a disease)

wing

capable

to be capable of

essential

completely necessary

fail

to fail (e.g. experiments)

relevant

seek

to seek

solo

composed or performed by a single voice or instrument

unable

(usually followed by `to') not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

hang

to be suspended from above or attach something in that position

newspaper

row

salt

edible salt; table salt

facility

a place, building, or equipment provided for a particular purpose

mainly

mostly; more than anything else

cycle

to ride a bicycle

bomb

atomic bomb; A-bomb

entertainment

place of entertainment; entertainment

switch

to turn a device on or off, or change from one thing to another

empty

holding or containing nothing

blow

to move air, or be moved by a current of air

affect

to affect (usually adversely)

mile

mile (unit of length equal to 1.609 km)

rural

rural area

aside

to one side; in set aside, to reserve something for a purpose

assistance

delivery

package delivery person; courier; express delivery

wednesday

Wednesday

bell

little bell

dollar

the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

register

to register (one's name)

warning

warning; early warning

sentence

a sentence

replace

to replace

branch

drawing

teeth

to brush one's teeth

flag

flag (of a country)

frame

a structure that supports or surrounds something

plot

load

to load (cargo); (computing) to load (content)

recovery

a return to a normal condition or the process of getting something back

understood

successfully expressed or understood by other people

yard

bottle

parent

parent or guardian of a child

detail

in detail

storage

the keeping of things for future use, or a place used to keep them

academic

chat

an informal conversation

cheese

chemical

chemical composition; chemical

representative

tight

closely constrained or constricted or constricting

academy

accurate

accurate; exact; precise

achieve

to gain with effort

afford

(verb complement indicating ability to afford or bear the cost or consequences of doing sth)

item

one individual thing in a group or list

lane

bike path; bicycle trail; bike lane; traffic lane

mess

to make something untidy or disordered

pleasure

a feeling of enjoyment or an activity done for enjoyment

prefer

to like or choose one thing more than another

tank

(loanword) tank (military vehicle)

transportation

weekly

every week or occurring once a week

tool

button

basketball

describe

give a description of

object

a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

tournament

a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

counter

sales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter)