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make someone do something

If you __________ __________ _____ _____________ they do not want to do, you tell them they have to do it and they cannot refuse Did your mum ever _______ you wear something you didn't like? He wants me to stay in tonight, but he can't _______ me At school, they made us sing every morning before class We were made to stand outside in the rain until we said sorry

cool

If you say that something is ______, you mean that you really like it because it is very modern or fashionable. If you say that a person is __________, you admire them because they are fashionable My new laptop is so ______ What a _________ bike She gave me a really ________ pair of trainers We went to the new club in Digbeth last night. It was _______

typical /ˈtɪpɪk(ə)l/

Adjective A situation that is _____________ is normal and has all the same features as it usually does. People sometimes say "___________!" to mean that they were expecting something bad to happen It's _____________! The service is always bad here It was a _____________ English summer, with rain every week _____________! I got there a minute early but the bus left two minutes early

reduced /rɪˈdjuːst/

Adjective If an amount is ____________, it has been made smaller It was only £50, __________ from £99 The hotel offered us a _________ price of £65 a night instead of £80 ____________ price = a lower price

reliable

Adjective If something is ___________, you can trust it and know that it will be good every time you need it. If someone is __________, you can trust them and depend on them They're very ___________ It's an old car, so it's not very ____________ Noun: reliability || Opposite - Adjective: unreliable These machines were known for their poor reliability We need to increase the reliability of our delivery system My phone battery is really unreliable

comfortable

Adjective If you are _____________ , you feel relaxed and happy because your body is in a good position Our new sofa's really ____________ Are you _____________ sitting there? The bed was old and I couldn't get _____________ in it Noun: comfort | Adverb: comfortably || Opposite - Adjective: uncomfortable I like to travel in comfort She sat back _________ly in her chair I had to sleep on the train, and it was very uncomfortable

tight /taɪt/

Adjective If your clothes are _____________, they fit too close to your body and are not quite big enough The coat is a bit _________ round my shoulders These jeans are too __________ I borrowed Anna's boots and they were a very ________ fit Opposite - Adjective: loose I put on a loose shirt and a pair of jeans

plain /pleɪn/

Adjective Something that is _______ is simple, with no unnecessary parts or decoration It's a bit _______. Do you have anything prettier? I put on a _______ white shirt A piece of _______ paper (with no lines on it)

damaged /ˈdæmɪdʒd/

Adjective Something that is __________ is broken in some way When I took it out of the box, I saw that it was __________ I took it back to the shop because it was __________ Some buildings were badly ________________ in the storm Verb: damage | Noun: damage be careful - you'll damage it! Smoking can damage your health The storm caused a lot of damage to houses in the village If you break it, you'll have to pay for the damage

practical /ˈpræktɪk(ə)l/

Adjective Something that is ___________ is useful and easy to use Have you got something more ___________ that will fit in the car? You can fold it and put it away, so it's quite ___________ It's a cheap and ___________ family car

loose /luːs/

Adjective Something that is ______________ is not firmly fixed in place. ______________ clothes are big and don't fit your body tightly The top button on my shirt is ______________ The handle on my suitcase has come ______________ I've got to see a dentist about a ______________ tooth

complicated

Adjective Something that is _______________ is difficult to understand or use because it has a lot of different parts It's really ______________ to use and the instructions aren't very helpful The situation is quite _______________ I can't explain - it's very ____________ I watched him making bread and it looked very ________________

smart

Adjective _________ clothes are clean and nice. You can also say that a person is __________ if they are wearing clean, nice clothes I had to buy some ________ trousers for work You should wear something _______ You look very _______ today

bright /braɪt/

Adjective _________ colours are light and strong, not dark Have you got any paint that's a bit __________er? She wears a lot of ________ colours A ___________ green jacket She's got ___________ blue eyes

unique

Adjective if something is ___________, there is only one of it, and there is nothing else that is the same She only made one ring like this, so it's _________ This is a ________ opportunity I met a lot of interesting and ___________ people

surprising /sə(r)ˈpraɪzɪŋ/

Adjective if something is _____________, you didn't expect it That was a very __________ fact He ate a ___________ amount of chocolate The article came to a ____________ conclusion Adjective: surprised | Adverb: surprisingly | Verb: surprise I was quite surprised when she said she was leaving | he looked surprised when I told him the result | it didn't surprise me at all that he was dead | the announcement surprised us all | the meal was surprisingly good

suitable /ˈsuːtəb(ə)l/

Adjective if something is _______________, it is right for a particular situation This smaller one might be more ____________ The film isn't _____________ for young children It's going to be cold, so make sure to bring ___________ clothes

warm

Adjective if you are _________, you are slightly hot in a pleasant way. ________ weather is quite hot I bought a thick coat to keep me ________ in the cold weather A lovely warm day

second-hand

Adjective something that is ______-___________ is not new and belonged to someone else before you bought it Do you ever buy ________-_________ shoes? They sell ______-_________ clothes at the market second-hand shop (that sells second-hand goods) a second-hand book seller Adverb: second-hand Have you ever bought anything second-hand? You can save a lot of money if you buy second-hand

light

Adjective something that is ________ doesn't weigh very much, and isn't heavy My new laptop is really ______ and easy to carry around Opposite - Adjective: heavy Can you help with my suitcase, it's really heavy

thick

Adjective something that is _________ is not thin. ________ clothes are made of heavy material and will keep you warm I bought this nice __________ coat for the winter A pair of ______ socks A ___________ book The walls are very _______ She's got lovely __________ hair

annoying

Adjective something that is __________________ makes you a little bit angry It was really _____________ to get shoes I couldn't wear He had an _____________ habit of starting every sentence with the word "so" The website has too many _____________ ads on it Her little brother was a very _____________ child

globally /ˈɡləʊb(ə)li/

Adverb The world is sometimes referred to as a globe (something in the shape of a ball). Activities that happen all over the world are global, or happen _______________. The way everything in the world is becoming connected, for example because of the internet and travel, is called globalisation ______________, we now buy 22% of everything we need online Nike is a ______________ recognised brand The disease kills a million people a year _____________

online /ˈɒnlaɪn/

Adverb if you buy something ____________, you buy it over the Internet I always buy my train tickets ___________ Several sites offering to do people's homework have appeared ______________ 've been learning about my family history __________

sale

Noun A ________ is an event when a shop sells its goods more cheaply than usual for a period of time There's a _______ on at Miss Selfridge I bought it in a ______ I go to the ______s in Oxford Street every January (when lots of shops have a ______) The January _____s

selection /sɪˈlekʃ(ə)n/

Noun A ___________ is a group of things that you can choose from Collocates: a good/wide selection | a selection of something They had a really wide selection of armchairs Your body needs a wide selection of foods to stay healthy They always have a good selection

present /ˈprez(ə)nt/

Noun A ___________ is something you give to someone, for example when it is their birthday I need to buy a __________ for my dad's birthday It was a very generous __________ He got a new briefcase as a leaving __________ (a present given to him when he left his job)

receipt /rɪˈsiːt/

Noun A ____________ is a piece of paper from a shop or an email from an online shop that shows where and when you bought something, and proves that you have paid You need to keep your ___________ I forgot to get a _____________ so I can't take it back An old-fashioned shop where they write the _____________s with a pen

button

Noun A ____________ is a small round thing on clothes. You put a ____________ through a hole to fasten the clothes The top ____________ on my shirt has come loose A smart shirt with small white ____________s One of the ____________s has come off my coat I can't do the ____________ up (fasten it) Can you help me undo the ____________s (unfasten them)?

bargain

Noun A ____________ is something you get for a lower price than is normal I got it for £5 - it was a _________ Our shop is full of _____________s It was good quality, but at a __________ price

queue /kjuː/

Noun A _____________ is a line of people who are waiting for something Collocates: stand/wait in a _________ I was in a hurry and there was a long ___________ We waited in the _____________ for hours Is this the end of the ____________? Verb: queue Collocates: queue for something | queue to do something We queued for two hours to get tickets They were all queuing for tickets for the One Direction concert | a Are you queuing to get into the museum?

occasion /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)n/

Noun An _____________ is a time when something happens When did you last buy a present, and what was the _____________? I met him on several _____________s I remember one _____________ when we swam in the sea in November

design

Noun The ______ of something is the way it has been put together and the way that it looks The _______ of the phone is very simple Your shirt is a really nice _________ Verb: design | Noun: designer My friend designed this ring A famous dress designer

lifetime

Noun Your ______________ is the period of time during which you are alive. If something will last a _____________, it will last a very long time They're very well made and they'll last you a ______________ She spent a ______________ studying and writing about Renaissance art The Internet is the greatest invention in my ______________

delivery /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ri/

Noun _________ is the act of taking things such as goods or letters to a place Their __________ service was very reliable We make daily ____________ies Send it by express ____________ (very quick)

material

Noun __________ is cloth such as wool or cotton that is used for making clothes, curtains, etc. _______________ is also any hard stuff such as wood or plastic I bought some ________ for a new dress Scientists have developed a new _________ they can use instead of plastic

ring

Noun a _____ is a circle of metal or other hard stuff that someone wears on their finger as jewellery A gold ________ A wedding _______ (that is first worn at a wedding ceremony) a diamond _______

pair

Noun a ______ of something is two things that are the same and that are used together, for example, shoes, earrings, or socks. You also talk about a ______ of glasses, trousers, shorts, etc. when something is made of two parts that are the same and which are joined together a ______ of leather shoes I bought a ________ of jeans I always have a spare _____ of glasses with me

fee /fiː/

Noun a _______ is the amount of money you have to pay for a particular service Collocates: pay a ______ | charge a _______ there's no delivery _____ on orders over £20 The ____s are so high that I couldn't afford to study there Most museums charge an entrance _____ They can't afford to pay the school _______s

concert

Noun a __________ is a public performance in which people play music My wife took me to a __________ for my 40th birthday A lot of people are travelling to Wembley for the big __________ The band are giving a __________ in London later this year a rock __________

site /saɪt/

Noun a ___________ is a place where something is or where something happens. On the Internet, a ________ is a collection of pages where information is available Collocates: a web site Do you have any favourite ________s for shopping? He made a lot of money when he sold a social networking _______ to Yahoo! Thousands of web _________s offer health information

fact /fækt/

Noun a fact is a piece of information which is true Some of these ________s were really interesting The article was full of ________s about Walt Disney The ________ is that he's been in prison for the last year

size /saɪz/

Noun the _______ of something is how big or small it is. If a piece of clothing is your _______, it fits you. If it is the wrong _____, it is too big or too small and does not fit you They had lots of shirts in my ______ The trousers they sent me were the wrong ______

function

Noun the ______________ of something is its main purpose or the job that it is meant to do. The ____________s a machine has are all the different things it can do It's a really good camera with a lot of different ___________s The main __________ of the department is to find new employees His ____________ as mayor stopped after the became a member of parliament

quality

Noun the _________of something is how good it is and how well it is made They're really good ________ and they'll last for years Their shoes are excellent _________ They sell top _______ fruit and vegetables (the best quality)

instructions

Noun plural ___________ are a detailed description of how to do something, for example, how to use a machine such as a dishwasher Collocates: follow _____________ The __________ are very difficult to follow The instructions were very complicated

stock /stɒk/

Noun uncount The ________ of a shop or company is the amount of goods it has that are available and ready to be sold or sent out to customers Collocates: in stock(we have it in the shop) | out of stock The camera I wanted was out of stock (there were no more available to buy) Everything on the list is in stock and is immediately available This offer is only open while stocks last (until everything has been sold) Verb: stock The shop was not very well stocked (did not have many goods) We stock more than forty different kinds of cheese

jewellery

Noun uncount _____________ is things like rings, earrings, and necklaces, often made from metal, that people wear because they look nice My friend makes silver ___________ He likes to wear gold ____________ A jewellery box (for keeping jewellery in) Noun: jeweller I learned about gold from my father, who was a jeweller

fault

Noun uncount if a bad situation or a mistake is your ________, you are responsible for causing it. When this happens, you can also say that you are at ________ Collocates: be at fault it was my own fault - I didn't check the delivery fee Do we know whose fault it was? It was an unfortunate accident, but the school was not at fault

get back

Phrasal verb If you _______ something ________, someone returns it to you after they have had it for a while I _____ my money _______ from the shop I lent her my skateboard and never _______ it ______

take back

Phrasal verb If you ________ something _______ to the shop where you bought it, you return it because you are not satisfied with it When was the last time you took something back to a shop? You need to take the receipt if you're taking it back Every time I buy him some clothes, he takes them back

grow into /ˌɡrəʊ ˈɪntuː/

Phrasal verb When a child __________ _________ clothes, he or she gets bigger so that the clothes which were too big are now the right size. When a child grows out of clothes, he or she gets bigger and the clothes no longer fit properly It's a bit too big now, but you'll soon __________ _________ it By the time he was 13, he'd __________ _________ his father's old coat

top of the range /ˌtɒp əv ðə ˈreɪndʒ/

Phrase Something that is _____ ____ _____ _________ is the best or most expensive of its kind that is available Her furniture was _____ ____ _____ _________ A _____ ____ _____ _________ smartphone For a _____ ____ _____ _________ car you'd have to pay £35,000

fit

Verb If clothes ____ you, they are the right size for your body My gloves look nice, but they don't actually____ I didn't find anything that ____ted me in the shop | try it on to see if it ___s Noun: fit Collocates: a good fit The boots were such a good fit I tried on the dress and the fit was perfect

drop

Verb If you ________ something, you let go of it and it falls to the ground Be careful you don't ________ that plate I ________ped the letter into the rubbish bin She _________ped her gloves on the floor

return

Verb If you ______________ something that you have bought, you take it back or send it back to the shop where you bought it because you are not satisfied with it Women __________ more than 20% of the clothes they buy online You cannot ___________ items more than 30 days after you bought them

wrap /ræp/

Verb To ________ something means to put paper around it to protect it, or because you want to give it as a present Choose the paper and I'll __________ it for you What was the last present you bought? Did you _______ it? Adjective: wrapped a beautifully wrapped gift Would you like it wrapped?

last

Verb if something ____s for a particular length of time, it continues to exist for that time I had a pair of shoes that _______ed six years The film _____s over three hours Their relationship didn't _____ very long

suit /suːt/

Verb if something such as your clothes _______ you, they make you look good Yellow doesn't usually ______ me Your new hairstyle really ______s you

lie

Verb if you ___ or _____ down, your body is flat and your head is on the same level as your feet, for example when you are in bed Collocates: lie down | lie on something The sofa's nice and big, so you can _____ on it too She lay down on the bed and fell asleep I like to _________ on the beach I'm really tired; I'm just going to lie down for a few minutes

bid /bɪd/

Verb if you ______ for something, you say how much you are willing to pay for it, and you succeed in buying it if no one else _____s a higher price I ____ £20 for it on eBay and won How much did you ______ for it? I spent all afternoon at the sale, but I didn't ______ Noun: bid | Noun: bidder I raised my bid to £200 the winning bid was £35 the company will be sold to the highest bidder

design

Verb if you ________ something, you have the idea for it and decide what it will look like and how it should be made. You can refer to the way something looks as its design All our products are _________ed and made in the UK The dress was __________ed by Zandra Who ________ed your website?

follow

Verb if you _________ an instruction or someone's advice, you do what someone suggests or tells you to do Тhe instructions are very difficult to _________ I decided to _________ her advice

inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(r)/

Verb if you _____________ someone, you make them believe in something very strongly, especially in their own ability to achieve things My English teacher really __________ed me His strength and skill ___________d millions around the world This _____________ me to live a better life

order /ˈɔː(r)də(r)/

Verb if you _____________ something, you ask for it to be sent to you or made ready for you I ____________d a new washing machine last week I'd like to _____________ a taxi to the station If you ___________ it today, we can deliver it to you before the weekend Noun: order my order was delivered three days late

recommend /ˌrekəˈmend/

Verb if you ________________ something, you tell someone that it is good and that they should get one or do it A friend of mine __________________ed a new online shop I can strongly _______________ swimming in the sea He _______________ed that I should change my car for a more efficient one Noun: recommendation Collocates: on someone's recommendation we booked the Bristol Hotel on my brother's recommendation (because he recommended it) Can you give us any recommendations for a restaurant in the city centre?

deliver /dɪˈlɪvə(r)/

Verb to ____________ something means to take it somewhere We ____________ vegetables to all the restaurants in the town Can you ____________ at weekends? The postman ____________ed three letters and a parcel

About time!

We say this when somebody is late or takes a long time

I love your ring. Where did you get it?

We will use it when we want to know where someone bought or got a tning

dark

_____ colours are not bright because they are closer to black than they are to white I look better in ______ colours The walls were painted _____ grey The paint will look _____er after it dries Opposite - Adjective: light He wore ____ trousers and a light shirt The walls were painted light blue

Consumer

a person who buys goods or uses services We need more feedback from the ____________ in order to improve our goods .The UK is the biggest _________________ of tropical hardwoods after Japan. The new rates will affect all ______________s, including businesses.

household

all the people living together in a house or flat Most _____________ now own at least one car. The average _______________ spends more on housing than on food.

take (smth) out of (smth)

to remove something from somewhere I ______ it ______ ___ the box

purchase/ˈpɜːtʃəs/

verb to buy something Please ensure that you ______________ your ticket in advance. They ______________ed the house from an elderly couple. The land was compulsorily ________________ed from the owner to make way for the new road.


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