Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 2:37 PM
Site: 21st CENTURY SCHOOL
Course: Forum for English Language Teachers (FELT)
Glossary: English Vocabulary
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babya newly born creature |
backthe part behind the front; ad. the other way
from forward |
bacterialiving things that are one cell and can be
seen only through a microscope; some cause disease |
badwrong; acting against the law; not good |
balanceto make two sides or forces equal |
ballsomething round |
balloona device of strong, light material that rises
when filled with gas lighter than air |
ballota piece of paper used for voting |
banto not permit; to stop; n. an official
restriction |
bankan organization that keeps and lends
money |
barto prevent or block |
barrieranything that blocks or makes an action
difficult |
basea military center; v. to establish as a fact
("Her research was based on experiments.") |
battlea fight between opposing armed forces |
beto live; to happen; to exist |
beatto hit again and again |
beautythat which pleases the eye, ear or
spirit |
becausefor the reason that ("He left because he was
sick.") |
becometo come to be |
beda sleeping place |
beforeearlier |
beginto do the first part of an action; to
start |
behindat the back of; in back of |
believeto think; to feel sure of; to accept as true;
to trust |
bellan instrument that makes a musical sound ("a
church bell") |
belongto be owned by; to be a member of |
belowlower than |
bestthe most good |
betrayto turn against; to be false to |
bettermore good than |
betweenin the space or time that separates; from one
to the other ("talks between two nations") |
bigof great size; not small |
billa legislative proposal |
biologythe scientific study of life or living things
in all their forms |
birda creature that flies |
biteto cut with the teeth |
blackdark; having the color like that of the night
sky |
blameto accuse; to hold responsible |
blanketa cloth cover used to keep warm |
bleedto lose blood |
blindnot able to see |
blockto stop something from being done; to prevent
movement |
bloodred fluid in the body |
blowto move with force, as in air ("The wind
blows.") |
bluehaving the color like that of a clear
sky |
boatsomething built to travel on water that
carries people or goods |
bodyall of a person or animal; the remains of a
person or animal |
boilto heat a liquid until it becomes very
hot |
bomba device that explodes with great force; v. to
attack or destroy with bombs |
bonethe hard material in the body |
booka long written work for reading |
bordera dividing line between nations |
bornto come to life; to come into existence |
borrowto take as a loan |
bothnot just one of two, but the two
together |
bottlea container, usually made of glass, to hold
liquid |
bottomthe lowest part of something |
boxsomething to put things into; a container,
usually made of paper or wood |
boya young male person |
boycottto refuse to take part in or deal with |
brainthe control center of thought, emotions and
body activity of all creatures |
bravehaving no fear |
breada food made from grain |
breakto divide into parts by force; to
destroy |
breatheto take air into the body and let it out
again |
bridgea structure built over a waterway, valley or
road so people and vehicles can cross from one side to the
other |
briefshort; not long |
brightgiving much light; strong and clear in
color |
bringto come with something |
broadcastto send information, stories or music by radio
or television; n. a radio or television program |
brothera male with the same father or mother as
another person |
brownhaving the color like that of coffee |
budgeta spending plan |
buildto join materials together to make
something |
buildinganything built for use as a house, factory,
office, school, store or place of entertainment |
bulleta small piece of metal shot from a gun |
burnto be on fire; to destroy or damage by
fire |
burstto break open suddenly |
buryto put into the ground and cover with
earth |
busa public vehicle to carry people |
businessone's work; buying and selling to earn money;
trade |
busydoing something; very active |
buthowever; other than; yet |
buyto get by paying something, usually
money |
bynear; at; next to ("by the road"); from ("a
play by William Shakespeare"); not later than ("by
midnight") |