Thursday, April 16, 2020

VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "B"

                                                         VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "B"

B
baby (n)
babysit (v) babysitter (n)
back (adv, adj & n) background (n) backpack (n) backpacker(n) backpacking (n) backwards (adv) bad (adj)
badly (adv) badminton (n) bag (n) baggage (n) bake (v) baker (n) balcony (n) bald (adj)
ball (n) ballet (n) balloon (n) banana (n) band (n) bandage (n) bank (n)
bank account (n) banking (n)
bar (n)
barbecue (n & v) baseball (n) base on (phr v) basic (adj)
basin (n) basket (n) basketball (n) bat (n)
bath (n & v)
bathing suit (n) bathroom (n)
bathtub (n)
battery (n) battle (n) bay (n)
be (av & v) beach (n) bean (n) bear(n) beard (n) beat (v) beautiful (adj) beauty (n)
because (conj) because of (prep phr) become (v)
bed (n) bedroom (n) bee  (n) beef (n)
before (prep,adv & conj) begin (v)
beginner (n) beginning (n) behave (v) behaviour  (n) behind (prep & adv) believe (v)
bell(n) belong (v)
below (adv  & prep) belt (n) beneath (prep) benefit (n)
be over (phr v)
   The game is over- you're too late!
beside (adv & prep) besides  (prep) best (adj & adv)
better (adj & adv)
between (prep & adv)
beyond (prep & adv) bicycle (n)
big
(adj) bike (n) bill (n)
    electricity bill bin (n)
biography (n) biology (n) bird (n)
birth (n) birthday (n) biscuit (n) bit (n)
bite (v) bitter (adj)
black (adj & n) blackboard (n) blame (v) blank (adj)
    a blank piece of paper blanket (n)
bleed (v) blind (adj) block (n)
    Shall we walk round the block?
blog (n) blogger (n) blond(e) (adj) blood (n) blouse (n) blow (v)
blue (adj & n) board (n & v) board game (n) boarding pass (n)
boat (n)




body (n) boil (v) boiled (adj) bold (adj)
bomb (n & v) bone (n) book (n & v) bookcase (n) booking (n)
   I have a booking for the 19th.
booking office (n) bookshelf (n)
bookshop (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: bookstore)
bookstore (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: bookshop)
boot (n)
   a pair of boots
   the boot of the car (Am Eng: trunk)
border (n) bored (adj) boring (adj) born (adj) borrow (v) boss (n)
both (pron & det) bother (v)
   Sorry to bother you, can you tell me the time?
   My job's hard but that doesn't bother me.
   'Sorry I'm late, I'll do it now.' 'Don't bother!'
bottle (n) bottom (adj & n) bowl (n)
box (n)
boy (n) boyfriend (n) bracelet (n) brain (n) brake (n & v) branch (n)
brand new (adj) brave (adj) bread (n)
break (n & v)
break down (phr v)
   The car has broken down. breakfast (n)
break in (phr v)
   Someone broke in and stole the computer.
break up (phr v)
   When does school break up?
   The pop group has broken up.
breath (n) breathe (v) breeze (n) bride (n) bridge (n) brief (adj) bright (adj) brilliant (adj) bring (v)
bring up (phr v)
   She was brought up in London.
broad (adj) broccoli(n) brochure (n) broken (adj) brother (n)
brown (adj & n)
brush (n & v) bucket (n) bug (n)
build (v) building (n) bulb (n)
   light bulb bull (n) bunch (n)
    a bunch of flowers
   a great bunch of friends burger (n)
burn (v) burning (adj) bury (v)
bus (n) business (n)
businessman (n) businesswoman (n) bus station (n)
bus stop (n) busy (adj)
but (conj & prep) butcher (n)
butter (n) butterfly (n) button (n) buy (v) buyer (n) by (prep)
by accident (prep phr) bye (exclam)
by hand (prep  phr) by mistake (prep phr) by name (prep phr)



NOTE
Abbreviations used in the Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary List are:
abbrev
abbreviation or acronym
mv n
modal verb
adj
adjective
phrv
noun
adv
adverb
pi
phrasal verb
av
auxiliary verb
prep
plural preposition
Am Eng
American English
prep phr
prepositional phrase
Br Eng
British English
pron
pronoun
conj det
conjunction
sing
singular
exclam
determiner
v
verb

exclamation



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