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this
US / ðɪs /
•UK / ðɪs /
- adjecitve
- Used to indicate something already been discussed
- Used to indicate something happening around now
- adverb
- An indication by a physical motion or gesture
- A specific amount of
- determiner
- Person, thing, or idea near you
- pronoun
- Person, thing that has already been discussed
the
US / ðə /
•UK / ðə /
- article
- Used to refer to something already mentioned
- Used to show there is only one of something
- determiner
- Used to describe all of a family
you
US / jʊ /
•UK / ju /
- pronoun
- Person someone is speaking or writing to
- Person or people in general
turn
US / tɜ:n /
•UK / tɚn /
- noun
- Place where changing of direction happens
- Your time or chance to perform a duty
- Your chance to play or do in say a game
- Unexpected change, as in the weather
- verb
- To become (a particular age)
- To become a different quality, color, etc.
- To change the direction of something, e.g. a car
- To move in an opposite direction or position
- To shape metal with a spinning tool
able
US / 'eɪbl /
•UK / ˈebəl /
- adjecitve
- Skilled; good at something
- Having the ability to do something
year
US / jə: /
•UK / jɪr /
- noun
- Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
- Used to refer to the age of a person
other
US / 'ʌðə(r) /
•UK / ˈʌðər /
- adjecitve
- A thing different from that mentioned
- determiner
- (Something) else; not the first (one)
- pronoun
- Being the one and only thing of that category
goal
US / ɡəʊl /
•UK / ɡol /
- noun
- Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
- (Sports) net into which you put a ball to score
- (Sports) act of scoring by putting a ball in a net
image
US / 'ɪmɪdʒ /
•UK / ˈɪmɪdʒ /
- noun
- Picture, sculpture or painting of something
- General idea or opinion of something
- verb
- To obtain pictures by scanning them with a machine
unexplored
US / ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔ:d /
•UK / ˌʌnɪkˈsplɔːrd /
- adjecitve
- (Of a place) not yet discovered or investigated
satellite
US / 'sætəlaɪt /
•UK / ˈsætlˌaɪt /
- noun
- Device sent into space that aids communication
- Natural object in space that moves around another
- Area controlled by another group or country
scholar
US / ˈskɒlə(r) /
•UK / ˈskɑ:lə(r) /
- noun
- Educated person who attends or attended school
- An academic in a certain field
- Person who has been given a scholarship
also
US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /
•UK / ˈɔlso /
- adverb
- In addition; too; in a similar way
map
US / mæp /
•UK / mæp /
- noun
- Diagram showing the geography of an area
- verb
- To draw a diagram to show the geography of an area
- To find points of similarity between things
identify
US / aɪ'dentɪfaɪ /
•UK / aɪˈdɛntəˌfaɪ /
- verb
- To indicate who or what someone or something is
may
US / meɪ /
•UK / me /
- noun
- 5th month of the year
- other
- Used to express a desire
- Expresses permission, possibility or probability
- Used to show that a thing could be true
radar
US / ˈreɪdɑ:(r) /
•UK / ˈredɑr /
- noun
- Radio device used to find the location of objects
tag
US / tæɡ /
•UK / tæɡ /
- noun
- Child's game in which one person chases the others
- A name or label on something or someone
- Act of touching someone you are chasing in a game
- verb
- To apply a name or label to something or someone
- To touch someone you are chasing in a game
will
US / wɪl /
•UK / wɪl /
- noun
- Desire or choice of someone
- Document saying who gets your money when you die
- Strong desire to do something; determination
- Desire to do something; strong wish to do
- other
- Used with verbs to express the future
- verb
- To leave property to someone after your death
- To use mental effort to make something happen
- Am (is, are) likely to do
- To influence someone to do something
- To make something happen by strongly wanting it
too
US / tu: /
•UK / tu /
- adverb
- In addition, also; with emphasis
- Say that something is more than you want
bronze
US / brɒnz /
•UK / brɑ:nz /
- noun
- Having a yellowish olive-brown color
- Alloy of tin and copper with a dark tan color
explorer
US / ɪkˈsplɔ:rə(r) /
•UK / ɪkˈsplɔrɚ, -ˈsplor- /
- noun
- Person who travels to places to discover more them
past
US / pɑ:st /
•UK / pæst /
- adjecitve
- No longer current or new
- adverb
- So as to go beyond, or further than something
- noun
- Time that existed before now, e.g. long ago
- preposition
- After a particular time
- At a later point in distance; beyond
use
US / ju:s /
•UK / ju:s /
- noun
- Ability to employ something
- Need to enable it to work
- Permission to do something with something
- Act of spending money
- Operation of a machine for its function
- verb
- To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
- To need to operate or work
- To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
- To treat a person badly
- To do something with, for a task or purpose
reality
US / rɪ'ælətɪ /
•UK / riˈælɪti /
- noun
- What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
tool
US / tu:l /
•UK / tul /
- noun
- Device used to make things, e.g. a hammer
- verb
- To provide a workshop with the right equipment
age
US / eɪdʒ /
•UK / edʒ /
- verb
- To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
- To get older
- noun
- Period of time in history
- Number of years a person or thing has lived
item
US / ˈaɪtəm /
•UK / ˈaɪtəm /
- noun
- Single, brief piece of news or reporting
- Distinct, individual thing, often part of a group
point
US / pɔɪnt /
•UK / pɔɪnt /
- noun
- An item to be discussed
- Small spot or dot
- Fact or detail
- Feature of something
- The size of the text on a page or screen
- A certain time or stage in a process
- Certain position in time or space
- Idea or fact you try to convince people about
- Measurement of scores in a game, sport
- Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
- verb
- To face a certain direction, e.g. north
- To indicate something with your finger to others
team
US / ti:m /
•UK / tim /
- noun
- Group of people working on a task together
- Group of people playing a sport together
should
US / ʃʊd /
•UK / ʃʊd /
- other
- Used to indicate what is proper or reasonable
importantly
US / ɪmˈpɔːtntli /
•UK / ɪmˈpɔːrtntli /
- adverb
- In an important way;
valley
US / 'vælɪ /
•UK / ˈvæli /
- noun
- Area between mountains with river running through
khan
US / kɑ:n /
•UK / kɑn, kæn /
- other
- A title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries
thousand
US / ˈθaʊznd /
•UK / ˈθaʊzənd /
- number
- Number 1,000
albert
US / ˈælbət /
•UK / ælˈbɚt /
- noun
- Prince consort of Queen Victoria of England
surround
US / səˈraʊnd /
•UK / səˈraʊnd /
- other
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
- verb
- To be all the way around something
- To be closely connected to and have an effect on
- To move closer on all sides of something
once
US / wʌns /
•UK / wʌns /
- adverb
- One time; one instance
- At a time in the past
- conjunction
- When; as soon as
our
US / 'aʊə(r) /
•UK / aʊr /
- determiner
- Belonging to us
would
US / wʊd /
•UK / wʊd /
- other
- Used to indicate something imagined
- Used to ask or request something politely
- Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
- Used to indicate a preference
- Used to indicate a reaction
- Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
- Used to indicate willingness or ability to do
now
US / naʊ /
•UK / naʊ /
- adverb
- At the present time or moment
- Right away or in the next possible moment
- Used to refer to something that just happened
- Time between the present and a moment in the past
- conjunction
- Resulting from or because of something
can
US / kæn /
•UK / kən,kæn /
- noun
- A metal container for storing food
- other
- Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
- verb
- To have permission to
- To be possible to do
- To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container
landscape
US / 'lændskeɪp /
•UK / ˈlændˌskep /
- noun
- Area or scene of activity, especially in politics
- Picture of natural scenery in a place
- View of a (beautiful) country area or scene
- verb
- To make gardens that improve an area of land
structure
US / ˈstrʌk.tʃə /
•UK / ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ /
- noun
- The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in
- verb
- To plan, organize, or arrange the parts of something
bury
US / 'berɪ /
•UK / ˈbɛri /
- verb
- To put something into the ground and cover it
quite
US / kwaɪt /
•UK / kwaɪt /
- adverb
- Not very; fairly
- Very; In a complete or total manner
research
US / rɪ'sɜ:tʃ /
•UK / rɪˈsɚtʃ, ˈriˌsɚtʃ /
- noun
- Study done to discover new ideas and facts
- Work done to find or discover knowledge
- verb
- To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
single
US / 'sɪŋɡl /
•UK / ˈsɪŋɡəl /
- adjecitve
- Being one only, without others
- Only; merely
- Not married or in a relationship
- noun
- One run in cricket or a hit baseball
- An individual song from a CD or album
- Person who is not married or in a relationship
survey
US / 'sɜ:veɪ /
•UK / ˈsɜː(r)veɪ /
- noun
- Broad view or general description of something
- Act of measuring land or property to make a map
- Set of questions used to ask people about a topic
- verb
- To offer a broad view or general description
- To measure an area of land to make a map of it
- To ask people a question about a particular topic
heritage
US / 'herɪtɪdʒ /
•UK / ˈhɛrɪtɪdʒ /
- noun
- Traditional beliefs or customs of a culture
collect
US / kəˈlekt /
•UK / kəˈlɛkt /
- adverb
- By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
- verb
- To ask for money, e.g. for a charity
- To gather things, people together in one place
- To get and keep one type of things as a hobby
- To take things and bring them together
- To go and receive, e.g. a prize or an award
- To take control of your own feelings or thoughts
river
US / ˈrɪvə(r) /
•UK / ˈrɪvɚ /
- noun
- Flowing water that runs from mountains to the sea
life
US / laɪf /
•UK / laɪf /
- noun
- All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
- Period of time things live, from birth to death
stone
US / stəʊn /
•UK / stoʊn /
- noun
- Hard, solid piece of rock
- verb
- To kill as a punishment, by throwing stones at
unmanned
US / ˌʌnˈmænd /
•UK / ʌnˈmænd /
- adjecitve
- Lacking a crew
ground
US / graʊnd /
•UK / ɡraʊnd /
- noun
- Connection of electrical equipment to earth
- Place where people play particular sports
- Solid surface of the earth that we stand on
- verb
- To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
- To make loud jarring noise by pressing hard
- To make sharp or smooth through friction
- To press together with force making a sound
- To punish someone by not allowing them to go out
- To hit the bottom
- (Of boat) to hit the bottom so it cannot move
- To prevent a plane from taking off
- To place the ball over the goal line in rugby
what
US / wɒt /
•UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /
- pronoun
- Thing or things that; the same kind as
- Used to emphasize something you are about to say
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
- Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
- adverb
- To a certain degree
- determiner
- Question words used for asking for information
- exclamation
- Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
- Used to ask people to repeat something they said
mongolia
US / mɒŋ'ɡəʊlɪə /
•UK / mɑ:ŋ'ɡoʊlɪr /
- other
- A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
- A vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia
emerge
US / ɪ'mɜ:dʒ /
•UK / ɪˈmɚdʒ /
- verb
- To rise or appear out of some background
site
US / saɪt /
•UK / saɪt /
- noun
- Place that is reserved for a particular activity
- Location of building work
- Location of something
- Place where something of special interest happened
- Website
- verb
- To place something in a particular position, area
that
US / ðæt /
•UK / ðæt, ðət /
- adjecitve
- The person or thing being talked about
- Used to identify something both the speakers know
- adverb
- Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
- To such a degree
- conjunction
- Used to connect a noun clause
- Used to introduce an adverbial clause
- Used to introduce a noun clause
- determiner
- Used as a noun to refer to something
- pronoun
- Referring an object far away
- Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’
unravel
US / ʌnˈrævl /
•UK / ʌnˈrævəl /
- verb
- To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
burial
US / ˈberiəl /
•UK / ˈbɛriəl /
- noun
- Act or ceremony of burying, e.g. of the dead
tell
US / tel /
•UK / tɛl /
- verb
- To (strongly) advise a person to do something
- To be able to guess
- To say or communicate information to someone
- To inform, but without speaking; indicate
- To have a negative effect on someone
- To order someone to do something; command
- To recognize something based on certain signs
- To report something to an authority
- To explain something or teach someone something
like
US / laɪk /
•UK / laɪk /
- adjecitve
- Being equal in status or kind to something else
- Similar; the same
- adverb
- For example
- preposition
- Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
- In a way similar to the way something is done
- Such as; for example
- verb
- To want to
- To find something pleasing; to prefer something
virtual
US / ˈvɜ:tʃuəl /
•UK / ˈvɚtʃuəl /
- adjecitve
- Existing only on the internet or on a computer
- Existing only in a digital world
- Almost being; nearly complete
example
US / ɪgˈzɑ:mpl /
•UK / ɪɡˈzæmpəl /
- noun
- Thing, person which represents a category
then
US / ðen /
•UK / ðɛn /
- adverb
- A time that is not now
- Following another thing in time or arrangement
- Following on reasonably from what was just stated
- At that time, not now
right
US / raɪt /
•UK / raɪt /
- adjecitve
- Correct or true
- The south side of you looking at the rising sun
- adverb
- Exactly in a place or time
- Being appropriate for a particular event
- In a straight or direct manner
- noun
- Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
- Ideal of what is just and good
- Political view based on conservatism
- verb
- To fix something previously wrong or unjust
- To make upright, as a boat that has turned over
search
US / sɜ:tʃ /
•UK / sɜ:rtʃ /
- noun
- Examination of person to find something
- Action to find an answer to a problem
- Action of trying to find someone or something
- verb
- To examine a person's clothing to find something
- To look for an answer or explanation to a problem
- To look carefully for someone or something
conservation
US / ˌkɒnsəˈveɪʃn /
•UK / ˌkɑ:nsərˈveɪʃn /
- noun
- Protecting the environment or a species
- Act of keeping in reserve
include
US / ɪnˈklu:d /
•UK / ɪnˈklud /
- verb
- To make someone, something part of a group
different
US / ˈdɪfrənt /
•UK / ˈdɪfrənt /
- adjecitve
- Not of the same kind; unlike other things
vehicle
US / ˈvi:əkl /
•UK / ˈvi:hɪkl /
- noun
- Machine (such as a car) used to carry things
- Means of expressing, showing, or achieving
aerial
US / 'eərɪəl /
•UK / ˈɛriəl, eˈɪriəl /
- adjecitve
- Being done, living or seen in the air
- noun
- Antenna; device for receiving radio/ TV signal
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
such
US / sʌtʃ /
•UK / sʌtʃ /
- determiner
- Being similar to
- (Thing) as previously stated or referred to
- adverb
- (Used to emphasize the quality of an adjective)
mystery
US / ˈmɪstri /
•UK / ˈmɪstəri /
- noun
- Quality of being strange and not understood
- Book, play, or film about solving a strange crime
- Something that is not known
disturb
US / dɪˈstɜ:b /
•UK / dɪˈstɜ:rb /
- other
- To cause someone anxiety or fear
- verb
- To cause someone anxiety or fear
- To stop someone from working or sleeping
job
US / dʒɒb /
•UK / dʒɑ:b /
- noun
- Something that must be done
- Regular work at which you earn money
modern
US / ˈmɔdən /
•UK / ˈmɑdən /
- adjecitve
- Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
rich
US / rɪtʃ /
•UK / rɪtʃ /
- adjecitve
- Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
- Containing a lot of exciting events or experiences and therefore very interesting
- (of a color, sound, smell, etc.) Pleasantly deep or strong
- If food is rich, it contains a large amount of oil, butter, eggs, or cream.
time
US / taɪm /
•UK / taɪm /
- noun
- Speed at which music is played; tempo
- Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
- Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
- Occasion when something happens
- Period or occasion that something occurred
- Period in history or the past
- Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
- How long an event takes; duration
- verb
- To check speed at which music is performed
- To choose a specific moment to do something
- To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
- To schedule something to occur at a specific moment
promise
US / 'prɒmɪs /
•UK / ˈprɑmɪs /
- verb
- To say you will certainly do something
object
US / 'ɒbdʒɪkt /
•UK / ˈɑbdʒɪkt /
- noun
- Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
- Goal or purpose of a particular plan or activity
- The thing that the action of a verb acts upon
- verb
- To disagree; to protest against an idea or plan
archaeological
US / ˌɑ:kɪə'lɒdʒɪkl /
•UK / ˌɑ:kɪr'lɒdʒɪkl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the study of ancient societies
mongolian
US / mɒŋˈɡəʊliən /
•UK / mɑːŋˈɡoʊliən /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the culture and people of Mongolia
- noun
- Person from Mongolia
project
US / prəˈdʒekt /
•UK / prəˈdʒɛkt /
- noun
- A planned piece of work for specific purpose
- Group of homes built by government for poor people
- verb
- To predict what will happen in the future
- To show something on a screen using light
- To stick out past the edge of something
expedition
US / ˌekspəˈdɪʃn /
•UK / ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃən /
- noun
- Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
- Short trip to a specific place, e.g. for shopping
direction
US / də'rekʃn /
•UK / dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ- /
- noun
- When someone tells people what to do
- Describes the way you are going, e.g. North
top
US / tɒp /
•UK / tɑp /
- adjecitve
- Being good or great; excellent
- Being the most in degree or quality
- noun
- Item of clothing covering shoulders to waist, hips
- A cover or lid
- Part (e.g. road) that is the furthest away
- Highest or upper part or point of something
- Best or highest status or position
- Flat upper surface or edge of an object
- Child's toy that spins on its point
- Upper section or leaves of fruits and vegetables
- Winning in a sport or contest
- verb
- To be higher or larger than a specific value
- To arrive at the highest point of something
- To put a cover or layer or over something
- To kill; murder
- To hold the highest position on a list
- To be more important, successful or better than
- To beat someone or win at a game
they
US / ðeɪ /
•UK / ðe /
- pronoun
- Two or more people, animals, or things
look
US / lʊk /
•UK / lʊk /
- noun
- Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
- Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
- The way someone, something appears to be
- Act of searching for or examining something
- verb
- To appear to be; seem
evidence
US / 'evɪdəns /
•UK / ˈɛvɪdəns /
- noun
- Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
way
US / weɪ /
•UK / we /
- adverb
- Used to emphasize the amount of something
- noun
- Particular aspect of something being thought about
- One of various choices that could be made
- Particular existing condition or state
- (Often long) distance or length of time
- How something is done
- Route to go to a place
- Small street
- Usual behavior, emotions or habits of someone
ongoing
US / ˈɒngəʊɪŋ /
•UK / ˈɑ:ngoʊɪŋ /
- adjecitve
- Continuing to exist or be in progress
approach
US / ə'prəʊtʃ /
•UK / əˈprəʊtʃ /
- noun
- Means of reaching a place, often a road or path
- Request of someone with a specific goal in mind
- Specific way to handle a project, task, problem
- verb
- To get close to reaching something or somewhere
- To request someone to do something specific
over
US / 'əʊvə(r) /
•UK / ˈovɚ /
- adverb
- Finished; no longer happening
- Towards the ground/away from a standing position
- noun
- A set of six consecutive balls bowled in cricket
- other
- Finished
- preposition
- Showing the relation when a thing is above another
- On or covering something
- Above or across something
- More than you need
- From one side to the other
- In the direction of; toward
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
homeland
US / ˈhəʊmlænd /
•UK / ˈhoʊmlænd /
- noun
- Country where you were born
join
US / dʒɔɪn /
•UK / dʒɔɪn /
- verb
- To bring something close to another, to become one
- To become a member of
- To participate in an activity with others
help
US / help /
•UK / hɛlp /
- noun
- Something given to enable a person to do something
- Assistance given to someone in need
- Someone who makes something easier or possible
- verb
- To act to enable a person to do something; assist
- To make something better or less difficult
revolutionary
US / ˌrevə'lu:ʃənərɪ /
•UK / ˌrɛvəˈluʃəˌnɛri /
- adjecitve
- Marking a significant change in something
- Relating to a violent replacement of a government
- noun
- Person fighting to replace a government
real
US / rɪəl /
•UK / ˈriəl, ril /
- adjecitve
- Actually existing or happening, not imagined
- Being important or special
participate
US / pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpeɪt /
•UK / pɑ:rˈtɪsɪpeɪt /
- verb
- To take part with others in doing something
ancient
US / 'eɪnʃənt /
•UK / ˈenʃənt /
- adjecitve
- Very old; having lived a very long time ago
and
US / ənd /
•UK / ənd, ən,ænd /
- conjunction
- Used to refer to two or more things
- Plus; in addition; on top of that
- Used to introduce an action that follows another
large
US / lɑ:dʒ /
•UK / lɑ:rdʒ /
- adjecitve
- Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
region
US / 'ri:dʒən /
•UK / ˈridʒən /
- noun
- Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
national
US / 'næʃnəl /
•UK / ˈnæʃənəl, ˈnæʃnəl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning a nation as a whole
- noun
- A person of a particular country
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
scientist
US / ˈsaɪəntɪst /
•UK / ˈsaɪəntɪst /
- noun
- Person who is trained in a science
archaeology
US / ˌɑ:kiˈɒlədʒi /
•UK / ˌɑrkiˈɑlədʒi /
- noun
- The study of ancient societies
explore
US / ɪk'splɔ:(r) /
•UK / ɪkˈsplɔr /
- verb
- To examine something in detail to learn about it
- To travel to a place to discover more about it
protect
US / prə'tekt /
•UK / prəˈtɛkt /
- verb
- To defend someone or something from harm or danger
have
US / həv /
•UK / hæv /
- verb
- To drink, smoke, eat or use something
- To experience the effects of something
- To organize an event, or join in an activity
- To own, possess, or hold something
- To cause to happen or produce a particular effect
his
US / hɪz /
•UK / hɪz /
- pronoun
- Something belonging to a male person
without
US / wɪˈðaʊt /
•UK / wɪðˈaʊt, wɪθ- /
- preposition
- Not with; not having
relatively
US / ˈrelətɪvli /
•UK / ˈrɛlətɪvlɪ /
- adverb
- In a manner comparing something to something else
hundred
US / 'hʌndrəd /
•UK / ˈhʌndrɪd /
- number
- 100
see
US / si: /
•UK / si /
- verb
- To go on a date with someone
- To predict whether something is, or will be true
- To understand what someone says
- To use your eyes to look at something
- To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
- To visit or meet with someone
- To find out by waiting or looking
- To watch (a game, movie or TV show)
before
US / bɪˈfɔ:(r) /
•UK / bɪˈfɔr,-ˈfor /
- adverb
- At a time earlier than the present; previously
- conjunction
- In advance of something happening
- preposition
- In front of someone or something
lin
US / 'mænɪfestlɪ /
•UK / 'mænɪfestlɪ /