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favourite
US / ˈfeɪvərɪt /
•UK / 'fevərɪt /
- adjecitve
- Best liked or most enjoyed
- noun
- A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
one
US / wʌn /
•UK / wʌn /
- pronoun
- You; we; people in general; someone
- The thing or person previously referred to
- adjecitve
- Used to refer to people generally
- Being a strong example of (something mentioned)
- number
- Number 1
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
also
US / 'ɔ:lsəʊ /
•UK / ˈɔlso /
- adverb
- In addition; too; in a similar way
live
US / lɪv /
•UK / liv /
- adjecitve
- Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
- Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
- Glowing because burning; hot
- Not yet killed (for food)
- adverb
- (Music, drama) as it is performed
- verb
- To be alive
- To experience a particular type of life
- To make your home in a house or town
below
US / bɪ'ləʊ /
•UK / bɪˈlo /
- preposition
- In a lower position, place, or level
feeler
US / ˈfi:lə(r) /
•UK / ˈfilɚ /
- noun
- Part on insect's head that helps it find direction
inner
US / ˈɪnə(r) /
•UK / ˈɪnɚ /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the inside part of something
make
US / meɪk /
•UK / mek /
- noun
- Product made by a particular company; brand
- verb
- To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
- To get to (a place) on time
- To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
- To create something by putting things together
- To earn a certain amount of money at a job
- To cause or force a person to do something
- To cause something to happen or be formed
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
worm
US / wɜ:m /
•UK / wɚm /
- noun
- Small thin tube-shaped animal without legs
- verb
- To remove worms from an animals stomach
- To get information, etc. out of, by tricking them
- To cause something to move slowly or weave through
darkness
US / 'dɑ:knəs /
•UK / ˈdɑrknɪs /
- noun
- The state or quality of being dark in color
enjoy
US / ɪnˈdʒɔɪ /
•UK / ɛnˈdʒɔɪ /
- verb
- To take pleasure in something
world
US / wɜ:ld /
•UK / wɜrld /
- noun
- All the humans, events, activities on the earth
- Political division due to some kind of similarity
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)
fantastic
US / fænˈtæstɪk /
•UK / fænˈtæstɪk /
- adjecitve
- Strange or unusual in design or appearance
- Very large, fast or great
- Hard to believe; amazing
creepy
US / 'kri:pɪ /
•UK / 'kri:pɪ /
- adjecitve
- Scary; annoying or unpleasant
with
US / wɪð /
•UK / wɪð, wɪθ /
- preposition
- As an employee of a certain company
- Against something or someone
- By using something as a means
- Due to; because of
- Including
- Possessing as a feature
- Related to
- (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
- Used to express that people or things are together
cover
US / 'kʌvə(r) /
•UK / ˈkʌvɚ /
- noun
- A different version of another song
- Bed sheets; blankets
- (Police or military) protection from attack
- Amount of money to be paid in an insurance claim
- Thing you put over something to close or hide it
- Front and back part of a book or magazine
- Shelter built to protect from the natural elements
- verb
- To record a different version of another song
- To include as part of its area
- To put something over something to hide it
- To discuss a subject in a talk or meeting
- To form a layer over something so it is hidden
- To have sufficient funds to pay for something
- To include something within an agreed limit
- To report news on TV, radio or in a newspaper
- (Police or military) to protect from attack
- To travel a certain distance in a given time
- To wrap something with something, such as a cloth
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
outer
US / ˈaʊtə(r) /
•UK / ˈaʊtɚ /
- adjecitve
- Far away
- Being farther away from the center
- On or around something; away from the center
salt
US / sɔ:lt /
•UK / sɔlt /
- adjecitve
- Being preserved or seasoned with salt
- noun
- Natural white crystal used to flavor food
- verb
- To add salt to food in order to improve its taste
- To add salt to ice in order to melt it
- To preserve food by adding salt
giveaway
US / ˈgɪvəweɪ /
•UK / ˈɡɪvəˌwe /
- noun
- Gift of public resources to benefit a small group
eye
US / aɪ /
•UK / aɪ /
- noun
- The part of the body that you see with
- The skill to see the good and bad parts of a thing
- Hole at the end of a needle
- verb
- To watch or study something closely
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
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’
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
sensory
US / ˈsensəri /
•UK / ˈsɛnsəri /
- adjecitve
- Referring to the physical senses
touch
US / tʌtʃ /
•UK / tʌtʃ /
- noun
- Certain way of doing that makes something special
- A small amount of something
- Feeling of a surface
- verb
- To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
- To be next to each other with no space between
- To get involved with (used in negative)
- To feel an object with your fingers, etc.
find
US / faɪnd /
•UK / faɪnd /
- noun
- Object discovered by chance
- Things that have been discovered from searching
- verb
- To become aware of something that is happening
- To discover or meet by chance
- To decide if someone is guilty of a crime, or not
- To learn through study, research, or effort
- To discover something by looking for it
sensitive
US / 'sensətɪv /
•UK / ˈsɛnsɪtɪv /
- adjecitve
- Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
- (Private information) needing careful treatment
- Concerning awareness of small differences
- Able to recognize the feelings of others
- Responsive to physical touch
- Becoming unstable
dead
US / ded /
•UK / dɛd /
- adjecitve
- Not alive
- Being bored or not interested
- Unable to operate because electricity etc. ran out
- Being unable to feel, physically or emotionally
- adverb
- Completely; absolutely
get
US / ɡet /
•UK / ɡɛt /
- verb
- To become affected by illness or disease
- To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
- To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
- To go somewhere to obtain something
- To (cause to) do a particular thing
- To obtain, receive or be given something
- To currently have
- To prepare for use
- To understand something being said or read
appendage
US / əˈpendɪdʒ /
•UK / əˈpendɪdʒ /
- noun
- Part attached to a larger thing, e.g. arm to body
each
US / i:tʃ /
•UK / itʃ /
- determiner
- Every one of two or more things
- pronoun
- Per one person or thing
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
down
US / daʊn /
•UK / daʊn /
- adjecitve
- Being sad, sick, or unhappy
- Not operating, working, or functioning as expected
- adverb
- In a sitting or lying position
- Towards or on the ground, floor, or bottom
- Written or copied onto a piece of paper or book
- noun
- A period of play in American Football
- The soft, smooth hairs that cover a bird's body
- preposition
- Along something's path, course, or direction
- Going from a higher position to a lower position
- verb
- To eat or drink very quickly and without stopping
probe
US / prəʊb /
•UK / prob /
- noun
- A thorough or deep examination of a problem
- Device used to send information from outer space
- Long medical instrument to look inside your body
- verb
- To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
- To examine the inside of something using a tool
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
fish
US / fɪʃ /
•UK / fɪʃ /
- noun
- Animal that swims and lives in water
- verb
- To go fishing with a net or hook
from
US / frəm /
•UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /
- preposition
- Starting at a particular place, time or level
press
US / pres /
•UK / prɛs /
- noun
- Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
- General term for TV, radio, newspapers
- A machine that prints books and newspapers
- verb
- To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
- To repeatedly ask someone to do something
- To print something such as a book or newspaper
- To push something against something else
- To squeeze the liquid out of grapes, etc.
grain
US / greɪn /
•UK / ɡren /
- noun
- Seeds of plants used for food
- Natural pattern in something, e.g. wood
- Very small piece of something such as sand, truth
- Unit of weight based on a piece of wheat
most
US / məʊst /
•UK / most /
- adverb
- Very; extremely
- Greatest possible degree
- pronoun
- Nearly all of something
name
US / neɪm /
•UK / nem /
- noun
- What something or someone is called
- verb
- To state what someone is called, e.g. John
mole
US / məʊl /
•UK / mol /
- noun
- Small animal with dark fur that lives under ground
- Small natural dark spot on someone's skin
- Spy working among those whose secrets he sells
call
US / kɔ:l /
•UK / kɔl /
- noun
- A order or request for action
- The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
- A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
- A short visit to a place or person
- A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
- verb
- To make a request or order for action
- (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
- To announce the date of an election
- To make a judgment about something
- To give someone or something a name
- To guess in advance the result or outcome
- To visit a place or person for a short time
- To phone someone
- To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice
owner
US / ˈəʊnə(r) /
•UK / ˈoʊnə(r) /
- noun
- Person who owns or has something
picture
US / 'pɪktʃə(r) /
•UK / ˈpɪktʃɚ /
- noun
- General situation or state of being
- Mental image of what something is or looks like
- Movie; film
- Painting, drawing or photograph on paper or screen
- verb
- To understand or imagine something
- To imagine someone or something in an image
any
US / 'enɪ /
•UK / ˈɛni /
- adjecitve
- One, or some, no matter which
- pronoun
- One (thing) of many; some
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
back
US / bæk /
•UK / bæk /
- adjecitve
- Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
- adverb
- Have returned to a place you were before
- noun
- The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
- Location at the rear of something
- The reverse of side something
- Area on the rear of your body
- verb
- To bet money on something
- To go backwards in a car
- To support and encourage someone or some cause
detect
US / dɪˈtekt /
•UK / dɪˈtɛkt /
- verb
- To discover or identify the presence of something
perhaps
US / pəˈhæps /
•UK / pɚˈhæps /
- adverb
- Possibly, but not certainly; maybe
another
US / əˈnʌðə(r) /
•UK / əˈnʌðɚ /
- adjecitve
- One more, but not this
- determiner
- One more added
- pronoun
- One more (thing)
mental
US / ˈmentl /
•UK / ˈmɛntl /
- adjecitve
- Concerning the mind
realm
US / relm /
•UK / rɛlm /
- noun
- Area ruled by a king or queen
- Field of knowledge or thought
sonogram
US / ˈsəʊnəɡræm; ˈsɒnəɡræm /
•UK / ˈsɑːnəɡræm; ˈsoʊnəɡræm /
- noun
- Image of a structure produced by sound waves
telltale
US / ˈtelteɪl /
•UK / ˈtɛlˌtel /
- noun
- Someone who discloses information intentionally
particle
US / ˈpɑ:tɪkl /
•UK / ˈpɑrtɪkəl /
- noun
- Adverb or preposition that joins with a verb
- Tiny piece or quantity of something
terrain
US / təˈreɪn /
•UK / təˈren /
- noun
- Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
reward
US / rɪ'wɔ:d /
•UK / rɪˈwɔrd /
- noun
- Money given for information about criminals
- verb
- To give something because of someone's good work
- To give someone money for helping the police
- To give someone satisfaction for what they did
sand
US / sænd /
•UK / sænd /
- noun
- Area composed of tiny pieces of rock near an ocean
- Small pieces of rock that make beaches and deserts
- verb
- To cover a surface with grit e.g. roads
- To smoothen a surface with sandpaper
thousand
US / ˈθaʊznd /
•UK / ˈθaʊzənd /
- number
- Number 1,000
transmit
US / trænsˈmɪt /
•UK / trænsˈmɪt, trænz- /
- other
- To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
- verb
- To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
- To transfer data from one machine to another
- To allow the passage of light
- To transfer money to another person or place
- To transfer a disease between people
- To transfer to other people e.g. ownership of car
pile
US / paɪl /
•UK / paɪl /
- adjecitve
- (Surface) consisting of usually short threads
- noun
- Large amount of something
- Group of things one on top of another
- Long post used to support something
- Carpet, rug consisting of usually short threads
- verb
- (E.g. of problems) to increase; get more or worse
practically
US / ˈpræktɪkli /
•UK / ˈpræktɪkli /
- adverb
- Nearly, almost, or in effect
here
US / hɪə(r) /
•UK / hɪr /
- adverb
- In this place; at this location, position or time
small
US / smɔ:l /
•UK / smɔl /
- adjecitve
- Little in size; not big
- (Of letters) not written in capital letters
- Being insignificant or minor
- (Of a business) with few people or things; local
- (Of voice) being soft and quiet
- (Of a child) being young
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
creature
US / ˈkri:tʃə(r) /
•UK / ˈkritʃɚ /
- noun
- Animal of any type
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
segment
US / ˈsegmənt /
•UK / ˈsɛɡmənt /
- noun
- Part divided from the other parts of something
- verb
- To separate something into different parts
bury
US / 'berɪ /
•UK / ˈbɛri /
- verb
- To put something into the ground and cover it
earthworm
US / ˈɜ:θˌwɜ:m /
•UK / ˈə:θˌwə:m /
- noun
- Worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
yet
US / jet /
•UK / jɛt /
- adverb
- At a later time (used after ‘not’)
- (Used to emphasize that thing is, will be greater)
- Eventually; at a future time
- Until now; up to the present
- conjunction
- Adding to what has been said, often as a contrast
meal
US / mi:l /
•UK / mil /
- noun
- Food for eating at a particular time, e.g. dinner
- Grain that has been ground into a powder
organ
US / 'ɔ:ɡən /
•UK / ˈɔrɡən /
- noun
- Part of a person's body with a particular function
- Large institution or body
- Large wind instrument similar to a piano
sensor
US / ˈsensə(r) /
•UK / ˈsɛnsɚ, -ˌsɔr /
- noun
- Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
but
US / bət /
•UK / bʌt,bət /
- conjunction
- Used before you say something different, opposite
hook
US / hʊk /
•UK / hʊk /
- noun
- Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
- The start of a story which catches your interest
- verb
- To make a bent or curved shape
- To catch your interest completely
- To catch, hang or attach something with a bent wire
star
US / stɑ:(r) /
•UK / stɑr /
- noun
- Very famous person, usually an entertainer
- Someone who does something very well
- Your horoscope
- A bright planet of hot gas in the night sky
- A 5-6 sided asterisk-shape
- verb
- To perform or play a main role in a movie, play
- To do something very well
- To mark with a 5-6 sided asterisk-shape
warp
US / wɔ:p /
•UK / wɔ:rp /
- noun
- Twist or bend in something normally straight
- Threads that go up and down on a loom, for weaving
- verb
- To influence someone to become bad/do evil thing
- To become twisted out of natural or intended shape
for
US / fə(r) /
•UK / fɔr,fə /
- preposition
- Used to show the purpose, or need of something
meaningless
US / ˈmi:nɪŋləs /
•UK / ˈminɪŋlɪs /
- adjecitve
- Being unable to be explained or understood
- Having no significance, meaning, or value
animal
US / ˈænɪml /
•UK / ˈænəməl /
- noun
- A living creature that is not a plant or person
determine
US / dɪ'tɜ:mɪn /
•UK / dɪˈtɚmɪn /
- verb
- To control exactly how something will be or act
- To establish the facts about; discover
edible
US / ˈedəbl /
•UK / ˈɛdəbəl /
- adjecitve
- Being safe to eat
amazing
US / ə'meɪzɪŋ /
•UK / ə'meɪzɪŋ /
- adjecitve
- Surprising in a pleasing way
- verb
- To cause wonder; to surprise completely
tentacle
US / ˈtentəkl /
•UK / ˈtɛntəkəl /
- noun
- Long thin arm of some animals like an octopus
well
US / wel /
•UK / wɛl /
- adjecitve
- Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
- Healthy and in good condition
- adverb
- In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
- In a complete, total, or full manner
- A great and considerable degree
- In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
- exclamation
- Used to begin or continue a particular statement
- Used to show you want to start saying something
- Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
- You say this to change the topic of a conversation
- Used to indicate you are making a final remark
- noun
- Long deep hole in the ground to get water
- verb
- To cause your eyes to fill with tears
everything
US / 'evrɪθɪŋ /
•UK / ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ /
- pronoun
- All of the things mentioned
blind
US / blaɪnd /
•UK / blaɪnd /
- adjecitve
- Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
- Lacking in judgment or awareness
- Be unable to see the truth about a situation
- noun
- Window covering that you can pull up and down
- verb
- To cause someone to lose the ability to see
- To be unable to see the truth about a situation
prey
US / preɪ /
•UK / pre /
- noun
- The victim of another person's aggression
- other
- The victim of another person's aggression
- verb
- To hunt (other animals) in order to eat them
- To cause another to be a victim
speed
US / spi:d /
•UK / spid /
- noun
- How fast or slow something is or is done
- verb
- To move quickly when completing an action
- To drive a vehicle faster than laws allow
its
US / ɪts /
•UK / ɪts /
- adjecitve
- Referring to or belonging to ‘it’
- determiner
- Of something; belonging or related to something
- other
- Possessive form of “it”
receptor
US / rɪˈseptə(r) /
•UK / rɪˈseptər /
- noun
- A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
nose
US / nəʊz /
•UK / noʊz /
- noun
- Part of the face used for breathing and smelling
- Front, pointed end of e.g. airplane or rocket
- verb
- To push with your face so you can smell something
perpetual
US / pəˈpetʃuəl /
•UK / pərˈpetʃuəl /
- adjecitve
- Continuing forever
crawl
US / krɔ:l /
•UK / krɔl /
- noun
- Very slow progress (e.g. traffic)
- Swimming by moving your arms forward then back
- verb
- To move very slowly or cautiously
- To move along with the body close to the ground
- To walk like an insect