Outcomes Intermediate Vocabulary Builder  Unit 2

2 FEELINGS
Pages 16–17 WORD FAMILIES AND -ED ADJECTIVES
behind  /bɪˈhaɪnd/ Adverb Most -ed adjectives come from verbs that are commonly
if you are behind with work, you are late, slow, or not used.
doing as well as you should with it bore: football bores me / I’m sorry to bore you with my
I’m really behind with work | he’s behind at school | by problems
June, construction work had fallen behind confuse: I don’t want to confuse you by giving you too
Preposition:  behind much information / this research confuses matters further
the project is two months behind schedule disappoint: I don’t want to disappoint them / I hate to
disappoint you, but the concert’s already sold out
cheer up  /ˌtʃɪə(r) ˈʌp/ Phrasal verb
please: I knew the result would please him / you can’t
if you cheer up, you start to feel happier. If you cheer
please everyone all the time
someone up, you do something to make them feel
happier Sometimes the verb can have a different meaning to the
-ed adjective.
I need to do something to cheer myself up | I’m sure
she’ll cheer up soon | cheer up – it’s not that bad | I exhaust: we’ve exhausted all the possibilities (tried them
bought her some flowers to cheer her up | he needs all) / what will we do when we’ve exhausted the supplies of
cheering up oil? (used them all)
The nouns related to -ed adjectives can vary a lot in their
disappointed  /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/ Adjective form.
if you are disappointed, you are slightly unhappy
boredom: / was falling asleep with boredom / I thought I
because something is not as good as you wanted or
was going to die of boredom
expected or because something did not happen the way
you wanted it to confusion: There was some confusion about who had
won / put your name on your bags to avoid confusion
Collocates:  be disappointed at/by/with something | be
disappointed that disappointment: book early to avoid disappointment /
losing the match was a big disappointment
she sounded very disappointed when I spoke to her
| she was disappointed with her exam results | I was pleasure: is your trip for business or pleasure? / it’s a
really disappointed at not getting the job | he was very pleasure to work with you (it’s enjoyable)
disappointed that you missed his birthday | I was a bit exhaustion: she was suffering from exhaustion / he was
disappointed by the film weak with exhaustion
Verb:  disappoint | Adjective:  disappointing |
Noun:  disappointment exhausted  /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/ Adjective
I’m sorry to disappoint you, but there weren’t any tickets if you are exhausted, you are very tired
left | his decision to leave university disappointed I was exhausted by the time we got home | sit down –
his mother | the film started well, but the ending was you must be exhausted | I was too exhausted to argue
disappointing | the doctor had to give him some with him | I’m absolutely exhausted
disappointing news | she managed to hide her Noun:  exhaustion | Adjective:  exhausting
disappointment when she heard the result | it was
he collapsed out of physical exhaustion | she was
another bitter disappointment (something was extremely
suffering from exhaustion | I just want to sleep. It’s been
disappointing)
an exhausting day
down  /daʊn/ Adjective
fed up  /ˌfed ˈʌp/ Adjective
if you feel down, you feel rather sad, often for no
if you are fed up with something, you do not like it
particular reason
because it has become boring or annoying
she’s been a bit down recently | I felt slightly down last
Collocates:  be fed up with/of something
night so I didn’t go to the party
I’m fed up with all this rain | I’m fed up with my job |
due  /djuː/ Adjective you look a bit fed up | I’m getting fed up with this awful
if something is due, it should happen or arrive at a weather | I got fed up of waiting
certain time
flu  /fluː/ Noun
the baby is due at the end of August (he or she will be
flu, or the flu, is an illness like a very bad cold which can
born then) | the train was due ten minutes ago | they
become very serious. It is a short form of the medical
were due to arrive at six o’clock | my rent’s due today
term influenza
(I have to pay it today) | my pay’s due next week (I will
receive it then) I feel awful. I think I’ve got the flu | she came down
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epidemic of 1919 (when large numbers of people had mood  /muːd/ Noun
the flu) | flu is spread mostly by coughs and sneezes if you are in a particular mood, that is the way you are
feeling. For example, if you are in a good mood, you are
furious  /ˈfjʊəriəs/ Adjective happy and feel good; if you are in a bad mood, you feel
if you are furious, you are very angry bad and become angry very easily
Collocates:  be furious about something | be furious with Collocates:  be in a good/bad mood | be in no mood to
someone do something
she was absolutely furious when she saw the mess | she looks like she’s in a good mood today | she’s been
he was furious about the damage to his car |they were in a bad mood all day | listening to music always puts
furious with me for being late | she was furious at how me in a good mood | I’m not in the mood to go out this
much it cost evening | ignore him – he’s in a funny mood (behaving
Adverb:  furiously | Noun:  fury strangely) | he was in no mood to accept my apology
he protested furiously, though he knew it was hopeless |
nightmare  /ˈnaɪtˌmeə(r)/ Noun
in his fury he nearly broke the door handle | she had
a nightmare is a dream that is very frightening. You can
worked herself into a fury
refer to a really bad or worrying situation as a nightmare
ghost  /ɡəʊst/ Noun that sounds like a nightmare | the holiday was a
a ghost is the spirit of a dead person which some complete nightmare – it rained the whole time | their
people say can be seen. Ghosts are considered to be dream of a new home turned into a nightmare | I still
very frightening, and if you say that someone looks as have nightmares about the accident
if they’ve seen a ghost, you mean that they look very
frightened pain  /peɪn/ Noun
pain is the physical feeling you have when a part of your
do you believe in ghosts? | a ghost story (a story that is
body hurts because it has been hit or cut. If you say that
meant to frighten the reader because it has ghosts in it)
a situation is a pain, you mean that is very annoying
| the ghost of Hamlet’s father appears early in the play |
what’s happened? You look like you’ve seen a ghost! it was such a pain – we missed the first half of the
concert | “I’ve got to stay in tonight.” – “Oh, what a pain.”
guilty  /ˈɡɪlti/ Adjective
if you feel guilty about something, you feel bad because pleasantly  /ˈplez(ə)ntli/ Adverb
you think you have done something wrong or unhelpful. if something is pleasant, you like it or enjoy it. If
In a court, if a judge or jury says someone is guilty, they something happens pleasantly, it gives you pleasure
are saying officially that person committed a crime I was pleasantly surprised by the film (I liked it, although
Collocates:  guilty about (doing) something I didn’t expect to like it) | the sun was pleasantly warm
on my skin | we spent the evening pleasantly together
I feel really guilty about leaving you to finish the work |
I feel a bit guilty because I haven’t rung him for ages | Adjective:  pleasant
I feel guilty about not inviting her | he gave me a guilty what a pleasant surprise, seeing you here! | we spent a
look when I asked him where the money was | he was pleasant afternoon watching cricket
found guilty of murder
pleased  /pliːzd/ Adjective
Noun:  guilt
if you are pleased with something, you are happy or
her feelings of guilt kept her awake that night | the jury satisfied with it
had no doubts about his guilt
Collocates:  be pleased with something | be pleased to
join  / dʒɔɪn/ Verb do something
if you join someone in a social activity, you take part in it you must be pleased with your exam results | I feel
with them pleased with myself for giving up smoking | I’ll be
I’m going to have a drink. Will you join me? | do you mind pleased to help (willing to help) | pleased to meet you
if I join you for dinner? | she can’t come now, but she’ll (said when you meet someone for the first time)
join us for lunch later| we had a week in Plymouth, and Verb:  please | Adjective:  pleasing
Alan joined us for the last two days the report both pleased and surprised him | what
one customer might find pleasing another might
mark  /mɑː(r)k/ Noun
find unpleasant
a mark is the score or grade you get for a piece of
schoolwork or an exam. When teachers mark work, they relief  /rɪˈliːf/ Noun
correct it and give it a score or grade relief is a feeling you get when a bad or worrying
she expected to get a better mark after all that work | I situation has ended and you can stop worrying
was surprised to get such a high mark | he got top marks “I found my wallet.” – “Oh, that’s a relief!” | it was a relief
in the test (the highest marks possible) | get a low mark | to hear you weren’t hurt | he gave a sigh of relief | it’s a
the pass mark is 40 per cent (if you get less than 40%, relief to know I’m not the only one with problems
you have failed the exam) | you lose marks for bad
Adjective:  relieved
spelling
I felt so relieved to get home | I’ll be relieved when this is
Verb:  mark
all over
the teacher hasn’t finished marking all the exam
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shame  /ʃeɪm/ Noun depress  /dɪˈpres/ Verb

if you say that something is a shame, you mean that it is if something depresses you, it makes you feel sad and
unfortunate or disappointing unhappy
can’t you come to the party? Oh, what a shame | it’s a it always depresses me when the leaves start falling off
real shame that they closed the factory | it would be a the trees | his brother’s death depressed him even more
crying shame (extremely disappointing) if they don’t give Adjective:  depressed | Adjective:  depressing
you the job | it’s such a shame that he failed his driving
Collocates:  deeply depressing
test
he’s been depressed ever since his wife died | Max
split up  /ˌsplɪt ˈʌp/ Phrasal verb became depressed and had to take time off work | all
if two people split up, they get divorced or end their this rain is so depressing | her exam results were deeply
relationship. When the members of a group split up, depressing
they stop working together
homeless  /ˈhəʊmləs/ Adjective
He’s just split up with his girlfriend | they decided to
someone who is homeless has nowhere to live. People
split up after 20 years of marriage | the band split up
who are homeless are referred to as the homeless
because of musical differences
Collocates:  be left homeless
Noun:  split
it was really depressing to see so many homeless
after the split, we didn’t see each other for ten years
people on the streets | he became homeless after he
upset  /ʌpˈset/ Adjective lost his job | the war left thousands of people homeless |
if you are upset, something or someone has made you a documentary programme on homeless teenagers in
feel very sad or angry London
he was very upset when his dog died | he was quite Noun:  homeless | Noun:  homelessness
upset when I spoke to him | I was very upset about she works for a charity that helps the homeless |
it | we were all very upset by her death | she was too a hostel for the homeless (a place where they can
upset to talk | he’s a bit upset that they didn’t invite him sleep at night) | the policy has been successful in
to the party reducing homelessness in the capital | the problem of
Verb:  upset | Adjective:  upsetting homelessness cannot be solved overnight
she didn’t know what had upset her mother | his remarks hug  /hʌɡ/ Verb
were very upsetting if you hug someone, you put your arms round them and
hold them tightly because you want to show them love
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she’s always hugging me. I wish she wouldn’t | he
bore  /bɔː(r)/ Verb
hugged us all, then waved as the train left the station | I
if something or someone bores you, they are not at all
love kissing and hugging my children | everyone
interesting to you and make you feel tired or impatient
screamed with delight and hugged each other
am I boring you? | his stories of the theatre never failed
Noun:  hug
to bore me
Collocates:  give someone a hug
Adjective:  boring | Adjective:  bored | Noun:  boredom
give me a hug before you go | we gave each other a
she’s so boring. She only ever talks about her children |
long hug
it was such a boring book | if you’re bored, let’s go out | I
was bored stiff (extremely bored) | the film was two
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cheek  / tʃiːk/ Noun belong  /bɪˈlɒŋ/ Verb
your cheeks are the areas on your face under your eyes if something belongs to you, it is yours and you own it
she kissed me on the cheek | I felt tears running down Collocates:  belong to someone
my cheeks | she had blond hair and rosy cheeks (looking who does this coat belong to? | the house has belonged
pink and healthy) | his cheeks were pale and he looked to our family for over a hundred years
tired Noun:  belongings
confuse  /kənˈfjuːz/ Verb the flood destroyed most of their belongings
to confuse someone means to cause them to have
drive someone mad  /ˌdraɪv sʌmwʌn ˈmæd/ Phrase
difficulty understanding something
if something or someone drives you mad, they make you
don’t say any more, you’re just confusing me | it’ll just extremely annoyed
confuse them if you try and put too much information in
can you turn the music off? It’s driving me mad | the
at once
thought of what he’d lost was driving him mad | it’s the
Adjective:  confused | Adjective:  confusing | sort of job that would drive you mad after a week
Noun:  confusion
can you explain it again? I’m still a bit confused | the fail  /feɪl/ Verb
instructions for the camera were really confusing | the if something fails to happen, it does not happen. If you
film was quite confusing | the whole point of grammar is fail to do something, you do not do it
to avoid confusion! Collocates:  fail to do something

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he failed to recognise her at first | he failed to turn up he died unexpectedly in his sleep | the government
to the meeting | the brakes on the car failed (suddenly unexpectedly called a new election | I’d been expecting
wouldn’t work) | his eyesight’s failing (getting weaker) | a letter from him all week | we expect to sign the
the business is failing (not doing well) contract next week
Noun:  failure
weight  / weɪt/ Noun uncount
Collocates:  failure to do something your weight is how heavy you are
he was criticised for his failure to communicate with his Collocates:  gain/put on weight | lose weight | watch your
colleagues weight
fancy  /ˈfænsi/ Verb Robin has put on a lot of weight since they last met | I
if you say “fancy!” or “fancy that!” you are expressing need to lose weight | I try to watch my weight (eat
surprise or shock carefully so that I don’t get heavier) | he worries about
his weight | another problem that occurs is weight loss
fancy seeing you here! | she’s 60? Fancy! | fancy that!
they’ve got three cars now Verb:  weigh
I’m not sure how much I weigh at the moment | he only
hell  /hel/ Noun weighed 5 pounds at birth | Tom’s bag weighs a ton (is
in some religions, hell is the place where people go after very heavy)
they die if they have lived a bad life. You can refer to an
extremely unpleasant situation as hell
what’s your idea of hell? | running a marathon is my idea
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of hell | I went through hell trying to pass all those exams blanket  /ˈblæŋkɪt/ Noun
a blanket is a large, thick piece of cloth that you use as a
out of work  /ˌaʊt əv ˈwɜː(r)k/ Phrase cover to keep yourself warm when you are in bed
if someone is out of work, they do not have a job,
the blanket slid off the bed during the night and I woke
although they want to have one
up really cold | the blanket was the same colour as the
my brother is out of work at the moment | he has been curtains
out of work for months | the decision to close the factory
threw a hundred people out of work issue  /ˈɪsjuː/ Noun
an issue is a subject or problem that people are
pour  /pɔː(r)/ Verb discussing and trying to deal with
if you pour a liquid, you make it flow out of its container.
this issue needs further discussion | we had some issues
If it is pouring with rain, it is raining very heavily. You can
with the central heating | climate change is the most
also say that it’s pouring down or that the rain is pouring
significant issue facing us
down
it’s pouring down out there | it’s going to pour down sheet  /ʃiːt/ Noun
tomorrow | it poured with rain all day | shall I pour you a a sheet is a large piece of cloth that you put on a bed to
drink? lie on and to cover you when you are sleeping
Collocates:  change the sheets
set up  /ˌset ˈʌp/ Phrasal verb
if you set something up, you make the necessary I’ll put some clean sheets on the bed | we change the
preparations for it to start sheets every week (take off the old sheets and put clean
sheets on the bed) | cotton sheets
we’re setting up a new website | he wants to set up his
own business | I run the company now, but it was my
father who set it up

train  /treɪn/ Verb

if you train for a sport, you do exercises and practice in
order to become fitter and better
Collocates:  train for something
she trains every weekend at the gym | how often do you
have to train? | he trains hard every day | we train a lot |
I’m training for a marathon
Noun:  training
a training session

unexpected  /ˌʌnɪkˈspektɪd/ Adjective

an unexpected event is surprising because no one
thought it was going to happen
the results were totally unexpected | what happened
next was completely unexpected | he went through a
difficult time after the unexpected death of his mother
Adverb:  unexpectedly | Verb:  expect

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EXERCISES D Choose the correct verbs to complete the

collocations. Look up the nouns to help you
if necessary.
Prepositions 1 change / do the sheets every week
A Complete the sentences with the correct 2 have / get nightmares
preposition. 3 gain / get weight
  1 I was really disappointed not getting the job. 4 earn / get good marks in an exam
  2 I feel a bit guilty forgetting his birthday. 5 do / give someone a hug
  3 I’m totally fed up him complaining all the time. 6 feel / be out of work
  4 They were absolutely furious me for staying out E Which of the following words do not collocate
all night.
with the nouns?
 5 He’s such a bad mood. I don’t know what’s
1 a good / bad / funny / upset mood
wrong with him.
2 put on / gain / add / lose weight
  6 I was very upset the whole thing.
3 rosy / furious / pale cheeks
  7 He trains the marathon every weekend.
4 successful / high / low / top marks
  8 This dress belonged my grandmother.
  9 She can’t come out tonight because she’s too
behind her homework. Phrasal verbs
10 The guests were due 6 o’clock.
F Choose the correct word to complete the
phrasal verb.
Word families 1 He wants to set up / out a new office in Japan.
B Complete the sentences with the correct nouns 2 I’ll buy her some flowers to cheer her out / up.
and adjectives from these verbs. 3 He’s split off / up with his girlfriend.

bore  confuse  disappoint  exhaust  please
Patterns
1 I was really when he told me he couldn’t come to
the wedding. G Complete the sentences with the correct form of
She couldn’t hide her when I told her. the verbs in the box.
2 There were so many to choose from, I felt a bit . arrive  be  break  go  hear  work
To avoid , can just one person speak at a time?
1 He failed in his attempt the world
3 The kids were really because it was raining and record.
they couldn’t go outside.
2 Do you fancy out later?
I thought I was going to die of !
3 He’s due in the next few minutes.
4 I was with myself for giving up smoking.
4 It was a relief that he was OK.
It was no trouble at all. It was a .
5 It’s unlike him so quiet.
5 I was by the time we finally got home.
6 How do you find nights?
She was suffering from after the run.

Collocations
C Complete the collocations with nouns from
the unit.
1 a lovely day out turned into a n_ _ _ _ _ _ _e
2 take some pain r_ _ _ _f
3 try to lose w_ _ _ _t
4 what’s the pass m_ _k?
5 such a s_ _ _e you couldn’t come
6 I don’t believe in g_ _ _ _s
7 in a very bad m_ _ _
8 an important i_ _ _e

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