Life Beginner Wordlist Unit 7

7 Daily life
Page 81 start /stɑː(r)t/ Verb
if you start something or start doing it, you begin to
autumn /ˈɔːtəm/ Noun do it. If something starts, it begins to happen
autumn is the time of year when the leaves fall off
the trees, after summer and before winter start to do something

I’m getting married in the autumn | the new I start work at 8 in the morning | the film starts at 7 |
university year starts in the autumn | leaves turn a it’s starting to rain | she starts a new job next week
lovely colour in autumn | it will be autumn soon study /ˈstʌdi/ Verb
spring /sprɪŋ/ Noun if you study, you read books or stuff on the Internet
spring is the time of year when the leaves start to to learn about things for school or university
appear on the trees, after winter and before summer she’s studying science at university | I want to study
spring is my favourite time of year | we’re going languages | I usually study for two hours in the
camping in the spring | a lovely spring day | it’s often evening | I’m studying for my music exams
quite warm here in spring
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summer /ˈsʌmə(r)/ Noun
summer is the time of year when it is hot, after climbing /ˈklaɪmɪŋ/ Noun uncount
spring and before autumn climbing is the activity of climbing rocks or
mountains for fun
it’s very hot in Rome in the summer | a summer
holiday | in Australia, Christmas is in their summer | we go climbing every year in France | a climbing
every summer, my grandparents go back to Scotland holiday | I enjoy climbing | climbing is great fun
Verb: climb
winter /ˈwɪntə(r)/ Noun
I want to climb a mountain
winter is the time of year when it is cold, between
autumn and spring club /klʌb/ Noun
winters are very cold in Eastern Russia | in Australia, a club is a group of people who like doing the same
their winter is in July and August | we go skiing every activities together
winter | they have a lot of snow in winter I’m in a painting club | the club meets every
Wednesday evening | a tennis club
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cooking /ˈkʊkɪŋ/ Noun uncount
eat /iːt/ Verb cooking is the activity of getting food ready to eat
when you eat food, you put it into your mouth and by making it hot
then take it down into your stomach I really enjoy cooking | who does the cooking in your
I eat at 12 | she doesn’t eat meat | I need to eat family? | I always help my dad with the cooking | a
something | what time do you eat lunch? magazine all about cooking

finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ Verb Verb: cook | Noun: cook

if you finish something or finish doing something, cook the chicken for an hour | he works as a cook at
you stop doing it. If something finishes, it stops the hotel | she’s a good cook
I finish work at 6 | school finishes at 4 every day | she dancing /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/ Noun uncount
always finishes her homework before dinner dancing is the activity of moving around in time with
get up /gɛt ʌp/ Phrasal verb music for pleasure
when you get up, you get out of bed in the morning we go dancing every Saturday night | do you enjoy
after sleeping at night dancing? | I’m too tired for any more dancing |
what time do you get up? | he gets up at 7:30 | I get dancing is fun
up late on Saturdays Verb: dance | Noun: dancer
shall we dance? | she’s a good dancer
go /ɡəʊ/ Verb
if you go to bed, you lie down in bed to sleep for the exciting /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ Adjective
night if something is exciting, it makes you feel happy and
I go to bed at 11:30 usually | what time do you go to interested
bed? | she goes to bed early when she’s tired an exciting ride at the theme park | Moscow is a very
exciting city | an exciting football match | I like this
have /hæv/ Verb film, it’s very exciting
if you have lunch, dinner, breakfast, etc, you eat it
Adjective: excited
we have lunch at 12 | let’s have dinner in a restaurant
| they’re having breakfast in the garden I’m feeling really excited about our holiday
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festival /ˈfestɪv(ə)l/ Noun singing /ˈsɪŋɪŋ/ Noun uncount

a festival is a period of time during which a lot of singing is the activity of making musical sounds with
events take place somewhere, such as concerts, your voice
theatre performances, films, etc. the children enjoy singing | I like singing | they’re
a music/jazz/rock/theatre festival good at singing | a singing competition
a three-day rock festival | the festival is every August Verb: sing | Noun: singer
| Glastonbury Festival takes place on a farm in she sings in a choir (group of people who sing
Somerset | a festival of classical music together) | both my parents are good singers
fun /fʌn/ Noun uncount
if you have fun, you have a good time doing Pages 86–87
something you enjoy
cloudy /ˈklaʊdi/ Adjective
have fun if it’s cloudy, there are clouds up in the sky which can
singing is great fun | I hope you have fun on holiday | drop rain onto the ground
come swimming with us – it’s fun a cold and cloudy afternoon | the sky is very cloudy
today | you can’t see the moon when it’s cloudy | I
hobby /ˈhɒbi/ Noun
hope it isn’t cloudy tomorrow
someone’s hobby is an activity that they do regularly
for pleasure Noun: cloud
my hobbies are reading, photography, and cycling | do there are big, dark clouds in the sky | the sun is
you have any hobbies? | chess is an interesting hobby behind the clouds

painting /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/ Noun uncount flower /ˈflaʊə(r)/ Noun

painting is the activity of making pictures using paint flowers are the coloured parts of a plant or tree that
and a brush appear once a year for a while. People use flowers to
make a room look nice
she spends all her weekends painting | we do
painting at school | I enjoy painting | she’s good at a bunch of flowers
painting a big bunch of flowers | pick some flowers (take
Verb: paint | Noun: painter | Noun: painting them off the plant) | put the flowers in a vase | those
flowers smell lovely | I grow vegetables and flowers
she’s painting a picture | he’s a famous painter | a
in the garden
painting by Leonardo
ice /aɪs/ Noun uncount
picture /ˈpɪktʃə(r)/ Noun
ice is water that has become hard at a low
a picture is a drawing or painting or photo of
temperature (below 0 degrees)
someone or something
do you want any ice in your drink? | at zero degrees,
a picture of someone or something
water becomes ice | be careful – there’s ice on the
I’m painting a picture of our house | there’s a nice roads | don’t slip on the ice!
picture on the wall | a picture book (with pictures
Adjective: icy
rather than words) | she’s drawing a picture of the
garden it’s difficult driving on icy roads

reading /ˈriːdɪŋ/ Noun uncount leaf /liːf/ Noun

reading is the activity of looking at words that are on the leaves of a plant are the flat, usually green parts
paper or on a computer and understanding them that grow on the branches. On some trees, leaves
change colour and fall off in autumn
I don’t do much reading, I prefer computer games
| my hobbies are reading and watching TV | do you the leaves are long and thin | a tree with brown
enjoy reading? leaves | the leaves started to fall in October this year
Verb: read rainy /ˈreɪni/ Adjective
what book are you reading? if it is rainy, rain is falling
a rainy September day | we’re staying indoors
shopping /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ Noun uncount
because it’s rainy | it’s too rainy to go for a walk | I
shopping is the activity of going to the shops to buy
hope it isn’t rainy this afternoon
things
Noun: rain | Verb: rain
do the shopping | go shopping
a lot of rain falls here in January | it’s raining outside
we do the shopping on Saturday morning | do you
– take an umbrella
go shopping on Sundays? | I hate shopping
Noun: shop | Noun: shopper snowy /ˈsnəʊi/ Adjective
the shops are very busy on Saturday | the streets are if it is snowy, snow is falling
full of shoppers a snowy January afternoon | Canada is a very snowy
country | I like it when it’s snowy | it’s very snowy
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Noun: snow | Verb: snow hot /hɒt/ Adjective

the airport is closed because of snow | walking if you are hot, you feel uncomfortable because the
through deep snow | it’s starting to snow | it snows a temperature is very high
lot in Siberia open the window if you’re too hot | are you hot? |
it’s very hot in here
sunny /ˈsʌni/ Adjective
Opposite – Adjective: cold
if it is sunny, the sun is shining
I’m very cold because I’m not wearing a coat
it’s a nice sunny day, let’s have a picnic | a sunny
afternoon | I hope it’s sunny tomorrow | the weather hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/ Adjective
is nice and sunny if you are hungry, you want to eat something as
Noun: sun soon as possible
the sun is very hot this afternoon | sitting in the sun I’m always hungry after I go swimming | if you’re
hungry, have a biscuit | what time’s lunch? I’m
weather /ˈweðə(r)/ Noun uncount hungry | there are two hungry children waiting for
the weather is the conditions outside – rain, breakfast here
sunshine, snow, cold, etc.
the weather is very hot in August | what’s the interest /ˈɪntrəst/ Noun
weather like today? | the weather in Manchester is your interests are the things that you enjoy doing
always wet | they have lovely weather in Italy in your spare time (when you are not working or
studying)
windy /ˈwɪndi/ Adjective my interests are music, sports and travel | do you
if it is windy, the wind is blowing strongly have any interests apart from going to the cinema? |
I don’t want to go out, it’s too windy | a windy tennis and reading are my main interests
afternoon | it’s difficult playing tennis when it’s
windy | it’s windy outside member /ˈmembə(r)/ Noun
a member is someone who belongs to an
Noun: wind
organisation or group of people
the wind is blowing from the east | an east wind
we’re both members of the local tennis club | the
year /jɪə(r)/ Noun committee has ten members | the UN has 193 member
a year is a period of time. The earth goes round the nations (countries that are members of the UN)
sun once a year. There are 52 weeks in a year Noun: membership
this year | next year membership of the club costs £20 a month
our holiday is in Greece this year | next year, our
paragraph /ˈpærəˌɡrɑːf/ Noun
holiday is in Italy | she’s spending a year in Scotland |
a paragraph is an amount of writing on a page,
it takes three years to learn English at this school
usually several sentences, that starts on a new line
the first paragraph of your essay is very important
Pages 88–89 | the writer tells us his name in paragraph three |
bored /bɔː(r)d/ Adjective the second paragraph is very long and the third
if you are bored, you are not enjoying something paragraph is very short
because you are not interested in what you are
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ Noun
doing or in what is happening
a problem is something that you do not like and
I’m bored. Can we watch television? | if you’re which is difficult to stop or change
bored, go and do your homework | I’m bored stiff
crime is a problem in this area | you can talk to me
(extremely bored)
about any problems you’ve got | there are traffic
Adjective: boring problems in the city centre | we have a problem – the
my job is really boring | this film is boring | this is the car won’t start | unemployment (when lots of people
most boring book in the world! cannot get a job) is a big problem

cold /kəʊld/ Adjective professional /prəˈfeʃ(ə)nəl/ Adjective

if you are cold, you are uncomfortable because the you use professional to talk about the qualities and
temperature is very low qualifications needed for your job
put another jumper on if you’re cold | you look cold a one-month professional training course | she
– let me put the heater on | it’s cold outside | I get has several professional qualifications | the course
cold waiting for the bus provides professional development
Opposite – Adjective: warm
suggestion /səˈdʒestʃ(ə)n/ Noun
I’m nice and warm next to the fire here if you make a suggestion, you describe a plan or
possibility for someone to consider
make a suggestion

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can I make a suggestion? | I agree with Malcolm’s hand /hænd/ Noun

suggestion | does anyone have any suggestions for a your hands are the two things on the end of each
good hotel in Brighton? | encourage your students to arm, with five fingers, that you use for holding
offer suggestions for solving the problems things and writing with
Verb: suggest put your hand up if you know the answer (put one
can you suggest an answer to the problem? hand in the air to let the teacher know you have the
answer) | wash your hands before lunch | he puts his
thirsty /ˈθɜː(r)sti/ Adjective hands in his pockets | I write with my left hand | my
if you are thirsty, you want to drink something as hands are really cold
soon as possible
individual /ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl/ Adjective
take some water with you in case you get thirsty | I
an individual thing or person is a single one
get thirsty when I go running | I’m thirsty - let’s have
a drink we help each individual child in the school | each
individual committee has a different job to do | the
tired /ˈtaɪə(r)d/ Adjective group supports all its individual members
if you are tired, you ‑want to sleep because of doing
a lot of activity jeep /dʒiːp/ Noun
a jeep is a kind of car, usually with no roof
you must be tired after playing football all afternoon
| I’m so tired I need to go to bed | lie down here if we’ve got a new jeep | it’s fun driving a jeep | the
you’re tired | you look tired jeep is good for driving over rough ground

wet /wet/ Adjective lie down /laɪ daʊn/ Phrasal verb

if someone or something is wet, they are covered if you lie down, you move into a position where your
with water or another liquid, for example because body is flat and your head is on the same level as
you are outside in the rain your feet, for example when you are in bed
you look wet. Is it raining outside? | careful – the I need to lie down | do you want to lie down and rest
floor’s wet | my clothes are still wet | I don’t want to for an hour? | I’m going to lie down on the bed
get wet so I’ll stay inside
sleep /sliːp/ Verb
when you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed. Most
Pages 90–91 people sleep for about seven or eight hours at night
alone /əˈləʊn/ Adverb I sleep eight hours a night | sleep well (what you say
if you do something alone, you do it yourself and to someone at night when they go to bed) | I’m too
not with anyone else worried to sleep | I can’t sleep on planes
she lives alone in a flat in Hampstead | leave me Noun: sleep | Adjective: asleep
alone! (go away) | I walk to school alone I need a short sleep before I go back to work | he’s
Adjective: alone asleep upstairs
go away! I want to be alone trunk /trʌŋk/ Noun
an elephant’s trunk is its very long nose
bath /bɑːθ/ Noun
a bath is a big container that you fill with water in elephants can drink through their trunks | the
order to wash your body. If you have a bath, you get elephant’s trunk is about six feet long
into the bath to wash yourself
have a bath
I have a bath before I go to bed | do you want a bath?
| the bath is full | the water in the bath is too cold

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