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ADJECTIVES

  • Bitter
  • Cute
  • Heavy
  • Light (in weight)
  • Soft
  • Strong
  • Sweet
  • Ugly

ADVERBS

  • Already
  • Anytime
  • Currently
  • Far
  • From Now On
  • In There
  • More
  • Often
  • Otherwise, Moreover
  • Outside There
  • Over There
  • Over There on Top
  • Right Away
  • Sometimes
  • There
  • This/That Way
  • Tomorrow
  • Underneath There
  • Up There

AIR TRAVEL

  • Boarding Pass
  • Carry-On Baggage
  • Check-In Counter
  • Connecting Flight
  • Customs
  • Flight
  • Stranded
  • Ticket, Round-Trip
  • To Board, To Get Off
  • To Cancel
  • To Collect, Get Back
  • To Clear (Snow)
  • To Ground (aircraft)
  • To Pack a Suitcase
  • To Pass Through Security
  • To Take Off, To Land
  • To Wait in Line

ANIMALS AND PETS

  • Bear
  • Cockroach
  • Duck
  • Flea
  • Frog
  • Kitten
  • Paw
  • Penguin
  • Pet
  • Puppy
  • Rooster
  • Snake
  • Squirrel
  • To Walk the Dog
  • Turtle
  • Whiskers, Cat

ARTS AND CULTURE

  • Comic Strip
  • Director, Film
  • Filmmaker
  • Museum
  • Newspaper Column
  • Painting
  • Writer

ASTRONOMY AND SPACE

  • Big Dipper
  • Full Moon
  • North Star
  • Planet
  • Sky
  • Space Shuttle
  • Stars

BABIES AND CHILDREN

  • Toddler
  • Well-Behaved
  • To Crawl
  • To Rock

BATH AND GROOMING

  • Bathroom
  • Bathtub
  • Bubble Bath
  • Sideburns
  • Soap
  • To Bathe
  • To Brush One’s Hair
  • To Brush One’s Teeth
  • To Comb (one’s hair)
  • To Dry Off (oneself)
  • To Put on Makeup
  • To Shampoo (oneself)
  • To Shave (oneself)
  • To Take a Shower

BODY, PARTS OF

  • Bare Feet
  • Chin
  • Elbow
  • Eyebrow
  • Eyelash
  • Finger
  • Gesture/Movement
  • Hand
  • Head
  • Lips
  • Thumb
  • Wrist

BUSINESS

  • Advertisement
  • (To Be) Falling
  • Income
  • Management
  • To Launch (a product, program)
  • To Soar (Prices)

CARS AND DRIVING

  • Blinkers, Turn Signal
  • Convertible
  • Jalopy
  • Lane
  • Low-Beam Lights
  • Red Light, Green Light
  • Road Map
  • Steering Wheel
  • Tire
  • To Fill Up the Tank
  • To Get in the Car
  • To Inflate
  • To Park
  • To Take the Highway
  • To Take a Road
  • To Turn
  • Trunk/Boot
  • Windshield

CHRISTMAS AND HANUKKAH

  • After-Christmas Sales
  • Angels
  • Animated Christmas Scene
  • Christmas Eve
  • Christmas Eve Feast
  • Christmas Gift
  • Christmas Shopping
  • Christmas Tree
  • Christmas Window Display
  • Christmas Wreath
  • Chubby
  • Hanukkah
  • Hanukkah Menorah
  • Happy Holidays!
  • Last-Minute
  • List to Santa
  • Peace
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Shoes (Old-Fashioned Term)
  • Sleigh
  • To Light the Tree
  • A Wish
  • Yule Log

CITY LIFE

  • Apartment
  • City Life
  • Crowd
  • In a Hurry
  • Job (informal)
  • Neighborhood
  • Rush Hour
  • Skyscraper
  • Subway

CLASSROOM AND EDUCATION

  • Dorm, College
  • Homework
  • Math
  • Paper, Piece of
  • Professor/Teacher
  • Student
  • To Compete Against Each Other
  • To Grade Papers
  • To Major In
  • To Study
  • To Take a Class

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

  • Global Warming
  • Weather Forecast
  • What’s the Weather Like?

COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Digital
  • Digital Camera
  • Hard Disk
  • High-Speed Internet
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • MP3 Player
  • Online
  • Password
  • Remote Control
  • Search Engine
  • Sensor
  • Social Network
  • Software
  • To Crash
  • To Delete
  • To Download
  • To Reboot the Computer
  • Video Game
  • Web Browser

COOKING AND KITCHEN

  • Bakery (Bread)
  • Bay Leaf
  • Bread Loaf, Round
  • Casserole Pot
  • Cherry
  • Cold Drink
  • Country Bread
  • Egg, Fried
  • Egg, Hard-Boiled
  • Egg, Medium-Soft-Boiled
  • Egg, Soft-Boiled
  • Eggs, Scrambled
  • Eggshell
  • Flour
  • Fridge (Refrigerator)
  • French Toast
  • Fresh
  • Garlic Clove
  • Herbs
  • Maple Syrup
  • A Roast
  • Parsley
  • Parsnip
  • Pasta
  • Popcorn
  • Pumpkin
  • Recipe
  • Root Vegetable
  • Sandwich Bread
  • Sour
  • Spice Bread/Gingerbread
  • Squash, Butternut
  • A Stew
  • Stick of Bread
  • Sugar-Free
  • To Boil
  • To Bring to a Boil
  • To Clear Off
  • To Cook
  • To Dice
  • To Have a Barbecue
  • To Have a Snack
  • Junk Food
  • To Knead
  • To Mix
  • To Peel
  • To Season
  • To Simmer
  • To Soak
  • To Sprinkle
  • To Spread
  • Yeast

COURTS AND POLICE

  • Court
  • Court Case
  • Defendant
  • Guilty, Not Guilty
  • High-Speed Chase
  • Investigation
  • Lead, A
  • Misdemeanor
  • Plaintiff
  • Police
  • To Defraud/Swindle
  • To Pursue
  • To Rule
  • To Steal
  • To Suspect
  • Trial
  • Truth
  • A Witness

DAYS OF WEEK & CALENDAR

  • Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
    Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  • Daily
  • Week, A

DINING TABLE

  • Candle
  • Fork, Spoon, Knife
  • Napkin
  • Placesetting
  • Plate
  • To Set the Table

DIRECTIONAL WORDS

  • Background, In The
  • Bottom, At The
  • Foreground, In The
  • Front, In The
  • Next To
  • Upstairs/Downstairs

DOCTOR’S OFFICE

  • A Cold
  • A Cough
  • Doctor’s Office, At the
  • Fever
  • Open Your Mouth…
  • Pill, Tablet
  • Runny Nose
  • Stuffy Nose
  • Swine Flu
  • To Get Rid Of
  • To Have a Headache
  • To Make an Appointment
  • To Soothe
  • To Sneeze
  • To Take the Pulse
  • To Write a Prescription
  • What’s Wrong?

EASTER

  • Easter Basket
  • Easter Bunny
  • Easter Egg
  • Easter Egg Hunt
  • Easter Lily
  • To Decorate

EMERGENCY RELIEF

  • Collapsed
  • Emergency Relief
  • Injured, The
  • Rubble
  • Slab
  • Toll, The
  • Volunteer, A

EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS

  • Grief
  • Ordinary

FAMILY

  • Aunt, Uncle, Niece, Nephew
  • Boy
  • Brother
  • Girl
  • Husband, Wife
  • Immediate Family
  • In-Laws
  • Mother, Father
  • Son, Grandson, Daughter, Granddaughter
  • Sister, Brother
  • Twins

FASHION AND CLOTHING

  • Boot
  • Coat
  • Glove, Mitten
  • Hat
  • Mismatched
  • Parka/Padded Jacket
  • Scarf
  • Shorts
  • Sweater
  • Underwear, Long
  • To Mend
  • To Sew

GREETINGS AND PLEASANTRIES

  • Delighted
  • Hi! (informal)
  • How Are You?
  • My name is…

HAIR SALON

  • At the Hairdresser’s
  • Bangs
  • A Blow-Dry
  • Coloring, Dye Job
  • Dark, Light
  • Short, Long
  • To Get a Haircut
  • To Shampoo (oneself)

HALLOWEEN

  • Costume, Halloween
  • Ghost
  • Halloween
  • Haunted
  • Spiderweb/Cobweb
  • A Treat
  • Witch
  • Witch’s Broom
  • To Carve a Pumpkin

HOLIDAYS AND OCCASIONS

  • Birthday
  • Bastille Day
  • Labor Day
  • Mother’s Day

HOTEL

  • Double Room (Two Beds)
  • Free Room
  • Front Desk
  • To Check into the Hotel
  • To Register
  • To Reserve a Room
  • Wake-Up Call

HOUSE, AROUND THE

  • Doorknob
  • Drawer
  • Faucet, Tap
  • Floor
  • Garden
  • Heavy
  • Lawn
  • Picture Frame
  • To Knock on the Door
  • To Move (Household)
  • To Plug In, To Unplug

HOUSEWORK

  • Cleaning
  • Coin-Operated Laundry
  • Garbage
  • Mess
  • To Do the Dishes
  • To Do the Laundry
  • To Do the Housework
  • To Dust
  • To Iron
  • To Mop Up
  • To Scrub
  • To Take Out (from somewhere)
  • To Tidy Up
  • To Vacuum
IDIOMATIC & OTHER EXPRESSIONS

  • Broke (Money)
  • Crazy About, Fanatic For
  • Easy as Pie
  • A Glance
  • Have You Finished?
  • If It Suits You
  • In Any Case
  • It Doesn’t Matter to Me
  • It’s Raining Cats and Dogs
  • It Will Take 10 Minutes
  • Leave Me Alone
  • Shall We Leave?
  • Take Your Time!
  • That Puts You To Sleep Standing
  • That’s It/That’s All
  • That’s Fantastic!
  • That’s why…
  • To Begin to Wonder If
  • To Have the Gift of Gab
  • To Have a Lot of Nerve
  • To Lift a Finger
  • To Make it a Long Weekend
  • To Mind Your Own Business
  • To Wait Forever
  • What’s this?
  • We’ll see

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

  • Advice, Piece of
  • Babbling
  • Information
  • Misspelling
  • Slang
  • Someone’s Words
  • Words, Lyrics

LOVE

  • Heart, The
  • I Love You
  • Kiss, A
  • Love at First Sight
  • Love Affair
  • Love Letter
  • My Dear, My Darling
  • Shivers Down the Spine
  • Smile, A
  • To Fall in Love
  • To Go Out With
  • To Hug
  • To Marry
  • Valentine’s Day
  • Will You Marry Me?

MONEY

  • Automatic Teller Machine
  • Checking Account
  • Coin
  • Exchange Rate
  • Loan
  • Money
  • In Cash
  • Tax
  • To Deposit

MOVIES AND FILM

  • Character
  • Director, Film
  • The End
  • Extra, An
  • Filmmaker
  • Footage
  • Freeze Frame
  • Movie Theater
  • Plot
  • Star, Celebrity
  • Supporting Actor, Actress
  • Thriller

MUSIC

  • Bells
  • Classical Music
  • Electric Guitar
  • Lyrics, Words
  • Rock Band
  • Speakers
  • A Vinyl Record
  • To Download Music
  • To Raise/Lower the Volume
  • To Record

NEGATIVE WORDS

  • Never
  • No Longer
  • No one, Nobody
  • None at All, Not a Single
  • Not
  • Nothing
  • Only

NEW YEAR

  • Hope
  • Resolution
  • To Begin, Cut Into
  • To Bet
  • To Expect To
  • To Renew

NUMBERS

  • One, Two, Three,
    Four, Five, Six,Seven, Eight
    Nine, Ten

OLYMPICS

  • Ceremony, Closing
  • Ceremony, Opening
  • Figure Skating
  • Finish Line
  • Hockey Puck
  • Ice Rink
  • Medal
  • Olympic Torch Relay
  • Speed Skating
  • Snowboarding
  • Team
  • To Score a Goal
  • To Ski
  • To Take, Capture (sense of winning)
  • Winner

PREPOSITIONS

  • About

PROTESTS AND STRIKES

  • Curfew
  • Demonstration
  • Protests, High School
  • Rioter
  • Standoff
  • Striker
  • To Assemble, Gather

RECREATION AND OUTDOORS

  • Bench
  • Bird Droppings
  • Challenge (in sports)
  • Countryside
  • Crack (in sidewalk)
  • Dandelion
  • A Fly
  • Fireworks
  • On Foot
  • Party
  • Path
  • Pedestrian
  • Pedestrian Crossing Light
  • Pond
  • Pool, Swimming
  • Sidewalk
  • Sports
  • A Swing
  • To Cross
  • To Rest (oneself)
  • To Stroll
  • To Walk

RESTAURANT & CAFE

  • Appetizer
  • Check, The
  • Full, Satisfied
  • Free Table
  • Main Course
  • Menu
  • To Make the Mouth Water
  • Place Setting
    (number of people)
  • Reservation
  • Set Menu (Prix Fixe)
  • Tip
  • To Order
  • To Seat (someone else)
  • To Sit (oneself)
  • To Suggest
  • Waiter, Waitress

ROYALTY

  • Heir Apparent
  • His/Her Majesty
  • King
  • Kingdom
  • Monarchy
  • Queen
  • To Ascend the Throne

SEA AND OCEAN

  • Beach
  • Brightness, Light
  • Choppy, Rough
  • Deep
  • Gentle Breeze
  • High Tide
  • Pier
  • Sand
  • Sandcastle
  • Seashell
  • Seaside
  • Sunburn
  • To Catch Some Sun
  • To Crash (Waves)
  • Waves

SHAPES

  • Square

SHOPPING

  • Cash Register
  • Cheap
  • Clothes Rack
  • Delivery
  • Free Delivery
  • Gift-Wrapping
  • Discounted
  • Display Window, In the
  • Dressing Room
  • Online Shopping
  • Salesman, Saleswoman
  • Special Price, At a
  • Tag, Label
  • To Add to the Shopping Cart
  • To Do Some Shopping
  • Window Shopping

SOCIETY

  • Poverty, Misery
  • Progress
  • Retirement Age
  • Retirement Reform
  • Support

SPRING

  • Downpour/Shower
  • Greenery, Greenness
  • Pretty
  • Puddle
  • Raindrop
  • Spring Fever
  • Sprouting of New Leaves
  • Stem (Flower)
  • To Bloom
  • To Flower
  • To Grow, To Sprout
  • To Melt
  • To Sing
  • To Sprout

STORMY WEATHER

  • Drain Backup
  • Flooded
  • Lightning
  • Lightning, Flash of
  • Mother Nature
  • Power Outage
  • Shelter
  • Thunderstorm
  • To Uproot

TELEPHONE

  • I’m Transferring You
  • Land Line
  • On the Line
  • To Call, To Call Back
  • To Dial a Phone Number
  • To Leave a Message
  • To Pick Up, To Hang Up
  • Who’s Calling?

TENNIS

  • Backhand
  • Clay
  • Deuce
  • Net
  • Racket
  • Referee
  • Service

TIME

  • On Time
  • A Schedule
  • Reopening
  • To Be Out of Time
  • To Fast-Forward
  • To Go Back in Time
  • To Procrastinate
  • To Rewind (Film or Tape)
  • To Travel Through Time
  • What Time Is It?

TIME, CLOCK AND WATCH

  • Analog, Digital
  • Battery-Operated Watch
  • Dial/Face (of clock or watch)
  • Little Hand, Big Hand
  • Second Hand
  • To Change to Standard Time
  • To Go Around
  • To Wind a Watch

THANKSGIVING

  • Holiday Sales
  • Leftovers
  • Pilgrim Fathers
  • To Give Thanks
  • To Reunite
  • Thanksgiving
  • Turkey

TOOLS AND HOME REPAIR

  • Drill, Electric
  • Flat, Phillips (screwdriver)
  • Hammer
  • Handyman
  • Home Repair Store
  • A Leak
  • Screwdriver
  • Toolbox
  • To Hang a Painting

VERBS

  • To Ask
  • To Award
  • To Be
  • To Be Able To, Can
  • To Be Necessary
  • To Bet
  • To Borrow
  • To Break Up With
  • To Build
  • To Cancel
  • To Choose
  • To Climb
  • To Consider/Ponder
  • To Crawl
  • To Crumple
  • To Curse
  • To Discover
  • To Do, To Make
  • To Download
  • To Dust
  • To Enjoy
  • To Expect To
  • To Flee
  • To Fill, Refill
  • To Establish
  • To Find
  • To Finish
  • To Like/To Love
  • To Gather Together, Assemble
  • To Gather (something)
  • To Go
  • To Go Out With
  • To Grow, To Sprout
  • To Have
  • To Honk
  • To Hurry
  • To Hurt
  • To Inflate
  • To Injure
  • To Look For
  • To Lose Weight, To Gain Weight
  • To Marry
  • To Meet
  • To Mend
  • To Mix
  • To Mock, Make Fun Of
  • To Mop Up
  • To Move (a thing)
  • To Order
  • To Paint
  • To Park
  • To Pick Up (something)
  • To Put, Put On
  • To Pursue
  • To Reach
  • To Record
  • To Renew
  • To Repair
  • To Rest (oneself)
  • To Scrub
  • To Send
  • To Sew
  • To Seat (someone else)
  • To Shake, Undermine
  • To Sing
  • To Sit (oneself)
  • To Sleep
  • To Soar (Prices)
  • To Sprinkle
  • To Sprout
  • To Stay
  • To Steal
  • To Study
  • To Succeed
  • To Suggest
  • To Suspect
  • To Take
  • To Take Out (from somewhere)
  • To Tear to Pieces
  • To Tidy Up
  • To Tilt
  • To Travel
  • To Try
  • To Turn
  • To Walk
  • To Wait
  • To Water
  • To Whistle

VOLCANOES

  • Ashes
  • Plume
  • Volcano

WEATHER, FALL

  • Autumn/Fall
  • The Harvest
  • Leaf
  • To Change Color
  • Windy, It is

WEATHER, SUMMER

  • Bright
  • Clouds
  • Heat
  • Shadow
  • Summer
  • Sunglasses
  • Tanned

WEATHER, WINTER

  • Blizzard
  • Freezing Rain
  • Icicles
  • Snowflake
  • Snowplow
  • To Bundle Up
  • To Warm Up (oneself)
  • Wind-Chill Factor
  • Wind Gust
  • Winter Solstice

WINEMAKING AND VINEYARDS

  • Bottle
  • Cork
  • Corkscrew
  • A Half Liter of Wine
  • Harvest, Wine
  • Harvesting Machine
  • Glass of Wine
  • Red Wine
  • Rosé Wine
  • Tasting
  • Vine
  • Wine Glass
  • Winemaker
  • Winemaking
  • To Gather (something)
  • To Uncork

WORKPLACE

  • Boss
  • Flexible Schedule, Flex Time
  • Full-Time Work
  • Job Interview
  • Part-Time, To Work
  • Sick Leave
  • Task, Job
  • To Fire
  • To Hire
  • Unemployment