Essential British English Vocabulary for Everyday Use

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A

  • In a good deal: Many, above all, especially abroad.
  • Accountant: The stranger.
  • Address book: Contact.
  • Afford: Allow.
  • All in all: In general.
  • Alow/Allow: Permit.
  • Annoyed: Angry.
  • Apply for: Seek.
  • Approach: Method.
  • Ardent: Fervent.
  • As long as: Provided that.
  • Assortment: Collection.
  • Avoid: Evade.

B

  • Be about to: Ready to.
  • Beat about the bush: Avoid saying something directly.
  • Beg: Plead.
  • Boarding school: Residential school.
  • Boot: Car trunk.
  • Bottom line: The main point.
  • Break a habit: Stop a habit.
  • Break someone's heart: Cause emotional pain.
  • Break the news: Inform.
  • Bursts into tears: Starts crying.
  • Business executive: Executive.

C

  • Cab: Taxi.
  • Can: Tin.
  • Candy: Sweets.
  • Chance: Occasion.
  • Charm: Attractive quality.
  • Check: Examine.
  • Cheer: Applaud.
  • Chemist's: Pharmacy.
  • Choice: Option.
  • Clap: Applaud.
  • Closet: Cupboard.
  • Come along: Arrive.
  • Command: Order.
  • Confident: Self-assured.
  • Competition: Contest.
  • Convincingly: Persuasively.
  • Cope with: Handle.
  • Crave: Desire.
  • Crowded: Full of people.
  • Currently: Now.

D

  • Dare: Challenge.
  • Day-care center: Nursery.
  • Deal: Agreement.
  • Depart: Leave.
  • Deserve: Merit.
  • Devise: Create.
  • Devoted: Dedicated.
  • Disapproval: Displeasure.
  • Disruptive: Unruly.
  • Disturb: Annoy.
  • Docks: Port.
  • Doubt: Question.
  • Dustbin: Rubbish bin.
  • Enable: Empower.

E

  • Expel: Eject.

F

  • Fall: Autumn.
  • Faraway: Distant.
  • Faucet: Tap.
  • First-rate: Excellent.
  • Flashlight: Torch.
  • Flat: Apartment.
  • Food for thought: Something to think about.
  • Fortnight: Two weeks.

G

  • Garbage can: Bin.
  • Gas: Petrol.
  • Gather: Collect.
  • Go bald: Lose hair.
  • Go broke: Become bankrupt.
  • Go mad: Go crazy.
  • Go too far: Exceed limits.
  • Graceful: Elegant.

H

  • Handbag: Purse.
  • Hardly: Barely.
  • Harsh: Severe.
  • Have a go at: Try.
  • Hazard: Risk.
  • Hesitate: Doubt.
  • Hoot: Honk.
  • Hop: Jump on one leg.

I

  • Imbalance: Inequality.
  • Improve: Enhance.
  • Inmate: Prisoner.
  • Insane: Mad.
  • Interrupt: Interject.

J

  • Junction: Intersection.

K

  • Knock over: Overturn.

L

  • Lack: Absence.
  • Large: Big.
  • Liable: Prone.
  • Lift: Elevator.
  • Lighting: Illumination.
  • Liver: Organ.
  • Look down on: Despise.
  • Lorry: Truck.
  • Lumber: Wood.

M

  • Mackerel: Fish.
  • Mainstream: Normal.
  • Marauder: Raider.
  • Matron: Nurse.
  • Matter: Issue.
  • Meanwhile: In the meantime.
  • Measure: Gauge.
  • Mimic: Imitate.
  • Miss out on: Lose an opportunity.
  • Moved to tears: Deeply touched.

N

  • No longer: Not anymore.
  • No such thing: Nonexistent.
  • Nourishing: Nutritious.
  • Nowadays: Currently.
  • Obey: Comply.

O

  • Obviously: Clearly.
  • Offender: Criminal.
  • On display: Exhibited.
  • On stage: Performing.
  • Overcome: Conquer.
  • Overhear: Eavesdrop.
  • Pavement: Sidewalk.

P

  • Perform: Act.
  • Pill: Tablet.
  • Point out: Indicate.
  • Prefer: Favor.
  • Pretty: Quite.
  • Proficient: Competent.
  • Profitable: Lucrative.
  • Prosper: Thrive.
  • Proposal: Suggestion.
  • Punishment: Penalty.
  • Purse: Handbag.
  • Put away: Store.

Q

  • Quit: Stop.

R

  • Rage: Anger.
  • Raise: Increase.
  • Read aloud: Read out loud.
  • Regret: Remorse.
  • Remain: Stay.
  • Restraint: Control.
  • Rewarding: Satisfying.
  • Roasting: Very hot.
  • Ruin: Destroy.
  • Run a risk: Take a chance.
  • Run a temperature: Have a fever.
  • Run an errand: Do a chore.
  • Run counter to: Oppose.
  • Run in the family: Be hereditary.
  • Run something: Manage.
  • Run wild: Grow uncontrollably.

S

  • Sail away: Depart by sea.
  • Sales agent: Salesperson.
  • Screen: Display.
  • Seed: Kernel.
  • Seem: Appear.
  • Self-consciousness: Shyness.
  • Sensitive: Empathetic.
  • Shore: Coast.
  • Sidewalk: Pavement.
  • Signal: Indicate.
  • So long as: Provided that.
  • Solve: Resolve.
  • Staff: Employees.
  • Stifling: Suffocating.
  • Summon: Call.

T

  • Tap: Faucet.
  • Term: Period.
  • Terrific: Great.
  • The next best thing: A substitute.
  • The real thing: The genuine article.
  • Though: Although.
  • Tidy: Neat.
  • Tin: Can.
  • Trend: Tendency.
  • Trolley: Shopping cart.
  • Trunk: Boot.
  • Upcoming: Next.

U

  • Weird: Strange.

W

  • Well worth: Valuable.
  • Witness: Observer.
  • Wreck: Destroy.

Y

  • Yard: Garden.
  • Yell: Shout.

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