Essential English Vocabulary Categories for Daily Life
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Essential English Vocabulary Categories
Family and People
- Family: ex-husband, ex-wife, kids, only child, orphan, partner, triplets.
- People’s ages: adult, baby, child, teenager, toddler.
- Describing character: serious, arrogant, hard-working, organized, easy-going, confident, ambitious, intelligent, romantic, quiet, independent, innovative, creative, charming, reasonable, mature, modest, sociable, loyal, sensitive, optimistic, pessimist, vain.
- How you feel: confused, satisfied, disappointed, nervous, depressed, relieved, frustrated, shocked, excited, stressed, homesick, upset.
- Love and marriage: divorced, married, separated, single, widowed, affair, fancy, go out with, live with, relationship, romantic, split up.
The Human Body and Senses
- Your body: ribs, spine, heart, muscle, eyebrow, eyelashes, palm, bone, skin, eyelid, brain, lung.
- The senses: hear, listen, look, noise, see, sight, sound, watch, smell, touch, grab, taste, feel.
Transportation and Daily Life
- Driving a car: brake, driving test, accelerator, clutch, ignition, driving license, change gear, indicate, in first gear, in neutral, move off, overtake, park, reverse, slow down, speed up, start up.
- Signs: delayed, do not bend, do not disturb, for sale, fragile, no entry, nothing to declare, on time, out of order, reserved, sale, to let.
Media and Entertainment
- Television: cartoon, chat show, documentary, game show, soap opera, the news, viewer, newsreader, presenter, chat show host.
- Cinema: action film, animated film, comedy, horror film, science fiction film, thriller, war film, western, actor, actress, cameraman, costume designer, director, film star, makeup artist, producer.
- Newspapers and magazines: broadsheet, daily, local newspaper, national newspaper, tabloid, weekly, paparazzi, editor, reporter, headline, the press, article.
- Books: guidebook, dictionary, cookbook, atlas, encyclopedia, textbook, biography, computer manual, comic, novel, autobiography, chapter, hardback, character, author, title, paperback.
Food and Cooking
- Cooking: fried, roasted, boiled, baked, grilled, chop, grate, squeeze, slice, spread, peel.
- Taste of food: bitter, sour, spicy, sweet, delicious, rich, horrible, salty, mild, tasteless.
- Sounds: bang, buzz, crackle, creak, crunch, fizz, pop, ring, sizzle, splash.
Technology and Environment
- Home technology: alarm, camera, clock, control, dish, phone, player, TV.
- The environment: ozone layer, global warming, greenhouse effect, nuclear waste, exhaust fumes, acid rain, organic, pesticides, pollute, pollution, recycle, recycling.
- Natural disasters: avalanche, drought, earthquake, flood, forest fire, hurricane, volcanic eruption, casualties, death toll, rescue operation, rescue workers, state of emergency, survivors, victims.