Friday, 1 November 2024, 2:19 AM
Site: Amideast Online
Course: English for All (Eng4all)
Glossary: Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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race | |
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to run; to take part in a competition to decide who or what can move fastest; to take part in a campaign for political office; n. one of the major groups that humans can be divided into because of a common physical similarity, such as skin color | |
radar | |
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a device that uses radio signals to learn the position or speed of objects that may be too far away to be seen | |
radiation | |
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waves of energy from something that produces heat or light; energy from a nuclear substance, which can be dangerous | |
radio | |
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the system of sending and receiving signals or sounds through the air without wires | |
raid | |
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to make a sudden attack; n. a sudden attack carried out as an act of war, or for the purpose of seizing or stealing something | |
railroad | |
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a road for trains; a company that operates such a road and its stations and equipment | |
rain | |
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water falling from the sky | |
raise | |
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to lift up; to move to a higher position; to cause to grow; to increase | |
rare | |
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not common; not usual; not often | |
rate | |
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speed; a measure of how quickly or how often something happens; the price of any thing or service that is bought or sold | |
re | |
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to do again (reorganize, reunite) | |
reach | |
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to put a hand toward; to arrive at; to come to | |
react | |
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to act as a result of or in answer to | |
read | |
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to look at and understand the meaning of written words or numbers | |
ready | |
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prepared; completed; organized; willing | |
real | |
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true; truly existing; not false | |
realistic | |
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in agreement with the way things are | |
reason | |
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the cause for a belief or act; purpose; something that explains | |
reasonable | |
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ready to listen to reasons or ideas; not extreme; ready or willing to compromise | |
rebel | |
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to act against a government or power, often with force; to refuse to obey; n. one who opposes or fights against the government of his or her country | |
receive | |
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to get or accept something given, offered or sent | |
recent | |
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a short time ago | |
recession | |
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a temporary reduction in economic activity, when industries produce less and many workers lose their jobs | |
recognize | |
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to know or remember something or someone that was known, known about or seen before; to accept another nation as independent and establish diplomatic ties with its government | |
record | |
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to write something in order to have it for future use; to put sound or pictures in a form that can be kept and heard or seen again; n. a writing that shows proof or facts about something | |
recover | |
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to get again something that was lost, stolen or taken away ("The police recovered the stolen money."); to return to normal health or normal conditions She is expected to recover from the operation.") | |
red | |
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having the color like that of blood | |
reduce | |
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to make less or smaller in number, size or amount; to cut | |
reform | |
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to make better by changing; to improve; n. a change to a better condition | |
refugee | |
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a person who has been forced to flee because of unjust treatment, danger or war | |
refuse | |
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to reject; to not accept, give or do something | |
regret | |
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a feeling of sadness or sorrow about something that is done or that happens | |
reject | |
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to refuse to accept, use or believe | |
relations | |
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understandings or ties between nations; members of the same family; people connected by marriage or family ties | |
release | |
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to free; to permit to go; to permit to be known or made public | |
religion | |
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a belief in, or the honoring of, a god or gods | |
remain | |
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to stay in a place after others leave; to stay the same | |
remains | |
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a dead body | |
remember | |
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to think about the past; opposite forget | |
remove | |
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to take away or take off; to put an end to; to take out of a position or office | |
repair | |
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work done to fix something | |
repeat | |
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to say or do again | |
report | |
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to tell about; to give the results of a study or investigation; n. the story about an event; the results of a study or investigation; a statement in which the facts may not be confirmed | |
represent | |
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to act in the place of someone else; to substitute for; to serve as an example | |
repress | |
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to control or to restrict freedoms by force | |
request | |
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to ask for; n. the act of asking for | |
require | |
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to need or demand as necessary | |
rescue | |
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to free from danger or evil | |
research | |
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a careful study to discover correct information | |
resign | |
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to leave a position, job or office | |
resist | |
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to oppose; to fight to prevent | |
resolution | |
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an official statement of agreement by a group of people, usually reached by voting | |
resource | |
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anything of value that can be used or sold | |
responsible | |
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having a duty or job to do ("He is responsible for preparing the report."); being the cause of ("They were responsible for the accident.") | |
rest | |
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to sit, lie down or sleep to regain strength; n. that which remains; the others | |
restrain | |
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to keep controlled; to limit action by a person or group | |
restrict | |
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to limit; to prevent from increasing or becoming larger | |
result | |
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to happen from a cause; n. that which follows or is produced by a cause; effect | |
retire | |
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to leave a job or position because one is old or in poor health | |
return | |
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to go or come back; to bring, give, take or send back | |
revolt | |
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to protest violently; to fight for a change, especially of government | |
rice | |
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a food grain | |
rich | |
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having much money or goods; having plenty of something | |
ride | |
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to sit on or in and be carried along; to travel by animal, wheeled vehicle, airplane or boat | |
right | |
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what a person legally and morally should be able to do or have ("It is their right to vote."); ad. agreeing with the facts; good; correct; opposite wrong; on the side that is toward the east when one is facing north; opposite left | |
riot | |
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to act with many others in a violent way in a public place; n. a violent action by a large group of people | |
rise | |
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to go up; to go higher; to increase; to go from a position of sitting or lying to a position of standing | |
risk | |
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the chance of loss, damage or injury | |
river | |
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a large amount of water that flows across land into another river, a lake or an ocean | |
road | |
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a long piece of hard ground built between two places so people can walk, drive or ride easily from one place to the other | |
rob | |
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to take money or property secretly or by force; to steal | |
robot | |
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a machine that moves and performs tasks | |
rock | |
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a hard piece of mineral matter | |
rocket | |
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a device shaped like a tube that moves through air or space by burning gases and letting them escape from the back or bottom, sometimes used as a weapon | |
roll | |
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to turn over and over; to move like a ball | |
room | |
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a separate area within a building with its own walls | |
root | |
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the part of a plant that is under the ground and takes nutrients from the soil | |
rope | |
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a long, thick piece of material made from thinner pieces of material, used for tying | |
rough | |
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not flat or smooth; having an uneven surface; violent; not made well | |
round | |
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having the shape of a ball or circle | |
rub | |
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to move something over the surface of another thing | |
rubber | |
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a substance made from the liquid of trees with the same name, or a similar substance made from chemicals | |
ruin | |
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to damage severely; to destroy | |
rule | |
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to govern or control; to decide; n. a statement or an order that says how something must be done | |
run | |
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to move quickly by steps faster than those used for walking | |