Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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I | ||
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the person speaking | ||
ice | ||
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frozen water | ||
idea | ||
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a thought or picture in the mind; a belief | ||
identify | ||
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to recognize someone or something and to say who or what they are | ||
if | ||
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on condition; provided that ("I will go if you go.") | ||
illegal | ||
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not legal; in violation of a law | ||
image | ||
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a reproduction of the appearance of a person or thing | ||
imagine | ||
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to make a picture in the mind; to form an idea | ||
immediate | ||
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without delay; very near in time or place | ||
import | ||
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to bring from another country; n. something brought from another country, usually for sale | ||
important | ||
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having great meaning, value or power | ||
improve | ||
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to make better; to become better | ||
in | ||
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inside; held by; contained by; surrounded by; during | ||
incident | ||
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an event or something that happens | ||
incite | ||
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to urge or cause an action or emotion, usually something bad or violent | ||
include | ||
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to have; to make a part of | ||
increase | ||
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to make more in size or amount | ||
independent | ||
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not influenced by or controlled by another or others; free; separate | ||
individual | ||
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one person | ||
infect | ||
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to make sick with something that causes disease | ||
inflation | ||
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a continuing rise in prices while the value of money goes down | ||
influence | ||
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to have an effect on someone or something; to cause change | ||
inform | ||
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to tell; to give knowledge to | ||
information | ||
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knowledge; facts | ||
inject | ||
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to force a fluid into, such as putting medicine or drugs into the body through the skin | ||
injure | ||
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to cause harm or damage to a person or animal | ||
innocent | ||
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not guilty of a crime; not responsible for a bad action | ||
insane | ||
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mentally sick | ||
insect | ||
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a very small creature, usually with many legs and sometimes with wings | ||
inspect | ||
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to look at something carefully; to examine, especially by an expert | ||
instead | ||
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in the place of; taking the place of | ||
instrument | ||
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a tool or device designed to do something or to make something | ||
insult | ||
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to say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonored | ||
intelligence | ||
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the ability to think or learn; information gathered by spying | ||
intelligent | ||
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quick to understand or learn | ||
intense | ||
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very strong; extremely serious | ||
interest | ||
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what is important to someone ("He acted to protect his interests." "She had a great interest in painting."); a share in owning a business; money paid for the use of money borrowed | ||
interfere | ||
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to get in the way of; to work against; to take part in the activities of others, especially when not asked to do so | ||
international | ||
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of or about more than one nation or many nations; of the whole world | ||
intervene | ||
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to come between; to come between in order to settle or solve | ||
intestines | ||
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tubes through which food passes after it is broken down in the stomach; part of the intestines also remove solid wastes from the body | ||
invade | ||
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to enter an area or country by force with an army | ||
invent | ||
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to plan and make something never made before; to create a new thing or way of doing something | ||
invest | ||
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to give money to a business or organization with the hope of making more money | ||
investigate | ||
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to study or examine all information about an event, situation or charge; to search for the truth | ||
invite | ||
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to ask someone to take part in or join an event, organization or gathering | ||
involve | ||
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to take part in; to become a part of; to include | ||
iron | ||
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a strong, hard metal used to make machines and tools | ||
island | ||
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a land area with water all around it | ||
issue | ||
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an important problem or subject that people are discussing or arguing about | ||
it | ||
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a thing, place, event or idea that is being spoken about ("The sky is blue, but it also has a few white clouds.") | ||