Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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tip | the thin end of something, usually pointed. The same word also means to overturn or tilt something |
tiptoe | to walk on the tips of your toes very quietly |
tire | to become tired; to bore or make someone tired |
tired | when you are tired you have the feeling that you want to rest or go to sleep |
tissue | any woven stuff, a textile fabric, a fabrication |
tit | a small prettily-coloured wild bird |
title | the name of something, such as a book, a song or a play. The same word also means a word in front of someone’s name such as Sir, Lord, Doctor, or Captain |
toad | an animal that looks like a frog which has a rough, lumpy skin. It usually lives on land |
toadstool | a poisonous plant shaped like a mushroom |
toast | bread which is made brown and crisp by heating it |
tobacco | a plant with large leaves which are dried, cut up and used for smoking in cigarettes, cigars or a pipe |
today | on this day |
toddle | to walk with short wobbly steps like a very young child |
toe | a part of your foot. You have five toes on each foot |
toffee | a sweet sticky food made from sugar and butter |
together | being with |
toil | to work very hard, with great effort |
toilet | washing, dressing and doing your hair. The same word also means a lavatory |
token | a mark, sign, indication |
tomb | a place where someone is buried, either in the ground or in a stone box above the ground |
tomboy | a girl who behaves like a boy and enjoys playing boy’s games |
tomoato | a soft round red fruit, often used as a vegetable or in salads |
tomorrow | the day after today |
ton | a measurement of weight. One ton is equal to 2,240 pounds |
tone | a sound, usually musical. The word also means used to describe the way a person’s voice sounds, such as a harsh or a sweet tone of voice |
tongs | a tool with two pieces of metal like pincers for holding and lifting things |
tongue | the thick soft part inside your mouth that moves when you talk and with which you taste things |
tonic | a medicine that gives tone to the system |
tonight | this night |
tonsil | one of two little round pieces of flesh at the back of your mouth. sometimes they have to be taken out if they become unhealthy |
too | as well; also |
tool | any instrument that helps people to do work. Hammers and shovels are tools |
tooth | one of the white bones in your mouth that you use to bite with |
toothbrush | a small long-handled brush which you use to clean your teeth |
tootheache | a pain in your teeth |
toothpaste | a paste which you squeeze from a tube on to a toothbrush and use to clean your teeth |
top | the highest part of something. The same word also means a spinning toy |
topic | any subject people choose to speak, write or argue about |
torch | a light which you can carry about, like an electric torch or a stick which is flaming at one end |
torment | extreme pain, torture |
torpedo | a long rounded bomb which is fired through or along the surface of water |
torrent | a very fast-moving stream or river |
tortoise | a slow-moving animal with a very thick shell |
torture | to make someone suffer great pain, usually to make him confess or admit something |
toss | to throw something carelessly into the air |
tot | a small child. The same word also means to add up |
totter | to walk unsteadily and shakily |
touch | to feel something with your fingers or with some part of your body |
tough | hard; strong; not easily broken |
tour | to travel round for pleasure from place to place, ending up where you started from |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.