Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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teaser | a tricky question or problem |
teem | to be aboundant; to be full to overflowing as when a river teems with fish |
teeth | more than one tooth |
telegram | a short message which you give to the post office to send by telegraph |
telegraph | a way to send messages quickly by electricity |
telephone | an instrument that carries your voice through electric wires so that you can speak to someone far away |
telescope | an instrument like a tube that you look through to see things that are far away, like the stars |
television | an instrument that brings pictures and sound through the air from far away |
tell | to give news or say what you know about something |
temper | the mood you are in. You can be in a bad temper and be cross with everyone, o in a good temper when you are nice to be with |
temperatate | moderate, calm, cool, measured, sober |
temperature | how hot or cold something is. It is measured in degrees |
tempest | a violent storm with a very strong wind |
temple | a building in which people pray and worship |
tempo | how fast or slow a piece of music has to be played |
tempt | to try to persuade someone to do something which he ought not to do |
tend | to conduce, attend, guard, take care of |
tender | soft; delicate. The same word also means gentle and loving |
tenement | an adobe, a habitation, a block of buildings |
tennis | a game played by two of four people. They use rackets to hit a ball back and forth over a net |
tent | a shelter made of a thick piece of cloth held up by strong sticks. you can camp out of doors under it |
tepid | lukewarm |
term | a length of time. The school year is divided into three terms, with holidays between |
terminus | the place where buses, trains or aeroplanes and their journeys |
terrace | a raised flat area of earth: a row of houses joined together |
terrible | dreadful, awful |
terrier | a kind of small dog |
terrific | fearful, alarming. The same word can also be used to mean very great |
terrify | to frighten someone very greatly |
terror | to frighten someone very greatly |
terror | very great fear |
test | an examination to find our how much someone knows. The same word also means to find out whether something such as a car or a machine is working properly |
tether | to tie an animal with a rope or chain so that it can walk around a bit, but cannot get away |
textile | woven, a fabric made by weaving |
texture | a web; That which is woven, a fabric |
thankful | grateful; pleased |
thatch | a roof or covering of straw or reeds |
theatre | a building where plays are acted |
theft | the act of stealing |
therefore | for that reason |
thermometer | an instrument for measuring how hot or cold something is |
thick | wide or deep; the opposite of thin |
thicket | shrubs and trees growing closely together |
thief | someone who steals |
thigh | the thick part of your leg above the knee |
thimble | a metal or plastic cover for the top of your finger. It keeps the needle from hurting you when you are sewing |
thin | not wide or fat; the opposite of thick |
thing | an object which is not named |
think | to use your mind to help you do things better: to have ideas |
third | next after second; one of three |
Modal auxiliaries Vs Primary auxiliaries
Primary auxiliaries are be, do, have. They are used to form tenses and to frame short answers.
Modal auxiliaries are will, would, may, might, shall, should, can, could, must, dare, need, used, ought. They are used to express moods.