Wordlist

 

Unit 8

• accountant (n)/əˈkaʊntənt/ a person whose job is to make lists of all the money that people or businesses receive and pay:Nicky is an accountant.
• architect (n)/ˈɑːkɪtekt/ a person whose job is to design and plan buildings:Sam wants to be an architect when he grows up.
• article (n)/ˈɑːtɪkl/ a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine:Did you read the article about young fashion designers?
• be born (v)/bi ˈbɔːn/ to start your life:He was born in 1990.
• beautiful (adj)/ˈbjuːtɪfl/ very nice to see, hear or smell:She has a beautiful voice.
• builder (n)/ˈbɪldə(r)/ a person whose job is to make buildings:The builders are starting work on the new school today.
• die (v)/daɪ/ to stop living: She died of cancer.
• doctor (n)/ˈdɒktə(r)/ a person whose job is to make sick people well again:The doctor will see you soon.
• electrician (n)/ɪˌlekˈtrɪʃn/ a person whose job is to make and repair electrical systems and equipment: John’s an electrician.
• engineer (n)/ˌendʒɪˈnɪə(r)/ a person whose job is to plan, make or repair things like machines, roads or bridges:My brother is an engineer.
• factory worker (n)/ˈfæktri ˌwɜːkə(r)/ a person who works in a place where things are made with machines:He works at the car factory.
• fall in love (with sb) (v)/ˌfɔːl ɪn ˈlʌv/ to begin to love sb:He fell in love with Anna immediately.
• fiction (n)/ˈfɪkʃn/ stories that sb writes and that are not true:I enjoy reading fiction.
• get a job (v)/ɡet ə ˈdʒɒb/ to start working in a place:She got a job as a waitress.
• get divorced (v)/ɡet dɪˈvɔːst/ to end a marriage by law:They got divorced last year.
• get married (v)/ɡet ˈmærid/ to take sb as your husband or wife:Kat and Paul got married last year.
• go to university (v)/ɡəʊ tə ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti/ to regularly attend university (= a place where people go to study more difficult subjects after they have left school):I’m hoping to go to university.
• grow up (v)/ɡrəʊ ˈʌp/ to become an adult; to change from a child to a man or woman:I want to be a doctor when I grow up.
• have a baby (v)/hæv ə ˈbeɪbi/ when a woman has a baby, she produces a child from her body:She’s going to have a baby.
• lawyer (n)/ˈlɔːjə(r)/ a person who has studied the law and who helps people or talks for them in a court of law:Susan is training to be a lawyer.
• musical (adj)/ˈmjuːzɪkl/ connected with music:Do you play a musical instrument?
• natural (adj)/ˈnætʃrəl/ finding sth easy: She’s a natural dancer: strong and graceful.
• non-fiction (n)/nɒn ˈfɪkʃn/ writing that is about real people, events and facts:You’ll find biographies in the non-fiction section of the library.
• novel (n)/ˈnɒvl/ a book that tells a story about people and things that are not real:‘David Copperfield’ is a novel by Charles Dickens.
• nurse (n)/nɜːs/ a person whose job is to look after people who are sick or hurt:My sister works as a nurse in a hospital.
• office worker (n)/ˈɒfɪs ˌwɜːkə(r)/ a person who works at a desk in an office:The train was full of office workers on their way home.
• peaceful (adj)/ˈpiːsfl/ with no fighting: The two countries found a peaceful solution to the dispute.
• play (n)/pleɪ/ a story that you watch in the theatre or on television, or listen to on the radio:We went to see a play at the National Theatre.
• plumber (n)/ˈplʌmə(r)/ a person whose job is to put in and repair things like water pipes and baths:The plumber came to mend the broken pipes.
• poem (n)/ˈpəʊɪm/ words arranged in lines in an artistic way, often with sounds repeated at the ends of lines:I wrote poems about the countryside.
• political (adj)/pəˈlɪtɪkl/ connected with politics or the government:Do you belong to a political party?
• powerful (adj)/ˈpaʊəfl/ having a lot of strength or power:Richard is a very powerful swimmer.
• professional (adj)/prəˈfeʃənl/ doing sth for money as a job:He is a professional footballer.
• retire (v)/rɪˈtaɪə(r)/ to stop working because you are a certain age:My grandfather retired last year.
• scientist (n)/ˈsaɪəntɪst/ a person who studies science or works with science:Scientists have made an important new discovery.
• script (n)/skrɪpt/ the written words that actors speak in a play or film:Who wrote the film script?
• shop assistant (n)/ˈʃɒp əˌsɪstənt/ a person who works in a shop:The shop assistant helped me.
• short story (n)/ˌʃɔːt ˈstɔːri/ a piece of writing that is shorter than a novel:He gave me a collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy.
• successful (adj)/səkˈsesfl/ if you are successful, you have got or done what you wanted, or you have become popular, rich, etc.:Her uncle is a successful actor.
• take care (v)/ˌteɪk ˈkeə(r)/ to be careful:Take care when you cross the road.
• take control (of sth) (v)/ˌteɪk ˈkənˈtrəʊl/ to use your power to deal with sth:The police have now taken control of the situation.
• take photos (of sth) (v)/ˌteɪk ˈfəʊtəʊz/ to use a camera to record pictures:I took photos of all the famous sights.
• take place (v)/ˌteɪk ˈpleɪs/ to happen:The wedding of Katherine and Warren will take place on 19 July.
• take turns (v)/ˌteɪk ˈtɜːnz/ to do sth one after the other:You can’t both use the computer at the same time. Why don’t you take turns?
• vet (n)/vet/ a doctor for animals:Mary is training to be a vet.
• waiter (n)/ˈweɪtə(r)/ a man who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant:The waiter took our order.
• waitress (n)/ˈweɪtrəs/ a woman who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant:The waitress cleared the table.
• wonderful (adj)/ˈwʌndəfl/ extremely good; great:What a wonderful present!