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12 124 1 creak verb kriÐk it, walks on it, sits on it etc the room.
to make a short hard sound, or make
12 124 1 click verb kljk something produce this sound The door clicked shut behind me.
if a liquid splashes, it hits or falls on
12 124 1 splash verb splæƒ something and makes a noise The ocean splashed against the pier.
to speak or say something very quietly,
12 124 1 whisper verb ÈwjspY using your breath rather than your voice You don t have to whisper, no one can hear us.
if leaves, papers, clothes etc rustle, or if
you rustle them, they make a noise as She moved nearer, her long silk skirt rustling
12 124 1 rustle verb ÈrŒsYl they rub against each other around her.
if the wind sighs, it makes a long sound
12 124 1 sigh verb saj like someone sighing The wind sighed in the trees.
quacked
12 124 5 verb kwæk the sound a duck makes The ducks on the pond started quacking loudly.
owls
12 124 5 noun aŠl a bird with large eyes that hunts at night She watched the owl hunting for its food.
if an owl hoots, it makes a long oo We could hear an owl hooting as we waited in
hooted
12 124 5 verb huÐt sound the dark.
to make a deep low sound like the He loved the sound of the frogs croaking in the
croaked
12 124 5 verb krYŠk sound a frog makes tropical night.
to make a noise which sounds like
hissed
12 124 5 verb hjs ssss Snakes only hiss when they are afraid.
the use of words that sound like the
onomatopoeic thing that they are describing, for Poets often employ onomatopoeic words to add
12 124 6 adj ÌRnYmætYÈpiÐYk example hiss or boom drama and atmosphere to their work.
if costs are prohibitively high, they
prohibitively prevent people from buying or doing
12 125 2 adverb prYÈhjbYtjvli something Moving house would be prohibitively expensive.
a group of people who sing together for
choir
12 125 2 noun kwajY other people to listen to He joined a church choir at the age of eight.
anti-social behaviour is violent or She was finding it increasingly hard to cope with
anti-social
12 125 3 adj ÌæntjÈsYŠƒYl harmful to other people, or shows that her son's anti-social behaviour.
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you do not care about other people
careful to do everything that it is your A conscientious teacher may feel inclined to
conscientious
12 125 3 adj ÌkRnƒiÈenƒYs job or duty to do take work home.
Using local produce, the food is imaginative,
imaginative
12 125 3 adj jÈmæd’YnYtjv containing new and interesting ideas wholesome and substantial.
someone who is introverted is quiet and
introverted shy and does not enjoy being with other He is described as an introverted teenager, with
12 125 3 adj ÈjntrYv\Ðtjd people a love of horses.
The truth and fairness of an advertising claim
fairness
12 126 1 noun ÈfeYrnYs the quality of being fair can be challenged for a variety of reasons.
the feeling that an event or place gives
12 126 2 atmosphere noun ÈætmYsfjY you The atmosphere at home was rather tense.
when people vote to choose someone Elections for the state governorship will be on
election
12 127 5 noun jÈlekƒYn for an official position November 25.
very sensitive and delicate in the way
exquisite
12 128 1 adj jkÈskwjzYt you behave or do things She has exquisite taste in art.
a book, list, record etc which consists of
compilation different pieces of information, songs
12 128 1 noun ÌkRmpYÈlejƒYn etc His new compilation includes all the past hits.
used to refer to popular music that is
performed by new bands or singers,
indie
and produced by small independent
12 128 1 adj Èjndi companies He only listens to indie music.
phrasal
12 128 1 stems from verb Èstem frYm to develop as a result of something else His headaches stemmed from vision problems.
melody
12 128 1 noun ÈmelYdi a song or tune They played some lovely melodies.
a catchy tune or phrase is easy to Some songs are so catchy that you keep
catchy
12 128 1 adj Èkætƒi remember humming them all day long.
to sing a tune by making a continuous Tony was humming to himself as he drove
12 128 1 1 hum verb hŒm sound with your lips closed along.
one of the songs or pieces of music on
tracks
12 128 1 noun træk a record, cassette, or CD I love the last track on their new album.
overly
12 128 1 adverb ÈYŠvYli too or very Your views on economics are overly simplistic.
making careful judgments about how His book provides a critical analysis of the
critical
12 128 1 adj ÈkrjtjkYl good or bad something is television industry in Britain.
a repeated series of notes in popular or
riffs
12 128 1 noun rjf jazz music The guitar riff at the beginning is unforgettable.
relating to a telephone line that is used
dial-up to send information from one computer She's only got a dial-up connection at home and
12 129 3 adj ÈdajYl Œp to another it's so slow!
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a piece of electronic equipment that
allows information from one computer to
modem
be sent along telephone wires to I'm afraid the modem doesn t seem to be
12 129 3 noun ÈmYŠdYm another computer working at the moment.
a sound that someone makes, or
peep something that they say, especially a There has not been a peep out of them since
12 129 3 noun piÐp complaint bedtime.
to go somewhere or do something very
zooming
12 129 3 verb zuÐm quickly Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off.
one of the pieces of flesh inside your
muscles body that you use in order to move, and Relax your stomach muscles, then stretch
13 130 1 noun ÈmŒsYl that connect your bones together again.
to make an angry, unhappy, or
frowning confused expression, moving your
13 130 1 verb fraŠn eyebrows together She frowned as she read the letter.
involving everyone in the world or in a
universal
13 130 1 adj ÌjuÐnYÈv\ÐsYl particular group These stories have universal appeal.
to behave as if something is true when
pretending in fact you know it is not, in order to We can t go on pretending that everything is
13 130 1 verb prjÈtend deceive people or for fun OK.
astonishment
13 130 2 noun YÈstRnjƒmYnt complete surprise She stared at him in astonishment.
the feeling of being angry, jealous, and
bitterness upset because you think you have been His bitterness grew daily until all he wanted was
13 130 2 noun ÈbjtYnYs treated unfairly revenge.
when you do not understand what is
confusion happening or what something means There was some confusion as to whether we
13 130 2 noun kYnÈfjuÐ’Yn because it is not clear had won or lost.
contentment
13 130 2 noun kYnÈtentmYnt the state of being happy and satisfied He gave a sigh of contentment, and fell asleep.
a feeling of great pleasure and
delight
13 130 2 noun djÈlajt satisfaction The kids were screaming with delight.
the feeling you have when you are He suffered extreme embarrassment at not
13 130 2 embarrassment noun jmÈbærYsmYnt embarrassed knowing how to read.
extreme excitement that makes people
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