Cars

Vocabulary List Number 340 Version 0.6 with 3 elements integrated in five chapters with 8 definitions, 1 example and 1 poster.

    Main Definitions

1. car / automobile / motorcar 1 |n| a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people. (from unknown origin. Dec 16, 2024)
2. car / automobile / motorcar 2 |n| a self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. (from mytutorialword.com. Dec 13, 2024)
3. motorcar 3 |n| (automotive engineering) a more formal word for car. (from thefreedictionary.com. Dec 16, 2024)
4. automotive vehicle / motor vehicle |n| a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails. (from thefreedictionary.com. Dec 16, 2024)

      Car Parts

1. accelerator / accelerator pedal / gas pedal / throttle / gas, gun |n| a pedal that controls the throttle valve. (from thefreedictinary.com)
2. "He stepped on the gas." (from thefreedictinary.com)
3. air bag |n| a safety restraint in an automobile; the bag inflates on collision and prevents the driver or passenger from being thrown forward. (from thefreedictinary.com)
4. alternator |n| an old term for an electric generator that produces alternating current (especially in automobiles). (from thefreedictinary.com)
5. antenna |n| a rod, wire, or other device used to transmit or receive radio or television signals; an aerial. (from Oxford Languages Dictionary. Dec 16, 2024) 
6. "Antennas around the top of the ship pick up the radar signals." (from Oxford Languages Dictionary. Dec 16, 2024)
7. engine |n| the engine that propels an automobile. (from thefreedictinary.com)
8. backseat |n| a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile). (from thefreedictinary.com)
9. bumper |n| a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage. (from thefreedictinary.com)
10. fender / buffer / |n| a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact (from thefreedictinary.com)
11. foot lever / foot pedal / treadle / pedal |n| a lever that is operated with the foot (from thefreedictinary.com)
12. hon / automobile horn / motor horn / hooter / horn button / horn buttons / horn  1 |n| a device on an automobile for making a warning noise. (from WordNet 3.0 by Princeton University)
13. hon / automobile horn / motor horn / hooter / horn button / horn buttons / horn 2 |n| a button that you press to activate the horn of an automobile. (from vocabulary.com. Dec 14, 2024)
14. "In the front —cross my heart— three white horn buttons, cracked and chipped." (from The New Yorker. Jun 21, 2015)
15. "There’s also a horn button, though that didn’t work on the prototype I drove." (from The Verge. Jan 8, 2020)

      More Elements Related to Car

1. renting / rental |n| the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) (from thefreedictinary.com)

       Car Poster

         Kinds of Cars

1. ambulance |n| a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 12, 2024)
2. compact car / compact |n| a small and economical car. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 13, 2024)
3. convertible |n| a car that has top that can be folded or removed. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 10, 2024)
4. coupe |n| a car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 9, 2024)
5. taxi / taxicab / cab / hack |n| a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 13, 2024)

      More Vehicles

1. aeroplane |n| a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air. (from mytutorialword.com. Dec 14, 2024)
2. motorcar 3 |n| a self-propelled railroad car for freight or passengers. (from thefreedictinary.com. Dec 14, 2024)

Candies

 Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 339 v.1

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1. candy 1 |n| any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc. 
2. "The problem comes when children eat sweets instead of nutrient-dense fruits, nveggies, and dairy foods."
3. "I would add that sweeteners (which are also found in sweets and chewing-gum) are not harmful to teeth."
4. "Cut back on sweets and sugary drinks."
5. "Typical Spanish sweets (crunchy chocolate nougat and sweet almonds)."
6. candy 2 |n| a single piece of such a confection.
7. confectionery |n| sweets and chocolates considered collectively.
8. "The scheme covers agricultural products intended for human consumption and a variety of foodstuffs like beer, confectionery, pasta, pre-cooked meals, soups, ice-creams and sorbets."
9. "Their extensive product range includes bread improvers, dough conditioners, shelf-life extenders, pre-mixes for bread, pastry and confectionery products; bakery fats; release agents; cake and bread emulsifiers; baking powders, instant yeasts; cake coverings, icings and filling creams; fruit fillings, glazes and flavouring pastes; chocolate and truffle mixes."
10. "A requirement group has been assigned to the confectionery merchandise category."
11. "Cadbury Schweppes plc is the parent company of the Cadbury Schweppes group which operates in the drinks and confectionery sector."

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Politics

 Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 338 v.1

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1. statecraft |n| the skillful management of state affairs; statesmanship.
2. "Issues of statecraft require great deliberation."
3. "What they see is a penny-pinching attitude, driven by an accountancy approach to politics,rather than the statecraft our citizens are crying out for."
4. "My Government is not prepared to concede that sanctions are not a legitimate and effective tool of statecraft."

Students

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 337 v.1

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1. school-leaver |n| one who has left school usually after completing a course of study instead of continuing on to a college or University.
2. "The serious level of unemployment among school-leavers."

Work

Vocabulary List Number 080 v.0.4 with 7 elements integrated in 1 chapter with 2 definition2, 1 synonym and 3 examples.

      

      Main Definitions

1. work 1 |n| physical or mental effort or activity directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.
2. "Cleaning the basement was a lot of work."
3. work 2 |n| such effort or activity by which one makes a living; employment.
4. "Looking for work."
5. work 3 |n| a trade, profession, or other means of livelihood."
6. "His work is fixing cars."
7. duty |n| an action or task required by a person's position or occupation; function.
8. "However, from their point of view, the members are simply serving the institution as part of their weekly or monthly self-imposed duty."
9. "With respect to staff members serving at a duty station at which a Board has been established or who are administered by organizational units located at such duty statibon, it shall be the Board."
10. assignment |n| a task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job.

      Strike

1. strike |n| a period of time when workers stop work in order to force an employer to agree to their demands. (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
2. "A teachers' strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
3. "A strike by airline pilots," (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
4. "The workers are on strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
5. "Workers are threatening to go (out) on strike. = (Brit) (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
6. "Workers are threatening to come out on strike." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)
7. "Workers threatened to take strike action." (from Britannica Dictionary. December 27, 2024)

      Unemployment

1. joblessness / unemployment |n| the state of being unemployed.

Furniture

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 336 v.1

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1. furniture |n| the movable articles that are used to make a room or building suitable for living or working in, such as tables, chairs, or desks.
2. "Furniture and personal belongings from EU countries are exempt from paying customs."
3. "Furniture can now be better adapted to the dimensions of the room, thus, more can fit in."
4. "Parador launches a kitfurniture system on the market with its EBS furniturerange."

TV

Vocabulary List Number 335 v.0.2

 

      Main Definitions

1. TV 1 |n| an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound.
2. "We cannot allow people to be monitored in the manner of Big Brother-type TV shows."
3. "Variety is very important, and because it is important, and because I should like to see European films and European television broadcasts shown off to

Moods & Feelings

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 334 v.1

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1. mood |n| a conscious state of mind or predominant emotion : feeling He's been in a good mood all week.
2. "He was in a good mood after passing the exam."
3. "His mood swings between elation and despair.Why are you in such a foul mood this morning?"
4. "The prime minister was in defiant mood in the House of Commons yesterday."
5. "His moods are very changeable."

Social Classes

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 333 v.1

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1. social class / class |n| a group of people within a society who possess the same socioeconomic status.
2. ruling class |n| the social class of a given society that decides upon and sets that society's political agenda.
3. working class |n| the social group consisting of people who are employed for wages, especially in manual or industrial work.
4. "The housing needs of the working classes."

House

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 332 v.0.2

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1. house |n| a building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.
2. "Smith and his wife stayed at the ranch guest house."
3. "Make sure your house number is easily visible from the street."
4. "This house will host visitors as well because hotels are expensive."
5. "Residents living in a Hurricane Evacuation Zone, Mobile Home or Manufactured Home should evacuate during severe tropical storms and ALL Hurricanes."

Crime Scene

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 331 v.1

1. crime scene |n| the place where an offence has been committed and forensic evidence may be gathered.
2. "Fingerprints left at a crime scene."
3. body 1 |n| the physical structure of a person or animal.
4. "Extreme heat may cause changes in the body."
5. "Her whole body trembled."
6. body 2 / corpse |n| the dead body of a person.
7. "Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff."

Criminal Background

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 330 v.1

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1. background check / background investigation |n| a process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records and financial records of an individual or an organization.
2. "Do I have a right to see my criminal background check?"
3. "Police obtain personal information about the suspect, notes the alleged crime, and does a criminal background check."
4. criminal record / records / record sing / criminal record sing / police record sing / previous convictions |n| a file that lists all of the crimes a person has committed.