Language Log 1

Vocabulary Checklist

Nouns
An ashtray
An aubergine
The bark of a tree
Belly dancing
A cage (for a pet rat!)
The core of something
A courgette (or zucchini)
A diving bell
(To do) an experiment
An eskimo roll
A flood
A gooseberry
Headphones
A hornet
Imagination
Inhabitants
Leftovers (after a meal)
Meringue
Ointment
(Orange/potato) peel
A philosopher
(The power of) the present moment
A remote (control)
Rubber (also adjective: a rubber raft)
Sawdust
(Bathroom/kitchen) scales
A seagull
(To have a good/no) sense of direction
An SLR (single-lens reflex) camera
The source of a river
A spring (in a spa)
A tape/cassette recorder
(A pair of) tights
A vet
A weir
Willpower
The yolk/the white of an egg

Verbs
To beat an egg
To breed/farm/rear sheep
X is called...
To capsize (in a canoe)
To feed (an animal)
I feel like (an ice cream)
To peel an orange/potato
To scrape (burnt toast!)
To stammer (or to have a stammer; to stutter)
It suits him

Adjectives/adverbs etc
(In) alphabetical (order)
Convex/concave
Dopey, dozy
Inflatable
A light/heavy cake
Out of/in focus
Recycled

Prepositions
Named after..
Known for
Interested in

What's the difference between:
- marmalade and jam?
- other and another?
- a blackberry and a blackcurrant?
- mud and slush?
- food and a meal?
- a dish and (to wash) the dishes?

Points to watch:
- 'whom' used in relative clauses and questions for the object and after prepositions:
The woman whom I met....
The man to whom I spoke...
(Though you will hear 'who' used in these contexts).

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