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1. Everyday phrases and sentences
2. At the student's office
3. Accomodation
4. Registration
5. At the Library
6. Languages
7. Bookshop and the stationers
8. Photocopy service
9. Computer science
10. At the bank agency
11. Self-study language centre
12. Sport
13. Photography
14. At the post office
15. Telephone
16. Public transport
17. At the restaurant
18. Leisure
19. Advertisements
20. Medical attention
21. The time: hours and timetables
22. Vocabulary
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22. Vocabulary
A (as a mark)
a, one
abdomen
above all
academic
academic credit
academy
accommodation
acknowledgement of receipt
activity
address
addressee
adhesive tape
adjective
advance
advantage
adventure
adverb
advertise (to)
advertisement
advertising leaflets
advisor
aerobics
affirmation
afternoon
afterwards
against
age
agency
AIDS
air pocket
album
alcohol
all (all the group)
allergic
allergy
allioli (oil and garlic sauce)
almond
alone
alphabetical
already
also
although
always
amount
analysis
anchovy
and
ankle support
anniversary, birthday
announcement
another
answer
answer (to)
answering machine
antibiotic
any
apartment
apparatus (gym)
appetizer, snack
apple
April
Arabic
Aran Valley
Aranese
Aranese
area
arm
armband
around
art
artichoke
article
as
ask (to)
ask for (to)
aspirin
assess (to)
assistant (professor)
assistantship
association
asthma
at least
at the same time
athletics
atlas
attendance
au gratin
aubergine, egg plant
August
Austria
author
authorize payment (to)
automatic
autumn
B (as a mark)
bachelor's degree
back (body)
badly
bag
baker's
balance
balcony
balcony (larger)
ball
banana
band-aid, sticking plaster
bandage
bandage (to)
bank
bankbook
banking (adjective)
bar
bar (premises)
basket
basketball
Basque
Basque
Basque
bath
bathing suit
battery
be (to)
be (to)
be engaged (to) (telephone)
be mistaken (to)
beach
bean
because
béchamel sauce
bed
beer
before
begin (to)
beginning
behind
Belgian
Belgium
belly
better
between
beverage
bicycle
big
bill
bind (to)
biology
biscuit, cookie
black
blackboard
blanket
blind
block (to)
blood (adjective)
blouse
blow
blue
board
boarding house
boat
boiled
boiler
bold (letter)
bolt
bone
book
book (to)
bookcase
booked
bookshop
bottle
boy girl
boy girl
bra
brake (to)
branch
bread
bread roll
break (to)
breakdown
briefcase, satchel
broccoli
bronchitis
brother sister
brown
building
burn oneself (to)
burnt
bus
business, procedure, transaction, management
but
but
butane
butter
button
cable
cable railway
cake
calendar
call
calm, peaceful
camera
campus
can
cancel (to)
cancellation
cannelloni
cap
car
card
card (identity)
card (index)
card (kind of paper)
caretaker, superintendent
case, cover
cash dispenser
cashier
casserole
cassette
Castilian
Castilian
Catalan
Catalan
Catalan champagne
catalogue
Catalonia
cauliflower
CD-ROM
celebrate (to)
centre
cereal
certificate
certificate
certificate (undergraduate)
chain (gold)
chair
change
change (to)
change (to)
chapter
charcoal grill
charcoal-broiled
charge (to)
chat up (to)
cheap
check in (to)
check over (to)
check, cheque
checkroom, left luggage
cheese
chemist's, pharmacy
cheque
cheque
chequebook
chicken
chickpea
China
Chinese
chiropodist
chocolate
chocolate milk shake
church
cinema
city
claim
clams
class
climbing
clinic
close (to)
closet, wardrobe
clothes hanger
coach
coach (bus)
coach (of a team)
coach (of a train)
coat
coated in batter/breadcrumbs
cod
code
coffee
coffee maker
coin
cold
cold
cold
collect (to)
collection
colour
comb
come (to)
come back (to)
come out fogged (to)
commission
complaint
complement
composition
compulsory
computer
computer science, computing
concert
condition
condom
condom
conductor
conjugation
conjunction
connect (to)
connection
consonant
constipation
contact
contact (to)
contraceptive
contract
conversation
cook
cook (to)
cook (to)
cooking pot
coordinator
copy
copy (to)
corkscrew
correction
correction fluid
correspondence
cotton wool
cough
country
courgette, zucchini
court, track
covers
cream
credit (to)
crème caramel
croissant
croquette
crown
cruet set
cube
cultural
culture
cup
cupboard
curd cheese
cure (to)
currency
current account
curriculum vitae
custard
customs
cut (injury)
cut (to)
cutlery
cycle
cycling
D (as a mark)
dance (to)
Danish
dark
data
database
date
dawn
day
daytime
decaffeinated
December
deferment
delay
delete (to)
deliver (to)
delivery
Denmark
density
dentist
dentistry, odontology
department
depending on
deposit (business)
deposit (current account)
deposit, reservoir
desk
desk
despite
dessert
develop (to)
developing
dial (to)
dialling code
diaphragm
diarrhoea
diary
dictation
dictionary
difficulty
digraph
dining-room
director
disconnect (to)
discotheque
discount
dish
dishwasher
disinfectant
disk
disk drive
do (to)
doctor
doctor
document
dollar
door
dossier
double
doubt
down payment
downwards
drawer
drawing pin, thumbtack
drink (to)
driver
drop (a course)
dry cleaner's
dryer
duplicate
dust
Dutch
Dutch
E-mail
E-mail address
each
each of us/ you/ them...
each of us/ you/ them...
ear
earlier
early
early
earphone
earring
eat (to)
economical, cheap
economics
edit (to)
edition
egg
eight
eighteen
eighth
eighty
elbow
elbow guard, elbow pad
electrical appliance
electricity
electronic
eleven
emergency
encyclopedia
England
English
enlarge (to), extend (to)
enlargement, extension
enough
ensaïmada (spiral-shaped pastry)
enter (to)
entrance, ticket
envelope
eraser
eraser
escalivada (baked red pepper, aubergine, onion)
escudo
esqueixada (cod salad)
essay
even
evening
everybody
exam
exchange (conversation)
exchange (to)
excursion
exercise
exercise book, note book
exhibition
exit
expense
expensive
expired
expression
extension
extensive
eye
face
faculty, school
fail (to)
fall in love (to)
far
fare
father
fax
February
feel (to)
feel dizzy (to), get sick (to)
felt-tip pen
fever
few, little
field
fifth
fifty
file (computing)
file (computing)
file (to)
fill (to)
fill in (to)
film
filter
final
find (to)
fine
finger
finish (to)
Finland
Finnish
first
fish
five
flash
flat
flat cake
floppy disk
flu
folder
folio
foot
football
for (them)
for the
for, to
foreign
forget (to)
fork
form
formality
format
format (to)
forty
fourteen
fourth
fracture
frame, mark (foreign currency)
franc
France
free
free
free (not occupied)
French
fresh
fricassee
Friday
fridge
fried
friend
from
from start to finish
from time to time
frozen
fruit
fruit salad
functioning
funicular
Galician
Galician
Galician
game
gas
gauze
gel
general
geography
geology
German
Germany
gerund
get drunk (to)
get off (to)
get on (to)
girdle
give a present (to)
glass (for water)
glass (for water)
glass (for wine or champagne)
glasses
glue
go (to)
go for a walk (to)
go out (to)
goal
goal (goalkeeper's position)
God
good
goodbye
gradually
grammar
grant
grant holder
grapes
graphics
grass
Greece
Greek
green
grey
griddle pan, iron (to iron clothes)
grill
ground
group
group of friends
guarantee
guide (plan)
guilder
gym
gymnastics
gynaecologist
haemorrhage
hair
hairdresser's
hake
hall
hall of residence
hall, room
ham
hamburger
hand
hand in (to)
handball
hang up (to) (the phone)
hard
hard disk
have (to)
have a bath (to)
have a bowel movement (to)
have a shower (to)
have amt. paid from one's account (to)
have breakfast (to)
have dinner (to)
have tea (to)
he she
head
health
hearing
heart
heat (to)
heating system
help (to)
hepatitis
herbal tea
here
here
hiking
his hers
history
hives
hockey
Holland
honey
hospital
hostel
hot
hotel
hour
house
how much
hundred
hurdle
hurt (to)
husband
I
ice cream
iced drink
idea
if
ill
illegible
illness
immediately
improve (to)
in
in front of
in, on
index
information
injection
injury
ink
inside
insomnia
installation
installment
instruction
insulin
insurance
intensive
interest
Ireland
Irish
issue, matter
Italian
Italy
itch
itinerary
jacket
jam
January
Japan
Japanese
jersey
joint (account)
juice
July
June
keep-fit (exercises)
key (computing)
key (to open a door)
keyboard
kidney bean
kitchen
knee
knee bandage
knickers, panties
knife
know (to)
know (to), meet (to)
lab
label
lamb
lamb
laminate (to)
laminated
language
laser
late
laundry
law
laxative
learn (to)
leave (to)
leave (to)
lecture room
lecture rooms
lecture, long distance call
left
leg
legume
leisure
lemon
lemonade
lentil
less
lesson
letter
letter (alphabet)
level
lexicon
librarian
library
lift
light
light (colour)
light bulb
like that
like, as
lilac
line
linguistic
link
liqueur
liquid
lira
list
listen (to)
listings
literature
litre
litter basket, litter bin
little
live (to)
loan
loan
locker room
lodge (to)
loin
long
look for (to)
lose (to)
love (to)
luggage
lunch
Luxembourg
macaroni
magazine
magnetic
mail
make an appointment (to)
make better (to)
man
many
map
mark (grade)
married
match
material
maths
matt
mattress
May
maybe
mayonnaise
meanwhile
measles
meat
meatball
medical
medicament
medicine
medicine cabinet
meet (to) (two people)
melon
memory
mend (to)
mentor
menu
message
message
metro station entrance
microfilm
microwave oven
mid-(January)
midday
milion
milk
mineral
minute
mock exam
modify (to)
molar
Monday
money
money order
monitor
monitor (computing)
monkfish
month
moon
more
morning
morphosyntax
mother
motorbike
mountain
mountaineering
mouse
mouth
mumps
muscle
museum
mushroom
mushroom
music
musical
musician
mustard
my, mine
napkin, serviette
natural
near
nearly
neck
negation
negative
neighbourhood
neither
net
never
news stand
newspaper
newspaper and periodicals library
NGO
night
night (time)
nine
nineteen
ninety
ninth
no
nobody
noodle
nor
Norway
Norwegian
nose
not at all (I don't like it at all)
not very much
notebook
notes
nothing
notice
noun
November
now
number
nurse
nurse (specializing in giving injections)
nursing
October
of
of course
of the
office
often
oil
ointment
olive
omelette, trout
on
on foot
one
only
only
only
onto, on
open (to)
operate (to)
ophthalmologist
optional
or
orange
orangeade
order
order
order (to)
original
orxata (cold tiger nut milk drink)
our
oven
pad
paella, pan
page
pain
pain
painkiller
pants, underpants
paper
paperclip
papers (legal)
parallel bars
parcel
parcel collection
park
part, piece
participle
pass (mark)
pass (to)
past
past (tense)
pastry
pay (to)
payment
peacefulness
peach
peanut
pear
pedagogy
pen
pen (ink)
pen refill
pencil
penicillin
pepper
peroxide
person
person in charge
peseta
pharyngitis
philology
philosophy
phone (to)
phone (to)
phone box, telephone booth
phonetics
photo
photo booth
photocopier
photocopy
photocopy (to)
photocopy service
photograph (to)
photographer
photographic
photography
physics
pick up (to) (the phone)
pickling brine
piece of furniture
pig, pork
pijama (fresh fruit, ice cream, and whipped cream)
pillow
pimple, spot
pin
pineapple
pink, rose
pizza
pizzeria
place
plan
plane
plaster
plaster (to)
platform
play (to)
plenty (of)
pneumonia
pocket
pole
policy
pork sausage
porter
Portugal
Portuguese
post box
post-office box
postage
postcard
postcode
postman postwoman
potato
pound
pounded garlic, parsley and almond thickener
practise (to)
prawn, shrimp
pregnant
preliminary registration
preposition
prescription
present tense
press
pressure
price
print (to)
printer
private hospital
professor
programme
pronoun
pronunciation
psychiatrist
psychologist
psychology
public
publishing company
pupil
purchase
purée
put (to)
put off (to)
quadruple
quantity
queue
quickly
rabbit
race
racket
radiocassete player
rain
rain (to)
rapidly
rate
raw
read (to)
real estate, property
really
receipt
receipt
receipt, bill
receive (to)
receiver
record (of a student)
recover (to)
red
red or green pepper
reduce (to)
referee
reference
refund
refund
register (to)
registration
relinquish (to), renounce (to)
remedy
rent
rent (to)
repair
representative
restaurant
reversed charge call
rice
right
ring
ring
ring binder
river
roasted
robbery
roll of film
roll of film
romesco (dried red pepper, garlic and almond sauce)
room
roommate, schoolmate, friend
rope
rosy, pinkish, rosé (wine)
rucksack
Russia
Russian
rythmical
saccharin
sail
saint's day
salad
sale
salt
saltcellar, salt shaker
salted
same
samfaina (poached courgette, aubergine and tomato)
sandwich
sanitary pad
sardine
satin (adjective)
Saturday
sauce
sauna
sausage
sausage (generic)
sautéed (lightly fried with onion and garlic)
save (to)
saving
savings bank
say (to)
school
science
scientific
scissors
scissors
scrambled
screen
sea
seafood, shellfish
seal
seal (to)
season ticket
season( to)
season, station
seasoned
seat
second
secret
secretariat
see (to)
self-service
self-study learning
sell (to)
semester
send (to)
sender
sensitivity
September
serious
serve (to)
seven
seventeen
seventh
seventy
sew (to)
sex
shadow
shampoo
share (to)
shave (to)
sheet (bed)
sheet (paper)
shelf
shift, turn
shirt
shoe
shop
short
short (skirt)
shower
shutter
sickness
side dishes (cookery)
sign
sign
sign (to)
sign (to)
signature
silent (letter)
single
six
sixteen
sixth
sixty
skate
ski
sleep (to)
slide
slight
small
small beer
smoked
sneaker, training shoe
so (so nice)
so much
sock
soft drink
sole
some
someone
sometimes
son daughter
sore throat
soup
spaghetti
Spain
Spanish
speak (to)
specialization
speck
spelling
spicy
spinach
spiral
spoon
sports
sports field
sports hall
spring
squared
squid
stairs
stamp
staple
staple (to)
stapler
start (to)
starter (meal), Side dish
statement (account)
stationery store, stationer's
stationmaster
steak
steam
stew
stick (hockey)
sticking plaster
still
stitch
stomach
stop
stop (to)
stopwatch
strap
straw
strawberry
street
strength, many
strip
student
student residence
study (to)
stuffed
subject
subscription
suburban
such (any such instructions)
suddenly
sugar
suggest (to)
suitcase
summary
summer
Sunday
sunstroke
supermarket
suppository
surgery, office
sweat
Sweden
Swedish
sweet
sweet corn
swim (to)
swimming
swimming pool
Swiss
Switzerland
syllable
syllabus
syrup
syrup (medicine)
T-shirt
table
table tennis
tablecloth
tablecloth
tablet
tabulator
take (to)
take (to)
tall
tapa (appetizer)
tape (cassette or video)
taste (to)
tax
taxi
taximeter
tea
teacher
teacher
team
teaspoon
technical
telegram
telephone
telephone (adjective)
telephone directory
telephone operator
television
tell someone (to)
temporary
ten
tender
tennis
tenth
term
test
tetanus
text
that
that
the
the day after tomorrow
the day before yesterday
the next day
theatre
then
then, so, well
there
there
thermometer
thesis
thing
third
thirteen
thirty
this
this
thousand
three
three times
Thursday
ticket
ticket counter
tie
time
time
timetable
to
to the
toast (to)
toasted
tobacconist's
today
toilet
toilet
tomato
tomorrow
tone
tongue, language
too (too much, too many)
tooth
toothpicks
tourist (adjective)
towards
towel
track
tracksuit
train
train (to)
tranquillizer, painkiller
transaction
transfer
translation
transport
tray
tree
trip
tripod
trousers
true
truly
truth
tube
tuberculosis
Tuesday
tutor
twelve
twenty
twist (to)
two
type
umbrella
under
underline (to)
understand (to)
university
up
up until
upwards
urgent
use
validate (to)
validation
vanilla
vase
veal
veal and potato stew, hotpot
vegetables
vegetarian
verb
vermouth
very much
video
vinaigrette
vinegar
virus
visit (to)
vocabulary
volleyball
volume
vomit
vowel
wait (to)
waiter waitress
wall bars
want (to)
wardrobe
wash (to)
washing machine
watch
water
waterproof
way
we
Wednesday
week
weekend
weigh (to)
weight
weight training, fitness
well (before a verb)
well-done
wheel
wheelchair
when
where
while
whistle
white
whole wheat, wholemeal
wife
window
window
wine
winter
wish a happy birthday (to)
with
withdraw (to)
withdrawal
without
woman
word
word
work
work (to)
worse
wrap (to)
wristband
write (to)
x-ray
xoriço (seasoned red sausage)
yard
year
year, term
yellow
yes
yesterday
yoga
yoghurt
you
you (2nd p. pl.)
you (courtesy form)
your (2nd p. pl.)
yours
zero
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