Word List Unit 8
Word List Unit 8
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access
adorn
anonymous
appointment
apt
aroma
aviation
bald
bliss
boast
border
boutique
buzz
Translation
toegang
versieren
anoniem
afspraak
passend(e)
geur
luchtvaart
kaal
gelukzaligheid
opscheppen
begrenzen
boetiekje
gonzen
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capture (interest)
carved
trekken
gegraveerde
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caution
cockpit
collide (with)
behoedzaamheid
cockpit
botsen (met)
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commercial pilot’s vliegbrevet voor
licence
commerciële
vliegtuigen
commute
forenzen
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continental
cope
cosmopolitan
continentaal
aankunnen
kosmopolitisch
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
Example sentence
One account allows you 24 hours a day access, and pays 3% interest.
The only flowers are the plastic ones which adorn restaurant tables.
I was trying to find the flat, but it was a completely anonymous landscape.
Could I make an appointment for our golden retriever, please?
The local radio station has an apt name, it’s called Blizzard FM.
Mouth-watering aromas are everywhere.
Most of his neighbours share his love of aviation.
A bald, middle-aged man walked slowly along the road that led to his home.
During our holiday we took it easy for two whole weeks. Absolute bliss!
Locals like to boast that last winter the wind took the recorded temperature to -100°C.
Chutotka is bordering the Bering Strait and straddling the Arctic Circle.
Shaftesbury Avenue has endless clubs, pubs, trendy boutiques and restaurants.
Gerrard Street, which is pedestrianized, is the centre of London’s Chinatown and
buzzes all year round.
Chutotka has captured the interest of one of the world’s richest men.
In the supermarket you can buy everything from carved walrus tusks to French
camembert.
Just one person sounded a note of caution.
Walking out of his door and into the cockpit, he is airborne in minutes.
Chutotka lies right behind the International Dateline, where yesterday collides with
today.
Travolta holds a commercial pilot’s licence.
Welcome to JUMBOLAIR, Florida where the super-rich can commute to work by jet
plane.
Soho is packed with continental food shops and restaurants.
I just can’t cope anymore.
Soho has been a cosmopolitan area since the first immigrants arrived in the 1680s.
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crumpled
verkreukeld
We saw a middle-aged man wearing a crumpled suit.
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deer (pl)
dehydrate
demands (pl)
derived
distinction
herten
uitdrogen
aanmaningen
afgeleid
onderscheiding
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down-and-out
downpour
dull
electrical
appliances (pl)
estate
armoedzaaier
plensbui
saai
elektrische
apparaten
landgoed
Huntsmen were heard to cry ‘So-ho’ as they chased deer.
We must have been starting to dehydrate at this point.
I keep getting all these credit card demands.
The name Soho is derived from a hunting call.
He has built a Canadian-style wooden house, thereby earning himself the unique
distinction of owning houses in St-Tropez, Knightsbridge, Moscow and Anadyr.
There may be a snoring down-and-out sleeping in a doorway.
I got very wet because it was a downpour.
Some of the streets may be a bit shabby, but life in Soho is never dull.
All old electrical appliances go over there.
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fall behind with
fantasy
flock
fluid
get rid of
hammer
hilarious
honest
achter raken met
fantasie
bijeenkomen
vloeistof
weggooien
hamer
hilarisch
eerlijk
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hunt
jagen
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inhabitant
interest (money)
intimate
jet
magnet
mansion
media
inwoner
rente
intiem
vliegtuig
magneet
landhuis
media
Welcome to the world’s only housing estate where the super-rich can commute to work
by jet plane.
I have fallen behind with my rent.
The notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy.
They flock from every corner of the world to sit on the steps under the statue of Eros.
I was losing a lot of fluid because I was pushing the motorbike.
Where could I get rid of my old newspapers?
Where could I buy a hammer, a screwdriver, and some glue?
I thought the last episode of Friends was hilarious.
People are dashing around, going about their business, which is mainly honest but not
always.
The name is derived from a hunting call, that men were heard to cry as they hunted
deer in what were the parklands.
Ropes are tied along the streets to keep the inhabitants from blowing away.
One account allows you 24 hours a day access, and pays 3% interest.
A world famous actress was seen having an intimate lunch in a London restaurant.
Abramovich flies in most months on board his private jet.
Piccadilly Circus is like a magnet for young people.
John Travolta’s mansion is big enough to park a row of airplanes.
It has a reputation for attracting artists, writers, poets, and people in the media.
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
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slechts
minimum
motief
verrukkelijk
Spring and summer last a mere eight weeks.
For both accounts you need a minimum of one hundred pounds.
His motives don’t trouble most of the population.
Mouth-watering aromas are everywhere, from first thing in the morning till late at night.
misselijk
neusgaten
termijn
I woke up half an hour later, feeling a bit nauseous and confused.
It was so cold that when you breathed in little balls of ice formed in your nostrils.
Tours may be cancelled at short notice.
I was going to see some friends who lived on the outskirts of the town.
We can offer overdraft facilities.
You may see a celebrity being pursued by paparazzi and fans.
Gerrard Street, which is pedestrianized, is the centre of London’s Chinatown and
buzzes all year round.
A sense of history pervades Soho.
None of us could have predicted that it would be such a huge success.
We were sweating profusely.
Since then, he has been pouring money in this frozen province.
You may see a celebrity being pursued by paparazzi and fans.
I am trying the get some quotations to move all my stuff to a house in Scotland.
Goods bought in the sales cannot be refunded.
I always carry my rehydration salts with me.
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pervade
predict
profusely
province
pursue
quotation
refunded
rehydration salts
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rent
resentful
buitenwijken
kredietlimiet
roddelpers
tot voetgangersgebied gemaakt
doordringen
voorspellen
overdadig
provincie
achtervolgen
prijsopgave
terugbetaald
anti-uitdrogingtabletten
huur
haatdragend
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resources
risk
savings account
screwdriver
shabby
shattered (inf)
(be) situated
rijkdommen
riskeren
spaarrekening
schroevendraaier
armoedig
doodop
gelegen (zijn)
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mere
minimum
motive
mouth-watering
(inf)
nauseous
nostrils (pl)
notice (time
period)
outskirts
overdraft facility
paparazzi
pedestrianized
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
I have fallen behind with my rent.
Far from being resentful that he visits only monthly, the local people are astonished
that he comes at all.
Some suspect that he’s hoping for vast returns on Chutotka’s natural resources.
He risked his life to save his dog.
I’d like to open a savings account, please.
Where could I buy a hammer, a screwdriver, and some glue?
Some of the streets may be a bit shabby but life in Soho is never dull.
Come on in. You must be shattered.
Shaftesbury Avenue is situated in the heart of London’s theatre land.
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sought
snurkende
gezocht
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straddle
sumptuous
surrounded
grenst aan
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omgeven
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sweat
terminal building
thrilled
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trendy
ultimate
utter
walrus tusks (pl)
zweten
hangar
ontzettend
gelukkig
modieus
ultiem(e)
volslagen
walrustanden
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withdrawal
(geld)opname
New Headway Upper-Intermediate
There may be a snoring down-and-out sleeping in a doorway.
A short bald man, seen running away from the scene of the crime, is being sought by
the police.
Chutotka is bordering the Bering Strait and straddling the Arctic Circle.
His sumptuous Florida home is the ultimate boys’ fantasy house made real.
Peter has a huge farmhouse surrounded by woods in the heart of the Devon
countryside.
We were sweating profusely.
His sumptuous Florida home is built in the style of an airport terminal building.
I was thrilled when I heard the news.
Shaftesbury Avenue has endless clubs, pubs, trendy boutiques and restaurants.
His sumptuous Florida home is the ultimate boys’ fantasy house made real.
The two-week holiday in Mauritius was a complete and utter disaster.
In the supermarket you can buy everything from carved walrus tusks to French
camembert.
Another account requires one week’s notice for withdrawals.
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