VOCABULARY LIST - STARTING FROM "B"
B
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baby (n)
babysit (v) babysitter (n)
back (adv, adj & n) background (n) backpack (n)
backpacker(n) backpacking (n) backwards (adv) bad (adj)
badly (adv) badminton (n)
bag (n) baggage (n) bake (v) baker
(n) balcony (n) bald (adj)
ball (n) ballet (n) balloon (n) banana
(n) band (n) bandage (n) bank (n)
bank account (n) banking (n)
bar (n)
barbecue (n & v) baseball
(n) base on (phr v) basic (adj)
basin (n) basket (n) basketball (n) bat (n)
bath (n
& v)
bathing suit (n) bathroom (n)
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bathtub (n)
battery (n) battle (n) bay (n)
be (av & v) beach (n) bean (n) bear(n) beard (n) beat (v) beautiful (adj) beauty (n)
because (conj) because of (prep phr)
become (v)
bed (n) bedroom (n) bee
(n) beef (n)
before (prep,adv & conj) begin
(v)
beginner (n) beginning (n) behave (v) behaviour (n) behind (prep & adv) believe (v)
bell(n) belong (v)
below (adv
& prep) belt (n) beneath (prep) benefit (n)
be over (phr
v)
•
The game is over- you're
too late!
beside (adv & prep) besides (prep)
best (adj & adv)
better (adj & adv)
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between (prep & adv)
beyond (prep & adv) bicycle (n)
big
(adj) bike (n) bill (n)
•
electricity bill bin
(n)
biography (n) biology (n) bird (n)
birth (n) birthday (n) biscuit (n)
bit (n)
bite (v) bitter (adj)
black (adj & n) blackboard (n)
blame (v) blank (adj)
•
a blank piece of
paper blanket (n)
bleed (v) blind (adj) block (n)
•
Shall we walk round the block?
blog (n) blogger (n) blond(e) (adj) blood (n) blouse (n)
blow (v)
blue (adj & n) board (n & v) board game (n)
boarding pass (n)
boat (n)
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body (n) boil (v) boiled (adj) bold (adj)
bomb (n & v) bone (n) book (n
& v) bookcase (n) booking (n)
•
I have a booking
for the 19th.
booking office (n) bookshelf (n)
bookshop (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: bookstore)
bookstore (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: bookshop)
boot (n)
•
a pair of boots
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the boot of the car (Am Eng: trunk)
border (n) bored (adj) boring (adj)
born (adj) borrow (v) boss (n)
both (pron & det) bother (v)
•
Sorry to bother
you, can you tell me the time?
•
My job's hard but that doesn't bother me.
•
'Sorry I'm late, I'll do it now.' 'Don't bother!'
bottle (n) bottom (adj & n) bowl
(n)
box (n)
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boy (n) boyfriend (n) bracelet (n)
brain (n) brake (n & v) branch (n)
brand new (adj) brave (adj) bread (n)
break (n & v)
break down (phr v)
• The car has broken down. breakfast (n)
break in (phr v)
• Someone broke in and
stole the computer.
break up (phr v)
• When does school break
up?
• The pop group has broken up.
breath (n) breathe (v) breeze (n)
bride (n) bridge (n) brief (adj) bright (adj) brilliant (adj) bring (v)
bring up (phr v)
• She was brought up in
London.
broad (adj) broccoli(n) brochure (n)
broken (adj) brother (n)
brown (adj &
n)
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brush (n & v) bucket (n) bug (n)
build (v) building (n) bulb (n)
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light
bulb bull (n) bunch (n)
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a bunch of flowers
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a
great bunch of friends burger (n)
burn (v)
burning (adj) bury (v)
bus (n) business (n)
businessman (n)
businesswoman (n) bus station (n)
bus stop (n) busy (adj)
but (conj & prep) butcher (n)
butter (n) butterfly (n) button (n)
buy (v) buyer (n) by (prep)
by accident (prep phr) bye (exclam)
by hand (prep phr) by mistake (prep phr) by name (prep phr)
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NOTE
Abbreviations used in the Preliminary and Preliminary for Schools Vocabulary List are:
abbrev
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abbreviation or acronym
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mv n
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modal verb
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adj
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adjective
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phrv
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noun
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adv
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adverb
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pi
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phrasal verb
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av
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auxiliary verb
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prep
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plural preposition
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Am Eng
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American English
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prep phr
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prepositional phrase
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Br Eng
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British English
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pron
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pronoun
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conj det
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conjunction
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sing
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singular
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exclam
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determiner
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v
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verb
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exclamation
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SOURCE - https://www.cambridgeenglish.org