4000 Essential English Words 3 Unit 8: The Anniversary Gift
Word List
- anniversary [ˌænəˈvəːrsərɪ] n.
An anniversary is a day that celebrates something from the past.
→ My parents went out to eat for their wedding anniversary.
- arithmetic [əˈrɪθmətɪk] n.
Arithmetic is math.
→ I like to study arithmetic at school.
- ashamed [əˈʃeɪmd] adj.
To be ashamed is to feel upset because you did something wrong or bad.
→ He was ashamed when he found out that I knew about his past.
- burst [bəːrst] v.
To burst is to suddenly break open or apart.
→ The bomb burst over the city.
- carpenter [ˈkɑːrpəntər] n.
A carpenter is a person who builds things with wood.
→ We hired a carpenter to make a cupboard.
- coal [koul] n.
Coal is a hard black rock that you burn for heat.
→ Many power stations burn coal to produce energy.
- couch [kaʊtʃ] n.
A couch is a long, soft seat that many people can sit on.
→ Kim and M artin’s new couch was very expensive.
- drip [drɪp] v.
When a liquid drips, just a little bit falls at a time.
→ I heard water dripping from the faucet.
- elegant [ˈelɪgənt] adj.
If something is elegant, it is very fancy and pleasing.
→ In Japan, women wear elegant kimonos on special occasions.
- fabric [ˈfæbrɪk] n.
Fabric is cloth used to make clothes, furniture, etc.
→ The towels were made from a soft fabric.
- highlands [ˈhaɪlənd] n.
The highlands are high areas of land, usually with mountains.
→ The man had a small home in the highlands.
- ivory [ˈaɪvərɪ] n.
Ivory is a white, hard substance that comes from elephants.
→ The elephant’s long ivory tusks looked very impressive.
- mill [mil] n.
A mill is a building where flour is made.
→ The farmer took his wheat to the mill to make it into flour.
- needle [ˈniːdl] n.
A needle is a small, sharp piece of metal that you use to make or fix clothes.
→ I used a needle to fix the hole in my pants.
- polish [ˈpɒlɪʃ] v.
To polish something is to rub it in order to make it shiny.
→ Mark spent all morning polishing his shoes for the wedding.
- sew [sou] v.
To sew means to put pieces of cloth together using string.
→ I learned to sew when I was a little girl.
- shed [ʃed] n.
A shed is a small building where you store things like tools.
→ We have a small shed in the backyard for storage.
- thread [θred] n.
A thread is a thin piece of string.
→ I have many different colors of thread at home.
- trim [trim] v.
To trim something is to cut it a little bit.
→ I had my hair trimmed this afternoon.
- upwards [ˈʌpwərdz] adv.
If something goes upwards, it moves vertically higher.
→ The kite went upwards further and further.
