4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 13: The Farmer and the Cats
Word List
- blood [blʌd] n.
Blood is the red liquid in your body.
→ I cut my finger and got blood on my shirt.
- burn [bəːn] v.
To burn something is to set it on fire.
→ I burned some wood in the camp fire.
- cell [sɛl] n.
A cell is a small room where a person is locked in.
→ The jail cell was very small.
- contain [kənˈteɪn] v.
To contain something is to have it inside.
→ The mailbox contained a letter.
- correct [kəˈrɛkt] adj.
To be correct is to be right.
→ All of my answers on the test were correct.
- crop [krɒp] n.
A crop is food that a farmer grows.
→ Wheat is a crop that is made into bread.
- demand [dɪˈmɑːnd] v.
To demand something is to say strongly that you want it.
→ The workers demanded to be paid more money.
- equal [ˈiːkw(ə)l] adj.
To be equal is to be the same.
→ Both students are equal in age.
- feed [fiːd] v.
To feed is to give food.
→ Mother feeds my baby brother everyday.
- hole [həʊl] n.
A hole is an opening in something.
→ The man was going to jump into the hole in the ice.
- increase [ˈɪŋkriːs] v.
To increase something is to make it larger or more.
→ They’ve increased the price of gas by 15 cents!
- lord [lɔːd] n.
Long ago, a lord was a man in charge of a town.
→ The lord of the town was not kind.
- owe [əʊ] v.
To owe is to have to pay or give back something received from another.
→ I owed him twenty dollars, so I paid him back.
- position [pəˈzɪʃ(ə)n] n.
A position is the way something is placed.
→ How can you sit in that position?
- raise [reɪz] v.
To raise something is to lift it up.
→ We had to work together to raise the last piece.
- responsible [rɪˈspɒnsɪb(ə)l] adj.
If a person is responsible, they do the right things.
→ I try to be responsible and save money.
- sight [sʌɪt] n.
A sight is something interesting to see.
→ I saw the pyramids of Egypt. What a sight!
- spot [spɒt] n.
A spot is a place where something happens.
→ The kitchen is a good spot to eat meals.
- structure [ˈstrʌktʃə] n.
A structure is a building.
→ They just built a beautiful new structure downtown.
- whole [həʊl] adj.
Whole means all of something.
→ I ate the whole pie. We don’t have any more.
