4000 Essential English Words 2 Unit 7: A Beautiful Bird
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- basis [ˈbeɪsɪs] n.
To do something on time’s basis is how often you do it.
→ My grandfather gets his hearing checked on a yearly basis. - biology [baɪˈɒlədʒɪ] n.
Biology is the study of living things.
→ We learned about the human heart in biology - cage [keɪdʒ] n.
A cage is something that holds an animal so it cannot leave.
→ We put the parrots in their cage at night. - colleague [ˈkɒliːg] n.
A colleague is somebody you work with.
→ My colleague helped me finish the job. - colony [ˈkɒlənɪ] n.
A colony is a country controlled by another country.
→ The USA was at one time a colony of Great Britain. - debate [dɪˈbeɪt] v.
To debate is to seriously discuss something with someone.
→ The husband and wife debated over which TV to buy. - depart [dɪˈpɑːrt] v.
To depart is to leave some place so you can go to another place.
→ The plane departed for Italy at 3:00 this afternoon. - depress [dɪˈpres] v.
To depress someone is to make them sad.
→ The bad news from work depressed the man. - factual [ˈfæktjʊəl] adj.
When something is factual, it is true.
→ John learns about history from factual - fascinate [ˈfæsəˌneɪt] v.
To fascinate someone is to make them really like something.
→ The kitten was fascinated by the ball of yarn. - mission [ˈmɪʃən] n.
A mission is an important job that is sometimes far away.
→ The woman’s mission was to help sick people. - nevertheless [ˌnevəðəˈles] adv.
You use nevertheless to show that something goes against a fact.
→ He is usually friendly. Nevertheless, he wasn’t this afternoon. - occupation [ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən] n.
An occupation is a person’s job.
→ My father’s occupation is a dentist. - overseas [ˌəʊvəˈsiːz] adv.
If you go overseas, you go to a country on the other side of an ocean.
→ John often goes overseas for vacations. - persuade [pəˈsweɪd] v.
To persuade someone is to make them agree to do something.
→ The children persuaded their parents to buy them gifts. - route [ruːt] n.
A route is the way you go from one place to another.
→ I saw many new houses along the route to the city. - ruins [ˈruːɪnz] n.
Ruins are old buildings that are not used anymore.
→ I visited some interesting ruins in Greece. - scholar [ˈskɒlə:r] n.
A scholar is a person who studies something and knows much about it.
→ The scholar knew much about art history. - significant [sɪgˈnɪfɪkənt] adj.
When someone or something is significant, they are important.
→ I read many significant novels as a literature major in university. - volcano [vɒlˈkeɪnəʊ] n.
A volcano is a mountain with a hole on top where hot liquid comes out.
→ When the volcano erupted, smoke and heat filled the air.
