connection (n)
a relationship between things or people *Some journalists are saying that there’s a connection between the criminal and the bank manager.
blame (n)
responsibility for an accident, problem or bad situation *Why do I always get the blame for everything?
fault (n)
the fact of being responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation *It’s my fault – I forgot to give him the message.
old (adj)
something that is old has existed or been used for a long time *I’m meeting an old friend for lunch.
ancient (adj)
relating to a period of history a very long time ago *The ancient Egyptians built pyramids for the dead bodies of the kings.
crowd (n)
a large number of people in the same place *The boys disappeared into the crowd.
audience (n)
the people who watch or listen to a performance *His jokes offended many people in the audience.
enjoy (v)
to get pleasure from something *Did you enjoy your meal?
please (v)
to make someone feel happy and satisfied *He’ll do anything to please her.
support (v)
to provide someone with the money, food, shelter or other things that they need in order to live *How can we support our families on such low wages?
assist (v)
to help someone or something *Her job is to assist the head chef.
kind (adj)
behaving in a way that shows you care about other people and want to help them *Thank you, Mark, you’ve been very kind.
polite (adj)
behaving towards other people in a pleasant way that follows all the usual rules of society *It’s not polite to talk with your mouth full of food.
sympathetic (adj)
willing to understand someone’s problems and help them *You’re not being very sympathetic.
likeable (adj)
pleasant, friendly and easy to like *I’ve always found Bill to be a very likeable person.
nervous (adj)
feeling excited and worried, or slightly afraid *Driving on mountain roads always makes me nervous.
bad-tempered (adj)
made annoyed or angry very easily *I don’t like our new history teacher – she’s so bad-tempered.
sensitive (adj)
likely to become upset very easily *Paul was always a very sensitive little boy.
sensible (adj)
reasonable and practical *This seems to be a sensible way of dealing with the problem.
company (n)
the activity of being with other people *I thought you might want some company tonight.
relationship (n)
the way in which two or more people or groups behave towards each other *What was your relationship with your mother like?
group (n)
several people or things that are together or that are related to each other in some way *Why don’t you join the local drama group?
popular (adj)
liked by many people *Jenny is one of the most popular girls in the school.
famous (adj)
if someone or something is famous, a lot of people know their name or have heard about them *He dreamt of becoming a famous footballer.