120 English Words for Everyday Life Basic Vocabulary 6

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watch watch

watch so when we use watch to talk about

a noun it’s referring to the clock you

can wear on your wrist do you have a

watch do you have a watch do you have a

watch

glasses

glasses glasses so glasses are eyewear

we wear glasses so that we can see

better or so that we can block the Sun

from our eyes I don’t wear glasses I

don’t wear glasses I don’t wear glasses

jacket jacket jacket so a jacket is

usually a light piece of clothing it

keeps you a little bit warmer in autumn

or maybe in spring that jacket looks

nice on you that jacket looks nice on

you that jacket looks nice on you

receive

receive so to receive something means to

get something get sounds a little bit

more casual than receive to receive a

confession of love to receive a

confession of love search search search

so the word search means to look for to

look for something search tends to sound

a little bit more formal than look for

it’ll show up if you search on the

Internet

it’ll show up if you search on the

internet it will show up if you search

on the Internet

take take

take so take means to remove something

from another place or to choose

something please take me home please

take me home please take me home

weak

week week so this word is the opposite

of the word strong it means something

that doesn’t have a lot of power a weak

team

a weak team

strong

strong so strong is the opposite of weak

strong refers to something that has lots

and lots of power be strong and don’t

give up be strong and don’t give up

be strong and don’t give up cold

cold

cold so the word cold typically refers

to temperature when the temperature is

low we describe the feeling as cold the

North Pole is cold even in summer the

North Pole is cold even in summer hot

hot-hot

so hot is the opposite of cold hot is

used when the temperatures are warm the

temperatures are very very high we

describe the feeling with hot the tea is

still hot the tea is still hot the tea

is still hot funny

funny

funnny so the word funny refers to

something that causes us to laugh funny

sitcoms make me happy

funny sitcoms make me happy funny

sitcoms make me happy peach peach peach

so a peach is a well-known fruit it’s

kind of sweet I am allergic to peaches

I’m allergic to peaches I am allergic to

peaches

orange

orange orange so orange can refer to the

fruit or it can refer to the color

orange I drink orange juice in the

morning I drink orange juice in the

morning

potato

potato potato so a potato is a very very

popular food we make all kinds of things

with potatoes french fries mashed

potatoes and so on fried potato is not

good for your health

fried potato is not good for your health

soy bean soy bean soy bean so a soy bean

is an ingredient that people may use to

create other things like milk for

example soy beans grow inside the pods

soy beans grow inside the pods soy beans

grow inside the pods vegetable

vegetable vegetable so a vegetable is a

food that’s good for you so there are

many different kinds of vegetables

carrots zucchinis so on

I ate fried vegetables I ate fried

vegetables

I ate fried vegetables cow

cow

cow so a cow is a farm animal we use

cows for dairy and for milk and for beef

the cows are grazing in the field

cows are grazing in the field the cows

are grazing in the field Pig

Pig

pig a pig is another farm animal usually

very low to the ground and pink or kind

of gray in color we use these for meat

pigs are intelligent animals pigs are

intelligent animals pigs are intelligent

animals horse

horse horse so a horse another farm

animal is used a lot more for

entertainment for like racing activities

have you ever ridden a horse before

have you ever ridden a horse before have

you ever ridden a horse before

snow snow

snow so snow is 8

of whether it’s precipitation so that

means it’s rain it’s water from the sky

but that is frozen there’s a lot of snow

on the mountain there’s a lot of snow on

the mountain there is a lot of snow on

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hand

hand sew your hand it’s a part of your

body this part of your body is your hand

left hand

armed

arm so the arm is this part of your body

from here to the end of your hand

muscular arm

foot

foot so your foot just one is the part

of your body that’s at the very very

bottom right foot

right foot

leg

leg so your leg is the entire long part

of your body one leg that you walk on

long legs

finger

finger so your fingers are these parts

of your body so finger is a countable

noun we count it one finger to finger

three fingers and so on

pinky finger

back

back so your back is like the reverse

part of your body we think of this as

the front part our back is behind us

my back hurts my back hurts

my back hurts

stomach

StuH Nick so your stomach is the part of

your body that digests food so we often

talk about our stomach because it feels

uncomfortable my stomach hurts

stomach hurts my stomach hurts

chest

chest so your chest is the upper part of

the front of your body I have chest

pains I have chest pains

I have chest pains

January

Jan you every January is the first month

of the year in North America it is

typically a cold month it’s very cold

here in January

it’s very cold here in January

February

Seb you airy so February has an

interesting spelling that first our

isn’t really pronounced February is the

shortest month with 28 days February is

the shortest month with 28 days February

is the shortest month with 28 days March

March

March March is the third month of the

year we think of March as the time when

spring begins it is now April so last

month was March

it is now April so last month was March

is now April so last month was March

April

a thrill April is the fourth month of

the year and we think of this as a time

when flowers start to bloom april

showers bring May flowers

april showers bring May flowers

may

mei-mei is the fifth month of the year

we think of May as just the time before

summer so the weather is typically

really really nice and spring is in full

like blue

May 31st is world no smoking day

may 31st is world no smoking day

May 31st is world

no-smoking day

June

June June is the six-month of a year it

feels a little bit warmer than May but

it’s not quite summer a warm June

a warm June

July

July so July the seventh month of the

year is typically when many people think

of summer as beginning in the US July is

one of seven months with 31 days July is

one of seven months with 31 days

July is one of seven months with 31 days

August

August the eighth month of the year

tends to be quite hot and there’s a lot

of fun summer activities to do the

school is closed in August

the school is closed in August

the school is closed in August September

September

September is kind of the beginning of

fall or autumn and it’s also typically

the time of year when students go back

to school

today is Saturday September 10th

today is Saturday September 10th October

October

so October is when the weather gets a

little bit cooler and we start to see

some popular autumn foods appearing

Halloween falls on October 31st

November

no vember so November is very well known

in the US for having Thanksgiving when

we enjoy a huge meal with family or

friends November is one of four months

with 30 days

November is one of four months with 30

days

November is one of four months with 30

days

December

December is the last month of the year

and we think of it as a time for

celebration

December 31st is New Year’s Eve

can

can sew can is used to mean something we

are able to do can jump over

can jump over

zero

zero so zero is used to refer to the

number which means nothing

so we also read this as oh sometimes

number zero

one

one so one means the first number so we

use it anytime there’s a single number

of something one degree

one degree

so - is the second number we use it to

talk about pairs or couples of things

the number two is my favorite number

that number two is my favorite number

three

three so the third number in English is

the number three $3

three dollars

for

four so the fourth number in English is

the number four keep in mind that the

spelling is different from SOR which

means a purpose number four

number four

five

five so the next number is the number

five the starfish has five legs

our fish has five legs

the starfish has five legs

six

six so the next number in our sequence

is the number six we have a six day

vacation next month

we have a six-day vacation next month

seven

set then so the next number in this

sequence is the number seven there are

seven days in every week

seven days in every week there are seven

days in every week

eight

eight so the next number is the number H

this has an interesting spelling it’s

pronounced eight eight is a lucky number

eight is a lucky number

9 so the next number in this series is

the number 9 9 floors

9 floors

ten

10 so 10 is the first

digit number that means there are two

digits 1 & 0 10 grams 10 grams

10 grams

salesman

sales men so a Salesman is a male a man

who sells things car salesman

car salesman

car sales men

manager

manager so a manager is a person at a

workplace that is responsible for other

people

department manager

manager department manager cook

cook

cook so a cook is a person who makes

food a cook is different from a chef in

that a chef went to school a cook has

their experience on the job the cook

fried an egg

the cook fried an egg the cook fried an

egg

engineer

engineer so an engineer is a technology

related job an engineer can create

things in many different industries

I’m an engineer

I am an engineer

programmer

programmer so a programmer is a person

who writes or who creates programs I am

a computer programmer

I’m a computer programmer I am a

computer programmer nurse

nurse

nurse so a nurse is someone who works at

a hospital or a clinic or at like a

nursing home so they help patients the

woman is a nurse

the woman is a nurse

the woman is a nurse body body

bah D so a body can be a human body it’s

just your actual body all of your

different parts we can also use this for

animals too food is fuel for the body

food is fuel for the body food is fuel

for the body

head

head so head refers to this part of your

body the very top part of your body head

injuries are very dangerous head

injuries are very dangerous

head injuries are very dangerous laughs

laughs

so laughs can be used as either a noun

or as a verb so we use this when we find

something funny

the couple is laughing at a joke

couple is laughing at a joke

delicious

delicious so delicious is a word we use

when we think something tastes good we

can use this for food or drinks Chinese

food is delicious Chinese food is

delicious Chinese food is delicious

water

water so water is just the word we use

for the thing we drink the most basic

thing to drink can I have some water

please

can I have some water please

tea

t so T is another very popular drink you

can have it cold or hot would you like a

cup of tea

would you like a cup of tea

coffee

coffee coffee is yet another very

popular drink

we usually have this in the morning cup

of coffee cup of coffee cup of coffee

beer

beer so beer yet another very popular

drink for adults we usually enjoy beer

after work cold beer

cold beer

wine

so wine is something that we tend to

enjoy with kind of special occasions or

we like to pair it with foods glass of

wine

glass of wine

biess

beef

beef so beef refers to meat that comes

from a cow this can mean anything that

comes from a cow beef steak

beefsteak

beef steak

chicken

so chicken refers to the animal but also

the meat when you want to talk about one

of the animal you can say a chicken

chicken can be fried baked or roasted

ork

pork

pork so pork is another very popular

meat

we often have it at breakfast as bacon

or maybe in the evening as like a pork

chop pork is the meat from a pig

pork is the meat from a pig

fish

fish so fish is anything that comes from

the ocean anything that comes from the

ocean or from other bodies of water

chicken or fish

lamb

lamb so lamb refers to meat that comes

from a baby sheep

lamb is extremely delicious

doctor

doctor so a doctor is a person who helps

other people with their health if you

get sick go to the doctor

if you get sick go to the doctor

police officer

police officer so a police officer is

someone in a city that helps other

people when they are in trouble I’ll ask

a police officer for help

Alaska police officer for help

I’ll ask a police officer for help

teacher

teacher so a teacher is someone who

shares information who helps students or

other people to learn something English

teacher

English teacher

employee

employee an employee is someone who

works at a company or someone who works

for someone else female employee female

employee

female employee

come

come so we use the verb come to mean to

move from one location to the place

where we are now the girl came towards

the video camera

girl came towards the video camera

the girl came towards the video camera

see

see so we use the verb C to mean to use

our eyes to focus on something the

tourists saw the sunset

the tourists saw the sunset

tourists saw the sunset

make

make we use the verb make when we talk

about creating something the chef makes

orange juice

chef’s makes orange juice

the chef makes orange juice

News

use so we use the verb use when we want

to talk about like applying something or

we want to talk about utilizing

something for something else the

programmer used the computer

the programmer used the computer

today

today today today means this day we use

this when we want to talk about

something that’s happening on this day

like part of a schedule today’s homework

today’s homework today’s homework

yesterday

yesterday so yesterday

means the day before today so you can

use this word when you’re talking about

like past actions yesterday morning

yesterday morning

yesterday morning tomorrow tomorrow

Mar Oh so tomorrow is like the

opposite of yesterday it means the day

after today so we use this when we’re

talking about our future plans

see you tomorrow see you tomorrow see

you tomorrow weak weak weak so weak

refers to seven days that seven day

period so we use weak when we want to

talk about making plans or schedules and

so on I’m busy this week I’m busy this

week I’m busy this week year

here

year so a year is 365 days so we use

year when we’re talking about points in

time like historical events one year

one year

second

second second so second refers to a very

short period of time so the amount of

time that’s inside one minute for

example there are 60 seconds in a minute

there are 60 seconds in a minute

minute

min-cut so minute refers to again a

period of time we learned that there are

60 seconds in a minute and we can use

minutes when we’re talking about times

of day three minutes

three minutes

our

our so an hour refers to one of those 24

blocks of time throughout the day I

sleep for 8 hours every day I sleep for

8 hours every day

I sleep for eight hours every day clock

clock

o’clock o’clock is an object that we use

to understand what time of day it is we

can have analog or digital alarm clock

alarm clock

o’clock

a clock a clock so a clock is used after

a number from 1 to 12 to show that it’s

a specific hour let’s meet at the

station at 9 o’clock let’s meet at the

station at 9 o’clock

let’s meet at the station at nine

o’clock calendar

calendar calendar so a calendar is

something we use to understand the dates

of the year there are 12 months on a

typical calendar I marked our

anniversary on the calendar I marked our

anniversary on the calendar

I marked our anniversary on the calendar

Monday

Monday so Monday is for most people the

first day of the workweek I go to work

on Monday

I go to work on Monday

Tuesday Tuesday

Tuesday Tuesday is for most people the

second day of the workweek Tuesday

January first Tuesday January first

Tuesday January 1st

Wednesday

Wednesday so Wednesday is the middle day

of the week but keep in mind this is

pronounced Wednesday there’s a D there

but we don’t say Wednesday we say

Wednesday Wednesday the 18th

Wednesday the 18th

Wednesday the 18th Thursday

Thursday

Thursday so Thursday is the fourth day

of the workweek the day that comes

before Friday

so most people get a little bit excited

for Friday and thus Thursday is kind of

the day when some people start their

weekends a little bit early Thursday

January 3rd there is

January 3rd

Thursday January 3rd

Friday

fry-day so

is the last day of the workweek and lots

of people get excited about Friday and

they do things on Friday nights with

their friends or their co-workers are

you free this Friday are you free this

Friday

are you free this Friday

Saturday

Satre day so Saturday is the first day

of the weekend

lots of people choose to do things like

their hobbies or maybe take a trip

somewhere it’s a day to relax for lots

of people Saturday night

Saturday night

Sunday

son day so sunday is the last day of the

weekend usually sunday tends to be a

more relaxing day so we’re kind of

recharging a little bit and taking it

easy Sunday morning breakfast

Sunday morning breakfast

do so do is used when we’re referring to

some kind of activity we’re making

something happen we are taking care of

something do homework

do homework

go so the verb go means to move from one

place to another place we use this when

we’re traveling or maybe even when we’re

talking about someplace we would like to

go or like to travel to go to the park

go to the park

hello

hello is the most basic greeting that

you can use you can use it with your

friends with your family members with

your coworkers any time of day is fine

hello how have you been hello how have

you been

hello how have you been

excuse me excuse me

excuse me so excuse me is the expression

you can use when you bump into somebody

or when you need to interrupt somebody

who’s working on something it’s a nice

like apology expression to use excuse me

how much is this excuse me how much is

this

excuse me how much is this

I’m sorry

I’m sorry so we use I’m sorry in cases

where we make a mistake so I did

something wrong or I did something bad I

use I’m sorry to apologize I’m sorry it

was a typo

I’m sorry it was a typo I’m sorry it was

a typo good night

goodnight

good night so good night is the

expression we use at the end of the day

when we want to say goodbye to someone

or when we want to wish our family

members a good night of sleep good night

grandma good night grandma

good night grandma

nice to meet you nice to meet you

nice to meet you so nice to meet you is

the expression we use the first time we

meet someone we don’t use this like the

second or the third time we see someone

only for the first time please come in

nice to meet you

please come in nice to meet you

please come in nice to meet you how are

you how are you

how are you so how are you is used as a

very general greeting when we see our

co-worker for the first time where we

see a classmate for the first time we

ask how are you meaning what’s your

condition right now it’s been a long

time how are you it’s been a long time

how are you

it’s been a long time how are you

yes yes yes so yes is the word we use to

agree with something or to show we think

something is good or correct you can use

yes in any of those cases yes this one

please yes this one please yes this one

please no

No so no is the opposite of yes we use

it when we want to disagree or show that

we think something is not good or is

maybe not the best option now I haven’t

eaten yet no I haven’t eaten yet no I

haven’t eaten yet

thank you thank you thank you so thank

you is used to express your appreciation

for something you can use this after you

receive a gift or someone does something

for you thank you very much for the

invitation thank you very much for the

invitation

thank you very much for the invitation

I’m I’m

I’m so I’m is the reduced form of I and

am becomes I’m make sure to clearly

pronounce that sound like when you’re

introducing yourself I’m John I’m John

I’m John

goodbye

good bye so goodbye is one way to say

like something at the end of the day

usually to say bye to someone

goodbye sounds a little bit more formal

than just by but you can use it to sound

polite good bye see you again good bye

see you again good bye see you again

bad

bad ok so bad is a word that means not

good you can use it to describe

something you don’t like or that you

think is inappropriate be careful of bad

people be careful of bad people be

careful of bad people

good

good so good is the opposite of bad you

can use it when you want to express that

you like something or that you think

something is positive my teacher is a

good person my teacher is a good person

my teacher is a good person

pretty

pretty so pretty is used to describe

someone or some things physical

appearance something that we think is

beautiful I have a pretty girlfriend I

have a pretty girlfriend I have a pretty

girlfriend

ugly ugly ugly so ugly is the opposite

of pretty we use this word to describe

something that we think is not pleasing

or is unpleasant ugly face ugly face

ugly face

easy easy easy so easy is used to talk

about something that is not difficult

it’s maybe something that’s simple to do

easy exam easy exam easy exam difficult

difficult difficult so difficult to

describe something that is hard or

something that is challenging to do

difficult problem difficult problem

difficult problem

near

near near is used to talk about

something that is close to us it’s

something that we can go to quickly and

easily I live near the university I live

near the university I live near the

university

far far far so far is the opposite of

near far means something that is a great

distance from something else there’s

like a long way to get to something the

station is far from here the station is

far from here the station is far from

here small small small so small is the

opposite of big we use it to describe

things that are little you can use it

for concepts for objects or for people

small mistake small mistake small

mistake

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