Master English Vocabulary: Key Terms & Phrases
Essential English Vocabulary for Diverse Topics
Phrasal Verbs
- Tell off: To scold
- Bring along: To bring
- Break out: To erupt
- Go out: To go out
- Come down with: To get sick
- Sign up for: To register
- Come on: To turn on
- Meet up: To meet
- Turn up: To appear
- Stand up: To stand up
- Make up: To invent
- Go on: Happening
- Give in: To surrender
- Take over: To replace
- Call for: To call for
- Get at: Reaching
- Take on: To hire people
- Log on: To log in
- Pick up: To pick up
- Eat up: To devour
- Give up: To quit something
- Cut back on: To reduce
- Work on: To work on something
- Turn down: To reject
- Keep up with: To keep pace
- Weigh up: To consider options
- Go for: To opt for
- Heat up: To warm up
- Cut down: To reduce
- Put forward: To make a bet
- Get across: To manage to transmit something
- Get around: To travel
- Check out: To obtain information
- Check in: To register
- Run into: To meet unexpectedly
- Stay out: To return later than normal
- Fill up: To fill up
Theater Terms
- Applaud
- Audience
- Box office
- Catapulted
- Dimmed: Attenuated
- Encore: “Another”
- Highlight: To highlight
- Household name: Celebrity
- Iconic
- Limelight: Light focus
- Ovation
- Performer
- Row: Row
- Spotlight: To highlight
- Wings: Stage wings
Book Adjectives
- Best-selling: Popular
- Cutting-edge: Modern
- Full-length: Not shortened
- Mind-numbing: Boring
- Page-turning: Wanting to keep reading
- Quick-witted: Thinking fast
- Rib-tickling: Make you laugh
- Run-of-the-mill: Boring
- State-of-the-art: Modern
- Tear-jerking: Makes you cry
- Top-quality: Best standard
- Wheelchair friendly: Suitable for disabled people
Types of Literature
- Biography
- Fairy tale: Fairy tale
- Graphic novel
- Historical novel
- Myth: Myths
- Play
- Poetry book
- Satire
- Self-help book
- Short story
- Travel literature
- Author
- Characters: Characters
- Creator
- Director
- Main character
- Setting
- Type of fiction
Adverbs of Time
- Continuously
- Currently
- Eventually
- Gradually
- Lastly
- Lately
- Occasionally
- Previously
- Recently
- Suddenly
Business and Finance
- The job market: Labor market
- Management: Management
- Marketing: Marketing
- A market researcher: Market research
- Market share: Market share
- On the market
- Qualifications
- Salary
- Stock market: Stock market
- Dead-end: Dead end
- Employer: The one who hires
- Loss
- Make a fortune
- Part-time job
- Get the sack: To be fired
- Unemployment: Unemployed
- A good head for business: Good business leader
- Go out of business
- Mean business: Serious business
- Open for business
- Run your own business: Run your own business
- Start up a business
- Calculate
- Charge
- Count
- Estimate
- Organize
- Pay
- Spend
- Value
Health
- Digestive system: Digestive system
- Eye infection
- Health service
- Heart attack
- Migraine
- Overweight
- Prescription
- Stroke: Stroke
Environment
- Air pollution
- Coal: Coal
- Deforestation
- Gas
- Global warming
- Nuclear power
- Oil
- Solar panels
- Waste: To waste
- Wind turbines
Air Travel
- Aircraft: Airplane
- Arrivals: Arrivals
- Boarding gate: Boarding gate
- Boarding pass: Boarding pass
- Cabin
- Carry-on luggage: Carry-on luggage
- Check-in desk: Check-in desk
- Connection
- Crew
- Customs: Customs
- Departures lounge: Shop
- Terminal
- Direct
- First class
- International
- Non-stop
- Single
- Shuttle: Airport shuttle
Tourism
- Accommodation
- Cruise
- Fauna
- Local dishes
- Market stall
- Scenery: Landscape
- Seaside: Sea
- Vegetation
- Waterfall
- Breathtaking: Awesome
- Colourful
- Exotic
- Lush: Luxurious
- Luxury: Luxury
- Mouth-watering: Mouth-watering
- Picturesque
- Scenic
- Unspoilt: Virgin ecosystem
- Tour
- Travel
- Trip: Short trip
- Voyage: Long trip