Mastering Daily English Vocabulary: Activities & More

Posted on Feb 12, 2025 in English

Common Daily Activities

Go clubbing: Go to clubs where there is music and dancing.
Have a lie-in: Stay in bed longer than usual in the morning.
Tidy up the house/flat: Put things back in the places where you usually keep them.
Chat to someone online: Talk to someone over the internet.

Overtime: Extra time that you work after usual hours.
A workaholic: Someone who works too much.
A deadline: The time when work must be finished.
Pressure: Difficult situations or problems that make you feel worried or unhappy.
Working conditions: Things which affect the quality of your job.

Have a dream: Have stories and pictures in your head while you are sleeping.
Fall asleep: Start sleeping.
Wake up: Stop sleeping.
Get to sleep: Start sleeping, often with some difficulty.
Get back to sleep: Start sleeping again after you have woken up.
Snore: Breathe in a very noisy way when you are sleeping.
Be fast asleep: Be completely asleep.
Be wide awake: Be completely awake.
Have insomnia: Not be able to get to sleep.
Not sleep a wink: Not sleep at all.
Have nightmares: Have frightening dreams.
Be a light/heavy sleeper: Be someone who wakes up easily / doesn’t wake up easily.
Take a nap: Have a short sleep in the day.
Doze off: Fall asleep, especially unintentionally.

Independently: Without the help of other people.
First class: The best and most expensive way to travel.
Economy class: The cheapest way to travel.
Travel light: Travel with a very small amount of luggage.
A trip: When you go to a place for a short time and then come back.
A guided tour: When you travel to lots of places in a city or country and see interesting things.
A journey: When you travel from one place to another place.
A cruise: A holiday on a ship when you sail from place to place.
A package holiday: A holiday where everything is included in the price.

A gig: A concert.
Appear: Be in a concert, film, TV, etc.
Release: Make a CD or film available for the public to buy or see.
An album: A collection of songs or pieces of music on a CD or record.
A single: CD or record that has only one main song.
A hit single: A single that is very successful and sells a lot of copies.
On tour: When a band or singer is on tour, they travel from one city to another to play concerts.
The charts: Official lists that show which singles and albums have sold the most copies each week.
Play live: Play in front of an audience.
Be onstage: Be on stage in a concert hall or a theatre.

Cure: Make someone feel better when they have an illness.
Recovery: When you feel better after an illness.
Beat: When your heart beats, it makes regular movements.
Effective: Works very well.
Pillow: Something you put your head on when you sleep.
Sap: The liquid inside plants and trees.
Mixture: a number of different things put together
A view: The things you can see from a place.
A suburb: An area where people live outside the center of the city.
Rough: A rough area is a place where there is a lot of violence and crime.
Neighborhood: A part of a town or city where people live.
A basement: A room or area below ground level under a house where you can live or work.
A cellar: A room under a house that is used for storing things.
An en-suite bathroom: A bathroom that is directly connected to a bedroom.
A fitted kitchen: A kitchen where the cooker fits exactly into the space.

Make an excuse: Give a reason to explain why you did something wrong.
Make up your mind: Make a decision.
Make progress: Get closer to achieving or finishing something.
Make a mess of something: Do something badly or make a lot of mistakes.
Make an appointment: Arrange a time and place to meet someone, like a doctor or dentist.
Do the housework: Do things like washing and cleaning.
Do someone a favor: Do something to help someone.