Topic vocabulary in contrast |
| relationship (n) |
the way in which two or more people or groups behave towards each other |
What was your relationship with your mother like? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| typical (adj) |
behaving in a way that is usual for a particular person |
She responded with typical enthusiasm. |
| usual (adj) |
typical of what happens in most situations, or of what people do in most situations |
She gave us her usual polite smile. |
| ordinary (adj) |
normal or average, and not unusual or special |
It was just an ordinary Saturday morning. |
| close (adj) |
related to you directly, for example by being your parent, child, brother or sister |
All my close relatives live in Oxford. |
| near (adj) |
close to someone or something |
A group of students were standing near the entrance. |
| unknown (adj) |
if something is unknown, people do not know about it or do not know what it is |
For some unknown reason, the plane landed at the wrong airport. |
| infamous (adj) |
well known for something bad |
Capone was an infamous gangster. |
