Frequency lists
Start with the words people say most
- 01The Core Speaking Words“I know most of these words. Now I'm learning to use them.”
- 02Word Families“When I learn a word, I learn its family too.”
- 03The Most Useful Nouns“I'm collecting the nouns I use every day.”
- 04The Most Useful Verbs“Verbs move a sentence. I'm learning the ones I need.”
- 05The Most Useful Adjectives“I want more words than good, bad and nice.”
- 06The Most Useful Adverbs“Actually, I'm getting better at this, slowly.”
- 07Pronouns“I use these words in almost every sentence.”
- 08Prepositions“In, on and at are small words, but I'm learning them properly.”
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Each page shows the words that go with it (make a decision, strong coffee) with a sentence and audio for each.
A
- a
- ability
- able
- about
- above
- abroad
- absolutely
- abuse
- accept
- acceptable
- access
- accident
- according
- account
- accurate
- accuse
- achieve
- acquire
- across
- act
- action
- active
- activity
- actor
- actual
- actually
- ad
- adapt
- add
- addition
- additional
- address
- adjust
- administration
- administrative
- admire
- admit
- adopt
- adult
- advance
- advanced
- advantage
- advertising
- advice
- affair
- affect
- afford
- afraid
- after
- afternoon
- again
- against
- age
- agency
- agent
- aggressive
- ago
- agree
- agreement
- ahead
- air
- airline
- airport
- alarm
- alcohol
- alive
- all
- allow
- almost
- alone
- along
- already
- also
- alternative
- although
- altogether
- always
- amazing
- ambition
- among
- amount
- an
- analysis
- analyst
- anger
- angle
- angry
- animal
- announce
- annual
- another
- answer
- anticipate
- anxiety
- anxious
- any
- anybody
- anyone
- anything
- anyway
- anywhere
- apart
- apartment
- apologize
- appeal
- appear
- appearance
- apple
- application
- apply
- appointment
- appreciate
- approach
- appropriate
- approve
- are
- area
- argue
- argument
- arise
- arm
- army
- around
- arrival
- arrive
- art
- article
- as
- aside
- ask
- asleep
- aspect
- assignment
- assist
- assistance
- assistant
- associate
- association
- assume
- assumption
- assure
- at
- atmosphere
- attach
- attack
- attempt
- attend
- attention
- attitude
- attract
- audience
- author
- automatic
- automatically
- available
- average
- avoid
- award
- aware
- awareness
- away
B
- baby
- back
- background
- bad
- bag
- bake
- balance
- ball
- band
- bank
- bar
- base
- baseball
- basic
- basically
- basis
- basket
- bat
- bath
- bathroom
- battle
- be
- beach
- bear
- beat
- beautiful
- because
- become
- bed
- bedroom
- been
- beer
- before
- begin
- beginning
- behave
- behind
- being
- believe
- bell
- belong
- below
- belt
- bench
- bend
- benefit
- best
- bet
- better
- between
- beyond
- bicycle
- bid
- big
- bike
- bill
- bird
- birth
- birthday
- bit
- bite
- bitter
- black
- blame
- blank
- blind
- block
- blood
- blow
- blue
- board
- boat
- body
- bone
- bonus
- book
- boot
- border
- boring
- born
- borrow
- boss
- both
- bother
- bottle
- bottom
- bowl
- box
- boy
- boyfriend
- brain
- branch
- brave
- bread
- break
- breakfast
- breast
- breath
- brick
- bridge
- brief
- briefly
- bright
- brilliant
- bring
- broad
- brother
- brown
- brush
- buddy
- budget
- bug
- build
- building
- bunch
- burn
- bus
- business
- busy
- but
- button
- buy
- buyer
- by
C
- cabinet
- cable
- cake
- calculate
- calendar
- call
- calm
- camera
- camp
- campaign
- can
- cancel
- cancer
- candidate
- candle
- candy
- cap
- capable
- capital
- car
- card
- care
- career
- careful
- carefully
- carpet
- carry
- case
- cash
- cat
- catch
- category
- cause
- celebrate
- celebration
- cell
- certain
- certainly
- chain
- chair
- challenge
- champion
- championship
- chance
- change
- channel
- chapter
- character
- charge
- charity
- chart
- cheap
- check
- cheek
- chemical
- chemistry
- chest
- chicken
- child
- childhood
- chip
- chocolate
- choice
- choose
- church
- cigarette
- city
- civil
- claim
- class
- classic
- classroom
- clean
- clear
- clearly
- clerk
- click
- client
- climate
- clock
- close
- closed
- closely
- closet
- clothes
- cloud
- club
- clue
- coach
- coast
- coat
- code
- coffee
- cold
- collar
- collect
- collection
- college
- combination
- combine
- come
- comfort
- comfortable
- command
- comment
- commercial
- commission
- commit
- committee
- common
- communicate
- communication
- community
- company
- compare
- comparison
- compete
- competition
- competitive
- complain
- complaint
- complete
- completely
- complex
- complicated
- comprehensive
- computer
- concentrate
- concept
- concern
- concerned
- concerning
- concert
- conclusion
- condition
- conference
- confidence
- confident
- confirm
- conflict
- confusion
- connect
- connection
- conscious
- consequence
- consider
- consideration
- consist
- consistent
- constant
- constantly
- construction
- consult
- contact
- contain
- content
- contest
- context
- continue
- contract
- contribute
- contribution
- control
- conversation
- convert
- convince
- cook
- cookie
- cool
- copy
- corner
- correct
- cost
- could
- count
- counter
- country
- county
- couple
- courage
- course
- court
- cousin
- cover
- cow
- crack
- craft
- crash
- crazy
- cream
- create
- creative
- credit
- crew
- critical
- criticism
- criticize
- cross
- cry
- cultural
- culture
- cup
- curious
- currency
- current
- currently
- curve
- customer
- cut
- cute
- cycle
D
- daily
- damage
- dance
- dangerous
- dare
- dark
- data
- database
- date
- daughter
- day
- dead
- deal
- dealer
- dear
- death
- debate
- debt
- decent
- decide
- decision
- deep
- deeply
- definitely
- definition
- degree
- delay
- deliberately
- deliver
- delivery
- demand
- department
- departure
- depend
- dependent
- deposit
- depression
- depth
- describe
- description
- deserve
- design
- designer
- desire
- desk
- desperate
- despite
- destroy
- detail
- detailed
- determine
- develop
- development
- device
- devil
- diamond
- die
- diet
- differ
- difference
- different
- difficult
- difficulty
- dig
- dimension
- dinner
- direct
- direction
- directly
- director
- dirt
- dirty
- disagree
- disappointed
- disaster
- discipline
- discount
- discover
- discuss
- discussion
- disease
- dish
- disk
- display
- distance
- distinct
- distribute
- distribution
- district
- divide
- do
- doctor
- document
- does
- dog
- door
- dot
- double
- doubt
- down
- downtown
- draft
- drag
- drama
- dramatic
- draw
- drawer
- drawing
- dream
- dress
- drink
- drive
- driver
- drop
- drunk
- dry
- due
- dump
- during
- dust
- duty
E
- each
- ear
- early
- earn
- earth
- ease
- easily
- east
- eastern
- easy
- eat
- economics
- economy
- edge
- editor
- education
- educational
- effect
- effective
- effectively
- efficiency
- efficient
- effort
- egg
- either
- election
- electrical
- electronic
- elevator
- else
- elsewhere
- embarrassed
- emergency
- emotion
- emotional
- emphasis
- emphasize
- employ
- employee
- employer
- employment
- empty
- enable
- encourage
- encouraging
- end
- energy
- engage
- engine
- engineer
- engineering
- enhance
- enjoy
- enough
- ensure
- enter
- entertainment
- enthusiasm
- entire
- entrance
- entry
- environment
- environmental
- equal
- equally
- equipment
- equivalent
- error
- escape
- especially
- essay
- essentially
- establish
- establishment
- estate
- estimate
- even
- evening
- event
- eventually
- ever
- every
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- everywhere
- evidence
- exact
- exactly
- exam
- examination
- examine
- example
- excellent
- except
- exchange
- excitement
- exciting
- excuse
- exercise
- exist
- existing
- exit
- expand
- expect
- expensive
- experience
- experienced
- expert
- explain
- explanation
- explore
- expose
- express
- expression
- extend
- extension
- extent
- external
- extra
- extreme
- extremely
- eye
F
- face
- fact
- factor
- fail
- failure
- fair
- fairly
- fall
- false
- familiar
- family
- famous
- fan
- far
- farm
- farmer
- fast
- fat
- father
- fault
- fear
- feature
- federal
- fee
- feed
- feedback
- feel
- feeling
- female
- few
- field
- fight
- figure
- file
- fill
- film
- final
- finally
- finance
- financial
- find
- finding
- fine
- finger
- finish
- fire
- firm
- first
- fish
- fishing
- fit
- fix
- fixed
- flat
- flight
- floor
- flow
- flower
- fly
- focus
- fold
- follow
- following
- food
- foot
- football
- for
- force
- foreign
- forever
- forget
- form
- formal
- former
- forth
- fortune
- forward
- foundation
- frame
- free
- freedom
- frequent
- frequently
- fresh
- friend
- friendly
- friendship
- from
- front
- fruit
- fuel
- full
- fully
- fun
- function
- funeral
- funny
- future
G
- gain
- game
- gap
- garage
- garbage
- garden
- gas
- gate
- gather
- gear
- gene
- general
- generally
- generate
- gently
- get
- gift
- girl
- girlfriend
- give
- glad
- glass
- global
- glove
- go
- goal
- god
- gold
- golf
- good
- government
- grab
- grade
- grand
- grandfather
- grandmother
- grass
- great
- greatly
- green
- grocery
- gross
- ground
- group
- grow
- growth
- guarantee
- guard
- guess
- guest
- guidance
- guide
- guilty
- guitar
- guy
H
- habit
- had
- hair
- half
- hall
- hand
- handle
- hang
- happen
- happy
- hard
- hardly
- harm
- has
- hat
- hate
- have
- head
- health
- healthy
- hear
- hearing
- heart
- heat
- heavy
- height
- hell
- hello
- help
- helpful
- her
- here
- herself
- hesitate
- hide
- high
- highlight
- highly
- highway
- him
- himself
- hire
- his
- historian
- historical
- history
- hit
- hold
- hole
- holiday
- home
- homework
- honest
- honestly
- honey
- hook
- hope
- hopefully
- horror
- horse
- hospital
- host
- hot
- hotel
- hour
- house
- housing
- how
- however
- huge
- human
- hungry
- hunt
- hurry
- hurt
- husband
I
- I
- ice
- idea
- ideal
- identify
- if
- ignore
- ill
- illegal
- illustrate
- image
- imagination
- imagine
- immediate
- immediately
- impact
- implement
- imply
- importance
- important
- impossible
- impress
- impression
- impressive
- improve
- improvement
- incident
- include
- including
- income
- incorporate
- increase
- independence
- independent
- indicate
- indication
- individual
- industry
- inevitable
- inflation
- influence
- inform
- informal
- information
- initial
- initially
- initiative
- injury
- inner
- insect
- inside
- insist
- inspection
- inspector
- install
- instance
- instead
- instruction
- insurance
- intelligent
- intend
- intention
- interaction
- interest
- interested
- interesting
- internal
- international
- internet
- interview
- into
- introduce
- introduction
- invest
- investigate
- investment
- invite
- involve
- involved
- iron
- island
- issue
- it
- item
- its
- itself
J
K
L
- lab
- lack
- ladder
- lady
- lake
- land
- landscape
- language
- large
- last
- late
- later
- latter
- laugh
- law
- lawyer
- lay
- layer
- lead
- leader
- leadership
- leading
- league
- learn
- least
- leather
- leave
- lecture
- left
- leg
- legal
- length
- less
- lesson
- let
- letter
- level
- library
- lie
- life
- lift
- light
- like
- likely
- limit
- limited
- line
- link
- lip
- list
- listen
- literally
- literature
- little
- live
- living
- load
- loan
- local
- location
- lock
- log
- logical
- lonely
- long
- look
- loose
- lose
- loss
- lost
- lot
- loud
- love
- low
- lower
- luck
- lucky
- lunch
M
- machine
- mad
- magazine
- main
- mainly
- maintain
- maintenance
- major
- make
- male
- mall
- man
- manage
- management
- manager
- manner
- manufacturer
- manufacturing
- many
- map
- march
- mark
- market
- marketing
- marriage
- married
- marry
- massive
- master
- match
- mate
- material
- math
- matter
- maximum
- may
- maybe
- me
- meal
- mean
- meaning
- measurement
- meat
- media
- medical
- medicine
- medium
- meet
- meeting
- member
- membership
- memory
- mental
- mention
- menu
- merely
- mess
- message
- metal
- method
- middle
- midnight
- might
- milk
- mind
- mine
- minimum
- minor
- minute
- mirror
- miss
- mission
- mistake
- mix
- mixed
- mixture
- mobile
- mode
- model
- mom
- moment
- money
- monitor
- month
- mood
- more
- moreover
- morning
- mortgage
- most
- mostly
- mother
- motor
- mountain
- mouse
- mouth
- move
- movie
- much
- mud
- muscle
- music
- must
- my
- myself
N
O
- object
- objective
- obligation
- obtain
- obvious
- obviously
- occasion
- occasionally
- occur
- odd
- off
- offer
- office
- officer
- official
- often
- oil
- ok
- old
- on
- once
- only
- open
- opening
- operate
- operation
- opinion
- opportunity
- opposite
- option
- orange
- order
- ordinary
- organization
- organize
- organized
- original
- originally
- other
- otherwise
- ought
- ourselves
- out
- outcome
- outside
- oven
- over
- overall
- overcome
- owe
- own
- owner
P
- pace
- pack
- package
- page
- pain
- paint
- painting
- pair
- panic
- paper
- parent
- park
- parking
- part
- participate
- particular
- partner
- party
- pass
- passage
- passenger
- passion
- past
- path
- patience
- patient
- pattern
- pause
- pay
- payment
- peace
- peak
- pen
- penalty
- pension
- people
- percentage
- perception
- perfect
- perfectly
- perform
- performance
- period
- permission
- permit
- person
- personal
- personality
- personally
- perspective
- persuade
- phase
- philosophy
- phone
- photo
- phrase
- physical
- physically
- physics
- piano
- pick
- picture
- pie
- piece
- pin
- pipe
- pitch
- pizza
- place
- plan
- plane
- plant
- plastic
- plate
- platform
- play
- player
- pleasant
- please
- pleased
- pleasure
- plenty
- plus
- poem
- poet
- poetry
- point
- police
- policy
- political
- politics
- pollution
- pool
- poor
- pop
- popular
- population
- position
- positive
- possess
- possession
- possibility
- possible
- possibly
- post
- pot
- potato
- potential
- pound
- pour
- power
- powerful
- practical
- practice
- pray
- prefer
- preference
- pregnant
- preparation
- prepare
- presence
- present
- presentation
- president
- press
- pressure
- pretend
- pretty
- prevent
- previous
- previously
- price
- pride
- priest
- primarily
- primary
- principle
- prior
- priority
- private
- prize
- probably
- problem
- procedure
- process
- produce
- product
- profession
- professional
- professor
- profile
- profit
- program
- progress
- project
- promise
- promotion
- prompt
- proof
- proper
- properly
- property
- proposal
- propose
- proposed
- protect
- protection
- proud
- prove
- provide
- provided
- psychological
- psychology
- public
- pull
- punch
- purchase
- pure
- purple
- purpose
- pursue
- push
- put
Q
R
- race
- radio
- rain
- raise
- range
- rare
- rarely
- rate
- rather
- ratio
- raw
- reach
- react
- reaction
- read
- readily
- reading
- ready
- real
- realistic
- reality
- realize
- really
- reason
- reasonable
- receive
- recent
- recently
- reception
- recipe
- recognition
- recognize
- recommend
- recommendation
- record
- recording
- recover
- red
- reduce
- refer
- reference
- reflect
- reflection
- refrigerator
- refuse
- region
- register
- regret
- regular
- regularly
- relate
- related
- relation
- relationship
- relative
- relatively
- relax
- release
- relevant
- relief
- relieve
- rely
- remain
- remaining
- remarkable
- remember
- remind
- remote
- remove
- rent
- repair
- repeat
- replace
- replacement
- reply
- report
- represent
- representative
- republic
- reputation
- request
- require
- requirement
- research
- reserve
- resident
- resist
- resolution
- resolve
- resort
- resource
- respect
- respond
- response
- responsibility
- responsible
- rest
- restaurant
- result
- retain
- retire
- return
- reveal
- revenue
- review
- revolution
- reward
- rice
- rich
- ride
- right
- ring
- rip
- rise
- risk
- river
- road
- rock
- role
- roll
- roof
- room
- rope
- rough
- roughly
- round
- routine
- row
- royal
- rub
- ruin
- rule
- run
- rush
S
- sad
- safe
- safety
- sail
- salad
- salary
- sale
- salt
- same
- sample
- sand
- sandwich
- satisfaction
- save
- savings
- say
- scale
- scared
- scene
- schedule
- scheme
- school
- science
- score
- scratch
- screen
- screw
- script
- sea
- search
- season
- seat
- second
- secret
- secretary
- section
- sector
- secure
- security
- see
- seek
- seem
- select
- selection
- self
- sell
- send
- senior
- sense
- sensitive
- sentence
- separate
- series
- serious
- seriously
- serve
- service
- session
- set
- setting
- settle
- several
- severe
- sex
- sexual
- shake
- shall
- shame
- shape
- share
- sharp
- she
- shelter
- shift
- shine
- ship
- shirt
- shock
- shoe
- shoot
- shop
- shopping
- short
- shot
- should
- shoulder
- show
- shower
- shut
- sick
- side
- sign
- signal
- signature
- significance
- significant
- significantly
- silly
- silver
- similar
- similarly
- simple
- simply
- since
- sing
- singer
- single
- sink
- sir
- sister
- sit
- site
- situation
- size
- skill
- skin
- skirt
- sky
- sleep
- slice
- slide
- slight
- slightly
- slip
- slow
- slowly
- small
- smart
- smell
- smile
- smoke
- smooth
- snow
- so
- society
- sock
- soft
- software
- soil
- solid
- solution
- solve
- some
- somebody
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- son
- song
- soon
- sorry
- sort
- sound
- soup
- source
- south
- southern
- space
- spare
- speak
- speaker
- special
- specialist
- specific
- specifically
- specify
- speech
- speed
- spell
- spend
- spirit
- spiritual
- spite
- split
- sport
- spot
- spray
- spread
- spring
- square
- stable
- staff
- stage
- stand
- standard
- star
- start
- state
- statement
- station
- status
- stay
- steak
- steal
- step
- stick
- still
- stock
- stomach
- stop
- storage
- store
- storm
- story
- straight
- strain
- strange
- stranger
- strategy
- street
- strength
- stress
- stretch
- strict
- strike
- string
- strip
- stroke
- strong
- strongly
- structure
- struggle
- student
- studio
- study
- stuff
- stupid
- style
- subject
- submit
- substance
- substantial
- succeed
- success
- successful
- successfully
- such
- suck
- sudden
- suddenly
- suffer
- sufficient
- sugar
- suggest
- suggestion
- suit
- suitable
- summer
- sun
- super
- supermarket
- supply
- support
- suppose
- sure
- surgery
- surprise
- surprised
- surround
- survey
- survive
- suspect
- suspicious
- sweet
- swim
- swimming
- swing
- switch
- sympathy
- system
T
- table
- tackle
- take
- tale
- talk
- tall
- tank
- tap
- target
- task
- taste
- tax
- tea
- teach
- teacher
- teaching
- team
- tear
- technical
- technology
- telephone
- television
- tell
- temperature
- temporary
- tend
- tennis
- tension
- term
- terrible
- terribly
- test
- text
- than
- thank
- thanks
- that
- the
- their
- them
- theme
- themselves
- then
- theory
- there
- therefore
- these
- they
- thick
- thin
- thing
- think
- this
- those
- though
- thought
- throat
- through
- throughout
- throw
- thus
- ticket
- tie
- tight
- till
- time
- tiny
- tip
- tired
- title
- today
- toe
- together
- tomorrow
- tone
- tongue
- tonight
- too
- tool
- tooth
- top
- topic
- total
- totally
- touch
- tough
- tour
- tourist
- towards
- towel
- tower
- town
- track
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