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Feb 1, 2022 — xiaolongbao

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Grammar
English Proficiency Tests: CEFR, CPE, SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, UNLCE
Vocabulary
Idioms
Synonyms/Antonyms
Homophones
British vs. American spelling
Slang

Grammar

Grammar Monster

Resources

Dictionary

English

CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) C2, C1, B2, B1, A2, A1 (C2 hardest)
CPE (Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency
IELTS
SAT (Scholastic Assessment Test) Assess a student's readiness for college.
TOEFL
PTE Academic (Pearson Test of English Academic)
UNLCE (United Nations Language Competitive Examinations) To work for the United Nations

Lists

Cambridge Assessment English Three types of exams: Cambridge, Linguaskill, and IELTS
Cambridge Exam Preparation
KET (Key English Test) now A2 Key

Study

Slang

Reading

Typing

Legal

Law Insider

Medical

Business

United States

50 States
US Citizenship Test

United Kingdom

British vs. American spelling
Life in the UK test (ref 1, ref 2)

Vocabulary

Basic

a, an
actor
adult
after
age
airport
alphabet
also
and
ant
any
anyone
America, American
April
Arab, Arabs, Arabian, Arabic
arm
around
as
at
August
aunt, auntie, aunts
Australia, Australian
away
baby, babies
bat
be, being, been
bee, bees
before
big, bigger, biggest
boat, boats
book, books
borrow, borrows, borrowed
boss, bossy
boy, boys
bread
brown
Brunei
bus, bussing, bussed
bust, busting, busted
buy, buys, buying, bought
can, can't
candy
car, cars
cat, cats
check, checks, checking, checked
child, children
choose, chooses, choosing, chose, chosen
coffee
corn
corner, corners, cornered
could, couldn't
cousin, cousins
cow
cup
butter
Canada
cancer
child, children
Chile, Chilean
China, Chinese
Christmas
coffee
color, coloring, colored (colour)
come, came
company
computer
copper
country
cow, cows
day, days, daily
December
Denmark, Danish
different
dinosaur, dinosaurs
do, doing, did, done
doctor
dog, dogs
dragon
dream, dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt
drink, drinks, drinking, drinked, drank, drunk
drive, drives, driving, driven, drived, drove
ear
Earth, earth
Easter
east, eastern
eat, eating, eaten, ate
eight, eighth, eighteen, eighteenth, eighty, eightieth
even
eye, eyebrow
face
fail, fails, failing, failed
family, families
far, farther, farthest, further, furthest
fast, faster, fastest
fat, fatter, fattest
father, dad
February
find, finds, finding, found
finger
fingernail
finish
first
fish
fish, fishes, fishing, fished
five, fifth, fifteen, fifteenth, fifty, fiftieth
flower
fly, flies, flying, flew, flown
follow, follows, following, followed
for
forest
fork
four, fourth, fourteen, fourteenth, forty, fortieth
fox
France, French
from
fruit
fun
fur
future
gas
gender, genders
Germany, German
giant, giants
girl, girls
glass, glasses
go, goes, going, gone, went
gold, golden
govern, governing, governed
government, governmental
govenor, governor-general
hair, hairs
hand, hands
hard, harder, hardest
has, have, having, had
he, him, his, himself
head
headache
hear, hears, hearing, heard
here
Hungary, Hungarian
hit, hitting
holiday, holidays
Hong Kong
hospital, hospitals
hundred, hundreth
I, me, my, myself
idea
in, into
India, Indian
Indonesia, Indonesian
international
it, it's, itself
January
Japan, Japanese
Jupiter
job, jobs
juice
July
jump, jumps, jumping, jumped
June
jungle
kick, kicks, kicking, kicked
kind
knife, knives
Korea (North Korea, South Korea), Korean
language, languages
learn, learns, learning, learned, learnt
left
lend, lends, lending, lent
less
liar
lie, lies, lying, lied
lip, lips
look, looks, looking, looked
love, loves, loving, loved
magic, magician
make, makes, making, made
Malaysia
man, men
mango
map, maps
March
Mars
math, maths
May
meet, meets, meeting, met
Mercury
mirror, mirrors
Mongolia
match, matches, matching, matched
milk
money
month, months, monthly
moon, moons
more
mother, mom, (mum)
mouth, mouths
Myanmar
neck, necks
need, needs, needing, needed
next
new
night, nights
nine, ninth, nineteen, nineteenth, ninety
no, not
nobody, noone
none
nothing
north, northern, northwest, northeast
November
number, numbers
nun
nurse, nurses
October
octopus, octopuses
of
oil
old
on
orange
other
own
pain
paint, paints, painting, painted
painting
park, parks, parking, parked
park
part
path, paths
pear
Philippines, Filipino
planet
play, plays, playing, played
Pluto
police
position
president
priest
project, projects
protect
public
pull, pulls, pulling, pulled
punch, punches, punching, punched
push, pushes, pushing, pushed
read, reads, reading
right
road, roads
run, runs, running, ran
Russia, Russian
same
say, says, saying, said
school, schools
science, sciences
second
see, sees, seeing, saw, seen
sell, selling, sold
September
seven, seventh, seventeen, seventeenth, seventy, seventieth
sex, sexes
she, her, hers, herself
ship, ships
shirt, shirts
shop, shops
short, shorter, shortest, shorten
should, shouldn't
shout, shouts, shouting, shouted
show, shows, showing, showed, shown
sick
silver, silvers
Singapore, Singaporean
six, sixth, sixteen, sixteenth, sixty, sixtieth
skeleton, skeletons
skin
skin, skins, skinning, skinned
slow, slower, slowest
small, smaller, smallest
somebody, someone
something
soon, sooner, soonest
space
space, spaces
spoon, spoons
spoon, spoons, spooning, spooned
stop, stops, stopping, stopped
store, stores
store, stores, storing, stored
strawberry, strawberries
student, students
study, studying, studied
south, southern, southwest, southeast
sugar, sugars
sun, suns
Taiwan, Taiwanese
talk, talks, talking, talked
tall, taller, tallest
tea, teas
tell, tells, telling, told
ten, tenth
Thailand, Thai
that, those
the
there
they, them, themself, themselves, their, they're
thin, thinner, thinnest
third, thirds
this, these
through
thousand, thousands, thousandth
three, thirteen, thirteenth, thirty, thirtieth
tire, tires, tiring, tired
to
tongue, tongues
travel, travels, traveling, traveled
train
train, trains, training, trained
tree, trees
trouble, troubles
troublesome
true, truth, truths
Tunisia, Tunisian
turkey, turkeys
Turkey
uncle, uncles
Ukraine, Ukrainian
Uzbekistan
vacation, vacations, vacationing, vacationed
Vatican
Venus
video, videos, videoing, videoed
virus, viruses, viral
voice, voices, voicing, voiced
wait, waits, waiting, waited
walk, walks, walking, walked
war, wars, warring, warred
was, wasn't
water, waters, watering, watered
way
wax
weed
week, weeks
weekend, weekends
west, western
what
wheat
when
where
white
who
why
will
win, wins, winning, won
wind
with
woman, women
wood, wooden
wool, woolen
work, works, working, worked
worry, worries, worrying, worried
would, wouldn't
write, writes, writing, written, wrote
wrong, wronged
year, yearly
Yemen
yes
yesterday
yet
you, your, you're, yourself, yourselves
young, younger, youngest
youth, youths
Zambia
zebra
Zimbabwe
zipper, zippers
zone, zones, zoning, zoned
zoo, zoos

Intermediate

accomplish, accomplishment
activism
admin, administer, administration
aerospace
afford
algebra
align
allegiance, allegiances, allegiancies
alleviate, alleviates, alleviating, alleviated
ally, allies, alliance, alliances
ammo, ammunition, ammunitions
apply, applied, application
armor
aspect
astronomy
attempt
autocrat, autocratic
automatic
autonomy, autonomize, autonomizing, autonomized
barbecue, barbeque
belittle
capable, capability
charity
chronology, chronological
commune, communize, communizing, communized, communization
communicate, communication, communication
communism, communist, communistic
community, communities
compete, competes, competing, competed, competition
complete, completion
confront, confronts, confronting, confronted, confrontation
continue, continues, continuing, continued
correct, correction
coursework / course work?
criticize
decimal
degree
delegates, delegation
delivery
dermatology, dermatologist
democracy, democracies, democratic, democratize, democratizing, democratized
despite
diagnose, diagnosis, diagnostics
dictator, dictatorship
diploma
discover, discovery
disease
economy, economic, economics, economize
educate, education
effective
eliminate
engage
engineer, engineering
essay
evolve, evolution
exchange
experience
explain
extraordinary
faraway
fellow
fellowship
flatter
frighten, frightening, frightened
generation
geography
globe, global, globalization, globalized
glory, glorious, gloriously
govern, government
grant
hands-on
honor
ideal, idealize, idealizes, idealizing, idealized
immigrate, immigration
immune, immunize, immunization
include
incredible
indicate, indication
industry
infer, infers, inferred
inferior
innoculate, innoculation
integral
integrate, integration
interactive
intern, internship
introduce, introduction
journey
lead, leading
liberal
linguistics
luxury
mangrove
menace, menacing
minor, minority
mission
navigate
necessary, necessarily
nonprofit
objective
ordinary
opportunity
outstanding
participate
particular
passion, passionate
propaganda
philosophy
planetary
politics, politician
potent
private, privacy
program (programme)
prosper, prospers, prospering, prospered, prosperity
publicity
purchase
pursue
racism, racist
raise, raises, raising, raised
range
recognize, recognition
remote
research
reside
respect
select, selection
spread, spreads, spreadding, spreadded
superior
surgeon
throughout
treatment
value
zither
zoology

Advanced

aggrandize
anathematize
antagonist
archtypal
ascetic
backbite
beguile
broadside
cajole
callous
camaraderie
clamor
cognizant
construe
decry
demogague
denigrate
disparage
disparate
eclectic
egregious
embezzlement
ephermeral
equity
gargantuan
gibes
ginormous
gratuitous
iconoclast
idiosyncratic
incumbent
iniquity
largess
libertarian
malign
multifarious
ostracism
pejorative
protagonist
pungent
putrid
savoury
slag
ubiquitous
vitriol
zenith

Proficient

abnegation
alacrity
anachronistic
animadversion
aspersions
blandishment
circumlocution
convivial
didactic
enervate
equanimity
inveterate
obdurate
solipsism

Idioms

A
above one's station	higher than one's social class or position in society. He has been educated above his station and is now ashamed of his parents' poverty. She is getting above her station since she started working in the office. She ignores her old friends in the warehouse.
above someone's head	too difficult or clever for someone to understand. The children have no idea what the new teacher is talking about. Her ideas are way above their heads. She started a physics course, but it turned out to be miles above her head.
according to one's (own) lights	according to the way one believes; according to the way one's conscience of inclinations lead one.
act the goat	deliberately to behave in a silly or eccentric way; to play the fool.
advanced in years	old; elderly.
afraid of one's own shadow	easily frightened; always frightened; timid, or suspicious.
aid and abet someone	to help someone, especially in a crime or misdeed; to incite someone to do something which is wrong.
air of sanctity (odor of sanctity)




































































































kangaroo court
tail wags the dog	where an important or powerful person, organization is being controlled by something less so.
Z
zero hour	the time at which something is due to begin; a crucial moment We'll know whether the new computer system works effectively at zero hour. The runners are getting nervous as zero hour approaches. The starter's gun will soon go off.

Slang

bums
cockroach
hooligans
monkeys

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