Unit 5

International Express pre-intermediate wordlists

• advertisement (n)• advice (n)• alcohol (n)• apple (n)• aspirin (n)• attract (v)• aubergine (n)• ban (v)• beef (n)• benefit (n)• birthday (n)• boiled (adj)• breath (n) [single act of taking

air into lungs]• butter (n)• cabbage (n)

• caffeine (n)• car alarm (n)• celebration (n)• champagne (n)• character (n) [defining

features]• cheese (n)• cherry (n)• chicken breast (n)• chocolate (n)• cider (n)• citizen (n)• cognac (n)• completely (adj)• courgette (n)• crisis (n)

• cucumber (n)• cutlet (n)• cycle path (n)• delicious (adj)• dessert (n)• diet (n)• dinner (n)• disappear (v)• dish (n) [food prepared in a

particular way]• duck (n)• economic (adj)• else (adv) [e.g. ‘anything else’]

• energy (n)• excuse (n)• fast food (n)

• favourite (adj)• festival (n)• founder (n)• fresh (adj)• fried (adj)• frozen (adj)• fruit (n)• fun (n)• good for you (idiom) [having a

beneficial effect]• grape (n)• grilled (adj)• guide (n) [book giving

information]• headache (n)• health (n)• healthy (adj)

• heart (n)• horrified (adj)• hostess (n)• housework (n)• human being (n)• inexpensive (adj)• ingredient (n)• inhabitant (n)• introduce (v) [bring something

into operation/use]• invasion (n)• just (adv) [only]• keep (v) [preserve]• lamb (n) [meat]• lose (v) [e.g. ‘lose weight]

• lovely (adj)• lunch (n)• main course (n)

• make sure (v)• maximum (n)• member (n) [e.g. of a club]

• menu (n)• method (n)• microwave (n)• movement (n) [group of people

with shared aims]• neon-lit (adj)• new potatoes (n)• onion (n)• order (v)• organic (adj)• outlet (n)• pace (n) [speed]• painkiller (n) • park (n)• paté (n)

• peach (n)• pear (n)• pepper (n) •

philosophy (n) [set of beliefs]

• physical (adj)• pleased (adj)• pork (n)• prawn (n)• promise (v)• promote (v) [encourage]• protect (v)• protest (n)• psychologist (n)• publish (v)• quality (n)• quality of life (idiom)

• recommend (v)• reduce (v)• relaxation (n)• roast (adj)• salad (n)• salmon (n)• sandwich (n)• seafood (n)• secret (n)• selection (n)• serve (v) [provide food]• serving (n) [portion of food]

• skill (n)• slow down (v)• smoked (adj)• sociable (adj) • sole (n) [kind of fish]

• square (n) • starter (n) [first course of a

meal]• statement (n)• strawberry (n)• stress (n)• tip (n) [piece of advice]• tradition (n)• true (adj) • tuna (n)

• unique (adj)• vegetable (n)• waiter (n)• waitress (n)• way of life (idiom)• website (n)• weekend (n)• weight (n)• work it out (idiom)• yoghurt (n)