Life Intermediate Wordlist  Unit 11

11 Connections
Page 129 entertainment  /ˌentə(r)ˈteɪnmənt/ Noun
entertainment is things that give people pleasure,
bookmark  /ˈbʊkˌmɑː(r)k/ Verb like films, concerts, television, etc
if you bookmark a page on the internet, you create a series of concerts and other entertainment | there’s
a link to it so that you can find it again very quickly plenty of entertainment in the evenings | a home
and easily entertainment centre (a large TV with good quality
don’t forget to bookmark our page | I forgot to pictures and sound) | the village was really quiet and
bookmark it and I can’t find it now | it’s easy to there was no entertainment for the children | the
bookmark the page – just click here | I’ll bookmark airline offers in-flight entertainment (films you can
your blog and make sure I read it next week | I’m watch during a plane journey)
going to bookmark this recipe Adjective: entertaining | Verb: entertain | Noun:
Noun: bookmark entertainer
I currently have over 300 bookmarks! | a list of an entertaining speech | we had an entertaining
bookmarks | you should sort your bookmarks into evening at the theatre | he entertained the children
categories with stories and songs | a singer entertained the
audience until the star appeared on stage | Edwards
catch up  /kæʧ ʌp/ Phrasal verb
was a popular entertainer who sold millions of
if you catch up with something, you find out the
records | she is a great entertainer and a great singer
latest information about it
catch up with something | catch up on something feature  /ˈfiːtʃə(r)/ Noun
I catch up with the news at weekends | she caught a feature is a newspaper article or a TV programme
up with the latest gossip about Hollywood | I need to that deals with a topic in a lot of detail
catch up on what’s been happening in parliament the features editor for a national newspaper | it
took three weeks to do the research for the feature
celebrity  /səˈlebrəti/ Noun in tomorrow’s paper | I bought the magazine on
a celebrity is a famous person in entertainment or Tuesday but didn’t read the features pages till
sport Saturday
the newspaper carries a lot of celebrity news | he
became an international celebrity | using celebrities gossip  /ˈɡɒsɪp/ Noun uncount
to advertise products is nothing new | she’s supposed gossip is talking about things in a not very serious
to be a celebrity but I’ve never heard of her way, often about personal things to do with other
people that might not be true. In a newspaper or
click  /klɪk/ Verb magazine, a gossip column includes short articles
if you click on something on a computer screen, you about the private lives of famous people such as
press a button on the mouse to make the computer actors or singers
do something, for example to open a new document I try not to get involved in office gossip | this wasn’t
or page on a website idle gossip (probably untrue), it was absolutely true |
right-click | left-click | double-click her divorce was in all the gossip columns | a celebrity
click on the link to see a video of the event | click gossip site (on the internet) | he enjoys spreading
on the little x to close the application | click “yes” gossip whenever he can
to continue | if you right-click, you will get a list of Verb: gossip | Noun: gossip
options (click the button on the right-hand side of gossip about someone or something
the mouse) | double-click the file name to open the
they’re always gossiping about the boss’s husband |
document (click twice)
we can’t spend all day gossiping – I’m going back to
Noun: click work | the village gossip (someone in a village who is
it takes about six clicks to get to the right page on always gossiping)
the website | and with one click of the mouse, he
shut down the computer live stream  /ˌlaɪv striːm/ Noun
a stream is a broadcast of a TV programme over the
current affairs  /ˈkʌrənt əˈfeəz/ Noun plural Internet. A live stream is one that is made available
current affairs are stories in newspapers, TV as it happens and so is live rather than being a
documentaries etc., about important facts, events recording
and activities relating to politics and economics that there are live streams of news programmes all day
are happening in the world at the moment long | over one million people logged in to watch
I enjoy watching current affairs programmes on TV the live stream | I saw the live stream on my phone |
| a current affairs journalist | do you follow current the live stream will begin in 20 minutes
affairs? | a weekly current affairs magazine | current Verb: live stream | Adjective: live-streamed
affairs never interested me when I was younger

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they’re going to live stream the boxing match on Pages 134-135

Saturday night | the whole event was live-streamed
access  /ˈækses/ Noun uncount
society  /səˈsaɪəti/ Noun uncount access to somewhere or something is the fact of
society is used to refer to people who are being able to go there or use it
fashionable and well-known, and who are written access to something
about in newspapers and magazines they charged a lot for internet access in the hotel
she’s always appearing in the society pages of the room | access to the car park is via a staircase | the
Times | a society hostess (a woman who often has library provides access to thousands of books | access
parties of rich and famous people) is limited to employees only | a hotel that offers free
wi-fi access
Pages 132–133 Verb: access | Adjective: accessible
blog  /blɒɡ/ Noun the information can be instantly accessed and
a blog is a page or set of pages on a website where easily examined | guests can access several tennis
someone writes short articles about a particular courts and the swimming pool | the club’s website is
subject and where other people can add comments accessible to everyone
his blog is read by thousands of people | I always affairs  /əˈfeəz/ Noun plural
read her blog before I start work in the morning | affairs are important facts, events and activities
a blog post (a single article on the blog) | a political relating to the government, economy, etc., of a
blog (a blog about politics) | a food blog (a blog particular place
about food)
foreign affairs | local affairs
Noun: blogger | Verb: blog
he’s actively involved in community and local
he’s a very active political blogger (who writes affairs | she’s an expert in foreign affairs (political/
about politics) | a fashion blogger (who writes about economic events in other countries) | international
fashion) law prohibits nations from interfering in the internal
affairs of other countries | Britain has played a
eclipse  /ɪˈklɪps/ Noun
significant role in international affairs
when there is an eclipse of the sun, the moon passes
between the sun and the Earth and stops the light affordable  /əˈfɔː(r)dəb(ə)l/ Adjective
from the sun reaching the Earth. if something is affordable, it has a reasonable price
tomorrow’s eclipse will start at 17:47 and last for that is not too expensive, so most people would be
about half an hour | have you ever seen an eclipse? able to buy it
| the eclipse will be visible from the northern half of affordable housing
Scotland | the last eclipse of the sun was three years
mobile phones are an example of affordable
ago
technology | they’re looking for an affordable flat
instant messaging  /ˈɪnstənt ˈmɛsɪʤɪŋ/ Noun uncount | there isn’t enough affordable housing in the city |
instant messaging is when you can send short pieces good quality products at affordable prices | health
of text to another person who sees what you have insurance simply isn’t affordable for people on low
written immediately and can send a reply straight away wages
the device allows emailing and instant messaging | Verb: afford
instant messaging lets you stay connected wherever we can’t afford a holiday abroad on my salary
you are | instant messaging is more efficient than
long strings of emails benefit  /ˈbenɪfɪt/ Noun
a benefit is something that is good or useful that you
Noun: instant message | Verb: instant message
get from something
users can send instant messages whenever they are
better Internet access will be a great benefit to the
logged on | he instant messaged me as soon as he
village | one of the benefits of working from home is
got back home
that you don’t waste time travelling twice a day | the
search engine  /sɜːʧ ˈɛnʤɪn/ Noun health benefits of swimming | the new arrangement
a search engine is computer software that helps you will be of benefit to everyone in the community | this
find documents and websites on the Internet change brought no benefit to most of the students
we’re developing a faster search engine | Google is Verb: benefit | Adjective: beneficial
the search engine that most people use | most search prove beneficial | highly beneficial
engines put our site at the top of their results we believe the new policy will benefit everyone,
not just the rich | the children benefit greatly from
social media  /ˈsəʊʃəl ˈmiːdiə/ Noun uncount
having so much space to play in outside | there are
social media is apps such as Facebook, Twitter,
many beneficial effects of eating less meat | everyone
Instagram, etc., which people use to share pictures
knows that regular exercise is beneficial to your
and send messages to each other
health | changing jobs proved highly beneficial
we chat on social media every day | my dad doesn’t
do social media (doesn’t use it) | social media is very
useful for keeping in touch

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debate  /dɪˈbeɪt/ Verb a lack of something

if you debate with someone, or if you debate a there was a lack of evidence | the idea failed because
topic, you have a serious discussion about something of a lack of interest (people weren’t interested in it)
important | lack of Internet access was not the only problem in
the committee debated the proposal to raise the the village | there was no lack of excitement in the
membership fee | Mrs May refused to debate with Mr film (it was very exciting)
Corbyn during the campaign | we debated what to Verb: lack
do if we ran out of money | experts are still debating
be lacking in something
the issue and can’t reach an agreement | the plan
was debated in parliament last week he simply lacks the ability to behave properly | the
government lacks support for this latest proposal |
Noun: debate
his manager was lacking in any personal skills | the
a debate about/on something rice was well cooked but lacking in flavour
there is a debate about how to achieve better results
| we need a public debate on this subject | a heated link  /lɪŋk/ Verb
debate (in which people become angry) | a very lively if someone or something links two things, or if the
debate about climate change two things are linked, there is a connection between
them and they can communicate with each other
dial  /ˈdaɪəl/ Verb these five families were closely linked | the
if you dial a number, you enter the whole of a technology helps link communities across a wide
telephone number into your phone in order to get area | the two villages are now linked by a brand
connected to someone so that you can talk to them new road
or listen to them
Noun: link
users dial the number of the network to get to hear
a rail link between Cardiff and Aberystwyth
local stories | mobile phones store numbers so you
don’t have to dial the whole number every time | I media  /ˈmiːdiə/ Noun
think you’ve dialled the wrong number the media is television, radio, newspapers,
magazines, etc., which prepare and send out
enable  /ɪnˈeɪb(ə)l/ Verb
information and entertainment for people to watch,
to enable something to happen means to make it
listen to, or read. These are sometimes referred to
possible for that thing to happen
as traditional media. Things like the internet and
the long holiday enabled us to finish the repairs mobile phones are also examples of the media, and
to the farmhouse | good communication enabled are sometimes referred to as new media
them to increase efficiency in the office | this option
media coverage | mass media
enables you to print your ticket before going to the
airport | mobile technology enabled me to keep in I tried for months to get a job in the media | the
touch with my family while I was on the expedition election got a lot of media coverage (there were a
lot of articles or programmes about it) | she’s written
highlight  /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ Verb a book about the influence of the mass media
if someone highlights something, they talk or write (newspapers, TV, etc. that are seen by large numbers
about it in a way that draws special attention to it of people) on social attitudes | last year, there were
because they think it is an important part of what media reports that the prime minister was going
they are saying to resign | most of the news media supported the
highlight issues/concerns/areas president
psychologists highlight several stages that nearly network  /ˈnetˌwɜː(r)k/ Noun
everyone goes through | the report highlights four a network is a group of organizations that are
key trends in youth crime | the minister was right to connected and that work towards achieving the
highlight the issue | she also highlighted concerns same things
about late-night traffic noise
a current affairs network that sends news out
issue  /ˈɪʃuː/ Noun to mobile phones | the local library information
an issue is an important subject affecting society that network has 98 computers in its 23 branches
people discuss
overcome  /ˌəʊvə(r)ˈkʌm/ Verb
a controversial issue | a big/key/major issue | raise an to overcome something that is difficult means to
issue succeed in doing what you want to do by despite the
health issues | environmental issues | climate change problems that are involved
is still a rather controversial issue | immigration is a overcome an obstacle/barrier/difficulty | successfully
major issue in the current election campaign | one overcome something
of the biggest issues is education | it’s a topic which
many local communities are managing to overcome
raises a number of complex issues
the problem | even the most challenging of our
lack  /læk/ Noun singular issues were successfully overcome | our role is to
if you have a lack of something, you do not have it, help students overcome these obstacles | these
or do not have enough of it, although it would be
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translations made it possible to overcome the significance of something

language barrier | how have they tried to overcome sorry – I hadn’t grasped all that | Harry was quick to
their difficulties? grasp the situation | he didn’t grasp my meaning to
start with | she suddenly grasped the significance of
rural  /ˈrʊərəl/ Adjective
the letter | after grasping the basics of counting to
something that is rural is in the countryside or
ten, children are ready to move on to simple addition
connected to the countryside and not to do with
towns or cities Noun: grasp
they live in a small rural community | a rural it requires a firm grasp of legal language | I read
landscape | only 5% of the rural population had it three times before I got a proper grasp of the
access to the internet | we need to encourage rural proposal
development | in many rural areas there are no bus
kindergarten  /ˈkɪndə(r)ˌɡɑː(r)t(ə)n/ Noun
services | the rural economy will improve with better
a kindergarten is a school for very young children
internet access
she’s going to start kindergarten next week | after
Opposite – Adjective: urban
two years in kindergarten, I started proper school
urban areas suffer more from pollution caused by | there were 32 children in my kindergarten | the
traffic | an urban landscape (a view where there are school takes children from kindergarten through to
just buildings and roads) twelfth grade

legible  /ˈledʒəb(ə)l/ Adjective

Pages 136-137 if writing is legible, it is clear enough for you to be
app  /æp/ Noun able to read it without difficulty
an app is a piece of software that is designed for his writing isn’t very legible | the ink was so faint that
a particular purpose, especially one used on a it wasn’t legible | make sure your answers are legible
tablet computer or mobile phone. App is short for
Adverb: legibly | Noun: legibility || Opposite –
application
Adjective: illegible | Adverb: illegibly
a new dictionary app is now available | is there a free
make sure you write the address legibly on the
app? | you can download the app from our online
envelope | use black ink on white paper to help with
store | I’m having trouble installing the app | an app
legibility | his handwriting is completely illegible | she
that lets you send video as well as text
wrote her name illegibly on the back of an envelope
handle  /ˈhænd(ə)l/ Verb
mumble  /ˈmʌmb(ə)l/ Verb
if you are handling something, you are dealing with
if you mumble, you say something in a way that is
it because it is your responsibility
difficult for people to hear clearly
you’re handling those apartments, aren’t you? |
she mumbled something without raising her head
who’s handling the sale of the old factory? | I’ll do
| stop mumbling! | he doesn’t say much to other
the shopping – can you handle the cleaning this
people, but he’s often mumbling to himself | he
weekend?
didn’t answer directly, just mumbled something we
couldn’t understand
Pages 138–139 Noun: mumble
click  /klɪk/ Verb there was a low mumble of voices
if something clicks, it suddenly starts to make sense
to you recess  /rɪˈses/ Noun
in school, recess is a time during the day when
I used to hate learning French, but then I spent a
children are not in the classroom but are allowed to
month in Paris and it all clicked | once it clicked, I
play outside
wanted to learn more about it | she knew something
was wrong but it didn’t click what it was | it never recess starts at 10:30 | we’d go outside for recess | we
clicked that he was her brother’s best friend used to play the same games every recess when I was
a kid | if it was raining during recess we had to stay
grade  /ɡreɪd/ Noun in the classroom
in schools in the US, a grade is a whole year of
education. Children start in first grade, aged about swamp  /swɒmp/ Noun
six, and continue until twelfth grade, aged about 18 a swamp is an area of land that is mostly thick mud
or water. You can refer to something that is difficult
I was really young then, in first grade I think | what
to understand as a swamp
grade is she is? | he was my English teacher in fourth
grade a bureaucratic swamp (where there are too many
complicated rules) | these trees grow well near
grasp  /ɡrɑːsp/ Verb swamps
if you grasp an idea, you succeed in understanding it
well
grasp the meaning of something | grasp the

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wade  /weɪd/ Verb

if you wade through water or mud, you walk
through it
wade through something | wade across something
we had to wade across the river | they waded
through a field that was mostly mud | he waded
ashore (onto the bank of a river or the edge of a
lake)

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