Words, meanings, examples – part 1
20 essential English words with meanings and examples
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1. Afraid
Meaning: When someone is afraid, they feel fear.
Example: The woman was afraid of what she saw.
2. Agree
Meaning: To agree is to say “yes” or to think the same way.
Example: I agree with you.
3. Angry
Meaning: When someone is angry, they may want to speak loudly or fight.
Example: She didn’t do her homework, so her father is angry.
4. Arrive
Meaning: To arrive is to get to or reach some place.
Example: The bus always arrives at the corner of my street at 4:00.
5. Attack
Meaning: To attack is to try to fight or to hurt.
Example: The man with the sword attacked the other man first.
6. Bottom
Meaning: The bottom is the lowest part.
Example: The bottom of my shoe has a hole in it.
7. Clever
Meaning: When someone is clever, they can solve a hard puzzle or problem.
Example: The clever boy thought of a good idea.
8. Cruel
Meaning: When someone is cruel, they do bad things to hurt others.
Example: The cruel man yelled at his sister.
9. Finally
Meaning: If something happens finally, it happens after a longtime or at the end.
Example: He finally crossed the finish line after five hours of running.
10. Hide
Meaning: To hide is to try not to let others see you.
Example: The other children will hide while you count to 100.
11. Hunt
Meaning: To hunt is to look for or search for an animal to kill.
Example: Long ago, people hunted with bows and arrows.
12. Lot
Meaning: A lot means a large number or amount of people, animals, things, etc.
Example: There are a lot of apples in the basket.
13. Middle
Meaning: he middle of something is the center or halfway point.
Example: The Canadian flag has a maple leaf in the middle of it.
14. Moment
Meaning: A moment is a second or a very short time.
Example: I was only a few moments late for the meeting.
15. Pleased
Meaning: When someone is pleased, they are happy.
Example: She was pleased with the phone call she received.
16. Promise
Meaning: To promise is to say you will do something for sure.
Example: He promised to return my key by tomorrow.
17. Reply
Meaning: To reply is to give an answer or say back to someone.
Example: She asked him what time his meeting was. He replied, “at three.”
18. Safe
Meaning: When a person is safe, they are not in danger.
Example: Put on your seat belt in the car to be safe.
19. Trick
Meaning: A trick is something you do to fool another person.
Example: His card trick really surprised us.
20. Well
Meaning: You use well to say that something was done in a good way.
Example: The couple can dance quite well.