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B1 Intermediate English Vocabulary
| Word | IPA | Type | Meaning | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive | /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/ | n. | A senior manager | The executive board met today. | |
| exhausted | /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/ | adj. | extremely tired | After the long hike, everyone felt exhausted. | |
| exist | /ɪɡˈzɪst/ | v. | to be real or to be present | Do you think life exists on other planets? | |
| expand | /ɪkˈspænd/ | v. | to become larger or greater | The company plans to expand next year. | |
| Expedition | /ˌɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ | n. | A journey for a specific purpose | He joined an expedition to the Arctic. | |
| Expense | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | n. | The cost required for something | Travel is a business expense. | |
| experienced | /ɪkˈspɪriənst/ | adj. | having a lot of knowledge or skill from practice | She is an experienced teacher. | |
| explode | /ɪkˈsploʊd/ | v. | to burst loudly and suddenly | The balloon exploded. | |
| Export | /ˈɛkspɔrt/ | v. | To send goods to another country | They export cars to Europe. | |
| extraordinary | /ɪkˈstrɔːrdəneri/ | adj. | very unusual or very good | It was an extraordinary day. | |
| extreme sport | /ɪkˌstriːm ˈspɔːrt/ | n. | a sport that is exciting and often dangerous | Snowboarding is an extreme sport. | |
| extremely | /ɪkˈstriːmli/ | adv. | very much | I am extremely tired. | |
| face to face | /ˌfeɪs tə ˈfeɪs/ | adv. | with people in the same place, looking at each other | We talked face to face. | |
| face-to-face | /ˌfeɪs tə ˈfeɪs/ | adj. | happening with people in the same place, looking at each other | We had a face-to-face meeting. | |
| Faculty | /ˈfæklti/ | n. | The teachers in a university | The faculty members had a meeting. | |
| Failure | /ˈfeɪljər/ | n. | The fact of someone or something not succeeding | The project was a complete failure. | |
| fairly | /ˈferli/ | adv. | to a moderate degree; quite | The test was fairly easy. | |
| fairness | /ˈfernəs/ | n. | the quality of being fair | We talked about fairness in the game. | |
| FALSE | /fɔls/ | adj. | Not true | The news story was completely false. | |
| Familiar | /fəˈmɪljər/ | adj. | Easy to recognize because of being seen or heard before | His face looks familiar. | |
| Fancy | /ˈfænsi/ | adj. | Decorative or complicated | We went to a fancy restaurant for dinner. | |
| farming | /ˈfɑːrmɪŋ/ | n. | the work of growing crops or raising animals | Farming is important in this area. | |
| farmland | /ˈfɑːrmlænd/ | n. | land used for growing crops or keeping animals | The village is surrounded by farmland. | |
| fashionable | /ˈfæʃənəbəl/ | adj. | popular in style | She wore a fashionable coat. | |
| Fasten | /ˈfæsən/ | v. | To become firmly closed or fixed | Please fasten your seatbelts. |
