Hands Across the Oceans

One of the problems that students face when studying English is learning the meanings of phrasal verbs.  You will find useful lists in these websites:

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm

http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blphrasalref3.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/148_phrasalverbs/

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/

Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

1 Introduction

There are many Internet sites that deal with academic word lists. These contain information about some of the most common words used in academic and general English.

2 General List

The general service list contains some of the most used words in English. You can print out the list if you click on http://jbauman.com/gsl.html. This list is for general English and includes words that you know already.

3 Vocabulary Exercises

If you want exercises that help you learn these words, some can be found in

http://www.uefap.com/vocab/vocfram.htm and http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/%7Ealzsh3/acvocab/exercises.htm.

4 Searching for Academic Word Lists

If you need any more, type ‘academic word list’ in a search box, and see what you can find.

5 Ogden’s Basic English Word List - Alphabetic 850.

Ogden’s list contains 850 of the most common English words. Try to learn them.

http://ogden.basic-english.org/wordalph.html

6 Lextutor List

Another useful list can be found in http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/1000_families.txt.

7 Massey University List with Headwords

The Massey University list can be found on http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/headwords.shtml.

8 Selecting Vocabulary: Academic Word List

Academic Word List Coxhead (2000). The most frequent word in each family is in italics. There are 570 headwords and about 3000 words altogether. For more information see The Academic Word List. http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/. For more practice see the Compleat Lexical Tutor. http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_learn/

9 Specific Vocabulary

As well as knowing the frequent general words and the general academic words, there are two other types of words you need to know. You also need to know some of the less frequent words used in English and it is also necessary to know the specific words for your subject.

There is a list of words used in criminal law in http://www.uefap.com/vocab/select/sp_law.htm.

10 More Links and Lists

More lists can be found in the following websites:

http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/

http://www.lextutor.ca/lists_download/1000_heads.txt

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CONTEXT

CONTRACT

CREATE

DATA

DEFINITION

DERIVED

DISTRIBUTION

ECONOMIC

ENVIRONMENT

ESTABLISHED

ESTIMATE

EVIDENCE

EXPORT

FACTORS

FINANCIAL

FORMULA

FUNCTION

IDENTIFIED

INCOME

INDICATE

INDIVIDUAL

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INVOLVED

ISSUES

LABOUR

LEGAL

LEGISLATION

MAJOR

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PERCENT

PERIOD

POLICY

PRINCIPLE

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COMMUNITY

COMPLEX

COMPUTER

CONCLUSION

CONDUCT

CONSEQUENCES

CONSTRUCTION

CONSUMER

CREDIT

CULTURAL

DESIGN

DISTINCTION

ELEMENTS

EQUATION

EVALUATION

FEATURES

FINAL

FOCUS

IMPACT

INJURY

INSTITUTE

INVESTMENT

ITEMS

JOURNAL

MAINTENANCE

NORMAL

OBTAINED

PARTICIPATION

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POTENTIAL

PREVIOUS

PRIMARY

PURCHASE

RANGE

REGION

REGULATION

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COORDINATION

CORE

CORPORATE

CORRESPONDING

CRITERIA

DEDUCTION

DEMONSTRATE

DOCUMENT

DOMINANT

EMPHASIS

ENSURE

EXCLUDED

FRAMEWORK

FUNDS

ILLUSTRATED

IMMIGRATION

IMPLIES

INITIAL

INSTANCE

INTERACTION

JUSTIFICATION

LAYER

LINK

LOCATION

MAXIMUM

MINORITIES

NEGATIVE

OUTCOMES

PARTNERSHIP

PHILOSOPHY

PHYSICAL

PROPORTION

PUBLISHED

REACTION

REGISTERED

RELIANCE

REMOVED

SCHEME

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TECHNIQUES

TECHNOLOGY

VALIDITY

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CONFERENCE

CONTRAST

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DESPITE

DIMENSIONS

DOMESTIC

EMERGED

ERROR

ETHNIC

GOALS

GRANTED

HENCE

HYPOTHESIS

IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLICATIONS

IMPOSED

INTEGRATION

INTERNAL

INVESTIGATION

JOB

LABEL

MECHANISM

OBVIOUS

OCCUPATIONAL

OPTION

OUTPUT

OVERALL

PARALLEL

PARAMETERS

PHASE

PREDICTED

PRINCIPAL

PRIOR

PROFESSIONAL

PROJECT

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STATUS

STRESS

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SUMMARY

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CONSULTATION

CONTACT

DECLINE

DISCRETION

DRAFT

ENABLE

ENERGY

ENFORCEMENT

ENTITIES

EQUIVALENT

EVOLUTION

EXPANSION

EXPOSURE

EXTERNAL

FACILITATE

FUNDAMENTAL

GENERATED

GENERATION

IMAGE

LIBERAL

LICENCE

LOGIC

MARGINAL

MEDICAL

MENTAL

MODIFIED

MONITORING

NETWORK

NOTION

OBJECTIVE

ORIENTATION

PERSPECTIVE

PRECISE

PRIME

PSYCHOLOGY

PURSUE

RATIO

REJECTED

REVENUE

STABILITY

STYLES

SUBSTITUTION

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SYMBOLIC

TARGET

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TREND

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WELFARE

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ACKNOWLEDGED

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ASSIGNED

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BRIEF

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CITED

COOPERATIVE

DISCRIMINATION

DISPLAY

DIVERSITY

DOMAIN

EDITION

ENHANCED

ESTATE

EXCEED

EXPERT

EXPLICIT

FEDERAL

FEES

FLEXIBILITY

FURTHERMORE

GENDER

IGNORED

INCENTIVE

INCIDENCE

INCORPORATED

INDEX

INHIBITION

INITIATIVES

INPUT

INSTRUCTIONS

INTELLIGENCE

INTERVAL

LECTURE

MIGRATION

MINIMUM

MINISTRY

MOTIVATION

NEUTRAL

NEVERTHELESS

OVERSEAS

PRECEDING

PRESUMPTION

RATIONAL

RECOVERY

REVEALED

SCOPE

SUBSIDIARY

TAPES

TRACE

TRANSFORMATION

TRANSPORT

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COMPRISE

CONFIRMED

CONTRARY

CONVERTED

COUPLE

DECADES

DEFINITE

DENY

DIFFERENTIATION

DISPOSAL

DYNAMIC

ELIMINATE

EMPIRICAL

EQUIPMENT

EXTRACT

FILE

FINITE

FOUNDATION

GLOBAL

GRADE

GUARANTEE

HIERARCHICAL

IDENTICAL

IDEOLOGY

INFERRED

INNOVATION

INSERT

INTERVENTION

ISOLATED

MEDIA

MODE

PARADIGM

PHENOMENON

PRIORITY

PROHIBITED

PUBLICATION

QUOTATION

RELEASE

REVERSE

SIMULATION

SOLELY

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SUBMITTED

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CLARITY

CONFORMITY

COMMODITY

COMPLEMENT

CONTEMPORARY

CONTRADICTION

CRUCIAL

CURRENCY

DENOTE

DETECTED

DEVIATION

DISPLACEMENT

DRAMATIC

EVENTUALLY

EXHIBIT

EXPLOITATION

FLUCTUATIONS

GUIDELINES

HIGHLIGHTED

IMPLICIT

INDUCED

INEVITABLY

INFRASTRUCTURE

INSPECTION

INTENSITY

MANIPULATION

MINIMISED

NUCLEAR

OFFSET

PARAGRAPH

PLUS

PRACTITIONERS

PREDOMINANTLY

PROSPECT

RADICAL

RANDOM

REINFORCED

RESTORE

REVISION

SCHEDULE

TENSION

TERMINATION

THEME

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VEHICLE

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VIRTUALLY

WIDESPREAD

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COMMENCED

CONFINED

CONCURRENT

CONVERSELY

CONTROVERSY

DEVOTED

DEVICE

DISTORTION

DIMINISHED

EROSION

DURATION

FORMAT

ETHICAL

INHERENT

FOUNDED

INTEGRAL

INSIGHTS

MANUAL

INTERMEDIATE

MEDIATION

MATURE

MILITARY

MEDIUM

MUTUAL

MINIMAL

OVERLAP

NORMS

PORTION

PASSIVE

PROTOCOL

PRELIMINARY

REFINE

QUALITATIVE

RELAXED

RESTRAINTS

RIGID

REVOLUTION

SCENARIO

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FORTHCOMING

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INTEGRITY

LEVY

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NOTWITHSTANDING

PANEL

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PERSISTENT

SO‑CALLED

RELUCTANT

UNDERGO

STRAIGHTFORWARD

WHEREBY

Introduction:

Please fill in the tables as you come across the words in class. Learn the words as you meet them each day, and review them at the end of each week. One strategy is to take a piece of paper, write the English words on the left, and then write the Arabic on the right. Then cover the English words and write the English on the right, beside the Arabic. Keep doing this until you can remember all the words. If you cannot remember some of them, go back to them the next day, and repeat the procedure. It is also a good idea to write down and learn new words every day. You can add other words that you do not know to the lists.

1 Useful links for Roman numerals:

http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html

2 Bibliography:

A) Glossary for Science, form 1 to form 3, by Noraini Binti Abdullah, Sarah a/p M. Ganasegeram, et al. Sasbadi Sdn. Bhd.

B) Syllabi for Science, form 1 – 2002, form 2 – 2002, form 3 – 2003.

CDC, Ministry of Education.

C) Textbooks - Form 1, 2002, form 2, 2003, form 3, 2004.

A

Abbreviation

Ability

Abdomen

To absorb

Absorption

Accident

Accumulator

Acid

Acidic

Acid rain

To act

Action

Active

Adolescence

Adulthood

Advantage

Aeration

Aerosol

To affect

Age

Agent

Agglutination

Agricultural waste

Agriculture

Air

Air pollutants

Air pollution

Air pressure

Air sac

Air ventilation

Alcohol

Alga (ae)

Alimentary canal

Alkali

Alkaline

Alternating current (a.c.)

Alum

Alveolus (i)

Amino acid

Ammeter

Ammonia

Amniotic fluid

Amoeba

Ampere (A.) (Amp)

Amphibian

Amphibious

Amylase

Anaemia

Analogy

To analyse

Anhydrous

Anhydrous calcium chloride

Animal

Anode

Anther

Aorta

Apparatus

To appear

Appearance

Appendix (ices)

Appliance

Application

To apply

To appreciate

Appropriate

Aquatic

Aqueous humour

Aqueous solution

Area

To arise

To arrange

Arrangement

Artery

Asexual

Asexual reproduction

Asteroid

Astigmatism

Asthma

Astronaut

Astronomy

Atmosphere

Atmospheric pressure

Atom

Atrium (ia)

Auditory nerve

Aurora (ae)

Axis (es)

B

Back and forth

Bacterium (ia)

To balance

Balanced diet

Balanced ecosystem

Ballast

Ballast tank

Ball bearing

Barrier method

Base

Beached whale

Beaker

Beam balance

Belief

To believe

Benedict’s solution

Benefit

Beriberi

Bicarbonate

Bicarbonate indicator

Big Bang theory

Bile

Bimetallic strip

Binary

Binary fusion

Biodiversity

Biogas

Biological control

Biology

Biomass

Bird

Birth control

Bitter

Bitumen

Bladder

Black box

Black hole

Blind

Blind spot

To block

Blockage

Blood

Blood circulatory system

Blood clotting

Blood donation

Blood group

Bloodstream

Blood transfusion

Blood vessel

To boil

Boiling

Boiling point

Boiling tube

Bourdon gauge

Brain

To brainstorm

To breathe

Breeze

Bridge

Bright (ness)

Brittle

Bronchi

Bronchiole

Bronchitis

Bronchus

Brownian movement

To bud

To build

Building

Bulb

Bunsen burner

Buoyancy

Buoyant force

Burette

To burn

Buttress root

C

Calcite

Calcium

Calcium carbonate

Calcium hydroxide

Calcium oxide

Calcium silicate

Calipers

Calorie

Calorific value

Cancer

Candle

Capillary

Carbohydrate

Carbon

Carbonate

Carbon cycle

Carbon dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Carcinogen

Career

Cassiterite

Catalyst

Cathode

Cavity

Cell

Cell membrane

Cell organization

Cell respiration

Cell specialization

Cellulose

Cell wall

Centre

Centre of gravity

Ceramic

Cervix

CFC

Chalk

Chamber

To change

Character

Characteristic

Charcoal

Charge

Cheek

Chemical

Chemical energy

Chemical reaction

Childhood

Chitin

Chlorination

Chlorine

Chlorofluorocarbon

Chlorophyll

Chloroplast

Cholera

Chromosome

Chromosphere

Chyme

Circuit

Circuit-breaker

Circuit symbol

To circulate

Circulation

Circulatory

Clasping roots

Classification

Classify

Climate

Climate change

To close

Closed circuit

To coagulate

Coagulation

Coal

Cobalt chloride paper

Cochlea

Code

Coil

Cold

Cold-blooded

Cold receptor

To collide

Colour

Combustion

Comfortable

Commensalism

Community

Compass

Compatible

Compatibility

To compete

Competition

Complete

Complex

Component

To compose

Composition

Compound

Concave lens

To concentrate

Concentrated solution

Concept

Concept map

Condensation

To condense

Condenser

To conduct

Conduction

Conductivity

Conductor

Cone

Conical flask

Conservation

To conserve

Constant

Constellation

Constipation

To construct

Construction

To consume

Consumer

To contact

To contract

Contraction

To control

Convection

To convert

Convex lens

To convey

Conveyor belt

Copper

Core

Corm

Cornea

Corona

Corresponding symbol

To correspond to

Corrosive

Cortex

Cost

Cotyledon

Crippled

Cross-pollination

Crucible

Crust

Crutches

Culture

Culture medium

Current

To curve

Curved

Cuticle

Cycle

Cyclical

Cylinder

Cylindrical

Cytoplasm

D

Daily

Danger

Dark

Day

To decay

To decompose

Decomposer

To decrease

Defect

To define

Definition

Deforestation

Deformity

Dense

Density

Dentist

Deoxygenated blood

Dermis

Desalination

To describe

To design

To determine

To develop

Development

Dialysis

Dialysis machine

Diaphragm

Dicotyledon

Diesel

To differ

Difference

Different

To diffuse

Diffusion

To digest

Digestion

Digestive system

To dilute

Direct

Direct current

Disadvantage

To discharge

Discrete

To discuss

Dish

Dispersal

To disperse

To displace

Displacement

To disprove

To dissolve

Distance

To distil

Distillate

Distillation

Distilled water

To distribute

Distribution

Diversity

Domestic

Domestic use

Domestic waste

Double

Double circulatory system

To drop

Dropper

Dry

Dry cell

Dry ice

Duct

Ductile

Dull

Duodenum

Dust

Dwarf

Dwarf star

Dynamo

E

Ear

Ear canal

Eardrum

Earth

To earth

Earthenware

Earth leakage circuit breaker

Earth wire

Earthworm

Eating habit

Echo

Ecology

Ecosystem

Education

Educator

Effect

Effective

Efficiency

Efficient

Effort

Electric

Electric circuit

Electric current

Electric metre

Electric power

Electric shock

Electrical

Electrical charge

Electrical energy

Electricity

Electrode

Electrolysis

Electrolyte

Electromagnet

Electromagnetism

Electron

Electronic balance

Electroscope

Electrostatic force

Electrostatics

Element

Ellipsis

Elliptical

Embryo

Emotion

Emotional

Emphysema

Emulsion

To endanger

Endangered species

Endocrine system

Endoskeleton

Endosperm

Energy

Energy change

Energy converter

Energy efficiency

Environment

Enzyme

Epidermis

Epiphyte

Epithelial cell

Epithelial tissue

Equal

Equation

Equilibrium

To erect

To err

Error

To estimate

Estimation

Ethanol

Euglena

Eustachian tube

To evaporate

Evaporating dish

Evaporation

Example

Excessive

To excrete

Excretion

Excretory organ

Excretory system

Exhalation

To exhale

To exist

Existence

Exoskeleton

To expand

Expansion

To explain

Explanation

To explode

Exploration

To explore

Explosion

Explosive

External

External calipers

Extinct

Extinction

Eye

F

Fat

Fatty acid

Fauna

Feather

Female

Female gamete

Female reproductive system

Fern

Fertile

Fertile phase

To fertilise

Fertilisation

Fertiliser

Fibre

Fibrous

Field

Filament

To filter

Filter funnel

Filter paper

Filtrate

Filtration

Fin

Fire

Fire alarm

First class

Fish

Fission

Flagellum

Flame

Flammable

Flare

Flask

Flat

Flat-bottomed

To float

Flora

To flow

To flower

Fluid

Fluoride

Foetus

Food

Food chain

Food guide pyramid

Food tests

Food web

Food wrapper

Force

Forest

To form

Formation

Fossil

Fossil fuel

Fraction

Fractional distillation

To freeze

Freezing point

Friction

Frictional force

Fuel

Fulcrum

Fume

Function

To function

Fungus

Funnel

Fuse

Fuse box

Fusion

G

Galaxy (ies)

Galena

Gall bladder

Galvanometer

Gamete

Garbage

Gas

Gas jar

Gastric

Gastric juice

Gas turbine

To generate

Generation

Generator

Geothermal

Geotropism

General

To germinate

Germination

Gestation

Gestation period

Giant

Giant star

Gill

To give out

Gland

Global

Global warming

Globe

To glow

Glucose

Glycerol

Goitre

Gold

Graphite

Gravitational

Gravitational force

Gravity

Greenhouse

Greenhouse effect

Grid

Ground

Groundwater

To grow

Growth

Growth curve

Growth rate

To guard

Guard cell

Gut

H

Habit

Habitat

Haematologist

Haemoglobin

To handle

Hard

Hardness

Hazard

Haze

Heart

Heartbeat

Heat

Heat flow

Heat receptor

Height

Helium (He)

Herbaceous plant

Heterogeneous

High

Highland

Hilum

To hold

Holder

Homogeneous

Hormonal

Hormone

Host

Hot

Hovercraft

Human

Human being

Humid

Humidity

Hydra

Hydrocarbon

Hydrochloric acid

Hydroelectric

Hydrogen

Hydrostatic

Hydrostatic skeleton

Hydrotropism

Hygiene

Hypothesis (es)

I

Ice

To identify

Illusion

To implant

Implantation

Inability

Inactive

To increase

Infer

Inference

To investigate

Investigation

To involve

Image

Immunity

Implantation

Importance

Important

To improve

Impure

Impurity

Inappropriate

Incompatible

Incompatibility

Incomplete

To indicate

Indicator

Indigenous

Industrial

Industry

Inert

Inert gas

Infancy