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blonde /blɒnd/ 7 bring about /brŋ əbaυt/ 63, 90
blood donor /bld ˌdəυnə/ 75
blood pressure /bld ˌpreʃə/ 28,
29, 75
blossom /blɒsəm/ 26
blue-eyed /bluad/ 74
blunt /blnt/ 8
blush /blʃ/ 47
board /bɔd/ 95
boast /bəυst/ 45
boiling /bɔlŋ/ 6
bonnet /bɒnt/ 101
book (a table) v /bυk/ 22
booking /bυkŋ/ 22
bookmark /bυkmɑk/ 35
boost /bust/ 30, 100
boot /but/ 101
boredom /bɔdəm/ 73
boss /bɒs/ 100
bossy /bɒsi/ 8
bother /bɒðə/ 60
bottle /bɒtəl/ 88
bough /baυ/ 26
bow /bəυ/ 18
bowl /bəυl/ 88
bowls /bəυlz/ 84
box /bɒks/ 88
bra /brɑ/ 27
braces /bresz/ 84
brainless /brenləs/ 8
brainy /breni/ 8
brake /brek/ 82
branch /brɑntʃ/ 26, 33, 38
brand-new /brnd nju/ 74
breadth /bretθ/ 54, 73
break /brek/ 28, 50, 82
break (the news) /brek/ 94
break down /brekdaυn/ 12
break o /brekɒf/ 94
break out /ˌbrekaυt/ 13
breakdown /brekdaυn/ 76
breakout /brekaυt/ 76
breakthrough /brekθru/ 76
break-up /brekp/ 76
breath /breθ/ 47, 86
breathe /brið/ 47
breathless /breθləs/ 28
breathtaking /breθˌtekŋ/ 32
breed /brid/ 26
breeze /briz/ 6
brick /brk/ 83
briefly /brifl/ 68
bright /brat/ 8, 59
brightness /bratns/ 59
brilliantly /brliəntli/ 48
business plan /bzns pln/ 17
bring back /ˌbrŋ bk/ 90
bring down /ˌbrŋ daυn/ 90
bring into force /brŋ ntə fɔs/ 90 button /btən/ 27, 33
bring into the open /brŋ ntə ðə
əυpən/ 90
bring o /ˌbrŋ ɒf/ 90
bring on /ˌbrŋ ɒn/ 90
bring out /ˌbrŋ aυt/ 90
bring out the best /brŋ aυt ðə
best/ 90
bring round /ˌbrŋ raυnd/ 90
bring to a head /brŋ tu ə hed/ 90
bring to light /brŋ tə lat/ 90
bring up /ˌbrŋ p/ 90
Briton /brtən/ 5
broad /brɔd/ 54
broadband /brɔdbnd/ 35
broadcast /brɔdkɑst/ 37
broaden /brɔdən/ 54
broadminded /ˌbrɔdmandd/ 8,
54
broad-shouldered
/brɔd ʃəυldəd/ 74
brotherhood /brðəhυd/ 70, 73
brownish /braυnʃ/ 7
browse /braυz/ 35
browser /braυzə/ 35
bruise /bruz/ 12, 28
brusque /brusk/ 8
brutal /brutəl/ 70
bucket /bkt/ 88
buckle /bkəl/ 27
bud /bd/ 26
Buddhism /bυdzəm/ 70
bug /b/ 28
build /bld/ 17
building 19
built-up /ˌbltp/ 74
bulky /blki/ 59
bullet-proof /bυltpruf/ 74
bump /bmp/ 12
bumpy /bmpi/ 31
bunch /bntʃ/ 87
bungalow /bŋələυ/ 11
bunk bed /bŋk bed/ 32
burglar alarm /blər əlɑm/ 75
burglary /bləri/ 39
burn /bn/ 12, 80
bury the hatchet /beri ðə
htʃt/ 50
bury your head in the sand 9
bus service 25
bus stop /bs stɒp/ 75
business /bzns/ 17, 31
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business-class /bzns klɑs/ 74
bustling /bslŋ/ 25
buzz /bz/ 81
bypass /bapɑs/ 76
cab /kb/ 96
cabinet /kbnət/ 38
Cabinet of Ministers 38
cable /kebəl/ 35
calm /kɑm/ 31, 73, 80
camcorder /kmˌkɔdə/ 33
campsite /kmpsat/ 32
campus /kmpəs/ 15
can /kn/ 88
cancel (a reservation) /kntsəl/ 22
candidate /knddət/ 38
candy /kndi/ 101
canned music /knd mjuzk/ 21
canoeist /kənust/ 18
can’t bear /kɑnt beə/ 44
can’t face the thought of /kɑnt
fes ðə θɔt ɒv/ 50
can’t stand /kɑnt stnd/ 10, 44
capacity /kəpsəti/ 95
cape /kep/ 23
capital /kptəl/ 23
captivate /kptvet/ 44
captivating /kptvetŋ/ 3
capture /kptʃə/ 20
car hire /kɑ ˌhaə/ 25
car park /kɑ pɑk/ 25, 75, 101
caravan /krəvn/ 32
carbon footprint /kɑbən
fυtprnt/ 24
carbs /kɑbz/ 78
card /kɑd/ 80
cards /kɑdz/ 84
cards on the table 50
care for /keə ˌfɔ/ 44
carelessness /keələsns/ 73
caring /keərŋ/ 44
carpenter /kɑpəntə/ 16
carton /kɑtən/ 86, 88
cartoon /kɑtun/ 37
case /kes/ 39, 88
cash machine /kʃ məʃin/ 40
cast /kɑst/ 20, 87
cast (a vote) /kɑst/ 38
castle /kɑsəl/ 80
casual /kjuəl/ 10
casually /kjuəli/ 27
casualty /kjuəlti/ 13
Catalan /ˌktəln/ 5
catastrophe /kətstrəfi/ 80
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