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payee /pei/ 70 pick holes 48 portrait /pɔtrət/ 19
payment /pemənt/ 40 pick out /ˌpk aυt/ 21 position /pəzʃən/ 66
PC /ˌpisi/ 34 pick up 28 possession /pəzeʃən/ 57
peace and quiet 77 picturesque /ˌpktʃəresk/ 25, 32 possibility /ˌpɒsəbləti/ 55
peacock /pikɒk/ 26 piece /pis/ 86 post /pəυst/ 2, 36
peak /pik/ 23 pigeon /pdən/ 26 postgraduate
peal /pil/ 82 pig-headed /ˌphedd/ 8 /ˌpəυstrduət/ 15, 71
peculiar /pkjuliə/ 8 pile /pal/ 87 post-impressionist
pedestrian crossing /pdestriən PIN /pn/ 78 /ˌpəυstmpreʃənst/ 71
krɒsŋ/ 75 pinstriped /pnstrapt/ 27 postpone /pəυstpəυn/ 72
peel /pil/ 82 pitch /ptʃ/ 32 post-war /ˌpəυstwɔ/ 71
peeler /pilə/ 11 plaice /ples/ 82 pot /pɒt/ 19, 88
peer /pə/ 46 plain /plen/ 23, 27 potato /pətetəυ/ 85
penalty /penəlti/ 99 plaster /plɑstə/ 28 potential /pəυtentʃəl/ 17
peninsula /pənnsjələ/ 23 plastic /plstk/ 83 potter /pɒtə/ 19
pentagon /pentəən/ 52 play by ear 21 pottery /pɒtəri/ 19
pentagonal /pentənəl/ 52 playlist /plelst/ 21 pour down /pɔ daυn/ 6
people /pipəl/ 85 plea /pli/ 100 pour oil on troubled waters 50
pepper /pepə/ 85 plead /plid/ 39 poverty /pɒvəti/ 83, 86
per /p/ 82 pledge /pled/ 100 power cut /paυə kt/ 12
perfect /pfkt/ 41 pliers /plaəz/ 84 practice /prkts/ 2, 82
perform /pəfɔm/ 2 plod /plɒd/ 58 praise /prez/ 48
performance /pəfɔməns/ 20 plot /plɒt/ 19 pray /pre/ 82
performing art /pəfɔmŋ ɑt/ 19 ploy /plɔ/ 100 precise /prsas/ 41
perfumed /pəfjumd/ 46 plug /pl/ 34 preconceived /ˌprikənsivd/ 71
permissive /pəmsv/ 8 plumber /plmə/ 16 pre-judge /ˌpridd/ 71
permit n /pmt/ 80, 99 plump /plmp/ 7 premises /premsəz/ 84
permit v /pəmt/ 80 plus /pls/ 65 premonition /ˌpremənʃən/ 46
personal /psənəl/ 42, 38 pneumatic /njumtk/ 80 present (with) 57
personal computer /psənəl pocket money /pɒkt mni/ 75 presenter /przentə/ 37
kəmpjutə/ 34 podcast /pɒdkɑst/ 37 President 38
personality /ˌpsənləti/ 7 point /pɔnt/ 50, 66 presidential /ˌprezdentʃəl/ 38
personnel /ˌpsənel/ 99 point of view /ˌpɔnt əv vju/ 42 press /pres/ 33, 46
perspiration /ˌpspəreʃən/ 47 poke /pəυk/ 46 pretty (thick) /prti/ 41
perspire /pəspaə/ 47 poke your nose into 79 pretty as a picture 32
pessimistic /ˌpesmstk/ 8 polar ice cap /ˌpəυlər as kp/ 24 previously /priviəsli/ 61
petal /petəl/ 26 Pole /pəυl/ 5 pre-war /ˌpriwɔ/ 71
petrol /petrəl/ 101 pole vault /pəυlvɔlt/ 18 prey /pre/ 82
phase /fez/ 53, 82 poles apart /pəυlz əpɑt/ 64 prickly /prkli/ 59
PhD /ˌpietʃdi/ 15 police station /pəlis steʃən/ 25 prim and proper /prm ən prɒpə/ 77
philosophy /flɒsəfi/ 42 policy /pɒləsi/ 38 Prime Minister /pram mnstə/ 38
phone /fəυn/ 96 polished /pɒlʃt/ 59 principle /prnsəpəl/ 73
phone charger /fəυn tʃɑdə/ 11 politeness /pəlatns/ 73 printout /prntaυt/ 76
photo /fəυtəυ/ 36 politician /ˌpɒltʃən/ 38 prior to /praə tu/ 61
photo frame /fəυtəυ ˌfrem/ 33 poll /pəυl/ 100 priority /praɒrəti/ 17
photograph /fəυtərɑf/ 80 pollen /pɒlən/ 28 prison /przən/ 39
photographer /fətɒrəfə/ 80 polling day 38 privacy settings 36
physical /fzkəl/ 30 polling station /pəυlŋ steʃən/ 38 private /pravət/ 36
physicist /fzsst/ 70 pollution /pəluʃən/ 24, 70 probable /prɒbəbəl/ 55
physics /fzks/ 84 pool /pul/ 18 probe /prəυb/ 100
physiotherapist /ˌfziəυθerəpst/ 16 popular /pɒpjələ/ 37 problem /prɒbləm/ 33, 66
pianist /piənst/ 70 popularity /ˌpɒpjəlrəti/ 73 proceeds /prəυsidz/ 84
piano /pjɑnəυ/ 2 population /ˌpɒpjəleʃən/ 23, 25 process /prəυses/ 30
pick /pk/ 26 pop-up /pɒpp/ 2 processed /prəυsest/ 22, 30
pick and choose 77 porch /pɔtʃ/ 11 produce /prədus/ 2, 72
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