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payee /pei/ 70                      pick holes 48                         portrait /pɔtrət/ 19
                       payment /pemənt/ 40                  pick out /ˌpk aυt/ 21               position /pəzʃən/ 66
                       PC /ˌpisi/ 34                       pick up 28                            possession /pəzeʃən/ 57
                       peace and quiet 77                     picturesque /ˌpktʃəresk/ 25, 32     possibility /ˌpɒsəbləti/ 55
                       peacock /pikɒk/ 26                   piece /pis/ 86                       post /pəυst/ 2, 36
                       peak /pik/ 23                         pigeon /pdən/ 26                   postgraduate
                       peal /pil/ 82                         pig-headed /ˌphedd/ 8                /ˌpəυstrduət/ 15, 71
                       peculiar /pkjuliə/ 8                pile /pal/ 87                        post-impressionist
                       pedestrian crossing /pdestriən       PIN /pn/ 78                             /ˌpəυstmpreʃənst/ 71
                         krɒsŋ/ 75                          pinstriped /pnstrapt/ 27           postpone /pəυstpəυn/ 72
                       peel /pil/ 82                         pitch /ptʃ/ 32                       post-war /ˌpəυstwɔ/ 71

                       peeler /pilə/ 11                     plaice /ples/ 82                     pot /pɒt/ 19, 88
                       peer /pə/ 46                          plain /plen/ 23, 27                  potato /pətetəυ/ 85
                       penalty /penəlti/ 99                  plaster /plɑstə/ 28                 potential /pəυtentʃəl/ 17
                       peninsula /pənnsjələ/ 23             plastic /plstk/ 83                 potter /pɒtə/ 19
                       pentagon /pentəən/ 52                play by ear 21                        pottery /pɒtəri/ 19
                       pentagonal /pentənəl/ 52            playlist /plelst/ 21               pour down /pɔ daυn/ 6
                       people /pipəl/ 85                    plea /pli/ 100                       pour oil on troubled waters 50
                       pepper /pepə/ 85                      plead /plid/ 39                      poverty /pɒvəti/ 83, 86
                       per /p/ 82                           pledge /pled/ 100                    power cut /paυə kt/ 12
                       perfect /pfkt/ 41                  pliers /plaəz/ 84                   practice /prkts/ 2, 82
                       perform /pəfɔm/ 2                    plod /plɒd/ 58                        praise /prez/ 48
                       performance /pəfɔməns/ 20            plot /plɒt/ 19                        pray /pre/ 82

                       performing art /pəfɔmŋ ɑt/ 19      ploy /plɔ/ 100                       precise /prsas/ 41
                       perfumed /pəfjumd/ 46                plug /pl/ 34                        preconceived /ˌprikənsivd/ 71
                       permissive /pəmsv/ 8                plumber /plmə/ 16                   pre-judge /ˌpridd/ 71
                       permit n /pmt/ 80, 99              plump /plmp/ 7                       premises /premsəz/ 84
                       permit v /pəmt/ 80                   plus /pls/ 65                        premonition /ˌpremənʃən/ 46
                       personal /psənəl/ 42, 38            pneumatic /njumtk/ 80             present (with) 57
                       personal computer /psənəl           pocket money /pɒkt mni/ 75        presenter /przentə/ 37
                         kəmpjutə/ 34                       podcast /pɒdkɑst/ 37                President 38
                       personality /ˌpsənləti/ 7          point /pɔnt/ 50, 66                  presidential /ˌprezdentʃəl/ 38
                       personnel /ˌpsənel/ 99              point of view /ˌpɔnt əv vju/ 42    press /pres/ 33, 46
                       perspiration /ˌpspəreʃən/ 47       poke /pəυk/ 46                        pretty (thick) /prti/ 41
                       perspire /pəspaə/ 47                 poke your nose into 79                pretty as a picture 32
                       pessimistic /ˌpesmstk/ 8           polar ice cap /ˌpəυlər as kp/ 24   previously /priviəsli/ 61
                       petal /petəl/ 26                      Pole /pəυl/ 5                         pre-war /ˌpriwɔ/ 71
                       petrol /petrəl/ 101                   pole vault /pəυlvɔlt/ 18            prey /pre/ 82
                       phase /fez/ 53, 82                    poles apart /pəυlz əpɑt/ 64         prickly /prkli/ 59

                       PhD /ˌpietʃdi/ 15                  police station /pəlis steʃən/ 25  prim and proper /prm ən prɒpə/ 77
                       philosophy /flɒsəfi/ 42              policy /pɒləsi/ 38                   Prime Minister /pram mnstə/ 38
                       phone /fəυn/ 96                        polished /pɒlʃt/ 59                 principle /prnsəpəl/ 73
                       phone charger /fəυn tʃɑdə/ 11      politeness /pəlatns/ 73            printout /prntaυt/ 76
                       photo /fəυtəυ/ 36                     politician /ˌpɒltʃən/ 38           prior to /praə tu/ 61
                       photo frame /fəυtəυ ˌfrem/ 33        poll /pəυl/ 100                       priority /praɒrəti/ 17
                       photograph /fəυtərɑf/ 80            pollen /pɒlən/ 28                    prison /przən/ 39
                       photographer /fətɒrəfə/ 80           polling day 38                        privacy settings 36
                       physical /fzkəl/ 30                 polling station /pəυlŋ steʃən/ 38  private /pravət/ 36
                       physicist /fzsst/ 70               pollution /pəluʃən/ 24, 70          probable /prɒbəbəl/ 55
                       physics /fzks/ 84                   pool /pul/ 18                        probe /prəυb/ 100

                       physiotherapist /ˌfziəυθerəpst/ 16  popular /pɒpjələ/ 37                 problem /prɒbləm/ 33, 66
                       pianist /piənst/ 70                 popularity /ˌpɒpjəlrəti/ 73         proceeds /prəυsidz/ 84

                       piano /pjɑnəυ/ 2                     population /ˌpɒpjəleʃən/ 23, 25     process /prəυses/ 30
                       pick /pk/ 26                          pop-up /pɒpp/ 2                     processed /prəυsest/ 22, 30
                       pick and choose 77                     porch /pɔtʃ/ 11                      produce /prədus/ 2, 72


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