| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| coconut | a very large nut with milky liquid inside |
| cod | a large sea fish caught for food |
| code | secret words or signals used to send messages |
| coffee | a hot drink made from ground-up roasted coffee beans |
| coffin | a large wooden or metal box that a dead body is put into |
| cohere | to stick together, to be consistent |
| coil | to wind in rings |
| coin | a piece of money made of metal |
| coke | fuel made from coal when the gas has been baked out of it |
| cold | the opposite of hot. A fire is hot and ice is cold. The same word also means an illness which affects the nose and throat |
| collapse | to fall to pieces or to fall down |
| collar | the part of a garment round the neck |
| colleague | a co-worker, an associate, a partner of joint office |
| collect | to bring together or gather together |
| collection | the things you collect, such as a collection of stamps, seashells or old coins |
| college | a place where you can go on studying after you have left secondary school |
| collide | to bump or run into something |
| collie | a large long haired sheep dog |
| colliery | a coal mine |
| color | paint with hue |
| colour | Red, yellow, green are colours |
| colt | a young horse |
| column | a pillar. The same word also means a line of soldiers and a list of numbers |
| comb | a short piece of plastic of metal with teeth in it, used to tidy your hair |
| combat | to fight, action, opposition, a fighting |
| combine | to mix or join together |
| combine-harvester | a farm machine that does tow jobs. It harvests the grain and then threshes it. |
| come | to move near |
| comedian | an actor who makes people laugh |
| comedy | a funny play or film |
| comfortable | to be feeling at ease, without pain or worry |
| comic | a picture paper for children |
| command | to tell someone he must do something |
| commence | to begin |
| comment | to make remarks, illustration, explanatory remarks |
| commit | to do something, usually something wrong like a crime |
| commitment | a sending to prison, pledge, imprisonment |
| committee | a small number of people who meet together to arrange things |
| common | ordinary; usual. The same word also means an open piece of ground that doesn’ belong to one person |
| commotion | noise and fuss |
| companion | someone who goes somewhere with you; a friend |
| companionable | sociable, worth company |
| company | a group of people working together in a business. The same word also mans a group of people who are guests at a party |
| compare | to say how things are alike or different; to show whether one thing is better or worse than another |
| compass | an instrument for showing north, south, east and west |
| compasses | a tool for drawing a circle |
| compel | to force someone to do something |
| compete | to be in a test or race to see who is best |
| competition | a test of how much people know or how good they are at something. The winner usually gets a prize |
| complain | to tell about something that is upsetting you, or that you think is wrong |
What are phrasal verbs?
Phrasal verbs are verbs that consist of two or three words. The first word is a verb and it is followed by an adverb or a prepositions or both.