Common English Words

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1000	passed	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of pass
2. adj. That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
3. adj. That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
	pass
1. v. Physical movement.
2. v. (intransitive) To move or be moved from one place to another.
3. v. To go past, by, over, or through; to proceed from one side to the other of; to move past.
1001	broke	©
1. v. simple past tense of break
2. adj. (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.
3. adj. (informal) Without any money, penniless.
dead broke; flat broke
4. adj. (informal) Broken.
	break
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
1002	joke	©
1. n. An amusing story.
2. n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
It was a joke!
3. n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one
4. n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
1003	bank	©
1. n. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
2. n. A branch office of such an institution.
3. n. An underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque.
4. n. A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
5. n. (gambling) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
1004	steps	©
1. n. plural of step.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of step
	step
1. n. An advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace.
2. n. A rest, or one of a set of rests, for the foot in ascending or descending, as a stair, or a rung of a ladder.
3. n. A distinct part of a process; stage; phase.
1005	finished	©
1. adj. (comparable) Processed or perfected.
He gave a very finished, but uninspired performance.
2. adj. Completed; concluded; done.
I won't be finished until just before lunch.
The program was finally finished after three hours.
	finish
1. n. An end; the end of anything.
2. n. A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
3. n. The result of any process changing the physical or chemical properties of cloth.
4. n. (sports) A shot on goal, especially one that ends in a goal.
1006	famous
1. adj. Well known.
2. adj. In the public eye.
Some people are only famous within their city.
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make famous; to bring renown to.
1007	complete	©
1. v. To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
He completed the assignment on time.
2. v. To make whole or entire.
The last chapter completes the book nicely.
3. adj. With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
1008	credit	©
1. v. To believe; to put credence in.
Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that.
2. v. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account (confer debit.)
Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.
For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.
1009	killing
1. v. present participle of kill
This work is killing me.
2. adj. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
3. adj. Devastatingly attractive.
4. adj. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
	kill
1. v. To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
2. v. To render inoperative.
3. v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
1010	summer	©
1. n. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 2
the heat of summer
2. v. (intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
We like to summer in the Mediterranean.
3. n. (obsolete) A pack-horse.
1011	remains	©
1. n. What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
They buried the remains of their longtime friend in the town cemetery.
The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
2. n. Historical or archaeological relics.
3. n. The extant writings of a deceased person.
	remain
1. n. State of remaining; stay.
2. n. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural.
3. n. (plural only) remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
4. n. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
5. v. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or compri
1012	center	©
1. n. (tcx, American spelling)
2. n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
3. n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
4. n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
5. n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
1013	judge
1. n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
2. n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
3. n. A person officiating at a sports event or similar.
At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
4. n. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
1014	due	©
1. adj. Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The amount due is just three quid.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
He can wait for the amount due him.
1015	liked	©
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of like
	like
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
1016	media	©
1. n. (anatomy) The middle layer of the wall of a blood vessel or lymph vessel which is composed of connective and muscular tissue.
2. n. (linguistics, dated) A voiced stop consonant.
3. n. (entomology) One of the major veins of the insect wing, between the radius and the cubitus
4. n. (zoology) An ant specialized as a forager in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
5. n. plural of medium
1017	enjoy	©
1. v. To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
Enjoy your holidays! I enjoy dancing.
2. v. To have the use or benefit of something.
I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.
3. v. (intransitive, India) To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
1018	wine
1. n. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of grapes.
Wine is stronger than beer.
She ordered some wine for the meal.
2. n. An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".
3. n. A serving of wine.
1019	council	©
1. n. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
2. n. Discussion or deliberation.

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