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English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate

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go on
/əυ ɒn
53, 93
go pear-shaped
/əυ peəʃept/
95
go through
/əυ θru/
93
go under
/əυ ndə/
60
go wrong
/əυ rɒŋ/
60
go-ahead
/əυəhed/
100
goal
/əυl/
60
goggles
/ɒəlz/
84
going forward
/
ˌ
əυŋ fɔwəd/
17
golf course
/ɒlf 
ˌ
kɔs/
25
good
/υd/
67
good as gold
/υd əz əυld/
9,
79, 97
good ear 21
good for 30
good friend 10
good-looking
/
ˌ
υdlυkŋ/
7
goodness
/υdns/
70
goods
/υdz/
84
good-tempered
/
ˌ
υdtempəd/
74
google
/uəl/
35
gorge
/ɔd/
23
govern
/vən/
38
government
/vənmənt/
38
GPS
/
ˌ
dipies/
33
grab
/rb/
46
graduate n
/rdjuət/
15
graduate v
/rdjuet/
15
grammar school
/rmə skul/
14
grant
/rɑnt/
14
graphics
/rfks/
34
grasp
/rɑsp/
46, 50
grass roots
/
ˌ
rɑsruts/
75
grate
/ret/
82
grateful
/retfəl/
43
grater
/retə/
11, 70
graze
/rez/
12
great
/ret/
41, 82
Greek
/rik/
5
green
/rin/
24
green fingers 48
greenhouse effect
/rinhaυs
fekt/
24
gregarious
/reəriəs/
8
grey
/re/
7
grin
/rn/
47
gripping
/rpŋ/
3
groan
/rəυn/
45, 81, 82
ground floor
/raυnd 
ˌ
flɔ/
101
group
/rup/
87
grow
/rəυ/
26
grow out of
/rəυ aυt ɒv/
27
growl
/raυl/
81
grub
/rb/
96
grumble
/rmbəl/
45, 81
grumpy
/rmpi/
81
guesthouse
/esthaυs/
32
guilty
/lti/
39
guitar
/tɑ/
2, 21
gulf
/lf/
23
gymnast
/dmnst/
18
gymnastics
/dmnstks/
18, 84
hair
/heə/
7, 85
half-witted
/
ˌ
hɑfwtd/
8
hall
/hɔl/
11, 15
hall of residence 15
hallway
/hɔlwe/
11
hand down
/hnd daυn/
57
hand out
/hnd aυt/
57
hand over
/
ˌ
hnd əυvə/
57
handcuffs
/hndkfs/
84
handle
/hndəl/
46
handmade
/
ˌ
hndmed/
74
handsome
/hndsəm/
7
hang on
/hŋ ɒn/
67
hang-gliding
/hŋ
ˌ
ladŋ/
18
happy as Larry
hpi əz lri/
49
happily
/hpli/
45
happiness
/hpns/
70, 73
hard as nails
/hɑd əz nelz/
9
hard disk
/hɑd dsk/
34
harden
/hɑdən/
60
hardness
/hɑdns/
60
hard-up
/
ˌ
hɑdp/
74
hardware
/hɑdweə/
34
harm
/hɑm/
30
harmful
/hɑmfəl/
30
harmless
/hɑmləs/
70
hat
/ht/
83
have an affair 10
have a go
/hv ə əυ/
93
have a good head for figures 9
have a head for heights 9
have a head like a sieve 9
have trouble
/hv trbəl/
60
have your cake and eat it
/
48
have your head in the clouds 9
have your head screwed on 9
hay fever
/he 
ˌ
fivə/
75
hazardous
/hzədəs/
24
head
/hed/
38, 80, 100
head and shoulders above
/hed ən
ʃəυldəz əbv/
9, 48
headphones
/hedfəυnz/
75, 84
headquarters
/
ˌ
hedkwɔtəz/
84
head spinning 49
health
/helθ/
85
health centre
/helθ sentə/
25
health warning
/helθ 
ˌ
wɔnŋ/
99
heap
/hip/
87
heaps
/hips/
51
hearing
/hərŋ/
46
hearing aid
/hərŋ 
ˌ
ed/
29
heart
/hɑt/
1, 50
heart attack
/hɑt ətk/
28, 75
heart of gold 9
heartbreak
/hɑtbrek/
50
heart’s in the right place 9
heatwave
/hitwev/
6
heavy
/hevi/
6, 22
heavy as lead 59
heel
/hil/
27
height
/hat/
54
heighten
/hatən/
54
heir
/eə/
80, 82
heiress
/eəres/
80
helmet
/helmət/
27
help yourself 22
hem
/hem/
27
hemisphere
/hemsfə/
52
herd
/hd/
87
here and there 77
high
/ha/
6
high and dry 77
high jump
/ha dmp/
18
high-definition
/ha 
ˌ
defnʃən/
33
higher education
/haər
ˌ
edυkeʃən/
14
highly
/hali/
29, 48
high-tech
/
ˌ
hatek/
78
hip-hop
/hphɒp/
21
hiss
/hs/
56
historic
/hstɒrk/
25
hit n, v
/ht/
35, 100
hoarse
/hɔs/
82
hold
/həυld/
42
hold a record 18
hold on
/həυld ɒn/
67
hold your breath 47
holiday
/hɒləde/
101
hollow
/hɒləυ/
59
home page
/həυmped/
2, 35
homeless
/həυmləs/
70
homework
/həυmwk/
89
honest
/ɒnst/
8, 80
honour
/ɒnə/
80
honourable
/ɒnərəbəl/
80
hood
/hυd/
27, 101
hoodie
/hυdi/
27
hoof
/huf/
26
hopeful
/həυpfəl/
70
hopefully
/həυpfəli/
45
horns
/hɔnz/
26
host
/həυst/
21
hostility
/hɒstləti/
73
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hot
/hɒt/
22, 46
hotel
/həυtel/
25
hour
/aυə/
80, 82
hourly
/aυəli/
80
house
/haυs/
38
House of Commons
/
ˌ
haυs əv
kɒmənz/
38
House of Lords
/
ˌ
haυs əv lɔdz/
38
House of Representatives
/
ˌ
haυs əv
ˌ
reprzentətvz/
38
housemate
/haυsmet/
10
housework
/haυswk
89
housing estate
/
ˌ
haυzŋ
stet/
25, 57
however
/haυevə/
62
hum
/hm/
56
human rights
/hjumən 
ˌ
rats/
75
humid
/hjumd/
6
humour
/hjumə/
73
hurricane
hrkən/
6, 13
hurry
/hri/
58
hurt
/ht/
28
hurtful
/htfəl/
3
hydroponics
/
ˌ
hadrəυpɒnks/
33
I mean 67
Ice Age
/as 
ˌ
ed
53
ice field
/as 
ˌ
fild/
23
Icelandic
/aslndk/
5
icon
/akɒn/
34
ID
/adi/
78
idea
/adə/
73
identify
/adentfa/
29
identity the
/adentəti θeft/
2
ideology
/
ˌ
adiɒlədi/
42
idolise
/adəlaz/
10
ill
/l/
48
illegal
/liəl/
71
illegible
/ledəbəl/
71
illiterate
/ltərət/
71
ill-mannered
/
ˌ
lmnəd/
8
image
/md/
19
immature
/
ˌ
mətʃυə/
71
immediate
/midiət/
61
immediately
/midiətli/
95
immoral
/mɒrəl/
71
immune system
/mjun sstəm/
30
impatient
/mpeʃənt/
71
impolite
/
ˌ
mpəlat/
8
import v
/mpɔt/
71, 72, 80
important 48
impose
/mpəυz/
66, 72
impossible
/mpɒsəbəl/
71
impress
/mpres/
72
impression
/mpreʃən/
89
impressive
/mpresv/
32
improbable
/mprɒbəbəl/
71
improvement
/mpruvmənt/
73
in a bad mood 49
in addition
/n ədʃən/
65
in case
/n kes/
62
in conclusion
/
ˌ
n kənkluən/
68
in contrast
/
ˌ
n kɒntrɑst/
64
in credit
/n kredt/
40
in high spirits 49
in (his/her/your) thirties 7
in other words
/n ðə wdz/
68
in parenthesis
/n pərentθəss/
68
in particular
/
ˌ
n pətkjələ/
95
in season 22
in sum
/n sm/
68
in summary
/n sməri/
68
in the long run
/n ðə lɒŋ rn/
94
in the meantime
/n ðə
mintam/
61
in the red 40, 79
incident
/nsdənt/
13
income
/ŋkm/
40, 71
income tax
/ŋkm tks/
40, 75
inconvenient
/
ˌ
nkənviniənt/
32
increase n
/nkris/
80
increase v
/nkris/
80
independence
/
ˌ
ndpendənts/
38
in-depth
/
ˌ
ndepθ/
37
indigestion
/
ˌ
nddestʃən/
28
industrial estate
/ndstriəl
stet/
25
industrialise
/ndstriəlaz/
70
inedible
/nedəbəl/
71
inevitable
/nevtəbəl/
55
inexperienced
/
ˌ
nkspəriəntst/
71
information
/
ˌ
nfəmeʃən/
83
inherit
/nhert/
57
inheritance tax
/nhertənts
ˌ
tks/
40
injection
/ndekʃən/
28
injure
/ndə/
13
injustice
/ndsts/
73
innocent
/nəsənt/
8, 39
input
/npυt/
76
inquisitive
/nkwzətv/
8
insert
/nst/
33, 71
inside out
/nsad aυt/
27
insist
/nsst/
45
inspect
/nspekt/
72
inspection
/nspekʃən/
72
inspector
/nspektə/
72
inspired
/nspaəd/
43
install
/nstɔl/
33
insult v
/nslt/
80
intellectual
/
ˌ
ntəlektʃuəl/
42
intelligent
/nteldənt/
8
intensely (annoying)
/ntentsli/
50
intention
/ntentʃən/
73
interact
/
ˌ
ntərkt/
10, 33
interactive
/
ˌ
ntərktv/
35
interest
/ntrəst/
40
interest rate
/ntrəst ret/
40
interest-free
/ntrəst fri/
74
internal
/ntnəl/
71
Internet
/ntənet/
35
interpret
/ntprt/
33
interstate
/
ˌ
ntəstet/
101
intestine
/ntestn/
1
into the bargain
/
65
introduce
/
ˌ
ntrədus/
72
introduction
/
ˌ
ntrədkʃən/
72
introverted
/
ˌ
ntrəυvtd/
8
intuition
/
ˌ
ntʃuʃən/
46
investigate
/nvestet/
37
investigation
/n
ˌ
vesteʃən/
37
investment
/nvestmənt/
73
invite
/nvat/
10
IOU
/
ˌ
aəυju/
78
Irish
/aərʃ/
5
iron
/aən/
85
ironing board
/aənŋ bɔd/
11
irregular
/rejələ/
71
irritant
/rtənt/
50
irritation
/
ˌ
rteʃən/
50
-ise 101
ISP
/
ˌ
aespi/
35
issue
/ʃu/
66
Italian
/tliən/
5
itch
/tʃ/
28
item
/atəm/
86
-ize 101
jagged
/dd/
59
jail
/del/
39
jar
/dɑ/
88
javelin
/dvəln/
18
jazz
/dz/
21
jealous
/deləs/
8
jeans
/dinz/
84
jetlag
/detl/
31
jewellery 101
jewelry 101
job
/dɒb
16, 2
job centre
/dɒb sentə/
25
jockey
/dɒki/
18
journalism
/dnəlzəm/
37, 70
journey
/dni/
31
judge
/dd/
16, 38
judgment
/ddmənt/
66
jug
/d/
88
jump out of your skin 49
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