Vocabulary

At a garden centre or on a seed packet, familiar English words can have unfamiliar uses. You might need to ask for a trowel, explain that a plant needs repotting, or understand an instruction to thin out seedlings. This guide connects gardening vocabulary with the tasks and conversations in which...

Looking after a pet involves many small conversations: explaining a feeding routine, asking a groomer for an appointment or telling a vet what has changed. Knowing animal names is useful, but these situations need a different set of words. This guide focuses on practical pet care English,...

Explaining a car problem in English is easier when you can name the part, describe what you notice and say when it happens. You do not need to identify the mechanical cause yourself. This guide covers useful car parts, British and American terms, and the language of booking a service or discussing...

At a car rental desk, familiar words can have very specific meanings. A deposit is different from an excess, and a return location is not necessarily the place where you collected the car. This guide explains the English you need to discuss a booking, ask clear questions at collection and describe...

At an English-speaking gym, knowing the name of a machine is only the beginning. You may need to ask how to adjust it, understand “two sets of eight” or find out whether someone has finished using a bench. This guide teaches the words and short exchanges that make those conversations clearer....

You know the haircut you want, but explaining it in another language can be difficult. At a salon, a small difference between “take two centimetres off” and “cut it to two centimetres” changes the meaning considerably. These words, examples and short dialogues will help you describe your...

A washing machine may offer a rinse, a spin and a delicate cycle, but these words describe different things. Laundry vocabulary also helps you understand clothing labels, ask for help at a laundrette and explain why a favourite shirt no longer fits. Learn the expressions below as short phrases you...

When something goes wrong at home, “It is broken” may not give a plumber, electrician or landlord enough information. You can make your message clearer by naming the item, describing what happens and saying when the problem started. This guide gives you the English words and sentence patterns to...

Looking for a home involves more than knowing the words bedroom and kitchen. Rental advertisements, viewing appointments and messages from a landlord use expressions that can be unfamiliar even when you understand everyday English. This guide helps you read a listing, ask specific questions and...

Human resources vocabulary appears in job advertisements, welcome emails, payslips and conversations with managers. Understanding it helps you ask clear questions about your role and follow workplace processes. This guide explains common HR terms through practical examples, from applying for a job...

A sales conversation can move from a first enquiry to a price discussion and a follow-up email in a few minutes. Knowing the right English phrases helps you explain an offer, understand a customer's concerns and agree on the next step. This guide covers practical sales vocabulary with examples for...

Accounting conversations often turn on small differences: an invoice is not a receipt, a receivable is not a payable, and a debit does not always mean money has left the business. This guide explains the English words you need to discuss records, payments and month-end work, with examples you can...

Finance vocabulary helps you understand a bank statement, ask about a loan and explain a budget at work. The challenge is not just learning what each word means, but knowing how to use it in a sentence and distinguish it from similar terms. This guide groups useful words by situation, with...

Marketing meetings can be difficult to follow when familiar words have specialist meanings. A colleague may ask you to improve the copy, reach a new audience or report campaign results. This guide explains useful marketing vocabulary in English and shows how to use it in practical workplace...

Vocabulary practice should help you do something with English: order lunch, explain a problem, compare choices or express a careful opinion. A long list of unfamiliar words does not tell you which task to practise next. Use the activities below to find a manageable starting point and turn familiar...

You may know the word success but hesitate between “a success project” and “a successful project.” Learning a word family helps you connect related forms and choose the one a sentence needs. The useful goal is to recognise the relationship, understand each form and practise it in a phrase you can...

You finish an English article, underline several unfamiliar words and then forget most of them. The problem may be what happens around the reading: the text is too difficult, you interrupt every sentence, or the words stay in a list you never use. A manageable reading task, a few useful choices...

You know words such as good, bad and important, but they do not always explain what you mean. A colleague may understand that a report is “good” without knowing whether it is accurate, clearly organised or useful for a decision. More precise vocabulary helps you name the quality, action or problem...

You replay an English sentence, check the transcript, and discover that every word is familiar. The difficulty was not necessarily the meaning: you may not have matched the sounds to the words quickly enough. To work on this problem, identify exactly what you missed and practise that short section...

An English vocabulary notebook should help you use words after you close the page. A list of translations can be a starting point, but it may not show which meaning you need or how the word fits into a sentence. Build short entries that connect an expression to a situation, then leave yourself a...