New Horizons 2

Unit 5

Word list

Unit 5
Talking about future intention, pp 56-57
- intention (n)
something that you want and plan to do
- the seaside (n)
the area near the sea, especially where people spend their holidays and
enjoy themselves
- autumn (n)
the season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from
September to November when fruits and crops become ripe and are
picked, and leaves fall
- guess (v)
to give an answer to a particular question when you do not have all the
facts and so cannot be certain if you are correct
- awful (adj)
extremely bad or unpleasant
- college (n)
any place for specialized education after the age of 16 where people study
or train to get knowledge and/or skills
- vet (n)
person with a medical degree trained to take care of the health of animals
- administrator (n)
someone whose job is to control the operation of a business, organization
or plan
Talking about arrangement, pp 58-59
- chat (n)
a friendly, informal conversation
- favour (n)
a kind action that you do for someone
- arrangement (n)
a plan for how something will happen
- fixed (adj)
arranged or decided already and not able to be changed
- expression (n)
a word or group of words used in a particular situation or by particular
people
- exhibition (n)
when objects such as paintings are shown to the public, or when someone
shows a particular skill or quality to the public
- lunchtime (n)
the time in the middle of the day when most people eat a meal
- details (n)
information about someone or something
Intentions and arrangements, pp 60-61
- theatre (n)
a building, room with rows of seats from which people can watch a
performance or other activity
- PET (n)
Preliminary English Test
- function (n)
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a person)
- depart (v)
to go away or leave, especially on a journey
- coach (n)
(US: bus) a long motor vehicle with comfortable seats, used to take groups
of people on journeys
- gym (n)
a large room with weights for lifting, horizontal bars and other equipment
for exercising the body and increasing strength
- load (n)
the amount of work to be done by a person
- fine (adj)
good or good enough
Skills and culture, p 62-63
- originally (adv)
first of all
- prestigious (adj)
very much respected and admired, usually because of being important
- entrance exam (n)
an examination which you take to decide if you can be accepted into a
school, etc.
- applicant (n)
a person who formally requests something, especially a job, or a place at
college or university
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- apply (v)
- open day (n)
- impressed (adj)
- brilliant (adj)
- lecture (n)
- seminar (n)
- department (n)
- tutor (n)
- walking distance (n)
- relatively cheap (adj)
- stream (n)
- hall of residence (n)
- rent (n)
- cafeteria (n)

- financial (adj)
- side (n)
- student loan (n)

- get by (v)
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break (n)
debt (n)
independent (adj)
guarantee (v)
according to (prep)
present (v)
argument (n)

Unit 5

Word list

to request something, usually officially, especially by writing or sending in

a form
a day when an organization such as a school, college or factory allows
members of the public to go in and see what happens there
feeling of admiration or respect because of something that someone has
done or said
very good
a formal talk on a serious or specialist subject given to a group of people,
especially students
an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study
and discuss something
a part of an organization such as a school, business or government which
deals with a particular area of study or work
a teacher who works with one student or a small group, either at a British
college or university or in the home of a child
the amount of space between two places that you can reach by walking
quite cheap in comparison with other similar things or with what you
expect
water that flows naturally along a fixed route
(US: dormitory) a college building where students live
a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room,
house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns
restaurant (often in a factory, a college or an office building) where
people collect food and drink from a serving area and take it to a table
themselves after paying for it
relating to money or how money is managed
a part of something
an agreement by which a student at a college or university borrows money
from a bank to pay for their education and then pays the money back
after they finish studying and start a job
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having
just enough of something you need, such as money
a short period of rest
something, especially money, which is owed to someone else
not controlled in any way by other people, events or things
to promise that something will happen or exist
as stated by
to introduce
a disagreement,

Language plus Unit 5, p100-101

- astronaut (n)
a person who has been trained for travelling in spacecraft
- yacht (n)
a boat with sails and sometimes an engine, used for either racing or
travelling on for pleasure
- expect (v)
to think or believe something will happen
- upset (adj)
worried, unhappy or angry
Workbook: Unit 5, pp 28-31
- fashion (n)
a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair,
make-up, etc

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- show (n)
- tour operator (n)
- accept (v)
- gap year (n)
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deliver (v)
veterinary science (n)
colleague (n)
speech (n)
exhausting (adj)

Unit 5

Word list

an event at which a group of related things are available for the public to
look at
someone whose job is to control a group of people in a tour
to agree to take something
a year between leaving school and starting university which is usually
spent travelling or working
to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work
science about taking care of the health of animals
one of a group of people who work together
formal talk given usually to a large number of people on a special occasion
making you feel extremely tired

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