Intermediate · 77 meanings
B1 English vocabulary
Explore words for planning, study, workplaces and more detailed everyday descriptions. The B1-labelled cards include meanings such as deadline, assignment and reservation, each linked to a topic lesson.
Choose a situation you want to explain more clearly. Read the full examples and notice which words appear together. Try recalling the word from its definition, then use it in a sentence about your own experience.
CEFR labels are provisional editorial estimates for individual word meanings, not a verified classification or a complete CEFR syllabus. A lesson can include words from several levels.
Words to start with
Read a meaning and an example, then open its lesson for the rest of the words.
deadline
B1noun · /ˈdedlaɪn/
The latest time or date when something must be finished.
“The deadline for the report is Friday.”
View set: At work →lecture
B1noun · /ˈlektʃɚ/
A talk given to teach people about a subject.
“The lecture begins at ten.”
View set: University life →reservation
B1noun · /ˌrezɚˈveɪʃən/
An arrangement to keep a room, seat, or table for you.
“I have a reservation for two nights.”
View set: Getting ready to travel →curtain
B1noun · /ˈkɝːtn/
A piece of cloth that hangs over a window.
“The curtain blocks the bright sun.”
View set: Furniture at home →pan
B1noun · /pæn/
A shallow metal container with a long handle, used for cooking food on a stove.
“She fried eggs in a pan.”
View set: Kitchen equipment →garage
B1noun · /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/
A building or room for keeping a car.
“The car is in the garage.”
View set: Around the house →
Lessons with B1 words
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At work
Feel more at home in meetings, with colleagues, and in your working day.
Words at B1: deadline.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsUniversity life
Find your words for classes, study time, and life on campus.
Words at B1: lecture, assignment.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsGetting ready to travel
Pack the words you need for your next trip, from the airport to your hotel.
Words at B1: reservation, arrival.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsFurniture at home
Name furniture and furnishings in a bedroom, living room or study.
Words at B1: curtain, shelf.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsKitchen equipment
Choose the utensils, dishes and equipment used to prepare and serve a meal.
Words at B1: pan, pot.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsAround the house
Identify rooms and parts of a house when describing where you live.
Words at B1: garage.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsClothes and accessories
Everyday clothes and accessories for getting dressed.
Words at B1: glove, cap.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsShopping and money
Words for talking about buying things, paying, and special shop offers.
Words at B1: coin, discount, payment.
A1A2B1Level B1: 3 words · Total: 10 wordsEveryday feelings
Everyday feeling words with simple, clear situations and visible body language.
Words at B1: calm.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsPeople on a journey
People you meet when travelling and visiting.
Words at B1: host, stranger.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsShopping actions
Useful actions for buying, selling and choosing things.
Words at B1: afford, exchange.
A1B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsWays we behave
Words for behavior and the way we treat others.
Words at B1: careless, brave, kind.
A1A2B1Level B1: 3 words · Total: 10 wordsMore everyday feelings
Words for feelings in everyday situations.
Words at B1: confused, disappointed, embarrassed, lonely, amazed…
A1A2B1Level B1: 7 words · Total: 10 wordsSubjects to explore
Subjects we study to understand the world.
Words at B1: literature.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsValue and comparison
Prices, money and ways of comparing things.
Words at B1: rare.
A1B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsGames and competition
People and events in games and sports.
Words at B1: race.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsPersonal items and clothing
Garments and familiar things we keep and use.
Words at B1: ring.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsMeasures and amounts
Words for measuring, counting and comparing amounts.
Words at B1: length.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsAdvice and requests
Words for giving guidance, sharing views and asking politely for help.
Words at B1: recommendation, warning.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsExplaining and discussing
Words for explaining ideas, discussing them and presenting information.
Words at B1: agreement, announcement, presentation, summary, reference…
A2B1Level B1: 6 words · Total: 10 wordsLearning and investigating
Verbs for studying carefully, explaining knowledge and completing education.
Words at B1: concentrate, analyse, define, revise, summarize…
B1Level B1: 10 words · Total: 10 wordsPersonality and manner
Adjectives for how people think and treat others.
Words at B1: confident, shy, generous, honest, gentle…
A2B1Level B1: 7 words · Total: 10 wordsRunning a business
Actions connected with jobs, trade and supplying customers.
Words at B1: hire, fire, retire, invest, trade…
A2B1Level B1: 9 words · Total: 10 wordsSequence in time
Adjectives for placing events before, during or after a reference time.
Words at B1: previous, current.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsPlaces described with adverbs
Adverbs for where people are and where they go.
Words at B1: indoors, outdoors.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 wordsSmall words for moving and switching
Short adverbs for direction and for equipment that is running or stopped.
Words at B1: ahead.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsRelative direction without an object
Adverbs that place movement and objects relative to something nearby.
Words at B1: apart.
A1A2B1Level B1: 1 word · Total: 10 wordsAdverbs for past and present days
Adverbs that place events on particular days or at earlier and current times.
Words at B1: currently, previously.
A1A2B1Level B1: 2 words · Total: 10 words