Unit 8 Flashcards
a person whose job is to make lists of all the money that people or businesses receive and pay
accountant
a person whose job is to design and plan buildings
architect
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine
article
to start your life
be born
very nice to see, hear or smell
beautiful
a person whose job is to make buildings
builder
to stop living
die
a person whose job is to make sick people well again
doctor
a person whose job is to make and repair electrical systems and equipment
electrician
a person whose job is to plan, make or repair things like machines, roads or bridges
engineer
a person who works in a place where things are made with machines
factory worker
to begin to love sb
fall in love (with sb)
Stories that sb writes and that are not true
fiction
to start working in a place
get a job
to end a marriage by law
get divorced
to take sb as your husband or wife
get married
to regularly attend university (= a place where people go to study more difficult subjects after they have left school)
go to university
to become an adult; to change from a child to a man or woman
grow up
when a woman has a baby, she produces a child from her body
have a baby
a person who has studied the law and who helps people or talks for them in a court of law
lawyer
wonderful, extremely enjoyable
Magical
connected with a particular country, or shared by a whole nation
national
finding sth easy
natural
writing that is about real people, events and facts
non-fiction
a book that tells a story about people and things that are not real
novel
a person whose job is to look after people who are sick or hurt
nurse
a person who works at a desk in an office
office worker
a story that you watch in the theatre or on television, or listen to on the radio
play
a person whose job is to put in and repair things like water pipes and baths
plumber
words arranged in lines in an artistic way, often with sounds repeated at the ends of lines
poem
connected with politics or the government
political
having a lot of strength or power
powerful
doing sth for money as a job
professional
to stop working because you are a certain age
retire
a person who studies science or works with science
scientist
the written words that actors speak in a play or film
script
a person who works in a shop
shop assistant
a piece of writing that is shorter than a novel
short story
if you are successful, you have got or done what you wanted, or you have become popular, rich, etc
successful
to stop doing something for a short period of time
take a break
to take an exam to see how much you know about a subject
take a test
to be careful
take care
to use your power to deal with sth
take control (of sth)
to join with other people in an activity
take part (in sth)
to use a camera to record pictures
take photos (of sth)
to happen
take place
to do sth one after the other
take turns
related to old beliefs or customs of a particular group of people
traditional
a doctor for animals
vet
a man or woman who brings food and drink to your table in a restaurant
waiter / waitress
extremely good; great
wonderful
