B1 Vocabulary List beginning with Letters M-N-O

M

machine (n)

mad (adj)

Madam (n)

made of/from/out of (v)

• Her shirt is made of cotton.

magazine (n)

magic (adj & n)

magnificent (adj)

mail (n & v)

main (adj)

main course (n)

make (v)

make sure (v)

make-up (n)

male (adj)

man (n)

manage (v)

• to manage a business

• to manage to do something

(succeed in)

manager (n)

mango (n)

many (det & pron)

map (n)

mark (n)

market (n)

• to buy something from a

market

marriage (n)

married (adj)

marry (v)

marvellous (adj)

match (n & v)

• a box of matches (n)

• a tennis match (n)

• This tie matches your shirt. (v)

mate (n)

material (n)

maths I mathematics (n) (Br

Eng) (Am Eng: math)

matter (n & v)

• Is anything the matter? (n)

• It doesn't matter. (v)

maximum (adj & n)

may (mv)

maybe (adv)

me (pron)

meal (n)

mean (v)

• What do you mean?

• What does it mean?

meaning (n)

meanwhile (adv)

meat (n)

mechanic (n)

medicine (n)

medium (adj)

meet (v)

meeting (n)

melon (n)

member (n)

membership (n)

memory (n)

• to have a good/poor memory

• happy memories

• computer memory

mend (v)

mention (v)

menu (n)

mess (n)

message (n)

messy (adj)

metal (n)

method (n)

• modern methods of teaching

metre (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: meter)

microwave (n)

• a microwave oven

midday (n)

middle (n)

middle-aged (adj)

midnight (n)

might (mv)

mild (adj)

mile (n)

milk (n)

millimetre (mm) (n) (Br Eng)

(Am Eng: millimeter)

million (n)

mind (n & v)

• His mind was on other things. (n)

• Would you mind if I called tomorrow? (v)

• Mind your head!(v)

• Who's minding the baby for you? (v)

mine (pron)

mineral water (n)

minimum (adj & n)

minus (prep)

minute (n)

mirror (n)

miserable (adj)

miss (v)

Miss (n)

Missing (adj)

Mistake (n)

mix (v)

mobile (phone) (n)

model (n)

• It's cheap because it's last year's model. (n)

• She's a fashion model. (n)

modern (adj)

moment(n)

money (n)

monkey (n)

month (n)

monument (n)

mood (n)

moon (n)

more (adv, det & pron)

morning (n)

mosquito (n)

most (adv,det & pron)

mother (n)

motorcycle (n)

motorbike (n)

motor-racing (n)

motorway (n)

mountain (n)

mouse (n)

moustache (n)

mouth (n)

move (v)

movie (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng:film)

movie star (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: film star)

movie theater (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: cinema)

MP3 player (n)

Mr (n)

Mrs (n)

Ms (n)

much (adv, det & pron)

mug (n)

mum (n)

museum (n)

mushroom (n)

music (n)

musical (adj)

musician (n)

must (mv)

multiply (v)

my (det)

myself (pron)

mystery (n)

N

name (n & v)

narrow (adj)

nasty (adj)

national (adj)

nationality (n)

natural (adj)

nature (n)

• nature studies

navy blue (adj)

near (adv, prep & adj)

nearby (adj & adv)

nearly (adv)

neat (adj)

necessary (adj)

neck (n)

necklace (n)

need (v)

negative (adj)

neighbour (n)

neighbourhood (n)

nephew (n)

nervous (adj)

• a nervous person

• to feel nervous

net (n)

network (n)

never (adv)

new (adj)

news (n)

newspaper (n)

next (adj & adv)

next to (prep)

nice (adj)

niece (n)

night (n)

nightclub (n)

nightlife (n)

nightmare (n)

no (adv, det & pron)

nobody (pron)

noise (n)

noisy (adj)

none (pron)

noon (n)

no one (pron)

normal (adj)

normally (adv)

north (adj, adv & n)

northeast (adj & n)

northern (adj)

northwest (adj & n)

nose (n)

not (adv)

note (n & v)

• to write a note (n)

• a ten-pound note (n)

• Please note. (v)

notebook (n)

notepaper (n)

nothing (pron)

notice (n & v)

• to read a notice (n)

• until further notice (n)

• Did you notice anything

wrong? (v)

noticeboard (n)

novel (n)

now (adv)

nowadays (adv)

nowhere (adv)

number (n)

• numbers 5 to 7

• a large number of cars

• What's your (phone)

number?

nurse (n)

O

object (n)

obvious (adj)

obviously (adv)

occasion (n)

occupation (n)

ocean (n)

o'clock (adv)

of (prep)

of course (adv)

off (adv & prep)

• It fell off the table. (prep)

• The meeting is off. (adv)

• I've got the afternoon off.

(adv)

offer (n & v)

office (n)

officer (n)

often (adv)

oh (exclam)

oh dear! (exclam)

oil(n)

OK I O.K./okay (adj & exclam)

old (adj)

old-fashioned (adj)

olive (n)

omelette (n)

on (adv & prep)

on board (prep phr)

on business (prep phr)

once (adv)

• once a year

• Ionce sawhimdancing.

one (det & pron)

on fire (prep phr)

on foot (prep phr)

on holiday (prep phr)

onion (n)

online (adv & adj)

• to book/buy something

online (adv)

• an online printer (adj)

only (adj & adv)

on purpose (prep phr)

on request (prep phr)

on sale (prep phr)

on time (prep phr)

onto (prep)

open (adj & v)

opening hours (n pi)

opera (n)

operate (v)

operation (n)

opinion (n)

opportunity (n)

opposite (adj, n, prep & adv)

option (n)

or (conj)

orange (adj & n)

orchestra (n)

order (conj,n& v)

• in order to (conj)

• to put something in order (n)

• to order a meal (v)

ordinary (adj)

organisation (n)

organise (v)

original (adj)

other (adj, pron & det)

otherwise (adv)

ought (mv)

our (det)

ours (pron)

ourselves (pron)

out (adv)

outdoor (adj)

outdoors (adv)

out of (prep)

out of date (prep phr)

out of order (prep phr)

out of work (prep phr)

outside (adv,adj & prep)

oven (n)

over (adv & prep)

• I'm going over the road.

(prep)

• over 40 people (more than)

(adv)

• to be over (finished) (adv)

• Several birds were flying

over the roof of the school.

(prep)

overnight (adj & adv)

owe (v)

own (adj,pron & v)

• my own pen (adj)

• on my own (pron)

• to own a car (v)

owner (n)