B1 Vocabulary List beginning with Letter C

C

cab (n)

cabbage (n)

cabin (n)

cabinet (n)

cable (n)

cafe/cafe (n)

cafeteria (n)

cage (n)

cake (n)

calculator (n)

calendar(n)

calf (n)

call (n & v)

call for (phr v)

• I'll call for you at 7.

call in (phr v)

• She called in to see a friend.

calm (adj)

camel (n)

camera (n)

camp (n & v)

camping (n)

campsite (n)

can (n & mv)

canal (n)

cancel (v)

candidate (n)

candle (n)

candy (n)

canteen (n)

cap (n)

capital (adj & n)

• capital city

• capital letter

• the capital of Italy

captain (n)

car(n)

card (n)

• birthday card

• credit card

• card game

cardboard (adj & n)

care (n & v)

• take care of someone (n)

• to care (about/for)

someone/something (v)

career (n)

careful (adj)

carefully (ad)

careless (adj)

car park (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng:

parking lot)

carpet (n)

carrot (n)

carry (v)

carry on (phr v)

• He carried on walking despite the rain.

carry out (phr v)

• She carried out the plan according to the instructions.

cartoon (n)

case (n)

• Would you like me to carry your case?

• I'll make an exception in this case.

cash (n)

cashpoint (n)

castle (n)

casual (adj)

• casual clothes

cat (n)

catch (v)

cathedral (n)

cattle (n)

cave (n)

CD (n)

CD player (n)

CD-Rom (n)

ceiling (n)

celebrate (v)

celebration (n)

celebrity (n)

cell phone (n)

cent (n)

centimetre I centimeter (em) (n)

central (adj)

central heating (n)

centre/center (n)

century (n)

cereal (n)

ceremony (n)

certain (adj)

certainly (not) (adv)

certificate (n)

chain (n)

chair (n)

challenge (n)

challenging (adj)

champion (n)

championship (n)

chance (n)

change (n & v)

changing room (n)

channel (n)

chapter (n)

character (n)

charge (n & v)

charity (n)

charming (adj)

chat (n)

chatroom (n)

chat show (n) (Br Eng) (Am Eng: talk show)

cheap (adj)

cheat (v)

check (n & v)

check in (phr v)

• They checked in to a hotel.

check-in (n)

• Your keys are at the check-in desk.

check out (phr v)

• He checked out of the hotel at the end of his stay.

checkout (n)

cheek(n)

cheerful (adj)

cheers!(exclam)

cheese (n)

chef (n)

chemist (n)

chemistry (n)

cheque (n)

chess(n)

chest of drawers (n)

chicken (n)

child (n)

childhood (n)

chilli (n)

chin (n)

chip (n)

• I love fish and chips.

chocolate (n)

choice (n)

choose (v)

cinema (n)

circle (n)

circus (n)

city (n)

clap (v)

class (n)

• language class

• first class, second class

classical (adj)

• classical music

classmate (n)

classroom (n)

clean (adj & v)

cleaner (n)

clear (adj & v)

clearly (adv)

clever (adj)

click (n & v)

cliff (n)

climate (n)

climb (v)

climbing (n)

clinic (n)

clock (n)

close (adj, adv & v)

closed (adj)

clothes (n pi)

cloud (n)

cloudy (adj)

clown (n)

club (n)

• to join a club

coach (n)

coast (n)

coat (n)

coconut (n)

cod (n)

coffee (n)

coin (n)

cola (n)

cold (adj & n)

collar(n)

colleague (n)

collect (v)

collection (n)

college (n)

colour (n & v)

colourful (adj)

comb (n &v)

come (v)

comedy (n)

come on (phr v)

• Come on or we'll miss the bus.

comfort (n)

comfortable (adj)

comic (adj & n)

comma (n)

common (adj)

• a common surname

• have something in common

communicate (v)

communication (n)

company (n)

compare (v)

compete (v)

competition (n)

competitor (n)

complain (v)

complaint (n)

complete (adj & v)

complicated (adj)

composition (n)

computer (n)

concentrate (v)

concert (n)

conclusion (n)

condition (n)

• in good condition

conference (n)

confident(adj)

confirm(v)

confused (adj)

confusing (adj)

congratulations! (exclam)

connect (v)

connection (n)

consider (v)

consist (v)

consonant (n)

contact (n & v)

contain (v)

contents (n)

contest (n)

continent (n)

continue (v)

contract (n)

control (n & v)

• a remote control

• Control your dog!

convenient (adj)

conversation (n)

convince (v)

cook (n & v)

cooker (n)

cookie (n) (Am Eng) (Br Eng: biscuit)

cooking (n)

cool (adj, exclam & v)

copy (n & v)

corn (n)

corner (n)

correct (adj)

correction (n)

cost (n & v)

costume (n)

• I forgot my swimming costume.

• national costume

• a Halloween costume

cosy (adj)

cottage (n)

cotton (n)

cough (n & v)

could (mv)

count (v)

country (n)

countryside (n)

couple (n)

courage (n)

course (n)

• English course

• main course

• of course (exclam)

court (n)

• law court

• tennis court

cousin (n)

cover (n & v)

cow (n)

crash (n & v)

crazy (adj)

cream (adj & n)

create (v)

creative (adj)

creature (n)

credit (n)

credit card (n)

crew (n)

• cabin crew

cricket (n)

crime (n)

criminal (n)

crop (n)

cross (n & v)

crossing (n)

• pedestrian crossing

cross out (phr v)

• Cross it out and write it again.

crossroads (n)

crowd (n)

crowded (adj)

cruel (adj)

cruise (n)

cry (n & v)

cucumber (n)

cultural (adj)

culture (n)

cup (n)

cupboard (n)

cure (n & v)

curious (adj)

curiously (adv)

• 'Why?' she asked him curiously.

curly (adj)

currency (n)

curriculum (n)

curry (n)

curtain (n)

cushion (n)

custom (n)

customer (n)

customs (n pi)

cut (n & v)

cute (adj)

cut up (phr v)

• She cut up the cake into small pieces.

CV (Curriculum Vitae) (n)

cycle (n & v)

cycling (n)

cyclist (n)