Wordlist Definitions Adapted from the Macmillan English Dictionary 2Nd Edition Macmillan

Intermediate Level Wordlist and Multiple-choice Exercises

Dracula Bram Stoker

Word Chapter/ Phonetic Spelling Part Of Med Definition Sample Sentence Translation Exercises Page Speech Star Rating balcony 7/40 /ˈbælkəni/ noun a place that sticks She stood on the balcony 1–10) Choose the correct [count] out from the outside staring out at the sea. words and fill the gaps in of a building where the sentences below. you can sit or stand a blood 5/26 /ə ˈblʌd træns noun a medical treatment They rushed her into balcony / blood transfusion / transfusion ˌfjuːʒn/ [count] when blood from hospital and gave her a buried / cart / chapel / one person is put blood transfusion. churchyard / cloak / coach / into the body of coffin / couch another person who is ill 1) The farmer brought his buried 4/25 /ˈberɪd/ verb to put the body of a The dog was buried in the crops to the village on a to bury 2 dead person into the family’s garden. ______. ground 2) He built a ______to the cart 9/50 /kɑːt/ noun 1 an open vehicle with We saw a horse and cart memory of his dead wife. [count] four wheels that is coming down the street. 3) She’s very pale and weak; pulled by a horse I think she needs a chapel 2/13 /ˈʧæpl/ noun 2 a small building like A stone chapel stood on ______. [count] a church where top of the hill. 4) The wedding guests people can pray arrived in a ______. churchyard 4/20 /ˈʧɜːʧˌjɑːd/ noun the area around a She felt frightened, walking 5) People cried as the [count] church where dead through the deserted ______was lowered into people are buried churchyard. the ground. cloak 1/9 /kləʊk/ noun 1 a long coat without The wind was blowing his 6) She wrapped her [count] sleeves cloak around him. ______around her before going out. coach 1/7 /kəʊʧ/ noun 2 a vehicle with a roof A coach and horses pulled [count] pulled by horses, up outside the house. used in the past Macmillan Readers This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 Intermediate Level Wordlist and Multiple-choice Exercises coffin 6/31 /ˈkɒfɪn/ noun 2 a wooden box that People were throwing 7) He was ______in the [count] the body of a dead flowers at the coffin. churchyard alongside his person is put in parents. couch 3/16 /kaʊʧ/ noun a long seat on which They were sitting on the 8) Let’s go out on the [count] you can sit or lie couch watching television. ______and enjoy the view. down 9) We’ve just bought a new ______and armchairs. 10) We walked slowly through the ______and entered the church. cross 1/8 /krɒs/ noun 2 an object with one She wore a little silver 11–19) Choose the correct [count] long upright part and cross round her neck. words and fill the gaps in a shorter one across the sentences below. it that is a symbol of Jesus Christ cross / dawn / examined / dawn 3/18 /dɔːn/ noun the time early in the I usually wake up at dawn. excited / fainted / garlic / [uncount] morning when light hammering / harm someone / first appears in the holy bread sky examined 5/26 /ɪgˈzæmɪnd/ verb to look at someone I examined him carefully to 1) ______has a strong to examine 3 carefully to find out if see if there were any flavour. they are ill or injured broken bones. 2) The priest entered the excited 4/20 /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/ adjective 2 happy because We go on holiday tomorrow church, carrying a ______. something good is – I’m really excited. 3) At ______, the birds going to happen began to sing. fainted 3/17 /ˈfeɪntɪd/ verb to become At the sight of all the blood, 4) He’s a dangerous man who to faint 1 unconscious for a she fainted. might ______. short time 5) She felt ______at the garlic 5/27 /ˈgɑːlɪk/ noun 1 a small round, white Add salt, pepper and garlic thought of seeing him again. [uncount] vegetable with to the sauce. 6) Have you ever ______? different parts 7) The doctor came in and hammering 3/19 /ˈhæmərɪŋ/ verb 1 to hit something with She was hammering a nail ______me. to hammer a hammer into the wall. 8) ______represents the body of Jesus Christ. harm 7/42 /ˈhɑːm ˌsʌmwʌn/ verb 1 to hurt or kill Put that knife down before 9) They were ______the someone someone you harm someone. lid shut.

Macmillan Readers This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 Intermediate Level Wordlist and Multiple-choice Exercises holy bread 7/38 /ˌhəʊli ˈbred/ noun bread that has been During Communion people [uncount] blessed by a priest drink wine and eat holy in a Christian church bread. hypnotize 7/36 /ˈhɪpnətaɪz/ verb to make someone It takes a special skill to be 20–28) Choose the correct go to sleep using a able to hypnotise people. words and fill the gaps in special method the sentences below. inn 1/7 /ɪn/ noun 1 a place where We decided to stay [count] people can eat, overnight at the inn. hypnotize / inn / leaning / drink and stay for lost a lot of blood / the night peacefully / Port of London / leaning 2/14 /ˈliːnɪŋ/ verb to stand close to He was leaning too close shave / shawl / sign to lean 3 someone by to me and I felt bending or moving uncomfortable. 1) I don’t like the idea of your body someone trying to ______lost a lot of 5/26 /ˌlɒst ə lɒt əv phrase to bleed a lot He has lost a lot of blood me. blood ˈblʌd/ because you are ill and is in danger of dying. 2) Do you ______every or badly injured morning? peacefully 5/28 /ˈpiːsf(ə)li/ adverb quietly and happily The baby was sleeping 3) A ______will help peacefully. protect you from the cold. 4) Our ship’s destination is Port of 8/43 /ˌpɔːt əv ˈlʌndən/ noun a place in London Thousands of ships sail in the ______. London [sing] on the River and out of the Port of 5) She agreed to ______Thames from which London every year. the contract. ships sail 6) He could hardly stand and shave 2/14 /ʃeɪv/ verb 1 to remove the hair I’ll have a shower and then was ______against the from a man’s face shave. wall. using a razor 7) I fell and cut my head badly shawl 4/21 /ʃɔːl/ noun a cloth worn over An old woman wearing a so I ______. [count] the head and shawl walked slowly up the 8) The ______was full of shoulders by women hill. people laughing and drinking. sign 1/6 /saɪn/ verb 3 to write your name Could you sign the form, 9) There were no problems at the end of a letter please? during the demonstration – it or document went off ______. stake 6/33 /steɪk/ noun 2 a long piece of wood They made a fence by 29–37) Choose the correct [count] with a sharp point hammering stakes into the words and fill the gaps in ground. the sentences below. Macmillan Readers This page has been downloaded from www.macmillanenglish.com. It is photocopiable, but all copies must be complete pages. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014 Intermediate Level Wordlist and Multiple-choice Exercises telegram 4/23 /ˈtelɪˌgræm/ noun a quick message A telegram has just arrived stake / telegram / tomb / [count] that you could send for you, sir. vampires / vaults / victims / from one place to wrecked on the shore / the other in the past winding / wolf tomb 2/13 /tuːm/ noun a place or large, Several family members [count] stone structure are buried inside the tomb. 1) She was one of the where a dead murderer’s ______. person is buried 2) Send a ______to them vampire 1/8 /ˈvæmpaɪə/ noun a character in Count Dracula was a and tell them what’s [count] stories who bites vampire. happened. people’s necks and 3) A ship has been ______sucks their blood after terrible weather vault 6/32 /vɔːlt/ noun a building made of We went down some stone conditions. [count] stone where dead steps and entered the 4) A ______had killed people in coffins are vault. several sheep. put 5) According to legend, victim 6/30 /ˈvɪktɪm/ noun 3 someone who is She died, aged 23, the ______lived in [count] harmed or killed as victim of a car accident. Transylvania. a result of a crime 6) We looked out at the river wrecked on 4/20 /ˌrekt ɒn ðə ˈʃɔː/ phrase a ship that is During the storm, one of ______down the valley. the shore wrecked on the the boats was wrecked on 7) Several kings and queens shore has been the shore. are buried here in the pushed onto land by ______. wind and high 8) He killed her by pushing a waves ______through her heart. winding 2/11 /ˈwaɪndɪŋ/ verb to turn to the left and The path continued 9) Thousands of tourists to wind 2 right many times winding up the hill. come to visit the ______every year. wolf 1/9 /wʊlf/ noun 1 a large, dangerous We could hear the sound of [count] animal like a dog a wolf howling in the distance.

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