Here is a very simple, yetย attractive, common noun list. I hope you can start using them soon, if youโre not already!
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1. account โ an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and allow you to take it out when you need to.
2. air โ the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth and that we breathe.
3. amount โ a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot be counted.
4. animal โ something that lives and moves, but is not a human, bird, insect or fish.
5. answer โ the receipt and response to a letter, question or phone call.
6. approval โ the feeling of having a positive opinion of someone or something.
7. art โ the activity ofย makingย objects, drawings, music, paintings, sculptures etc that are beautiful or that express feelings.
8. attack โ to try to hurt or defeat (mainly referred to physical violence but can also be used to describe verbal or emotional outbursts).
9. attention โ notice, thought or interest.
10. back โ (adverb) in return, into, towards a previous place or condition, or an earlier time; (noun) the part of your body that is opposite to the front, from your shoulder to your bottom.
11. base โ the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part of something.
12. behavior โ the way that someone behaves.
13. belief โ the feeling of being certain that something exists or is true, something that you believe.
14. birth โ the time when a young baby, or young animal comes out of its motherโs body.
15. blood โ the red liquid that is sent around the body by the heart.
16. blow โ to move and make currents of air, or to make a sound by forcing air out of your mouth.
17. body โ the whole physical structure that forms a person or animal.
18. bread โ a food made from flour, water and usually yeast, mixed together and baked.
19. breath โ the air that goes into and out of your lungs.
20. brother โ a man or boy with the same parents as another person.
21. building โ a structure with walls and a roof, such as a house or a factory.
22. burn โ to be hurt, damaged or destroyed by fire or extreme heat, or to cause this to happen.
23. business โ the activity of buying and selling goods and services.
24. butter โ a pale yellow food containing a lot of fat that is made from cream, usually spread on bread or used in cooking.
25. care โ the process of protecting someone or something, and providing what they need.
26. cause โ the reason why something, especially something bad, happens.
27. chance โ an occasion that allows something to be done.
28. change โ to exchange one thing for another thing, or to make or become different.
29. cloth โ a type of woven material, usually used in cleaning to remove dirt, dust or liquid.
30. color/colour โ red, blue, green, yellow, red, orange etc.
31. comfort โ a pleasant feeling of being relaxed and free from pain.
32. company โ an organization that sells goods or services in order to make money.
33. comparison โ the act of comparing two or more people or things.
34. competition โ a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than someone else.
35. connection โ the state of being related to someone or something.
36. cook โ (verb) when you prepare food to be eaten by heating it until it is ready, or (noun) a person whoย prepares and cooks food.
37. country โ an area of land that has its own government, army etc.
38. cover โ to put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something.
39. credit โ praise, approval or honour.
40. cry โ to produce tears as the result of a strong emotion, such as sadness, fear, happiness or pain.
41. current โ of the present time.
42. damage โ to harm or spoil something.
43. danger โ the possibility of harm or death to someone.
44. daughter โ your female child.
45. day โ a period of 24 hours.
46. death โ the end of life.
47. decision โ a choice that you make about something after thinking about all the possible options.
48. detail โ a single piece of information or fact about something.
49. development โ the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes more advanced.
50. direction โ the position towards which someone or something moves or faces.51. discovery โ the process of finding information, a place or an object, especially for the first time.
52. discussion โ the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas or opinions.
53. disease โ an illness of people, animals or plants caused by infection or a lack of health.
54. distance โ the amount of space between two places.
55. doubt โ (a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially how good or true it is.
56. drink โ (noun) liquid that is taken into the body through the mouth, or (verb) to take liquid into the body through the mouth.
57. driving โ the ability to drive a car, the activity of driving, or the way someone drives.
58. dust โ dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of soil etc.
59. earth โ our planet, the third in order from the sun, between Venus and Mars, the world on which we live. Also another term for soil on the ground.
60. education โ the process of teaching or learning in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this.
61. effect โ the result of a particular influence.
62. end โ the part of a place or thing that is the furthest away from the start, or the final part of something such as a period of time, activity or story.
63. error โ a mistake.
64. example โ a way of helping someone to understand something by showing them how it is used.
65. experience โ (the process of getting) knowledge or skill from doing, seeing or feeling things, or something that happens to you which affects how you feel.
66. expert โ a person with a high level of knowledge or skill relating to a particular subject or activity.
67. fact โ something that isย known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists.
68. fall โ to suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground without intending to, or by accident.
69. family โ a group of people who are related to each other such as a mother, father and their children.
70. father โ a male parent.
71. fear โ an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are worried or frightened by something dangerous, painful or bad that is happening or may happen.
72. feeling โ the fact of feeling something physical, or an emotion.
73. fire โ the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might produce smoke.
74. flight โ a journey in an aircraft.
75. flower โ the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell.
76. food โ something that people andย animals eat or plants absorb, to keep them alive.
77. friend โ a person who you know well and like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family.
78. front โ the part of a personโs body, building or object that faces forward, or is most often seen or used.
79. fruit โ the soft part containing seeds that isย produced by a plant. Many types of fruit are sweet and can be eaten.
80. glass โ a hard transparent material used to make windows bottles and other objects.
81. gold โ a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins and jewellery.
82. government โ the group of people that officially control a country.
83. grain โ a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat.
84. grass โ a low, green plant that grows naturally from soil on the Earthโs surface.
85. growth โ the growth of a person, animal or plant is its process of increasing in size.
86. guide โ written information or a person that gives you the history of, or most important facts about, a particular or subject.
87. harbor/harbour โ an area of water next to the coast, often protected fromย the sea by a thick wall, where ships and boats can shelter.
88. hate โ to dislike someone or something very much.
89. hearing โ the ability to hear, or an official meeting that is heldย to collect the facts about an event or problem.
90. heat โ the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature of something.
91. help โ to make it possible or easier for someone to do something, by doing part of the work yourself.
92. history โ (the study or record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country or subject.
93. hole โ an empty space in an object, usually with an opening to the objectโs surface, or an opening that goes completely through an object.
94. hope โ to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might.
95. hour โ a period of 60 minutes.
96. ice โ water that has frozen and become solid, or pieces of this.
97. idea โ a suggestion or plan for doing something.
98. increase โ to (make something) become larger in amount or size.
99. industry โ the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or special area.
100. instrument โ an object such as a guitar or drum that is played to produce musical sounds.
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101. insurance โ an agreement in which you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident or injury.
102. interest โ the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or someone, or wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something.
103. iron โ a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts inย blood.
104. join โ to connect or fasten things together.
105. journey โ the act of travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle.
106. jump โ to push yourself suddenly off the ground and into the air using your legs.
107. kick โ to hit someone or something with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently.
108. kiss โ to touch another personโs cheek or hand with your lips, especially as a greeting, or to press your mouth onto another personโs mouth in a sexual way.
109. knowledge โ understanding of, or information about, a subject that you get by experience or study.
110. land โ the surface of the Earth that is not covered by water.
111. language โ a system of communication consisting of sounds, words and grammar.
112. laugh โ to smile when making sounds with your voice that showย you think something is funny or that you are happy.
113. low โ not measuring much from the base to the top, close to the ground or theย bottom of something.
114. lead โ to control a group of people, a country or situation.
115. learning โ the activity of obtaining knowledge, or knowledge obtained by study.
116. letter โ a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent by post.
117. level โ the height of something, or the amount or number of something.
118. light โ the brightness that comes from the sun, fire and some electrical devices, and that allows things to be seen.
119. limit โ the greatest amount, number or level of something that is either possible or allowed.
120. liquid โ a substance, such as water, that is not solid or a gas and that can be poured easily.
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121. look โ to direct your eyes in order to see.
122. loss โ the fact that you no longer have something, or have less of something.
123. love โ to like another adult very much and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to have strong feelings of liking a friend or person in your family in a non-sexual way.

124. machine โ a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type of work.
125. man โ an adult male human being.
126. market โ the people who might want to buy something, or a part of the world where something is sold, or the business or trade in a particular product.
127. mass โ (adjective) having an effect on or involving a large number of people, or forming a large amount. (noun) a large amount ofย something that has no particular shape or arrangement.
128. meal โ an occasion when food is eaten, or the food that is eaten on such an occasion.
129. measure โ to discover the exact size or amount of something, or to be of a particular size.
130. meat โ the flesh of an animal when it is used for food.
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131. meeting โ an occasion when people come together intentionally, usually in a formal/business sense.
132. memory โ the ability to remember information, experiences and people.
133. middle โ the central point, position or part.
134. milk โ the white liquid produced by cows, goats, sheep, and used by humans as a drink or for making butter and cheese.
135. mind โ the part of a person that makes it possible for him or her to think, feel emotions and understand things.
136. mine โ the one(s) belonging to or connected withย me (the speaker).
137. minute โ one of the 60 parts that an hour is divided into, consisting of 60 seconds.
138. mist โ thin fog produced by very small drops of water collecting in the air just above an area of ground or water.
139. money โ coins or notes that are used to buy things, or the amount of these that one person has.
140. month โ a period of about 4 weeks, especially one of the 12 periods into whichย a year is divided.
141. morning โ the part of the day from the time the sun rises or you wake up, until the middle of the day or lunch time.
142. mother โ a female parent.
143. mountain โ a raised part of the Earthโs surface, much larger than a hill.
144. move โ to (cause to) change position.
145. music โ a pattern of sounds made by musical instruments, voices or computers, intended to give pleasure to people listening to it.
146. name โ the word or words that a person, thing or place is known by.
147. nation โ a large aggregate of people united by common descent, history, culture or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory.
148. need โ the urge to have something, or want something very much.
149. newsย โ information or reports about recent events.
150. night โ the part of every 24-hour period when it is dark, because there is very little light from the sun.
151. noise โ a sound or sounds, especially when it is unwanted, unpleasant or loud.
152. number โ a unit that forms part of the system of counting or calculating.
153. offer โ to ask someone if they would like to have something, or they would like you to do something.
154. oil โ a thick liquid that comes from petroleum, used as a fuel, and for making parts of machines move easily.
155. opinion โ a thought, belief or judgement about someone or something.
156. order โ a request to make, supply or deliver food or goods.
157. organization โ a group of people who work together in an organized way for a shared purpose.
158. owner โ someone who owns something.
159. page โ a side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, magazine or newspaper.
160. pain โ a feeling of physical, emotional or mental suffering.
161. paint โ a coloured liquid that is put on a surface, such as a wall, to decorate it.
162. paper โ thin, flat material made from crushed wood or cloth, used for writing, printing or drawing on.
163. part โ some, but not all of a thing.
164. paste โ a think, soft, sticky substance made by crushing or mixing things such as fish, fruit or vegetables for food, or a liquid with powder for glue.
165. payment โ an amount of money paid or the process of giving money owed to another.
166. peace โ free from war and violence, especially when people live and work together happily, without disagreements.
167. person โ a man, woman or child.
168. place โ an area, town or building.
169. plant โ a living thing that grows in earth, or water, usually has a stem, leaves and roots, and produces seeds.
170. play โ spending time doing an enjoyable and/or entertaining activity.
171. pleasure โ enjoyment, happiness and satisfaction, or something that gives this.
172. position โ the place where something or someone is, often in relation to other things.
173. power โ ability to control people and events.
174. price โ the amount of money for which something is sold.
175. process โ a series of actions that you take in order to achieve a result.
176. produce โ (verb) to make something or bring something into existence. (noun) food or any other substance that is grown or obtained through farming.
177. profit โ money that is earned in trade or business, after paying any costs related to producing selling goods.
178. property โ an object/objects, building or land that belong to someone.
179. pull โ to move something towards yourself, sometimes with great physical effort.
180. punishment โ the act of punishing someone.
181. purpose โ why you do something, or why something exists.
182. push โ to use physical pressure or force, especially with your hands, in order to move something into a position that is further away from you.
183. quality โ how good or bad something is.
184. question โ a sentence or phrase used to find out information.
185. rain โ drops of water from clouds.
186. reaction โ behaviour, a feeling or an action that is the direct result of something.
187. reading โ the skill or activity of getting information from books.
188. reason โ the cause of an event or situation, something that provides an excuse or explanation.
189. record โ (verb) to store sounds or moving pictures using electronic equipment. (noun) the best or fastest ever done. (noun) a flat plastic disc on which music is recorded.
190. regret โ a feeling of sadness about something sad or wrong, or about a mistake that you have made.
191. relation โ the way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards each other.
192. religion โ the belief in, and worship of, a god or gods.
193. request โ the act of politely or officially asking for something.
194. respect โ admiration felt or shown for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities.
195. rest โ to stop doing a particular activity in order to relax and regain your strength.
196. reward โ something given in exchange for good behaviour or good work.
197. rice โ the small seeds of a particular type of grass, cooked and eaten as food.
198. river โ a natural wide flow of fresh water across the land into the sea, a lake or another river.
199. road โ a long hard man-made surface built for vehicles to travel along.
200. room โ a part of the inside of a building that is separated from other parts by walls, floor and ceiling.
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201. rule โ a principle or instruction that states the way things are and how they should be done, and tells you what you are and arenโt allowed to do.
202. run โ to move along, faster than walking, by taking quick steps.
203. salt โ a common white substance found in sea water and in the ground, used especially to flavour food or to preserve it.
204. sand โ a substance that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and deserts.
205. sea โ the salty water that covers a large surface of the Earth.
206. seat โ a piece of furniture in a building or vehicle, that has been designed for someone to sit on.
207. secretary โ someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls and arranging meetings.
208. selection โ the act of choosing someone or something.
209. sense โ an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five abilities to see, hear, smell, feel and taste.
210. shade โ slight darkness caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun.
211. shake โ to move or make something or someone move, backwards and forwards or up and down in short quick movements.
212. shame โ an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed, because of your own or someone elseโs bad behaviour.
213. shock โ the emotional or physical reaction to a sudden unexpected and usually unpleasant event or experience.
214. side โ a flat outer surface of an object, especially one that is not the top, bottom, the front nor the back.
215. sign โ to write your name, usually on a written or printed document, to show that you agree with its contents.
216. silver โ a chemical element that is a valuable shiny white metal, used for making cutlery, jewellery, coins or decorative objects.
217. sister โ a girl or woman who has the same parents as another person.
218. size โ how large or small someone or something is.
219. sky โ the area above the earth, in which clouds, the sun, moon and stars can be seen.
220. sleep โ the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious.
221. slip โ to slide without intending to, or to move out of the correct position.
222. smash โ to cause something to break noisily into a lot of small pieces.
223. smell โ to have a particular quality that others can notice with their noses.
224. smile โ a happy or friendly expression on the face in which the ends of the mouth curve up slightly, often with lips parted so that teeth can be seen.
225. smoke โ the mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when something burns.
226. sneeze โ when you sneeze, air and often small drops of liquid suddenly come out of your mouth and nose in a way that you cannot control.
227. snow โ the small soft, white pieces of ice that sometimes fall from the sky when it is extremely cold.
228. soap โ a substance used for washing the body, that is usually hard, often has a pleasant smell and produces a mass of bubbles when rubbed with water.
229. society โ a large group of people who live together in an organized way. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, could be referred to as a society.
230. son โ someoneโs male child.
231. song โ a usually short piece of music where words are sung.
232. sort โ (noun) a group of things that are of the same type, or that share similar qualities. (verb) to put a number of things in an order, or to separate them into groups.
233. sound โ something that you can hear or that can be heard.
234. soup โ a usually hot liquid food made from meat, vegetables or fish.
235. space โ an empty area that is available to be used. The area around everything that exists, continuing in all directions.
236. start โ to begin doing something.
237. step โ to move by lifting your foot, and putting it down in a different place, or to put your foot in or on something.
238. stone โ a piece of the hard solid substance that is found in the ground, and that is often used for building.
239. stop โ to not continue to operate, to not move anymore, or to make someone or something not move anymore.
240. story โ a description either true or imagined, of a connected series of events.
241. structure โ the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way.
242. sugar โ a sweet substance especially from the plants sugar cane and sugar beet, used to make food and drinks sweet.
243. suggestion โ an idea, plan or action that is suggested, or the act of suggesting it.
244. summer โ the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is the warmest, lasting from June to September in the UK.
245. surprise โ an unexpected event.
246. swim โ to move through water by moving parts of your body.
247. talk โ to say words aloud; to speak to someone.
248. taste โ the flavour of something, or the ability of a person or animal to recognize different flavours.
249. tax โ money paid to the government that is based on your income or the cost of goods or services you have bought.
250. teaching โ the job of being a teacher; the role/act of educating another person in any particular subject.
251. thing โ used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid naming it.
252. thought โ the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a particular subject.
253. time โ the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days or years, or this process considered as a whole.
254. touch โ to put your hand or another part of your body lightly onto and off something or someone.
255. trade โ the activity of buying and selling or exchanging goods and/or services between people or countries.
256. transport โ the movement of people or goods from one place to another.
257. trouble โ problems or difficulties, or a negative characteristic of someone.
258. turn โ to (cause to) move in a circle round a fixed point or line.
259. use โ to put something such as a tool, skill or building to a particular purpose.
260. value โ the amount of money that can be received for something.
261. view โ an opinion, belief or idea, or a way of thinking about something; what someone can see in their peripheral vision.
262. voice โ the sounds that are made when people speak or sing.
263. walk โ to move along by putting one foot in front of the other.
264. war โ armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this.
265. wash โ to clean something using water and usually soap.
266. waste โ an unnecessary or wrong use of things such as money, substances, time, energy or abilities.
267. water โ a clear liquid, without colour or taste, that falls from the sky as rain, and is necessary for animal and plant life.
268. way โ a route, direction or path.
269. weather โ the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain or temperature, especially at a particular time or over a particular area.
270. week โ a period of seven days, usually from Monday to Sunday.
271. weight โ the amount that someone or something weighs.
272. wind โ a current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt.
273. wine โ an alcoholic drink generally made from grapes but that can also be made from other fruits or flowers.
274. winter โ the season between autumn and spring, when the weather is the coldest.
275. woman โ an adult female human being.
276. wood โ a hard substance that forms the branches and trunks of trees and can be used as a building material, for making things, or as a fuel.
277. word โ a single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken or written.
278. work โ an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually for money.
279. writing โ a personโs style of writing with a pen on paper that can be recognized as their own.
280. year โ a period of twelve months.
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