English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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paina hurt or suffering somewhere in the body | |
paintto cover with a liquid color; to make a picture with liquid colors; n. a colored liquid used to cover or protect a surface | |
pana metal container used for cooking | |
papera thin, flat material made from plants or cloth often used for writing | |
parachutea device that permits a person or thing to fall slowly from an airplane or helicopter to the ground | |
paradea group of people and vehicles moving together to celebrate a special event or anniversary | |
pardonto forgive for a crime and release from punishment | |
parenta father or mother | |
parliamenta government lawmaking group | |
partsomething less than the whole; not all of something | |
particlea very small piece of matter | |
partya group of people working together for a political purpose; a group of people or friends gathered together for enjoyment | |
passto go by or move around something; to move along; to cause or permit to go | |
pass a billapprove ("Congress is expected to pass a bill to cut taxes.") | |
passengera person travelling by airplane, train, boat or car who is not the pilot or driver | |
passporta document permitting a person to travel to another country | |
pastthe time gone by; the time before; ad. recent; immediately before; former | |
patha narrow way for walking; a way along which something moves | |
patienta person being treated by a doctor for a health problem | |
payto give money for work done or for something bought | |
peacethe condition of freedom from war, fighting or noise; rest; quiet | |
peopleany group of persons; all the persons of a group, race, religion or nation ("the American people") | |
percenta part of every hundred ("Ten is ten percent of one hundred.") | |
perfectcomplete or correct in every way; completely right or good; without mistakes | |
performto speak, dance or sing in front of others | |
periodan amount of time within events, restrictions or conditions | |
permanentnever changing; lasting for a very long time or for all time | |
permitto let; to make possible | |
persona man, woman or child | |
physicalof the body | |
physicsthe study of motion, matter and energy | |
picturesomething that shows what another thing looks like; an idea or representation of something as seen by the eye; a painting; what is made with a camera | |
piecea part of something larger | |
piga farm animal used for its meat | |
pilotone who guides or flies an airplane or helicopter | |
pipea long, round piece of material used to move liquid or gas | |
placeto put something somewhere; n. an area or a part of an area; space where a person or thing is; any room, building, town or country | |
planto organize or develop an idea or method of acting or doing something ">("They plan to have a party."); n. an organized or developed idea or method ("The plan will not work.") | |
planeta large object in space that orbits the sun ("Earth is a planet.") | |
plantto put into the ground to grow; n. a living growth from the ground which gets its food from air, water and earth | |
plastica material made from chemicals that can be formed and made into things | |
playto have fun; to not work; to take part in a sport; to make music on an instrument; n. a story acted in a theater | |
pleaseto make one happy; to give enjoyment | |
plentyall that is needed; a large enough amount | |
plotto make secret plans; n. a secret plan to do something wrong or illegal | |
poemwords and their sounds organized in a special way to express emotions | |
pointto aim one's finger toward; to aim; n. the sharp end of something | |
poisona substance that can destroy life or damage health | |
policea government agency responsible for guarding the public, keeping order, and making sure people obey the law; members of that agency | |
policyan established set of plans or goals used to develop and make decisions in politics, economics or business | |
politicsthe activities of government and of those who are in public office | |
polluteto release dangerous or unpleasant substances into the air, soil or water | |
poorpeople with little or no money; ad. lacking money or goods; of bad quality | |
popularliked by many people; generally approved by the public | |
populationall the people in a place, city or country | |
porta city where ships load or unload goods; a place on a coast where ships can be safe from a storm | |
positiona place; the way of holding the body; the way a thing is set or placed; a job (or level of a job) in an organization | |
possessto have; to own; to control or be controlled by | |
possibleable to be done; can happen or is expected to happen | |
postponeto delay action until a later time | |
pourto flow; to cause to flow | |
powerthe ability to control or direct others; control; strength; ruling force; force or energy used to do work ("Water power turns the wheel.") | |
praiseto say good things about; to approve | |
prayto make a request to a god or spirit; to praise a god or spirit | |
pregnantcarrying a child within the body before it is born; expecting to give birth to a baby | |
presidentthe chief official of a country that is a republic; the leader of an organization | |
pressto urge strongly; n. newspapers, magazines and other publications | |
pressurethe force produced when something is pushed down or against something else | |
preventto keep or stop from going or happening | |
pricethe amount of money for which anything is bought, sold or offered for sale | |
prisona place where a person is kept as punishment for a crime | |
privateof or about a person or group that is secret; opposite public | |
prizesomething offered or won in a competition; something of value that one must work hard for to get | |
profor, supporting (pro-labor, pro-government) | |
probablya good chance of taking place; a little more than possible | |
problema difficult question or situation with an unknown or unclear answer | |
processan operation or series of changes leading to a desired result | |
produceto make; to create; to cause something to be; to manufacture | |
professiona job that requires special training | |
professora teacher at a college or university | |
profitmoney gained from a business activity after paying all costs of that activity | |
programa plan of action; the different events or parts of a meeting or show | |
progressmovement forward or toward improvement or a goal | |
projecta planned effort to do something | |
propagandaideas or information used to influence opinions | |
propertyanything owned by someone such as land, buildings or goods | |
proposeto present or offer for consideration | |
prostatea part of the male reproductive system | |
protectto guard; to defend; to prevent from being harmed or damaged | |
proteinssubstances responsible for the growth of tissue and for fixing damaged tissue | |
protestto speak against; to object | |
proveto show to be true | |
provideto give something needed or wanted | |
publicof or about all the people in a community or country; opposite private | |
publicationsomething that is published such as a book, newspaper or magazine | |
publishto make public something that is written; to include something in a book, newspaper or magazine | |
pullto use force to move something toward the person or thing using the force; opposite push | |
pumpto force a gas or liquid up, into or through | |
punishto cause pain, suffering or loss for doing something bad or illegal | |
purchaseto buy with money or with something of equal value; n. that which is bought | |
purefree from anything that is different or that reduces value; clean | |
purposethe reason or desired effect for doing something; goal | |
pushto use force to move something away from the person or thing using the force; opposite pull | |
putto place; to set in position | |