English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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Ithe person speaking | |
icefrozen water | |
ideaa thought or picture in the mind; a belief | |
identifyto recognize someone or something and to say who or what they are | |
ifon condition; provided that ("I will go if you go.") | |
illegalnot legal; in violation of a law | |
imagea reproduction of the appearance of a person or thing | |
imagineto make a picture in the mind; to form an idea | |
immediatewithout delay; very near in time or place | |
importto bring from another country; n. something brought from another country, usually for sale | |
importanthaving great meaning, value or power | |
improveto make better; to become better | |
ininside; held by; contained by; surrounded by; during | |
incidentan event or something that happens | |
inciteto urge or cause an action or emotion, usually something bad or violent | |
includeto have; to make a part of | |
increaseto make more in size or amount | |
independentnot influenced by or controlled by another or others; free; separate | |
individualone person | |
industryany business that produces goods or provides services; the work and related activity in factories and offices; all organizations involved in manufacturing | |
infectto make sick with something that causes disease | |
inflationa continuing rise in prices while the value of money goes down | |
influenceto have an effect on someone or something; to cause change | |
informto tell; to give knowledge to | |
informationknowledge; facts | |
injectto force a fluid into, such as putting medicine or drugs into the body through the skin | |
injureto cause harm or damage to a person or animal | |
innocentnot guilty of a crime; not responsible for a bad action | |
insanementally sick | |
insecta very small creature, usually with many legs and sometimes with wings | |
inspectto look at something carefully; to examine, especially by an expert | |
insteadin the place of; taking the place of | |
instrumenta tool or device designed to do something or to make something | |
insultto say something or to do something that makes another person angry or dishonored | |
intelligencethe ability to think or learn; information gathered by spying | |
intelligentquick to understand or learn | |
intensevery strong; extremely serious | |
interestwhat is important to someone ("He acted to protect his interests." "She had a great interest in painting."); a share in owning a business; money paid for the use of money borrowed | |
interfereto get in the way of; to work against; to take part in the activities of others, especially when not asked to do so | |
internationalof or about more than one nation or many nations; of the whole world | |
interveneto come between; to come between in order to settle or solve | |
intestinestubes through which food passes after it is broken down in the stomach; part of the intestines also remove solid wastes from the body | |
invadeto enter an area or country by force with an army | |
inventto plan and make something never made before; to create a new thing or way of doing something | |
investto give money to a business or organization with the hope of making more money | |
investigateto study or examine all information about an event, situation or charge; to search for the truth | |
inviteto ask someone to take part in or join an event, organization or gathering | |
involveto take part in; to become a part of; to include | |
irona strong, hard metal used to make machines and tools | |
islanda land area with water all around it | |
issuean important problem or subject that people are discussing or arguing about | |
ita thing, place, event or idea that is being spoken about ("The sky is blue, but it also has a few white clouds.") | |