Word list

Here is a list of most of the new

words in the units of New
Headway Pre-intermediate
Students Book.
adj = adjective
adv = adverb
US = American English
coll = colloquial
conj = conjunction
pl = plural
prep = preposition
pron = pronoun
pp = past participle
n = noun
v = verb
Unit 1
advice n /"@d"vaIs/
alphabet n /"&lf@bet/
ancient society n /"eInS@nt
s@"saI@ti/
anger n /"&Ng@/
architect n /"A:kItekt/
as usual /"&z "ju:ZU@l/, /@z "ju:Z@l/
at least adv /@t li:st/
bee n /bi:/
bike n /baIk/
book v /bUk/
born (Where were you born?) pp

/bO:n/
borrow v /"bQr@U/
can v /k&n/, /k@n/
climb v /klaIm/
come round (= visit) v
/%kVm "raUnd/
communicate v /k@"mju:nIkeIt/
communication n
/k@%mju:nI"keISn/
compared to /k@m"pe@d t@/
course n /kO:s/
depend v /dI"pend/
development n /dI"vel@pm@nt/
drama n /"drA:m@/
(know) each other v /%i:tS "VD@/
e-mail n /"i:meIl/
Egyptian adj /I"dZIpSn/
elephant n /"elIf@nt/
enjoy v /In"dZOI/
essay n /"eseI/
exchange v /Iks"tSeIndZ/
explain v /Iks"pleIn/
face n /feIs/
fax n /f&ks/
funny adj, n /"fVni/
future n /"fju:tS@/
government n /"gVv@nm@nt/
grow up v /gr@U "Vp/
hard (work) adj /hA:d/

hieroglyphics n pl /%haIr@"glIfIks/
history n /"hIst@ri/
How many ? /%haU "meni/
How much ? /%haU "mVtS/
huge adj /hju:dZ/
human n /"hju:m@n/
idea n /aI"dI@/
infinite adj /"InfIn@t/
influence n /"InflU@ns/
Internet n /"Int@net/
invite v /In"vaIt/
kind adj, n /kaInd/
last adj /lA:st/
look after v /lUk "A:ft@/
make a promise v /%meIk @
"prQmIs/
make yourself at home v
/%meIk jO:%self @t "h@Um/
married pp /"m&rId/
mean adj, v /mi:n/
media n /"mi:dI@/
message n /"mesIdZ/
mobile phone n
/%m@UbaIl "f@Un/
modern adj /"mQd@n/
monkey n /"mVNki/
museum n /mju:"zI@m/
nobody pron /"n@UbQdi/
noise n /nOIz/

north n /nO:T/
paper n /"peIp@/
past n /pA:st/
persuade v /p@"sweId/
philosophy n /fI"lQs@fi/
photography n /f@"tQgr@fi/
play v /pleI/
pleased to meet you /"pli:zd t@
"mi:t ju:/
poetry n /"p@U@tri/
postlady n /"p@UstleIdi/
present n /"preznt/
probably adv /"prQb@bli/
public speaking n /"pVblIk
"spi:kIN/
quiet adj /"kwaI@t/
retired adj / rI"taI@d/
ring n, v /rIN/
Russian adj /"rVS@n/
send v /send/
sense n /sens/
show v /S@U/
single adj /"sINgl/
sound n /saUnd/
speak (a language) v /spi:k/
special adj /"speSl/
spoken word n
/"sp@Uk@n "w3:d/
stay v /steI/

support v /s@"pO:t/
system n /"sIst@m/
T-shirt n /"ti:%S3:t/
technology n /tek"nQl@dZi/
tell a joke v /%tel @ "dZ@Uk/
tell lies v /%tel "laIz/
tell the truth v /%tel D@ "tru:T/
together adv /t@"geD@/
train n, v /treIn/
transform v /tr&ns"fO:m/
translator n /tr&nz"leIt@/
unique adj /ju:"ni:k/
until conj /Vn"tIl/
unusual adj /Vn"ju:ZU@l/
wall n /wO:l/
whale n /weIl/
Which ? /wItS/
Whose ? /hu:z/
Unit 2
aborigine n /%&b@"rIdZIni:/
abroad adv /@brO:d/
accident n /"&ksId@nt/
alone adv /@"I@Un/
amount n /@"maUnt/
architect n /"A:kItekt/
barbecue n /"bA:bIkju:/
baseball n /"beIsbO:l/
based adv /beIst/
bungalow n /"bVNg@l@U/

careful adj /"ke@fl/

celebs n /s@"lebz/
certainly adv /"s3:t@nli/
clear up v /%klI@(r) "Vp/
climate n /"klaIm@t/
coast n /k@Ust/
colleague n /"kQli:g/
community n /k@"mju:n@ti/
company n /"kVmp@ni/
complain v /k@m"pleIn/
computer n /k@m"pju:t@/
construction n /k@n"strVkSn/
consultant n /k@n"sVlt@nt/
contrast n /"kQntrA:st/
cosmopolitan adj
/%kQzm@"pQlIt@n/
cosy adj /"k@Uzi/
couple n /"kVpl/
credit card n /"kredIt %kA:d/
cricket n /"krIkIt/
descent (of European descent) n
/dI"sent/
designer n /dI"zaIn@/
diamonds n pl /"daI@m@ndz/
distance n /"dIst@ns/
dream n /dri:m/
exhausting adj /Ig"zO:stIN/
export v /ek"spO:t/
factory n /"f&kt@ri/

fast asleep adj /fA:st @"sli:p/

fish v /fIS/
flag n /fl&g/
free time n /%fri: "taIm/
game reserve n /"geIm rI%z3:v/
get used to (sth) v /get "ju:st tu:/
giraffe n /dZI"rA:f/
glamorous adj /"gl&m@r@s/
go jogging v /%geU "dZQgIN/
gold adj /g@Uld/
grape n /greIp/
habit n /"h&bIt/
have in common v
/%h&v In "kQm@n/
head office n /hed "QfIs/
health n /helT/
ice hockey n /"aIs %hQki/
in a hurry adv /In @ "hVri/
immigrant n /"ImIgr@nt/
in control adj /%In k@n"tr@Ul/
incredible adj /In"kred@bl/
inhabitants n pl /In"h&bIt@nts/
inland adj /In"l&nd/
island n /"aIl@nd/
lake n /leIk/
lifestyle n /"laIfstaIl/
lion n /"laI@n/
lonely adj /"l@Unli/
mainly adv /"meInli/

marriage n /"m&rIdZ/
miserable adj /"mIzr@bl/
miss (miss home) v /mIs/
miss (miss the match) v /mIs/
motorbike n /"m@Ut@%baIk/
nearly adv /"nI@li/
northern adj /"nO:D@n/
only adj /"@Unli/
organized adj /"O:g@naIzd/
original adj /@"rIdZ@nl/
outdoors adv /aUt"dO:z/
parliament n /"pA:l@m@nt/
partner n /"pA:tn@/
pear n /pe@/
pet (= animal) n /pet/
popular adj /"pQpj@l@/
population n /%pQpjU"leISn/
poster n /"p@Ust@/
pour down (rain) v /pO:(r) daUn/
project n /"prQdZekt/
relax v /rI"l&ks/
rent v /rent/
robot n /"r@UbQt/
rugby n /"rVgbi/
salmon n /"s&m@n/
sheep n /Si:p/
shift n /SIft/
snowboard n /"sn@UbO:d/
soccer store n US /"sQk@ %stO:(r)/