The first 1000 words of the General Service List

a attempt buy creature earth

able average by cross east
about away call crowd easy
above back can cry eat
accept bad capital current edge
accord ball car custom effect
account bank care cut effort
across bar carry dance either
act base case danger else
actual battle catch dare employ
add be cause dark end
address bear centre date enemy
admit beauty certain daughter English
adopt because chance day enjoy
advance become change dead enough
advantage bed character deal enter
affair before charge decide entire
afford begin chief declare equal
after behind child deep escape
again being choose degree even
against believe church deliver evening
age belong circle demand event
ago below city describe ever
agree beneath claim desert every
air beside class desire everywhere
all best clean destroy evil
allow better clear detail example
almost between clock determine excellent
alone beyond close develop except
along big club die exchange
already bill coast difference exercise
also bird cold difficult exist
although bit college direct expect
always black colour discover expense
among blood come disease experience
amount blow command distance experiment
ancient blue common distinguish explain
and board company district express
animal boat compare divide extend
another body complete do eye
answer book concern doctor face
any born condition dog fact
appear both connect door factory
apply box consider double fail
appoint boy contain doubt fair
arise branch content down faith
arm bread continue draw fall
army breadth control dream familiar
around break corner dress family
arrive bridge cost drive famous
art bright could drop farm
article bring council dry fashion
as brother count due fast
ask build country during father
association burn course each favourite
at business court ear favour
attack but cover early fear
feed half judge matter notice
feel hall just may now
fellow hand keep me nowhere
few handle kill mean number
field hang kind measure object
figure happen know meet observe
fill happy lack member occasion
find hard lady memory of
fine hardly land mention off
finger have language mere offer
finish he large metal office
fire head last middle often
first health late might oil
fish hear law mile old
fit heat lay mind once
fix heaven lead mine one
floor heavy learn minister only
flower help least minute open
follow her leave miss operation
food here left modern opinion
for hide length moment opportunity
force high less money or
foreign hill let month order
forget his letter more ordinary
form history level moreover organize
former hold library morning other
forth home lie most otherwise
fortune honour life mother ought
forward hope lift motor ounce
free horse light mountain our
friend hot like mouth out of
from hour likely move out
front house limit much over
full how line music owe
further hullo listen must own
future human little my page
gain hurrah live name pain
game husband local narrow paint
garden I long nation paper
gate idea look native part
gather if lose nature party
general impossible lost near pass
gentle in lot necessary past
get inch love neck pay
give include low need peace
glad increase machine neighbour people
glass indeed main neither perfect
go independent make never perhaps
God influence man new permanent
gold instead manner next permit
good intend manners night person
great interest many no picture
green into march none piece
ground introduce mark nor place
group iron market north plan
grow it marry not plant
guard its mass note play
habit join material nothing please
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point red serve spring than
political reduce set square that
poor refuse settle stage the
popular regard several stand their
population regular shadow standard them
position relation shake start then
possess religion shall state there
possible remain shape station therefore
post remark share stay these
pound remember shave steal they
poverty repeat she steel thing
power reply shine step think
practical report shoe stick this
prepare represent shoot still though
present respect shore stock thought
preserve rest short stone through
press result should stop throw
pretty return shoulder store thus
prevent rich show storm time
price ride side story to
print right sight straight today
private ring sign strange together
problem rise silence stream too
produce river silver street top
product road simple strength total
production roll since stretch touch
program room single strike toward/ s
programme rough sir strong town
progress round sister struggle trade
promise rule sit study train
proof ruler situation subject travel
proper run size substance tree
propose rush skill succeed trouble
protect safe sky such trust
prove sail sleep sudden truth
provide same slight suffer try
public save slow suggest turn
pull saw small summer type
purpose say smile sun under
put scale so supply understand
quality scarce society support union
quarter scene soft suppose unite
quiet school soil sure university
quite science some surface unless
race sea son surprise until
raise season soon surround up
rank seat sort sweet upon
rate second sound system use
rather secret south table usual
reach secretary space take valley
read see speak talk value
ready seem special taste various
real seize speed teach very
reason sell spend tear view
receive send spirit tell village
recent sense spite term visit
recognize separate spot terrible voice
record serious spread test vote
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wait wear who wish write
walk week whose with wrong
wall welcome why within year
want well wide without yellow
war west wife woman yes
warn wild wonder yesterday
waste what will wood yet
watch when win word you
water where wind work young
wave whether window world
way which wing worse
we while winter worth
weak white wise would

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 The second 1000 words of the General Service List

abroad axe bribe cliff crush

absence baby brick climb cultivate
absolutely bag broad cloth cup
accident baggage brown cloud cupboard
accuse bake brush coal cure
accustom balance bucket coarse curious
ache band bunch coat curl
admire barber bundle coffee curse
adventure bare burst coin curtain
advertise bargain bury collar curve
advice barrel bus collect cushion
afraid basin bush colony damage
afternoon basket busy comb damp
agent bath butter combine deaf
agriculture bay button comfort dear
ahead beak cage commerce debt
aim beam cake committee decay
aeroplane bean calculate companion deceive
alike beard calm compete decrease
alive beast camera complain deed
aloud beat camp complicated deer
altogether beg canal compose defeat
ambition behave cap confess defend
amongst bell cape confidence delay
amuse belt captain confuse delicate
anger bend card congratulate delight
angle berry carriage conquer department
annoy bicycle cart conscience depend
anxiety bind castle conscious descend
apart birth cat convenience deserve
apologize bite cattle conversation desk
applaud bitter caution cook despair
apple blade cave cool devil
approve blame cent copper diamond
arch bless century copy
argue blind ceremony cork
arrange block chain corn
arrest boast chair correct
arrow boil chalk cottage
artificial bold charm cotton
ash bone cheap cough
ashamed border cheat courage
aside borrow check cousin
asleep bottle cheer cow
astonish bottom cheese coward
attend bound cheque crack
attract boundary chest crash
audience bow chicken cream
aunt bowl chimney creep
autumn brain Christmas crime
avenue brass civilize critic
avoid brave clay crop
awake breakfast clerk crown
awkward breath clever cruel

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dig
dinner
dip
dirt
disappoint
discipline
discuss
disgust
dish
dismiss
disturb
ditch
dive
dollar
donkey
dot
dozen
drag
drawer
drink
drown
drum
duck
dull
dust
duty
eager
earn
earnest
ease
educate
efficient
egg
elastic
elder
elect
electricity
elephant
empire
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empty frame holiday kitchen mercy
enclose freeze hollow knee merry
encourage frequent holy kneel message
engine fresh honest knife mild
entertain fright hook knock milk
envelope fruit horizon knot mill
envy fry hospital ladder mis-
especial fun host lake miserable
essence funeral hotel lamp mistake
exact fur humble latter mix
examination furnish hunger laugh model
excess gallon hunt lazy moderate
excite gap hurry leaf modest
excuse garage hurt lean monkey
explode gas hut leather moon
explore gay ice leg moral
extra generous ideal lend motion
extraordinary girl idle lessen mouse
extreme glory ill lesson mud
fade goat imagine liberty multiply
faint govern imitate lid murder
false grace immediate limb mystery
fan gradual immense lip nail
fancy grain important liquid neat
far grammar improve list needle
farther grand indoors literature neglect
fat grass industry load nephew
fate grateful inform loaf nest
fault grave ink loan net
feast grease in-law lock nice
feather greed inn lodging niece
female greet inquire log noble
fence grey insect lonely noise
fever grind inside loose nonsense
fierce guess instant lord noon
fight guest instrument loud nose
film guide insult loyal noun
firm guilty insure luck nuisance
flag gun interfere lump nurse
flame hair international lunch nut
flash hammer interrupt lung oar
flat handkerchief invent mad obey
flavour harbour invite mail ocean
flesh harm inward/s male offend
float harvest island manage omit
flood haste jaw manufacture onto
flour hat jealous map opposite
flow hate jewel master orange
fly hay joint mat organ
fold heal joke match origin
fond heap journey meal ornament
fool heart joy meanwhile overcome
foot height juice meat pack
forbid hesitate jump mechanic pad
forest hinder key medicine pair
forgive hire kick melt pale
fork hit king mend pan
formal hole kiss merchant parcel
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pardon pride responsible shade staff
parent priest restaurant shallow stain
park prison retire shame stairs
particular prize revenge sharp stamp
passage probable review sheep star
paste procession reward sheet steady
path profession ribbon shelf steam
patient profit rice shell steep
patriotic prompt rid shelter steer
pattern pronounce ripe shield stem
pause property risk shilling stiff
paw proud rival ship sting
pearl pump roar shirt stir
peculiar punctual roast shock stockings
pen punish rob shop stomach
pencil pupil rock shout stove
penny pure rod shower strap
per purple roof shut straw
perform push root sick strict
persuade puzzle rope signal string
pet qualify rot silk strip
photograph quantity row sincere stripe
pick quarrel royal sing stuff
pig quart rub sink stupid
pigeon queen rubber skin suck
pile question rubbish skirt sugar
pin quick rude slave suit
pinch rabbit rug slide supper
pink radio ruin slip suspect
pint rail rust slope swallow
pipe rain sacred smell swear
pity rake sacrifice smoke sweat
plain rapid sad smooth sweep
plaster rare saddle snake swell
plate rat sake snow swim
plenty raw salary soap swing
plough ray sale socks sword
plural razor salt soldier sympathy
pocket recommend sample solemn tail
poet refer sand solid tailor
poison reflect satisfy solve tall
police refresh sauce sore tame
polish regret saucer sorry tap
polite rejoice scatter soul tax
pool relieve scent soup taxi
postpone remedy scissors sour tea
pot remind scold sow telegraph
pour rent scorn spade telephone
powder repair scrape spare temper
practice replace scratch spell temperature
praise reproduce screen spill temple
pray republic screw spin tempt
preach reputation search spit tend
precious request seed splendid tender
prefer rescue seldom split tent
prejudice reserve sentence spoil thank/s
president resign severe spoon theatre
pretend resist sew sport thick
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thief upwards
thin urge
thirst vain
thorn veil
thorough verb
thread verse
threaten vessel
throat victory
thumb violent
thunder virtue
ticket vowel
tide voyage
tidy wage/ s
tie waist
tight wake
till wander
tin warm
tip wash
tire wax
title wealth
tobacco weapon
toe weather
tomorrow weave
ton weed
tongue weigh
tonight wet
tool wheat
tooth wheel
tough whip
tour whisper
towel whistle
tower whole
toy wicked
track widow
translate wine
trap wipe
tray wire
treasure witness
treat wool
tremble worm
trial worry
tribe worship
trick wound
trip wrap
true wreck
trunk wrist
tube yard
tune yield
twist zero
ugly
umbrella
uncle
unit
unity
universe
upper
upright
upset
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