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Introduction Pronunciation Sample Fundamental Words

Below are several lists containing the most fundamental words in English. Knowing only these words (and how to use them) is sufficient for ordinary communication in English. These lists were retrieved from Odgen's Basic English Vocabulary prior to their respelling in MSS.

OPERATIONS - 100 words


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kum, get, giv, go, keep, let, mayk, puut, seem, tayk, bee, du, haav, say, see, send, may, wil, about, akrawss, aaftur, agenst, amung, aat, bifor, bitween, by, doun, frum, in, awf, awn, ovur, thru, tu, undur, up, with, az, for, uv, til, then, a, tha, awl, eni, evri, litl, much, no, uthur, sum, such, thaat, thiss, Y, hee, yu, hu, end, bukuz, but, or, if, tho, wyl, how, wen, wer, wy, agen, evur, far, forwurd, heer, neer, now, out, stil, then, ther, tugether, wel, ulmost, anuf, eevin, nawt, onli, qwyt, so, veri, tumaro, yesturday, north, south, eest, west, pleez, yess.

English

come, get, give, go, keep, let, make, put, seem, take, be, do, have, say, see, send, may, will, about, across, after, against, among, at, before, between, by, down, from, in, off, on, over, through, to, under, up, with, as, for, of, till, than, a , the, all, any, every, little, much, no, other, some, such, that, this, I, he, you, who, and, because, but, or, if, though, while, how, when, where, why, again, ever, far, forward, here, near, now, out, still, then, there, together, well, almost, enough, even, not, only, quite, so, very, tomorrow, yesterday, north, south, east, west, please, yes.

THINGS - 400 General words


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akount, aakt, adishin, adjustmint, aadvurtyzmint, agreemint, er, amount, ameuzmint, aanimal, aansur, aapuraatis, aprooval, argeumint, art, ataak, atempt, atenshin, atrakshin, athoriti, baak, baalinss, bayss, bihayvyur, bileef, burth, bit, byt, blud, blo, bawdi, braass, bred, breth, bruthur, bilding, burn, burst, bizniss, butur, kaanviss, ker, kawz, chawk, chaanss, chaynj, klawth, kol, kulur, kumfurt, kumiti, kumpeni, kumperisin, kawmpatishin, kundishin, kunekshin, kuntrol, kuuk, kawpur, kawpi, kork, kawtin, kawf, kuntri, kuvur, krak, kredit, krym, krush, kry, kurint, kurv, daamij, daynjur, dawtur, day, deth, det, disizhin, digri, dizyn, dizyur, distrukshin, deetayl, divelupmint, dijeschin, direkshin, diskuvuri, diskushin, dizeez, disgust, distinss, distribeushin, divizhin, dout, dreenk, dryving, dust, urth, ej,

ejookayshin, ifekt, end, erur, ivent, ixaampl, ixchaynj, igzistinss, ikspanshin, ixpeereeinss, expurt, faakt, fawl, faamili, fawthur, feer, feeling, fikshin, feeld, fyt, fyur, flaym, flyt, flouur, fold, food, forss, form, frend, frunt, froot, glaass, gold, guvurnmint, grayn, graass, grip, groop, groth, gyd, harbur, harmuni, hayt, heering, heet, help, histuri, hol, hop, ouur, heumur, yss, ydeea, impulss, inkreess, industri, eenk, insekt, instrumint, inshurinss, intrist, invenshin, y'urn, jeli, join, jurni, juj, jump, kik, kiss, nawlij, laand, layngwij, laaf, law, leed, lurning, lethur, letur, levl, lift, lyt, limit, linin, likwid, list, luuk, lawss, luv, masheen, maan, maanajer, mark, markit, maass, meel, mezhur, meet, meeting, memuri,

metl, midl, milk, mynd, myn, minit, mist, muni, munth, morning, muthur, moshin, mountin, moov, meuzik, naym, nayshin, need, nooz, nyt, noiz, not, numbur, awbsurvayshin, awfur, oil, awpurayshin, upinyin, ordur, orginyzayshin, ornamint, onur, payj, payn, paynt, paypur, part, payst, paymint, peess, pursin, playss, plaant, play, plezhur, point, poizin, pawlish, portur, pozishin, poudur, pouur, pryss, print, prawsess, prodooss, prawfit, prawpurti, proz, protest, puul, punishmint, purpuss, puush, qwawliti, qweschin, rayn, raynj, rayt, ray, reeaakshin, reeding, reezin, rekurd, rigret, rilayshin, rilijin, reprizentativ, riqwest, rispekt, rest, riword, rithim, ryss, rivur, rod, rol, room, rub, rool, run, sawlt, saand, skayl, syinss, see, seet, sekriteri, silekshin, self,

senss, survint, sex, shayd, shayk, shaym, shawk, syd, syn, silk, silvur, sistur, syz, sky, sleep, slip, slop, smash, smel, smyl, smok, sneez, sno, sop, susyiti, sun, sawng, sort, sound, soop, spayss, stayj, start, staytmint, steem, steel, step, stich, ston, stawp, stori, strech, strukchur, substinss, shuugur, sugjeschin, sumur, suport, supryz, swim, sistim, tawk, tayst, tax, teeching, tendinsi, test, theeri, thing, thawt, thundur, tym, tin, tawp, tuch, trayd, tranzport, trik, trubl, turn, twist, eunit, euz, vaaleu, vurss, vesul, veu, voiss, wawk, wor, waash, wayst, wawtur, wayv, waax, way, wethur, week, wayt, wind, wyn, wintur, wuumin, wuud, wuul, wurd, wurk, wound, ryting, yeer.

English

account, act, addition, adjustment, advertisement, agreement, air, amount, amusement, animal, answer, apparatus, approval, argument, art, attack, attempt, attention, attraction, authority, back, balance, base, behavior, belief, birth, bit, bite, blood, blow, body, brass, bread, breath, brother, building, burn, burst, business, butter, canvas, care, cause, chalk, chance, change, cloth, coal, color, comfort, committee, company, comparison, competition, condition, connection, control, cook, copper, copy, cork, cotton, cough, country, cover, crack, credit, crime, crush, cry, current, curve, damage, danger, daughter, day, death, debt, decision, degree, design, desire, destruction, detail, development, digestion, direction, discovery, discussion, disease, disgust, distance, distribution, division, doubt, drink, driving, dust, earth, edge,

education, effect, end, error, event, example, exchange, existence, expansion, experience, expert, fact, fall, family, father, fear, feeling, fiction, field, fight, fire, flame, flight, flower, fold, food, force, form, friend, front, fruit, glass, gold, government, grain, grass, grip, group, growth, guide, harbor, harmony, hate, hearing, heat, help, history, hole, hope, hour, humor, ice, idea, impulse, increase, industry, ink, insect, instrument, insurance, interest, invention, iron, jelly, join, journey, judge, jump, kick, kiss, knowledge, land, language, laugh, law, lead, learning, leather, letter, level, lift, light, limit, linen, liquid, list, look, loss, love, machine, man, manager, mark, market, mass, meal, measure, meat, meeting, memory,

metal, middle, milk, mind, mine, minute, mist, money, month, morning, mother, motion, mountain, move, music, name, nation, need, news, night, noise, note, number, observation, offer, oil, operation, opinion, order, organization, ornament, owner, page, pain, paint, paper, part, paste, payment, peace, person, place, plant, play, pleasure, point, poison, polish, porter, position, powder, power, price, print, process, produce, profit, property, prose, protest, pull, punishment, purpose, push, quality, question, rain, range, rate, ray, reaction, reading, reason, record, regret, relation, religion, representative, request, respect, rest, reward, rhythm, rice, river, road, roll, room, rub, rule, run, salt, sand, scale, science, sea, seat, secretary, selection, self,

sense, servant, sex, shade, shake, shame, shock, side, sign, silk, silver, sister, size, sky, sleep, slip, slope, smash, smell, smile, smoke, sneeze, snow, soap, society, son, song, sort, sound, soup, space, stage, start, statement, steam, steel, step, stitch, stone, stop, story, stretch, structure, substance, sugar, suggestion, summer, support, surprise, swim, system, talk, taste, tax, teaching, tendency, test, theory, thing, thought, thunder, time, tin, top, touch, trade, transport, trick, trouble, turn, twist, unit, use, value, verse, vessel, view, voice, walk, war, wash, waste, water, wave, wax, way, weather, week, weight, wind, wine, winter, woman, wood, wool, word, work, wound, writing, year.

THINGS - 200 Picturable words


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ayngl, aant, aapl, arch, arm, armi, baybi, baag, bawl, baand, baysin, baaskit, baath, bed, bee, bel, beri, burd, blayd, bord, bot, bon, buuk, boot, bawtl, bawx, boy, brayn, brayk, braanch, brik, brij, brush, bukit, bulb, butin, kayk, kaamura, kard, kart, kerij, kaat, chayn, cheez, chest, chin, church, surkl, klawk, kloud, kot, kawlur, kom, kord, kow, kup, kurtin, kuushin, dawg, dor, drayn, drar, dress, drawp, eer, eg, enjin, y, fayss, farm, fethur, fingur, fish, flaag, flor, fli, fuut, fork, fouul, fraym, gardin, gurl, gluv, got, gun, her, haamur, haand, haat, hed, hart, huuk, horn, horss, hawspital, houss, ylind, jool, ketl, kee,

nee, nyf, nawt, leef, leg, lybreri, lyn, lip, lawk, maap, maach, munki, moon, mouth, musl, nayl, nek, needl, nurv, net, noz, nut, awfiss, orinj, uvin, parsil, pen, pensil, pikchur, pig, pin, pyp, playn, playt, plow, pawkit, pawt, potayto, prisin, pump, rayl, raat, riseet, ring, rawd, roof, root, sayl, skool, sizurz, skru, seed, sheep, shelf, ship, shurt, shu, skin, skurt, snayk, sawk, spayd, spunj, spoon, spring, skwer, staamp, star, stayshin, stem, stik, stawking, stumich, stor, street, sun, taybl, tayl, thred, throt, thum, tikit, to, tung, tooth, toun, trayn, tray, tree, trouzurz, umbrela, wawl, wawch, weel, wip, wisul, windo, wing, wyur, wurm.

English

angle, ant, apple, arch, arm, army, baby, bag, ball, band, basin, basket, bath, bed, bee, bell, berry, bird, blade, board, boat, bone, book, boot, bottle, box, boy, brain, brake, branch, brick, bridge, brush, bucket, bulb, button, cake, camera, card, cart, carriage, cat, chain, cheese, chest, chin, church, circle, clock, cloud, coat, collar, comb, cord, cow, cup, curtain, cushion, dog, door, drain, drawer, dress, drop, ear, egg, engine, eye, face, farm, feather, finger, fish, flag, floor, fly, foot, fork, fowl, frame, garden, girl, glove, goat, gun, her, hammer, hand, hat, head, heart, hook, horn, horse, hospital, house, island, jewel, kettle, key,

knee, knife, knot, leaf, leg, library, line, lip, lock, map, match, monkey, moon, mouth, muscle, nail, neck, needle, nerve, net, nose, nut, office, orange, oven, parcel, pen, pencil, picture, pig, pin, pipe, plane, plate, plough/plow, pocket, pot, potato, prison, pump, rail, rat, receipt, ring, rod, roof, root, sail, school, scissors, screw, seed, sheep, shelf, ship, shirt, shoe, skin, skirt, snake, sock, spade, sponge, spoon, spring, square, stamp, star, station, stem, stick, stocking, stomach, store, street, sun, table, tail, thread, throat, thumb, ticket, toe, tongue, tooth, town, train, tray, tree, trousers, umbrella, wall, watch, wheel, whip, whistle, window, wing, wire, worm.

QUALITIES - 100 General


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aybl, assid, ayngri, awtomaatik, beutiful, blak, boiling, bryt, brokin, broun, cheep, kemikuul, cheef, kleen, kleer, kawmin, kawmplex, kawnchiss, kut, deep, dipendint, urli, ilaastik, ilektrik, eeqwul, faat, furtil, furst, fixt, flaat, free, freeqwint, ful, jenurul, guud, grayt, gray, haynging, haapi, hard, helthi, hy, hawlo, importint, kynd, lyk, living, lawng, mayl, mereed, mateereeal, medikal, militeri, naachural, nesiseri, nu, normal, opin, peralel, paast, fizikal, pulitikal, por, pawsibl, prezint, pryvit, prawbabl, qwik, qwyit, redi, red, regeulur, rispawnsibl, ryt, round, saym, sekint, sepurit, seereeus, sharp, smooth, stiki, stif, strayt, strawng, sudin, sweet, tawl, thik, tyt, tyurd, tru, vylint, wayting, worm, wet, wyd, wyz, yelo, yung.

English

able, acid, angry, automatic, beautiful, black, boiling, bright, broken, brown, cheap, chemical, chief, clean, clear, common, complex, conscious, cut, deep, dependent, early, elastic, electric, equal, fat, fertile, first, fixed, flat, free, frequent, full, general, good, great, grey/gray, hanging, happy, hard, healthy, high, hollow, important, kind, like, living, long, male, married, material, medical, military, natural, necessary, new, normal, open, parallel, past, physical, political, poor, possible, present, private, probable, quick, quiet, ready, red, regular, responsible, right, round, same, second, separate, serious, sharp, smooth, sticky, stiff, straight, strong, sudden, sweet, tall, thick, tight, tired, true, violent, waiting, warm, wet, wide, wise, yellow, young.

QUALITIES - 50 Opposites


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awayk, baad, bent, bitur, blu, surtin, kold, kumpleet, krool, dark, ded, deer, delikit, difurint, durti, dry, fawlss, feebl, feemayl, foolish, feuchur, green, il, laast, layt, left, looss, loud, lo, mixt, nero, old, awpasit, publik, ruf, saad, sayf, seekrit, short, shut, simpl, slo, smawl, sawft, sawlid, speshal, straynj, thin, wyt, rawng.

English

awake, bad, bent, bitter, blue, certain, cold, complete, cruel, dark, dead, dear, delicate, different, dirty, dry, false, feeble, female, foolish, future, green, ill, last, late, left, loose, loud, low, mixed, narrow, old, opposite, public, rough, sad, safe, secret, short, shut, simple, slow, small, soft, solid, special, strange, thin, white, wrong.