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Inventories
code Can you decipher the code?
coffee Would you like a cup of coffee?
coin He had only a few coins with him.
cold It’s a cold day.
I’ve got a terrible cold.
colleague I enjoy working with my colleagues.
collect My brother collects stamps.
collection They have an interesting collection of
African art at the museum.
college Our son wants to go to college after
he finishes high school.
colour/color What colour shirt goes with a blue
suit?
colourful She likes to paint colourful pictures.
column The program will add up the numbers
in each column of the table for you.
comb I must buy a comb for my hair.
Marge combed her hair before she
went to bed.
combine Don’t combine two types of cold
medicine.
combination It’s a refreshing combination of wine
and mineral water.
come Come in! We’ve been expecting you.
came, come I live in Germany, but I come from
India originally.
We came home late last night.
comedy I feel like watching a romantic
comedy tonight.
comfort My husband dresses for comfort, not
fashion.
comforting Your words are very comforting,
thank you!
comfortable This chair is very comfortable.
uncomfortable I find long journeys by car very
uncomfortable. I prefer to travel by
rail.
comma I never know where to put the
commas in my sentences.
comment I am sending you my comments by
email.
Any comments would be appreciated.
commerce Commerce between our two
countries is good.
committee Stuart was picked to represent his
company in the committee.
common It’s quite common to use first names
in England.
They have nothing in common.
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communicate My French is not perfect, but I can
communicate.
communication Good communication is important in
a large company.
community There’s an active English community
in Berlin.
company He works for an American company.
compare We compared different models
before we finally bought this car.
compensation We are hoping to get compensation
for the damaged tree in our garden.
compete I can’t compete with him. He’s a
much better athlete than I am.
competition Do you want to enter the sports
competition this year?
competence What about the candidate’s language
competence?
competent She is proving herself quite
competent at her job.
complain Although we have complained
several times, nothing has changed.
complaint I wrote a letter of complaint because
I wasn’t happy with the service.
complete After you’ve completed the first task,
you can move on to the second one.
completely I was surprised to see him at the
dinner party.
complex His problem was so complex that I
couldn’t help him at all.
complicated These instructions are really
complicated.
compliment That’s a nice compliment. Thank you.
compose She composed a musical
masterpiece.
comprehensive He had to do a comprehensive
review of our finances.
In the United Kingdom, most pupils
attend comprehensive schools.
compromise In order to move forward, we need to
reach a compromise.
compulsory I was told that wearing a uniform is
compulsory.
computer May I use your computer?
concentrate I can’t concentrate, it’s so noisy in
here.
concept That’s an interesting concept. Where
did you get the idea?
concern We are concerned about our son’s
future.
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