Amazing Writers

B1

Anne Collins, Fiona MacKenzie

• Publisher: Collins
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9780007544981
• eBook ISBN: 9780007556946
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: English Language
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

GLOSSARY

advocate TRANSITIVE VERB

If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.

amateur ADJECTIVE

Amateur sports or activities are done by people as a hobby and not as a job.

award TRANSITIVE VERB

If someone is awarded something such as a prize or an examination mark, it is given to them.

COUNTABLE NOUN

An award is a prize or certificate that a person is given for doing something well.

battle VARIABLE NOUN

A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.

beggar COUNTABLE NOUN

A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food.

blame TRANSITIVE VERB

If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.

boarding house COUNTABLE NOUN

A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.

broke ADJECTIVE

If you are broke, you have no money.

cart COUNTABLE NOUN

A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.

clerk COUNTABLE NOUN

A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.

comedy UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh.

copyright VARIABLE NOUN

If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.

corrupt ADJECTIVE

Someone who is corrupt behaves in a way that is morally wrong, especially by doing dishonest or illegal things in return for money or power.

cruel ADJECTIVE

Someone who is cruel deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.

ADJECTIVE

If you describe something as cruel, you mean it is very harsh and causes people distress.

debt COUNTABLE NOUN

A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.

dishonest ADJECTIVE

If you say that a person or their behaviour is dishonest, you mean that they are not truthful or honest and that you cannot trust them.

dishonestly ADVERB

If someone acts dishonestly, they are not truthful or honest and you cannot trust them.

dramatist COUNTABLE NOUN

A dramatist is someone who writes plays.

drown INTRANSITIVE VERB

If someone drowns, they die because they have gone under water and cannot breathe.

editor COUNTABLE NOUN

An editor is the person who is in charge of a newspaper or magazine and who decides what will be published in each edition of it.

estate COUNTABLE NOUN

An estate is a large area of land in the country that is owned by a particular family.

execute TRANSITIVE VERB

To execute someone means to kill them as a punishment for a serious crime.

execution VARIABLE NOUN

An execution is a punishment in which someone is killed because they have committed a serious crime.

exile UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

If someone is living in exile, they are living in a foreign country because they cannot live in their own country, usually for political reasons.

fascinated ADJECTIVE

If you are fascinated by something, you find it very interesting and attractive, and your thoughts tend to concentrate on it.

funeral COUNTABLE NOUN

A funeral is the ceremony that is held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated.

gamble TRANSITIVE VERB, INTRANSITIVE VERB

If you gamble on something, you take a risky action or decision in the hope of gaining money, success, or an advantage over other people.

gambling UNCOUNTABLE NOUN

Gambling is the act or activity of betting money, for example in card games or on horse racing.

glove COUNTABLE NOUN

Gloves are pieces of clothing which cover your hands and wrists and have individual sections for each finger.

grammar school VARIABLE NOUN

A grammar school is a school in Great Britain for children aged between eleven and eighteen years old who have a high academic ability.

grave COUNTABLE NOUN

A grave is a place in the ground where a dead person is buried.

heartbroken ADJECTIVE

Someone who is heartbroken is very sad and emotionally upset.

honeymoon COUNTABLE NOUN

A honeymoon is a holiday taken by a man and a woman who have just got married.

household COUNTABLE NOUN

A household is all the people in a family or group who live together in a house.

hunchback COUNTABLE NOUN

A hunchback is someone who has a large lump on their back because their spine is curved.

inherit TRANSITIVE VERB

If you inherit money or property, you receive it from someone who has died.

injured ADJECTIVE

An injured person or animal has physical damage to part of their body, usually as a result of an accident or fighting.

injustice VARIABLE NOUN

Injustice is a lack of fairness in a situation.

inspire TRANSITIVE VERB

If someone or something inspires you to do something new or unusual, they make you want to do it.

Justice of the Peace COUNTABLE NOUN

In Britain, a Justice of the Peace is person who is not a lawyer but can act as a judge in a local criminal court.

landowner COUNTABLE NOUN

A landowner is a person who owns land, especially a large amount of land.

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Table of contents

• Title Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The Grading Scheme
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• William Shakespeare
• Charles Dickens
• Victor Hugo
• Leo Tolstoy
• Rudyard Kipling
• Glossary
• Keep Reading
• Copyright
• About the Publisher