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pincers /'prnsaz/ 27 popular /'p~pjalal (-ity) 11, previously 20
pine /pa~n/ 46 5 1 prey /pre11 19
pineapple 71 population 44 price (-less) (-y) (- tag) 2, 56,
pissed /prst/ 95 porch /p3:tJ/ 36 88
piste /pi:st/ 41 pork chop 43 prickly /'prrkli/46, 64
place /ple~s/ 7, 19 port 49 pride /prard/ 11
plaice /piers/ 19, 43 port-hole 49 priest /pri:st/ 40
plain /pled 33, 44, 47 porter 10, 49 priesthood /'pri:sthud/ 8
plane /plern/ 29, 98 portion /'p3:Janl 43 prim and proper 77
plant 28,46 (- holder) 8 pose /pauz/ 10 primary 39
planting 44 position /palzrJanl 25 Prime Minister 54
plaster 48 possessions /palzeJanzl 62 prime number 51
plastic 26, 66 possible (-bility) 60 principle /'prrnsapal/ 11
platonic /plalt~nrk/ 15 post- 9 print 53
play 29 postie /'pausti/ 97 printer 52
plea /pli:/ 55, 92 postman/postwoman 66, 97 printout /'prrntaut/ 14
(as) pleased as Punch 79 postpone Ipa'spaunl 10, 88 prior to 20
pledge /pled31 92 postwar 9 prison 55, 95
plenty (of) 45, 57 pot 66 pro-government 9
pliers I1pla~az/27 potato 28, 43 pro- 9
plod (-der) 63 . probable (-bly) 60
plonk (-er) 95 pottery 66 probation /pralbelJan/ 55
plough /plau/ 18, 40 pound /paund/64 probe lpraubl92
ploy /pl31/ 92 pour /p3:/ 18 problem 25 (--free) 12
plug /plAg/ 36 pour cold water on 80 proceeds /'prausi:dz/ 27
plum /pl~m/ 43 pour down 32 produce /pra1d3u:s/ /'pr~d3u:s/
plumber /'pl~ma/40 pour oil on troubled waters 80 (-r) 3, 10
plump /pl~mp/ 33 pour one's heart out to s.b. 80 product /'pr~d~kt/
plus 24, 51 pouring with rain 80 (-ion) (-the) (-tivity) 3, 10,
pneumatic /njulmzetik/ 18 poverty /'p~vati/ 30 11
pneumonia /nju1maunra148 power 89 (- cut) 37 professor 39
pocket money 13 (- point) 36 profit 56, 85
poetry l'pauatril42 (-tess) 97 practice (-tise) /'prrekt~s/ 19 programme 53
point 25,41, 51, 85 pram /przem/ 93 progress 18, 26
point of view 67 prat 95 prohibited /pralhrbrtrd/ 96
poke one's nose in (to) 74 prawn Ipr3:nl (- cocktail) 43 projector /pra1d3ekta/ 8, 40
polar bear 73 pray /prer/ 19 promote /pralmaut/ 40
pole-vault (-er) 41 pre-schooler 99 prompt Iprnmptl22
poles apart 23 prefix I1pri:frks/ 4 pronoun /'praunaun/ 4
police 95 (-man/woman/ pregnant 48 proof 55
officer) 40, 97 (- station) 45 prejudiced /'pred3ad1st/ 45 property 62
policy /'p~lrsi/ 28, 54 premises l'prem~s~zi 27 propose /pralpauz/ (-sal) 88
polish /'poI1J/26 (-ed) 6 prepare 85, 87 proprietor /pralprarata/ 62
politics /'polatrks/ (-tician) preposition 4 prosecute /'prosakju:tl 96
(-tical) /pa'l~t~kal/ prerequisite /pri:'rekwrzrt/ 21 prospect 10
(political partylissue) 54 preschool 39 prosperity 11
polka-dotted I4paulkadot~d/ 47 prescribe /pra1skrarb/48 protest /'prautest/ /praltestl 18
poll /paul/ 92 present I1prezant/ /pralzent/ proudly I'praudlil 70
pollen /'polan/ 46 18, 62, 88 provide 62
pollution /pallu:Janl 8,44,45 preside ipra1zard154 providedlproviding (that) 21
polo-necked /paula1nekt/ 12 president I1prez1dant/ (-ial) provisional /pra1vr3anal/ 58
polytechnic /pnlr1teknrk139 (-dency) 54 provoke (-d) 22
pond 44 press 52, 53, 71 prudence I1pru:dans/ 11
poodle /'pu:dall 16 press agency 45 psalm /su:m/ 18
pool /pu:ll4 1 press-up 14 pseudo- /'sju:dau/ 1'su:dauI 9
poplar I1poplal46 pressure /'preJal 10 pseudonym /'sju:danrm/
pretend 88 /'su:dan~m/ 18
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