Ogden's Basic English

Move toward the speaker, listener, or named place.

Receive, obtain, fetch, or become in a new state.

Let another person have something.

Move away, travel, or continue from one place to another.

Hold, save, or continue to have something.

Allow something to happen or permit someone to do something.

Create, form, cause, or build something.

Place something in a position.

Give the appearance or feeling of being true.

Get hold of, carry, accept, or choose something.

Exist or have a stated identity, place, or condition.

Perform an action or complete a task.

Own, hold, experience, or be with something.

Express words by speaking or writing.

Notice with the eyes or understand an idea.

Cause someone or something to go to another place.

Show permission or possibility.

Show a future action or a firm intention.

Related to a subject, near a place, or around a point.

From one side to the other side.

Later than a time or behind in order.

Touching, opposing, or working in the opposite direction.

In the middle of a group.

Shows a point in place, time, or action.

Earlier than a time or in front of a place.

In the space separating two things.

Near, beside, through the action of, or not later than.

Toward a lower place or position.

Shows the starting point of movement, time, or source.

Inside a place, thing, time, or condition.

Away from contact, attachment, or operation.

Touching a surface, supported by it, or operating.

Above, across, or more than something.

From one side or end to the other.

Shows direction, receiver, purpose, or limit.

Below or covered by something.

Toward a higher place, position, or amount.

Together with, using, or having something.

In the role, way, or degree stated.

Shows purpose, benefit, support, or duration.

Shows relation, possession, material, or part.

Up to a time or point.

Used to compare one thing with another.

Marks one non-specific person or thing.

Marks a specific person, thing, or group already known.

The whole amount or every part.

One, some, or every, without saying which.

Each one in a complete group.

Small in amount, size, or degree.

A large amount or degree.

Not any, not one, or a negative answer.

Different from the one already named.

An unnamed amount or number.

Of that kind or degree.

Points to a person, thing, fact, or idea already mentioned.

Points to a near person, thing, fact, or idea.

The speaker or writer.

A male person already named or understood.

The person or people being spoken to.

Asks or identifies which person.

Joins words, phrases, or clauses.

Gives the reason for something.

Introduces a contrast or exception.

Shows a choice or alternative.

Introduces a condition.

Shows contrast with something still true.

During the time that something happens.

Asks or shows the way something is done.

Asks or shows the time something happens.

Asks or shows the place something happens.

Asks or shows the reason.

One more time or back as before.

At any time.

At or to a great distance.

Toward the front or future.

In this place.

At a short distance.

At this time.

Away from inside or into the open.

Continuing up to now or even so.

At that time or next in order.

In that place.

With one another or in one group.

In a good or satisfactory way.

Nearly, but not completely.

As much or as many as needed.

Used to add force or show surprise.

Makes a word, statement, or action negative.

No more than or no other than.

Completely or to a noticeable degree.

In that way, to that degree, or therefore.

To a high degree.

The day after today.

The day before today.

The direction opposite south.

The direction opposite north.

The direction where the sun rises.

The direction where the sun sets.

Used to make a request polite.

A word for agreement or a positive answer.

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "account".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "act".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "addition".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "adjustment".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "advertisement".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "agreement".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "air".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "amount".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "amusement".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "animal".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "answer".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "apparatus".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "approval".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "argument".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "art".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "attack".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "attempt".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "attention".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "attraction".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "authority".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "back".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "balance".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "base".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "behaviour".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "belief".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "birth".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "bit".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "bite".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "blood".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "blow".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "body".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "brass".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "bread".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "breath".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "brother".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "building".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "burn".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "burst".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "business".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "butter".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "canvas".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "care".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "cause".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "chalk".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "chance".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "change".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "cloth".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "coal".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "colour".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "comfort".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "committee".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "company".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "comparison".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "competition".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "condition".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "connection".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "control".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "cook".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "copper".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "copy".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "cork".

A general Basic English word for the idea, act, or thing called "cotton".