Useful Nouns 1

3. A difficult or unpleasant situation
4. A long journey, especially by sea or in space
8. The opinion that people have about what somebody/something is like, based on what has happened in the past
9. A thing that helps you to be better or more successful than other people
11. Something that happens, especially something unusual or unpleasant
12. A thing bought for less than the usual price
14. The point from which something starts; the cause of something
16. A sporting event in which people compete in ten different sports

1. A person in your family who lived a long time ago
2. Respected and admired as very important or of very high quality
5. A short form of a word, etc.
6. What you intend or plan to do; your aim
7. The process of making air, water, soil, etc. dirty; the state of being dirty
10. An organization for helping people in need
13. A passage between rows of seats in a church, theatre, train, etc., or between rows of shelves in a supermarket
15. Necessary or essential in order for something to succeed or exist
17. The state of not having something or not having enough of something