| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 33 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| baby | noun | At ten he was the baby in the family. | youngest |
| bachelor | noun | The young man was a bachelor. | unmarried man |
| back | noun | Lifting too much, he hurt his back. | spine |
| adj. | The shop was on a back street. | not main | |
| verb | We will back the Red Army. | support | |
| noun | The back of the house was dark. | rear | |
| adv. | We must go back because of the snow. | return | |
| adj. | It was a back issue of the magazine. | not current | |
| background | noun | He had an excellent background. | history |
| backward | adj. | In 1930 China was a backward country. | undeveloped |
| adv. | The man bent backward from his load. | to the rear | |
| adv. | The car was going backward. | to the rear | |
| bacon | noun | Bacon is made from the side of a pig. | pig meat |