English Question on Impressing Friends for IELTS with a set of questions, a podcast and illustrated flashcards to improve your vocabulary and practice speaking and free discussion Do you think your friends would agree with one another about the kind of person you are? How much energy do you spend doing things to favorably impress…
The Crow and the Pitcher The Crow and the Pitcher to learn English with fairy tales based on Aesop’s Fables with a podcast, new words and related lessons for young English learners or beginners. Watch this video on YouTube. A crow perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it…
Corpse 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 Corpse 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 /kɔːps/ (noun) Corpse definition dead body especially of a human being, body, cadaver, carcass, remains Example Morgue workers in India received the shock of a lifetime when they discovered a moving ‘corpse’ in their freezer. As unbelievable as it may seem,…
Coup de Grâce 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 /ˌkuː.dəˈgrɑːs/ (noun) Definition the final blow or shot to kill a person in suffering and agony, finishing blow, kiss of death, mercy killing, death blow, finishing stroke, finishing touch, last straw, breaking point, an act that assures victory, euthanasia Example A coup de grâce…
Minimum 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 3 /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məm/ (adj & noun) Definition the smallest number or amount of something that is possible, lowest possible degree, least, minutest, slightest, bottom, tiniest, bare minimum, iota, bottom level, rock bottom, lowest level, lowest limit Example Minimum number of students for a class? I’m taking a speech class at…
Disseminate 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /dɪˈsem.ɪ.neɪt/ (verb) to give out or spread something in a large scale, propagate, spread widely, promulgate, circulate, disperse, distribute, publicize, pass on, make known, emit, broadcast, publish Websites and mobile apps are now being used to gather and disseminate information about the occurrence, intensity, and areas…
Nepotism 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2 /ˈnep.ə.tɪ.zəm/ (noun) using your authority to obtain good jobs or opportunities exclusively for your family members or relatives, favoritism, preferential treatment, the old boy network, bias, partiality, partisanship, preference, discrimination, prejudice, one-sidedness Nepotism and corruption are the handmaidens of the Trump presidency. This should not be…
Encomium 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 3 /en-‘kō-mē-əm/ (noun) a piece of writing or speech that expresses praise, high praise, accolade, tribute, acclaim, acclamation, laudation, eulogy, panegyric, salutation, acknowledgement, appreciation, approbation SIX branches of Manorcourt Homecare based in Britain have received encomium from the public, achieving near perfect scores following impartial feedback posted…
Burgeon 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 1 /ˈbɜː.dʒən/ (verb) to start developing or growing quickly, flourish, thrive, prosper, increase rapidly, boom, escalate, expand, swell, snowball, augment, multiply, mushroom, proliferate This thesis analyses eighteenth-century portraiture within the context of ‘norms’ propagated in contemporary prescriptive and fictional literature, ‘norms’ which overlay a heterogeneous reality. The…
Tyro 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 3 /ˈtaɪ.rəʊ/ (noun) a novice or beginner in an activity, rookie, amateur, learner, neophyte, newcomer, initiate, fledgling, apprentice, trainee, probationer, newbie, greenhorn, callow I am relatively new to the ballroom (though I have danced for 10+ years in other genres), and I think I’ve honestly found a…