Keg 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 17 /keg/ (noun) a container or barrel generally used to keep alcoholic drinks like beer, cask, tub, butt, vat, puncheon I just purchased three corny and three half barrel kegs for storage. Thanks for all the feedback and input on this in this forum. Source: https://nature.com/
Confident 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 16 /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dənt/ (adj) Confident definition having faith in oneself, positive, having confidence, feeling secure, having self-belief, hopeful, believing in oneself, secured, sanguine, optimistic, assertive, self-possessed, self-confident, assured, convinced, buoyant Example Being capable and being confident don’t always go hand in hand – there are plenty of businessmen and entrepreneurs…
Grateful 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 16 /ˈgreɪt.fəl/ (adj) thankful, appreciative, expressing or showing thanks, obligated, indebted, obliged – satisfying, pleasing, comforting, pleasant What Does It Mean to Be Grateful? Gratitude isn’t just in our head: It takes root in our heart and in our senses, for one beautiful moment…and then the next. Here are…
Cheating on exams – an English question for IELTS & TOEFL candidates to practice writing and speaking If you saw someone cheating on an exam, how would you react? What if you had signed an honor code? Reading practice Students cheat on assignments and exams. Students might not understand or may have different models of…
Innovative 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15 /ˈɪn.ə.və.tɪv/ (adj) generating new and novel ideas, using new ideas and methods, original, groundbreaking, state-of-the-art, fresh, innovatory and creative, using initiative, unprecedented, inventive, pioneering It’s more than five months since Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak began, went into lockdown marking the beginning of COVID-19 restrictions. In…
Pioneer 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15 /ˌpaɪəˈnɪəʳ/ (noun & verb) Noun: a person who is ahead of others at doing something, innovator or inventor, developer, creator, forerunner – the first person who explores a specific territory, discoverer Verb: to be a pioneer, invent or innovate new things, establish, found, lead the way, open up,…
Fortunate 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 15 /ˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/ (adj) having good luck, lucky, propitious, fortuitous, blessed, providential, in luck, auspicious, blessed with good luck, prosperous, privileged I know I speak for many many people in this fantastic learning community when I tell you that we are ready and eager to work with you on ensuring…
The Milk Woman and Her Pail to learn English with short fairy tales from Aesop’s fables with a podcast and vocabulary practice Source: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube. A farmer’s daughter was carrying her pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing: The money for which…
داستان کشاورز و روباه برای آموزش آنلاین زبان فارسی با داستان برگرفته از داستان های ازوپ، با ترجمه علیرضا مامانی به همراه پادکست و لیست واژگان Watch this video on YouTube. در روزی از روزها، کشاورزی کینه از روباهی به دل گرفته بود به خاطر اینکه او یکی از مرغ هایش را دزدیده و خورده…
Unanimous 504 Absolutely Essential Words lesson 15 /juːˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ (adj) agreeing altogether unitedly on something, in harmony, in accord, in agreement, agreed, consistent, undivided, undisputed In Canada, the jury must reach a unanimous decision on criminal cases. If the jury cannot reach a unanimous decision, a hung jury is declared. A new panel of jurors will…