Learning English vocabulary, especially abstract and academic words, has always been a big challenge for English learners because the majority of ESL learners simply memorize words out of context. Therefore, English learners cannot score high on standardized English tests, such as IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, SAT, etc. with relatively long passages and contextualized words.
Vocabulary learning should be integrated with listening comprehension to become a more natural process. For this reason, our students can select any word, phrase, passage or the entire article in order to listen to the selected text. That is to say, LELB Society is genuinely talking to and interacting with our students.
As mentioned earlier, it’s a wrong approach to learning vocabulary out of context. At LELB Society, we provide our students with this exceptional opportunity to build up and expand academic vocabulary in real or authentic context extracted from novels, books, websites, plays, scripts of movies, poems, and the like. What’s more, our students can master advanced vocabulary in organized themes and subjects by clicking on the tags or keywords located at the bottom of each lesson. To browse our most frequently-used tags and keywords, click here and study all lessons.
Abstract words should become tangible in your mind for a longer retention. One perfect way to make abstract words tangible is to make appropriate associations between them and corresponding visual concepts, and using images and illustrations can help you achieve this goal. At LELB Society, we have illustrated thousands of advanced English vocabulary found in best-selling vocabulary books, such as 504 Absolutely Essential Words, 1100 Words You Need to Know and 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam.
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A lick and a promise A lick and a promise a hasty and careless wash or cleaning, a hasty wash, superficially dealing with tasks and things, whitewash The phrase “a lick and a promise” means a chore done hastily, carelessly without any effort or an incomplete task. It is mostly used in terms of painting, …
Puberty stages in English Puberty stages in English The word puberty is derived from the Latin pubertas , which means adulthood. Puberty is initiated by hormonal changes triggered by a part of the brain called the hypothalamus, which stimulates the pituitary gland, which in turn activates other glands as well. These changes begin about a …
Disparate 1100 Words You Need Disparate 1100 Words You Need /ˈdɪs.pər.ət/ (adj) completely different and various, incongruous, dissimilar, unlike, distinct, unrelated, contrasting, impertinent “At the beginning of the project we thought, maybe we need to have a narrator to lay out some of the history, maybe show the connections, the ligaments that connect the joints …
Repose 1100 Words You Need /rɪˈpəʊz/ (noun & verb) Noun: a state of rest or relaxation, a state of inactivity, restfulness, sleep, ease, leisure, peace, stillness, tranquility Verb: to rest or lie, take rest, relax, take it easy, stretch out, lounge, recline, lie down So far in this book our self-regulatory pyramid has been in …
Redolent 1100 Words You Need Redolent 1100 Words You Need /ˈred.əl.ənt/ (adj) suggestive or reminiscent of something, recalling, indicative, evocative having a particular smell, odor or scent, aromatic, fragrant, scented, odorous, smelling, perfumed For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm …
Going through customs Going through customs in English What are customs and immigration? Crossing international borders usually involves some kind of checkpoint—and since international airports are the first point of entry to a new country, they have checkpoints in them through which travelers must pass before they leave the airport. Collectively, these are typically referred …
Left Holding the Bag Left Holding the Bag to be left holding the baby, to be left as the only person who’s responsible or blameworthy for a difficult situation, to be put in a situation where you have to assume all the responsibilities in an unfair way The expression “left holding the bag” originated in …
Pesky 1100 Words You Need Pesky 1100 Words You Need /ˈpes.ki/ (adj) causing trouble and annoying, irritating, agitating, bothersome, intruding, harassing, irksome, vexatious: Dealing with a screaming kid has a way of destroying patience. It’s even worse in public, when parents have to contend with judgmental looks from the people around them. But kids don’t …
Nebulous 1100 Words You Need Nebulous 1100 Words You Need /ˈneb.jʊ.ləs/ (adj) unclear and lacking any form, obscure, hazy, vague, ambiguous, imprecise, unformulated, cryptic, tenuous, indefinable, opaque, elusive: A lot of organizations approach us with a nebulous idea on a mobile application that entails research and discourse to assess its viability. They’re often unclear about …
Indict 1100 Words You Need Indict 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdaɪt/ (verb) to accuse someone officially of a crime, prosecute, litigate, sue, criticize strongly, charge, press charges against someone, impeach, arraign DENVER – United States Attorney Jason R. Dunn, along with federal, state, and local partners, today announced that 30 defendants were indicted in two …