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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Complicity 1100 Words You Need Complicity 1100 Words You Need /kəmˈplɪs.ɪ.ti/ partnership in wrongdoing or a criminal activity, involvement in wrongdoing, collusion, collaboration, participation, connivance: AFP – French technology firm Amesys on Tuesday denied accusations of complicity in torture in Libya after judicial authorities in France opened a probe into its activities under ex-strongman Moamer …
Steal One’s Thunder 1100 Words Steal One’s Thunder 1100 Words to block your success in calling someone’s attention or doing something in particular by overtaking or forestalling you, prevent or hinder someone from doing something by acting on it in advance, preempt, preclude, avert, obviate, thwart: For centuries, theatre productions tried to find a good …
Bias 1100 Words You Need Bias 1100 Words You Need /ˈbaɪ.əs/ (noun & verb) Noun: a personal tendency to approve or disapprove of someone or something illogically, preference, partiality, prejudice, unfairness, favoritism, predisposition, preconception, prejudgment Verb: to have an influence on someone or something unjustly, persuade, prejudice, show a preference for, favor Gender bias typically …
Valor 1100 Words You Need Valor 1100 Words You Need /ˈvæl.əʳ/ (noun) great courage or bravery, temerity, effrontery, audacity, boldness, heroism, fearlessness, spirit, gallantry, pluck, lionheartedness: To recognize degrees of bravery below that honored by the Medal of Honor, several other medals are awarded for gallantry, valor, and heroism. The Pyramid of Honor is a …
Singular 1100 Words You Need Singular 1100 Words You Need /ˈsɪŋ.gjʊ.ləʳ/ (adj) extraordinary and remarkable, noticeable, odd, unusual, peculiar, weird, outstanding (grammar) referring to one thing or person, not plural New categories for 2020: Recognizing singular achievements of various types of entire organizations (for-profit or non-profit, large medium or small, public or private). You have …
Customer Service English for Business Customer Service English for Business Watch this video on YouTube An average experience would be just explaining what the customer needs to do and having them do it. A great customer service experience means that if the customer needs to do something to resolve their issue, you do it for …
Gild the Lily 1100 Words Gild the Lily 1100 Words /gɪld – ðiː -ˈlɪl.i/ (idiom) to spoil the quality of something by trying to make it better while it’s good enough, praise someone extravagantly, to decorate something which is already beautiful, get carried away, overdo it, go too far, over-egg the pudding, go over the …
Stereotype 1100 Words You Need Stereotype 1100 Words You Need /ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/ (noun) Watch this video on YouTube Noun: a clichéd idea or image about someone or something which is wrong most of the time, oversimplified conception, belief, standard, epitome, model, archetype, icon, paradigm Verb: to have a clichéd idea about someone or something, cast, categorize, …
Making a Contract in English Making a Contract in English Dealing with contracts is part of running a small business. You will have a number of business relationships involving some type of contractual commitment or obligation. Watch this video on YouTube Contracts can be verbal (spoken), written or a combination of both. Some types of …
Incisive 1100 Words You Need Incisive 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/ (adj) Watch this video on YouTube quick to understand, insightful, astute, shrewd, well-formulated and clear, intelligent and ingenious, keen, sharp, perceptive, straightforward and clear, frank and outspoken: I recently re-read Nancy Kline’s book “Time to Think”. Her principal theme is that in order to …