Wager 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2

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Wager 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 Wager 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 2 /ˈweɪ.dʒəʳ/ (noun & verb) Wager definition an amount of money that you risk in a bet or contest in the hope that you’ll receive more in return, bet on outcome, gamble, stake, pledge, risk, venture, hazard, put money on, flutter – …

The Rocking-horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence

The Rocking-horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence at LELB Society to practice reading and vocabulary in English

The Rocking-horse Winner The Rocking-horse Winner There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had boney children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked …

The Bet by Anton Chekhov – English with Short Stories

The Bet by Anton Chekhov to learn English with great short stories and practice reading, vocabulary and listening

The Bet by Anton Chekhov The Bet by Anton Chekhov IT WAS a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been interesting conversations. Among other …

Open-ended Storytelling on A Night in the Cemetery

Open-ended Storytelling

Open-ended storytelling on A Night in the Cemetery Open-ended storytelling on A Night in the Cemetery The plot of the story   Two old friends, Mike and Richard, bumped into each other after ten years or so in the state of Montana. One decade had changed them dramatically. A sequence of misfortunes had left Mike …