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The Ox and the Frog from Aesop with Video & Vocabulary

The Ox and the Frog from Aesop with video and vocabulary practice for ESL students

The Ox and the Frog from Aesop’s fables with video and vocabulary practice for advanced ESL students The Ox and the Frog is now in the public domain available at: Gutenberg Project Persian version of the Ox and the Frog تمرین خلاصه نویسی در فارسی با داستان قورباغه و گاو نر Video of The Ox…

The Boasting Traveller Story from Aesop with Video

The Boasting Traveller from Aesop's fables with video and vocabulary practice for advanced ESL students

The Boasting Traveller is an English story from Aesop’s fables with video and vocabulary practice for advanced English students. This story is about arrogance and pride. Source of story: Gutenberg Project Video of The Boasting Traveller Watch this video on YouTube The Boasting Traveller A man once went abroad on his travels, and when he…

Braggadocio Synonym & Meaning – 601 Words

braggadocio synonym and images in real context

Braggadocio synonym and meaning in authentic context from the book, 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam. Improve your listening and reading comprehension with the word, braggadocio. /ˌbraɡəˈdəʊtʃɪəʊ/ (noun) Braggadocio synonym a braggadocio is a person who is arrogant and boastful, braggart, an overblown and empty boasting person in a self-aggrandizing manner,…

The Wolf and The Lion Aesop’s Fable + Video

The Wolf and the Lion from Aesop's fables with narration and vocabulary practice for ESL learners

The wolf and the lion is one of Aesop’s fables narrated by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Hariri Asl with vocabulary and pronunciation practice for ESL learners. Learn vocabulary in real context with images and pronunciation practice. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org The Wolf and the Lion Roaring by the mountainside at sundown, a wolf…

The Brother And The Sister – English Tale

The Brother and the Sister English fairy tale from Aesop's fables with podcast and vocabulary

The Brother and the Sister is an English short story from Aesop’s fables with a video or podcast. You can practice reading comprehension and improve your literary vocabulary in context. You can also select any text and listen to it to improve your listening comprehension. Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org The Brother and the Sister…

Supercilious Definition and Synonyms from 601 Words

Supercilious definition and synonyms in real context from 601 Words You Need to Know

Supercilious definition and meaning with synonyms, antonyms and illustrations from 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your exam in real context for GRE candidates. /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪl.i.əs/ (adj) Supercilious definition acting in a condescending way indicative of self-importance or narcissism, arrogant, too proud, disdainful, conceited, lordly, pompous, haughty, overbearing, superior, imperious, contemptuous, with contemptuous superiority,…

Narcissism 601 Words You Need to Know

Narcissism 601 Words You Need to Know at LELB Society

Narcissism 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈnɑː.sɪ.sɪ.zəm/ (noun) Definition the psychological condition of admiring one’s own appearance or abilities excessively and unreasonably, egocentrism, self-admiration, conceit, conceitedness, vanity, vainness, erotic interest in oneself, egoism, self-love, self-importance, egotism, megalomania, self-absorption Example Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental…

The Gnat and the Bull – English Fairy Tale

The Gnat and the Bull to learn English with fairy tales at LELB Society with podcast and new vocabulary

The Gnat and the Bull to learn English with fairy tales by Aesop for pre-intermediate students of English and young learners with a podcast and list of important vocabulary The text has been adopted from Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube A gnat settled on the horn of a bull, and sat…

Egotist 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 4

egotist LELB Society

Egotist 1100 Words You Need Egotist 1100 Words You Need Week 27 Day 4 /’ē-gə-ˌtist/ (noun) a proud and arrogant person who thinks he/she is better or more important than others, complacent person, conceited person, selfish person, egomaniac, individualist, narcissist, boaster, show-off, egoist, self-seeker, megalomaniac person Friends can be the greatest—except when they’re not. Being…

Indifference 1100 Words You Need Week 22 Day 3

indifference LELB Society

Indifference 1100 Words You Need Indifference 1100 Words You Need /ɪnˈdɪf.ər.ənts/ (noun) lack of interest in something, apathy, coldness, coolness, unconcern, disinterest lack of importance or significance, meaninglessness, irrelevance, triviality, insignificance This emotional vampirism is why narcissists are dramamongers. Most targets miss that they feed on positive emotions too — that’s why love bombing and…