The Thieves and the Cock by Aesop for ESL students with a podcast, vocabulary practice in real context, and a Persian version to raise bilingual children The Thieves and the Cock is now in the public domain available on Gutenberg Project. Podcast of the Thieves and the Cock Watch this video on YouTube. The Thieves…
Bane 601 Words You Need to Know /beɪn/ (noun) Definition the cause of misery, trouble and unhappiness, destroyer, nuisance, irritation, destruction, pest, bother, blight, annoyance, distress Example Life is full of its ups and downs. One day, you may feel like you have it all figured out. Then, in a moment’s notice, you’ve been thrown…
Torment 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 32 /ˈtɔː.ment/ (noun & verb) Noun: excessive mental suffering or physical pain, agony, torture, anguish, distress – annoyance, nuisance, irritation, plague, pain in the neck, pest Verb: to cause a person or animal to suffer mentally or physically, persecute, pester, vex, taunt, plague, torture, harass, trouble “I swore never…
Menace 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 10 with synonyms, antonyms and parts of speech for GRE, TOEFL & IELTS students in real and authentic context /ˈmen.ɪs/ (noun & verb) something or someone that can cause harm, threat, danger, peril, ominousness, warning, hazard, intimidation, ill omen, risk, jeopardy – thorn in the flesh, nuisance, pest, annoyance…
A Pretty Kettle of Fish 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 A Pretty Kettle of Fish 1100 Words You Need Week 41 Day 1 an awkward state of affairs, a mess, troubles, a difficult or awkward situation, predicament, nuisance, tribulation, hassle, discomfort Self-consciousness could be such a pretty kettle of fish sometimes.. The…
The fat is in the fire The fat is in the fire something has happened that will certainly cause trouble, the mischief is done, something troublesome has happened, smell a rat, big trouble, said when something has been said or done that will cause a lot of trouble A course of action with inevitable bad…
Terror Terror /ˈter.əʳ/ US /-ɚ/ (noun) extreme fear or phobia, horror, intense fear, dread, fright, alarm, trepidation, panic, shock, annoying person, pest, nuisance, troublemaker: The lost little girl was shouting for her mother in the crowd in sheer terror.