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The Eagle and the Fox from Aesop with Video & Vocabulary

The Eagle and the Fox from Aesop with vocabulary practice in real context and video for advanced ESL students

The Eagle and the Fox from Aesop’s fables with video and vocabulary in real context The Eagle and the Fox is now in the public domain available at: Gutenberg Project Video of The Eagle and the Fox Watch this video on YouTube The Eagle and the Fox An eagle and a fox became great friends…

Reprisal Meaning & Synonyms from 601 Words

Reprisal meaning and synonyms in real context

Reprisal meaning and synonyms in real context from the book, 601 Words You Need to Know to Pass Your Exam with illustrations and antonyms. Improve your reading and listening comprehension with the word, reprisal. /rɪˈpraɪ.zəl/ (noun) Reprisal meaning a strong and violent activity against an opposing group, person or enemy by using military forces, an…

Vendetta 601 Words You Need to Know

Vendetta 601 Words You Need to Know at LELB Society

Vendetta 601 Words You Need to Know /venˈdet.ə/ (noun) Definition deep-rooted and prolonged feud or quarrel between families in which members try to kill each other to take revenge, blood feud, grudge, dispute, hostility Example Vendetta, feud, also called blood feud is a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship…

Nemesis 601 Words You Need to Know

Nemesis 601 Words You Need to Know at LELB Society

Nemesis 601 Words You Need to Know /ˈnem.ə.sɪs/ (noun) Definition an opponent or enemy that is very difficult to defeat, unbeatable opponent, competitor, adversary – deserved punishment, fate, vengeance, revenge, retribution, revenger, retaliator – ruin, ruination, destruction Example Mirwaiz, Lone assassinations proved a nemesis for Kashmir’s separatist movement Cleric-politician Mirwaiz Farooq, President of Awami Action…

Requite GRE Vocabulary Flashcard

Requite GRE Vocabulary Flashcard at LELB Society

Requite GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /rɪˈkwaɪt/ (verb) Definition to give back or pay back something to someone in return for their favor, kindness, etc. reciprocate, compensate, make up for, return, recompense, retaliate, repay, revenge, avenge, even the score, tit for tat Example The Rule of Obligation, also known as “reciprocity,” states that when others do something…

Old Sultan – English Fairy Tale with Flashcards

Old Sultan - English Fairy Tale from Brothers Grimm at LELB Society with podcast and vocabulary flashcards to improve your English

Old Sultan – English Fairy Tale with Flashcards and podcast as an audiobook to improve your listening and reading comprehension and expand your literary and academic vocabulary Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Source of image: https://www.kidsgen.com/ Listen to the audiobook below Watch this video on YouTube Old Sultan A shepherd had a faithful dog,…

The Farmer and the Fox – English Fairy Tale

The Fox and the Farmer from Aesop at LELB Society to improve your English with stories

The Farmer and the Fox from Aesop’s Fables with a podcast and list of vocabulary to improve your English Source: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube A farmer, who bore a grudge against a fox for robbing his poultry yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample revenge,…

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe – Short Storiy

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe at LELB Society as a great American short story to improe your English with podcast and flashcards

The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that…

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield English Short Stories

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield as a great short story to improve your English at LELB Society with flashcards and podcast

The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Fly by Katherine Mansfield Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project ‘Y’are very snug in here,’ piped old Mr. Woodifield, and peered out of the great, green-leather armchair by his friend the boss’s desk as a baby peers out of its pram. His talk was over; it was…