The Stag and The Pool from Aesop with Video & Vocabulary

The Stag and the Pool from Aesop's fables with vocabulary practice and video for English learners

The Stag and the Pool from Aesop’s fables with video and new vocabulary to learn English words in real context with images, and enjoy English literature with great moral lessons. Source of story: Gutenberg Project Video of The Stag and the Pool Watch this video on YouTube. The Stag and the Pool A thirsty stag…

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…

Vain 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29

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Vain 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 /veɪn/ (adj) extremely proud of one’s appearance, narcissistic, self-important, arrogant, conceited – abortive, futile, without any good result, otiose, fruitless, unsuccessful, worthless, ineffective, unproductive, in vain Vain: having or showing an excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. So vain is definitely not the right word…

The Cactus by O. Henry with Flashcards & Podcast

The Cactus by O. Henry an American short story with podcast and flashcards to improve your English at LELB Society

The Cactus by O. Henry The Cactus by O. Henry Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an…

Get Down off a High Horse 1100 Words You Need

Get down off a high horse 1100 words you need to know week 24 day 1 at LELB Society with flashcards for GRE, IELTS & TOEFL

Get down off a high horse Get down off a high horse to act like an ordinary person, to stop being arrogant or haughty, to stop disregarding people around you, act modestly or humbly, stop belittling others, stop being condescending, eat humble pie When we now say that people are on their high horse we…

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 Hare & the Tortoise – Learn English with Fairy Tales

The Hare and the tortoise as a great short story to practice English with podcast and flashcards at LELB Society

The Hare & the Tortoise The Hare & the Tortoise A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow. Watch this video on YouTube. “Do you ever get anywhere?” he asked with a mocking laugh. “Yes,” replied the Tortoise, “and I get there sooner than you think. I’ll run you…

How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy Story

How much land does a man need by Leo Tolstoy as a great short story to practice English at LELB Society with flashcards and podcast

How much land does a man need? How much land does a man need? An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea talking, the elder began to…

Araby by James Joyce Learn English with Short Stories

Araby by James Joyce as a great short story to improve your English and reading and vocabulary at LELB Society

Araby by James Joyce Araby by James Joyce North Richmond Street, being blind, was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from its neighbours in a square ground. The other houses of the street,…