Sunday, 12 May 2024, 12:32 AM
Site: edulabs.org academy
Course: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossary: English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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laborwork; workers as a group |
laboratorya room or place where experiments in science are done |
lackto be without; n. the condition of needing, wanting or not having |
lakea large area of fresh water surrounded by land |
landto come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part of the earth not covered by water; the ground |
languagewords and their use; what people speak in a country, nation or group |
largebig; being of more than usual size, amount or number; opposite small |
laseran instrument that makes a thin, powerful light |
lastto continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only one remaining ("She is the last person in line.") |
lateafter the correct time; near the end; opposite early |
laughto make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings |
launchto put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or space |
lawall or any rules made by a government |
leadto show the way; to command; to control; to go first |
leakto come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid) |
learnto get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts |
leaveto go away from; to let something stay where it is |
lefton the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite right |
legalof or in agreement with the law |
legislaturea government lawmaking group |
lendto permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of money |
lesssmaller in amount; not as much |
letto permit to do or to be; to make possible |
lettera message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another person |
levelthe amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of something or someone |
liberalone who usually supports social progress or change |
lieto have one's body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one knows is not true |
lifethe time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living things |
liftto take or bring up to a higher place or level |
lighta form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavy |
lightninglight produced by electricity in the air, usually during a storm |
liketo be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in the same way as; similar to |
limitto restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number permitted |
linea long, thin mark on a surface; a number of people or things organized; one after another; the edge of an area protected by military forces |
linkto connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between two or more things, situations or events |
liquida substance that is not a solid or gas, and can move freely, like water |
listto put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series of names or things |
listento try to hear |
literatureall the poems, stories and writings of a period of time or of a country |
littlenot tall or big; a small amount |
liveto have life; to exist; ad. having life; alive |
livermakes some proteins and enzymes; removes poisons from the blood |
loadto put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carried |
loanmoney borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments; something borrowed |
localabout or having to do with one place |
lonelyfeeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely man") |
longnot short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much time |
lookto turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to be |
loseto have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeated |
loudhaving a strong sound; full of sound or noise |
loveto like very much; to feel a strong, kind emotion (sometimes involving sex); n. a strong, kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hate |
lownot high or tall; below the normal height; close to the ground |
loyalshowing strong friendship and support for someone or something |
lucksomething that happens by chance |
lungtakes in and expels air from the body |