Sonntag, 19. Mai 2024, 11:35
Website: edulabs.org academy
Kurs: Activity Examples (Activity Examples)
Glossar: English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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machinea device with moving parts used to do work |
magazinea publication of news, stories, pictures or other information |
magneta piece of iron or other material that has a pulling force; this pulling force is called magnetism |
letters, papers and other things sent through an official system, such as a post office |
mainthe most important or largest |
majorgreat in size, importance or amount |
majoritythe greater number; more than half |
maketo produce; to create; to build; to do something or to carry out an action; to cause to be or to become |
malea man or boy; the sex that is the father of children; ad. of or about men |
manan adult male human |
manufactureto make goods in large amounts |
manya large number or amount of |
mapa picture of the earth's surface or a part of it |
marchto walk in a group like soldiers; to walk together in a large group to protest about something |
markto make a sign or cut on something |
marketa place or area where goods are sold, bought or traded; an economic system in which the prices of things are decided by how many there are and how much money people are willing to pay for them |
marryto join a man and woman together as husband and wife; to become husband and wife (usually in a religious or civil ceremony) |
massan amount of matter having no special form and usually of a large size |
mateto bring together a male and a female to create another creature |
materialthe substance, substances or matter of which something is made or from which something can be made, such as wood, cloth or stone; anything that can be made into something else |
mathematicsthe science dealing with amounts, sizes and shapes, as explained by numbers and signs |
matteranything that can be seen or felt; what things are made of |
maya word used with an action word to mean permit or possible ("May I go?" "They may leave tomorrow.") |
mayorthe chief official of a city or town government |
mealfood eaten to satisfy hunger, such as dinner |
meanto want to; to give the idea of; to have the idea of |
measureto learn the amount, size or distance of something; n. an action taken; a legislative proposal |
meatthe part of a dead animal used for food |
mediaall public information organizations, including newspapers, television and radio |
medicinea substance or drug used to treat disease or pain; the science or study of treating and curing disease or improving health |
meetto come together with someone or something at the same time and place |
meltto make a solid into a liquid by heating it |
memberone of a group |
memorialsomething done or made to honor the memory of a person or event |
memorya picture in the mind of past events; the ability to remember; a thing remembered |
mentalabout or having to do with the mind |
mercykindness toward those who should be punished; the power to be kind or to pardon |
messagewritten or spoken news or information; a note from one person to another person or group |
metala hard substance such as iron, steel or gold |
methodthe way something is done |
microscopea device used to make very small things look larger so they can be studied |
middlethe center; a place or time of equal distance from both sides or ends; ad. in the center |
militantsomeone active in trying to cause political change, often by the use of force or violence |
militarythe armed forces of a nation or group; ad. of or about the armed forces |
milkthe white liquid produced by female animals to feed their young |
mindthe thinking, feeling part of a person |
mineto dig useful or valuable substances out of the earth; n. a place in the earth where such substances are found; a bomb placed under the ground or under water so it cannot be seen |
minerala substance found in nature that is not an animal or a plant, such as coal or salt |
ministera member of a cabinet; a high government official ("prime minister,"foreign minister") |
minorsmall in size; of little importance |
minoritythe smaller number; opposite majority |
minutea measure of time; one of the sixty equal parts of an hour; sixty seconds |
missto fail to hit, see, reach or meet |
missileany weapon that can be thrown or fired through the air and explodes when it reaches its target |
missinglost; not found |
mistakea wrong action or decision; an action done without the knowledge that it was wrong |
mixto put different things together to make one thing |
moba large group of wild or angry people |
modelan example; something, usually small, made to show how something will look or work |
moderatenot extreme |
modernof the present or very recent time; the most improved |
moleculethe smallest amount of a chemical substance that can exist |
moneypieces of metal or paper used to pay for things |
monthone of the twelve periods of time into which a year is divided |
moonthe bright object often seen in the night sky that orbits the earth about every twenty-nine days |
moralconcerning what is right or wrong in someone's actions |
moregreater in size or amount |
morningthe early part of the day, from sunrise until noon |
mostgreatest in size or amount |
motherthe female parent; a woman who has a child or children |
motiona movement; a continuing change of position or place |
mountaina part of the earth's surface that rises high above the area around it |
mournto express or feel sadness |
moveto change position; to put or keep in motion; to go |
movementthe act of moving or a way of moving; a series of acts or efforts to reach a goal |
moviea motion picture; a film |
muchgreat in amount |
murderto kill another person illegally; n. the crime of killing another person |
musicthe making of sounds by singing or using a musical instrument |
musta word used with an action word to mean necessary ("You must go to school.") |
mysterysomething that is not or cannot be explained or understood; a secret |