Friday, 1 November 2024, 12:53 AM
Site: Amideast Online
Course: English for All (Eng4all)
Glossary: Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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labor | |
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work; workers as a group | |
laboratory | |
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a room or place where experiments in science are done | |
lack | |
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to be without; n. the condition of needing, wanting or not having | |
lake | |
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a large area of fresh water surrounded by land | |
land | |
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to come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part of the earth not covered by water; the ground | |
language | |
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words and their use; what people speak in a country, nation or group | |
large | |
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big; being of more than usual size, amount or number; opposite small | |
laser | |
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an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light | |
last | |
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to continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only one remaining ("She is the last person in line.") | |
late | |
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after the correct time; near the end; opposite early | |
laugh | |
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to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings | |
launch | |
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to put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or space | |
law | |
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all or any rules made by a government | |
lead | |
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to show the way; to command; to control; to go first | |
leak | |
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to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid) | |
learn | |
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to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts | |
leave | |
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to go away from; to let something stay where it is | |
left | |
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on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite right | |
legal | |
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of or in agreement with the law | |
legislature | |
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a government lawmaking group | |
lend | |
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to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of money | |
less | |
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smaller in amount; not as much | |
let | |
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to permit to do or to be; to make possible | |
letter | |
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a message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another person | |
level | |
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the amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of something or someone | |
liberal | |
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one who usually supports social progress or change | |
lie | |
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to have one's body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one knows is not true | |
life | |
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the time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living things | |
lift | |
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to take or bring up to a higher place or level | |
light | |
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a form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavy | |
lightning | |
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light produced by electricity in the air, usually during a storm | |
like | |
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to be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in the same way as; similar to | |
limit | |
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to restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number permitted | |
line | |
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a 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 | |
link | |
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to connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between two or more things, situations or events | |
liquid | |
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a substance that is not a solid or gas, and can move freely, like water | |
list | |
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to put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series of names or things | |
listen | |
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to try to hear | |
literature | |
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all the poems, stories and writings of a period of time or of a country | |
little | |
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not tall or big; a small amount | |
live | |
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to have life; to exist; ad. having life; alive | |
liver | |
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makes some proteins and enzymes; removes poisons from the blood | |
load | |
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to put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carried | |
loan | |
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money borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments; something borrowed | |
local | |
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about or having to do with one place | |
lonely | |
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feeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely man") | |
long | |
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not short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much time | |
look | |
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to turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to be | |
lose | |
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to have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeated | |
loud | |
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having a strong sound; full of sound or noise | |
love | |
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to like very much; to feel a strong, kind emotion (sometimes involving sex); n. a strong, kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hate | |
low | |
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not high or tall; below the normal height; close to the ground | |
loyal | |
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showing strong friendship and support for someone or something | |
luck | |
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something that happens by chance | |
lung | |
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takes in and expels air from the body | |