English for All

work; workers as a group

a room or place where experiments in science are done

to be without; n. the condition of needing, wanting or not having

a large area of fresh water surrounded by land

to come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part of the earth not covered by water; the ground

words and their use; what people speak in a country, nation or group

big; being of more than usual size, amount or number; opposite small

an instrument that makes a thin, powerful light

to continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only one remaining ("She is the last person in line.")

after the correct time; near the end; opposite early

to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings

to put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or space

all or any rules made by a government

to show the way; to command; to control; to go first

to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid)

to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts

to go away from; to let something stay where it is

on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite right

of or in agreement with the law

a government lawmaking group

to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of money

smaller in amount; not as much

to permit to do or to be; to make possible

a message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another person

the amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of something or someone

one who usually supports social progress or change

to have one's body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one knows is not true

the time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living things

to take or bring up to a higher place or level

a form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavy

light produced by electricity in the air, usually during a storm

to be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in the same way as; similar to

to restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number permitted

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

to connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between two or more things, situations or events

a substance that is not a solid or gas, and can move freely, like water

to put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series of names or things

to try to hear

all the poems, stories and writings of a period of time or of a country

not tall or big; a small amount

to have life; to exist; ad. having life; alive

makes some proteins and enzymes; removes poisons from the blood

to put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carried

money borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments; something borrowed

about or having to do with one place

feeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely man")

not short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much time

to turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to be

to have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeated

having a strong sound; full of sound or noise

to like very much; to feel a strong, kind emotion (sometimes involving sex); n. a strong, kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hate

not high or tall; below the normal height; close to the ground

showing strong friendship and support for someone or something

something that happens by chance

takes in and expels air from the body