June 09, 2019

Telephone

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0380 v.1
  1. telephone |n| an instrument designed for the simultaneous transmission and reception of the human voice.
  2. answering machine |n| a recording device a caller can leave a spoken message on if their call isn't answered.
  3. dial |n| rotating disk on a telephone that is used in making calls.

June 06, 2019

Months

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0379 v.1
  1. month |n| a period of about four weeks, especially one of the twelve periods into which a year is divide.
  2. early |adj| belonging or happening near the beginning of a particular period.
  3. "Zoo spokeswoman Linda Hardwick says a wolf named Tazanna delivered a litter of six pups in early May."

December 15, 2018

Politicians

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0378 v.1
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    Main Definition

  1. politician |n| a person who is professionally involved in politics, especially as a holder of an elected office.
  2. "Budd is assigned to guard high-profile politician Julia Montague (Keeley Hawes), and together, the pair navigate a political landscape rife with malfeasance."
  3.  "She believed her job as a politician was to represent the views of her party and the people who voted for her."
  4. "Several politicians were accused of dispensing favours to people who voted for them."
  5. "The media focus on politicians' private lives inevitably switches the attention away from the real issues."
  6. "He was an effective enough politician, but he had no ambition to become party leader."

December 12, 2018

Assigments

 Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0377 v.1
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  1. assignment |n| a task or piece of work assigned to someone as part of a job or course of study.
  2. essay |n| a piece of writing, usually from an author’s personal point of view. Essays are non-fictional but often subjective; while expository, they can also include narrative. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author.
  3. homework |n| an assignment given to a student to be completed outside the regular class period.

December 05, 2018

Middle Age Topics Group

Royalty

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0376 v.1
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    Main Definitions

  1. royalty |n| a group of royals, or kings and their extended families.
  2.  "Attend a fancy dress ball, dance in a ballet and have tea with the King and Queen when you become royalty."
  3. "Developed in ancient China, where its use was reserved for royalty, silk remains the "queen of fabrics".
  4. "The purple colors symbolize "royalty and majesty of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords"."

November 21, 2018

Bullets

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0375 v.1
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  1. bullet |n| a metal projectile for firing from a rifle, revolver, or other small firearm, typically cylindrical and pointed, and sometimes containing an explosive.
  2. "The revolver can hold six bullets."
  3. "Autopsy results indicated that he bled to death after being hit by a single bullet."
  4. "In order to allow for the effect of your own weapon, the bullet speed at least must be measured when shooting with this weapon."
  5. rubber bullet |n| a bullet made of a metal ball coated with rubber. It is intended to injure

November 18, 2018

Tableware

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 0374 v.1
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  1. tableware |n| dishes, utensils, and glassware used for serving and eating meals at a table. 
  2. "In fact, she has not turned a dollar since November 1969, apart from auctions of her furnishings, china, glassware, and tableware."
  3. "Fine cuisine must be accompanied by the visual pleasure of elegant tableware."
  4. "Passengers are served at tables set with china tableware, stainless steel cutlery and ivory-coloured fabric tablecloth with matching napkin."
  5. "Eva Trio comprises many products for the kitchen and dinning table: tableware, cutlery,

November 15, 2018

Suits of Armor

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 373 v.1
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  1. suit of armour |n| armor that protects the wearer's whole body.
  2. "A legend arises in Orleans about a suit of armor hidden here, one that renders its wearer invincible."
  3. "In the process, one of the brothers loses and arm and a leg and the other loses his entire body and becomes a soul attached to an empty suit of armor."
  4. "Looking at a real suit of armor simply leaves a stronger impression than merely reading about medieval jousts."

November 14, 2018

Trees

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 371 v.1
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  1. plant kingdom 1 |n| a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct plants.
  2. plant kingdom 2 |n| a category of living organisms comprising all plants but excluding the algae, fungi, and bacteria.
  3. "But Grand Park converted an underused, unappealing expanse between the Music Center and City Hall into an urban oasis populated with species from the world’s six plant kingdoms to symbolize the diversity of L.A.’s population."

Crockery

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 372 v.1
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  1. crockery |n| plates, cups, bowls etc used for serving food.
  2. "As he spoke, the sideboard barring the entrance toppled over in a heap of shattered crockery and wood."
  3. "When they moved our Mrs R. would only let them take a bed and some crockery."
  4. "A display of beautifully hand-painted crockery on the kitchen countertop."
  5. ceramic |n| clay that has been heated to a very high temperature so that it

November 07, 2018

Medicine

Interlinked Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 370 v.1
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  1. medicine 1|n| the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery).
  2. "He made distinguished contributions to pathology and medicine."
  3. "For many diseases, nuclear medicine scans yield the most useful information needed to make a diagnosis or to determine appropriate treatment, if any."
  4. "In the western world there are two extremes: first, the total belief in medicine,