January 07, 2022

Ships

     Vocabulary List Number 382 Version 0.3 with 7 elements in two chapters integrated by 3 definitions and 4 examples.

     Main Definitions
  1. ship |n| a large boat for travelling on water, especially across the sea.
  2. "A sailing ship, a merchant/naval ship." 
  3. "The crane lifted the container off the ship."
  4. "We spent two months aboard ship."
  5. "The ship sank slowly to the depths of the ocean."

     Ships Parts
  1. deck |n| a platform or floor on a ship that serves as a structural element and the floor for its compartments. Decks are usually open and positioned high on the ship. 

     More Relative 
  1. abaft |n| at the back of or behind a ship or boat

October 23, 2021

Sea

Vocabulary List Number 381 Version 0.4 with 20 elements in two chapters, integrated by: 13 definitions and 7 examples.

    Main Definitions
  1. sea |n| the sea is the salty water that covers about three-quarters of the Earth's surface.
  2. "Most of the kids have never seen the sea."
  3. " All transport operations, whether by sea, rail or road, are closely monitored at all times."
  4. ocean |n| a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.
  5. "The Atlantic Ocean."
  6. ocean wave |n| disturbances in the surface of the ocean. They can be created by wind, gravity, or other displacements of water. Satellites typically measure significant wave height, which is the average wave height of the highest third of waves in a given sample period. 
  7. ocean swell |n| a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air under the predominating influence of gravity, and thus are often referred to as surface gravity waves. 
  8. "There's a heavy swell."

    More Relative
  1. beach |n| a shore of a body of water covered by sand, gravel, or larger rock fragments
  2. coast |n| coast land next to the sea; the seashore.
  3. "The Pacific coast of the United States."
  4. lagoon |n| a stretch of salt water separated from the sea by a low sandbank or coral reef.
  5. lake |n| lake a large body of water that is surrounded by land. The lake's water can be fresh or, more rarely, salty. 
  6. reef |n| a ridge of jagged rock, coral, or sand just above or below the surface of the sea.
  7. river |n| a large natural stream of water emptying into an ocean, lake, or other body of water and usually fed along its course by converging tributarie.
  8. seashore |n| an area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea.
  9. "A seashore area."
  10. stream |n| a small, narrow river.
  11. "A perfect trout stream."
  12. waterfall |n| a cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.


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October 17, 2021

Released from Hospital

Vocabulary List Number 380 v.0.1 with 5 elements integrated by 4 definitions and 1 example.
  1. release 1|v| make free.
  2. release 2 |v| to give freedom to someone or something.
  3. discharge 1 |v| allow to leave.
  4. discharge 2 |v| to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court.
  5. "Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people."

July 02, 2019

Phone Call


  1. phone call / call |n| an instance of speaking to someone on the phone or attempting to contact someone by phone.
  2. "Hedecided to make a phone call to a friend."
  3. busy signal / busy tone / engaged tone |n| an audible Call-Progress Tone or visual signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.
  4. missed call |n| a telephone call that is deliberately terminated by the caller before being answered by its intended recipient, in order to communicate a pre-agreed message.
  5. caller |n| the person who makes a phone call."
  6. "The caller didn’t leave their number.

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."