Lesson 48 - Preparation: Vocabulary used in the Video

Teachers: Prepare your students for the verb structure they will hear in the videos for this lesson.
Students: Read and click on the play button to listen.

Vocabulary Definition and Audio
achieve
verb

Example in video:
What do you hope to achieve before you die?

to accomplish, to do with success

achieve
lawyer
noun

 

A person who gives legal advice to clients and represents them in court
Synonyms: attorney, solicitor (GB)

judge and lawyer
shoe size
noun used as adjective + noun

 

The size (dimensions) of a shoe.

shoe sizes
Oklahoma City
proper noun 


Oklahoma
proper noun 



Oklahoma is an American state. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city in the state of Oklahoma.


Oklahoma
medieval
adjective 

Belonging to the Middle Ages; old-fashioned, ignorant, rude.


middle ages
misogyny
noun
 

Hatred of women


hatred of women
poetry
noun 

lyric poetry
adjective + noun 

poetry: poems (literature written in meter; verse).

lyric poetry: poems that express feelings in a songlike style.

  

poem
have to
verb + preposition

to be forced, have no choice, have no option, must. Example: This lady has no choice. She has to go to prison. She must go to prison.

must = have to
each other
pronoun 

Pronoun used to indicate that a relationship is reciprocal among two people. Example: these 2 men are shouting at each other.


2 men shouting at each other
fair enough
expression


Fair: just, reasonable
Fair enough: something that you say in order to show that you understand why someone has said or done something.

fair enough

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