[10:18] Peppa Pig English Season 2 Ep9: 2000 Basic Words + Native Expressions + Listening & Speaking Boost

noun

1. stringed instruments that are played with a bow

e.g. the strings played superlatively well

Synonym: bowed stringed instrument

2. a necklace made by a stringing objects together

e.g. a string of beads
a strand of pearls

Synonym: chainstrand

3. a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening

e.g. he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag

Synonym: drawstringdrawing string

4. a lightweight cord

Synonym: twine

5. a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

6. a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

7. a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

8. a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding

e.g. a string of islands
train of mourners
a train of thought

Synonym: train

9. (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

Synonym: cosmic string

10. a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

noun

1. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Synonym: dismissaldismissiondischargefiringliberationreleasesacking

2. the plundering of a place by an army or mob
usually involves destruction and slaughter

e.g. the sack of Rome

3. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Synonym: chemiseshift

4. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees)
swings easily

Synonym: hammock

5. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Synonym: pokepaper bagcarrier bag

6. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

Synonym: sacque

7. any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

8. the quantity contained in a sack

Synonym: sackful

9. an enclosed space

e.g. the trapped miners found a pocket of air

Synonym: pouchsacpocket

noun

1. a sudden attack of fear

Synonym: panic attack

2. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

e.g. panic in the stock market
a war scare
a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building

Synonym: panic

verb

1. become less intense and fade away gradually

e.g. her resistance melted under his charm
her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance

Synonym: meltevaporate

2. get lost, as without warning or explanation

e.g. He disappeared without a trace

Synonym: vanishgo away

3. cease to exist

e.g. An entire civilization vanished

Synonym: vanish

4. become invisible or unnoticeable

e.g. The effect vanished when day broke

Synonym: vanishgo away

noun

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers
widely cultivated

Synonym: gladiolusgladiolasword lily

noun

1. an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

2. an animal that feeds on a particular source of food

e.g. a bark feeder
a mud feeder

3. an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds

Synonym: bird feederbirdfeeder

4. a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material

e.g. the feeder discharged feed into a trough for the livestock

Synonym: self-feeder

5. a branch that flows into the main stream

Synonym: tributaryconfluentaffluent

6. someone who consumes food for nourishment

Synonym: eater