Beginner English Listening Practice: My Family and Interests

verb

1. take delight in

e.g. he delights in his granddaughter

Synonym: delightrevel

2. have benefit from

e.g. enjoy privileges

3. derive or receive pleasure from
get enjoyment from
take pleasure in

e.g. She relished her fame and basked in her glory

Synonym: baskrelishsavorsavour

4. get pleasure from

e.g. I love cooking

Synonym: love

5. have for one's benefit

e.g. The industry enjoyed a boom

noun

1. primary social group
parents and children

e.g. he wanted to have a good job before starting a family

Synonym: family unit

2. people descended from a common ancestor

e.g. his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower

Synonym: family linefolkkinfolkkinsfolkseptphratry

3. a collection of things sharing a common attribute

e.g. there are two classes of detergents

Synonym: classcategory

4. a social unit living together

e.g. he moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
the teacher asked how many people made up his home

Synonym: householdhousehomemenage

5. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

e.g. sharks belong to the fish family

6. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities

e.g. the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family
the church welcomed new members into its fellowship

Synonym: fellowship

7. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Synonym: syndicatecrime syndicatemob

8. a person having kinship with another or others

e.g. he's kin
he's family

Synonym: kinkinsperson

verb

1. gain knowledge or skills

e.g. She learned dancing from her sister
I learned Sanskrit
Children acquire language at an amazing rate

Synonym: larnacquire

2. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

e.g. I learned that she has two grown-up children
I see that you have been promoted

Synonym: hearget wordget windpick upfind outget a linediscoversee

3. be a student of a certain subject

e.g. She is reading for the bar exam

Synonym: studyreadtake

4. commit to memory
learn by heart

e.g. Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?

Synonym: memorizememorisecon

5. impart skills or knowledge to

e.g. I taught them French
He instructed me in building a boat

Synonym: teachinstruct

6. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

e.g. I want to see whether she speaks French
See whether it works
find out if he speaks Russian
Check whether the train leaves on time

Synonym: determinecheckfind outseeascertainwatch

noun

1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

e.g. he is playing third

Synonym: third base

2. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

e.g. he was cut down on a close play at third

Synonym: third base

3. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

e.g. you shouldn't try to start in third gear

Synonym: third gear

4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it

e.g. a simple harmony written in major thirds

5. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

e.g. it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement

Synonym: one-thirdtierce

6. following the second position in an ordering or series

e.g. a distant third
he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment