Episode 31 of Season 3: Practical English Listening and Daily Expressions for Christmas

noun

1. something or someone that provides a source of happiness

e.g. a joy to behold
the pleasure of his company
the new car is a delight

Synonym: delightpleasure

2. the emotion of great happiness

Synonym: joyousnessjoyfulness

noun

1. a treaty to cease hostilities

e.g. peace came on November 11th

Synonym: peace treatypacification

2. the absence of mental stress or anxiety

Synonym: peacefulnesspeace of mindreposeserenityheartseaseataraxis

3. harmonious relations
freedom from disputes

e.g. the roommates lived in peace together

4. the state prevailing during the absence of war

5. the general security of public places

e.g. he was arrested for disturbing the peace

Synonym: public security

noun

1. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

e.g. we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil

Synonym: understandingintellect

2. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

e.g. there is reason to believe he is lying

3. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

e.g. the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly

4. a justification for something existing or happening

e.g. he had no cause to complain
they had good reason to rejoice

Synonym: causegrounds

5. a rational motive for a belief or action

e.g. the reason that war was declared
the grounds for their declaration

Synonym: ground

6. the state of having good sense and sound judgment

e.g. his rationality may have been impaired
he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions

Synonym: rationalityreasonableness

noun

1. information about recent and important events

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;e.g. they awaited news of the outcome

[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;[…]nbsp;Synonym: newsintelligenceword

adj

1. without stop or interruption

e.g. to insure the continued success of the war
the continued existence of nationalism
the continued popularity of Westerns