[6:45] English Listening Practice for the Seven Days of the Week — Daily Short Passages for Beginners

noun

1. the act of starting something

e.g. he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations

Synonym: startcommencement

2. the first part or section of something

e.g. `It was a dark and stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story

3. the event consisting of the start of something

e.g. the beginning of the war

4. the place where something begins, where it springs into being

e.g. the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
communism's Russian root

Synonym: originrootrootagesource

5. the time at which something is supposed to begin

e.g. they got an early start
she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her

Synonym: commencementfirstoutsetget-gostartkickoffstarting timeshowtimeoffset

adj

1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

e.g. late evening
late 18th century
a late movie
took a late flight
had a late breakfast

2. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

e.g. the late phase of feudalism
a later symptom of the disease
later medical science could have saved the child

Synonym: later(a)

3. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature
used especially of dead languages

e.g. Late Greek

4. after the expected or usual time
delayed

e.g. a belated birthday card
I'm late for the plane
the train is late
tardy children are sent to the principal
always tardy in making dental appointments

Synonym: belatedtardy

noun

1. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

e.g. took his repose by the swimming pool

Synonym: easereposerelaxation

2. a support on which things can be put

e.g. the gun was steadied on a special rest

3. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

4. something left after other parts have been taken away

e.g. there was no remainder
he threw away the rest
he took what he wanted and I got the balance

Synonym: remainderbalanceresidualresidueresiduum

5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

e.g. she was laid to rest beside her husband
they had to put their family pet to sleep

Synonym: eternal restsleepeternal sleepquietus

6. a state of inaction

e.g. a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon

7. a pause for relaxation

e.g. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests

Synonym: respitereliefrest period

noun

1. a television production that features a particular person or work or topic

e.g. the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight

2. a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising

e.g. they are having a special on pork chops

3. a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant

noun

1. (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer

Synonym: foodstuff

2. a marketplace where groceries are sold

e.g. the grocery store included a meat market

Synonym: grocery storefood marketmarket