Vocabulary Words
lasting
B1adjective, noun, verb
A durable woollen material formerly used for women's shoes. (+11 more)
laughter
B1noun
A movement (usually involuntary) of the muscles of the laughing face, particularly of the lips, and of the whole body, with a peculiar expression of the eyes, indicating merriment, satisfaction or derision, and usually attended by a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. (+3 more)
lay
B1adjective, noun, verb
(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them. (+68 more)
layer
B1noun, verb
(by analogy to a stack of transparencies) one in a stack of (initially transparent) drawing surfaces that comprise an image (+11 more)
league
B1noun, verb
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers). (+9 more)
lecture
B1noun, verb
(by extension) a class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1) [usually at college or university] (+5 more)
legal
B1adjective, noun
(of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8� in � 14 in (215.9 mm � 355.6 mm) (also legal-size). (+8 more)