Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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lavatory | a place where there is a washbasin or a water-closet, sometimes both together |
law | rules made by the government of a country |
lawn | a smooth flat area of grass which is cut and looked after carefully |
lawnmower | a machine that is used to cut the grass on a lawn |
lay | to put something down |
layer | a flat covering or thickness. You put jam and cream between two layers of sponge cake |
lazy | not wanting to work or make any effort |
lead | (rhymes with seed) to be first, before everyone else |
lead | (rhymes with bed) a heavy soft grey metal |
leader | someone who is in front or at the head of a group of people |
leaf | the flat, green part of a plant or tree |
leak | the accidental escape of liquid or gas from a hole or crack in a pipe or container |
lean | thin; without fat. The same word also means to rest against something, so that you are not standing up straight |
leap | to jump high in the air |
leap year | a year with 366 days, having 29 days in February. It comes every four years |
learn | to find out about things or how to do something |
least | the smallest in side or importanceleast |
leather | the skin of animals, used to make things like shoes and gloves |
leave | to go away from somewhere. The same word also means to let something stay where it is |
lecture | a talk given to an audience or a class at school |
ledge | a narrow shelf |
leer | to smile at someone in a nasty way |
left | the opposite side to right. You a have a right hand and a left hand |
leg | the part of your body which joins on to your food. You have tow legs. The same word also means one of the pieces of wood that hold up a table or chair |
legacy | a particular thing given by last will, a bequest |
legend | a story from long ago which may or may not be true |
leggings | a covering of cloth or leather for your legs in cold weather |
legion | a large group of soldiers; a large number |
lemon | a sour yellow fruit |
lemonade | a drink made from lemon juice and sugar |
lend | to let someone have something of yours which he will give back to you |
length | how long something is |
lengthen | to make longer |
lens | a curved piece of glass used in eye glasses or in instruments such as telescopes and cameras |
leopard | a dangerous wild animal that looks like a large cat with spots |
lessen | to reduce, depreciate, make less, lower |
lesson | something to be learned |
let | to agree that someone may do something; to give permission |
letter | how a sound looks when it is written down. Our alphabet has 26 letters. The same word also means a written message that is put in an envelope |
lettuce | a garden plant with large green leaves which you can eat without cooking |
level | another word for flat; with no bumps |
lever | a bar pushed down at one end so that it lifts something on the other end |
liar | someone who tells lies |
liberalize | to free from narrow views to render liberal |
liberty | freedom to do as you think is right |
library | a room or building full of books |
licence | a special piece of printed paper that you must have before you can do certain things. You need a licence to own a gun, to drive a car |
licensee | one to whom licence is granted |
lick | to touch something with your tongue, like a lollipop or an ice cream |
lid | the top which can be taken off something, such as a box or saucepan |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.