English Language Vocabulary for English Language

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English Language Vocabulary for English Language(ESL)

Students By Ihsan Chaudhary0321-6651131/[email protected]

Chapter 1: Age

crone / BrEkrn ; NAmEkron /

( literary)an ugly old woman

elder / BrEeld(r) ; NAmEeldr / adj., noun

1 [ only before noun ] ( of people, especially two members of the same family ) oldermy elder brotherhis elder sister

eld er ly / BrEeldli ; NAmEeldrli /

1 ( of people ) used as a polite word for old

an elderly coupleelderly relatives

gen er ation / BrEdenren ; NAmEdenren /

1 [ C +sing./pl. v. ] all the people who were born at about the same timethe younger/older generationMy generation have grown up without the experience of a world war.I often wonder whatfuture generations will make of our efforts.

fresh-faced / BrE; NAmE/having a young, healthy-looking facefresh-faced kids

geri at ric / BrEderitrk ; NAmEderitrk/

1 [ U ] the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care of old people

2 [ C ] ( informal, offensive) an old person, especially one with poor physical or mental healthI'm not a geriatric yet, you know!

geri at ric adj.the geriatric ward(= in a hospital)a geriatric vehicle (= old and in bad condition)

gnarled / BrEnld ; NAmEnrld /

2 ( of a person or part of the body ) bent and twisted because of age or illnessgnarled hands

in fant ile / BrEnfntal ; NAmEnfntal /

1 ( disapproving) typical of a small child (and therefore not suitable for adults or older children)

infantile jokes

ju ven ile / BrEduvnal ; NAmEduvnl / adj., noun

2 ( disapproving) silly and more typical of a child than an adult

juvenile behaviourDon't be so juvenile!

lad / BrEld ; NAmEld /

1 [ C ] ( old-fashionedor informal, BrE) a boy or young manThings have changed since I was a lad.He's a nice lad.Hurry up, lad.


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lass / BrEls ; NAmEls /

( also / BrElsi ; NAmElsi / )

( ScotE, NEngE)a girl; a young woman

compare ,

lass / BrEls ; NAmEls /

( also / BrElsi ; NAmElsi / )

( ScotE, NEngE)a girl; a young woman

compare , Oxford University Press, 2010

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 8th edition

Me thu selah / BrEmjuzl ; NAmEmjuzl/used to describe a very old personI'm feeling older than Methuselah.

From Methuselah, a man in the Bible who is supposed to have lived for 969 years.

mid life / BrEmdlaf ; NAmEmdlaf/

[ U ]the middle part of your life when you are neither young nor oldIt is not difficult to take up a new career in midlifemidlife stresses

minor / BrEman(r) ; NAmEmanr / adj., noun, verb

1 ( law) a person who is under the age at which you legally become an adult and are responsible for youractionsIt is an offence to serve alcohol to minors.He was jailed for having sex with a minor.

OAP / BrE epi ; NAmEo/

( BrE, becoming old-fashioned)

the abbreviation for old-age pensioneradults 4.50, children and OAPs 3

old bat / BrE; NAmE/

( BrE, informal, disapproving)a silly or annoying old personDaft old bat. What's she keeping all that cash in the house for?

old maid / BrE; NAmE/

( old-fashioned, disapproving)a woman who has never married and is now no longer young

old dear / BrE; NAmE/

( BrE, informal)an old woman

se nile / BrEsinal ; NAmEsinal /behaving in a confused or strange way, and unable to remember things, because you are oldI think she's going senile .

sen il ity / BrEsnlti ; NAmEsnlti / noun[ U ]an old man on the verge of senility

tod dler / BrEtdl(r) ; NAmEtdlr /a child who has only recently learnt to walk

tot / BrEtt ; NAmEtt / noun, verb


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1 ( informal) a very young childTV programmes for tiny tots

under age / BrEndred ; NAmEndred/

[ only before noun ]done by people who are too young by lawunderage drinking

wun der kind / BrE wndknd ; NAmE wndrknd /( pl. / BrE wndknd(r) ; NAmE wndrkndr / ) ( from German, sometimes

disapproving)a person who is very successful at a young age

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