English Vocabulary Revision

📋 Course Outline

1. Family and Visual Perception
2. Housing and Household Objects
3. Domestic Actions and Sounds
4. Food, Clothing and Taste
5. Games, Leisure and Light
6. Sport, Hunting and Sounds
7. Appearance, Senses and Health
8. Movement and Abstract Terms

📖 1. Family and Visual Perception

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Family vocabulary: Family vocabulary includes a sibling = a brother or sister, the household = the home or family group, the in-laws = the family by marriage, the bride-to-be = the future bride, an orphan = a child without parents, foster parents = adoptive parents, alternating custody = shared custody, and a midwife = a person who assists childbirth.
• Ways of looking: Ways of looking include to catch sight of or catch a glimpse of = notice briefly, to make out = distinguish, to glance at = look briefly, to peep at = look secretly, and to peer at = look closely.
• Childcare vocabulary: Childcare vocabulary includes to scold a child = to reprimand a child, a pram = a baby carriage, a pushchair = a stroller, to breastfeed = to feed a baby with breast milk, and boisterous = noisy and energetic.

💡 Memory Hook