Vocabulary lesson 59
Definitions and samples
- Spices are widely used in South Asian cooking.
- Running marathons requires a high level of physical fitness.
- The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities.
- The news of his death was splashed in headlines across all the newspapers.
- She was taken hostage by the gunmen.
- spice (n.) a substance made from a plant, which is used to give a special flavor to food
- Spices are widely used in South Asian cooking.
- fitness (n.) when you are healthy and strong enough to do hard work or play sports
- Running marathons requires a high level of physical fitness.
- facility (n.) a building with a particular purpose
- The hotel has its own pool and leisure facilities.
- headline (n.) the title of a newspaper article, written in large letters. Headlines are important news stories
- The news of his death was splashed in headlines across all the newspapers.
- hostage (n.) someone who has been taken, and held, against his or her will, in order to help someone else get what he or she wants
- She was taken hostage by the gunmen.