Plumbing – a system of pipes that carries water through a building
Plumb er – a person whose job is to install or repair sinks, toilets, water pipes, etc.

Practice some plumbing vocabulary with TinyCards

Much more detailed plumbing vocabulary in the Visual Dictionary

Vocabulary: Herbs and Spices

Posted on May 26, 2017 by faeslcommunity

Here is a video with pictures of several herbs and spices – from the website Learn English Have Fun.

After you watch the video to listen to the pronunciation of the words, you can read more about herbs and spices on their website.

Another Dreamreader Picture Quiz

Posted on May 17, 2017 by faeslcommunity

Last week we had an article about a set of picture exercises on the useful website Dreamreader. Here is another Dreamreader picture exercise and you can go to their website to practice with many more of these.

Which is the best answer in each set of three sentences?

There is lightning in the picture.
There is a rainbow in the picture.
There is a thunderstorm in the picture.

There are several torches in the picture.
There are several fireworks in the picture.
There are several street lamps in the picture.

The round sign shows a picture of a bicycle.
The round sign shows a picture of a woman and a child.
The round sign shows a picture of a woman on a bicycle.

Answers…

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Opposites

Posted on May 4, 2017 by faeslcommunity

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Names of Places

Posted on April 27, 2017 by faeslcommunity

Vidtionary.com has many short videos that explain the names of places – such as airport, hotel, park, and train station. You hear the pronunciation and see pictures to help you remember the word. Here’s an example:

You can study all of the place names here, and then try to take this test:
Do you know the names of the places in these 8 videos?
(Answers are at the end.)

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Google Images as Your Dictionary

Posted on April 25, 2017 by faeslcommunity

There are some good, regular dictionaries for English language learners – including the Learner’s Dictionary, which explains 100,000 words and phrases in simple language, with sentence examples, and pronunciation.

However, there are many times when some pictures will help you understand a word better, and more quickly. Perhaps the easiest way to see a word in pictures is with Google Images. Here are some examples of words that are easier to understand with a picture, or a set of pictures…