descriptive language

And then I'll go through the story again, line by line, and I'll explain vocabulary for you so you can learn various little phrases, words, and other descriptive language from this story, okay?

872. The Birthday Party (Learn English with a Short Story)

and immersive stories then that's even better secondly i want to show you a slightly old-fashioned version of english which is really rich in descriptive language and more formal in style than today's english it's good to be exposed to diverse versions of the language old-fashioned english is much more like modern formal english right so especially formal writing that we write today is much more like old

734. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [Part 1] Learn English with Stories

in achieving truly advanced english and this story is very rich in descriptive language also i'd like to inspire you perhaps to read the rest of the book and reading is such an important thing to do for your english and maybe you're looking for interesting books to read in that case you could consider this one it's not too long i've got a copy of the book here with me you can hear the pages of the book

734. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [Part 1] Learn English with Stories

deliberation of the of tedious movements unspeakably nasty even at this first encounter this first glimpse i was overcome with disgust and dread wonderful descriptive language so let me just go through some of those things again i've talked about the absence of brow ridges uh quivering of its mouth the gorgon groups of tentacles so gorgon this comes from greek mythology um medusa the gorgon the gorgons

734. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells [Part 1] Learn English with Stories

Rain was falling heavily. "It was like driving through a thick curtain of water." "It was like doing something," so just, you know, nice descriptive language. This is what we call a simile. Whenever you use the word "like," "it was like blah blah blah," you know, "the sun was like an orange in the sky," "the rain was like a thick curtain of water." In fact, it probably was a thick curtain of water, but anyway, it was...

739. The Escaped Man (Short Story for Learners of English) Vocabulary & Grammar

They are great for learning English; they're very well written, easy to read, clever, entertaining, and full of descriptive language. So if you're looking for things to read in English, then I really recommend Roald Dahl's work, and I suggest that you get a copy of this book, the one that I've got, which is "The Complete Short Stories" by Roald Dahl, published by Penguin.

817. Parson's Pleasure by Roald Dahl (Learn English with a Short Story)

night," the girl says. "Yes, of course," says the mother, "but I'll bet he prays like mad for rainy days." Quite a nice ending line for the story because obviously the plan only works when it's raining. I wonder what this old man does when it's not raining. Maybe he's got some other trick up his sleeve. Um, all right, let's go back to my notes. Um, I mean, lots of, lots of sort of obviously good descriptive language in there. You notice

710. The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl (Learn English with a Short Story)

probably different words and phrases for moving around: to head somewhere, to scurry, to scuttle, words like that. Lots of good stuff, lots of nice descriptive language which you could, you know, investigate again, um, in your own time if you've got the story. Let me just continue reading my notes here. So I like this story because it's enjoyable to listen to the way the man persuades even this very suspicious woman to give him

710. The Umbrella Man by Roald Dahl (Learn English with a Short Story)