English Through Pictures

E N G L I S H T H R O U G H P I C T U R E S

 Color / Visual see look color dark light beautiful shade. black blue brown clear gray green orange red yellow white.

black blue brown clear gray green orange red yellow white  Nouns sometimes used : brass , chocolate, coffee , copper , gold , olive , silver , sky , vanilla brass chocolate coffee copper gold olive silver sky smoke vanilla  Direction #2 about across after against among at between by in with through forward here over under up down on off with direction distance. north , south , east , west , left , right , front , back , high, low , far , near. North North-West North-East

West East

South-West South-East South  Time about after at before between till while when again ever now still tomorrow yesterday second minute day week month year fall spring winter summer night time clock first second last morning night early late slow quick

 Animals

Animals

Insect

ant horse

bee monkey

bird pig

cat rat

cow sheep

dog snake

fly sponge

goat worm

 International : hyena , penguin , zebra .

  Food and Drink

apple berry bread butter cake cheese drink egg food fish fruit grain meal meat milk nut orange potato rice root salt seed soup sugar water wine

apple jelly

berry milk

bread nut

butter orange

cake potato

cheese rice

egg root

fish salt x

fruit soup

grain sugar

meal water

meat wine

 International Food and Drink : alcohol , beef , beer , champagne, chocolate, citron , coffee ,cocktail , cognac , liqueur , macaroni , olive , omelet , rum , salad , sardine , tapioca , tea , toast , vanila , vodka , whisky . pizza?, coke?  Plants apple berry citron flower grain grass leaf nut olive plant root seed stem tapioca tree  Agriculture / Nature air animal cheese cloud cotton dust earth field farm fruit garden grain growth ice land lava leaf leather meat milk mist moon mountain natural nut plant plow price process produce rain range rice river road salt sand seed sky slope snow spade star stream sun thunder water weather wind.  Household basket bath bed bell blade board book boot bottle box brick brush bucket building bulb button calendar camera canvas card cart carriage chain check chest cigarette clock cloth coal coat collar comb cord cook cup curtain cushion door drain drawer dress family flag floor fork frame glove hat jewel kettle key knife knot linen lock map match money nail needle oven paraffin parcel pen pencil phonograph piano picture pin pipe plate play plow pot pump radio rail ring rod roof room screw shelf silk shirt shoe skirt sleep sock spade sponge spoon stamp step stick stocking table telephone terrace thread ticket tray trousers umbrella vessel violin walk wall wash watch wheel whip whistle wool window wire. Basic items Basic items

bed book

building cover

door curtain

flower cushion

house drawer

pot floor

room frame

table picture

window seat

 Clothes : boot button coat collar dress glove hat pajamas shirt shoe silk skirt sock stocking trousers umbrella watch.  Tools : band bar blade brush bucket cord gun hammer hook knife knot nail needle pin pipe plow pump ring rod screw spade wheel wire.  Buildings : bank bar bridge building cafe church circus club hotel hospital house library opera post prison pyramid restaurant school structure station store street theater town train university wall.  Persons : baby boy daughter family father female friend girl male man married mother person relation self sister son woman.

baby man

family woman

 chauffeur chemist chief cook engineer madam manager police porter secretary servant. By adding to nouns -er : worker, roofer, etc.  Body Parts : arm body bone brain chest chin collar ear eye face fat feather finger foot hair hand head heart horn knee leg lip mind mouth muscle neck nerve nose skin stomach tail throat thumb toe tongue tooth wing. cough dead death disease feeble ill pain sneeze.  Materials : ammonia asestos brass copper glass glycerin gold iron leather material metal platinum potash

radium silver steel tin tree. brick canvas cloth coal linen silk wool.  Transport : airplane autobus automobile boat bridge carriage cart flight harbor sail sea taxi train transport plane rail river road ship wheel.

airplane ship

 Business / Industry agreement bank business committee company competition credit debt development distribution division engineer exchange expansion growth harbor industry instrument interest invention market manager money office oil operation owner patent payment plant post produce profit system trade transport  Education art authority chalk development education encyclopedia growth history ink language law learning letter music news program reading reason religion science teaching test theory thought writing say paint paper paste pen pencil rule talk school scissors square stamp university  Political act agreement authority colony committee control country crime debt decision discussion distribution division education government history judge language law meeting nation office order organization passport police political post power propaganda property protest punishment record religion referendum representative secretary society tax visa  War army attack boat company control country crush damage death destruction division dynamite earth effect engineer event fight fire flame gas general gun light force harbor land map military operation order organization peace plane police position post powder power propaganda push radio range river road sea sir smash support torpedo vessel war

OPERATIONS - Directions

against #AGAINST AGAINST# and + , & between # BETWEEN # by # BY BY # |###### in IN # |###### ON OFF on -- off ##### OVER ##### over -- under ##### UNDER before, while, after

QUALITIES

wide --- narrow

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