🇬🇧🇨🇳 dream - 做梦 : English Lesson

Meaning of "dream" ("做梦"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To dream means that while you are sleeping, your mind makes its own little movie. You can see pictures, hear sounds, and feel like things are really happening, even though you are just in bed. In a dream, you might fly, talk to animals, visit crazy places, or do impossible things, all inside your mind while you sleep.

I always dream I can fly, but I just flap my arms like a confused chicken the whole time.

I dreamed my math homework grew legs, ran away, and yelled, 'You can’t solve me!'

I dreamed my bed was a giant marshmallow and when I woke up, my pillow was mysteriously missing.

My cat twitched in his sleep, so I think he was dreaming he finally caught the evil red dot.

I dreamed my teacher gave us a test on how to speak fluent dinosaur.

At night a little boy sleeps in his bed and smiles. He dreams of a red boat on a blue sea. He dreams of the moon. He dreams of fish that sing and lights like stars. He dreams he plays with a kind cat. He wakes and laughs, and he says, "I dream again tonight."

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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