🇬🇧 Alps meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

The Alps are a huge group of tall mountains in Europe. They stretch like a long, bumpy line across several countries, including France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, and Liechtenstein. Many of the mountains in the Alps are covered with snow on top, even in summer. People go to the Alps to ski, hike, climb, and enjoy beautiful views of mountains, forests, and lakes. The Alps are also home to animals like ibex (mountain goats with big horns) and marmots (cute, chubby ground animals).

If the Alps were made of chocolate instead of rock, they would have disappeared in one weekend at my house.

The guide said the Alps were millions of years old, which is even older than the jokes my dad tells.

When we left the Alps, my legs were tired, my nose was cold, and my camera was completely out of space.

Grandpa said he would climb the Alps, but he got tired walking up the stairs and took a snack break halfway.

The Alps are so long they pass through eight different countries, which is more places than I’ve visited in my entire life, including my couch.

She woke to dawn light falling on the Alps. The bus climbed into the Alps and hugged a snowy slope. The Alps rose like a white wall; children pressed faces to glass as peaks split clouds. A shepherd waved from a high ridge and shouted, "Welcome to the Alps!" They cheered at the Alps, feeling small and alive.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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