🇬🇧 Antelope meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An antelope is a fast, gentle animal with long thin legs and usually curved horns that lives in open places like grasslands and plains, where it runs very quickly to escape predators such as lions and cheetahs.

I tried to race an antelope in my dream, but I only beat it at taking snack breaks.

Our coach told us to “run like an antelope,” but my legs decided to jog like jelly instead.

If I had an antelope’s speed, I could run to school, forget my backpack, and still run home and back before the bell rang.

The antelope watched the cheetah stretch and said, “Uh-oh, cardio day again.”

An antelope can run over 40 miles per hour, which means it could outrun your school bus.

A child watches an antelope herd on the bright grassland. One antelope lifts a hoof, small horn gleaming. The antelope runs with long legs; another antelope follows, fast and graceful. Dust rises as antelope flee a distant lion. The herd stops, panting. The child smiles, relieved the antelope are safe.

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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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