🇬🇧 Bass meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A bass is a kind of fish that lives in rivers, lakes, or the sea. People often catch bass when they go fishing, and they can cook and eat its white, tasty meat. Bass can be different sizes, from small to quite big, and they usually have a long body and fins that help them swim quickly through the water.

Dad said the river was full of bass, but I only caught seaweed and my own shoelace.

I tried to smile for a photo with the bass, but the bass was the only one who looked good.

The bass I almost caught waved its tail at me like, “Nice try, land creature.”

The bass swam in circles like it was trying to decide which side was its best angle for photos.

A bass splashed my face so hard I think it was trying to give me a free shower.

He felt the line pull; the bass thudded and fought. He pulled a silver bass into the boat, bright scales flicking. The bass gasped, then lay still. He held the bass, then laughed and set it on ice. Later, at dusk, they ate bass and tasted the lake: warm, fresh, quiet.

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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