🇬🇧 Mascara meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Mascara is a type of makeup that comes in a little tube with a brush. People brush it onto their eyelashes to make them look darker, thicker, and longer. It’s usually black or brown and can make eyes look bigger and more noticeable, like a costume for your eyelashes.

I blinked too hard with fresh mascara and painted black polka dots on my glasses.

The fairy in my drawing asked for mascara so her wings wouldn’t be the only fancy thing about her.

My sister’s mascara is so strong, her eyelashes wave at people before she does.

I tried to put on mascara, sneezed, and now I look like a confused panda.

Mascara has been around for thousands of years—ancient Egyptians used a kind of mascara too, so even pharaohs wanted fabulous eyelashes.

She sat at the tiny mirror, opened the mascara and swept it along her lashes. One quick coat. A second coat of mascara made her lashes dark and thick. A tear smudged the mascara; she dabbed with a tissue and added mascara again. Outside, the camera flashed, and she smiled, grateful for the little mascara miracle.

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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