🇬🇧 Pansy meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A pansy is a type of flower that comes in many bright colors, like purple, yellow, and blue. It has soft, velvety petals and is often planted in gardens to make them look cheerful. Even though it looks delicate, pansies are tough little flowers that can survive in cool weather.

My grandma said I should stop and smell the flowers, so I sniffed a pansy, and now I have pollen in my nose.

I tried to eat a pansy to see if it tasted like sunshine—it did not.

My dog sniffed a pansy, sneezed, and now the poor flower is missing half its petals.

I told my brother he’s as strong as a pansy, and now he’s confused if that’s an insult or a compliment.

I put a pansy behind my ear to look fancy, but a bee thought I was a flower and chased me.

On a rainy morning, Anna finds a pansy by the gate. She tucks the pansy into her hair, then plants a pansy in a cracked pot. A child points at a blue pansy, and an old man waters a pansy beside the steps. The small pansy brightens all faces and they smile.

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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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