🇬🇧 Well meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A well is a deep hole that people dig in the ground so they can reach water, oil, or gas that is under the earth. A bucket, pipe, or pump is used to bring the water or other liquid up from the well so people can drink it, wash with it, or use it for energy.

I whispered a secret into the well and now the entire underground knows I still sleep with a night-light.

The well is like the earth’s straw, and we keep slurping its underground drink.

I wish the well gave out hot chocolate, but apparently the earth only makes boring old water.

Grandpa said, “Don’t shout into the well,” so of course I yelled, “Hello, Underground Neighbours!”

The bucket came up from the well full of water and one very confused frog.

A little boy runs to the old stone well. He lowers a small bucket into the well. His goat looks thirsty and drinks from the bucket near the well. A woman hears and brings a rope to the well. They pull up a heavy jar of water from the well. Everyone smiles and drinks.

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This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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