🇬🇧🇪🇸 sulfur - azufre : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "sulfur" ("azufre"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Sulfur is a pale yellow chemical element that is found in rocks, hot springs, and volcanoes. When sulfur burns, it makes a blue flame and a very strong, stinky smell that many people think is like rotten eggs. People use sulfur in medicines, in cleaning products, and to help plants grow better in farms and gardens. Even though it can smell bad, sulfur is very important in nature and in factories.
I tried to describe sulfur to my little cousin and just said, “Imagine if a rotten egg and a match got married.”
My brother blamed the rotten-egg smell on me, but the sulfur in the lab tray knew the truth.
Our class plant loved the sulfur in the soil so much, it stood straighter than the principal on picture day.
I wanted to bottle the sulfur smell and sell it as “Instant Sibling Repellent.”
If sulfur had a dating profile, it would say: “Bright yellow, hot blue flame, smells… unforgettable.”
At dusk a boy finds pale yellow sulfur in a cracked jar. He lifts sulfur, curious, and lights a small piece of sulfur. The sulfur curls and burns with a thin blue flame and a rotten-egg, choking smell. He flinches, drops the sulfur, and a neighbor fans the air; they laugh, relieved.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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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