🇬🇧🇪🇸 wristband - pulsera : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "wristband" ("pulsera"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A wristband is a loop or strip that you wear around your wrist, like a soft bracelet. It can be made of cloth, rubber, plastic, or paper, and people use it to hold a watch, wipe sweat, show they belong to a team or club, or prove they’re allowed into a place like a concert or a swimming pool.
Our family made matching wristbands, so we looked like a tiny, confused rock band at the grocery store.
I stacked so many wristbands on my arm that I couldn’t bend my elbow to eat my fries—worst superpower ever.
At the water park, my wristband proved I was allowed on the slides, but my terrified yelling proved I wasn’t ready.
I wore a glow-in-the-dark wristband to bed and scared myself when my own arm looked like a tiny green ghost.
The concert wristband proved I paid for a ticket, but it did not prove I could sing without scaring pigeons.
She slipped a bright wristband over her hand and around her wrist to hold a loose watch. The wristband smelled of rain; it matched the yellow ticket wristband tied at the concert gate. A stranger pointed to a second wristband that read "friend." She fastened both wristband pieces, laughed, and felt oddly brave as music began.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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