🇬🇧🇪🇸 bookcase - estantería : English Lesson

Meaning of "bookcase" ("estantería"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A bookcase is a tall piece of furniture with shelves, like a small wooden building inside your house, where books live and line up so you can easily see them, take them out to read, and put them back safely.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I arranged my bookcase by color, so now it looks like a rainbow exploded and became very educated.

Dad tried to fix the wobbly bookcase, and now it leans so much it looks like it’s trying to whisper a secret to the wall.

The bookcase in my room is so tall that I need a ladder, a cape, and heroic music just to reach the top shelf.

My bookcase is organized by how loud I laugh when I read the books—top shelf is super-snort laughter.

Some bookcases in huge libraries are so tall they need rolling ladders—basically playgrounds for librarians who like climbing.

A small girl finds a broken bookcase at the shop. She carries the bookcase home. She cleans the bookcase and puts her small books in the bookcase. Her cat sleeps on top of the bookcase. The room is warm. She smiles at the full bookcase. She feels happy and glad.

This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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