🇬🇧🇪🇸 crane - grulla : English Lesson

Meaning of "crane" ("grulla"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A crane is a big, tall bird that has very long, thin legs, a long neck, and a sharp beak. Cranes often live near water, where they walk slowly and carefully through the shallows looking for food like fish, insects, and plants. They are graceful birds that can fly high in the sky, and some kinds of cranes dance and make loud calls to talk to each other.

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

A crane walked past me so slowly I thought it was doing a fashion show on the mud runway.

The crane tiptoed through the water as if it didn’t want to wake up the fish.

The crane stood on one leg for so long I thought it had forgotten the other leg existed.

The crane marched through the marsh like it was the mayor of Mud City.

Some cranes migrate thousands of miles every year, which means this tall bird probably travels more than most humans on vacation.

A child by the pond spots a tall crane. The crane stands on long legs, neck stretched; the crane dips its beak to catch a fish in silver water. The child smiles as the crane lifts and the crane flies across the soft morning light. The child waves goodbye, heart full.

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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