🇬🇧🇪🇸 trench - zanja : English Lesson

Meaning of "trench" ("zanja"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A trench is a long, narrow excavation in the ground, typically deeper than it is wide. Trenches are often used in construction, military defense, and archaeology. They can also be found naturally in the ocean floor, known as oceanic trenches.

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

Our snowball fight got serious when we built a trench for defense.

I made a trench in the beach sand, but the waves didn’t care and destroyed it.

My goldfish dreams of exploring a deep-sea trench, but his bowl is only two inches deep.

I made a tiny trench for my army of ants, but they just walked around it.

The dog dug a trench in the yard so deep, I think he’s looking for Australia.

A boy watched a deep, narrow trench in the garden, where rain had cut a trench along the path. His toy car rolled into the trench. He reached into the trench, hand trembling. The dog nosed the trench, then crawled in to fetch the car. They both laughed and hugged on the dry path.

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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