English Recordings

RAINY
SUNNY
STORMY
SNOWING
HOT
COLD
VERY
TODAY
WINDY
A THERMOMETER
TEMPERATURE
MORNING
AFTERNOON
CLOUDY
CENTRE
A LITTLE
REALLY
EVENING
ICY
FREEZING
NORTH
EAST
WEST
SOUTH
A PRESENTER
A FLAG
A MAP
A COUNTRY
AN UMBRELLA
A SNOWFLAKE
TOMORROW
THUNDER
EXTREMELY
NORTHERN
SOUTHERN
EASTERN
WESTERN
WARM
A HURRICANE
A RAIN GAUGE
A WINDOSCK
THE WEATHER FORECAST
FOGGY
A LIGHTNING
A RAIN COAT

closed
talked
arrived
invited
played
walked
whispered
cycled
walked
learned
hoped
listened
discovered
visited
laughed
decided

Elphaba has just made Dorothy her prisoner:

‘Ha, ha! Now you are my prisoner. You must work in my house everyday. Clean this dirty kitchen! Remember, I can watch you all the time!

On its own
As a result
That's right
Thanks in advance
In the meantime
As soon as possible
No, thanks
Until you're done
Yes, please
effective steps

Pull this lever to open the gate.

The thieves tried to escape, but the police caught up to them.

My brother caught me up on all that happened yesterday.

a wax figure
a waxwork
a playwright
a department store
a ferris wheel
a clock
a tower
a law
a crown
a jewel
a raven
an entertainment
a market
a street performer
a pole
a squirrel
a duck
a building
a plane
a boat
a trip
a nickname
a pound
a sight
a bridge
a guided tour
a cruise
a double-decker bus
a square
a country
a cheesegrater
a gherkin
a snail
a shard
atop
yesterday
tomorrow

…………….. crossed the Thames on Tower Bridge.
…………. visited Madame Tussaud's last year.
……….. enjoyed the cruise on Saturday.
…………….. stayed in a hotel.
…………….. waited for a long time.
……… watched a play at the Globe.
…………. liked Covent Garden a lot.
…………. travelled to London by plane.
……… loved the guided tour of the Tower.
…………….. arrived in London last night.

The London City Hall is often nicknamed the Snail or the Onion because it is round. It was completed in 2002 and it is not very high, only 45 metres high or 147 feet. It cost £43 million to build which is approximately 50 million euros.

30 St Mary Axe has only got one nickname, it's the Gherkin. It got its nickname because it is oval. It opened in 2004. It is 180 metres high or 591 feet and was expensive to build, indeed it cost £138 million.

20 Fenchurch Street is also called the Walkie-Talkie. It was completed in 2014 and it is 160 metres high or 525 feet. It cost a lot of money : £200 million.

122 Leadenhall Street has a funny nickname, it's the Cheesegrater because it is triangular like a cheesegrater. It opened in 2014 and it is really high : 225 metres or 738 feet high. It cost £340 million to build which is a lot of money!

The Shard is also called The Shard of Glass. It was completed in 2003 and it is the highest monument in London with 309.7 metres or 1,016 feet. It is also the most expensive because it cost about £435 million.