Enlarge your English knowledge

Welcome to my School Wednesday.

Today at the English lesson we have watched VERY interesting film of the language of Empire - the adventure of English. I guess not all knows the meanings of these words:

1. Bungalow  is a low house having only one storey or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows ( origin: late 17th century: from Hindi baṅglā'belonging to Bengal', from a type of cottage built for early European settlers in Bengal.)
2. Loot  is to steal something from a place or person. 
3. Ghoul is an evil spirit that eats dead bodies.
4. Thug is a man who acts violently, especially to commit a crime.
5. Pundit is a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is therefore oftenasked to give an opinion about it.
6. Dungarees is  a pair of trousers with an extra piece of cloth that covers thechest and is held in place by a strap over each shoulder (US old-fashioned trousers made of denim (= strong, blue cotton cloth).
7. Cot is a narrow bed.
8. Toddy is various species of palm tree.
9. Bangle is a ring of stiff plastic, metal, etc. worn around the wrist or arm as jewellery.
10. Cushy is very easy.
11. Khaki is dark yellowish-green cloth, often worn by soldiers.
12. Dinghy is a small open boat.
13. Juggernaut is a very large, heavy truck.
14. Karma is (in the Buddhist and Hindu religions) the force produced by a person's actionsin one of their lives that influences what happens to them in their future lives.
15. Mantra is  (especially in Hinduism and Buddhism) a word or sound that is believed to have a special spiritual power.
16. Sacred cow is a belief, custom, etc. that people support and do not question or criticise.
17. Canoe is a small light narrow boat, pointed at both ends and moved using a paddle (= ashort pole with a flat blade).
18. Curare  is a common name for various plant.
19. Peccary is a medium-sized mammal of the familyTayassuidae, or New World pigs.
20. Tamarind is (fruit of) a type of tropical tree.
21. Hurricane is a violent wind that has a circular movement, especially in the West AtlanticOcean.
22. Cassava is  a South American plant with large roots, or a type of flour made from theseroots.
23. Hammock is  a type of bed used especially outside, consisting of a net or long piece of strong cloth that you tie between two trees or poles so that it swings (= moves sidewaysthrough the air).
24. Mangrove is  a tropical tree, found near water, whose twisted roots grow partly aboveground.
25. Doubloon  was a two-escudo or 32-real gold coin, weighing 6.77 grams.
26. Pieces of eight is (in the past) coins used in Spain.
27. Sea-dog is an old sailor with many years of experience at sea.
28. Cutlass is a curved sword with a single sharp edge, especially as used in the past bypirates.
29. Freebooter, Privateer, Buccaneer are different kind of pirates.  

The information is from the film of the language of Empire - the adventure of English, Wikipedia and Cambridge English-English dictionary. 

Thanks for your attention. 

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With Love,

Mary