Lexicarry: Pictures for Learning English

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to learning and teaching that we call

interplay, the interaction of language

learners and teachers with their materials,

with the language and culture,

and with each other in active, creative

and productive play.

Copyright © 2022 by Patrick R. Moran

ISBN 978-0-86647-559-4

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This eBook was designed by the author/illustrator Patrick R. Moran, by Arthur A. Burrows, and by Michael C. Berman. It was set in Palatino, Barmeno, and Arab Brushstroke. These faces were chosen for their lyrical caligraphic character which is intended to complement the drawings. Palatino, the most widely used, and pirated, face of the twentieth century was designed by Hermann Zapf in8 in Frankfurt. Although modern, it is based on Renaissance designs typical of the Palatinate area in Germany. Barmeno, used in the appendices, is a modern condensed san serif face with a caligraphic flair, and the display face, Arab Brushstroke, an Agfa type, has the hand-drawn character its name implies.

Contents

Using this ebook

Dedication

Introduction for the Student

Functions

1 Greetings/leave takings – morning

2 Greetings/leave takings – afternoon

3 Greetings/leave takings – evening

4 Responding to a sneeze

5 Asking for the time

6 Interrupting

7 Excusing oneself (1)

8 Answering the door

9 Begging

10 Declining an offer

11 Offering help

12 Requesting help

13 Ordering a meal

14 Asking for the check

15 Consoling

16 Expressing thanks

17 Asking about pain

18 Giving a warning

19 Introducing someone

20 Asking for the bathroom

21 Complimenting

22 Expressing condolences

23 Extending an invitation

24 Expressing distaste

25 Answering the telephone

26 Asking for the price

27 Asking for directions

28 Expressing delight

29 Expressing displeasure

30 Congratulating

31 Asking for a light

32 Expressing pain

33 Expressing fear (1)

34 Avoiding attention

35 Asking for change

36 Excusing oneself (2)

37 Requesting permission

38 Getting someone’s attention

39 Expressing birthday greetings

40 Proposing a toast

41 Asking for repetition

42 Saying, I don’t know.

43 Encouraging

44 Accusing

45 Seeking reassurance

46 Toasting

47 Expressing fear (2)

48 Remembering

49 Welcoming

50 Asking if someone is feeling better

51 Requesting permission to speak

52 Reprimanding

53 Expressing disappointment

54 Taking leave

55 Expressing affection

56 Guessing

57 Calming someone down

Sequences

58 Searching

59 Falling

60 Breaking

61 Smoking

62 Throwing

63 Shooting

64 Bleeding

65 Filling

66 Arresting

67 Eating

68 Drinking

69 Cooling off

70 Getting warm

71 Sleeping

72 Relaxing

73 Giving

74 Scratching

75 Entering

76 Going up

77 Saving someone

78 Starting

79 Taking a test

80 Getting wet

81 Morning routine

82 Evening routine

Related Actions

83 Walking

84 Seeing

85 Cutting

86 Touching

87 Breaking

88 Rubbing

89 Attaching

90 Writing

91 Speaking

92 Moving

Operations

93 Making a pot of tea

94 Changing a light bulb

95 Hanging a picture

96 Operating a vending machine

97 Washing a dirty pan

98 Operating a radio

99 Mailing a letter

100 Making a digital audio recording

101 Making an omelet

102 Taking a digital photograph

103 Driving a car

Topics

104 Domestic animals

105 Tools

106 Containers

107 Automobile

108 Men’s clothing

109 Women’s clothing

110 Human body

111 Sports/games

112 Musical instruments

113 Sea life/fishing

114 Facial expressions/gestures

115 Land features

116 Numbers/shapes

117 Sounds/noises

118 Tastes

119 Smells

120 Textures

121 Occupations

122 Colors

123 Flowers

124 Vegetables/plants

125 Fruits/trees

126 Insects/bugs

127 Relationships/roles

128 Location/direction

129 Time

130 Weather

Places

131 Living room

132 Kitchen

133 Dining room

134 Bedroom

135 Bathroom

136 Office/study

137 Downtown

138 Airport

Proverbs and Sayings

139 All roads lead to Rome.

140 An apple never falls far from the tree.

141 Beggars can’t be choosers.

142 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

143 Birds of a feather flock together.

144 A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

145 The chickens come home to roost.

146 Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

147 Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

148 Don’t cry over spilt