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labor - n. work; workers as a group

laboratory - n. a room or place where experiments in science are done?

lack - v. to be without; n. the condition of needing， wanting or not having?

lake - n. a large area of fresh water surrounded by land?

land - v. to come to the earth from the air ("Airplanes land at airports."); n. the part
of the earth not covered by water; the ground?

language - n. words and their use; what people speak in a country， nation or group?

large - ad. big; being of more than usual size， amount or number; opposite small?

last - v. to continue ("The talks will last three days."); ad. after all others; the only
one remaining ("She is the last person in line.")?

late - ad. after the correct time; near the end; opposite early?

laugh - v. to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings?

launch - v. to put into operation; to begin; to send into the air or space?

law - n. all or any rules made by a government?

lead - v. to show the way; to command; to control; to go first?

leak - v. to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas
or liquid)?

learn - v. to get knowledge about; to come to know a fact or facts?

leave - v. to go away from; to let something stay where it is?

left - ad. on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; opposite
right?

legal - ad. of or in agreement with the law?

legislature - n. a government lawmaking group?

lend - v. to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; to make a loan of money?

less - ad. smaller in amount; not as much?

let - v. to permit to do or to be; to make possible?

letter - n. a message written on paper; a communication in writing sent to another
person?

level - n. the amount or height that something reaches or rises to; the position of
something or someone?

liberal - ad. one who usually supports social progress or change?

lie - v. to have one’s body on the ground or other surface; to say something that one
knows is not true?

life - n. the time between being born and dying; opposite death; all living things?

lift - v. to take or bring up to a higher place or level?

light - n. a form of energy that affects the eyes so that one is able to see; anything
that produces light; ad. bright; clear; not heavy?

lightning - n. light produced by electricity in the air， usually during a storm?

like - v. to be pleased with; to have good feelings for someone or something; ad. in
the same way as; similar to?

limit - v. to restrict to a number or amount; n. the greatest amount or number
permitted?

line - n. a long， thin mark on a surface; a number of people or things organized; one
after another; the edge of an area protected by military forces?

link - v. to connect; to unite one thing or event with another; n. a relation between
two or more things， situations or events?

liquid - n. a substance that is not a solid or gas， and can move freely， like water?

list - v. to put in writing a number of names of people or things; n. a written series
of names or things?

listen - v. to try to hear?

literature - n. all the poems， stories and writings of a period of time or of a country?

little - ad. not tall or big; a small amount?

live - v. to have life; to exist; ad. having life; alive?

load - v. to put objects on or into a vehicle or container; n. that which is carried?

loan - n. money borrowed that usually must be returned with interest payments;
something borrowed?

local - ad. about or having to do with one place?

lonely - ad. feeling alone and wanting friends; visited by few or no people ("a lonely
man")?

long - ad. not short; measuring from beginning to end; measuring much; for much
time?

look - v. to turn the eyes toward so as to see; to search or hunt for; to seem to be?

lose - v. to have no longer; to not find; to fail to keep; to be defeated?

loud - ad. having a strong sound; full of sound or noise?

love - v. to like very much; to feel a strong， kind emotion (sometimes involving sex);
n. a strong， kind emotion for someone or something; opposite hate?

low - ad. not high or tall; below the normal height; close to the ground?

loyal - ad. showing strong friendship and support for someone or something?

luck - n. something that happens by chance