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The Roaring 20s: B2 English Vocabulary from American History


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🕰️ In this episode of the Learn English Podcast, you’ll explore the Roaring 20s — one of the most exciting and well-known decades in American history — while improving your B2 level English vocabulary and listening skills. This era was shaped by jazz music, changing fashion, illegal alcohol, and a spirit of fun and rebellion after World War I.

You will learn useful words and phrases such as prohibition, bootlegging, speakeasy, flapper, Harlem Renaissance, and dapper, all explained in clear and natural English. The episode also covers early automobiles like the Model T and the shift from silent movies to “talkies,” helping you understand how society and entertainment were changing.

This lesson is perfect for intermediate to upper-intermediate learners who want to expand their vocabulary, improve listening comprehension, and explore American culture through real stories and history.

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📝 Vocabulary list:

1) Visual image – A picture in your mind.

2) Roaring – Very loud or full of activity and excitement.

3) Prohibition – A time when alcohol was illegal in the United States (1920–1933).

4) Amendment – A change or addition to a legal or official document.

5) Speakeasy – A secret club where people drank alcohol during Prohibition

6) Romanticized – Made to seem better or more exciting than it really was.

7) Jazz – A style of music with strong rhythms, popular in the 1920s.

8) Renaissance – A time of new interest and activity in something, especially art and culture.

9) Flapper – A fashionable young woman in the 1920s with a modern style and behavior.

10) Bobbed hair – A short haircut that is usually above the chin.

11) Cocktail – A mixed alcoholic drink.

12) Bootlegging – Making or selling something (like alcohol) illegally.

13) Assembly line – A method of making products in a factory where each worker does one part.

14) Mass produced – Made in large numbers, usually by machines.

15) Talkie – A movie with spoken words and sound.

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