Total English - Pre-intermediate - Unit 8 - Lesson 3

a bright flash, caused by electricity, in the sky or one that hits the ground from within the clouds

a long and thin string or cord that is passed through the hooks on a shoe and pulled tightly to fasten it

to pay attention and become aware of a particular thing or person

a person who competes in short-distance races at a very fast speed

the status or title that a person gains by being the best player or team in a competition

a unit of measuring weight equal to 2.20 pounds or 1000 grams

each of the sixty parts that creates one hour and is made up of sixty seconds

each of the twenty-four time periods that exist in a day and each time period is made up of sixty minutes

the standard SI unit of time, equal to one-sixtieth of a minute

the basic unit of measuring length that is equal to 100 centimeters

a unit of measurement used to express speed or velocity in the metric system, representing the distance traveled in kilometers over the course of one hour

a unit of measuring length equal to one hundredth of a meter