ESL Vocabulary about Sleep

ESL Vocabulary about topic 'Sleep', a small word group with meanings and sentences. The vocabulary has 23 words. The sample words are as follows: nap, snooze, nod off, asleep, nightmare, lethargic, doze off, sleep through, drop off, sleepover, sleep in, stay up, .... It helps to enhance speaking and writing skills efficiently in English tests, especially for ESL students who are working for IELTS and TOEFL. Vocabularies to talk about a topic
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nap  Speak
n.
a short sleep, usually during the day
Use your lunch hour to have a nap in your chair.
snooze  Speak
v.
sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day
Mark snoozed in front of the television.
nod off  Speak
v.
to begin sleeping, especially not intentionally
After our busy day, we both sat and nodded off in front of the TV.
asleep  Speak
a.
in or into a state of sleep
She had been asleep for over three hours.
nightmare  Speak
a.
a frightening or unpleasant dream
I had nightmares after watching the horror movie.
lethargic  Speak
a.
feeling unwilling and unable to do anything
I was feeling tired and lethargic.
doze off  Speak
a.
to start to sleep, especially during the day and without intending to
I dozed off in front of the television.
sleep through  Speak
v.
to continue sleeping for a long time
I was so tired I slept through until noon.
drop off  Speak
v.
to start to sleep
I must have dropped off during the show, because I don’t remember how it ended.
sleepover  Speak
n.
a type of party when a young person or a group of young people stay for the night at the house of a friend
Katie was asked to sleep over with Jenny.
sleep in  Speak
v.
to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do
I usually sleep in on Saturdays.
stay up  Speak
v.
go to bed later than usual
I stayed up to watch the Olympics on television.
lie in  Speak
v.
to stay in bed later than usual in the morning
It was a Sunday, so she could lie in till almost lunch time.
lie down  Speak
v.
rest on your back
He lay down on the bed and tried to relax.
stay over  Speak
v.
to sleep at someone's house for one night
Why don't you stay over and drive back in the morning?
night owl  Speak
n.
a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night
I'm a night owl , true, but it's getting pretty late.
scroll  Speak
v.
to move information on a computer screen up or down, so you can see a different part of a document
I scrolled through my phone to find 'United States of America'.
feedback  Speak
n.
information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task
We are always grateful to receive feedback from our listeners.
freelance  Speak
n.
someone who does particular pieces of work for different organizations, rather than working all the time for a single organization
The firm employs several freelances.
exhausted  Speak
a.
extremely tired
By the time they reached the summit they were exhausted.
knackered  Speak
a.
tire (someone) out; exhaust
I was absolutely knackered at the end of the match.
crash  Speak
v.
to hit something, often making a loud noise or causing damage
Without warning, the tree crashed through the roof.
make matters worse  Speak
v.
to make a difficult situation even more difficult
To make matters worse, it started to rain again.