Listening Ecercise
Vocabulary:
sprite/Faye: (n.) small fairies from fairy tales
baffling: (adj.) bewildering, perplexing, impossible to understand
Celtic: (adj.) related to the Celts, an ancient group of people who lived in parts of Europe
etymology: (n.) (the study of) the origin of words
Gaelic: (n.) one of the Celtic languages, spoken nowadays in parts of Scotland and Ireland
Old English: (n.) the earliest recorded form of the English language
malevolent: (adj.) having wishes to do evil to others
gnome: (n.) a small dwarf-like creature from fairy tales that protects nature
menial: (adj.) routine and requiring little skill
a slew of (…): (pattern) a large quantity of (something), usually negative / lore: (n.) all of the stories, myths and knowledge about a particular topic.