Vocabulary: Evil

Doing Evil Part 1

Aug 13, 2024

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Genre: Philosophical

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: A cross to bear, Atheist, Boarding school, Bullying, Chapel, Evil, Host (Christianity), Hypocrisy, Lord, Mass, Rota, Satan, Seven deadly sins, Spit, Tabernacle, Test the waters

Word Count: 3625

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

When Tobias’s parents ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, he says, ‘Evil.’ There’s just one problem: his parents are devoted Christians! As Tobias does more and more bad things, his parents try to find ways to make him good, until finally there is only one option left…
The Spider’s Thread (Pre-Intermediate)

Dec 6, 2022

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Genre: Philosophical

Setting: Japan

New Vocabulary: Buddha, Crawl, Demon, Evil, Heaven, Hell, Just as, Needle, Suffer, Take a few liberties, Thread, Truly

Word Count: 1501

Original Author: Ryuunosuke Akutagawa

Kandata was an evil thief when was alive, and now he lives in Hell. Buddha remembers a time when Kandata did good, and decides to give him a chance to show that he isn’t truly evil. Will Kandata become good, or is he simply a bad person?
The Shadow Club #8: Ready to Fight

Aug 31, 2021

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Genre: Action

Setting: Modern

New Vocabulary: Drag, Ease something, Evil, Fantasy novel, For once, Golf club, Punching bag, Scribble, Slingshot, Sweat

Word Count: 2225

Original Author: Ariel Goodbody

The door to the classroom opened, and we all turned around. Mr Burne stood there. Then he saw Bethany, who was still holding his notebook in the air like, well, like a weapon. She gasped, but it was like she couldn’t move. None of us could move. For a moment, I wondered if Mr Burne’s hair was going to fall out, or if he would shout at us. But he just walked over, took the…
Rumplestiltskin

Apr 28, 2020

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Genre: Drama

Setting: Fairytale

New Vocabulary: Beggar, Cheat, Evil, Hopeless, Nail (body), Pointy, Spin (clothes), Straw, Stride

Word Count: 3129

Original Author: Fairy Tales

Molly had always been a clever girl. As a child, whenever her mother asked her to do work, she always found some way to get out of it. Either she got someone else to do the work for her, or she made it look like she had done it when really she hadn’t. And whenever her mother found out what she had done, Molly was nowhere to be found.

Vocabulary: Evil

Doing Evil Part 1

The Spider’s Thread (Pre-Intermediate)

The Shadow Club #8: Ready to Fight

Rumplestiltskin