NovaLingo
Open menu
All video lessons
Intermediate4 min 27 sec

Primitive Technology | Building Walls with Fired Bricks and Mud Mortar

Watch the clip, read a subtitle excerpt, and preview vocabulary taken from this specific video.

From this video

Subtitle preview

A short excerpt from the English heard in this lesson.

  1. 1:08

    Taking out the middle bricks where the doors will be and for drainage

  2. 1:23

    Adding water to soil for the mud mortar

  3. 1:29

    Applying mud mortar to bricks

  4. 1:44

    Just the end joints are mortared in he first layer

Vocabulary from this video

These definitions and examples come from the language used in this specific lesson.

mortar

noun · Intermediate

/ˈmɔːtə(ɹ)/

A heavy bowl used with a pestle for crushing things; a material used between bricks; or a weapon that fires shells high into the air.

Example

She crushed the spices in a stone mortar.

In this video: Adding water to soil for the mud mortar

applying

verb · Intermediate

/əˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/

The -ing form of apply: asking formally, putting something on, or using a rule.

Example

She is applying sunscreen before the race in a clear everyday context.

In this video: Applying mud mortar to bricks

Keep learning in NovaLingo

Download the app to explore every word from this video, hear pronunciation, save words, and review them later.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Keep exploring

Keep learning after the clip ends.

Use NovaLingo to hear pronunciation, save every useful word, and review it later in context.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play