Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

  Time to play the NPR Sunday Puzzle! (aired on May 31, 2021) Every answer today is a five-letter word or name in which the first two letters are the same as the last two.   Ex. Energy or enthusiasm --> VE R VE 1. Home of the N.F.L.'s Dolphins   2. Car made in Sweden   3. Latin dance that's also a spicy tomato sauce   4. Vegetable you peel and that can make you cry   5. Companion of the Lone Ranger   6. Eric Clapton's first top 10 hit   7. Give an order to be quiet   8. Sight or hearing, for example   9. Bohemian novelist who wrote "The Metamorphosis"   10. Kind of yoga   11. Just barely defeated   12. Egyptian god pictured with the head of an ibis   13. Very loud, as a crowd   Answer Keys 1.   miami 2.   volvo 3.   salsa 4.   onion 5.   Tonto 6.   Layla 7.   shush 8.   sense 9.   kafka ...

Every answer today is the name of a U.S. city from which I have removed one or more interior letters. The remaining letters in order spell a word. I'll give you that word. You name the city.   Ex. CANON (1 letter removed) --> CANTON, Ohio   1. SETTLE (1)   2. LASING (1)   3. CAPER (1)   4. MASON (2)   5. POLAND (2)   6. SPOKE (2)   7. PROVINCE (2)   8. LAYETTE (2)   9. ROSTER (3)   10. DO IT (3)   11. CHARON (4)   12. MASTER (4)   13. SPORT (5)   14. COLORINGS (6) (two words)     Answer Keys    1.   Seattle, Washington    2.   Lansing, Michigan    3.   Casper, Wyoming    4.   Madison, Wisconsin    5.   Portland, Oregan    6.   Spokane, Washington    7.   Providence, Rhode Island    8.   Lafayette, Loui...

You are given two things. You name something they have in common. Ex. The eye/ A school --> PUPIL   1. A compass/ A sewing kit   2. A typewriter/ A lock   3. An ear/ Panama   4. A dentist/ A sergeant   5. A baseball diamond/ A still-life scene   6. A place setting/ A road   7. A postal worker/ A knight   8. A ship/ A card game   9. Whiskey/ A mathematical theorem   10. A ballot/ A highway patrol officer   11. A tree/ A dog   12. [triple]: A fish/A fish market/A voice lesson Answer Keys     1.   needle     2.   key     3.   canal     4.   drill     5.   pitcher     6.   fork     7.   mail     8.   deck     9.   proof     10.    ticket     11.   bark     12.   scale

  ‘ T.S. Eliot said “April is the cruelest month” in his famous poem The Wasteland . Well, things are not quite different from Americans today because April is normally the busy month of tax report. (Due to pandemic situation, the due date for tax filing deadline for 2021 has extended to May  17.) Here are some funny quotes about tax. Enjoy!   “What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.” ….. Mark Twain *taxidermist: a person whose job is to prepare the skins of dead animals and birds and fill them with a special material to make them look as if they were alive   “Intaxication is the feeling you get when you receive a tax refund until you realize it was your own money in the first place!” …..anonymous     “I never appreciate my kids more than when I’m doing my taxes.” …..anonymous     “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” ……..Cal...

  To All Our Loved Ones in Heaven            by Jean J. Lee The days you left behind    have felt like the most unfamiliar grind. When I hit quiet trails,    I hear my breathing becoming sad exhales. The empty hollow filled with sorrow   makes it harder to hope for tomorrow. Here I go again with another stride   Slowly but tenaciously with you inside. A hundred-mile-long run is not lonely   as you are watching over me closely. Miles and miles apart between Heaven and earth in existence,   but running these miles would truly shorten the distance. I know that I'd cry now and then   But I promise I'd head out to run again. When it rains, I'll think of it as your gift   to hide my tears as I sniffed When it snows, I'll listen to my footsteps   in my joyful training of hundred reps. A birdie on that cedar tree   must be you that are finally free. Reply Forward

Every answer today is something — or someone — you might see at a supermarket. Rearrange the given letters to get the answer. Ex. I SEAL --> AISLE 1. LIED 2. BAR KEY 3. SOUPCON 4. A GERMAN 5. THE CURB 6. CHAMP RAY 7. PRO NIGHTCAPS Answer Keys    1.   DELI    2.   BAKERY    3.   COUPONS    4.   MANAGER    5.   BUTCHER    6.   PHARMACY    7.   SHOPPING CART

Time to play the latest Sunday Puzzle from NPR!! With the following seven-letter words, each of which has the consecutive letters A-T somewhere inside it. Change the A-T to two new letters to make a new word. (*picture source:  https://www.123rf.com/photo_105918199_hand-replace-a-letters-in-chance-word-to-be-the-change-word.html)  Ex. FLATTER --> FLUSTER 1. LATERAL 2. CANTATA 3. HATBAND 4. DOORMAT 5. HATEFUL 6. GESTATE 7. FLATBED 8. RATTLER 9. PEACOAT   Answer Keys     1.   l at eral => l ib eral     2.   cant at a => cant in a     3.   h at band => h us band     4.   doorm at => doorm en     5.   h at eful =>h op eful     6.   ges ta te => gest ur e     7.   fl at bed => fl ob bed     8.   r at tler => r us tler     9.   peaco at => peaco ck