Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

Why don’t we savor some fun, silly jokes for a sec? (*source from Reader’s Digest, 2021)   “Rock on!” Q: What do you call blueberries playing the guitar? A: A jam session       “An Unbalanced Bike” Q: Why do bicycles fall over? A: Because they are two-tired.       “Education Got You Down?” Q: Why was the Math book sad? A: Because it has too many problems.       “Soda to the Head” Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink.       “Cold Dog” Q: What do you call a cold dog? A: A chilli dog.       “Confused Dolphine” Q: What does a dolphin say when he’s confused? A: Can you please be more Pacific?       “Not Your Cheese” Q: What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? A: Nacho Cheese         “Funny Fowl” My duck that loves making ...

  It’s time to play the Sunday Word Puzzle created by Will Shortz from NPR. Every answer today is a word starting with SH- . I'm going to give you two words. The first one can precede the answer and the second one can follow it, in each case to complete a compound word or a familiar two-word phrase. Ex. Jump Glass --> SHOT [jump shot, shot glass] (*PICTURE SOURCE: https://originofalphabet.com/words-beginning-sh/ 1.    Tortoise Game 2.    Milk Hands 3.    Soft Polish 4.    Coffee Talk 5.    Talk Business 6.    Window Tree 7.    Space Cock 8.    Meteor Stall   9.    Look Shooter 10.   Cold Blade Answer Keys 1. Shell 2. Shake 3. Shoe 4. Shop 5. Show 6. Shade 7. Shuttle 8. Shower 9. Shark 10.   Shoulder      

Every answer today is a word, name, or phrase ending on the accented syllable sound "lay" — in any spelling. (*You need to know the anwers today are pronounced in a different way in the original French words.) Ex. French city overlooking the Strait of Dover --> CALAIS 1.    Person who parks cars at a restaurant   2. Slice of boneless meat or fish   3. Lose by putting in a place you can't remember 4. Put to rest, as fears 5. French red wine 6. Cry at a bullfight 7. Brand of skin cream and beauty products 8. French for "with milk" (2 wds.) 9. French for "sun" 10. Skiers' cabin in the Alps 11. Poet Edna St. Vincent 12. [Fill in the blank:] Crème ___ (custard dessert) 13. Car with a roof that folds down 14. Renaissance writer François 15. Singer Robert who won a Tony for his role in "The Happy Time" 16. "Swan Lake," for example   Answer Key 1.    valet 2.  ...

With each category given below, try to fill in the blanks of related words. e.g., the category of musical instrument: TR___ ___ PE___.   => TRUMPET   <NEWSPAPER> 1.    ____OLUM___S   2.    ED___ ___ OR___ AL   3.    W___AT___ ___R   4.    CR___ ____SWO___ ___   5.    EV___ ___ TS     <SEWING> 6.    S___IT___H   7.    ___ EE____ ____ES   8.    EM___ ___ ___ IDERY   9.    SP ___ ___ L   10.                   ___ HI ___ BLE     <FISHING> 11.                     ___ AI___   12.                 ...