Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

Time to play the on-air challenge puzzle from NPR! Every answer today is a word or phrase in which the only consonants are P and S, repeated as often as necessary. All the other letters are vowels. Ex. Spots on a playing card --> PIPS   1. Rival of Coke   2. Mexican coins   3. Wife or husband   4. To go against   5. To assume without proof   6. Flowers that produce opium   7. Young dogs   8. A group that accompanies a sheriff in a western   9. To have   10. To placate by acceding to someone's demands   11. Small bouquets   12. To forgo, as an opportunity (2 wds.)   13. Appears suddenly (2 wds.)   14. Thick fog is said to resemble it (2 wds.)   Answer Keys      1.   Pepsi     2.   Peso     3.   Spouse     4.   Oppose     5.   Suppose     6.   Po...

Every answer today is a seven-letter word, name, or phrase that has three O's and no other vowels.   Ex. Canada's largest city --> TORONTO   1. Kind of cocktail thro as a weapon   2. Biblical wise man   3. Casablanca's country   4. Container for a hammer, wrench, etc.   5. 1987 film about a cyborg police officer   6. Nickname for Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to eight surviving babies at once   7. Rainy season in India   8. Where Santa lands on a house   9. What Pedigree, Iams, and Purina One sell (2 wds.)   10. Chance to take pictures of a famous person (2 wds.)     Answer Keys 1.   Molotov 2.   Solomon 3.   Morocco 4.   Tool box 5.   Robocop 6.   Octomom 7.   Monsoon 8.   Rooftop 9.   Dog food 10.               Photo op

Halloween is one of the most beloved (and bedeviling) occasions of the year. Halloween is that one special night of the year when all of the spooky specters and menacing monsters come out to give everybody a severe case of the heebie-jeebies—and eat a ton of candy! Halloween isn’t just a great night for scares and sweets, though, as it also plays host to a ton of awesome words.  Here are a dozen of our favorite Halloween-related words that help to make October 31 such an eerie and spectacular day of the year. Personally, I would like to send my heartfelt prayers and condolences to those who lost their lives and their loved ones at a Halloween event held in the street of Itaewon, South Korea in the year of 2022.       1.    _________________’s Eve is another name for Halloween. Although Halloween is not a religious holiday, it occurs the night before the Christian holiday of All Saint’s Day held on November 1. In fact, the name Halloween is a shortening ...

I'm going to give you some four-letter words. For each one change either the first or last letter to name part of the body. Ex. BOOT --> FOOT 1. CHIP 2. DECK 3. HANK 4. HEAR 5. JACK 6. KNEW 7. MUTT 8. SHIP 9. VAPE 10. CALM (two answers) ANSWER KEYS 1. CHIN 2. NECK 3. HAND 4. HEAD 5. BACK 6. KNEE 7. BUTT 8. SHIN 9. NAPE 10. CALF OR PALM 

On-air challenge: Every answer today is a familiar two-word phrase or name with the initials D-H. Ex. Batter who may substitute for a pitcher --> DESIGNATED HITTER   1. Shape of DNA   2. Little-known contender who comes from behind to win   3. Race ending in a tie   4. Large room where students gather to eat   5. Road with a median   6. What you may turn in order to enter a room   7. Person who works on a boat   8. Person who helps clean teeth and do fillings   9. Middle of an item sold at Dunkin   10. Volcanic crater on Oahu   11. Bruce Willis action film   12. Clint Eastwood action film   Answer Keys       1.       Double Helix       2.      Dark Horse        3.      Dead Heat        4.      Dining Hall   ...

  Autumn Meditation By Jean J. Lee   Let the autumn breeze Show your days how to ease No need to think about others to please Just let go of those in life who tease Be ready to pick your garden peas And toss them into your salad bowl and seize Be grateful for a handful of happiness that would never freeze Smile at your precious moments of these

Ready to play the latest NPR Sunday Puzzle from yesterday? Every answer today is a made-up phrase like MIGHTY MATEY, consisting of two two-syllable words that are pronounced the same except for their initial vowels. The first word in the phrase has a long-I sound that is /ay/ sound. The second one has a long-A that is /ey/ sound.   Ex. Powerful comrade --> M I GHTY M A TEY   1. Restaurant server who's more pale   2. Passover meal that comes with fermented apple juice   3. Person staring at Old Faithful, for example   4. Double-crosser who uses more hackneyed expressions   5. Earlier person making supplications to God   Bonus Question Name two US presidents (from the 19 th century) whose names are appropriate for this puzzle! Answer Keys     1.   whiter waiter     2.   cider seder     3.   geyser gazer     4.   triter traitor     5.   p...