Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

In honor of Earth Day on Tuesday, I've brought a game of Categories based on the word EARTH. For each category I give, name something in it starting with each of the letters E-A-R-T-H.   For example, if the category were "Two-Syllable Girls' Names," you might say E llen, A my, R achel, T ina, and H elen. Any answer that works is OK, and you can give the answers in any order. Note: In some cases there may be more than one answer.   1.   U.S. Presidents      2.   Three-Letter Parts of the Body      3.   European Capitals      4.   TV Sitcoms ANSWER KEYS 1.   E isenhower, A rthur, R eagan, T aft, H oover 2.   E ar, A rm, R ib, T oe, H ip 3.   E dinburgh, A msterdam, R ome, T irana, H elsinky 4.   E verybody Loves Raymond, A lf, R oseanne, T hat 70s Show, H ome Improvement

Time to check with some English vocabulary/ expressions for better communication! Try to fill in the following blanks with the most proper words using the given clues/ definitions.   1.   Uh-oh…. Your resume sounds a bit too embellished and exaggerated. I think you’d be in big trouble if you mis_________________ yourself like that. (*meaning “to falsify/ give misleading information about yourself”)       2.   I get awestruck by the pictures of ae___________ on the cliff. High-flying birds like hawks and eagles always amaze me. (*meaning: birds’ nests built somewhere high on the cliff or tree tops)       3.   Tm_____________ is a linguistic device that separates a compound word and inserting one or more words between the different parts. For example, you might hear someone say “abso-freakin’-lutely” instead of “absolutely” or “un-bloody-believable” instead of “unbelievable”. (*There’s already the definition of this...

For tax season, this puzzle is titled "C.P.A.s." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase or name, in which the first word starts with C- and the second word starts PA-.   Ex. Person's unsavory history   -->   C HECKERED PA ST       1.    Social gathering, often before dinner, at which guests sip drinks        2. Big green part of Manhattan     3.    Place with metered spaces where you can pay to leave your automobile     4.    In slang, a place to sleep for the night     5.    _____    _______ Kids, 1980s doll craze     6.    Crinkly, colored strips used for party decorations     7.    Tree with fruit that might be seen on a Polynesian island     8.    Field where cattle graze     9.    Famous luxury hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip   ...

April is the national poetry month. Even though the world is going through myriads of natural disasters everywhere, let us find a quiet place to curl up in and be grateful for our Mother Nature by writing down our small thoughts in the form of poems. Trees by Jean Jiyoung Lee Are you the one that has been in my yesterday? Am I still in your memory? You know my stories and quiet moments of silence in somber overlay That from time to time emerge in a way so peremptory. In the morning, you whisper sounds of hopes through balmy sunray At dusk, you bring me to tears pointing toward the sky where my father is so gingerly.   Trees, you are listening when I pray Then keep me stay peaceful in my trajectory. Each time I get lost in a maze to my dismay, Your changing colors of leaves have taught me life is full of mystery.   Will you be there for me in my twilight years in the same way? I know you won’t judge me and say “now you’re an old lady who’s so peppe...

Every answer today is a familiar phrase in the form "___ and ___." You'll get the first and last words, but with a letter changed in each one. Figure out the familiar phrase.   Ex. CRAZE & BARREN   -->   CRATE & BARREL   1. BREAK & BUTLER   2. CLOCK & DANGER   3. BLACK & TICKLE   4. ROUGE & FUMBLE   5. WIELD & STREAK   6. BLOCK & DICKER (commercial name)   7. PLAID & SIMILE   Answer Keys     1.   BREA K & BUT L ER => BREA D & BUT T ER     2.   CLO C K & DA N GER => CLO A K & DA G GER     3.   BL A CK & T I CKLE => BL O CK & T A CKLE     4.   ROU G E & F UMBLE => ROUG H & T UMBLE     5.   W IELD & STREA K => F IELD & STREA M     6.   BL O CK & D I CKER => BL A CK & D E CKER     7. ...