WORKSHEET #10
Let’s practice some expressions from the
episode #10 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!
1. Laura says one of the best ways to keep herself calm and unperturbed is to z______e out while her boss picks on tinny-tiny mistakes she makes. Well, I wonder how long she can stay with the team that way. (*meaning “to lose concentration or become inattentive”)
2. Joseph went ber____________
when he came to learn about his fifteen-year-old son’s taking the hot rod in
the garage out for a spin every single night. (*meaning “to go crazy/ to go
uncontrollably mad and furious”)
3. After the repetitive deadlines and back-to-back
meetings, my son was finally ready for a break from the daily gr_____________.
(*meaning “backbreaker/ hard work/ study”)
4. The ten winters in the Midwest town of
Peoria had taught me what the truly arctic, g______d air of wintry chill
felt like. (*meaning “very cold/ freezing/ or icy”)
5. Once disagreement turns into s________-pro________________
hate, it becomes blinding. (*meaning “proclaimed to be or described as such
by oneself, without endorsement by others”)
6. When I looked up at the sky to see those
ephemeral flak_______ of snow falling and flying in all different
directions, I became a little dizzy but happy at the same time. (*meaning “small
pieces”)
7. This old ukelele might have seen better
and more hal______n days! (*meaning
“peaceful and calm”)
8. Dr. Alan Stein used to host a lecture
on the most effective and efficient ways of using library inside athen______________.
(*meaning “reading room/ library”)
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