Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: WORKSHEET #10

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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