WORKSHEET #13
Let’s practice some expressions from the
episode #13 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!
1. His sugar talk could hardly ever co____________
her into believing that he loved her. (*meaning “to mislead/cajole
someone by means of a petty trick or fraud; to deceive someone to influence the
person to act in a certain way”)
2. The group of prosecutors in the
country is no more than a cess__________ of corruption and perpetuation
of injustice. (*meaning “a filthy,
evil, or corrupt place or state”)
3. Joe is such a determined high-mileage runner
who does double threshold, one in the early morning and the other at even____________.
(*meaning
“the onset of evening/dusk/gloaming”)
4. The traffic
on the approach road slowed to a crawl. They must have known that the area is
cr____________ with police. (*meaning “swarming with…/ full of …..”)
5. After he blew the project, Jake was rel_____________________
to the least important department. (*meaning “to send someone or something to a less important, inferior,
or lower rank or position”)
6. I love Denzel
Washington’s acting in the film “Equalizer”. He showed such a perfect
poker face, which is often a desired form of
imp_____________ as a professional killer. (*meaning
“the state of indifference/ a lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern”)
7. Brian has
classic futili__________________ perspectives
in this decaying world. He says he pities the ones who struggle to achieve unattainable
goals. (*meaning “one who believes that human striving is futile”)
8. Quite a lot
of young couples throw their wedding ceremonies out in the national parks
because of their grandiose beauty of mother nature in the r___________. (*meaning
“in its true state, not made to seem better or more palatable than it actually
is”)
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