Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: WORKSHEET #13

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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