WORKSHEET #14
Let’s practice some expressions from the
episode #14 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!
1. Dealing with the stick-in-the-mud
customers was all in a ___________ work for Ted. He’s been working in
this customer’s service for five years. (*meaning “a task or situation that
is a normal part of someone's routine, even if it seems difficult or unusual to
others”)
2. It was frustrating to learn that a lot
of war ___________________ were killed by Israeli strike in Gaza City. Those
journalists should be viewed as the voice of truth in this world, which would
never be hidden or forgotten. (*meaning “reporters or commentators assigned
to send news or opinions directly from battle areas”)
3. Don’t drink and drive. I want you to
arrive in one _________________. (*meaning “safe and sound”)
4. Jack the Ripper has been known as one
of the cruelest murderers who committed unimaginably h_____________s crimes
in the city of London for more than hundred years. (*meaning “evil/
atrocious/ aggravated”)
5. When Tom Cruise showed up at the
shopping mall out of the blue, there was a huge pandemonium. It took some time
for the shoppers to sim_______________ down. (*meaning “to become
calmer and quieter/ to chill”)
6. In the midst of the economic shambles,
the country was rising like a ph________________ from the ashes.
However, economists saw it as no more than a dead cat bounce. (*meaning “a
legendary Arabian bird said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes
every 500 years; referring to a person or thing of surpassing beauty or quality
of resilience”)
7. There are countless Youtube channels that
seem like medical qu___________________ or health fraud. (*meaning “bad
medical treatment from doctors who are not very good at their job, or from
people who cheat others by pretending to be doctors”)
8. Dis_____________________ employees called for their manager’s
resignation. (*meaning “discontented, dissatisfied, annoyed, irritated “)
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