Live and Learn English with Jean Lee

WORKSHEET #26 Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #26 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!      1.    For a haunting effect, they draped thin, wispy go_______er across the porch to resemble ghostly cobwebs for our Halloween decoration. (*meaning “a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather”)       2.    Our community centers offer programs to help at-____________ youth succeed in school.   (*meaning “people who are exposed to harm or danger”)       3.    The movie is about a quiet but impactful man who fights against corruptions among policy makers in the society. I thought that type of hero is what we need much more than self-proclaimed swash____________ing and glib statesmen. (*meaning “swaggering or behaving in a brave and exciting way like a fighter in the past”)       4.    Based on Christian teachings, a murderer who genuinely repents and seeks ato...

I'm going to give you the first word of a familiar two-word phrase. You tell me the second word in the phrase. Here's a hint: The first two letters of my word are the last two letters of yours. (Ex. El ectric   --> E EL )   1. Unearned   [four letter answers:] 2. Ski 3. Peace 4. Stress 5. One 6. Second   [five letters:] 7. Centrifugal 8. Chess 9. Organ 10. Antarctic   [six letters:] 11. Shoe 12. Old 13. Red 14. Saint   [longer than six:] 15. General 16. Deadly     Answer Keys 1.   un earned r un 2.   sk i ma sk 3.   pe ace pi pe 4.   st ress te st 5.   on e ir on 6.   se cond ba se 7.   ce ntrifugal for ce 8.   ch ess mat ch 9.   or gan don or 10.         An tarctic oce an 11.       sh oe poli sh 12.       ol d scho ol 13.    ...

WORKSHEET #25 Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #25 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!       1.    Stop waff_______________ on and just give me a solution to this problem, please. (*meaning “talking at length without making clear or important points, often because they are unsure how to answer or want to avoid the topic”)       2.    His corrupted life as a prosecutor eventually started to ______rail his career. (*meaning “(figuratively) to discourage or disheartening or banning something”)       3.    They file for divorce a vinculo(or vinculum) _________________ , which allows them to completely terminate their marriage and remarry in the future. (*meaning “(Latin origin) the bond of matrimony”)       4.    Jennah is a _____________-smart person, whereas her brother is street savvy kind of guy. (*meaning “someone with significant intellectual ability and kno...

WORKSHEET #24 Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #24 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!           1.    Mrs. Crowe gets tired when her students’ parents become too g__________ulous at the parent-teacher conference. (*meaning “tiresomely talkative”)       2.    The paper delivery guy was frowned upon by the seniors in our neighborhood, because he was often seen to drive at full _______________ in the residential area. (*meaning “at full speed”)       3.    Kieth is such a st______d guy who never shows how he feels or thinks to people around. (*meaning “emotionless/ having or revealing little emotion or sensibility”)       4.    I love the 1993 film “Farewell, My Conc_____________ ”, which chronicles the troubled relationships between two lifelong friends, the Peking opera actors. (*meaning “mistress/ a woman with whom a man cohabits without being marr...