Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: WORKSHEET #30

WORKSHEET #30

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #30 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

  





    1.   Were you serious when you said you had _______phobia? Little had I known there was such kind of fear in this world! How could anyone fear, not just hate, cheese?!!! (*meaning “the fear of cheese”)

 

    2.   Her dream of flying high in the sky was the prior prop___________  that motivated her to pursue a career in aviation. (*literal meaning refers to “the chemical substance used for propulsion before the current substance”; figurative definition is “the initial element or driving force that sparked a chain reaction”)

 

    3.   Jean looked terribly w________ out when she finished as her age-group winner in the special half marathon race on the treadmill. (*meaning “extremely tired/ exhausted”)

 

    4.   I need some m_____en tips on culinary art. Could you teach me how to be a good cook? (*meaning “expert; connoisseur who is highly knowledgeable and discerning in a specific field”)

 

    5.   Hans used to love tuning his whip, but recently it has been impossible for him to soup it up. He is like “the skin on my hands used to be terribly exc______________ due to hard tuning work, but not anymore. My hands look great, whereas my car looks dull.  (*literal meaning refers to “damaged or removed on the surface of the skin”; figuratively refers to “criticize ….with acerbic words or comments”)

 

    6.   Marie opened a patiss______________ after 2 years of training in France. (*meaning “a patisserie is a shop selling French pastries, or the pastries themselves”)

 

    7.   Vincent van Gogh’s “Wheatfield with Crows” depicts a stormy and bar__________ field with crows, which exudes dreary feelings. (*meaning “(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation” or “bleak or lifeless”)







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