Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: WORKSHEET #37.

WORKSHEET #37

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #37 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

 

1.   Ken does not want anybody to find out about his bitter past. He wants to keep his own sorrow and pain under the ______________ till the last day of his life. (*meaning “to keep ….. a secret”)

 

    2.   In 20/20 ________________, I realize that it was a terrible idea to fall for his words. I was too naïve. (*meaning “choices that seemed difficult in the past now seem clear after the person know what happened as a result of those choices. This expression comes from the way people describe good vision. A person with normal, good vision has twenty-twenty sight. Hindsight is an understanding of a past event”)

 

    3.   Matt con_______________ in his best buddy about his secret love outside his marriage. (*meaning “to tell someone about something very private or secret”)

 

    4.   The mediator of the TV debate asked the panelists to speak one person at a time so that there will be no ca___________________ for the audience.  (*meaning “harsh or jarring sound; dissonance”)

 

    5.   That tackle sparked a mass me_____________ between players and officials. (*meaning “confused fight/ skirmish/ scuffle”)

 

6.   We need re_______________ historians like Mr. Sun Kim, who is willing to re-examine and reinterpret historical records and narratives, often in response to new evidence or changing perspectives. It serves as a method for historians to challenge established views, correct misconceptions, and provide a more nuanced understanding of the past. (*meaning “someone who examines and tries to change existing beliefs about how events happened or what their importance or meaning is”)

 

    7.   The menu of my brother-in-law’s newly opened restaurant runs the whole g________________ of things, featuring everything from sushi to Bibimbab to Korean BBQ ribs. (*meaning of “experience, display, or perform the complete range of something”)

8.   Who was master________________ (*meaning “to act as the leader of some complex plan or scheme”) the extre_________’s (*meaning “a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action”) murder-s_________________ (*meaning “a double act in which a person kills one or more others before killing himself or herself?) in the huge shopping mall?

 

    9.   Jane’s parents tried to t____________ her out of getting engaged. (*meaning “to persuade someone not to do (something unwise”)