CHAPTER III: WORKSHEET #54 (based on the Sequel Love Story to Episode #53)

WORKSHEET #54.

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #54 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

 

1.   The mayor is such a deceiving snolly_______________ who never cares about enhancing the city. He is emblematic of mammonism. (*meaning “shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician”)

 

2.   Theo feels that his girlfriend has been acting sh____________ (*meaning”to ack fake or sketchy and not trustworthy”) lately, which means time is ticking ‘till the moment comes when she for_________ (*meaning “to give up/ to let go of…”) this relationship.

 

3.   It looks like those two retail stores stand _________ to _________ with each other in our town. (*meaning “to be willing to confront/ compete/ fight with ….”)

 

4.   Her beauty was out of this ______________ (*meaning “very impressive or extremely good or excellent”) even though she was wearing a cheap ___________off (*meaning “a cheap imitation of a product”) necklace at the party.

 

5.   I’m not attracted to fli___________ man who keeps changing his attitude. (*meaning “lacking stability or steadiness/ capricious or changing/ unreliable”)

 

6.   My hubby and I had exchanged a ton of love letters. When we were apart, we felt absence would make the heart grow f__________. (*meaning “when someone or something is far away, you realize how much you love or miss them”)

 

7.   It’s time to lux____________ in watching movies! How could we release the weeklong stress without this family time?! (*meaning “to indulge in…/ to enjoy ….to the fullest”)

 

8.   William tends to finds fault with people around and deni__________ (*meaning “to criticize unfairly/ to disparage”) even their big or small achievement. That’s why most people call him a smell____________. (*meaning “a person who is a habitual faultfinder, complainer, or grumbler”)

 

9.   Greg is a de____________ of hunting in the woods. (*meaning “a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about someone or something”)

 

10.             ____________ enough (*meaning “something is surprising or unexpected, often because it's strange, peculiar, or a curious coincidence”), I saw her in my dream last night and she gave me a call today.

 

11.             10 hours of d____g every day is way too much! (*meaning “(Scottish dialect of English) a day’s work”)

 

12.             I want you to stop ob____________ me by making simple things sound hard to understand! (*meaning “to make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally”)

 

13.             It seemed that everybody had been working their ______ off to make my niece’s wedding ceremony perfect. (*meaning “to work very hard to achieve something or finish a task”)

 

14.             We're all packed and ready to go; we can leave at the drop of a ___________. (*meaning “to do something immediately or without hesitation”)