CHAPTER III: WORKSHEET # 55

WORKSHEET #55.

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #55 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary! 

 

1.   The author’s fans were so stunned and disappointed when they realized that his life story in the autobiography was no more than a c_________ed-up (*meaning “invented/ made-up”) conf______________ and lies. (*meaning “the creation of false memories without intent to deceive/ conversation or discussion”)

 

2.   Jeff’s friends had a hard time holding back tears at the w___________ of his brother’s funeral. They knew how close Jeff and his older brother had been to each other. (*meaning “a gathering for family and friends to share memories and offer support to the grieving family, either before or after the funeral service”)

 

3.   Quite a few elderly patients tend to become del_____________ when they wake up from a long-hours of surgery. (*meaning “in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech”)

 

4.   Kim loved to quote Amelia Earhart’s words about passion and goals in life that people need to remember and un___________.: “Everyone have oceans to fly….. What do dreams know of boundaries?” (*meaning “to make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state”)

 

5.   Hilary was so reti____________ about her childhood. (*meaning “not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily”)

 

6.   I’m not in the mood for another __________-up with you over this matter. You are the only one who still argues that it wasn’t your mistake. (*meaning “a fight/ a quarrel”)

 

7.   I just don’t get it each time I see you in a ti___________ about nothing important. Just take a deep breath and chill. (*meaning “to be worried/ nervous/ agitated about something”)

 

8.   The m______________ (*meaning “undertaker or funeral director”) asked the bereaved family to wait outside the room while he was em__________________ the body of their loving father. (*meaning “to preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by arterial injection of a preservative”)

 

9.   Mr. Rynearson always had an icebreaking chat with his students before diving right into the day’s lesson, which created a good ra______t with children. (*meaning “a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other’s feelings or ideas and communicate well”)