CHAPTER IV: WORKSHEET #78 of Dr. Jedidiah's Diary

WORKSHEET #78

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #78 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!  

 

      1.   Jake couldn’t take his eyes off of his girlfriend Bethany on their first date             night. She was gu_______________ up (*meaning “dressed up fancily             or made more attractive, and can describe people getting dressed up for an           event or a place/thing being decorated to look nicer”) in a beautiful purple         dress. It was the first time when she was strongly determined to                   get  d____________ up. (*meaning “make oneself attractive with makeup and fancy or stylish clothes”)

 

2.   Mr. Seinfelt found a twenty-dollar bill in his old winter coat before he tossed it into the salvation army box. He said to himself “_________’s own luck!” (*meaning “incredibly good fortune, often used when someone succeeds against the odds or avoids negative consequences”)  

 

3.   Are you joining me on this trip to the winter light festival in Amsterdam? Their hi___________ event might be good enough to chase away your brumal depression or doldrums. (*meaning “of or related to winter”)

 

4.   When it snowed, children and pet doggies would get outside to cav___________ around in our neighborhood. (*meaning “to jump or dance around excitedly”)

 

 

5.   People think he is a sad loner, but I believe that his life is rather a beautiful pa___________ to solitude and independence. (*meaning “a formal expression of high praise, as a poem, movie, or monument”)

 

6.   Jeremy seemed to have made up his mind to leave his girlfriend Lily. He didn’t want to enc/u_______________ her with his intermi________ly (*meaning “never-ending”) worsening financial situation anymore. (*meaning “to burden or weigh them down, making it difficult to move, act, or think freely, often with heavy objects, responsibilities, debts, or excessive rules”)

 

7.   Now I’m adding some potato starch dissolved in water to the sauce so that it’d become a little more inspi______________. (*meaning “make a liquid thicker or denser, often through evaporation, and can be used in sentences describing cooking, medical contexts, or natural processes”)

 

8.   Tommy asked me to h_____________ up the marketing team. (*meaning “lead a group/ a team”)

 

9.   Margarett wist____________ sighed as she was flipping through her old photo album. Walking down the memory lane shared with his good old beau makes her melancholy. (*meaning “in a manner that suggests regret or longing”)