WORK SHEET #100 of Dr. Jedidiah's Diary

WORK SHEET #100

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #100 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary

 

    1.   I don’t want to talk politics tonight. This is a joyful get-together where no one is supposed to r______t about the insane politicians. (*meaning “to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner”)

 

      2.   The edited version of his manuscript was not to his _______________. (*meaning “appealing or enjoyable to someone; to be satisfactory, pleasing, or fits personal tastes and wishes”)

 

    3.   The current governor of Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, has no clues about keeping the city environmentally friendly and healthy at all. His addle-headed ideas and plans to develop the city is quite the opposite of repris__________ing the place back to the state of its original beauty. (*meaning “to restore something to its original, "pristine" state or condition. It is often used in contexts of environmental renewal, historical restoration, or theological returns to earlier traditions”)

 

    4.   I still keep the recorded voice of my dad’s final days. Although he sounds so deli____________ in the recording, I miss the moment that I had been sitting next to him. (*meaning “in an acutely disturbed state of mind resulting from illness or intoxication and characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech”)

 

    5.   Most moms miss those days when they used to pick up their children from school and be all ears to their little kids, ra___________ off how their days were at school. (*meaning “say, perform, or produce something quickly and effortlessly”)

 

    6.   Hes needs to cut down on caffeine intake throughout the day. More than three cups of coffee make him ji____________. (*meaning “nervous or unable to relax”)

 

    7.   It was rich a_____vial soil capable of growing tremendous crops. (*meaning “a fine-grained fertile soil deposited by water flowing over flood plains or in river beds”)

 

    8.   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used sit-ins and marches to c_______yze laws in the US. (*meaning “to cause (an action or process) to begin”)

 

    9.   Do you still buy grandpa’s f_______ story about his heroic battle against the enemy in the war zone? (*meaning “an exaggerated, unbelievable, or tall tale, typically used to describe boastful lies or doubtful claims, famously rooted in anglers overstating catch sizes”)

 

    10. M________ birds of different species put aside any differences they have in join forces against a mutual threat. (*meaning “birds’ communal defense behaviour, and as the name suggests, relies on grouping together, often to attack a predator”)

 

    11.  I have just s______ of 60 dollars in my wallet at the moment. (*meaning “just under, almost, or lacking a specific amount, time, or goal”)

 

    12. The bag was full of ______ag from the conference: coupons, samples, pens, etc. (*meaning “free promotional merchandise”)

 

    13. I sent him a package of gifts via air mail, hoping that it wouldn’t end up at Mount St. ______where. (*meaning “humorously to refer to an imaginary, unreachable, or distant place, similar to saying "out in Timbuktu" or "nowhere." It implies something is far away, lost, or non-existent”)