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When you feel uncomfortable in your environment.
What is to be a fish out of water?
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When it's raining really hard
What is "It's raining cats and dogs"?
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study closely
analyze
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re revise redo renew
again
100
Use the conditional tense to make an "if" statement. If I...
If I could/were If I were the president I would give more money to schools. If I could change one thing about the world it would be to end war because violence is never the answer.
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When you make a bad situation worse
What is to add fuel to the fire
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When someone who is not in charge, or is a passenger in a car tells you what to do
What is a "back seat driver"?
200
infer
guess
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sub subway subtext submarine
under
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Why don't we have school Monday? What is the significance (importance) of this day?
Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist, fighting for equal treatment of people, of African Americans. He organized and took a stand for equal rights. We honor him the 3rd Monday of January. p.s.. It's also Ms. G's birthday!
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A person who is lazy and just watches t.v.
What is a "couch potato"?
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When you feel over worked and tired
What is "worked to the bone?"
300
develop
grow, strengthen
300
bene beneficial benefactor benevolent
good
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Use the present perfect tense to ask a person a question/
Have you ever...? have + past participle Have you ever ridden a horse? Have you ever spoken to a famous person?
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If you do well on something, to get it right, like a test, you______.
What is "to nail it"?
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When you speak up or take action for your beliefs to make things fair or right.
What is "to take a stand"?
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hypothesize
guess
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thermo thermometer, thermodynamic
heat
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If you are asked to make a prediction, what are you being asked to do ?
tell what will happen next pre=before, dict=say
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To earn money, to earn a salary
What is "to bring home the bacon"?
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What does it mean to "bring attention to" something?
What is "to point out or emphasize"? What is "to make someone aware"?
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author
writer
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un unhappy, unrealistic
not
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name the past participles for the following verbs: see write be eat
speak break do buy
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