Humour
This type of humour makes fun of serious or taboo topics like death.
What is black humour?
This noun refers to the feeling of losing respect in front of others.
What is humiliation?
A person who helps others with mental or emotional problems.
What is a therapist?
This type of painting shows objects like fruit or flowers.
What is a still life?
This is a medicine you take to reduce pain.
What is a painkiller?
This involves saying something ironic or critical to be funny.
What is sarcasm?
This adjective describes something that does not fit the situation.
What is incongruous?
This verb means to give tasks to someone in a lower position.
What is delegate?
A short text on the back of a book describing its content.
What is a blurb?
This is a state of constant worry about future events.
What is anxiety?
A joke that is offensive or inappropriate.
What is a crude joke?
This idiom means to reduce someone’s confidence or ego.
What is take someone down a peg or two?
This action means sharing personal problems with someone you trust.
What is confiding in someone?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
This is the institution in Gdańsk where people in difficult life situations can get social support.
What is Social Welfare Centre/ Social Services?
This phrase means to understand the humour.
What is get the joke?
This reaction describes feeling so embarrassed that you want to hide.
What is curl up and die?
This place helps people overcome addiction to work. It can be professional or not.
What is a support group?
A long story full of plot and life,
with characters, drama, love or strife.
What is a novel?
The world is silent, no sound I hear,
voices and music disappear.
What is deafness / being deaf?
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm tree!
A problem grows, it’s getting worse,
each action only makes it worse.
What is exacerbate?
Two people argue, strong and loud,
their voices rise above the crowd.
What is conflict?
A collection of poems or short stories by different authors.
What is an anthology?
This noun describes a positive feeling after a difficult time ends.
What is relief?