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Weather Words
A Healthy Vocabulary
Body Language
(all idioms)
Music Idioms
(word) "Order In the Court"
100
This hot weather adjective might seem impossible in Chicago but I promise, in late July, you will be sweating like crazy and feel like you're being BOILED. The book says "unpleasantly hot" but I say, "It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the sidewalk."
What is SCORCHING?
100
When you are sick, and you go to the doctor, he/she will probably give you a prescription for this--it has more than one name -- choose one.
What is ANTIBIOTICS or MEDICINE or DRUGS
100
When you memorize something, when you know it backwards and forwards, in English we say that you do this.
What is LEARN IT BY HEART?
100
Someone who can sing or play a song as soon as he / she hears it is usually described as having this.
What is A GOOD EAR FOR MUSIC?
100
This adjective describes someone who committed a crime. In the court, the jury would say that this person had been found ______.
What is GUILTY?
200
This adjective describes the ground and trees AFTER a period of rain. Everything is a little wet but it's not raining. We also use this same word to describe a towel after you've used it to dry off.
What is DAMP?
200
When you have a pain in your stomach, you should say that you have this.
What is a STOMACHACHE?
200
When you can ALMOST remember something, but can't quite think of the words, we say that the answer is here.
What is ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE?
200
When you hear some news that is exactly what you wanted to hear you can say that it was this.
What is MUSIC TO MY EARS?
200
This is the group of 12 people who listen to the arguments of a trial and decide whether to acquit or convict the defendant.
What is JURY?
300
This adjective describes weather that is warmer than "COLD" but colder than "COOL". The book says "unpleasantly cold."
What is CHILLY?
300
This is what happens when you cut yourself while chopping vegetables for dinner.
What is BLEED/BLEEDING?
300
You might be feeling nervous about the level up test on Monday. In English, when you have that nervous, anxious feeling, we say that you have this this.
What are BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH?
300
If a person is singing at a different pitch than everyone else, or a musical instrument doesn't sound right, we say that this is the problem.
What is OUT OF TUNE?
300
A person who tells the court what she has seen or what she knows to help the jury make a decision.
What is WITNESS?
400
This adjective describes very heavy rain. Americans often say "It's raining cats and dogs!"
What is POURING?
400
When you have a very deep cut, you should go to the ER where they are likely to give you these to close the wound.
What are STITCHES?
400
If you're sure that someone is joking or telling you something ridiculous which can't be true, you should ask them if they are doing this.
What is PULLING YOUR LEG?
400
When you have done something wrong and you decide to admit it and take your punishment we say you do this.
What is FACE THE MUSIC?
400
After the decision, the judge decides what punishment to give the criminal. Sometimes he/she has to pay a fine, sometimes go to jail, sometimes be executed. We say, for example, that this person has been __________ to life in prison.
What is SENTENCED?
500
This hyphenated adjective (word-word) describes extremely strong winds which might come during a big storm, hurricane, etc.
What is GALE-FORCE?
500
This is the name of the illness you get if you eat some seafood, such as shrimp--yuck!, that is not fresh.
What is food poisoning?
500
Sometimes we say something that we shouldn't have. Afterwards you feel embarrassed, you gasp, you cover your mouth. Later you might say that you had done this.
What is PUT YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH?
500
A person who always talks about how wonderful he is, and tells everyone about his own accomplishments is someone who does this.
What is TOOTS HIS OWN HORN?
500
This is the word for the decision made in the court about whether or not someone committed a crime. On TV the judge will always ask, "Have you reached a _______?"
What is VERDICT?