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Lingvo Mix
100

Find as many polysemantic words as you can (... 0:47)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ

Back, hand, earth, feet...

100

buzz and spot

100

Prove that dining room is one word

...

200

This is a song by Michael Jackson. The name of the song includes two (contextual) contradictories.

Black or White

200

A historical drama television series that consists of an article and a metonymy

The Crown

200

What is special about this sentence?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

It contains all 26 letters of the alphabet.

300

Come up with a word that creates a perfect pair of homophones with one of the words in the chorus of the song (hint: you can hear this word a lot in a dance class)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dex3hthtXm8 (0:46)

or 0:56 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRpeEdMmmQ0

four (for)

300

The name of this movie is a famous idiom in the English language. It means to show that one is as good as other people by getting what those people have (buying expensive things etc) and doing what they do in order to feel successful 

Keeping up with the Joneses

300

One has claws at the end of the paws. The other is a pause at the end of a clause.  

Name these two words.

Cat and comma

400

The name of this song is an abbreviation for a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries. It was founded in London in 1844 by George Williams.

The song was realised in 1978. Crowds usually join in on the dance by doing particular arm movements.

Y.M.C.A.

400

The name of this movie is based on a pun. 

The original expression means that you have poor eyesight. However, the movie name stresses, that the main character managed to build a career finally, despite the fact that the person seemed not to be professional enough for that

Name the movie

Legally Blonde

400

What unites such words as Madam and Hannah?

They are palindromes.

500

The name of this famous rock band includes words which we can use as examples when we talk about antonyms. The first word of the name can be a great example when we talk about incompatibles, while the second word of the name can be an amazing example when we talk about contraries. The third word illustrates how a new meaning of the word originates from a geographical name.  (There are more than 3 words in the name of this band).

Red Hot Chili Peppers

500

This polysemantic word means

1.to become or make something become liquid as a result of heating 

2.to become or to make a feeling, an emotion, etc. become gentler and less strong 

Name a cartoon character who made a joke based on the fact that he performed both actions simultaneously. 

Hint: The name of the cartoon is also connected with temperatures


Olaf

500

That is a brand name for an organization which you can encounter frequently all across Russia. The name is a latin phrase, which means that you conduct a scientific experiment (observe smth outside the biological context)

In vitro