Words August 2025 Week 4

I had my annual physical exam. (The test results were good.)

The cable car was very steep. (An angle of 45 degrees is very steep.)

There was a blinking red light on my mouse telling me that the battery would die soon. (The light was on then off in a steady rhythm.)

The yellow light was flashing, warning people to slow down. (Flashing lights are usually bright and are used to warn people of danger.)

The candlelight was flickering. (Flickering is usually used to describe flames that are moving and the brightness and darkness changes unsteadily.)

His speech was short and sweet. (He told the basic information without rambling on.)

I had eye surgery three times in the past 12 years. (Nothing can make his eyesight better, but the surgery will slow down losing his eyesight.)

You should wear tinted glasses. (Whit colors seem much brighter that with normal vision.)

We made small talk. (They were chatting about unimportant things.)

Kyushu had torrential rains. (There was super heavy rain.)

The husband and wife were the caretakers. (They took care of a company’s vacation bungalows on Lake Kawaguchi.)

Our brains read words as a whole – not each letter individually. A native English speaker can read the following sentences fairly easily even though most words are misspelled. “Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.”

Are she and her sister close? (Are they friendly with each other?)

It was a cozy cup of warm tea. (Cozy basically means comfortable or relaxing.)

The Brooklyn Dodgers were also called the Brooklyn Grays, Bridegrooms and Robins. (They got the nickname “Trolley Dodgers” because the fans had to dodge trolley cars on the way to the baseball stadium.)

I picked up the baby. (She felt herself getting older since the baby seemed so heavy.)

She gets frustrated with other drivers, but she doesn’t get road rage. (She doesn’t get excessively angry with rude drivers.)

I exercised on a stationary bike. (You pedal the exercise bike, but it doesn’t move.)

He is in his early 80s. (He is around 80 to 83 years old.)

The number of accidents is increasing. (You should say “the number of” when talking about something that increases or decreases.)

5G is the "fifth generation" of cellular network technology. (Each generation has better technology.)

They used a stethoscope to listen to the flow of water. (Doctors use stethoscopes to listen to your breathing.)

Dating apps help find people with similar interests and matchmaking apps research more information about a person such as background checks, income, etc. (You must be very careful when meeting someone from one of these apps.)

The parking area was a 15-minute walk from the lake. (She regretted not wearing better walking shoes.)

There is a boardwalk around the lake. (A trail is usually natural dirt, but a boardwalk is a trail covered with wood, usually because the ground is soft and marshy.)

"Good vibrations" generally refers to a positive and uplifting feeling or atmosphere. (The song titled “Good Vibrations” was released in 1966 by the Beach Boys.)

They installed our new water heater last Sunday. (We install appliances such as water heaters, air-conditioners, stoves, etc.)