Words December 2023 Week 4

The US presses Israel to begin winding down the war with Gaza. (Israel is being pushed to slow down the war and to eventually stop it.)

They dogs get along with each other. (They are loke like brother and sister.)

In 1889, 50,000 people lined up to claim land in the Oklahoma Land Rush. (They put stakes at the four corners of the land they wanted. They “staked a claim. After farming the land for several years, the land belonged to them without paying anything.)

What is a synonym for big? (The answer is “large. What is an antonym for large?)

In 1964, segregation became illegal in the US. (It is illegal now, but many places treat some customers badly hoping they will leave.)

There was a two-hour rain delay for the baseball game. (The game started later than the scheduled time.)

The game was postponed until next week. (It will be played at a later date.)

The vegetables were crispy. (They were crunchy.)

He made the spaghetti sauce from scratch. (He did not use bottled tomato sauce.)

They sprayed under the house for termites. (Termites eat wood.)

He sang passionately. (He sang with much feeling.)

Mizuho is on the outskirts of Tokyo. (It is on the border with Saitama.)

She took piano lessons. (Someone was teaching her.)

I will start practicing playing the piano again. (She was playing alone.)

We bought a vacuum cleaner. (Her old one stopped working.)

The coffee was weak. (It was not strong.)

The light fixture was bad. (The fixture is the part where the lightbulb connects to.)

I checked the lost and found for my knit cap I forgot on the train. (I once visited the lost and found at Shinjuku Station. It was huge.)

The Glass Ceiling means “preventing women from being promoted to top jobs in management.”  (Hillary Clinton used this term in one of her famous speeches.)

Dekopin is a Japanese word that means to flick someone on the forehead. (He decided to change his dog’s name to “Decoy.”)

The construction of electric trolley tracks in front of Eastern Park caused fans to dodge the trolleys to reach the park. (Those fans became known as Trolley Dodgers and the team took on the name, which was shortened to Dodgers.)

He had knee replacement surgery. (He now has two imitation knee joints.)

The operation was performed two days ago. (They did the surgery about 48 hours ago.)

“Brother Sun Sister Moon” is a movie about the early life of Francis of Assis. (Francis is known for his charity and his care for nature and animals.)