Words February 2025 Week 1

Lithium batteries can catch fire if they are damaged, overcharged, or exposed to high temperatures. (Do not charge your phones overnight.)

The dentist pulled my wisdom teeth. (Wisdom teeth are at the very back of your mouth.)

There was less pain than I imagined. (With new technology, removing teeth is much less panful than in years past.)

The doctor forgot to write a prescription for one of her medicines. (Her doctor needs to be more careful.)

Corn stalk, corn husk, corn silk, kernels of corn, and corn cob. (These are all the parts of corn.)

A link on the internet connects you to another page. (The oval or round parts of a chain are called links since they are connected to each other.)

My friend hosts music events at her house. (The person who invites guests to an event are called hosts or hostesses. “Host” and “actor” now refer to both males and females.)

The movie is based on a true story about the smallpox vaccine in Japan. (The first smallpox vaccination in Japan using the cowpox virus was in 1849.)

A small truck fell into the sinkhole. (The driver has been buried in the hole for five days and is feared to be dead.)

The area is surrounded by barbed wire. (This wire will cause much pain if touched. Now razor wire is used and is much more painful.)

The student is autistic. (We must learn how to communicate with people who have mental impairments.)

Maybe he has gallstones. (About 80 percent of people with gallstones need surgery to remove them.)