Words November 2025 Week 4

Bear spray cost between six and nine thousand yen in the US and about ten thousand in Japan. (You can rent bear spray in Japan for about 1,000 yen for two days.)

They used worms for fish bait. (Bait is used to lure a fish to the hook.)

They grilled the fish over charcoal. (They caught many fish, so they also took some home.)

The discovery of penicillin is a good example of scientific serendipity. (Serendipity is when you you get good fortune by chance.)

She was churning butter in a wooden churn. (To churn means to move something, especially a liquid, with great force: The sea was churned up by heavy winds.)

The first Deaflympics were held in Paris in 1924. (The Deaflympics 2025 were held in Japan.)

A cooperative, or co-op, is a business owned and controlled by the people who use its services, rather than by outside investors. (It is pronounced “ko-ahp” not “cope.”)

The movie "Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin” is a historical drama that tells the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. (It was a suspenseful drama.)

He was a pastor who becomes a resistance fighter and tries to assassinate Hitler. (The film explores the moral conflict he faces between his faith and the violent act of plotting murder.)

She is 15 years younger than me. (I am 15 years older than her.)

She is bow-legged. (Her legs are not straight but look like the shape of a bow as in “bow and arrow.”)

We traded in our old car. (They gave their old car to the dealer and got a discount on their new car.)

She repurposed her kimono sash. (She made a bag with a strap handle.)

To give an order means to give a command. (Do this, do that, stay, sit, go are examples of words that give commands.)

 I followed his orders. (I did what he told me to do.)

The 90-year-old lady has a spring in her walk. (She walks with confidence and energy.)

I can’t read small print without my glasses. (The size of the printed word is small.)

My old watch was radio controlled. (It automatically updates the time periodically.)

Straw are the dry stalks of cereal crops like wheat and barley. (Reeds are a stiff, hollow, grass-like plant from wetland areas.)

The trees were lit up at night. (I'm sure that they will light up cherry blossom trees.)

You had to pay extra to enter the Japanese garden, but it was worth the cost. (It looks like there is a river flowing along the pond.)

Laughter is the best medicine. (My dad jokes make you healthy.)

It was my first time to go there. (He had never been there before yesterday.)

 I filled out a questionnaire. (They asked the guests which exhibits they liked best.)