Words April 2025 Week 2

We couldn’t find the konnyaku shop. (Don’t say, “we couldn’t look for.” They did look for, but couldn’t find.)

Konnyaku is made from the konjac plant a.k.a. devil’s tongue. (Konnyaku is becoming popular in the US and Europe, especially in the form of noodles.)

They were glamping. (Glamping is glamours camping where you have a bed, shower, electricity, etc.)

We stocked up on many things before the prices go up. (There is a three-month delay in higher tariffs.)

I tripped and fell in the parking lot. (She didn’t break any bones.)

My car’s tire treads are wearing down. (The tires are becoming bald.)

They came to (visited) my house during spring vacation.

I came home at 5 pm. (You “come home” to the house you live in and “visit” places where you don’t live.)
My daughters entered the eighth and ninth grades. (They entered the second year and third year of junior high school.

He replaced me when I quit teaching. (She retired from teaching after giving birth.)

Earworm or stuck song syndrome are terms for a song that gets stuck in your head, repeating involuntarily. (The song is stuck in your head.)

He talks in his sleep. (But she couldn’t understand what he was saying.)

He asked if the noise bothered me. (If what he is saying is a question, you should say, “he asked” me.)

The roll-up door made a screeching sound when being opened or closed. (It was a loud ear-piercing sound.)

I have been suffering from pollen allergies for many years. (Don’t say, “I have been suffered…)

We went there on foot. (“By foot" is less common and can sound formal or awkward, though still understood.)

He entered his first year of junior high school. (He entered the seventh grade.)

They put up scaffolding around my house last Saturday. (Scaffolding is a temporary structure used to support a work crew for painting houses, etc.)

She had bronchitis. (After a few days in the hospital, she was better.)

His white blood cells were high which is a sign of an infection. (He might have cancer of the pancreas.)

I threw up. (He vomited.)

I have been jinxed lately. (He has had a lot of bad luck recently.)

The Black Plague killed as many as 50 million people in Europe. (A plague is when a disease spreads and kills many people.)