Words July 2024 Week 3

The child is timid. (The child is shy.)

I breathed a sigh of relief. (She could stop worrying.)

It was super-hot yesterday. (It was scorching hot or blistering hot.)

I fell asleep. (Don’t say “fell to sleep.”)

Maybe I had a heat stroke. (It was very hot, and she felt strange.)

“MT” = empty and “GG” is a very old nickname for a horse. (This is the explanation for a difficult riddle.)

A young man offered me his seat on the train. (The young man has good manners.)

Now I realized that I am old. (Now he feels old.)

Drizzle some olive oil over the potatoes. (Slowly pour a little oil across the top.)

Dot the top of the dish with a cheese of your choice. (Put small amounts of cheese here and there.)

He complained about having a bad back. (He can’t move quickly while playing volleyball.)
I had a hangover. (She drank too much the night before.)

I made one mistake. (She took a drivers’ test.)

He is the head priest at the Konkon Shrine. (Some names for people who are members of a church, temple, shrine, etc. are “followers, worshipers, believers, congregation, members, etc.”)

I’m getting slimmer from walking the dogs several days a week. (Walking is good exercise.)

Tea if by sea and cha if by land. (We were talking about the origin of the words “tea” and “cha.”)

Some examples of old wives’ tales are: Feed a cold, starve a fever. Wait an hour after eating before swimming. Coffee stunts your growth. (Wives’ tales are basically superstitions.)

Perspiring, or sweating, cools the body. (Perspire is a verb and perspiration is a noun. Sweat is both a noun and verb.)

It is difficult for me to read small print. (He needs a new prescription for glasses.)

I went to a karaoke parlor with my friend. (For pachinko, beauty and karaoke we say parlor.)

My phone screen went blank. (She was trying to set up an app for a karaoke parlor.)