Words November 2024 Week 2

I made an appointment with the doctor.

I made a reservation for a table at the restaurant. (We make appointments with people and reservations for places.)

She had a skin graft. (They took skin from her hip and attached it to her hand.)

They were banned from the baseball stadium. (They could not enter the stadium for game 5 because they grabbed the ball from a Dodger player’s glove.)

We all have 20-20 hindsight. (This means we know what we should have done after it has finished happening.)

I enjoyed my three-day weekend. (I had a great long weekend.)

She has been on many school field trips. (She went on many day trips with her students during school hours.)

Pease are round and usually green, and beans have a variety of shapes and colors. (Beans need a longer cooking time and most peas can be eaten raw.)

I gave her some grapes that I grew. (She grows them in a very large greenhouse.)

Worn-out clothes are also called ragged, shabby, tattered, etc. (It is time to throw them out.)

“Back-stabbing” is when someone says bad things about someone behind their back but acts like a friend in front of them. (This is unfortunately common with coworkers and politicians.)

The esophagus transports food and liquids to the stomach. (The bronchial tubes transport air to the lungs.)

“Pinsetto” comes from the Dutch word “pinset” and are called “tweezers” in English. (It was recommended to use tweezers to remove some fish bones from her throat.)

Synonyms for pathetic are miserable, disturbing, pitiful, etc. (She said that the story about the fishbones was pathetic.)

The train has a dining car. (It is like a mini restaurant.)

There were many foreign tourists. (There were long lines to buy train tickets.)

I painted our storage shed. (A shed is a simple roofed structure used for storage.)

The house is a replica of the original house. (A replica is a copy of something that can be the same size or a miniature size.)

I felt dizzy. (He felt light-headed.)

They are looking into the cause of the accident. (They are investigating what happened.)

They are showing reruns of an old travel show around Japan. (They are televising old episodes of the program again.)