A Unique Circus
1)an
act - N. a short performance or skit
in a circus N. a part of a theater play
2)the
audience - N. the people watching or listening in a performance
3)to
celebrate - V. to recognize a special occasion or event with a fun
activity or party
4)a
costume - N. clothes worn in a play, movie, circus, or other
performance N. clothes worn during a special holiday such as Halloween,
Carnival or Mardi Gras
5)cruel
- A. enjoying the pain and
suffering of others, intentionally causing pain and suffering
6)to
distinguish- V. to set apart, to make the difference, to mark the difference V.
to see, hear, taste or smell the difference (between two or more things)
7)to
juggle - V. to keep many things in the
air at the same time by throwing and catching them quickly V. to do many jobs
or activities at the same time (This usually indicates that because you are
doing many things at the same time, you are tired and overworked.)
8)a
magician - N. a person who performs magic tricks
9)mesmerizing - A. to be so beautiful or amazing
that one becomes speechless and lost in a trance
10)to
range -
V. to vary from one extreme to another, to represent all types between
two very different categories
1)Rearrange
the letters of the word ‘rail’ to make a dishonest person:Liar.
2)Rearrange
the letters of the word eat to make something to drink. tea.
3)Rearrange
brush to make a kind of bush. shrub.
4)Rearrange
lemon to make something else to eat. melon.
5)Rearrange
skate to make a poet. Keats.
6)Rearrange
wand to make a time of day. dawn.
7)Rearrange
supersonic to get part of an orchestra. percussion.
8)Rearrange
spectrum to make some eatables. crumpets.
9)What
do you have to be if you want to listen? silent.
10)Which
part of a newspaper may be an adroit lie? editorial.
11)In
two words, where can you find a schoolmaster? the classroom.
12)In
two words, what is worn by a strip teaser? sparse attire.
13)Which
part of the body is a ten-letter word in which the last five letters are an
anagram of the first five letters? intestines.
14)Make
two other words from the letters of idolatry. adroitly, dilatory.
15)Make
three other words from the letters of the word gallery. allergy, largely,
regally.
16)Make
four other words from the letters of the word players. parleys, parsley,
replays, sparely.
17)Make
four other words from the letters of inlets. enlist, listen, silent, insel.
18)Make
four other letters from the letters of the word maneless. lameness,
maleness, nameless, salesman.
1)I
hear you have started a new job. _____ like it?
How do you How What you What do you
2)I
really have to go now. I have _____ the doctor.
appointments to an appointment to appointment with an appointment with
3)I
can meet you at Central Station. Will _____?
convenient for you that
convenient that be convenient you be convenient
4)I
don't have any results for you today. I _____ tomorrow.
have any may have any have some may have some
5)I
would rather _____ a quiet cup of coffee in the office than sit in a noisy
cafe.
have
to have prefer prefer to have
6)
"Where _____ last weekend?" "I
went to see my aunt and uncle."
are you go do you go have you went did you go
7)I
was very surprised _____ that she didn't pass the exam."
hearing to hearing at hearing to hear
8)"Why
_____ she isn't speaking to us?"
"We
must have done something that upset her. She is just too sensitive."
are you think are you imagine do you think you think
9)I
hope that this winter won't be _____ last."
as cold as
so cold as as cold like so cold like
10)Sorry
to be late. I was delayed by _____."
a heavy traffic heavy traffic some heavy traffic traffic being heavy
The
Ants and the Grasshopper
The
Ants were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected in the
summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly
begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of him, "Why did you not
treasure up food during the summer?' He replied, "I had not leisure
enough. I passed the days in singing." They then said in derision:
"If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supper
less to bed in the winter."
deceive (verb): to cause or allow someone to believe
something is true when it is actually false; to mislead
The
criminal deceived many people into believing she was honest.
capable
(adjective): having the ability to do something; having the traits necessary to
perform some action
Jose
is a very capable lawyer.
capacious
(adective): containing a great deal - You have a capacious library with many
unusual books.
captive
(noun, adjective): a person held against his or her own will; held prisoner
The
captives were taken to the jail.
Geoff
had a captive audience.
accident
(noun): an unplanned event - Don't get upset about minor accidents and errors.
capture
(verb): to gain control of, to gain by effort - In the game of chess, the
object is to capture the king.
occasion
(noun): an opportunity; a happening, instance or celebration
Did
you have an occasion to speak with your professor?
receive
(verb): to take in, to acquire - Indra received many letters in the mail today.
concept
(noun): an idea - The concept of using computers in the classroom is relatively
new.
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