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Learn, Relax and Enjoy - 48



her, hes: to stick                  Latin, haerere: to stick              adhere (verb): to stick
jac, ject, jet: to throw             Latin, jacere: to throw, to lie     reject (verb): to throw out, unwilling to accept
jug, junct, just: to join           Latin, jungere: to join             junction (noun): a place at which two things join
lex, leag, leg: law                 Latin, lex: law                          legal (adjective): based on law
lect, leg, lig: choose, gather, select, read             Latin, legere: to choose
collect (verb): to gather, to bring together
loc: place, area                     Latin, locare: to place          location (noun): a place, a position occupied
log: say, speech, word, reason, study                  Greek, logos: speech, word, reason
logic (noun): the study of reason, reasoning
luc, lum, lust: light                Latin, lucare: shine              Latin, lumen: light
Latin, lustrare: light-up        translucent (adjective): permitting some light to come through


Topics
1)Holidays                             2)Sports and games                        3)Town Life                           4)Travelling      5)Books       6)Kindness to anima                   7)All is not gold that glitters
8)The use of liseure            9)Some modern inventions        10)Science in peace and war


1)She ____ several languages.    Speaks           talks                Either could be used here.
2)He ____ for about an hour.        Spoke             talked             Either could be used here.
3)He ____ a lot of nonsense.        Speaks           talks                Either could be used here.
4)It was an interesting ____.          Speak             talk                  Either could be used here.
5)He's always ____ behind people's backs.       
Speaking       talking                        Either could be used here.
6)If it's worrying you, you should ____ your mind.       
Speak             talk      Either could be used here.
7)There's a serious problem- I think we should ____.  
Speak             talk      Either could be used here.
8)We ____ things over and everything's OK between us now.  
Spoke   talked   Either could be used here.
9)It's just ____- they'll never actually do it.         
speak             talk                  Either could be used here.
10)She ____ in her sleep.            
speaks           talks                Either could be used here.


Quiz: Two women apply for jobs. They look exactly alike. On their applications they list the same last name, address and phone number. They were born to the same parents, on the same day, same month, same year. Everything is identical. 
The receptionist says, “You must be twins.” They say, “No.” How is that possible?
They are two from a set of triplets.


If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. -- Francis Bacon


Funny Story - Mulla Nasruddin and Speech
Once, the people of the city invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a speech. When he got on the pulpit (Minbar), he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he asked: "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced: "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about" and he left.

The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time when he asked the same question, the people replied "YES", So Mulla Nasruddin said, "Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time" and he left.

Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mulla to speak the following week. 

Once again he asked the same question - "Do you know what I am going to say?" 
Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied "NO". 

So Mulla Nasruddin said: "The half who know what I am going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left!


1)He admitted ____ part of the conspiracy.         Be       to be               to being
2)I wouldn't want to go back ____ an employee now that I have been self-employed.  Be   to be   to being
3)She confessed ____ done it.     have               to have                       to having
4)They're well on their way ____ it.          complete                    to complete                to completing
5)I put my success down ____ hard.        Work               to work           to working
6)Don't underestimate their contribution ____ things going- we couldn't have managed without them.
Get                  to get              to getting
7)They've gone back ____ it the old way as the new system didn't work.     Do       to do               to doing
8)I object ____.         Lie                   to lie                to lying
9)When it comes ____ people, he's always ready.        Help                to help            to helping
10)I came close ____ at him, but managed to control myself.             Shout             to shout          to shouting
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