Do you
know what these J + letters are
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J PLUS 1
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abbreviation
for Justice of the Peace
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JP
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J PLUS 1
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abbreviation
for Junior
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JR
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J PLUS 2
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the lower
movable bone in the face
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JAW
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J PLUS 2
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a type of
aeroplane
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JET
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J PLUS 3
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a short
sudden movement
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JERK
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J PLUS 3
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another
word for rubbish or of low quality
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JUNK
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J PLUS 4
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a place to
moor boats to
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JETTY
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J PLUS 4
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the place
where two things join together
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JOINT
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J PLUS 5
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a piece of
clothing worn as the outer layer
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JACKET
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J PLUS 5
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a tropical
forest
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JUNGLE
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J PLUS 6
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a person
who throws and catches things in the air
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JUGGLER
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J PLUS 6
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a caretaker
for a building
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JANITOR
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J PLUS 7
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the thing a
pilot uses to control the plane
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JOYSTICK
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J PLUS 7
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not yet an
adult
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JUVENILE
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J PLUS 8
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describing
that there was a good reason
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JUSTIFIED
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J PLUS 8
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an escape
from prison
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JAILBREAK
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J PLUS 9
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a newspaper
writer
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JOURNALIST
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J PLUS 9
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extreme
belief that your own country is best
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JINGOISTIC
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Tongue Twisters
Real weird
rear wheels
Many an
anemone sees an enemy anemone
I slit a
sheet. A sheet I slit upon the slitted sheet .I sit!
Vincent vowed
vengeance very vehemently
Silly sheep
weep and sleep
Joke: It was the first day of Biology for a
group of teenagers. The professor had arranged a short demonstration for the class.
He took a worm and dropped it into a
glass of water. The worm wriggled about in
the water.
Then he took a second worm and dropped
it into a glass of alcohol. The worm
immediately died.
The professor asked the students if
anyone knew what the point of the demonstration was.
A boy raised his hand and said,
"You're showing us that if you drink alcohol, you
won't have worms."
to
feel under the weather
If you feel under the weather then you don't feel very well. You could have a cold
If you feel under the weather then you don't feel very well. You could have a cold
or
a headache, but the key thing is that you don't feel too well.
By
saying that you feel under the weather you make it clear that you're not
feeling
okay.
Put the correct “hand” in these blanks
1)I plan to write him a
letter ___. a. by hand b. on the other hand c. at hand
2)I
don't have the answer ___. a. on
hand b. in hand c. out of hand
3)I'm
not sure about it. I heard the news ___.a. at hand b. at first hand c. second
hand
4)The
game is difficult; ___, the players are well prepared. a. at first hand
b.
on the other hand c. out of hand
5)There
were many people ___ to help us. a.
by hand b. on hand c. in hand
6)Start
studying. The examinations are ___. a. at hand b. in hand c. on hand
7)The
soccer fans got quite ___ during yesterday's match.
a.
off-hand b. out of hand c. at hand
8)Don't
worry. I still have some money ___. a. on hand b. out of hand c. on all hands
9)The
problem ___ must be dealt with . a. on hand b. out of hand c. by hand
10)Is
your sweater knitted ___? a. on
hand b. at hand c. by hand
Identify
the pairs of homophones from the following clues.
1)One
word means a place for keeping aircraft; the other word means a shaped piece of
wood, metal, etc. on which you can hang clothes. Hangar/hanger.
2)One
word means simple; the other means an aircraft: plain/plane.
3)One
word means expected; the other word means condensed vapour: due/dew.
4)
One word is nautical; the other is central to the body: naval/navel
5)
One word means connections; the other is an animal: links/lynx.
Doublets: Lewis Carroll changed 'head' into
'tail' in five moves:
HEAD HEAL TEAL TELL TALL TAIL
Try
to make the following transformations in the specified number of moves.
1)Change
CAT into DOG in three moves.
CAT-COT-DOT-DOG
or CAT-COT-COG-DOG.
2)Change
BOY into MAN in three moves.
BOY-BAY-MAY-MAN
or BOY-BAY-BAN-MAN.
3)Change
HARD into EASY in five moves.
HARD-CARD-CART-CAST-EAST-EASY.
4)Change
EAST into WEST in three moves.
EAST-PAST-PEST-WEST
or EAST-LAST-LEST-WEST.
5)Change
ONE into TWO in eight moves.
ONE-OWE-EWE-EYE-DYE-DOE-TOE-TOO-TWO.
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