Category: Vocabulary
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Do you know the origin of this celebration? If you don’t, watch this video and find out more about this topic!
VOCABULARY
TO WONDER = to have an interest in knowing or learning something; to think about something with curiosity.
TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS => This phrase is used as an INFORMAL and often somewhat IMPOLITE way to tell someone to stop watching or asking about something that is private.
BEHOLD! (interjection)= look!; see!
TO BUMP= to collide with; to hit against an object in a sudden and forceful way.
WHATEVER (slang)
PILGRIM= a person who makes a journey, often a long and difficult one, to a special place for religious reasons.
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SETTLEMENT= a place where people have come to live and where few or no people lived before.
FARMER= a person who operates a farm or cultivates a land.
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HARVEST= the season when crops are gathered from the fields or the activity of gathering crops.
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BLESSING= approval that allows or helps you to do something.
Thanksgiving crossword puzzle
(printable or interactive)
“Stranger in Brașov”- Video with quiz
VOCABULARY:
Lonesome, lonely: sad from being apart from other people.
To set off: to begin a journey
Cement: a soft gray powder that is mixed with water and other substances to make concrete.
To grin: to smile widely.
Cozy: small, comfortable, and warm.
Crochet throws: 
To wolf down: (slang) to eat something very rapidly and in very large pieces.
To slip: to move quietly and cautiously.
Feast: a special meal with large amounts of food and drink.
Profusely: given, produced, or existing in large amounts.
Array: a large number, as of persons or objects.
Sinking: anxious.
To stiffen: to become physically tense.
Hasty: done or made very quickly.
Watch the video and answer the questions below:
1.Where did the story take place?
2. How did the old lady receive her unexpected guest?
3. The protagonist met a little girl, who did she think she was?
4. What did they watch on TV?
5. Why did the old woman slip out?
6. What did the old woman cook?
7. How did they communicate?
8. When did the guest understand that they were not her friend’s relatives?
9. What did she do to get out of that embarrassing situation?
10. What was the mistake?
Answers:
1. It took place in Brașov, in Romania.
2. The old lady received her guest with a big grin (smile).
3. She thought she was her friend’s sister.
4. They watched soap operas on TV.
5. The old woman went out to buy food.
6. She made soup, meat, and polenta.
7. They communicated with gestures.
8. She understood she made a mistake while looking at pictures. There weren’t pictures of her friend!
9. To get out of that situation, she said that she had previously booked a room in a hotel.
10. She mixed up the numbers. The right apartment number was 98.
Visual Vocabulary 3
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Bamby was exploring the forest 
when he encountered a fallen log (trunk) 
. Thumper, the rabbit 
, decided to use this trunk to teach Bamby how to jump
. After that, Thumper taught Bamby to say “bird“
and “butterfly“
.
The simple past of the verb “to teach” is “taught”.
Remember that the plural of “butterfly” is “butterflies” and the singular of “leaves” is “leaf”.
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Visual Vocabulary 2
Can you guess in what season was it taken?
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These are wooden houses, houses made of wood:
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This is a branch, it’s a part of a tree. On this branch there are six doves:
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This is a tree trunk or ‘log‘:
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This is a fence, a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary. This is a wooden fence because is made of wood:
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This is a field, an area of cleared enclosed land used for cultivation or pasture:
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Visual vocabulary
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“The audience” – What does it mean?
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More example sentences from the web:
- The audience always like love stories.
- The audience cried when Marilyn died.
- This forum provided a unique opportunity to present information on community colleges to a larger audience of researchers studying educational issues.
Crossword on adjectives
In the sea
Worksheet – In the Sea – Vocabulary quiz
A visual vocabulary on this topic (for more advanced students) with a listening game available.
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