by Andrea Perry
What will the weather reporter predict?
I wonder what she will say.
Will Wednesday or Thursday be warmer — or wet?
Will winds blow us away?
Can we water ski this weekend?
Can we walk to watch the tide?
Or will we need our woolens
if we wish to play outside?
from Phonics Through Poetry: Grade Prek-1
Use sunscreen to prevent sunburn.
She’s training to be a paramedic.
secret communications written in cipher
a cipher that can’t be decoded
She doesn’t want reporters snooping into her personal life.
No, I didn’t read your e-mail. I’m no snoop.
snub an old acquaintance
She snubbed me in the hallway.
He snubbed their job offer.
I read her obituary in the newspaper.
People who live along the coast are being evacuated as the hurricane approaches.
unravel a mystery
Scientists are still unraveling the secrets of DNA.
She has impeccable taste in music.
spoke impeccable French
Seeing her father again when she was an adult was an epiphany that changed her whole view of her childhood.
The flowers exuded a sweet fragrance.
Pine trees exude a sticky substance.
the penultimate chapter of a book
the penultimate syllable of the word
Rule 54: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper. - Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual
The goal is not to make Putin a pauper. - Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
paupers on welfare
using landfill to dispose of trash
delved into her handbag in search of a pen
He tried to delve inside his memory for clues about what had happened.
the book delves into the latest research
The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
by John McCrae
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
it’s a sin to waste food
bless me, Father, for I have sinned
a chocolate milkshake
James Harris Simons is an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist.
a genuinely funny movie
The audience was genuinely moved by the performance.
We are genuinely grateful to still have our jobs.
When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave. - Lesson 12 Life on a desert island, New Concept English Book 3
a nail punctured the tire
a bland smile
bland diet
a bland oil
the bland climate of the southern coast
The vegetable soup was rather bland.
teaching our children to be good stewards of the land
stewardship of natural resources
she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone’s responsibility
Costco food court
by Joyce Kilmer
No longer of Him be it said
“He hath no place to lay His head.”
In every land a constant lamp
Flames by His small and mighty camp.
There is no strange and distant place
That is not gladdened by His face.
And every nation kneels to hail
The Splendour shining through Its veil.
Cloistered beside the shouting street,
Silent, He calls me to His feet.
Imprisoned for His love of me
He makes my spirit greatly free.
And through my lips that uttered sin
The King of Glory enters in.
by Joyce Kilmer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
The car slid off the road and almost hit a group of pedestrians.
pedestrian traffic
the Freudian paradigm of psychoanalysis
lucid writing
a concordance of Shakespeare’s plays
the funnel cloud of a tornado
He washed the dishes and then rinsed them thoroughly.
I rinsed my face in the sink.
Repeat this step as necessary until all the soap suds are gone.
There’s a problem with the car’s ignition.
The weather forecast calls for some sort of frozen precipitation tomorrow—either snow or sleet.
a 50 percent chance of precipitation
Yes, it’s raining, but it’s only a drizzle.
It was beginning to drizzle, so she pulled on her hood.
The snow turned to sleet and made driving very dangerous.
Ice pellets (Commonwealth English) or sleet (American English) is a form of precipitation consisting of small, hard, translucent balls of ice.
felt a draft
The boat was damaged in a strong gale.
She opened the door and felt a cold blast.
a cold blast of air
The drought caused serious damage to crops.
breezy beaches
a breezy day
the dimples on a golf ball
She noticed his dimples when he smiled.
how a massive object, such as the sun, causes a local dimple-like curvature of spacetime. – Relativity, a very short introduction, by Russell Stannard
a baby’s dimpled hands
Archery at the Summer Olympics
the course is a prerequisite for advanced study
She took a second job to augment her income.
The money augmented his fortune.
Heavy rains augmented the water supply.
We compost leaves in our backyard.
While mulches and compost are slow-release fertilizers, liquid feeds release nutrients for a much quicker uptake to give plants a boost.
determinate tomato plants
a determinate period of time
a determinate answer
When I was growing up, I had a nanny.
During this time, Mi Li says a confinement nanny, called a yuesao, comes to live with the family.
a story that reaffirmed her belief in the goodness of humanity
reaffirmed her debt in order to keep her car
reaffirming the defendant’s innocence
Engineers can build their network and get inspired during dedicated meetups, hackathons, sessions and lightning talks.
the injection left a small stab on her upper arm
He stabbed her with a dagger.
Stabbings at University of Waterloo send 3 to hospital, 1 person in custody
an old-fashioned work ethic
professional ethics
Bill Gates is quiet and bookish, but apparently unfazed by others’ opinions of him: he’s an introvert, but not shy.
A spider was creeping along the bathroom floor.
Age creeps up on us.
The children were each assigned different household chores.
Doing taxes can be a real chore.
we’ll need a new buggy if we have another baby
the engine stalled and kept juddering
She escaped from the wreckage unscathed.
I detest pepperoni, and wouldn’t eat it if you paid me!
He enjoys playing pranks on his friends.
Do not prank me!
a room with good ventilation
scrounge a dollar from a friend
seeds sprouting in the spring
The garden is sprouting weeds.
I got a splinter in my finger.
There were splinters of glass everywhere.
He sprinkled water on the plants.
Rain splattered against the windows.
The kids sprawled on the floor to watch TV.
sprawled on the couch watching TV
The bushes were sprawling along the road.
The lottery jackpot is up to one million dollars.
the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
The crisis is merely a phantom made up by the media.
She ripped the fabric in half.
He ripped open the package.
protesters were chanting outside
The students griped that they had too much homework.
Like a little child, he often moped when he didn’t get what he wanted.
The package was wrapped in brown paper and tied with twine.
The priest wore a purple robe.
She raged about the injustice of their decision.
Hey, dude, what’s up?
OK, dude, whatever you say.
a benevolent donor
a benevolent society
a benevolent organization
benevolent smiles
The lion’s mane
Green slime covers the surface of the pond.
vied with his colleagues for the coveted promotion
The recipe says that you should marinate the chicken overnight.
We were taught to chew our food thoroughly before swallowing.
You’re not allowed to chew gum in class.
dip fruit in melted chocolate to have a chocolate fondue
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
She was frowning when she entered the room, so I knew that she was annoyed about something.
The teacher gave me a scowl when I walked in late.
Beethoven’s iconic scowl
the dog growled at the stranger
a pot of boiling water
a pouting child
The boy didn’t want to leave—he stomped his feet and pouted.
several coyotes began howling close by as the sun went down
The difference between the slouch and standing straight up, was the difference between a negative and positive perception.
The boy was slouching over his school books.
a tiger prowling in the jungle
The police were prowling the streets in their patrol cars.
I prowled the store looking for sales.
a rowdy game of basketball
