| Proverbs are short statements of wisdom or advice. Let us learn some Proverbs | |
| Proverb | Meaning | However long the night, the dawn will break | Bad things don't last forever | Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves | Possible interpretation: an easily influenced person can be mislead | Don't judge a book by its cover | Don't judge by appearances | Half a loaf is better than none | You should be grateful for something, even if it is not as much as you wanted | Clothes don't make the man | Appearances can be deceiving | An onion a day keeps everyone away | A humoristic version of "an apple a day" | Put all your eggs in one basket | Risk everything by relying on one plan (e.g. by putting all one's money into one business) | He who wills the end wills the means | If you are determined to do something you will find a way | The darkest hour is just before dawn | The most difficult moment is just before a problem is solved | When in Rome, do as the Romans do | You should adopt the customs of the people or country you are visiting and behave in the same way |
| Some funny, some weird.. | |
| Word | Meaning | Gazump | To buy something already promised to someone else | Namby-pamby | Weak, with no backbone | Wabbit | Exhausted, tired, worn out | Fartlek | An athletic training regime | Doozy | Something really great | Kerfuffle | A mild scandal, commotion or fuss | Vomitory | An exit or outlet |
| Today's Word Challenges |
| Match Synonyms | Match Antonyms | |||||||||
| 1 | fatigue | A | pall | 1: | 1 | initial | A | last | 1: | |
| 2 | invest | B | rocker | 2: | 2 | invest | B | close | 2: | |
| 3 | cradle | C | menace | 3: | 3 | distant | C | divest | 3: | |
| 4 | distant | D | friend | 4: | 4 | D | 4: | |||
| 5 | endanger | E | optical | 5: | 5 | E | 5: | |||
| 6 | visual | F | aloof | 6: | 6 | F | 6: | |||
| 7 | fiction | G | first | 7: | 7 | G | 7: | |||
| 8 | initial | H | fable | 8: | 8 | H | 8: | |||
| 9 | ally | I | put | 9: | 9 | I | 9: | |||
| Match Definitions | ||||
| 1 | give qualities or abilities to | A | visual | 1: |
| 2 | become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage | B | cradle | 2: |
| 3 | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position | C | initial | 3: |
| 4 | relating to or using sight | D | ally | 4: |
| 5 | bring up from infancy | E | fatigue | 5: |
| 6 | the first letter of a word (especially a person's name) | F | endanger | 6: |
| 7 | far apart in relevance or relationship | G | fiction | 7: |
| 8 | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact | H | distant | 8: |
| 9 | exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | I | invest | 9: |
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Recent Words Learned: endanger, cradle, initial, distant, visual, invest, fiction, fatigue, ally Answer to Crossword in worksheet 2: Across: 1: fatigue, 3: initial, 5: visual Down: 1: fiction, 2: endanger, 3: invest, 4: ally |
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