Sickness/Illness

Test Vocabulary Noises Sickness/illness to chirp/ shout / sing /squeak/ tap/ tones to be out of shape ticking of the clock to feel sick to get/have the flu Places get better/ get over a cold caves/ shelter break a leg/ to need crutches forest/woods a cast /stiff/stiffly foothills/ mountain/ valley/plains sprain your wrist or ankle orchards/gardens a shot/a needle/ vaccination/ a gap between jobs medicine wore off put in a cage concerned about your well-being shed/hut/tool shed what floor Actions how many stories in the building to chase after between/bottom/underneath /beside to cut the grass/mow the lawn angle/slope to glance at/peek at/glare at/stare at lets go on an outing Comparisons to go over the figures at an alarming rate to inherit clockwise direction/counterclockwise to join/ to join in/ to join up as ____ as take a nap the same _____ as to sleep on and off twice/double/triple to date on and off nearly/almost/barely/hardly/seldom/ to oppose/ to stand together packing and loading freight Things peek out the window dust to purchase friend or foe? to run something over/down jigsaw puzzle to set up a machine or computer a layer cake/to layer to slip out the back door molten metal to solve the problem pebble/stone/rock/boulder to spin a web/spun a tale the roar of the crowd to transport a family trait to wander/ to wander off/to wonder peppermint/cinnamon/licorice to work out the details vapor/mist /dew concepts all but one/ all alone he has a bad temper/he is short tempered cluttered/messy/junky a great feat fuel/ fuel for the fire he did it on purpose out of (milk) up to date to settle/settler/settlement repair slumped over his desk soluble/ solution How much did this year’s crops yield? There was a lot of tension in the room. He Idioms: plays basketball with a lot of intensity; last but not least [last but still great] the best ELS is an intensive program; students study a is yet to come [there is more] lot of information in a short time. I have yet to start [I need to begin] to fly off try to relax; She took a relaxing bath; Music the handle [get angry/shout] helps with relaxation; subdue; subdued It has been shown that It has been found that It has been proven that awake or asleep: awake: alert: conscious; falling asleep: to nod off; to doze; to doze off ; Now and again = Now and then = once in a to nap while= occasionally During class the student began to doze off. On He tends to stay home on the weekends = usual the bus ride home the girl nodded off. habit He is fond of New York = he likes it Don’t buy that product. It is worthless and expensive. He fell in such a way that he injured his hip. I liked the museum. It was a worthwhile so that = in order to: He went to the library so experience. that he could study. A diamond is an enduring gift. It lasts a so ____ that = because + effect: He was so lifetime. tired that he went to bed at 9:30. The hike across the mountain was full of She had so much more work than him that she difficulties, but we endure the hardships. gave him three of the projects from her desk. After a first draft you should revise your paper; diseases: then show your teacher your revisions; to suffer from an illness to come down with a We need to recast that part of the paper cold to recover from a disease to feel sick When we come to a new school we try to blend ages of people: in; a zebra blends in with its surroundings. infant child childhood toddler The colors on the canvas began to blend teenager youth delinquent together; I think I need glasses; everything is blurry. On En as prefix: less to lessen the effects to a trip all the days become a blur. enrich to encourage to enrage to enlist in the army: to join how much time flaw error mistake elapsed; she was elated fault she enlivened the party ; they enlarged the error in judgment a fatal flaw; kitchen in their house; We thought our plans were perfect, but there is he studied hard and became enlightened about a fly in the ointment. (dirt in the medicine). the topic. Because she had excellent grades, she was carpe diem seize the day hold exempt from the final. on to; grasp; grab; Napoleon excelled in math and military snatch; seize (2) The army seized the port. science. The police seized the robber. double comparative: The more money I make, sly; cunning; sharp; the more money she spends! slippery old fox

The information was printed in a book; the to stress; to emphasize; emphasis machine printed the image on a page to give in; to give up; to quit; to throw in gamble; to risk everything the towel (boxing); to wave the white flag (war) at random; random violence; randomly rare scarce meager barren; to sing; to hum; to chant; to whistle; to rarely scarcely hardly ever whistle a tune out of stock; a lack of shrug your shoulders; wink; nod your head; to argue ; to fight to make up to reconcile to shake your head; rectify the situation the old actress had wrinkles on her face to scan to skim to gloss over to review to plant; to harvest; to flower to fruit; to to bone up on blossom to wither barren fields fertile to span (a river, a century); to cross over fields cattle graze; a steer; to store; in storage; warehouse; wholesale ; retail to smoke; to puff; to inhale; to choke; to cough to bridle a horse a signature; a John Hancock; to tackle your work a token; a token of thanks; a love token; a a burden; a load; to haul; to carry; to drag; to caress shoulder responsibility to handle responsibility infested with rats; infested by cockroaches; perceive; perceptible imperceptible infected with a disease; overrun by grasshoppers and mice. vigilant defiant notorious infamous contaminate well-known intrude intruders withered; flourished to ruin; in ruins; to compile diffused crumble; a crumb; to fall apart say; whisper yell ; holler; shout; scream; cry; cry out; to groan; weep; wail; to break ( a broken windshield) shattered “not a word” not to utter a word; as silent as the glass; a shattered mirror. a hazard grave strained to hear: tried hard to listen to abolish to ban to do away with extinct; endangered flourishing; under pressure; a deadline; under the gun contend; fight for; compete with; compete inflate; increase; enlarge for. rival a real work horse canceled; postponed; to put off to sand; smooth; to sand blast to settle; to settle down; to settle in; portable a settler; a settlement [houses/agreement] readily available build erect compile construct to build up to reinforce rain gauge; tire gauge; air gauge auxiliary to stack; to stack up wood; power; generator pneumatic tools; air gun tool to stock up on shed to speculate to guess to wonder to trial: judge witness; prosecutor; defense wander to attorney; lawyer; liar; to be held in contempt [2] apparent; deficient efficient to bribe; to sell your soul; to test; to probe to investigate in distress under duress without distress nervous; fitful; uneasy Double comparative to suppress; past perfect; present perfect; future perfect a vigil vigilance conditionals case 2 + 3. noun clause ed + ing participles prefer/rather than unless; lest; in case; hence; thus; lest; instead of enlightened; unenlightened dim bright thick (smart or stupid students/people) the same as/ as fast as; as much as; so much that more than sole total rites; ceremonies; traditions; last rites I’d like to but I cant. until; once; after; as soon as; to weed ; to weed out remind remember memory to reign; to rule; as as to subjugate; In addition to ____, _____. Besides ancestors; forefathers predecessors; What’s more not only___, short answer response give me a hand; lend me a hand; a helping hand responsible to/for/in interested in explain how to; by _working to weigh; list of adjectives: big blue rolling mountains to wrap; wrap a present; very so to to wrap up to warm up to an idea. subjunctive verbs: recommend that; suggest that;etc. crate forklift boxes I suggest that he go to the doctor. causative make have get : active and passive there tended to be but yet even though although; but still he tried. to be overshadowed by your older brother to be dwarfed by your father to lord it over someone to smile laugh chuckle grin to be amused to groom to weave to suckle/to nurse a baby witch; wizard; sorcerer fish: gills; fins; scales; bubbles; blow bubbles a puzzle; puzzled; puzzling; maze labyrinth simultaneously