Replacing words you Don’t Know with Short Phrases – 2
EriChan students also know how to use these words when they can’t think of the right word.
Let’s look at some example phrases:
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Using |
Example Sentence |
Unknown |
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a thing |
Excuse me, do you have a thing for opening a wine bottle? |
Corkscrew |
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Do you need a thing for cleaning your teeth? |
Toothbrush |
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the act |
The act of killing |
Murder |
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a place |
A place where people make dishes |
Pottery |
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a person who |
A person who does things against |
Criminal |
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The state |
The State |
Bald |
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a book |
A book that tells someone’s life story |
Biography |
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a vehicle |
A vehicle that takes people |
Ambulance |
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an animal that has |
An animal that has long |
Giraffe |
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that looks like |
A disk that looks like a CD for playing movies |
DVD |
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an animal |
An animal that has long |
rabbit |
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that |
A machine that can send copies of documents |
Fax |
| Now you have the idea. You don’t need millions and millions of words to communicate |
OK, now you have a go
Enjoy matching up these phrases with the correct word:
| A thing that looks like a dish, and comes from outer space | acrophobia |
| An animal has a long nose and eats ants |
winery |
| People who can’t see |
eel |
| A place people make wine |
ant eater |
| A fish with no fins |
flying saucer (UFO) |
| The state of being frightened of high places |
blind |
