Friday, August 28, 2009

ESL 5 Summary of Vocabulary and Idioms Aug 24-28, 2009

1. “Eunice always had an agenda.”
2. “Eunice has her fingerprints on legislation . . . “
3. 1932 (The Great Depression)
4. 2009 (The Recession)
5. Body language
6. Brag
7. Brain tumor
8. Brave
9. Bring credit to your parents and country!
10. Cardiologist
11. Challenged intellectually
12. Controversy / controversial topic
13. Crow’s feet
14. Crush
15. Dead fish
16. Do – undo – redo
17. Eunice Kennedy Shriver
18. Exceptional
19. Eye contact
20. Feel included
21. First impression
22. Formal <> casual
23. Foundation
24. General Practitioner
25. Grin
26. Grip
27. Handshake
28. Honest <> dishonest
29. Honor <> dishonor
30. Intellectual disabilities
31. Key leader
32. Liberal – Moderate – Conservative
33. Liberal Lion
34. Lifelong dream
35. Limp <> firm
36. Mainstreamed
37. Medical Ethics
38. Mentally disabled
39. Nancy Pelosi
40. Orthodontist
41. Overturn prejudice and oppression
42. Persistence & guts
43. Pioneer (pioneering)
44. Polite <> impolite
45. Respond / response
46. Retarded
47. Revolutionary
48. Run for office
49. Smirk
50. Special education
51. Special Olympics
52. Struggle
53. Superior <> subordinate
54. Ted Kennedy
55. Telemarketer
56. The Presidential Medal of Freedom
57. Vocational
58. Wallflower
59. Whisper
60. Wrinkles