| Following are 6 words that have the same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed, replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a different set of letters for each word.
1. **chorm** |
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| A woman tells her three sons to do something. Only one son obeys. The woman says something to him, and he storms away and sulks.
What’s happening? |
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| My first is in blue, but not in glue, My second in old, but not in new. My third in look, but not in see, My last in ask, but not in plea. My whole has leaves but not a flower, I’ll help you pass an idle hour. What am I? |
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| Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person?
1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs. 2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he’d heard his partner’s shout before the giants found their revenge. 3. Here lies Suzy Smelt. She constructed many a bomb but mostly brought smiles to our faces. 4. Here lies Ethel Grant. She spent her whole life fighting with what she will now become. |
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| In English, “re” is a prefix usually meaning “again”, such as in “rebuild” (build again). However, there are many words starting with “re” which have a totally different meaning without the “re”.
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with “re”, and one for the remaining word without the “re” (either definition could be given first). 1. difficult search / politely ask |
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