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Games, activities and teaching ideas > Word of the Week: Jan 2021
Word of the Week: Jan 2021
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douglas
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Word of the Week: Jan 2021
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Hi and Happy New Year all! I haven´t seen a Word of the day/week in a long time so here you go: MOUNTWEAZEL I´m interested to see what kind of funny definitions you all come up with (please do not share the actual definition). Cheers, Douglas
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6 Jan 2021
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mitokondri
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Hello there! :) If you are interested, you can follow my instagram account. Every day, I share a new word. I hope you like it. https://www.instagram.com/englishwithmissmaci/?hl=en |
6 Jan 2021
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spinney
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Oh, that�s easy. I had a load of mountweazels in my garden last year. They are similar to moles, but they are longer, have good eyesight, and leave very large mounds behind them. |
6 Jan 2021
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cunliffe
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Actually, it�s when you misunderstand, or mishear, the lyrics of a song. Famous examples are : Every time you go away, you take a piece of meat with you. (Paul Young)...And it�s a piece of me. Here is another: �We built this city on sausage rolls and that should be rock and roll�. So, how did this come about? A young American lady, or maybe it was a man, well it was definitely an artist, or maybe it was Frenchwoman Monique. Anyway, s/he was listening to a song about art. The line went: �then mount your easel� and she heard: yes - mountweazel! Ever since then (1823), we have used this term.
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6 Jan 2021
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FrauSue
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The mountweazel is a fast-growing plant with hard, knotty roots, causing havoc with underground pipes and buildings� foundations. It is illegal to plant or even buy and sell mountweazel across a number of countries worldwide. |
6 Jan 2021
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maryse pey�
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Oh let me think about that... Isn�t it the Mount where the Witch of the Weather for the good health of the Hazel Nuts lives ? |
6 Jan 2021
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Gurnoor
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IT�S A MISNOMER. ACTUALLY, MOUNT WEASEL ISN�T A MOUNTAIN AT ALL! IT�S A SORT OF A DUNGEON FOUND IN DEEP IRREGULAR STINKY SPIKEY VALLEYS, WHERE THE LION-HEARTED SORT, (NOT THE WEAZEL HEARTED SORT) LIKE TO GO TO TEST THEIR METTLE AGAINST THE WRATH OF A VARIETY OF POISIONOUS IVY, SLIPPERY FUNGI, AND DEADLY FOUR LEGGED SPIDERS. THESE DARE-DEVIL-SORT OF ADVENTURE SEEKERS, LIKE TO ADRESS THIS EXTREMELY UNFRIENDLY PIT AS MOUNTWEAZEL. PERHAPS THEY FEEL THAT BY CALLING IT A MOUNT, IT WON�T FEEL LIKE SUCH A PIT IN THE GROUND. AND, BY CALLING IT WEAZEL, THEY WILL VERY SIMPLY... FEEL BRAVE. |
6 Jan 2021
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douglas
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Gotta give this one to Dale, the vision of mountainous mole hills in my garden was quite scary. A mountweasel is actually a fictitious entry into a document so publishers can easily fish-out copyright infringement -- had never heard the word before. This article gives some insight: https://www.thoughtco.com/mountweazel-words-term-1691330
Happy Tuesday!
Douglas |
12 Jan 2021
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