My English blog

i-Why did the boy put his radio in the refrigrator?i

i-He wanted to hear cool music!i

Cool has two meanings. It can mean" somewhat cold". In everyday speech, cool also means "wonderful, exciting, great"i

a) Wow! What a great song!i

b) You said it! This station plays really cool music. I could listen for hours.i

a) Me too. Hey, tell you what, let me get us a nice, cool drink from the fridge, and we can just sit back and listen for a while.i

b) Cool !  Sounds like a great idea!i

What

i- What kind of coat is made without buttons and is iwet when you first put it on?i

i-A coat of paint!i

A coat is  a piece of clothing that covers your clothes. A coat can also be a thin covering of some substance such as paint or dust all over a surface.i

a) Wow! I like the new color you're painting the living room!i

b) Thanks, but be careful. I just put on the first coat and it's still wet. Here, let me take your coat. I'll hang it up in the closet  and we'll get started painting the dinning room.i

i-What kind of cake tastes awful?i

i-A cake of soap!i

A cake is a baked sweet made from flour, eggs, and other ingredients. A bar of soap can also be reffered to as a cake of soap!i

a) Hi, Jane. Where are you off to?i

b) Oh, I'm going to the bakery to pick up a birthday cake for my son. How about you?i

a) I'm heading for the drugstore. I need a couple of cakes of soap, , and some asprin.i

i-How do you keep a rhinoceros from charging?i

i-Take away his credit cards!i

To charge means "to rush at someone or something to attack it." To charge something also means to pay for an item by using a credit card.i

a) I heard you went on a safari. How did it go?i

b) Great! But we had a scare- out of nowhere, a huge tiger came charging at us. Thank heaven we were able to scare him off with rifle shots!i

a) That sounds exciting. Tell me, was the trip expensive?i

b) It certainly was. I had to charge the plane tickets to my credit card. It will take me months to pay off! But it was worth it.i