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Sunday, May 11, 2025

MAKE HAPPY

These verbs describe different ways you can make someone feel happy, pleased, or satisfied.

Individual words:

•DELIGHT: To make someone feel very happy or give them great pleasure, often with a pleasant surprise. Example: "The beautiful music delighted her."

•PLEASE: To make someone feel happy, satisfied, or content, often by meeting their wishes or expectations. Example: "It pleased him to help others."

•SUIT: To be appropriate or good for someone, fitting their preferences and making them content or happy with the situation. Example: "That new job really suits her."

•TICKLE: Figuratively, to amuse someone, make them laugh lightly, or spark their interest in a pleasant way. Example: "That funny story really tickled him."

EVADE

These words are all verbs meaning to avoid something or someone, often by moving quickly or going around it.

Individual words:

•DODGE: To quickly move out of the way to avoid being hit by something or to avoid answering a question directly.

•DUCK: To lower your head or body suddenly and quickly, usually to avoid being hit, seen, or to hide.

•SHAKE: To get rid of someone who is following you, or to get rid of something unwanted, like a feeling or an illness.

•SKIRT: To go around the edge of something instead of through it, or to avoid dealing with a topic directly.

COMMON VIDEO GAME FEATURES

These are common elements you will find in many video games, describing challenges, stages, player status, and helpful items.

Individual words:

•BOSS: In a video game, the 'boss' is a very strong enemy you must defeat, usually at the end of a stage. It's a big challenge.

•LEVEL: A 'level' is a stage or section of a video game. Players complete tasks in one level to move to the next, which is often harder.

•HEALTH: In a video game, 'health' shows how much damage your character can take before being defeated. It's often shown as a bar or numbers.

•POWER-UP: A 'power-up' is an item in a video game that gives your character a temporary boost or special ability, like more health or stronger attacks.

MOTHER ___

All these words or phrases commonly follow the word 'MOTHER' to create a well-known phrase, character, or title.

Individual words:

•EARTH: "Mother Earth" is a common way to talk about our planet, seeing it as a kind and caring mother that gives us life.

•GOOSE: "Mother Goose" is a famous character in children's books. She tells many old fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

•MAY I: "Mother, May I?" is a traditional children's game where players ask 'Mother' for permission to take steps.

•SUPERIOR: "Mother Superior" is the title for the head or leader of a community of nuns (religious women) in a convent.