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Date	Name of Quiz	New Vocabulary / Sample Sentences
Monday Oct 21, 2019	Healthy Lifestyle and Exercise	Score :[4/5 ] ·         Humph: Humph. There's no way you can lift all that weight! ·         Abandon: They had to abandon the plan to build a house due to a financial crisis. ·         Out of shape: I have to start exercising because I'm so out of shape. ·         Cut back on: I have to cut back on the fatty foods I've been eating. ·         Take up: He has decided to take up cooking in his spare time.
Monday Oct 21, 2019	Baking	Score :[5/5 ] ·         Endure: I can't endure my roommate's cooking for another day. It's terrible! ·         Entire: My daughter prepared the entire meal for the family. ·         Ingredients: These are great cookies. What ingredients do you use to make them? ·         Pinch: The chicken might taste better if you add a pinch of salt and pepper. ·         Preheat: First, you should preheat the oven to 325 degrees before you start preparing the meal.
Monday Oct 21, 2019	Apartement Rentals	Score :[5/5 ] ·         Furnished: Our first apartment wasn't furnished with any appliances, so we had to buy them. ·         Steep: The rent for the condo we looked at this morning was a little steep, so we decided to look for something else instead. ·         Split: The rent for housing near campus was a little steeper than I expected, so I decided to find a roommate to split the costs. ·         Utilities: I'm looking for a place where the utilities are included in the cost of the rent. ·         Trade-off: There is often a trade-off between living on campus and renting an apartment off campus.
Monday Oct 21, 2019	Traditional Souvenirs	Score :[5/5 ] ·         Sourced: This fish is sourced from the sea near our house. ·         Pay/charge someone an arm and a leg (verb): I paid an arm and a leg for this car. It was so expensive. ·         Novelty: We bought several novelty gifts for our family while we were on vacation. ·         Carried on: My father carried on and on last night about his speeding ticket. He said it wasn't fair. ·         Come on: Come on. Stop telling these wild stories and tell me the truth.

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