Tricky Eleventh Grade Word Pairs: List 4

The French troops were wiped out by a combination of fierce fighting and an epidemic of deadly yellow fever. In the Shadow of Liberty

A flu pandemic was sweeping the world that winter, with people dying by the millions. The Woman All Spies Fear

And so, this National Poetry Day, I invite you to share your own brief and witty epigrams. The Guardian

Each chapter of Maggie and Me has an epigraph from Margaret Thatcher, such as "I am extraordinarily patient…provided I get my own way in the end." The Guardian

Mrs. Parker died in 1967, having offered her own epitaph: “Excuse my dust.” New York Times

Marie seldom called Pecola the same thing twice, but invariably her epithets were fond ones chosen from menus and dishes that were forever uppermost in her mind. The Bluest Eye

I am unsure if you are being facetious or serious when you say your husband hates being told what to do, “especially with parenting.” Washington Post

Queen Elizabeth in January sent a delicately coded message to Britain’s factious political class over Brexit, urging lawmakers to seek common ground and grasp the big picture to resolve the crisis. Reuters

Near the end of the production, one dancer, playing a clueless host or fatuous TV news reporter, asked, “What is this? What are they doing?” New York Times

No politician shines as brightly or behaves at their most crass and venal as they do when they’re dancing for votes and money. Salon

So the sin involved in a second marriage is often venial, not mortal, and not serious enough to justify excluding people of good intentions from the sacraments. Seattle Times