Root match game

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Vocabulary Practice - 1

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Schedule for Tuesdays Fall Semester 2012

Session	Date
W 1	21-Aug-12
W 2	28-Aug-12
W 3	4-Sep-12
W 4	11-Sep-12
W 5	18-Sep-12
W 6	25-Sep-12
W 7	2-Oct-12
W 8	9-Oct-12
W 9	16-Oct-12
W 10	23-Oct-12
W 11	30-Oct-12
W 12	6-Nov-12
W 13	13-Nov-12
-- --	20-Nov-12
W 14	27-Nov-12
W 15	4-Dec-12

Control Idioms

control over someone or something

the power to direct or manage someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I have no control over Mary. I can't stop her from running away. Who gave you control over what goes on in this house?

*out of control 

1. Lit. [of something, such as a machine] not responding to direction or instructions. (*Typically: be ~; go ~.) The computer is out of control and making funny-looking characters all over the screen. My CD player is out of control and only makes screeching noises.

2. and *out of hand Fig. acting wildly or violently. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Watch out, that dog is out of control. The kids got out of hand again.

See also: out

*under control

Fig. manageable; restrained and controlled; not out of control. (*Typically: be ~; bring someone or something ~; get someone or something ~; have someone or something ~; keepsomeone or something ~.) We finally got things under control and functioning smoothly. The doctor felt she had the disease under control and that I would get well soon.

bring someone or something under one's control

to achieve dominion over someone or something. The dictator was at last able to bring the army under his control. Harry could not bring Ron under his control. Walter could not be brought under Lily's control.

See also: bring

control the purse strings and hold the purse strings

Fig. to be in charge of the money in a business or a household. I control the purse strings at our house. Mr. Williams is the treasurer. He controls the purse strings.

See also: purse, string

exercise power over

someone or something and exercise control over someone or something; exercise influence over someone or something to have someone or something under one's control or influence.The dictator exercised power over the island for many years. See if you can exercise some control over your appetite. I wish I could exercise some influence over the committee.

See also: exercise, power

in control of someone or something 

1. in charge of someone or something. Who is in control of this place? I am not in control of her. She works for another department.

2. to have someone or something mastered or subdued; to have achieved management of someone or something. You should be in control of your dog at all times. The attendant was instructed to be in control of his patient at all times.

rage out of control

to become uncontrollable. The fire raged out of control and threatened the residential area. If we didn't do something quickly, the fire would be raging out of control.

See also: out, rage

take control of someone or something

to get the power and right to direct someone or something. I will take control of him and see that he does what I want. Will you take control of the Wilson project?

See also: take

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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out of control

unable to be managed or limited The weeds in the garden are out of control.

See also: out

Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003. Reproduced with permission.

Latin Roots Exercise

Circle the correct definition for the Latin root.
1.	nat
	to write		born, birth		word
2.	duct
	to lead		to eat		to play
3.	vok
	voice, to call		before		pull, draw
4.	junct
	self		to join		wrong, evil, ill, bad
5.	radic
	well, good		to yield, to go		root
6.	scrib
	root		to write		middle
7.	sect
	to throw		all		to cut
8.	circum-
	noun, name		water		around
9.	equi
	equal		to speak		axis
10.	amphi
	born, birth		on both sides, both, around		four
11.	tri-
	seven		equal		three
12.	magna
	letter		large, great		to carry
13.	enn
	to see, to look		years		without, not
14.	ego
	breathe		self		turn
15.	quadru
	tenth		four		hand

Greek Roots Exercise

Greek Roots
Select the correct definition for the Greek root.
1.	lingu
	to close		tongue, language		water
2.	enn
	partly, half		years		flower
3.	mort
	death, dead		law, word, reading		to play
4.	vok
	fifth, five		voice, to call		born, birth
5.	aqua
	four		water		to speak, speech, to proclaim
6.	per-
	year		years		through, wrong, thoroughly
7.	circum-
	on both sides, both, around		around		middle
8.	port
	thousand		one		to carry
9.	ann
	axis		year		equal
10.	agri
	among, between		to kill		field, crop production
11.	mani
	hand		meat, flesh		tongue, language
12.	sol
	seven		two		sun
13.	medi
	middle		hundred		to write
14.	-cide
	to kill		three		well, good
15.	spiro
	thousandth		breathe		before