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Mary didn't understand such sentences as " He is blue today", "He has a green thumb", "He has told
a little white lie" and so on. And she went to her  teacher for help.
Mary: Mrs Smith, there is a colour in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs Smith: In everyday English, blue sometimes means sad. Yellow---afraid. A person with a green
thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for " a white lie"?
Mrs Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. In fact you don't like it, but you won't say it.
Instead, you say, " No, thanks. I'm not hungry." That's a white lie.
Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
1. Blue sometimes means sad in _______ English.
A. good
B. spoken
C. written
D. poor
2. I don't have a green thumb, so my plants _______.
A. die off
B. grow well
C. look nice
D. are good
3. Tom is _______ to climb the tree. He's yellow.
A. happy
B. clever
C. glad
D. afraid
4. He didn't like me to know the _______of the accident. He told me a white lie.
A. reason
B. result
C. meaning
D. time
5. He is _______ today because his father is ill.
A. blue
B. yellow
C. green
D. white

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