B R A I N T E A S E R S - Word ladders (intermediate)
Quizzes and puzzles for learners of English
175 Lingustic Achemy
Attracted to Opposites
For centuries alchemists all over the world tried to change lead(*) into gold, but failed. Linguists, however, can do it easily just by changing one letter at a time.
In no more than two or three steps one could turn the following opposites "lead" into "gold", "warm" into "cold", "like" into "hate" and "mind" into "body". How about you?
lead
¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ gold |
warm
¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ cold |
like
¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ hate |
mind
¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ ¯¯¯¯ body |
(*) lead = Blei
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Congratulations, you got the right answers to
Brainteasers (174) — Furniture in bits and pieces
And here they are:
The completed items of furniture | ||
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1
2 3 4 5 |
desk armchair carpet bedside locker wardrobe |
Schreibtisch Sessel Teppich Nachttisch Kleiderschrank |
24. Januar 2008