1) Our garden is beautiful when all the trees are in bloom.
2) I love walking in an April shower.
3) My son jumps into every puddle he can find.
4) The young birds flew out of their nest soon after they hatched.
5) Most plants bud in early spring.
6) These bushes blossomed so beautifully last summer.
7) The day was quite breezy but it was great for kite flying.
8) My daughter was so well behaved and good yesterday that I thought she would sprout wings.
9) The snow was still thawing when the first snowdrops appeared.
10) Nature is reborn in spring.

a) I love watching geese and ducks ………. in the pond behind our house.
b) The bride and the groom walked out in a ………. of confetti.
c) My grandmother was beautiful when she was a young woman in full ………. .
d)  She wasn’t a very pretty child but she ………. into a very attractive young woman.
e) We had a very ………. conversation, so I didn’t really find out anything.
f) The teacher found out about the secret plot we had ………. against the other kids and put an end to it.
g) New businesses began to ………. across the country shortly after the economic crisis.
h) Our new boss is very reserved and serious, but I am sure he is slowly ………. at our kindness.
i) This problem should be nipped in the ………. so it doesn’t get even bigger.
j) He felt ………. after he survived that terrible accident.

Answers: 1) c, 2) b, 3) a, 4) f, 5) i, 6) d, 7) e, 8) g, 9) h, 10) j

bloom– virág(zás)
in full bloom– ifjúsága teljében
to bloom – virágozni
shower – zápor
to shower– zuhanyozni, záporozni, elárasztani
puddle – pocsolya
to puddle– pancsolni
to hatch – kikelni (tojásból)
to hatch a plot– kitervelni valamit
bud – bimbó, rügy
to bud– rügyezni, kihajtani, sarjadni
to nip in the bud– csírájában elfojtani
blossom – virág(zás)
to blossom– virágozni, (ki)virulni, serdülni
breezy – szeles, szellős, gyors
sprout – csíra, hajtás
to sprout– kihajtani, növeszteni, szaporodni
to sprout wings– szárnyakat növeszteni (angyalian viselkedni)
to thaw – (el)olvadni, felengedni, megenyhülni
reborn – újjászületett

Try to find the answers to the riddles! 

1) Why do people wear shamrocks on St. Patrick’s Day?
2) Why can’t you iron a four-leaf clover?
3) What type of bow cannot be tied?
4) Why did St. Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland?
5) What was missing from the Irish stew?
6) Why can’t you borrow money from a leprechaun?
7) How can you tell if an Irishman is having a good time?
8) How did the leprechaun beat the Irishman to the pot of gold?
9) Where can you always find gold?
10) What’s big and purple and lies next to Ireland?

a) A rainbow!
b) In the dictionary!
c) Real rocks are too heavy!
d) Because they’re always a little short.
e) It could have used a pinch of Gaelic!
f) Grape Britain!
g) Because you shouldn’t press your luck!
h) He couldn’t afford plane fare!
i) He’s Dublin over with laughter!
j) He took a shortcut!

Answers: 1) c, 2) g, 3) a, 4) h, 5) e, 6) d, 7) i, 8) j, 9) b, 10) f

shamrock – fiatal lóhere
sham – hamis, átverés, kamu
rock – kő, szikla
to iron – vasalni
four-leaf clover – négylvelű lóhere
bow – masni, csokornyakkendőto tie – kötni
tie – nyakkendő
to drive something out of – ki/elhajtani/üldözni valamit valahonnan
to drive – vezetni (autót)
to be missing – hiányozni
stew – pörkölt
to borrow – kölcsön kérni, kölcsönözni
leprechaun – jellemzően nagyon kicsi, vörös hajú, zöld ruhás emberke, tünde féle
how can you tell if… – honnan tudod, hogy…
to have a good time – jól érezni magadat
to beat someone to something – előbb odérni valamihez mint a másik
rainbow – szivárvány
short – rövid, alacsony
to be short of something – kevés van valamiből
pinch – csipetnyi
Gaelic – kelta (úgy hangzik mint ‘garlic’- fokhagyma)
to press one’s luck – kísérteni a szerencsédet
to press – préselni, ‘vasalni’
to afford – megengedni (anyagilag)
plane fare – repülőút ára, repülőjegy
Dublin – Írország fővárasa (úgy hangzik, mint ‘doublin’)
to double over – (össze)görnyedni
laughter – nevetés
shortcut – rövidebb út valahova
to cut short – rövidre vágni, hirtelen abbahagyni