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Tim 🇬🇧
Professional TeacherThis morning I was thinking about how we use body part words for other things. For example: A potato has “eyes” where the shoots grow. A toilet on a ship is called the “head.” A section of a large building is a “wing.” Can you think of other examples, in English or in your own language?
Sep 15, 2025 9:31 AM
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Eye of a needle. Clock face. Clock hand. Tail light. Pinhead. Table/chair leg. There are a lot...
Sep 15, 2025 2:01 PM
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River mouth
Sep 15, 2025 1:38 PM
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The cards you hold in a card game are your hand. A rhythm unit in poetry is a foot. Wheat has ears.
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Sep 15, 2025 1:29 PM
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Also, we are released inside the car with "the belly of the car"
Sep 16, 2025 5:31 PM
In Iraq, we call the door handle with "hand"
Sep 16, 2025 5:29 PM
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