Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

grease, Greece

Grease or grease means melted fat or some oily substance; a lubricant--
Don't leave that grease on the floor; someone might slip and fall.
There is a grease spot on your tie.

Grease may also mean to lubricate--
The recipe says that you should grease the pan.
If you grease that hinge it will stop squeaking.

Greece ( a proper name, always capitalized ) means the country in Southern Europe--
They plan to go to Greece next year.
Today we are going to read about Ancient Greece.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"We were packing for our trip to Greece, and he decided to grease the wheels of our suitcases."