KING, KEEN

 

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5 minute practice in English Language

 

Try using the words ‘king’ and ‘keen’in conversation.  This page has 2 words.

This follows a conversation using ‘know’.

(keen, keen as mustard, keening, king, kingdom, king’s ransom, kingdom come,  kingpin, king size)

 

Two friends are planning a holiday.

 

The king has actually developed a website!  We can see how to arrive by boat.  He’s keen to have tourists without airport noise.

But does this holiday cost a king’s ransom?  Is it very expensive?

No, he has a keen pricing policy.  He does not want the wrong people to make money. He controls price limits.

I’m not keen on spending too much.  We’d be paying back our credit card until kingdom come.

The king is as keen as mustard on helping the people.  He’s keen on the future.  He wants to pass his kingdom on to their children and to the princes and princesses.

They must all take the king seriously.

Yes, they do not want civil war like some kingdoms. They do not want bombs and guns blowing people to kingdom come, to the next world.  The do not want to hear weeping and wailing, people keening.

Good

The king has chosen an expert in tourism.  He has made this expert the kingpin of tourism.  All tourism will turn on what his says.

I do need a holiday.  I’m keen on having a good night’s sleep.

The website seems to show king size beds. 

 

ENDS

 

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