chill

chill - slang - verb - means:

to relax and do nothing

'chill' as an imperative means: calm down

Orange Cones ...

... is the expression for these plastic/rubber things that they put up at construction sites.

sewer

A sewer is a hole at the side of the road where the rain water runs away.
If the sewer is too small, the road will be flooded.
This happened in July here.

'sewer mouth' is an expression for someone who swears a lot.
This is because sewers take away the water from toilets.

"Curiosity killed the cat."

... is an expression that means: you should not be nosey and pry into other people's business.

This expression comes from the way cats are curious about anything new, and sometimes get into dangerous situations.

KPI

"KPI" is an expression in business, meaning "Key Performance Indicator".
KPI's are ways of measuring an employee's performance.
For example, if you are a salesman, the amount of your sales is the most important KPI.

green screen

'green screen' is computer slang for the old type of computer that we used before Windows PCs.

'green screen' computers did not have pictures, only letters, and usually only one colour.

flood

...

We had the biggest storm since Hurricane Hazel (1954) last month. It ripped the concrete blocks out when the creek became a torrent.

rain

Yesterday was the heaviest rain in the history of the city.
There was a foot of water on the road.
The power went out and all the traffic lights were dark.
It took me 2.5 hours to get home.
The power is still out in some areas.

Saskatoon berries

... sorry, I've been away for a while.

These are called Saskatoon berries, after a city in Western Canada.
They are edible.

It's very humid lately. The forecast is rain for the next 5 days.

STAINED GLASS ...

... is a piece of art made by fitting together pieces of coloured glass.
It is often used in church windows.
A hundred years ago, it was often used to decorate houses.
You can still see stained glass in old houses in Toronto.

BBQ

"BBQ" is an abbreviation for 'barbecue', which is a foreign word borrowed in English, meaning: cooking outdoors over a fire:

streetcar (or) street-car

... is like a bus, but it runs on rails and is powered by electricity (usually from overhead wires)

I believe that Toronto and San Francisco are the only two cities in North America who have street-cars.

a walk in the park

... is an expression meaning: an easy task.

For example:
    Life is not a walk in the park.
    The test was not a walk in the park.

out of the frying pan and into the fire

... is an expression that means: you solve one problem, but you get a new (bigger) problem.

icicles

icicles - are long pieces of ice that form when water drips from a roof or other object and then freezes
pronounced: eye - si - kulz

Easter Monday

Easter Monday is not a statutory holiday, but government workers in Canada get the day off.

Happy Easter :)

Good Friday

... It's Good Friday today. Good Friday is the Friday before Easter and it is a statutory holiday in North America. The Monday after Easter is called Easter Monday, and it is not a statutory holiday, but government workers get the day off.

 Black cats are considered bad luck according to superstition. At Halloween there are often pictures of black cats.

fawn

... 'fawn' (noun) means a baby deer.

 

'to fawn' (verb) means: to be insincerely friendly, for example, a fawning speech means that someone is praising someone, but they really don't like the person.

snow drifts

'snow drifts' are when the winds blows snow into piles, which can be bigger than they look.

'drifting snow' is when the wind blows snow around; this can make it hard to drive.