Showing posts with label all about english language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label all about english language. Show all posts

December 24, 2012


The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz

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The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it - Lou Holtz

December 23, 2012

do small things in a great way.
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do small things in a great way.
obsequious

word group: adjective
meaning: obedient or attentive to excessive degree
synonyms: servile, subservient, slavish, menial, fawning

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obsequious

word group: adjective
meaning: obedient or attentive to excessive degree
synonyms: servile, subservient, slavish, menial, fawning

November 05, 2012

wallflower

word group: noun

definition:
shy people, a loner

synonym: introvert

antonym: extrovert
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wallflower

word group: noun

definition:
shy people, a loner

synonym: introvert

antonym: extrovert

December 10, 2011

exaggerate

word group: verb

definition:
1. Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is
2. Enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions

synonyms: overstate, magnify, overdo, overdraw, aggrandize

antonyms: minimize, reduce, understate
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exaggerate

word group: verb

definition:
1. Represent (something) as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it really is
2. Enlarged or altered beyond normal or due proportions

synonyms: overstate, magnify, overdo, overdraw, aggrandize

antonyms: minimize, reduce, understate

September 19, 2011

1. How do you feel about Wednesday?
2. What outrages you?
3. Write a poem or haiku or limerick that represents you. (I challenge you!)
4. In the year 2050, a movie is being made of your life. Tell us the name of your movie and briefly summarize the storyline.
5. Are we alone?
6. What is college for?
7. Please describe a daily routine or tradition of yours that may seem ordinary to others but holds special meaning for you. Why is this practice significant to you?
8. Make a bold prediction about something in the year 2020 that no one else has made a bold prediction about.
9. Write a short story using one of the following titles: a.) House of Cards, b.)The Poor Sport, c.) Drama at the Prom, d.) Election Night, 2044, e.) The Getaway.
10. How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.)
11. You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit Page 217.

Read the full text here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/37041
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1. How do you feel about Wednesday?
2. What outrages you?
3. Write a poem or haiku or limerick that represents you. (I challenge you!)
4. In the year 2050, a movie is being made of your life. Tell us the name of your movie and briefly summarize the storyline.
5. Are we alone?
6. What is college for?
7. Please describe a daily routine or tradition of yours that may seem ordinary to others but holds special meaning for you. Why is this practice significant to you?
8. Make a bold prediction about something in the year 2020 that no one else has made a bold prediction about.
9. Write a short story using one of the following titles: a.) House of Cards, b.)The Poor Sport, c.) Drama at the Prom, d.) Election Night, 2044, e.) The Getaway.
10. How did you get caught? (Or not caught, as the case may be.)
11. You have just completed your 300-page autobiography. Please submit Page 217.

Read the full text here: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/37041
--brought to you by mental_floss!