- The economy seemed to slide backwards
thanks to the backward
government policies. ["Backward" can be either an adverb or an
adjective; "backwards" can be only an adverb.]
- The activity of troops on the
other side of the border belied
the ambassador's sweet-sounding entreaties for peace. (Should not be
confused with "betray" or "evince." To
"belie" something is not to reveal it as true but to show the
apparent truth of something as being false.)
- Avoid using words like biennial
(or bimonthly/biweekly) and biannual,
and say that something happens twice a year/month/week or every other
year/month/week.
- Blatant — see flagrant
- I was so bored
at the Board
of Trustees meeting that I fell asleep.
- She brought
with her all the Christmas gifts she had recently bought.
- He will break
the car brake
if he keeps pushing on it like that.
- The breech
of the gun slammed into his shoulder as he fired into the breach
of the wall.
- Every breath
counts, so breathe
deeply now.
- The entire bridal party took a long and pleasant walk along the bridle path.
What ‘T’ are two off springs produced at one birth Twins
What ‘T’ is the period between sunset and total darkness Twilight
What ‘T’ is a three legged stand Tripod
What ‘T’ is a pace faster than walking Trot
What ‘T’ is a silly fool Twerp
/ Twit
What ‘V’ is sticky Viscous
What ‘V’ is to authenticate Verify
What ‘V’ means on the belly Ventral
What ‘V’ is a thin outer covering Veneer
What ‘U’ is to comprehend Understand
What ‘U’ is spooky or mysterious Uncanny
What ‘U’ are the mammary glands of cattle Udders
What ‘U’ is not discouraged by danger or difficulty Undaunted
What ‘W’ is the shape of undulating lines Wavy
What ‘W’ is verbose Wordy
What ‘W’ comes before break, blown or fall Wind
What ‘W’ is to twist or roll about in pain Writhe
What ‘C’ have you got when you sneeze and cough? Cold
What ‘I’ is hard working Industrious
What ’O‘ means having a cloudy sky Overcast
What ‘K’ means to do with motion Kinetic
What ‘A’ is to fasten one thing to another Attach
What ‘D’ is a measure of sonic intensity Decibel
What ‘J’ is a state of nervousness or anxiety Jitters
What ‘Q’ is to repeat a person’s word either verbally or
written down Quote
What ‘L’ is tepid Lukewarm
What ‘S’ is molten alloy used as a metallic binder Solder
What ‘E’ is to authorize someone to do something Empower
What ‘M’ is an optical illusion of water Mirage
(mi-rahzh)
What ‘D’ is dead, deceased or no longer existing Defunct
This is the World, So Beware of it!
A man accompanied Jesus Christ the son of Mary and said
that he would go with him. They continued along until they came to a river.
They sat and started to eat. They had three loaves of bread. They ate two of
them and one remained.
Jesus went to the river, drank some water and returned.
He did not find the third loaf. He asked the man who had taken that loaf. He
said that he did not know.
They continued until they came to a doe followed by two
fawns. Jesus beckoned one of the fawns, killed it, roasted it and they ate it.
Then Jesus addressed the fawn [that had been eaten,] saying, "Live!"
It came to life and went. Then Jesus said to the other man, "By the God
Who has shown you this miracle, who took that loaf of bread?" He said that
he did not know.
They continued until they reached a lake. Jesus took the
hand of the man and led him over the water. When they reached the other side,
Jesus said, "By the One Who has shown you this miracle, who took that loaf
of bread?" He said that he did not know.
They continued until they reached a desert. They sat
down.Jesus gathered some sand or dust and said, "By the permission of God,
be Gold!" It became Gold. He divided it into three portions.
He said, "One third is for me, one third for you,
and one third for whoever took that loaf of bread."
The man said, "Alright, I took that loaf of
bread."
Jesus said, "Then all of this Gold is yours."
Then he left him.
The man encountered two other men in the desert. They
wanted to take his Gold and kill him. He said, "Let us divide the gold
into three portions." They sent one of them to the village to buy food.
The one who went said to himself, "Why should I let
them have portions of this wealth? I shall put some poison into the food, and
kill them." So, he poisoned the food.
The other two said, "Why should we give a third of
this wealth to him. When he comes back, let us kill him, and divide the rest of
the wealth between us."
When he returned, they attacked him and killed him. Then
they ate the poisoned food and died. The wealth remained in the desert with the
three dead men beside it.
Jesus passed them and saw the situation. He said to his
disciples, "This is the world, so beware of it!"
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In
Old English, the word with meant "against", a meaning still preserved
in phrases such as "to fight with".
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No
English words rhyme with orange, purple, silver, or month.
Ø
The
longest English word that contains neither A, E, I, O, nor U is rhythms.
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In
English, the days of the week are named after the Saxon gods. Sunday is named
after the sun, Monday after the moon, Tuesday after Tiw, Wednesday after Woden,
Thursday after Thor, Friday after Freya, and Saturday after Saturn.
Ø
The
word "boycott" comes from Charles C. Boycott, who was hired by an
Irish earl to collect high rents from tenant farmers. The farmers totally
ignored him.
Ø
The
Romans' milia ("thousands") has come down to us as "mile".
A milia was the distance covered by 1,000 paces of a marching legionnaire.
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Part
of a Roman soldier's pay was made in salt, known as "salarium".
That's why pay of today is known as a salary.
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