Monday, April 28, 2008
Word: Off my rocker
DEFINITION OF ‘OFF YOUR ROCKER’: CRAZY, OUT OF CONTROL, NUTS.
ETYMOLOGY (WORD ORIGIN): CANNOT BE FOUND.
SENTENCE: ‘ JONES ‘S OFF HIS ROCKER! HE’S WALKING DOWN THE STREETS IN HIS UNDERPANTS.’
Friday, April 25, 2008
kenzo 30 1-9 startled
Transitive verb : to frighten or surprise suddenly and usually not seriously
Adjective : excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement; "the sudden fluttering of the startled pigeons"; "her startled expression"
Sentence: "students startled by the teacher's quiet return”
Etymology: Middle English stertlen, frequentative of sterten to start
kenzo (30)
Äb$êñt Mìñdêd -[Kêlvìñ]-
So lost in thought that one does not realize what one is doing, what is happening, etc.; preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of one's immediate surroundings.
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Synonyms
withdrawn, musing, daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful, distracted
What do you look like when you're lost in your thoughts..
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Sentence: Vincent was looking out of the window during lesson time and he started to drool for an unknown reason. Mrs Lim went to look out and realised he was looking at some girls walking past outside and Vincent got reprimanded for being absent minded.
Done by : Kelvin of 1.9
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Leery
Mob
MobDefinition:An unruly crowd (of people)
Etymology:
1688, "disorderly part of the population, rabble," slang shortening of mobile, mobility "common people, populace, rabble" (1676), from L. mobile vulgus "fickle common people" (1600), from mobile, neut. of mobilis "fickle, movable, mobile," from movere "to move" (see move). In
Moses Fam. 1-8
skin rumble
mounting tension
The definition of mounting tension is:
A growing excitement when something fascinating, glorious is going to happen.
ENTYMOLOGY:
MOUNTING
montage
1929, from Fr. montage "a mounting," from O.Fr. monter "to go up, mount" (see mount (v.)). Originally a term in cinematography.
TENSION
1533, "a stretched condition," from M.Fr. tension, from L. tensionem (nom. tensio) "a stretching" (in M.L. "a struggle, contest"), from tensus, pp. of tendere "to stretch," from PIE base *ten- "stretch" (see tenet). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "electromotive force" (in high-tension wires) is recorded from 1802.
SENTENCE:
You could the feel mounting tension when the spectators grew silent as Chelsea's Michael Ballack dribbled the ball past two defenders and only had Man United's goalkeeper Van Der Sar blocking him in the dying moments of extra time in Europe's most prestigious cup, the Champions League.