Monday, April 28, 2008

Word: Off my rocker

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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

Startled


Intransitive verb : to move or jump suddenly (as in surprise or alarm) sentence: the baby startles easily
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)
1-9

Äb$êñt Mìñdêd -[Kêlvìñ]-

Adjective



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withdrawn, musing, daydreaming, dreamy, forgetful, distracted




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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

Definition of the word leery: wary; suspicious .
Etymology:1718, originally slang, probably from dialectal lere "learning, knowledge" (see lore), or from leer (v.) in some now-obscure sense.
Sentence:I'm leery of his financial advice to continue buying as the shares of this compony has been plunging down since last month
Gabriel Chua (7)1-8


Mob

Mob

Definition: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 Australia and N.Z., used without disparagement for "a crowd." Meaning "gang of criminals working together" is from 1839, originally of thieves or pick-pockets; Amer.Eng. sense of "organized crime in general" is from 1927. The verb meaning "to attack in a mob" is attested from 1709. Mobster is first attested 1917. Mob scene "crowded place" first recorded 1922. Mobocracy "mob rule" is attested from 1754.

Mob: While I was walking along the dark alley, a group of mob came up to me and jumped on me.



Moses Fam. 1-8

skin rumble


Definition: To fight without using any weapons
Etymology: The word "skin" is originated from 1340, meaning " epidermis of a living animal or person". The term "rumble" originated from 1946, meaning "gang fights".
Sentence: Though we wanted to settle this by a fight, we dared not use weapon as it might kill. Therefore, We resorted to a skin rumble, with our fists as the only weapon

mounting tension


DEFINITION:
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.