As an avid football fan, I try to see every games the Jets play. Whenever I can cajole my father into accompanying me, I try to do so. He has only a rudimentary knowledge of the game, and since I am steeped in it, I enjoy explaining its intricate details to him. It certainly does …
Casting a furtive glance over his shoulder, the felon slipped out the main prison gate to be swallowed up in the British fog. A plethora of escapes from supposedly secure prisons embarrassed the hapless wardens. To compound their problems, the officials were badgered by irate citizens who accused the guards of accepting bribes from convicts …
Laconic The term “laconic” describes someone or something brief, concise, or terse in their language or communication. Laconic speech or writing is characterized by using a few words to convey a message or idea and is often considered straightforward, to the point, and economical. The word “laconic” comes from the name of the region of …
For humans, an important part of life is our ability to think about and remember words, ideas, and experiences. The roots in this unit cover the important mental processes of thinking, believing, questioning, and remembering. Word List ment admonish menegur, menasihati comment komentar demented gila demonstrate mendemonstrasikan mental metal mention menyebutkan mindful sadar mindless tak …
A compound word has at least two parts, and each part is, by itself, a separate word. Sunlight, for example, is formed by combining sun and light, and from that information we can make a good guess at what the word means. We could define it as “light that comes from the sun” or “light …
seemingly absurd or self-contradictory. It would be paradoxical to advocate an inquiry into inquiries, but we can begin to see criteria that will make them more likely to succeed. The paradoxical truth is that nothing is more unpopular with the public than the pursuit of the public interest. In the end his interest in ‘ordinary’ …
Sumber Bacaan It is difficult to change someone‘s opinion by badgering him. The child who begs his mother to “get off his back” when she implores him for assistance with the household drudgery may very well plead interminably for some special privilege when he wants something for himself. How paradoxical that neither can perceive that …
Galvanize artinya Menggembleng, atau membangkitkan atau mengajak seseorang untuk mengambil tindakan, shock or excite (someone), typically into taking action. galvanize juga bisa juga diterjemahkan jadi galvanisasi, artinya melapisi besi atau baja dengan lapisan seng pelindung agar terlindung dari korosi. coat (iron or steel) with a protective layer of zinc. Frustration, disillusionment and above all a …
It’s A Man’s World How paradoxical that the world’s greatest chefs have all been man! Cooking would seem to be the field which lies exclusively within the ladies’ realm, yet the annals of cookery are replete with masculine names: Brillat Savarin, Ritz Diaz, Larousse. To compound the puzzle, there has rarely been a tinge of …
The worlds of science-fiction abound with wonders. Yet modern technology progress so rapidly that what may be today’s wild dream may be next year’s kitchen appliance. A British scientist has prognosticated that within ten years every sub-urban matron will have her own robot servant. One task this domesticated automaton will not have to contend with …