Quotes - Laura Miller
Laura Miller:
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.
Aristotle’s Definition of Tragedy
Tragedy is an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude; in language embellished with each kind of artistic ornament, the several kinds being found in separate parts of the play; in the form of action, not of narrative; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions. . . . Every Tragedy, therefore, must have six parts, which parts determine its quality—namely, Plot, Characters, Diction, Thought, Spectacle, and Melody.
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Idiom - Get Under Someone's Skin
Get under Someone's Skin:
To get under sb's skin means to annoy or irritate them.
I’m not sure why, but that guy really gets under my skin.
Please stop singing that song. It really gets under my skin.
Persian: اذیت کردن
To get under sb's skin means to annoy or irritate them.
I’m not sure why, but that guy really gets under my skin.
Please stop singing that song. It really gets under my skin.
Persian: اذیت کردن
Vocabulary - Apoplexy
Apoplexy:
An illness in your brain which causes you to suddenly lose your ability to move or think; stroke.
He fell dead of an apoplexy.
Persian: سکته
An illness in your brain which causes you to suddenly lose your ability to move or think; stroke.
He fell dead of an apoplexy.
Persian: سکته
Window to Wisdom
Window to Wisdom:
The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself.
The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself.
Quotes - Michael Josephson
Michael Josephson:
When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.
When someone is nasty or treats you poorly, don't take it personally. It says nothing about you, but a lot about them.
Quotes - Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln:
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.
Quotes - Hannah More
Hannah More:
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Poem - The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
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Window to Wisdom
Window to Wisdom:
Friendship is not about who you've known the longest. It is about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you" and proved it.
Friendship is not about who you've known the longest. It is about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you" and proved it.
Window to Wisdom
Window to Wisdom:
Sometimes we need to forget some people from our past because of one simple reason: they just don't belong in our future.
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Idiom - Put Someone Down
Put Someone Down:
If you “put someone down” it means that you say something mean or unkind to them for the purpose of hurting them. The phrase to “put someone down” is usually used when someone is intentionally trying to hurt another person’s feelings.
I don’t understand why Brian is so mean to people. I think he only feels good when he puts other people down.
If you “put someone down” it means that you say something mean or unkind to them for the purpose of hurting them. The phrase to “put someone down” is usually used when someone is intentionally trying to hurt another person’s feelings.
I don’t understand why Brian is so mean to people. I think he only feels good when he puts other people down.
Vocabulary - Apothecary
Apothecary:
Someone who mixed and sold medicines in the past.
Persian: عطار، دواچی
Someone who mixed and sold medicines in the past.
Persian: عطار، دواچی
Vocabulary - Gentry
Gentry:
A class of people in the eighteenth century who were newly wealthy and did not have social status.
A class of people in the eighteenth century who were newly wealthy and did not have social status.
Two Epistolary Novels
Epistolary Novels:
Clarissa and Pamela by Richardson are two examples of epistolary novels.
Clarissa and Pamela by Richardson are two examples of epistolary novels.
Quotes - Jane Hamilton
Jane Hamilton:
It is books that are the key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.
It is books that are the key to the wide world; if you can't do anything else, read all that you can.
Vocabulary - Don’t Give a Damn
Don’t Give a Damn:
If someone says, “I don’t give a damn” about something, it means, “I don’t care” about something; I don’t give a shit
I really don’t give a damn if your friend’s parents let you get a tattoo. You are my daughter and I don’t want you to do it.
I don’t really give a shit about professional basketball.
If someone says, “I don’t give a damn” about something, it means, “I don’t care” about something; I don’t give a shit
I really don’t give a damn if your friend’s parents let you get a tattoo. You are my daughter and I don’t want you to do it.
I don’t really give a shit about professional basketball.
Vocabulary - Deep Pockets
Deep Pockets:
If some person or some company has “deep pockets” it means they have a lot of money. This term is usually used when someone is trying to describe a person or a company who has the ability to invest a lot of money.
It’s hard for a small company to compete against Microsoft because Microsoft has such “deep pockets“.
Our company can’t afford to spend millions of dollars on marketing and advertising because we’re quite small and we don’t have deep pockets.
Persian: ثروتمند بودن
Quotes - Santosh Kalwar
Santosh Kalwar:
Life is Pain so is Love.
Life is Pain so is Love.
Vocabulary - Headache
Headache:
Someone or something annoying.
Editing video for 4 hours is such a headache.
She’s so annoying. Talking to her is such a headache.
I don’t want to go to the government office today. It’s such a headache every time I go there and have to deal with all those people.
Let’s just stay home tonight for dinner. The traffic is such a headache at this time.
Someone or something annoying.
Editing video for 4 hours is such a headache.
She’s so annoying. Talking to her is such a headache.
I don’t want to go to the government office today. It’s such a headache every time I go there and have to deal with all those people.
Let’s just stay home tonight for dinner. The traffic is such a headache at this time.
Poem - Who never wanted, maddest joy By Emily Dickinson
Who never wanted,—maddest joy:
Who never wanted,—maddest joy
Remains to him unknown;
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine.
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped 5
Desire’s perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
Should disenthrall thy soul.
Who never wanted,—maddest joy
Remains to him unknown;
The banquet of abstemiousness
Surpasses that of wine.
Within its hope, though yet ungrasped 5
Desire’s perfect goal,
No nearer, lest reality
Should disenthrall thy soul.
Vocabulary - Biblical Shit
Biblical Shit:
A shit so epic/huge/painful/life changing that the bible should be rewritten to incorporate it some how.
That poop hurt so much that it felt like the second coming of Christ, I kid you not it was a biblical shit!
A shit so epic/huge/painful/life changing that the bible should be rewritten to incorporate it some how.
That poop hurt so much that it felt like the second coming of Christ, I kid you not it was a biblical shit!
Vocabulary - The 11th Hour
The 11th Hour:
Right before a deadline.
I procrastinated all night and now, in the 11th hour, I need to work my ass off to finish this report moments before it is due.
Persian: دقیقه نود
Right before a deadline.
I procrastinated all night and now, in the 11th hour, I need to work my ass off to finish this report moments before it is due.
Persian: دقیقه نود
Quotes - E. Joseph Cossman
E. Joseph Cossman:
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
داستان The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin
داستان The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin نوشته ی Kate Chopin
Story - The Story of an Hour By Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour:
Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
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Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death. It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message.
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Vocabulary - Old Flame
Old Flame:
An “old flame” is a person you used to date. This could be your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend. It could also be someone you just dated casually but weren’t too serious.
An “old flame” is a person you used to date. This could be your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend. It could also be someone you just dated casually but weren’t too serious.
Vocabulary - Go to Roll
Go to Roll:
If you are “going to roll” it means that you are going to leave somewhere or go somewhere.
If you are “going to roll” it means that you are going to leave somewhere or go somewhere.
You might be visiting a friend at his or her house and you want to leave. In that situation, you can say, “I think I’m going to roll soon”. That means, I think I’m going to go home soon.
Quotes - Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin:
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.