Quotes - Rick Warren
Rick Warren:
You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
Vocabulary - Bisect
Bisect:
To divide something into two equal parts.
A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west.
Persian: دو نیم کردن
To divide something into two equal parts.
A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west.
Persian: دو نیم کردن
Vocabulary - Citadel
Citadel:
A strong fort built in the past as a place where people could go for safety if their city was attacked; fortress.
The town has a 14th century citadel overlooking the river.
Persian: قلعه
A strong fort built in the past as a place where people could go for safety if their city was attacked; fortress.
The town has a 14th century citadel overlooking the river.
Persian: قلعه
Vocabulary - Plush
Plush:
Very comfortable, expensive, and of good quality; plush.
Their casino is the plushest in town.
He took me out to a plush restaurant.
Persian: مجلل، اعیانی
Very comfortable, expensive, and of good quality; plush.
Their casino is the plushest in town.
He took me out to a plush restaurant.
Persian: مجلل، اعیانی
Poem - Softened by Time’s consummate plush By Emily Dickinson
Softened by Time’s consummate plush:
Softened by Time’s consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears
That threatened childhood’s citadel
And undermined the years!
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Softened by Time’s consummate plush,
How sleek the woe appears
That threatened childhood’s citadel
And undermined the years!
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Quotes - Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë:
What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.
What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.
Quotes - Aidan Chambers
Aidan Chambers:
Maybe we should always start everything from the inside and work to the outside, and not from the outside to the inside.
Maybe we should always start everything from the inside and work to the outside, and not from the outside to the inside.
Vocabulary - Dissect
Dissect:
To examine something carefully in order to understand it.
In this book the lives of famous people are dissected.
Persian: بررسی کردن
To examine something carefully in order to understand it.
In this book the lives of famous people are dissected.
Persian: بررسی کردن
Quotes - Syrie James
Syrie James:
I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.
I believe there is a kind of happiness to be found in every thing in life, in all that is good and pleasing, as well as in that which is sad or poignant.
Story - Victory Dance Leads to Death
Victory Dance Leads to Death:
A basketball game ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when 18-year-old Damon Miller was fatally shot at a recreation center. The gunman, who called himself Ace, ran south on Oak Street after the shooting and remains at large. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene by the paramedics. He died from two gunshot wounds to his chest. The paramedics did not arrive immediately because they were tied up at a four-car crash a mile away. This was the second such shooting during a basketball game, apparently by the same gunman.
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A basketball game ended abruptly Saturday afternoon when 18-year-old Damon Miller was fatally shot at a recreation center. The gunman, who called himself Ace, ran south on Oak Street after the shooting and remains at large. Miller was pronounced dead at the scene by the paramedics. He died from two gunshot wounds to his chest. The paramedics did not arrive immediately because they were tied up at a four-car crash a mile away. This was the second such shooting during a basketball game, apparently by the same gunman.
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Quotes - Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry:
You can't build your life around hurts from the past.
You can't build your life around hurts from the past.
Vocabulary - A Ticking time bomb
A Ticking time bomb:
A “ticking time bomb” basically means a situation that can happen at any time; something bad that will happen.
That man smokes too many cigarettes, drinks too much alcohol, eats too much junk food, and never exercises. His doctor is worried about his heart and told him that he’s basically a ticking time bomb unless he changes his lifestyle.
Many experts say that the economy is like a ticking time bomb. It’s OK now but it’s going to fail badly sometime in the near future. We just don’t know exactly when.
A “ticking time bomb” basically means a situation that can happen at any time; something bad that will happen.
That man smokes too many cigarettes, drinks too much alcohol, eats too much junk food, and never exercises. His doctor is worried about his heart and told him that he’s basically a ticking time bomb unless he changes his lifestyle.
Many experts say that the economy is like a ticking time bomb. It’s OK now but it’s going to fail badly sometime in the near future. We just don’t know exactly when.
Quotes - William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare:
I wasted time, and now doth time wastes me.
I wasted time, and now doth time wastes me.
Quotes - René Descartes
René Descartes:
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen.
I desire to live in peace and to continue the life I have begun under the motto 'to live well you must live unseen.
Poem - One day is there of the series By Emily Dickinson
One day is there of the series:
One day is there of the series
Termed Thanksgiving day,
Celebrated part at table,
Part in memory.
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One day is there of the series
Termed Thanksgiving day,
Celebrated part at table,
Part in memory.
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Quotes - Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein:
(In reaction to Hiroshima): If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.
(In reaction to Hiroshima): If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.
Vocabulary - Book hangover
Book hangover:
When you've finished a book and you suddenly return to the real world, but the real world feels incomplete or surreal because you're still living in the world of the book.
I have a really bad book hangover today, I could hardly concentrate at work.
When you've finished a book and you suddenly return to the real world, but the real world feels incomplete or surreal because you're still living in the world of the book.
I have a really bad book hangover today, I could hardly concentrate at work.
Vocabulary - Deep Bro Talk
Deep Bro Talk:
A serious talk between two close male friends, in which they talk about all the things going on in their life at the moment. Deep bro talks are sacred meetings, and all the things discussed during them cannot be told to anyone else without the other's consent.
Sam had a deep bro talk with David about his crush on Sammy.
A serious talk between two close male friends, in which they talk about all the things going on in their life at the moment. Deep bro talks are sacred meetings, and all the things discussed during them cannot be told to anyone else without the other's consent.
Sam had a deep bro talk with David about his crush on Sammy.
Vocabulary - Diabolical
Diabolical:
Evil or caused by the devil.
Sometime after her acceptance, she exhibited signs of her former diabolical symptoms.
Persian: شیطانی
Evil or caused by the devil.
Sometime after her acceptance, she exhibited signs of her former diabolical symptoms.
Persian: شیطانی
Vocabulary - Larceny
Larceny:
The act or crime of stealing; theft.
Brook now faces probable jail after an indictment for larceny and income tax evasion.
Democrats have always been concerned about the abuse of power, not petty larceny.
He argued that the old distinction between the offense of false pretenses and larceny had been preserved.
He was probably right, for our kids were much too busy to think about drugs or larceny.
Old terminology such as larceny, larceny by a trick, false pretenses and embezzlement were replaced by modern terms.
Persian: سرقت
Story - Woman Lies About Winning Lottery
Woman Lies About Winning Lottery:
A 39-year-old woman admitted that she had lied. She claimed that she bought the latest winning lottery ticket in Massachusetts, but then lost it. The ticket was worth $18 million after all deductions. Jean Fenn was charged with grand larceny. A conviction could put her in prison for up to seven years.
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A 39-year-old woman admitted that she had lied. She claimed that she bought the latest winning lottery ticket in Massachusetts, but then lost it. The ticket was worth $18 million after all deductions. Jean Fenn was charged with grand larceny. A conviction could put her in prison for up to seven years.
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Quotes - Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde:
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.
Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.
Vocabulary - Precarious
Precarious:
Likely to fall, or likely cause someone to fall.
Are you sure he's safe on that ladder? It looks very precarious up there.
The bottle was in a precarious position on the edge of the table.
We had to cross a precarious rope bridge.
Persian: متزلزل، بی ثبات
Likely to fall, or likely cause someone to fall.
Are you sure he's safe on that ladder? It looks very precarious up there.
The bottle was in a precarious position on the edge of the table.
We had to cross a precarious rope bridge.
Persian: متزلزل، بی ثبات
Vocabulary - Gait
Gait:
The way someone walks, especially when it is a little strange or unusual.
A slow shuffling gait.
Melanie walked with the slightly awkward gait of a very tall person.
The old man approached the counter with a stooped, shuffling gait.
Persian: طرز راه رفتن
The way someone walks, especially when it is a little strange or unusual.
A slow shuffling gait.
Melanie walked with the slightly awkward gait of a very tall person.
The old man approached the counter with a stooped, shuffling gait.
Persian: طرز راه رفتن
Poem - I stepped from plank to plank By Emily Dickinson
I stepped from plank to plank:
I stepped from plank to plank
So slow and cautiously;
The stars about my head I felt,
About my feet the sea.
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I stepped from plank to plank
So slow and cautiously;
The stars about my head I felt,
About my feet the sea.
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Quotes - Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain:
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.
Quotes - Mark Twain
Mark Twain:
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Vocabulary - Abyss
Abyss:
A deep empty hole in the ground which seems to have no bottom.
Persian: گودال
A deep empty hole in the ground which seems to have no bottom.
Persian: گودال
Poem - Is bliss, then, such abyss By Emily Dickinson
Is bliss, then, such abyss:
Is bliss, then, such abyssI must not put my foot amiss
For fear I spoil my shoe?
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