Vocabulareee!

Instead of carrying along a new novel to school today, I brought one of the many TIME Magazines from home. To expand my vocabulary, I read the articles in the October (2011) issue of Time Magazine during the mini breaks we took during study time today. I noticed so many words I've never seen before used in the articles, such as:

indefatigable: Persisting tirelessly; untiring.
Synonym: tireless
(This adjective (very new to me) was used to describe the popular comic-strip hero, Tin-Tin.)

pomp: 1) a ceremonial or festival display, 2)a show of magnificence
(I found this word in an article about a Royal Wedding in Bhutan, it was a big celebration that ended before a stadium of 50,000 onlookers!)

repatriation: to restore or return to the country of origin, allegiance, or citizenship

I learned more binomials too! And 2 new extra words from a riddle.
See if you can figure this one out...
What word has 5 vowels in alphabetical sequence?
The answer is...Facetious and Abstemious
Did you get it correct? I didn't when we were asked to solve it this morning.
Facetious, pronounced pha-see-cious, means not serious. And abstemious, which means not indulgent.

I learned SO MUCH today but unfortunately, I won't be writing much because I have a test to revise over and over again. I'm aiming for a full mark so I'd better buck up and read more! So time to put Lady Antebellum on pause, plug out my earphones, grab my book and start reading~

Goodbye! I shall update on the result! :)

English Test Results!

I got a 9/10 for my English Test!

Honestly, I could've got a 1o/1o if I had just read more :( I panicked when I reached the last question. I blanked out when I tried to search my brain for the right binomial. Win, lose, or draw was the right answer...

Oh well, lesson learned. I was over confident and being too lazy. It's gonna be more intense note reading for the next test (which is next week! Gotta read up soon!).

Idioms not Idiots

Right now I have to study for my English test tomorrow. And so far we've learn about Binomials and Idioms. Teacher Michael (My very awesome English teacher from Georgia) advised us to revise and study though the list of idioms and binomials he taught us over the last couple of weeks.

So I thought it would be excellent and helpful if I wrote a small paragraph or passage using the binomials and idioms I have learned over the last few classes. This small exercise could help me understand how to make use of the idioms and binomials. If you happen to stumble upon my blog and read this blog post, and if you're better or good in English, please do correct me :)

"Today my Dad brought back a huge blender like the ones you see at Starbucks. My Mom couldn't make heads or tails on how to use the bells and whistles this new blender had to offer. My Dad hadn't consider the pro's and con's of the new blender but he was so eager and excited to use the new blender win, lose, or draw. My Dad was starting to make my Mom's blood boil by pestering her to try out the new blender quickly. He was clearly barking up the wrong tree. I decided to help my frustrated and annoyed Mom out by reading the manual for this blender.

Lost in the manual, I hadn't notice that my Mom had gone into the kitchen where the blender was. Although she wasn't ready, willing, and able, she got so sick of hearing my Dad's whines so she turned on the blender and went ahead to make him juice. Apparently, my Dad was proud of his choice of blender and went blowing his own trumpet about how smart he is when picking electronics out while Mom rolled her eyes."

blue italics= binomials and trinomials

red italics= idioms