Word of the day 2 - Recondite (hidden; concealed; of, relating to, or dealing with something little known or obscure)
Usage: "The week after Michelle Obama went on Jimmy Fallon's 'Late Night' show to present the recondite art of Mom Dancing, her segment doomed Jay Leno in Fallon's favor." €” From an article by Jeff Simon in The Buffalo News (New York), December 29, 2013
The solitary condition of watching movies hasn't changed—if anything, DVD probably means that we
are more often literally on our own when we watch films—but the movie world has lost some of its love
for loners. Even CGI fantasies like the Toy Story films and the Lord of the Rings cycle are about
teamwork. So if it is going too far to say that movies are more liberal than they were, they are at any rate
less socially empty. Reality, it seems, no longer “pops you out of the story,” as they say in Hollywood.
We don't mind seeing it now and again on the big screen, especially if our daily lives don't always feel
that real. _________________________
(1) One of the biggies was Traffic, a film about duplicity in the US war on drugs that won four Oscars
for Steven Gaghan as screenwriter.
(2) Erin Brockovich was about a single mother who takes on and beats a corporation, for which Julia
Roberts won her Oscar.
(3) The political strain in cinema was there then—it always has been, the question is whether it will only
ever be a strain.
(4) But to put this in perspective, it is worth looking back to the 2001 Oscars to see what was nominated
in the year before 9/11.
(5) The MP4 format is becoming more popular.
Sports psychologists have found that losing does indeed make fans unhappy, just as winning brings
joy. While little work has been done to assess the durability of these emotions, they can be quite
powerful - one survey, for example, found that West Germans professed themselves more pleased with
the national economy and their own jobs after their national soccer team won a game at the 1982 World
Cup.
But what is particularly striking is the almost comical extent to which fans appropriate the successes
and failures of their team.____________________________________
(a) Along with their mothers they see their accomplishments rise and fall with the fortunes of the team
(b) Accomplishments of their team are seen as fulfillment of personal goals of the stage moms.
(c) Like a stadium full of stage moms, they see the accomplishments of their team as reflections of
themselves
(d) Winning teams are always accompanied by their moms to help accomplish the desired goals.
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Word of the day: "Walter Mitty" (a commonplace unadventurous person who seeks escape from reality through daydreaming)
Usage: Karen is a Walter Mitty who loves to share stories he hears from others at the bar, but has seldom ventured beyond the limits of his own small town.
Commonly confused Phrasal Verbs and their usage
Word of the day 2 - Diminutive (A very small person or thing; extremely small in size)
Usage: Although diminutive in stature, the dwarf lord was a fierce warrior.
Phrasal Verb Differences:
Bring someone up - raise a child
Alan's grandparents brought him up after his parents abandoned him.
Bring something up - start talking about a subject
Jennifer walked out of the room when I brought up the topic of her job.
Bring something up - vomit
Christine drank so much that she brought her dinner up in the washroom.
A.The French are renowned for their sensitivity to smell - Parisian cabbies are said to be able to name perfumes that linger in their cabs long after the wearer is gone.
B.Legend has it that when the royal family tried to flee France disguised as commoners, they were betrayed by Marie Antoinette's perfume.
C.Their's is assumed to be culturally conditioned talent.Sensitivity to smell is believed to be the result of nurture not nature and is bound up with Proustian memories,sexual instincts and other enigmatic impulses.
D.As she emerged from their carnage at Varennes, her heavenly Houbigant scent revealed her to be no ordinary citoyenne.
E.Alone of all the senses, smell has remained a mystery ; no one yet has fully understood how the nose knows.
1.BADCE 2.ACBDE 3.BDEAC 4.ACEBD
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Word of the day 2 - knackered (tired, exhausted)
Usage: Alex was knackered after a hard day's work in the office and did not join us for the party.
Word of the day 1 - Altruism (Unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness; also altruistic) Even though he came across as a miser, his life was driven by true altruistic spirit.
Select the incorrect sentences .
1.The kind man gave up his seat to the old man .
2.Please give it upon this great speech.
3.After working hard for three years without results,their patience gave out.
4.Both the friends were born at the same time,give and take a few days.
5.There are many plants that give off toxins to ward off competing vegetation.
6.My overused old bike finally gave up the ghost.
Vocabulary Test for today:
What is the meaning of ADULTERATE?
1. Have an extra-marital affair
2. Make poorer in quality
3. Make richer in quality
4. Make a change
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To show that Jung's theory, when applied, _________ the myth of Adonis would not itself establish the ________ of a collective unconscious, which, on the contrary, would be presupposed.
a) elucidates, existence
b) explains, dominance
c) refutes, possibility
d) lifts, existence
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Commonly confused phrasal verbs and their usage
cut in - interrupt
Your sister cut in when I was dancing with your cousin.
cut in - pull in too closely in front of another vehicle
The bus driver had to apply the brakes when a car suddenly cut in.
cut in - start operating (of an engine or electrical device)
The heaters cut in automatically when the temperature falls below 10째C.
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Word of the day 2 - Abecedarian (rudimentary; alphabetically arranged)
Usage: " 'The Future of Terror' and 'Terror of the Future' are abecedarian poems, which is to say that they follow a particular scheme through the alphabet." €” From a poetry review by David Orr in The New York Times, February 17, 2008
Q) find Facts ,inferences and judgements
a. It is not just lower credit limits and the difficulty of getting a credit card that is striking fear into the hearts of retailers desperate for holiday sales - it's the consumer's new desire to save.
b. No matter whether their personal credit records are good or bad, shoppers will manage their money more carefully.
c. A recent survey by Javelin Strategy and Research found 8 out of 10 consumers have adopted a system to manage their money.
d. With the combination of less availability of credit and changes in consumer behaviour, we will see less Christmas charged on credit cards.
e. While analysts believe that bad credit card loan defaults have already peaked, the losses have put credit card companies on the defense.
Option:
1)JIFJI
2)FIFIJ
3)JJFJJ
4)JJFII