" Look! There's a kingfisher" , or " Just listen to that thrush! " They walked on in silence drinking it all in, passing through patches of warm sunlight into cool, green thickets and out again
into wide mossy glades where tall elms raised the leafy roof far overhead, and then into dense masses of flowering currant and among hawthorn bushes where the sweet smell was almost overpowering.
Word/ kingfisher
Definition/ a bird with a long beak, that catches fish in rivers. The European kingfisher is small
and brightly coloured and the American kingfisher is larger and blue-grey in colour.
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Word/ thrush
Definition/ a bird with a brown back and brown spots on its chest
Example/ a song thrush
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Word/ patch
Definition/ a small area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it
Example/ a black dog with a white patch on its back
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Word/ thicket
Definition/ a group of bushes or small trees growing closely together
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Word/ mossy
Definition/ covered with moss
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Word/ elm
Definition/ a tall tree with broad leaves
Example/ a line of stately elms
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Word/ leafy
Definition/ having a lot of leaves
Example/ Eat plenty of leafy green vegetables.
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Word/ overhead
Definition/ above your head; in the sky
Example/ Planes flew overhead constantly.
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Word/ dense
Definition/constaining a lot of people, things, plates, etc. with little space between them
Example/ a dense crowd
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Word/ currant
Definition/ a small dried grape, used in cakes, etc.
Example/ a currant bun
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Word/ hawthorn
Definition/ a bush or small tree with thorns, white or pink flowers and small dark red berries
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Word/ overpower
Definition/ to defeat or gain control over somebody completely by using greater strength
Example/ Police finally managed to overpower the gunman.
I had read about 123b words today.
2008年11月18日火曜日
NARNIA
It was then that he began very quietly to edge himself under the curtain which hung over the door.
Word/ edge
Definition/ the outside limit of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre
Example/ He stood on the edge of the cliff.
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Just as Mr Beaver had been repeating the rhyme about Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Edmund
had been very quietly turning the door-handle
Word/ rhyme
Definition/ a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
Example/ Can you think of a rhyme for "beauty"?
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She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are.
Word/ jolly
Definition/ happy and cheerful
Example/ a jolly crowd/face/ mood
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I expect she is the rightful Queen really.
Word/ rightful
Definition/ that is correct, right or legal
Example/ The stolen car was returned to its rightful owner.
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However for deep down inside him he really knew that the WhiteWitch was bad and cruel.
Word/ deep down
Definition/ If you know something deep down, you know your true feelings about something,
although you may not admit them to yourself
Example/ Deep down I still loved him.
Word/ Cruel
Definition/ Having a desire to cause pain and suffering
Example/ I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
I had read about 1400 words today.
Word/ edge
Definition/ the outside limit of an object, a surface or an area; the part furthest from the centre
Example/ He stood on the edge of the cliff.
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Just as Mr Beaver had been repeating the rhyme about Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Edmund
had been very quietly turning the door-handle
Word/ rhyme
Definition/ a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
Example/ Can you think of a rhyme for "beauty"?
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She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are.
Word/ jolly
Definition/ happy and cheerful
Example/ a jolly crowd/face/ mood
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I expect she is the rightful Queen really.
Word/ rightful
Definition/ that is correct, right or legal
Example/ The stolen car was returned to its rightful owner.
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However for deep down inside him he really knew that the WhiteWitch was bad and cruel.
Word/ deep down
Definition/ If you know something deep down, you know your true feelings about something,
although you may not admit them to yourself
Example/ Deep down I still loved him.
Word/ Cruel
Definition/ Having a desire to cause pain and suffering
Example/ I can't stand people who are cruel to animals.
I had read about 1400 words today.
2008年11月11日火曜日
NARNIA
I will read the sequel to a story last time.
Take with you the swiftest of your wolves and go at once to the house of the Beavers.
Word/ swift
Definition/ happening or done quickly and immediately; doing something quickly
Example/ swift action, a swift decision
Word / wolve
Definition / pl. of wolf
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It would have been a dreadful thing for the Beavers and the children if the night had remined fine, for the wolves would then have been able to follow their trail.
Word/ dreadful
Definition/ very bad or unpleasant
Example/ It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
Word/ trail
Definition/ a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/ something
Example / The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
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But now that the snow had begun again the scent was cold and even the footprints were covered up.
Word/ scent
Definition/ the pleasant smell that something has
Example/ The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.
Word/ footprint
Definition/ a mark left on a surface by a person's foot or shoe or by an animal's foot
Example/ muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
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Meanwhile the dwarf whipped up the reindeer, and the Witch and Edmund drove out under the
archway and on and away into the darkness and the cold.
Word/ dwarf
Definition/ (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually
described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal.
Word/ archway
Definition/ a passage or an entrance with an arch way over it
Example/ We went through a stone archway into the courtyard.
I had read about 870 words today.
Take with you the swiftest of your wolves and go at once to the house of the Beavers.
Word/ swift
Definition/ happening or done quickly and immediately; doing something quickly
Example/ swift action, a swift decision
Word / wolve
Definition / pl. of wolf
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It would have been a dreadful thing for the Beavers and the children if the night had remined fine, for the wolves would then have been able to follow their trail.
Word/ dreadful
Definition/ very bad or unpleasant
Example/ It's dreadful the way they treat their staff.
Word/ trail
Definition/ a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/ something
Example / The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
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But now that the snow had begun again the scent was cold and even the footprints were covered up.
Word/ scent
Definition/ the pleasant smell that something has
Example/ The air was filled with the scent of wild flowers.
Word/ footprint
Definition/ a mark left on a surface by a person's foot or shoe or by an animal's foot
Example/ muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
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Meanwhile the dwarf whipped up the reindeer, and the Witch and Edmund drove out under the
archway and on and away into the darkness and the cold.
Word/ dwarf
Definition/ (in stories) a creature like a small man, who has magic powers and who is usually
described as living and working under the ground, especially working with metal.
Word/ archway
Definition/ a passage or an entrance with an arch way over it
Example/ We went through a stone archway into the courtyard.
I had read about 870 words today.
2008年11月4日火曜日
NARNIA #4
Edmund plucked up his courage to say.......
Word / pluck up
Definition / to make yourself do something even though you are afraid to do it
Example / I finally plucked up the courage to ask her for a date.
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He grinned in a repulsive manner as he set them down on the floor beside Edmund and said
Word/ grin
Definition / to smile widely
Example / She grinned amiably at us.
Word / repulsive
Definition / causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant
Example / a repulsive sight, smell, habit
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Take it away, said Edmund sulkily
Word / take away
Definition / to buy cooked food at a restaurant and carry it away to eat, for example at home
Example / Two burgers to take away, please
Word / sulk
Definition / to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that
you are upset about something
Example / He went off to sulk in his room.
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He apologized and began to nibble at the bread
Word / nibble
Definition / to take small bites of something, especially food
Example / We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives
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The snow was again falling as they came into the courtyard
Word / courtyard
Definition / an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually
part of a castle, a large house, etc
Example / the central, inner courtyard
I had read about 600 words today.
Word / pluck up
Definition / to make yourself do something even though you are afraid to do it
Example / I finally plucked up the courage to ask her for a date.
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He grinned in a repulsive manner as he set them down on the floor beside Edmund and said
Word/ grin
Definition / to smile widely
Example / She grinned amiably at us.
Word / repulsive
Definition / causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant
Example / a repulsive sight, smell, habit
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Take it away, said Edmund sulkily
Word / take away
Definition / to buy cooked food at a restaurant and carry it away to eat, for example at home
Example / Two burgers to take away, please
Word / sulk
Definition / to look angry and refuse to speak or smile because you want people to know that
you are upset about something
Example / He went off to sulk in his room.
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He apologized and began to nibble at the bread
Word / nibble
Definition / to take small bites of something, especially food
Example / We sat drinking wine and nibbling olives
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The snow was again falling as they came into the courtyard
Word / courtyard
Definition / an open space that is partly or completely surrounded by buildings and is usually
part of a castle, a large house, etc
Example / the central, inner courtyard
I had read about 600 words today.
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