week thirty 1100 words
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WEEK 30 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
extinct
idyllic
galvanize
encumbrance
gaudy
IN DAYS CONE BY
The man who best described the now extinct life aboard a steamer on the Mississippi River is Mark Twain. Having actually worked aboard the river boats, his writing captures the tranquil* or turbulent* events of those days. In his book about life on the Mississippi. Twain recalls the idyllic times when man was not in such a great rush to get from one place to another. One chapter deals with the races conducted between the swiftest of the boats. When a race was set, the excitement would galvanize activity along the river. Politics and the weather were forgotten, and people talked with gusto* only of the coming race. The two steamers "stripped" and got ready; every encwnbrance that might slow the passage was removed. Captains went to extremes to lighten their boats. Twain writes of one captain who scraped the paint from the gaudy figure that hung between the chimneys of his steamer.
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- Today, the trend* is to more and more dress.
- It is amazing how lithe* football players can be, despite the of the safety features of their uniforms.
- The dinosaur is an species.
- City dwellers often yearn for the life in the country.
- A dictator will use any pretext* to his people into aggressive actions.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
forty winks-a short nap
During the night before the big test, he studied continuously.
catching forty winks now and then.
WEEK 30 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
condescend
candor
mortify
jocose
malign
THE JOHN J. ROE
Mark Twain's boat was so slow no other steamer would condescend to race with it. With the utmost candor. Twain comments that his boat moved at such a pathetic* pace, they used to forget in what year it was they left port. Nothing would mortify Twain more than the fact that ferryboats, waiting to cross the river, would lose valuable trips because their passengers grew senile* and died waiting for his boat, the John J. Roe, to pass. Mark Twain wrote in a Jocose manner about the races his steamer had with islands and rafts. With quiet humor he continued to malign the riverboat, but his book is replete* with love for this sort of life.
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- He had such disdain* for us, he would not to speak before our group.
- It is most common to the wealthy for their avarice.*
- It Is difficult to be In the presence of so many doleful* people.
- When we cannot speak with , we utilize euphemisms.*
- Good sportsmanship requires that one not a defeated adversary.*
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TODAY'S IDIOM
from pillar to post-from one place to another
The company was so large and spread out, he was sent
from pillar to post before he found the proper official
WEEK 30 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
omnipotent
zenith
fledgling
peremptory
precedent
THE RIVERBOAT PILOT
The riverboat pilot was a man considered omnipotent by all. Mark Twain once held that high position. He writes that he felt at the zenith of his life at that time. Starting out as a fledgling pilot's apprentice, he could not abjure* dreams of the time he would become, *the only unfettered and entirely Independent human being that lived in the earth." Kings, parliaments, and newspaper editors, Twain comments, are hampered and restricted. The river pilot issued peremptory commands as absolute monarch. The captain was powerless to Interfere, Even though the pilot was much younger than the captain, and the steamer seemed to be in imminent* danger, the older man was helpless. The captain had to behave Impeccably.* for any criticism of the pilot would establish a pernicious* precedent that would have undermined the pilot's limitless authority.
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- Under the aegis* of an adroit* master, he reached the of his career.
- We would scoff* at anyone calling himself .
- There is no for voting when there is no quorum.*
- The poet lived a frugal* life.
- No one had the temerity* to disobey the officer's order.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
in the lap of the gods--0ut of one's own hands
I handed in my application for the Job, and now it is in the lap of the gods.
WEEK 30 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
wheedle
rustic
jubilant
decorum
charlatan
THE DOUBLE CROSS
Many incidents that took place aboard his ship are re-told by Twain. One has to do with a wealthy cattle man who was approached by three gamblers. The cattle farmer had let it be known that he had a great deal of money, and the gamblers were trying to wheedle him into a card game. He protested that he knew nothing about cards. His rustic appearance confirmed that fact. On the last night before landing the three gamblers got him drunk. When the first hand was dealt, a Jubilant expression came over his face. The betting became furious. All of the proper decorum was put aside, and ten thousand dollars soon lay on the table. With the last wager one of the gamblers showed a hand of four kings. his partner was to have dealt the sucker a hand of four queens. At this point the victim, the charlatan, removed the veneer" of respectability, and showed a hand of four aces! One of the three professional gamblers was a clandestine* confederate of the "rich cattle farmer." They had been planning this duplicity* for many weeks.
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- The child tried to from her mother the place where the cookies had been cached.*
- They could discern* that the faith healer was a .
- The life is supposed to be a tranquil* one.
- Repress* your uncouth* manners and act with at the party.
- We were when our Indolent* cousin got a job.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
Achilles heel-weak spot
He wanted to lead an ascetic* life. but his obsession with liquor was his Achilles heel.
WEEK 30 DAY 5
REVIEW
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