week thirty nine 1100 words
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WEEK 39 DAY 1
NEW WORDS
saga
belated
decrepit
imperturbable
vacillate
RULE, BRITTANIA
An unforgettable saga of World War II has to do with the small French coastal town of Dunkirk. There, in 1940, thousands of British troops made a belated escape from the awesome* power of the German army and air force. They were removed by an array* of private boats, from huge yachts to decrepit fishing boats. At their own volition.* the skippers came close to the shore, while German planes bombed Implacably.* They remained imperturbable under heavy fire. When their vessels were loaded, they dashed back to England. Once unloaded, they did not vacillate, but returned with equanimity* to their vigil* in the danger zone. The British proved once again that they are paragons* of comradeship in times of jeopardy.*
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- The of a lone man confronting* the turbulent* oceans in a small boat is an exploit* we find laudable.*
- The speaker remained while his audience shouted caustic* comments about his mendacious* activities.
- The ingrate* refused to accept Cindy's gift.
- When released from tncarceratlon.* he was gaunt* and .
- We are all familiar with the cliché* that he who is lost.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
a sacred cow-a person or thing that cannot be criticized
(From India, where cows may not be harmed because of religious rules)
I decided to throw down the gauntlet* by exposing the boss's son who
had been ruling the roost* as the sacred cow of the business.
WEEK 39 DAY 2
NEW WORDS
staunch
opprobrium
Machiavellian
unconscionable
pandemonium
THE GOOD GUYS VS. THE BAD GUYS
The International adventure stories prevalent* on television follow meticulously* a plot that is inexorable* in its development. Those on the side of law and justice face perfidious* men and organizations. These are anathema* to those values the staunch heroes would defend. These Infamous* men have no capacity for compassion,* and they treat the lovely women with opprobrium. The Intrepid* heroes are placed in deleterious* situations as a result of the Machiavellian maneuvers of their opponents. One unconscionable act of duplicity* follows another until the total destruction of the "good guys" seems at hand. At the last moment, usually amidst the pandemonium of a battle, the cause for which the heroes strive triumphs. However, evil is ubiquitous,* and next week another fracas* will erupt.
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- The coach heaped upon the fledgling* ball player.
- We are ready to rationalize* activities on the part of our side if they are to the detriment* of our adversary.*
- It was to Abraham Lincoln to keep a book he had borrowed without making tenacious* efforts to return it.
- There was as the presidential nominee entered the convention site.*
- She is such a friend, my reprehensible* actions do not cause a schism* between us.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
Through thick and thin-in spite of all sorts of difficulties
He decided to stick with his fair weather friends* through thick and thin.
WEEK 39 DAY 3
NEW WORDS
flay
demeanor
delineation
vindicate
heinous
A FAMOUS MUTINY
One of the most repugnant* names in popular legend Is that of Captain William Bligh. He was the captain of the H.M.S. Bounty In 1789, and the mutiny that erupted* aboard that ship was the basis for a film in which Charles Laughton portrayed Bligh as an awesome* bully and an unmitigated* villain. He would flay both the body and the spirit of anyone who crossed him. The crew developed such an aversion* to Bligh's mortifying actions and demeanor that, led by Fletcher Christian, they set the captain and 17 shipmates off in a lifeboat In the South Pacific. The ship continued to the Pitcairn Islands where the crew remained to live with the islanders. Laughton's delineation of Bligh remains as the image we have of him. Only recently has any attempt been made to vindicate Captain Bligh and to remove the heinous reputation that permeates* history.
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- The mayor tried to his actions that had been called capricious* and irrational* by critics.
- He castigated* his opponents and went to great lengths to them with accusations of megalomania.*
- His was atypical*; usually phlegmatic*, he was belligerent* and garrulous* during the broadcast.
- "The most thing I have done," he said in a stentorian* voice, "is eradicate* the untruth that my party is not compatible* with progress."
- Then he gave an incisive* of his fulsome* opponents as an antiquated* group, complacent* about the noisome* conditions in a moribund* city.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
to take by storm-to make a fast impression
The new opera star look the critics by storm and carried the day.*
WEEK 39 DAY 4
NEW WORDS
turpitude
infraction
callous
redress
vituperation
FAIR PLAY!
Recently, there has been an attempt to improve Captain Bligh's tainted* image. Historians maintain that there was no turpitude in Bligh's actions aboard the H.M.S. Bounty. Perhaps he was imprudent* in failing to keep his temper under control. While an infraction aboard ship was quickly criticized, Bligh never carried out those callous actions the movie dramatized in order to depict* an evil man, say his defenders. After the mutiny, Captain Bligh astutely* navigated the lifeboat with the other 17 men for over 3,000 miles to safety. This prodigious- feat alone, say those who would restore Bligh's good name, should be enough to allow for a full redress of the wrongs that have been blamed on him for over 150 years. While the coterie* defending Captain Bligh do not ask the public to praise him, they do request a more benevolent* attitude toward this traditionally* reprehensible* figure, and an end to the vituperation heaped upon him for these many years.
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- We do not condone* or tolerate* an of even the most trivial kind.
- It takes a person to watch with equanimity* as a gullible.* naïve* girl falls for the line of a loathsome* boy.
- How easy it is to heap upon someone at the nadir* of his career.
- There seems to be no way to a grievance against at omnipotent* ruler.
- From any facet* of his life, the acme* of moral was reached by Adolph Hitler.
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TODAY'S IDIOM
To be in fine fettle-to be in high spirits, or feeling well
He did a lot of woolgathering* and was in fine fettle
During the whole of the Indian summer.*
WEEK 39 DAY 5
REVIEW
Our British cousins have a vocabulary that differs from ours in many ways. Isn't it fortunate that we have to be responsible for the American version of this language only?
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