Vocabulary Wizard Page Part 10

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‘Are We Who We Think We Are?’ is the title of the article I have just read in Newsweek, published by Wray Herbert on the 22nd of May, 2007. The unknown words can be found under this text, then 12 sentences, which helped me to memorize these words.

1. Malleable – variable
2. Malevolent – unkind
3. Praise – bless
4. Timid – shy
5. Scoundrel – villain
6. Aptitude – tendency
7. Subtle – circumstantial
8. Trait – characteristic
9. Irrevocably – cannot be changed
10. Ostensibly – at first sight
11. Inflate – set up
12. Intervention – interference

My sister wanted to get something special from me on her birthday so I bought her a really creatively malleable bracelet which has a variable build.

To dissipate the malevolent gossips, Mr. Brown has invited her wife to the Caribbean Islands for a week, which was a good alibi to suggest that their marriage is the strongest ever.

Tom’s provost do not like when his employees praise his personality to the skies, because he says it is rather lamentable than remarkable.

The whole class started to laugh at Sarah when she answered the teacher’s question in a timid voice.

What they have to do is to take their scoundrel son to a psychiatrist because the kid’s behavior is disastrous, not to mention the fact that he was also fired up from the school.

Aptitude for smoking can be inherited, but you can be the only one person who has the chance to say no for smoking. I do hope you can.

The reporter with the help of subtle questions intends to extort the whole story from Angelina Jolie, who is enough smart to change the subject.

The trait of Hungarian girls is that they are – not just said to be but as a matter of fact – very beautiful and probably the prettiest women in the world. I do agreeJ

There is nothing to do because the company irrevocably closed its doors for an indeterminate time.

Everything seemed to be ostensibly fine, but after a couple of minutes the burglar has broken into the girl’s house next door.

I have to admit that yesterday I forgot to give the present to my mum who over-inflated this tiny fault.

Thanks to Mike’s intervention Jody escaped from the bear cage where she previously crawled in to fondle the teddy bear.

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Google has a Universal Search!

Today spending hours on surfing on the net is not a big deal. It is used in all walks of life hence there can be no doubt that billions of people become inseparably attached to the most enormous wonder of modern technology which is the largest interconnected computer network.

Google, the most visited website in the world, carried out a new tool ‘Universal Search’ to make the searching process much easier for people addicted to Internet. Previously, whenever you intended to find a certain page containing an expression or a word that is needed, the first step was to open the upper mentioned site and then to enroll the wanted terms in the search box. Then a plenty of web pages appeared depending on which category you entered in: Web, Images, Groups, News, Scholar or More. These specialized channels are good for restricting the number of alternatives which are edited by Google. However, it seemed to be a waste of time, because the company came forward with Universal Search, a unique ‘search engine’, which enables us to find the right pages without giving directions by categories.

An article published on the 22nd of May, 2007 in TIME by Laura Locke introduced the latest invention put on the market by Google that unveiled ‘Universal Search’. "We always have to improve our search” Sergey Brin the co-founder of the company suggests that there is no telling how successful the undertaking is, but what they have to do is to extend proceeds continuously with the help of investigating scores of dollars to generate the most modern technical acquisitions. To compete with rivals (Yahoo!, MSN) is needless while they maintain only a tiny minority against the monarch company which is supposed to be impregnable. It is a satisfaction for charter members to know that Google possesses a rising market. They want to see happy, pleased searchers and this is the core point.

Universal Search is just the initial part of the ongoing alteration of Google which subsequent aims resort to more novelties. For instance Youtube’s numberless video assets were purchased by the company last year which means that users will be able to search for video clips simply by clicking on Google. If you are interested in the topic let me recommend you the article I mentioned: ‘Google Unveils "Universal Search”’ by Laura Locke.

Vocabulary Wizard Page Part 9

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I have read an article in TIME on the 17^th of May, 2007. Battling Term-Paper Cheats (title) was published by Julie Rawe. It was a really interesting summary.

Here are the words I was not familiar with and sentences which helped me to memorize them:

1. Ferret out – see into
2. Flimflammer – cheater
3. Breach of trust – treason
4. Amid – among
5. Entity – life, existence
6. Vet – supervise
7. Reconcile – tone in with
8. Provost – master
9. Lawsuit – action at law
10. Infringement – abuse
11. Prevail – win the day
12. Pluck – frustrate

1. No one knew the enemy’s hide-away, however after a couple of minutes a friend of mine ferreted out that they are absconding under the bush.
2. The flimflammer of the class could not stop cheating no to mention the fact that his classmates also wanted to choose the easier way of learning so they tried to do the same but they were submerged by the teacher.
3. The vice president of the chinaware factory committed breach of trust therefore he was fired from his work and also had to appear at the bar.
4. Amid women Sex and the city with Sarah Jessica Parker is the most watched TV series in the U.S that was obviously revealed from the latest researches.
5. In the respect of maintaining entity, the inhabitants of the Third World Countries do their best, but assistance stands always in good stead.
6. My boss decided to go down to the store-house to vet the computers he has bought two days ago, because someone reported that a worker of the LTD has stolen a laptop.
7. The lawyers of each member of the married couple – who intend to get divorced – had to reconcile a sort of fixed date which is good for both wife and husband.
8. I did not want to see the provost of the company because he is said to be very strict and inhuman, but after our meeting I changed my mind. He is even worse!
9. In the husband’s opinion the lawsuit may drag on for years, while the court has not fixed the appointment of the first hearing.
10. Due to infringement my brother was not allowed to drive a car for 10 months so his driving license was suspended.
11. 1953, the Hungarian Golden team has prevailed on the English opponent in the Wembley Stadium. 6:3 was the final result in favor of Hungary.
12. My dad investigated a plenty of money in his new business which was unfortunately plucked because there was not any person who wanted to try out his medicine.

Wow! Ain’t It EZ Page

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Et tu, Mickey?

It was a mixed metaphor at first sight. After scrutinizing an article of TIME, “et tu” was pretty unfamiliar to me that’s why I have decided to do some research to find the meaning of the expression while I could not make it out from the context.

Is Shrek bad for kids? – was the title of the summary published by James Poniewozik on the 10^th of May, 2007.

What the first thing I did was to enter “et tu” in Google website to find the appropriate equivalent of it. I was not disappointed when Wikipedia appeared as the first site containing the possible answers of my question. With the help of it, the meaning of “et tu” came more and more upon me however they did not write Mickey after the comma but Brute. When I dug into the investigation of the subject of my Wow! Ain’t It EZ Page, it turned out that “et tu” is actually a Latin phrase and “et tu, Brute” was, “according to legend, the last words of Julius Caesar”¹ – says the Wikipedia. In English, /you too/ or /even you/ are the interpretations of the expression. That was the point when I began thinking about the Hungarian translation of it, because Hungarians prefer to say “et tu mi fili Brute?” /you too, my child, Brute?/ that are may not be the last words from Caesar’s mouth. It’s just pure guest.

There are three variations in connection to what the final phrase could be of the Roman emperor.

• According to the Roman historian and biographer Suetonius claims that Caesar questioned the following: “και συ τεκνον” /Kai su, teknon? = you too my child?/;
• “However in some languages the equivalent Latin translation “tu quoque, fili mi?” /You also, my son?/ is better known”¹;
• What makes it really famous was the play “Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, who used simply the “Et tu, Brute?” phrase that was the only one expression uttered in Latin in the performance.

To attenuate my thirst for knowledge I continued to browse on the internet for some new details related to “et tu”. I have found a pretty interesting page³, which says that Brute was not the son of Caesar, because when he born, Julius was just 15 years old and the love-affair between him and Brute’s mother evolved only after 10 years of the birth of Brute which implicates the assumption that “mi fili” /my child/ might not be delivered by Caesar when he died.

“’Et tu, Brute?’ is used to express surprise and dismay at the treachery of a supposed friend”² in English. The Hungarian terms have mostly the same connotation; however we use “et tu mi fili Brute?” /you too, my child, Brute?/ to denote that someone did an unexpected action.

Works Citied:

¹: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_tu,_Brute%3F

²: http://www.bartelby.com/59/6/ettubrute.html

³: http://enmagam.freeblog.hu/archives/2006/04/11/1442096/

Vocabulary Wizard Page Part 8

1.      Allotted – assigned

Pilgrims have to follow the allotted way to get to the saint places of Medina.

2.      Aversion – dislike

Arachnophobia is the aversion of spiders. A friend of mine suffers from this sort of phobia.

3.      Be on the wane – be on the decline

The population of Hungary is on the wane because less people born than die.

4.      Brussels sprouts – cultivar group of Wild Cabbage

The thing is that most children do not like Brussels sprouts however it is really healthy while it contains sulphur, calcium, magnesium, vitamin K, vitamin C, folate and potassium.

5.      Engrave – grave sg

To evince their feelings, Sarah and Mike engraved their names in the table.

6.      Error-prone – tend to fault

Although my computer was repaired, it is still error-prone, that is why my father decided to buy another one.

7.      Flashy – hot

Mrs. White has worn a pretty flashy evening dress because when she entered the room the master of the house instead of welcome, he gave a big kiss on her face.

8.      Inaccuracy – unpunctuality

Inaccuracy is what people cannot endure however many of them are unable to meet the exact time.

9.      Protagonist – main character

The latest thriller in the U. S. is The Number 23 and Jim Carrey is the protagonist of the film.

10.  Stifle – oppress

If you put immediately a cold knife on the bump, it will stifle the pain.

11.  Subtly – fine

With the help of the subtly instruments my dad could repair the television easily.

12.  Within the confine of sg – be in fringed upon

My town, Barcs is located within the confine of Hungary and Croatia which countries have a good relationship.