The Best of Youth (Italian movie 2003) Be a person: practical and warm with the highest principles of honor and justice. Don’t be a person: finds flaws in everything and every other person, wants to overthrow every system and reform everything right off, with a jump. Para. 1 Theodore Roosevelt Citation Information:Roosevelt, Theodore, “The Duties […]
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Best Speeches: I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream Analysis Rhetorical Analysis … join with sb. in …. one score years = 20 years withering 1. intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated.”a withering look” 2. (of heat) intense; scorching.“protective cover to escape withering heat” captivity came as a great beacon light of hope to …. came as a […]
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EYE, shape of eye OB: EYE + BOX obliv (unaware, forget) O-eye, B-shelter, block, L-goad, I-dot, V-waw oblivion, oblivious, obliterate, obliteration, ob- (against, in the way): obstacle, obvious, obstruct obloquy, obverse, obviate, obsolete, obsolescent ob- (thoroughly) obtain, obtuse, obscure obdurate, obfuscate, obstreperous ob- (to, toward): observe, obliged, obliging, ostensible, ostentatious, ostentation, objective obtrusive, obtrude, obstinate, […]
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I – Iota, arm in/im (否定), incorrect, impossible, inactive, irregular, infamous in/im （使）： impel (im+pul), [motivate], incite, intone, inspire (in+spir), [breast/breath], irritate (ir+rit+ate) 点： ice, ink, inch, idea, item, issue, initial, iterate 人：I, in, ill, idol, idiot, idle, im: not importune: beg persistently and urgently importunity importunate= im + port (harbor, port) + un + […]
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youtube: english lessons with Adam dis- (dif-): Not, away, apart dis: be apart of or away from, separate dislike (v., n. more active than don’t like) unlike (prep.) disclaim (gainsay = say against) discover: to find by accident uncover: you are looking for something (investigation) and you found it. disorganized: a person unorganized : an […]
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ox. an animal’s head with antlers or horns 牛头， 头， 开头 头在上面，在高处： Alps, Alt 高音, altitude, altimeter 尖锐，箭头-指向 ️： Ace, acid, ache, arrow, acupuncture 强烈的， 灰烬： ash, dash, lash, hash, cash A-: 1. not, without; 2. away, from; 3. to, towards, at, a-: not, without apathy, atheist, atom, atomic, asymmetry amnesia = a + mnesia = loss […]
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G gamma 矛， 工具: go, get, gib, gig, gun, good, groom, garage, garnish, guide, gel, gain, gird, geek, gear 生长：grow, grass, green, gene, genius, gender, genital, generate, generation, gradual, graduate 大： God, good, ground, grand, galaxy, great, glow, gang, glad, gate, grain, giant, general, global, German, gallon, garlic (leek, onion), geo, geode, geology, geometry, geography […]
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D: Delta — fish or door 门-door: dog, dam, damp, dock, day, dawn, dusk, dust, 外层：dome, derma, dress, deck, dent, desk, decorate 低： dig, down, deep, dim, diss, drop, drip, drain, drool, drink, dine 快/弓： do, drive, deer, die, death, dice, dodge, drift, dance de: thoroughly [demean, devoid, derelict, denigrate, decrepit, decry, demure, demur, desiccate, […]
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SIGMA, tooth Sun, sing, see, star, sister, sit, stupid, sign, sum, solve sigma = sum sign sol, star = astro, aster, stell sunna – sun SOL: 太阳，唯一， 庄严 Helios – HE (helium) Solomon solarize, solarization, solarium, insolation, circumsolar, extrasolar, parasol, turnsole (sunflower) solstice = sol + stic + e = sun + stop = the […]
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Camel or Gamma (矛 – 工具) a hunter’s stick or boomerang 缺口： Noun. cuff, cup, chin, cap, clam, cove, cave, cavern, canyon; chassis, cart; Verb: chap, chop, cut; 手抓：Noun. cat, claw, crab; Verb. catch, crib, crawl, creep, 拍手：clap; cuff (slap) 张嘴：cry, chant, cough, curse, cite, charm, recite, chord, chorus hand/body used as a tool: take, […]
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