2e2-07 Forever! :D

Y Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Reminisce (verb)
Meaning: If someone reminisces about something FROM THE PAST (It has to be about something from the past), he/she writes or talks about it, usually with pleasure.
Sentence: When my secondary school classmates met up after ten long years, we reminisced about the fun times we had during school days.

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11:33 PM

Y Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Dear 2E2,

It's exactly one more month before the exams commence. When Mdm Chin and I were looking through your CA marks yesterday, we were really wondering what we could do so that you guys will know how important or how crucial the tests and exams are. I believe you all know the importance and how it'll play a part in your choosing to go to a good class or doing the subjects you want, but it is not reflected in your results. How many of you can say for sure that you've studied your best for the CA and the tests given and that you're very satisfied with your results?

Some of your classmates have made marked improvements. From failing maths and especially doing badly in Science, to passing and even getting 60+ for the subjects. I'm not saying that the 60+ score is excellent, but it's an improvement, and that matters. Those who have done relatively well, do not be complacent. Push yourself to greater heights and see yourself excel even further.

Class, NOTHING is impossible. It boils down to how much you want it. You have 1 more month. It's neither too early nor too late to begin clarifying your doubts with your teachers. For those who think it's more effective and fruitful to form study groups (like what some of your friends are already doing, meeting at night at the community centre study room to do revision), arrange to meet up during the Sept hols. However, if you think that you'd be tempted to talk, gossip and not doing anything useful in groups, then please do your self-study at home. Please be very disciplined during this period. Every moment from now counts and can make a difference in your grades.

I hope that you get the message from the teachers. Seize the moment, and not wait till the very last minute to burn the midnght oil.

Remember this, "Winners are not those who never fail, winners are those who NEVER QUIT"

Believing in you,
Your FT

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4:48 AM

Fastidious (Adj)
Meaning: Paying attention to detail because of the need to be very neat, accurate, etc.
Sentence: Joshua is so fastidious about his appearance that he needs to go to the toilet to look at himself in the mirror every hour.

Anyone like that in our class?? :)

By the way, if someone is technologically-challenged, he/she is NOT GOOD at IT. So, Jaron, yes, he is sort of primitive.

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3:20 AM

Y Sunday, August 26, 2007

Impeccable (Adj)
Meaning: Flawless, faultless, perfect.
Sentence: I was very impressed when I heard the eight-year-old girl speak close to impeccable English!

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1:49 AM

Y Friday, August 24, 2007

Hey 2e2, here's how to make your compositions more interesting!By using words to replace the normal colours.What do I mean?
Example: Instead of red, use Scarlet, Maroon or Crimson

Instead of green, use emerald or lime
For blue , you can use skyblue or azure
For orange , there is marigold and apricot

Okay, that should be enough.Happy colouring your composition using these colours instead!

Joyce XD

Nice one, Joyce! Instead of saying the sky was blue, you can say the sky was an AZURE blue.
His face turned CRIMSON with embarassment when he was teased by his classmates.

Ms Sng

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5:38 AM

Y Thursday, August 23, 2007

Sitting Duck (Idiom)

Meaning: Vulnerable; an unsuspecting person who is easily fooled.

Origin: A duck on the ground, a "sitting duck", is far easier to shoot compared to a flying duck.

Using in a sentence: The old lady was a sitting duck for the theif when she sat down with her purse beside her.

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6:18 AM

Ravishing (Adj)
Meaning: Stunning, attractive and extremely beautiful.
Sentence: When we were at our class gathering last week, we were all dumbfounded to see the ugly duckling Mary turn into a ravishing beauty.

It was prom night, and all the ladies were ravishing.

*Note: Ravishing is usually used to describe people.

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3:08 AM

Y Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Aloof - Adverb
Meaning: at a distance, especially in interests; apart
Sentence: Timothy and James always stood aloof from their classmates as they found them too childish.

Aloof - Adjective
Meaning: reserved, indifferent, disinterested
Because of his shyness and reserved personality, he had the reputation of being aloof.

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5:05 AM

Y Tuesday, August 21, 2007

What is the difference between 'did not' & 'never' ?

Never- Has not done a certain thing before in his/her whole life.
Did not- Has not done a certain thing once or for that time only.

Which is right & which is wrong?

E.g.: He never come to school.
He did not come to school.

Laura :D

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6:23 AM

I have a quote just for kindness week.

"Kind words can be short & easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
Mother Teresa

What does it mean to you?
What can you do to show its meaning?

Laura :D

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6:20 AM

Absurd (adj)
Meaning: utterly senseless, illogical, untrue, ridiculous and foolish!
Sentence: What you just said is totally absurd! How can you expect us to believe you?

Just a quote for all of you to think about:
"If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain"

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5:22 AM

Y Monday, August 20, 2007

Few/Less

Few : An adjective that means small in numbers.

E.g : There were very few students present in school today.

Less : An adjective that means small in amount or degree.

E.g : Which bottle holds less water?

What happens when these words are mixed up???

There were very LESS students present in school today.

Which bottle holds FEW water?

Hope this helps you guys out!

-Jaron

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7:35 AM

You're welcome, Peggy. Yes, afterthought is a noun, however, you cannot say that a person is an afterthought! haha. "Going to the movies was not part of the original plan. It was an afterthought from seeing the attractive advertisements pasted on the board."

We have many August babies!

Laura, hope you're feeling better now! Rest well.

Dear class, your health is of the utmost importance. The weather has been a bit cranky of late. Do take care and drink lots of water!

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6:34 AM

Vehemently(adjective)

1.	zealous; ardent; impassioned: a vehement defense; vehement enthusiasm.

2.	rancor or anger; violent: vehement hostility.

3.	strongly emotional; intense or passionate: vehement desire.

4.	great energy or exertion; strenuous: vehement clapping.

Synonyms:Profusely;

In a sentence: He vehemently denied the accusations against him.

Laura :D

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5:12 AM

Happy Birthday Nizar! :DD

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3:27 AM

Y Sunday, August 19, 2007

Domicile(n)
- a place of residence, a house or home.
(v)-To establish (oneself or another person) in a residence.

peggy

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10:33 AM

These words are often confused because of their spellings...

compliment(v)- praise, admiration or approval

(n)- an expression of praise, admiration or approval.

For e.g:- (v) "I complimented her on her English."

- (n) "Hmm... I will take that as a compliment."

complement (v)- to add new or contrasting features which show the best qualities of sth or which improve it.

(n)- a thing that contributes new or contrasting features or qualities which improve sth.

for eg.:- (n) "Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish."

- (v) "Use herbs that complement each other."

peggy ;)

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10:18 AM

afterthought (noun)- a thing that is thought of or added later.
synonyms:- reconsideration, review, second thought

For example:- The song was originally written as a guitar solo; the words were added as an afterthought.
- Mary was a bit of an afterthought- her brothers and sisters are all much older. (here, it means that Mary was added to the family later. =P) (P.S: I am not so sure about that!)
peggy

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10:11 AM

- Get Your Own

peggy

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10:10 AM

I'll be wishing the two of you to have many good memories on your birthdays, especially with friends! Be happy and good luck! :)

~ I feel this blog is very convenient for all of the 2e2 students to gather, share thoughts and opinions ~ IT'S VERY USEFUL INDEED!! thank you ms. sng~ for creating this blog! =)!!

peggy

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10:02 AM

prise (verb)- to use force to separate somebody or something from sb/ sth else.
For e.g:- She used a screwdriver to prise open the lid.
- Prise sth out of somebody- To force someone to reveal something they know.

peggy

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9:56 AM

Dear Class, it's been a week, and I must say that this blog is thriving! Keep it up! Just a note: Apart from giving the meaning, please also try to form a sentence with the word to show us how or when it can be used in a sentence. Keep the posts going!!

Also, Happy Birthday Shahida and Qixiang! :)

Ms Sng

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5:08 AM

No Room to Swing a Cat (idiom)

DEFINTION: In other words 'a small space'.
The term may have derived from the British Navy but the origin is unclear.

-hidayah(:

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2:34 AM

AND

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU((:

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1:30 AM

Happy Birthday to Shahida & Qi Xiang!

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1:20 AM

Die:

Kick the bucket
Cashed in their chips
Pushed up daisies
Counts worms

The above are all idioms which we can use instead of the word 'Die' & 'Died'.

Laura(:

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12:07 AM

Y Saturday, August 18, 2007

In the nick of time (idiom)

meaning: at the right or vital moment, usually at the last possible moment.

Sentence: Fortunately, the fire fighters arrived in the nick of time to put out the fire, otherwise many lives would have been lost.

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11:49 PM

Aficionado
Defination; use when you want to say that you like someting.
For example; I am an aficionado of Wentworth Miller.

S.Shaul 27~

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11:31 PM

Defination : stupid and silly ; foolish

Eg : A fatuous grin or remark.

'SYAFIQAH 23 =]

The teacher punished Colin for his fatuous remarks about his classmate.

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11:29 PM

Y Friday, August 17, 2007

The links are gone due to the html code. If you want it back, we would have to change it back to the old one. But, I think that if you want to post comments, you can do it on the tagboard or start a new post with regards to a certain post. Or, you can log in to the account and go to edit posts where you can find a button stating how many comments there are on the particular post, click on it and it will direct you to the page with all the comments. Yes, it would be more troublesome, but if you want a nice blog layout, then we have to sacrifice more time to view the comments.

The previous posts are still inside but, they can't be seen because of too much post on one page, they would "disappear". However, they are still around so do not fret.

There is also no blog archives so if u want to view the previous posts, you would have to log in to the account. There are definitely more troubles taken with this new layout, however, I feel that it is quite ok. If you need anymore clarification, please ask by posting ;D

Oh, and thank-you to whoever changed the blog skin. It's nice :D You did a great job. I hope we won't be changing blog skin any sooner because it is hard to agree on a certain blog skin especially when there are 39 people.

Sorry for posting such a long post but it is to help you understand better. I hope you will not blame me. Thank-you.

Laura;

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11:52 PM

Wow!! What a makeover to this blog. I must be the one who's technologically-challenged here :p Can someone tell me where are the links to click to post and check out the comments? I can't seem to find the links anywhere. Also, where are all the previous posts???

Ms Sng

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11:12 PM

Meaning: Someone who believes that people cannot know whether God exists or not.

-TWEENERRRRRRRR

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10:24 PM

Meaning: A quality that has been part of your character since you were born.

Sentence: Donna has an ability to sense when someone was unhappy.

TWEENER- :)

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10:13 PM

Euphoria
Defination: A feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania.

For example; After the victory they were in a state of euphoria.

-S.Shaul 27

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10:11 PM

Walloping ( adj; only before noun)

Meaning: Very big/huge/enormous.

Sentence: My father just bought a great walloping house in the country.

TWEENER- :)

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10:09 PM

Obdurate ( adj)

Meaning: Unreasonably determined not to change your beliefs or feelings .

Sentence: She remained obdurate despite their pleas.

Tweener - :)

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9:55 PM

Lackadaisical

Meaning: not showing enough interest in something or not putting enough effort in it.

Sentence: David has a rather lackadaisical approach to his work.

-Tweener. :)

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9:47 PM

Procrastinate

meaning: to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

Synonym: prolong, postpone.

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9:38 PM

Slough of despond
Defination: Depression or general blah-ness
For example; If you are feeling low...
A typical person will say ' i feel very xian'
An intellectual person will say, "i am stuck in the slough of despond"

Pernicious/Abominable/Reprehensible
Defination: If you want to sound "cheem", you can substitute 'very bad' with any of the words.

-S.shaul 27

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9:37 PM

Taunt (verb/noun)
Meaning(verb): to tease, say unpleasant things or to jeer at in a crue and hurtful way.
Meaning(noun): a cruel, unpleasant and often hurting or provoking remark.
Sentence (V) : "Stop taunting Jason! Don't you know that what you said was very hurting?" the teacher retorted.
Sentence (N) : Jason often received taunts by his classmate for being horizontally-challenged.

p.s.: Horizontally-challenged = fat
Vertically-challenged = short
Technologically-challenged = ?? (any takers to explain? It doesn't have to be a 1 word ans)

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8:32 AM

Felicity(noun)

Meaning:Great happiness; bliss.
An instance of great happiness.
A cause or source of happiness.

Synonyms:ecstasy, utopia, euphoria

In a sentence: He/She is my felicity.

[Middle English felicite, from Old French felicite, from Latin fēlīcitās, from fēlīx, fēlīc-, fortunate; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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7:46 AM

Y Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Palpitated (Verb)
Usually used: His heart palpitated.
Meaning: When someone's heart palpitates, it beats very fast in an irregular way, because they are frightened or anxious.
Synonyms: his heart was throbbing, his heart was pounding like a jackhammer

Sentence: Sandy's heart palpitated when she knew that there was someone tailing her along the stretch of deserted road.

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11:05 PM

Amok (Adverb)
Always used in this way: running amok
Meaning: if a person, animal or machine runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
Synonyms: to go berserk, run wild

When the people in the bank heard the gun shots in the bank, they started to run amok.

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3:30 AM

Ludicrous (adjective)

Meaning : Ridiculous and laughable

Synonyms : Foolish, absurd, preposterous, senseless

Using in a sentence : The idea of our top scorer failing the final examinations is simply ludicrous.

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2:06 AM

Excruciating(adjective)

Meaning: Intensely pain

Synonms:agonizing, grueling, insufferable, unendurable

How to use in a sentence: He was in excruciating pain when he fractured his arm.

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1:47 AM

Y Monday, August 13, 2007

Manifest(adjective)

Meaning:Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious

To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal
To be evidence of; prove.
To record in a ship's manifest.
To display or present a manifest of (cargo).

Noun.
A list of cargo or passengers carried on a ship or plane.
An invoice of goods carried on a truck or train.
A list of railroad cars according to owner and location.

[Middle English manifeste, from Old French, from Latin manufestus, manifestus, caught in the act, blatant, obvious; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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1:14 AM

Y Sunday, August 12, 2007

These two words are sometimes confused.

Sumptuous (Adjective)

Meaning: Luxurious, lavish, splendid.

Synonyms: Manificent, extravagant, grand, posh

How to use it in a sentence:

I am feeling so bloated after a sumptuous ten-course dinner at the Ritz Carlton!

Scrumptious (Adjective)

Meaning: Very delectable

Synonyms: Appetizing, succulent, tasty, yummy

How to use it in a sentence:

I have never eaten such a scrumptious burger before. The beef patty was just so succulent and juicy!

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6:44 AM

Dumbfounded (Adjective)

Meaning: to be struck with astonishment and surprise, leaving the person speechless.

Synonyms: Astonished, astounded, taken aback, confounded, shocked, speechess, stunned

How to use the word:
John had expected to be the next manager. However, when his boss announced that Richard, his rival in the company got the post, he was dumbfounded.

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5:25 AM

Dear 2E2,

This blog has been created specially for you. I know that it's already coming to the end of term 3, but I hope that this blog would be a useful mode of communication for you (it's better late than never, right? :) ).

Also, as you can see from the name of this blog, it's called 2E2 Word Power. I will be posting a new word everyday and hopefully, it'd benefit you in your vocabulary and in your writing. So do make a conscious effort to check out the blog daily if you have the time and use these words in your writing, but make sure you don't use this as an excuse to be blogging the entire day!

If any of you come across any words or phrases that you'd want to share with your friends, do not hesitate to post it up too! I am sure your friends (and myself included) would appreciate it!

Love,
Ms Sng

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5:14 AM