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Don’t waste these three: Time, Money and Energymercy killing=euthanasia
mercy killing=euthanasia
the deliberate killing of a person who is very ill and going to die, in order to stop them suffering
wearing good clothes and looking tidy
wearing good clothes and looking tidy
well-dressed • smart • neat • presentable • well-groomed • sharp • dapper• well turned out • snazzy
well-turned-out
well-turned-out
someone who is well-turned-out wears nice, good quality clothes
Our customers want to be served by people who are well-turned-out
crockeryــcutlery
crockery
cups, dishes, plates etc
a stack of dirty crockery
cutlery
knives, forks, and spoons that you use for eating and serving food
crockery; = silverware AmE
boggle
boggle
if your mind boggles when you think of something, it is difficult for you to imagine or accept it
The sheer amount of data makes the mind boggle
sleep
to sleep for a short time
have a nap • doze • snooze • grab/snatch some sleep • have a sleep
I usually take a nap after lunch
I must have dozed off
Dad was snoozing in his armchair
I managed to snatch an hour's sleep on the train
Life
Life is ice enjoy it before it melts
happiness
Don't put the key of your happiness in someone else's pocket
lad
lad= a boy or young man
the lads = a group of male friends that a man works with or spends his free time with
Quotes About Life
Life is like an onion. Why is life like an onion? Because you peel away layer after layer and when you come to the end you have nothing
Yiddish Proverb
Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up
Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive
Elbert Hubbard
You live and you learn or you don't live long
Robert A. Heinlein
Life is an incurable disease
Abraham Crowley
Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep
هفت سین
بــاز مـــی آیــــد بــــهـــار دلـنشین / بــاز بــلـبــل مــی شــود با گل قرین
بــاز صـــحــرا پـر شقایق می شود / بــاز روشــن قــلب عـاشق می شود
فــصــل ســـرد از هــیــبت باد بـهار / مــی کــنـــد از پــیـش روی او فـرار
ســفــره هــا بــا هـفت سین آراسته / بــا گـــل مـــهـــر و صــفـــا پیراسته
بــر ســر سفره جـوان و خُرد و پیر / ســبزه و آئــیــنـه و مــاهـی و سـیر
سـیـب و سـنـبـل در کـنـار یــاسـمـن / عطربــیــد مـِشک چــون مُشک خُتَن
سرکه و سنجد، سماق و شمع و گل / عـــیـــد آمــد بـــا دف و ســاز و دُهُل
ســال نــوتـحـویل و سال کهنه رفـت / هــم دل مــا تـازه شد هم شال و رخت
یــا مــُقــلّب،قــلب مـــارا شـــاد کــن / یـــا مـــُدبّـــر خـــانــــه را آبـــاد کـــن
یـــا مـــُحـــول ،اَحســــنُ الــّحالم نما / از بـــدیـــهــــا فـــارغُ الـــبـــالــم نـما
ایـــن دل «جـــاویــد» را پـاک از ریـا / کُــن خــــدا ،ای قـــادر بـــی مــنـتــها
ready-to-wear
ready-to-wear
ready-to-wear clothes are made in standard sizes, not made specially to fit one person
jeez
jeez
used to express feelings such as surprise, anger, annoyance etc
Give me a break, man, jeez
Acne
The Agony of Acne
Do you realize that 85 percent of Americans will experience acne at some point in their lifetime? But that number doesn’t help you if you look at your face in the mirror and see a case of teenage acne. Most teens are upset with finding just one or two acne pimples. Imagine how devastating it feels to have a case of severe teenage acne
Acne is not caused by eating chocolate or greasy foods. While there is link between the amount of oil in the skin and acne, the amount of oil is not created by food but is affected by changing hormone levels. Changing hormone levels is a normal part of growing up and being a teenager. But it takes the presence of the common skin bacteria
There are lots of treatments for teenage acne that are available over-the-counter or as a prescription from a dermatologist, a doctor who treats skin problems. The typical acne treatment requires 6 to 8 weeks before visible results are seen and clear skin returns. In these days of instant or quick cures, six to eight weeks of walking around the school hallways with embarrassing zits is an eternity but continue treatment
The other main point is to read and follow label or package instructions for any acne remedy that you use. Dermatologists often prescribe several medications to be applied at different times of the day or in a particular order. These acne treatments are designed to work together for curing acne. The steps given to you by the dermatologist are all necessary so be sure to follow them
Propionibacterium acnes to result in acne© WorksheetLibrary.com
Nowruz
[ Haji Firouz
The traditional herald of the Nowruz season is a man called Hājī Fīrūz (or Khwāja Pīrūz). He symbolizes the rebirth of the Sumerian god of sacrifice, Domuzi, who was killed at the end of each year and reborn at the beginning of the New Year.
He usually uses face paint to make his skin black and wears a red costume. Then he sings and dances through the streets with tambourines and trumpets spreading good cheer and heralds the coming of the New Year. Mehrdad Bahar, Iranologist, suggests in his book that this borrowing of the Domuzi/Tammuz tradition from the ancient non-Iranian civilizations in Mesopotamia happened with the arrival of the Iranian tribes to the western parts of the Iranian Plateau at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. This borrowing, according to Bahar, may be true for the whole Nowruz tradition itself as Indo-Iranian tribes before that did not have this tradition while the civilizations of Mesopotamia did. This later spread to all areas where Iranian culture was present, but was lost by the non-Iranian cultures of Mesopotamia.
New Year dishes
- Sabzi Polo Mahi: The New Year's day traditional meal is called Sabzi Polo Mahi, which is rice with green herbs served with fish. The traditional seasoning for Sabzi Polo are parsley, coriander, chives, dill and fenugreek.
- Reshteh Polo: rice cooked with noodles which is said to symbolically help one succeed in life.
- Dolme Barg : A traditional dish of Azeri people, cooked just before the new year. It includes some vegetables, meat and cotyledon which have been cooked and embedded in vine leaf and cooked again. It is considered useful in reaching to wishes.
- Kookoo sabzi : Herbs and vegetable souffle, traditionally served for dinner at New Year. A light and fluffy omelet style made from parsley, dill, coriander, spinach, spring onion ends, and chives, mixed with eggs and walnut
Sizdah Bedar
The thirteenth day of the new year festival is Sizdah Bedar (literally meaning "thirteen to out", figuratively meaning "hit the outdoors on the thirteenth"). This is a day of festivity in the open, often accompanied by music and dancing, usually at family picnics.
Sizdah bedar celebrations stem from the ancient Persians' belief that the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years at the end of which the sky and earth collapsed in chaos. Hence Nowruz lasts twelve days and the thirteenth day represents the time of chaos when families put order aside and avoid the bad luck associated with the number thirteen by going outdoors and having picnics and parties.
At the end of the celebrations on this day, the sabzeh grown for the Haft Seen (which has symbolically collected all sickness and bad luck) is thrown into running water to exorcise the demons (divs) from the household. It is also customary for young single women to tie the leaves of the sabzeh before discarding it, so expressing a wish to be married before the next year's Sizdah Bedar. Another tradition associated with this day is Dorugh-e Sizdah, literally meaning "the lie of the thirteenth", which is the process of lying to someone and making them believe it (similar to April Fools Day)
Nowruz celebration in Iran
Nowruz celebration in Iran
In Iran, preparations for Nowruz begin in Esfand (or Espand), the last month of winter in the Persian solar calendar. Below is information about Nowruz as celebrated in Iran.
Khoune Takouni
Khoune Takouni (literally means 'shaking the house') or 'complete cleaning of the house'. Persians (Iranians and Tajiks) and other groups (Kurds, Armenians, Azarbaijanis, Balochs and various Turkic nations) start preparing for the Nowruz with a major spring-cleaning of their houses, the purchase of new clothes to wear for the new year and the purchase of flowers (in particular the hyacinth and the tulip are popular and conspicuous).
In association with the "rebirth of nature", extensive spring-cleaning is a national tradition observed by almost every household in Persia. This is also extended to personal attire, and it is customary to buy at least one set of new clothes. On the New Year's day, families dress in their new clothes and start the twelve-day celebrations
by visiting the elders of their family, then the rest of their family and finally their friends. On the thirteenth day families leave their homes and picnic outdoors.
During the Nowruz holidays, people are expected to visit one another (mostly limited to families, friends and neighbours) in the form of short house visits, which are usually reciprocated. Typically, on the first day of Nowruz, family members gather around the table, with the Haft Seen on the table or set next to it, and await the exact moment of the arrival of the spring. At that time gifts are exchanged. Later in the day, the first house visits are paid to the most senior family members. Typically, the youth will visit the elders first, and the elders return their visit later. The visits naturally have to be relatively short, otherwise one will not be able to visit everybody on their list. A typical visit is around 30 minutes, where you often run into other visiting relatives and friends who happen to be paying a visit to the same house at that time. Because of the house visits, you make sure you have a sufficient supply of pastry, cookies, fresh and dried fruits and special nuts on hand, as you typically serve your visitors with these items with tea or sherbet. Many Iranians will throw large Nowruz parties in a central location as a way of dealing with the long distances between groups of friends and family.
Some Nowruz celebrants believe that whatever a person does on Nowruz will affect the rest of the year. So, if a person is warm and kind to their relatives, friends and neighbours on Nowruz, then the new year will be a good one. On the other hand, if there are fights and disagreements, the year will be a bad one.
One tradition that may not be very widespread (that is, it may belong to only a few families) is to place something sweet, such as honey or candy, in a safe place outside overnight. On the first morning of the new year, the first person up brings the sweet stuff into the house as another means of attaining a good new year.
Chaharshanbe Suri
The night before the last Wednesday of the year is celebrated by the Iranian people as Chahârshanbe Sûrî (Persian: چهارشنبه سوری, (Azerbaijani: Od çərşənbəsi, Türkçe: Al çarşambası meaning Wednesday of fire, Kurdish: Çarşeme surê, چوارشه‌مه سوورێ meaning red Wednesday), the Iranian festival of fire. This festival is the celebration of the light (the good) winning over the darkness (the bad); the symbolism behind the rituals are all rooted back to Zoroastrianism.
The tradition includes people going into the streets and alleys to make bonfires, and jump over them while singing the traditional song Zardî-ye man az (ane) to, sorkhî-ye to az (ane) man ("az-ane to" means belongs to you); This literally translates to "My yellowness is yours, your redness is mine," with the figurative message "My paleness (pain, sickness) for you (the fire), your strength (health) for me."
Serving different kinds of pastry and nuts known as Ajīl-e Moshkel-Goshā (lit. problem-solving nuts) is the Chahārshanbe Sūrī way of giving thanks for the previous year's health and happiness, while exchanging any remaining paleness and evil for the warmth and vibrancy of the fire.
According to tradition, the living are visited by the spirit of their ancestors on the last days of the year, and many children wrap themselves in shrouds, symbolically re-enacting the visits. They also run through the streets banging on pots and pans with spoons and knocking on doors to ask for treats. The ritual is called qashogh-zany (spoon beating) and symbolizes the beating out of the last unlucky Wednesday of the year.
There are several other traditions on this night, including: the rituals of Kūze Shekastan, the breaking of earthen jars which symbolically hold one's bad fortune; the ritual of Fal-Gûsh, or inferring one's future from the conversations of those passing by; and the ritual of Gereh-goshā’ī, making a knot in the corner of a handkerchief or garment and asking the first passerby to unravel it in order to remove ones misfortune.
Haft Sīn
Haft Sīn (هفت سین) or the seven 'S's is a major tradition of Nowruz. The haft sin table includes seven specific items starting with the letter 'S' or Sīn (س) in Persian alphabet). The items symbolically correspond to seven creations and holy immortals protecting them. The Haft Sin has evolved over time, but has kept its symbolism. Traditionally, families attempt to set as beautiful a Haft Sīn table as they can, as it is not only of traditional and spiritual value, but also noticed by visitors during Nowruzi visitations and is a reflection of their good taste.
The Haft Sīn items aresabzeh - wheat, barley or lentil sprouts growing in a dish - symbolizing rebirth
- samanu - a sweet pudding made from wheat germ - symbolizing affluence
- senjed - the dried fruit of the oleaster tree - symbolizing love
- sīr - garlic - symbolizing medicine
- sīb - apples - symbolizing beauty and health
- somaq - sumac berries - symbolizing (the color of) sunrise
- serkeh - vinegar - symbolizing age and patience
Other items on the table may include:
- Sonbol - Hyacinth (plant)
- Sekkeh - Coins - representative of wealth
- traditional Iranian pastries such as baghlava, toot, naan-nokhodchi
- Aajeel - dried nuts, berries and raisins
- lit candles (enlightenment and happiness)
- a mirror (symbolizing cleanness and honesty)
- decorated eggs, sometimes one for each member of the family (fertility)
- rosewater, believed to have magical cleansing powers
- the national colours, for a patriotic touch
Rules for Sentence Stress in English
Rules for Sentence Stress in English
The basic rules of sentence stress are
content words are stressed
- structure words are unstressed
- the time between stressed words is always the same
The following tables can help you decide which words are content words and which words are structure words
Content words - stressed
Words carrying the meaning | Example |
main verbs | SELL, GIVE, EMPLOY |
nouns | CAR, MUSIC, MARY |
adjectives | RED, BIG, INTERESTING |
adverbs | QUICKLY, LOUDLY, NEVER |
negative auxiliaries | DON'T, AREN'T, CAN'T |
Structure words - unstressed
Words for correct grammar | Example |
pronouns | he, we, they |
prepositions | on, at, into |
articles | a, an, the |
conjunctions | and, but, because |
auxiliary verbs | do, be, have, can, must |
Exceptions
The above rules are for for what is called "neutral" or normal stress. But sometimes we can stress a word that would normally be only a structure word, for example to correct information. Look at the following dialogue
They've been to Mongolia, haven't they
"No, THEY haven't, but WE haveNote also that when "be" is used as a main verb, it is usually unstressed (even though in this case it is a content word)
trophy wife
trophy wife
A young beautiful woman who is married to a rich successful man who is much older than her - used to show disapproval