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Friday, July 6, 2007

A word i miss

Definition

gallivant Show phonetics

verb [I usually + adverb or preposition] HUMOROUS

to visit or go to a lot of different places, enjoying yourself and having few worries or responsibilities:

Well you won't be able to go off gallivanting around like this when there's a baby to be taken care of.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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This week...school started and work piled on with loads of road blocks...though in between the gloom and the doom is the silver lining of an upcoming holiday. It's been two years since I last took a plane-ride. This time...going to a place where Crabs abound....or maybe it's just sea urchins.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Guess how I'm feeling now?

Definition

exasperate verb [T]
to make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem

exasperated adjective
annoyed: He's becoming increasingly exasperated with the situation.

exasperatedly adverb

exasperating adjective
extremely annoying: It's so exasperating when he won't listen to a word that I say.

exasperatingly adverb

exasperation noun [U]
annoyance: There is growing exasperation within the government at the failure of these policies to reduce unemployment.After ten hours of fruitless negotiations, he stormed out of the meeting in exasperation.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)