Monday, December 17, 2007

Vocabulary of my poem

Here you can see some expressions from my poem, The life what we live.

pouring rain: very hard rain. 'zuhogó/szakadó eső'

to reside in: to be present. 'jelen van'

to be hung up: to be frustrated, long faced. 'csalódott'

to chirp: (bird song), to chatter. 'csiripel'

appearance: illusory, pseudo. 'látszat'

consequence: attendant. 'konzekvencia, következmény'

to redeem: to save, to buy off. 'megvált vmit/vkit'

evil: bad, atrocious. 'rossz, gonosz'

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Thankful expressions from my blog entry "A so-wished award"

We usually say thanks on the simple way of "Thanks!", but as I wanted my blog entry, "A so-wished award" to be based on "acknowledgements", I had to look for synonyms of saying thanks.

  • to be grateful to sy for sg: hálásnak lenni (vkinek vmiért), nagyon köszönni vmit
  • to be obliged to sy for sg: lekötelezettje vkinek, igen hálásnak lenni. I'm much obliged: nagyon köszönöm
  • to greatly appreciate sg: nagyra becsülni vmit
  • to express one's gratitude to sy (for sg): kifejezi a háláját vkinek (vmiért).
  • to recognize sy (e.g. a company) for sg: elismer, méltányol, értékel

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

"Theatre or whatever"

Hi everyone!
I would like to give you some useful expressions from my latest blog entry, Theatre or whatever. I think I managed to put more unknown words in it than needed, but actually I wrote it in Hungarian first.

  • to dull: 'eltompul'. jaded, blunt, numb: 'tompa', 'eltompult'
  • to stand to lose: to be about to lose. 'vesztésre áll'
  • shackle: a cramp, a hobble. 'béklyó'
  • to quell: to oppress, to keep down 'elnyom'

Monday, December 3, 2007

Five Learning Tips

  • Learn five one-syllable verbs every day.
  • Smell a flower every day and learn its name.
  • Learn a new meaning of a word you know.
  • Every week, make an anagram of a word.
  • Every week, learn the name of a color.

The Take Off & Google SMS service will go on holiday next week. It will return to a phone near you in 2008.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Expressions from my writing "Pride but prejudice"

I would like to share some expressions I used in my blog entry "Pride but prejudice".
  • geek (not in the meaning of 'computer enthusiast'): an excessive studier, an eager beaver, a bookworm, a wonk. 'stréber, buzgómócsing'
  • Rom (or rom): a gipsy man (Roma in plural). 'roma (férfi)'
  • abusive: insulting, rude. 'sértő, sértegető'
  • superficially: externally, not thoroughly. 'felszínesen, felületesen'
According to Google's define operator, stereotype means:
"An exaggerated image of the characteristics of a particular group."
"[A] negative or limiting preconceived belief about a certain type of person that is applied to everyone in that group."