Weekly Vocab #2.1.9.1 (repost #1)

Last posted: May 25th, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
>
> I've been translating "As You Like It". Does it show?
> 1. to bequeath
> My father bequeathed me an education.
>
> 2. pittance
> He also left me a pittance: (insert proper sum in proper currency/rodent
> parts here).
>
> 3. to usurp / steal / connive to get
> My brother usurped my estates.
>
> 4. stable
> I am forced to sleep in the stable.
>
> 5. horse (or conculturally appropriate beast of burden)
> He [my brother] values the horses more than me.
>
> 6. worth
> Technically, humans aren't worth anything, but a horse is worth a good
> deal.
>
> 7. to run away
> Perhaps I'll run away with his prized stallion.
>
> 8. courage
> I lack courage, though, or constance, so I will relinquish my plans.
>
> 9. to suffer
> I shall continue to suffer under my brother's culpable disinterest.
>
> 10. depressed
> I'm so depressed.
>
> ~Wright
Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
This is randomly selected automatically, so in case it offends you
or you disagree, please either ignore or be inspired to make up
different words and/or phrases:

  - contradictory, n.
    two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true (or both cannot
    be false) at the same time

  - vege out, v.
    engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of
    the television"

Fiant verba!

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