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Weekly Vocab #2.1.7 (repost #1)

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Friday, February 9, 2007, 4:01
Last posted: May 11th, 2003

> From: Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> > > Talk of useful phrases and shopping has affected me. I'm getting it in > Spanish class and on the list. > > 1. real > This is not real silk. > > 2. skirt > I'd like to try on that skirt. (No, I'm not a transvestite.) > > 3. to need > I need to find a present for my sister. > > 4. stair > The shop is up the stairs and on the left. > > 5. upper > They don't sell much in an upper room, but it must be cheap to rent. > > 6. to approve > I don't approve of that style of clothing. It's immodest. > > 7. jewelry > I would like to go shopping for jewelry now. > > 8. golden > That is a lovely golden torc. Do you have it in a larger size? > > 9. color > I love the color of gold. > > 10. expensive > I can't buy that; it is far too expensive. > > ~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: - ruling class, n. the class of people exerting power or authority - scramble, v. make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" Fiant verba! ---- If you want to post your own weekly vocab, please do not send it to the list directly. To prevent unbalanced amounts of new vocab, send it to <weeklyvocab@...> in order to enqueue it in the regular weekly posting process. Just write a mail as if addressing the list directly -- it will be forwarded as is.