Weekly Vocab #1.1.4 (repost #1)

Last posted: April 19th, 2002

> From: Aidan Grey <grey@...>
>
>    Brought to you by S (for Sluggy) and F (for Freelance) and excalamations.
>
>    ( see http://www.sluggyfreelance.com it's a very great web-comic, and
> even has special gold foil episodes! I recommend it to all the twisted out
> there - this weeks vocab and context sentences will make a lot of sense
> after reading some of it...)
>
>    Vocab:
>
>    1. bunny / rabbit
>    2. ferret
>    3. knife
>    4. alien / foreigner
>    5. ouch! / ow!
>    6. help!
>    7. aaaa! (a scream of terror)
>    8. aaaargh! (a scream of pain / failure / death)
>    9. grrrr! (an intimidating growl)
>    10. blood
>
>    Context:
>
>    1. That bunny has a knife!
>    2.  This is my ferret. She likes to dance!
>    3.  The bunny with the knife is coming for me!
>    4.  Does that alien eat people or not?
>    5.  Ouch! The rabbit with the knife cut off my arm!
>    6.  Help! I'm bleeding to death!
>    7.  Aaaaa! The rabbit is coming back!
>    8.  Aaaargh! It cut off my other arm!
>    9.  Grrrr! I will step on (crush / squish by foot) that rabbit!
>    10. The rabbit cut off my legs. Look at the pretty pools of blood.
>
>    Aidan
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:

  - jinrikisha, n.
    a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person

  - get, v.
    reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the
    back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him
    in the stomach"

Fiant verba!

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