Saturday, July 31, 2004
Some Definitions
envi·er n.
envy·ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: envy, begrudge, covetThese verbs mean to feel resentful or painful desire for another's advantages or possessions. Envy, the most general, combines discontent, resentment, and desire: “When I peruse the conquered fame of heroes and the victories of mighty generals, I do not envy the generals� (Walt Whitman). Begrudge stresses ill will and reluctance to acknowledge another's right or claim: Why begrudge him his success? Covet stresses a secret or culpable longing for something to which one has no right: “We hate no people and covet no people's lands� (Wendell L. Willkie).
TIME
A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future.
An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading.
A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes.
A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M.
A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time.
An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles.
times The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends: You must change with the times.
A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life.
Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed.
Periods or a period necessary or available for a given activity: I have no time for golf.
A period at one's disposal: Do you have time for a chat?
An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near.
One of several instances: knocked three times; addressed Congress for the last time before retirement.
times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided: This tree is three times taller than that one. My library is many times smaller than hers.
One's lifetime.
One's period of greatest activity or engagement.
A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion: had a good time at the party.
A period of military service.
A period of apprenticeship.
Informal. A prison sentence.
The customary period of work: hired for full time.
The period spent working.
The hourly pay rate: earned double time on Sundays.
The period during which a radio or television program or commercial is broadcast: “There's television time to buy� (Brad Goldstein).
The rate of speed of a measured activity: marching in double time.
A condition or situation in which something is required or wanted: crops in need of water; a need for affection.
Something required or wanted; a requisite: “Those of us who led the charge for these women's issues... shared a common vision in the needs of women� (Olympia Snowe).
Necessity; obligation: There is no need for you to go.
A condition of poverty or misfortune: The family is in dire need.
BORED
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I bored.'' --Gay. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.He bores me with some trick. --Shak.Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. --Carlyle
soure: DICTIONARY.com
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hehehe wala lang ^_^ the words above are words na umiikot sa utak ko for the past 24hrs... i guess. Karen passed by the office for a talk... we talked for more than an hour before she set off for UP naman. (",)
