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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Chapter15


<Story>

 Jonas received the memory of “warfare”. It was extremely painful and misery experience.

The giver said to Jonas “Forgive me”.


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<Impressions>

 Such a horrible training….how long does it take until the Giver finishes the all the memory’s exchange? In chapter15, I could find several expression which describe  the terrible situation of the war.

 
<My new words>

1. rigid/adj/ˈrɪdʒɪd/ stiff and difficult to move or bend
>The Giver was rigid in this chair.

2. contort with/v/ kənˈtɔːrt/to become twisted or make something twisted out of its natural or normal shape
> His face contorted with suffering.

3. brace oneself/v/breɪs/ to prepare somebody/yourself for something difficult or unpleasant that is going to happen
>They are bracing themselves for a long legal battle.

4. foul/adj/faʊl/dirty and smelling bad
> foul-smelling place

5. frantically/adv/ˈfræntɪkli/unable to control your emotions because you are extremely frightened or worried about something
>They worked frantically to finish on time.

6. carnage/n/ ˈkɑːrnɪdʒ/ the violent killing of a large number of people
> The colors of the carnage were grotesquely bright.

7. immobilize /v/ ɪˈmoʊbəlaɪz/ to prevent something/somebody from moving or from working normally
> One of Jonas’s arms was immobilized with pain.

8. grimy/adj/ ˈɡraɪmi/covered with dirt
> The grimy chin

9. wounded/adj/ˈwuːndɪd/injured by a weapon, for example in a war
> The wounded men

10. hoof /n/ huːf/ the hard part of the foot of some animals, for example horses
> Horses have hooves.

11. thud/n/θʌd/a sound like the one which is made when a heavy object hits something else
>The thud of canons.

 

*Discovery*
How it looks like?

"foul-smelling place"
=very bad smell place. This smell includes putrid smell.



“The mounds of men”


“Dirt streaked the boy’s face”

 
 
 
"crimson wetness on the rough and dusty fabric"
=crimson is very deep red color. At this point, it means the color of blood. 
 
 
 
 

 
"the thud of canons"
=it 's the big sound from the canon. Something like this.... DON!!BOM!!
 
 
 

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