2010年6月22日火曜日

The Long White Cloud(2)

Today's introducing sentences

  1. comfortable
    meaning
     cases) 人がくつろいだ、ゆったりした
      
    context: Many hands reached out to him. He was carried onto the verandah and made comfortable.

    Definition; making you feel physically relaxed, without any pain or without being too hot, cold etc


  2. unpleasant
    meaning; 不愉快な

    context; Then the car car he had passed came up and stopped beside him. An unpleasant face stared at him from the front passenger seat.

    Definition : not pleasant or enjoyable:
    ex.1) an unpleasant experience
    ex.2) an extremely unpleasant smell
    ex.3) an unpleasant surprise


  3. excitement
    meaning;興奮(noun)

    context; She fitted a key into the lock on the box. "It'll be just right .""It'll be a right mistake, I think," he said. But he could not keep the excitement out of his voice.

    Definition: the feeling of being excited
    ex1.) The news caused great excitement among scientists.
    ex2.) sexual excitement


(Comment)
These words and phrases including "The Long White Cloud" . It is in the library.
When I was looking up "The Lon White Cloud" on Longman English Dictionary Online and "英辞郎",It was difficult to choose meaning.

Tittle: The LOng White Cloud (Jennifer Bassett)
Published and Distributed ; OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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