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by 무늬만학생 2012. 5. 10.
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OCTOBER 3, 2011

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WHY GERMANY CAN'T SAVE THE WORLD


Kids, stop stdying so hard!


Gift stores sell special pillows that slip over you forearm to make desktop napping more comfortable.


gorge    South Korean kids gorge themselves on studying for one reason 


slots


Where you attend university haunts you for the rest of your life.


entrenched


But most cannot transcend the relentless family and peer pressure to study untill they drop from fatigue.


The air is stale


It is a disturbing scene, sort of like a sweatshop for children's brains


indignantly




gorge 1 / ɡɔː $ ɡɔːrdʒ / noun [ countable ]

1 a deep narrow valley with steep sides
2 feel your gorge rise British English to feel very sick or angry, especially when you see or smell something very unpleasant
THESAURUS
valley an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it : The route passes through a remote mountain valley. | a trek up the Gokyo Valley to see Mount Everest
gorge a deep narrow valley with steep sides - often used in names, especially in Europe : The river flows through a deep gorge. | Cheddar Gorge
canyon a deep valley with very steep sides - often used in names, especially in North and South America : She looked down the side of the canyon. | We visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
ravine a small valley with very steep sides : He fell down a ravine.
glen a deep narrow valley in Scotland or Ireland : They followed the river along the glen. | the Glens of Antrim
gully a small narrow valley, usually formed by a lot of rain flowing down the side of a hill : They reached the top by scrambling up a gully.



gorge 2 verb

1 gorge yourself (on something) to eat until you are too full to eat any more SYN stuff yourself :

We gorged ourselves on ripe plums.

2 be gorged with something to be completely full of something :

The insect sucks until it is gorged with blood.




slot 1 / slɒt $ slɑːt / noun [ countable ]

1 a long narrow hole in a surface, that you can put something into :

Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the pay phone.

2 a short period of time allowed for one particular event on a programme or timetable :

a ten-minute slot on the breakfast show
landing slots at Heathrow Airport
A new comedy is scheduled for the 9 pm time slot .
THESAURUS
hole an empty space in the surface of something, which sometimes goes all the way through it : A fox had dug a hole under our fence. | Rain was coming in through a hole in the roof.
space an empty area between two things, into which you can put something : Are there any empty spaces on the bookshelf? | a parking space
gap an empty area between two things or two parts of something, especially one that should not be there : He has a gap between his two front teeth. | I squeezed through a gap in the hedge.
opening a hole that something can pass through or that you can see through, especially at the entrance of something : The train disappeared into the dark opening of the tunnel. | I looked through the narrow opening in the wall.
leak a small hole where something has been damaged or broken that lets liquid or gas flow in or out : a leak in the pipe | The plumber's coming to repair the leak.
puncture especially British English a small hole in a tyre through which air escapes : My bike's got a puncture.
crack a very narrow space between two things or two parts of something : The snake slid into a crack in the rock. | She was peering through the crack in the curtains.
slot a straight narrow hole that you put a particular type of object into : You have to put a coin in the slot before you dial the number. | A small disk fits into a slot in the camera.
crater a round hole in the ground made by an explosion or by a large object hitting it hard : a volcanic crater | The meteor left a crater over five miles wide. | the craters on the moon




en‧trenched / ɪnˈtrentʃt / adjective

strongly established and not likely to change – often used to show disapproval

entrenched in

Ageism is entrenched in our society.

entrenched attitudes/positions/interests etc

a deeply entrenched belief in male superiority
entrench verb [ transitive ]




re‧lent‧less / ˈlentləs / adjective

1 strict, cruel, or determined, without ever stopping :

her relentless determination to succeed
a regime that was relentless in its persecution of dissidents

2 something bad that is relentless continues without ever stopping or getting less severe SYN endless :

the relentless crying of a small baby
a family facing relentless financial problems

relentlessly adverb :

He questioned her relentlessly.




sweat‧shop / ˈswet-ʃɒp $ -ʃɑːp / noun [ countable ]
a small business, factory etc where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money – used to show disapproval
THESAURUS
factory a building or group of buildings in which goods are produced in large quantities, using machines : She works in a chocolate factory. | a clothing factory
plant a large factory where cars, chemicals, or energy is produced : Local residents are protesting about the new nuclear power plant. | a car plant | a nuclear power plant
facility a factory. Facility is often used instead of factory in business English : The new production facility is one of the most up-to-date in the area.
works used in the following compounds to describe a factory that produces a particular thing : a steelworks/ironworks/brickworks/a chemical/cement works/a printing works
mill a factory that produces paper, cotton, or cloth : a paper mill | The textile mill has been converted into luxury flats.
shipyard a place where ships are built or repaired : The vessel was built in the Kobe shipyard.
foundry a factory where metal is made into things using mould s : Mandela’s statue was cast here in a local foundry.
sweatshop disapproving a small factory where people work hard in bad conditions for very little money : The company was fined for selling goods produced in sweatshops.


in‧dig‧nant / ɪnˈdɪɡnənt / adjective

angry and surprised because you feel insulted or unfairly treated

indignant at/about

Liz was indignant at the way her child had been treated.
an indignant reply

indignantly adverb :

‘Of course I didn’t tell her!’ Sasha said indignantly.






 

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