domingo, 15 de marzo de 2009

Top Cat Minds the Baby


Dear all,
Let's use this entry in our blog to send the ten words you learned from watching this cartoon episode.

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  1. Here my ten words whith meaning, regards.

    Worthwhile: –adjective such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.

    Tweezing: to pluck, as with tweezers (small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects).

    Skates: to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates.
    Furthermore: –adverb, moreover; besides; in addition: Furthermore, he left orders not to be disturbed.

    Hiccups: a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.

    Nerves: firmness or courage under trying circumstances: an assignment requiring nerve. One or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.

    Upsets: To cause to turn or tip over; capsize. To disturb the functioning, order, or course of: Protesters upset the meeting by chanting and shouting. To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally: The bad news upset me.

    Spuds: Slang, A potato. A sharp spadelike tool used for rooting or digging out weeds. A short section of pipe or a threaded fitting that completes a connection, as between a longer pipe and a nozzle, valve, or meter. tr.v. spud•ded, spud•ding, spuds.To remove with a sharp spadelike tool. To begin drilling operations on: spud an oil well.

    Pinch: to hamper or inconvenience by the lack of something specified: The builders were pinched by the shortage of good lumber.

    Scratched : To make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a surface) with a sharp instrument. To use the nails or claws to dig or scrape at. To rub or scrape (the skin) to relieve itching.

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  2. This are my 3 meaning
    gang: 1.-Group of troublemaking young people a group of young people who spend time together for social reason and may engege in delinquent behavior. 2.- group of criminals. 3.- group of worwers. 4.-set of tools. 5.-people who enjoy each other´s company.
    drop: 1.- small round portion of liquid. 2.-small amount of liquid. 3.-tiniest amount. 4.-decrease in somenthing. 5.-small round piece of candy.
    due: 1.-expected to arrive. 2.- realy. 3.- cause by somebody or something. 4.-payable.

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  3. hi everyone!
    These are my 10 unknown words and their meaning:

    1. Worthwhile (adjective): useful, important or beneficial enough to be a suitable reward for the money or time spent or the effort made.

    2. Mere (adjective): used to emphasize that something is not large or important.

    3. Gurgle (verb): (of babies) to make a happy sound with the back of the throat, or (of water, especially small streams) to flow with a low, uneven and pleasant noise.

    4. Uphold (verb): to defend or maintain a principle or law, or to state that a decision which has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct.

    5. Fussy (adjective): DISAPPROVING. Not easily satisfied; having very high standards or very fixed standards about particular things.

    6. Livable (adjective): if a building or place is livable, it is suitable or good for living in.

    7. Robbery (noun): the crime of stealing from somewhere or someone.

    8. Racket (noun): a dishonest or illegal activity that makes money.

    9. Heading (noun): words written or printed at the top of a text as a title.

    10. Citizen (noun): a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city.

    Cpp.

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  4. Hi classmates :)

    My 3 words with meaning:

    1.-Upstairs (adjetive): on or of upper floors of a building; examples:"the upstairs maid"; "an upstairs room".

    2.-Treasurer (noun): finacial officer . An officer charged with receiving and disbursing funds.

    3.-Discouraged (adjetive): made less hopeful or enthusiastic. Lacking in resolution.

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  5. I'm angel there are my words
    MERE:
    Used to emphasize how or unimportant something or someone is; =only.
    TROUBLE:
    Problems in your life which you are worried about.
    OWE:
    Money to need to pay someone for something that they have done for or sold to you, or to need to give someone back money that they have lent you.

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  6. Lodge: (sust.) A house in the field or orphanage

    Crowd: A lot of people together, flock of people

    Furnish (verb) : Put furniture in the house

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  7. Hi. these is my homework...
    (Castillo Castillo Susana)

    GRAB: Verb, grabbed, grab-bing, noun-verb (used with object)
    To seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar.

    TREASURER: Noun
    -A person in charge of treasure or a treasury
    -An officer of a government, corporation, association, or the like, in charge of the receipt, care, and disbursement of money.

    FAINTED
    An sbrupt, usually brief loos of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation.

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    bye.

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  8. HI, Here my ten unknown words and their meaning.

    gurgle
    v. flow with a burbling noisy sound; make a gurgling sound, make a sound similar to water flowing over rocks
    n. sound made by water flowing over stones; sound made by water flowing intermittently from a container

    lodge
    v. live, reside; stay overnight; accommodate someone; rent a room to; contain; stick in, implant; become stuck in, become embedded; enter or file a complaint; deposit, entrust to
    n. cabin; hut, crude shelter; small house on an estate; inn; any of a number of American Indian dwellings; local chapter of some fraternal organizations; animal's den (especially a beaver)

    stuff
    n. material of which something is made; essence; objects, things; personal belongings; cloth, fabric (British); nonsense (Informal)
    v. force into a container or opening, cram; fill with some type of stuffing; fill an animal hide with material that preserves its shape; eat a large amount of food, gorge

    dump
    v. drop abruptly, throw down; empty out; get rid of; reject someone, end a relationship (Informal)
    n. garbage dumping site; warehouse; aggregation; copying of a part of memory into an output or storage device (Computers)

    ribbon
    n. strip of material used for decoration; shred, torn strip of material

    Homey
    n. pal, buddy, friend (Slang)
    adj. like a home, comfortable, lived-in, cozy (also homy)

    Livable
    adj. fit to live in, suited for habitation; worth living, bearable; possible to live with, companionable (also liveable)
    Sworn
    adj. said under oath; bound by a pledge; avowed, declared, openly acknowledged

    Handkerchief
    n. small piece of fabric for wiping the eyes or nose; small decorative piece of fabric placed in a pocket


    see you tomorrow

    ELIZABETH

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  9. Hi!

    Ribbons:
    A woven strip or band of fine material, as silk or rayon, varying in width and finished off at the edges, used for ornament, tying, etc.
    Hiccups:
    A quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
    Diaper:
    A piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.

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  10. Hi
    Crafty: marked by skill in deception
    Consolidated: join together in a whole
    tweezing: move , displaced
    beef: complaining
    stalling: tactic to delay
    drape: hanging cloth used as a blind

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  11. Here's my words

    Tweeze: To pull something out with a tong

    Pal: a really good friend

    alley: a closed street without exit

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  12. Hi teacher and classmates!
    I send you, the words that I learned and understood with TOP CAT.

    ºUphold: to defend or maintain a principle or law, or to state that a decision which has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct.
    ºHiccups: a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
    ºgurgle: v. flow with a burbling noisy sound; make a gurgling sound, make a sound similar to flowing over rocks/ n. sound made by water flowing over stones; sound made by water flowing intermittently from a container


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  13. Hi everyone. these are my tree unknown and important words.

    """WORTHWHILE: (adjective) such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.


    """MERELY: (adverb) 1. only as specified and nothing more; simply: merely a matter of form.
    2. Obsolete. a. without admixture; purely.
    b. altogether; entirely.

    """DUMB: (adjective) 1. lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
    2. lacking the power of speech (often offensive when applied to humans): a dumb animal.
    3. temporarily unable to speak: dumb with astonishment.

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  14. hi everyone!

    1. Handkerchief: small piece of fabric for wiping the eyes or nose; small decorative piece of fabric placed in a pocket

    2. Citizen: a person who is a member of a particular country and who has rights because of being born there or because of being given rights, or a person who lives in a particular town or city.

    3. Hiccups: a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.

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