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Hi, my dear friends! Today I have decided to come up with a vocabulary test. The idea of this test is following.

I will write 10 sentences with one (or more) underlined word. Each sentence will be followed by 4 options and your task is to find a word or a phrase that best keeps the meaning of the original sentense. For example:

The given sentence:

1. Plato's teaching had a profound effect on Aristotel.

a) depth;

b) affection;

c) affliction;

d) influence.

In the given example, the correct answer is obvio

"To try is to risk failure. But risks need to be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel change, grow, love and live. Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free.” 

― Leo Buscaglia 

Love (1972)

"We need others. We need others to love and we need to be loved by them. There

Math is not my strong suit. There, I said it. Every time I see a math problem; my heart beats very fast, I start to perspire and I gasp for air. I feel like somebody needs to discover a cure for it. Maybe an allergy shot for example. You know, something like they've got for an anaphylactic shock; that's just a big, fancy word for having a severe allergy attack. I'll be their #1 investor if they do. I promise. On my honor! I just gave you guys a million dollar idea. You're welcome! Anyway, I don'

("Let's say you save your quarters in a piggy bank.
But your mom keeps checking up on how much you're putting in and taking out.
You don't like that.
So you get an extra piggy bank...
...and take it to Johnny's house.
Johnny's mom is busy. She doesn't check piggy banks. So you can secretly keep yours there without anyone checking up on it.
The neighborhood kids also think this is a good idea.
So they also put their piggy banks in Johnny's closet.
But one day, Johnny's mom finds the piggy banks.
She's mad

What is air pollution?

The earth is surrounded by a various gases, like a blanket is called atmosphere. This helps the earth and allow life to exist. Otherwise we would be burn to death from sun's heat. The additional gas, dust particles, smoke, fumes or odour that introduced in to the air that harmful to humans, animals and plants called air pollution.

Pollutants

Things that pollute air are called pollutants. Carbon Monoxide(CO), Ground level Ozone()3), Lead (Pb), Nitrogen Dioxide(NO2), Particulat

Nice and Simple as an Iranian Lady

Yesterday, I went to a park to walk and enjoy the fresh smell of spring. It was a sunny day. A man was sitting on a bench, he was reading a newspaper. A little boy was sitting beside him, then a woman came with three ice-creams in her hands. She sat on the bench beside the little boy and gave him an ice-cream. The woman gave the man an ice-cream, too. They were a family.

Eating healthy is important.

No kidding! It is a serious issue when it comes to growing children, because what's known as the junk food (not to them of course!) is ruining their healthy eating habits. The Sweetgreen restaurant chain released a series of school lunch comparisons from all over the world, to show us how culture could affect the diversity of school lunches. From a US or UK point of view, the school lunches in many other countries look mouth-watering and fresh. Unfortunately, lunch la

Dear readers over the world

To day I'd tell you about one of the legend that happened in my Area nearby.Don't forget to visit the location  and  give your comment , OK ?The legend of The Twin lakes in Alahan Panjang

Tautology is a complicated term that means saying the same thing twice. It's considered bad use of language.

Unfortunately, however, there are numbers of word pairs that are tautologies that have crept into common use. Here are some examples:

Swap out - this seems to be more commonly used in US English. Swap means to change something. I often read the term "swap out" as in, he said he would swap out the batteries so the torch would work. Swap would have done fine alone.

Sort out - we can sort somet

I don’t know from where to start and where to stop, what to care about and what to drop, what to amplify in and what to crop. Is it possible for a human to ignore other's pain, torture and suffer, and still be considered as a human. What is Humanitarian so. what Palestine means to me?, where is it? and where am trying to go?  .......

I won't talk about geography because internet knows more. I'll not talk about statistics even it is what I adore. I'll talk with responsibility, with eyes full of te

EVERYBODY IS A GENIOUS.
BUT IF YOU JUDGE A FISH BY ITS ABILITY TO CLIMB A TREE,
IT WILL LIVE ITS WHOLE LIFE BELIEVING THAT IT IS STUPID. ~ Albert Einstein.

Different people learn differently. There are introverts/extroverts, close-minded/open-minded, messy/OCD, booksmart/streetsmart... So why we insist on using only 1 teaching method when there are SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO LEARN?!!!

Let's think about to change the educational system for once!

I'm totally against the old educational methods and

HOW I WROTE THE BLOG, 'BROKEN HEART'

I was looking for the articles through the link provided by Expector, the challenger.  I was scrolling and reading the detail for articles "a, an and the".  I stopped at the portion where the article ‘an’ was mentioned.  There was also an example given: “an umbrella”  I stopped there for a while.  Since this article is rarely used along with the noun starting with a vowel.  I was thinking how to use this phrase, “an umbrella” in my next blog in response to Exp

Management is termed as a function coordinating the activities of the individuals, so as to accomplish the goals and objectives by making appropriate and efficient use of resources. Management is an important function in every organization. The management includes the planning, staffing, organizing, directing and controlling the activities of an organization, in order to accomplish the targets or the goals to be achieved. Management can also be termed as a social science or the academic discipli

Finance is concerned with the creation as well as the creation of wealth. The process of finance is not only concerned with the exchange of money, but also it addresses the ways, which are helpful in allocation and management of resources in an efficient manner over a limited period of time. Finance is a very old subject like that of the origin of human life. A number of courses on finance are offered by several universities. The assignments are the documents, which are necessary to be submitted

From time to time the organism needs a break for refreshing. In spring and summer we find all the necessary aids to help our organism Organifi Green Juice Review recover and run the normal activity again. Fruits and vegetables are the most important in maintaining the health and strength of your body. The cleansing of the entire organism is made through a special process named detoxification. Being it made by the organism itself or helped by natural recipes, detoxification is something compulsor

Some people say white lie does not hurt. Someone tells it to avoid hurting another person. I don't believe in that. A lie is a lie. Whether white or colored. God does not like dishonest or untruthful ones. In fact, lying is a bad habit. It shows insufficiency or decrease of the individuality. Cowardice or being afraid of something are one of its major merits.  

The previous production leads to the story of   that shepherd who used to lie to his village people.

Once upon a time, a shepherd took his

Some people say, white lie. It does not hurt. Someone tells it to avoid hurting another person. I don't believe in that. A lie is a lie. Whether white or colored. God does not like dishonest or untruthful ones. In fact, lying is a bad habit. It shows insufficiency or decrease of the individuality. Cowardice or being afraid of something are one of its major merits. 

The previous production leads to the story of   that shepherd who used to lie to his village people.

Once upon a time a shepherd took

Layla is a beautiful girl who just moved to England to work in a Super market. While commuted to work she met a handsome young man called Jim and she started to make a good friendship with him through the phone. Layla got addicted to Jim's speech. She used to be always on phone with Jim. He sounded caring. After few months of their phone conversations. One day they decided to meet in a pub. Layla was very excited and told her colleague, that she is going to meet Jim. Her colleague asked Layla to

My dear friends! I'd like to ask how do you feel about introducing yourselves and telling others about your interests or what is on your mind? I am sure, you all would like to express your mind and to be heard here. So, why not to do it orally for others to hear your voice, your intonations, maybe to see your gestures, your face, etc.? So, my idea is to post such a blog or a group, where you all will be able to attach your clips or just audio files for others to hear you. You all can do it using

My dear friends! I see  you liked my grammar test so, I am posting one more. Your task is the same: to find and to correct the mistakes. Such tests without underlining are the most complicated as any word may be wrong including articles and prepositions. There may be a few mistakes in each sentence. I’d like to pay your attention to the following: it a grammar test, so the used vocabulary is out of the question, it is correct. I’ve seen that in the previous blog some learners tried to change the