Modern Delight
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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While reading it, ask yourself: what brings you delight?
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dyslexia: (n) impairment of the ability to read
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1. My true delight is Saturday morning.
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Wellington: (n) boot having a loose top, with the front coming to or above the knee
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raised bed: (n) elevated garden bed that sits higher than the ground, usually supported by a frame
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delve: (v) to search carefully and laboriously
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943), Russian composer, pianist, conductor
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torch: (n) portable light produced from flammable material wound about a stick of wood and ignited
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portable apparatus that produces a hot flame by combustion of gases
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2. As one grows older and the world grows darker, the things that bring delight
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are not as overwhelming as those when young.
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wail: (n) long, loud, high-pitched cry, as of grief or pain
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cutlery: (n) cutting instruments and tools; instruments used as tableware
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3. Rejoice with me in the unsung joys of the motorway service station.
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motorway: (n) (chiefly Brit.) a superhighway
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mundane: (adj)
related to or typical
of this world; typical
of or concerned with the ordinary
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waif: (n) stray, homeless person, esp. a forsaken or orphaned child
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cloy: (v) to supply with too much of something, esp. something sweet
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gearbox: (n) an automotive transmission
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gaudy: (adj) marked by tasteless or showy ornaments, garish
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