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"Up to this? It's the happiest day of my life, Amir," he said, smiling tiredly.

人间三大喜事: 久旱逢甘雨,金榜题名时,洞房花烛夜。


1.permed

perm1 /pɜːm $ pɜːrm/ noun [countable]

a process in which you make straight hair curly by using chemicals, or hair that has been treated in this way SYN permanent American English

a very curly perm

Examples from the Corpus

perm

• And perms, our straight hair tortured into frizz for the Christmas or Easter gathering and the requisite smiling photograph.

• Anyway, one day me and my mates were all going to a party so I decided to do a home perm.

• To top it all I added a red and white ribbon to the crest of my perm.

• Did you get a new perm?

• Well a Optaform perm lotion was the applied. 4.

• To do just that, he used Wella's Optaform perm on Anthea.

• I have a soft perm every 3 to 4 months.

• The newest, softest perms add body, waves or bouncy curls.

Related topics: Hair & beauty, Leisure

perm2 verb [transitive]

1 to make straight hair curly by using chemicals

I’m going to have my hair permed.

her blonde permed hair

2 British English to choose and combine a number of football games from the list given in the football pools in order to try to win money

—perming noun [uncountable]

a home perming kit

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Examples from the Corpus

perm

• Her hair is dyed black and permed.

• Well, you know, I had my hair permed.

• After perming, a neutraliser containing conditioning ingredients is applied to smooth the surface of the hair.

• Once a year she gets her hair permed and once a year she buys face powder.

• Most women think that their hair is not good enough and dye it or bleach it or perm it.

• I had my hair permed last week.

• They perm their hair, dress in Hawaiian shirts and drive huge Mercedes cars through narrow streets. 

2.lineage

lin‧e‧age /ˈlɪni-ɪdʒ/ noun [countable, uncountable]

formal the way in which members of a family are descended from other members → line, ancestry

a family of ancient lineage

Examples from the Corpus

lineage

• In this respect at least, the procedures reflected those of a lineage or tribal meeting of elders and shaikhs.

• Advertising lineage at the Journal has declined 16 percent.

• With his ancient lineage, his three-hundred-year-old title, and the long-dead Gabriella still representing his only true love?

• Jean de la Moussaye can trace his lineage back to Louis XIV.

• There is no lineage of sailors in my ancestry.

• A woman is born into one lineage but is transferred to her husband's lineage as soon as she is married.

• This was largely because of the influence of Salha Mahmud, from Salah's own lineage.

3.utmost

ut‧most1 /ˈʌtməʊst $ -moʊst/ (also uttermost) adjective

→ the utmost importance/respect/care etc

Examples from the Corpus

utmost

• But the trial shows the need to look with the utmost care at staff selection procedures.

• The tale is told with the utmost economy, as if nothing unusual was taking place.

• They entertained them with the utmost hospitality and before they bade them farewell Helenus gave them useful advice about their journey.

• In such cases, it is of utmost importance to retrieve it lest the patient dies.

• In fact I have the utmost respect for it.

• In implementing his plan, Reagan operated in the utmost secrecy.

• I overhear two girls talk in utmost seriousness and gravity about the gross inequities in the grading system.

utmost2 noun [singular]

the most that can be done

to the utmost

Both runners had pushed themselves to the utmost.

The medical staff did their utmost (=tried as hard as they could) to save the patient’s life.

Examples from the Corpus

utmost

• Then he took the bow and did his utmost to string it.

• We must do our utmost to conserve them.

• That meant we wanted every flight member to exercise the utmost in creativity and aggressiveness.

• The Derry turn called for the utmost in pilot ability.

• I respect Reggie White and William Fuller and those guys to the utmost.

• She was angry at Hippolytus and determined to Punish him to the utmost.

• Which is why, if you've got a bad temper, you probably do your utmost to keep it under wraps.

did ... utmost

• Then he took the bow and did his utmost to string it.

4.frenzied

fren‧zied /ˈfrenzid/ adjective

frenzied activity is fast and uncontrolled, usually because it is done by someone feeling very anxious or excited

A woman was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack on her home tonight.

frenzied efforts to find a solution

—frenziedly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

frenzied

• It was at least five minutes before the crowd's frenzied applause died down.

• Many of the deals struck in this frenzied atmosphere are sure to go sour eventually, sending more companies to the brink.

• Was this enough reason to encourage such frenzied attacks?

• This led to frenzied buying orders.

• In this one, a frenzied crowd seemed to be dismantling two locomotives made of rubber.

frenzied attack

• He was certainly the subject of a frenzied attack.

• Julie fell dead beneath a tree, its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack.

• Was this enough reason to encourage such frenzied attacks?

• He was stabbed 8 times in the lungs and intestines in a frenzied attack at the Plough pub in Bicester.

A blush, red like henna, bloomed on her checks.

1*comment

A lover's eyes always see the beauty.

Soraya made sabzi challow--white rice with spinach and lamb.

2*comment

it is their traditional food.

As words from the Koran reverberated through the room, I thought of the old story of Baba wrestling a black bear in Baluchistan.

5.re‧ver‧be‧rate /rɪˈvɜːbəreɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [intransitive]

1 if a loud sound reverberates, it is heard many times as it is sent back from different surfaces SYN  echo

reverberate through/around etc

The bang reverberated through the house.

2 if a room, building etc reverberates, it seems to shake because of a loud sound

reverberate with

The room reverberated with laughter.

3 if an event, action, or idea reverberates, it has a strong effect over a wide area and for a long time

reverberate through/around etc

The events of 9/11 will reverberate through history.

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Examples from the Corpus

reverberate

• The sound of the blast reverberated around the world for nine days.

• Whatever censorship takes place in libraries, even of seemingly innocuous indecent material, can reverberate elsewhere.

• The passageway outside was still reverberating from the crash when he started in on the door of the next apartment.

• News of his resignation continues to reverberate in the media.

• It sheared through bone and muscle alike, the strident snapping of the femur reverberating inside the room.

• Sonar behaves differently because sounds reverberate off the sea floor.

• The sound of a train passing reverberated through the house.

• The slightest movement caused them to twang and reverberate through the silent apartment.

• The first meeting between these strangers could easily produce a shock that reverberated throughout the marriage.

• At four o'clock the school bell goes, and the whole school reverberates with the sound of running feet and slamming doors.

reverberate through/around etc

• Decisions there reverberated around the globe with a force unmatched anywhere else.

• As the roars of approval reverberated around the ground he grinned an uncomfortable grin, almost one of embarrassment.

• The noise seemed to reverberate around the ship.

• The slightest movement caused them to twang and reverberate through the silent apartment.

• The chimes reverberated through the silent building.

• The loss of Earnhardt will reverberate around the track for ever; stock car racing just won't be the same.

• The sound of the blast reverberated around the world for nine days.

• And its impact is set to reverberate around theatreland for some time to come.

reverberate through/around etc

• Decisions there reverberated around the globe with a force unmatched anywhere else.

• As the roars of approval reverberated around the ground he grinned an uncomfortable grin, almost one of embarrassment.

• The noise seemed to reverberate around the ship.

• The slightest movement caused them to twang and reverberate through the silent apartment.

• The chimes reverberated through the silent building.

• The loss of Earnhardt will reverberate around the track for ever; stock car racing just won't be the same.

• The sound of the blast reverberated around the world for nine days.

• And its impact is set to reverberate around theatreland for some time to come.


Khala Jamila played the lotto once a week and watched Johnny Carson every night. She spent her days in the garden, tending to her roses, geraniums, potato vines, and orchids.
6.lot‧to /ˈlɒtəʊ $ ˈlɑːtoʊ/ noun [countable]

a game used to make money, in which people buy tickets with a series of numbers on them. If their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prize.

Examples from the Corpus

lotto

• The state lottery, approved by voters 11 years ago, offers lotto and scratch-off tickets as close as the corner market.

Lotto, the trademark

the main gambling (gamble) game that part of the UK National Lottery 

7.ge‧ra‧ni‧um /dʒəˈreɪniəm/ noun [countable]

a plant with red, pink, or white flowers and round leaves

Examples from the Corpus

geranium

• Instead he writes about his geraniums.

• It was your average London park, complete with flasher, park-keeper, geraniums, a bum-splintering see-saw and baby swings.

• Iron gates open to a courtyard filled with pots of geraniums and ivy tucked next to rusted bistro tables and chairs.

• And then, finally, he would have snapped off their arms and legs and used their torsos for planting geraniums.

• Having learned from that sage, I planted scented geraniums along the narrow part of the driveway.

• Well, she could, but it certainly wasn't the geranium.

8.orchids

a plant that has flowers which are brightly coloured and unusually

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9.rheumatoid

rheu‧ma‧toid ar‧thri‧tis /ˌruːmətɔɪd ɑːˈθraɪtɪs $ -ɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]

a disease that continues for many years and makes your joints painful and stiff, and often makes them lose their proper shape

Examples from the Corpus

rheumatoid arthritis

• Headaches, migraine, insomnia, epilepsy and rheumatoid arthritis are among the conditions that are susceptible to placebos.

• Despite the increased difficulties, trials have been carried out on the effects of homoeopathy in a chronic condition - rheumatoid arthritis.

• Once she had her diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, however, another part of her kicked in.

• People with progressively severe impairments, due to illness such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis, must constantly cope with new problems.

• Patients who have recurrent attacks of gouty arthritis may develop features closely resembling rheumatoid arthritis.

• The finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis.

• Rim a person with rheumatoid arthritis?

10.arthritis

ar‧thri‧tis /ɑːˈθraɪtɪs $ ɑːr-/ noun [uncountable]

a disease that causes the joints of your body to become swollen and very painful

—arthritic /-ˈθrɪtɪk/ adjective

arthritic fingers

Examples from the Corpus

arthritis

• Prophylactic therapy to avoid acute gouty arthritis should accompany the initiation of allopurinol therapy.

• Patients who have recurrent attacks of gouty arthritis may develop features closely resembling rheumatoid arthritis.

• Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.

• One of our friends with the same type of arthritis has been helped by an occupational therapist.

• Despite the increased difficulties, trials have been carried out on the effects of homoeopathy in a chronic condition - rheumatoid arthritis.

• People with progressively severe impairments, due to illness such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid arthritis, must constantly cope with new problems.

• Her problem was arthritis and degenerative diseases of the heart.

• We speak of some one who is stiff-necked long before they may become crippled with arthritis.

Summary:

Soyaha and Amir got married, after that, they started to take care of Baba together, sick seriously was Baba, thus he passed away in a night. After the funeral, Amir finished his first novel, and got published. At that time, his love desired to have a baby while something wrong and they had suggested to adopt one, they all disapproved.

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