People need cholesterol to maintain your sanity.
1. cholesterol [kəˋlɛstə͵rol] (n.) a substance in your blood that can cause heart disease if you have too much of it
Example: There are many food products that claim to reduce cholesterol levels.
low/ high in cholesterol
Example: Avoid fatty foods that are high in cholesterol.
1. semi- = half
semifinal (n.) one of the two games that are played immediately before the last game in a sports competition. The two people or teams who win the semifinals play each other in the last game, called the final, to decide who wins the competition.
semiconductor (n.) a substance that allows some electricity to pass through it, used for making electronic equipment such as computers
semi-conscious (adj.) someone who is semi-conscious is only partly conscious and not fully awake
Example: A neighbor found her semi-conscious on the floor.
1. epi- = among; on; upon
epicenter (n.) the area of land directly over the center of an earthquake
episode (n.) an event or set of events that forms part of a longer series but is considered separately
Example: After this episode, relations between them were strained.
(n.) a part of a television or radio story that is broadcast separately and forms one of a series
"Yes?"
"Up to now I have never kissed you."
She was as scarlet as if he had put the thing most indelicately.
"No─more you have," she stammered.
"Then I ask you─may I now?"
Lucy suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love.
1. diplomatic [͵dɪpləˋmætɪk] (adj.) able to deal with people in a sensitive way that does not upset or offend them
Example: a diplomatic answer
(adj.) relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationship between countries
diplomat (n.) an official whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
Persephone whom he asked leave to pick up on the way, saying that she was his sister─Persephone, tall and slender and pale, returning with the Spring to her mother's cottage, and still shading her eyes from the unaccustomed light.
1. slender [ˋslɛndɚ] (adj.) tall or long and thin in an attractive way
Example: She has a tall slender figure.
Example: slender fingers
(adj.) not very wide
Lucy, elegantly dressed in white, sat erect and nervous amid these explosive ingredients, attentive to Mr. Eager, repressive towards Miss Larvish, watchful of old Mr. Emerson, hitheto fortunately asleep, thanks to a heavy lunch and the drowsy atmosphere of Spring.
1. amid [əˋmɪd] (prepositon) if something happens amid particular feelings or events, it happens while people have these feelings or while these events are happening
Example: Banks and shops closed yesterday amid growing fears of terriorist viloence.
2. explosive (adj.) likely to create difficulties or have a dangerous or violent effect
Example: The situation along the border is potentially explosive.
He turned towards her frowning, as if she had disturbed him in some abstract quest.
1. frown [fraʊn] (v.) to move your eyebrows down and closer together because you are annoyed, worried, or thinking hard
Example: Sarah frowned and shook her head.
frown on sb/ sth to not approve of something
Example: Personal phone calls are frowned on at work.
This afternoon she was peculiarly restive.
1. peculiar [pɪˋkjuljɚ] (adj.) strange, often in a unpleasant way
Example: a peculiar smell
(adj.) especially true or typical of a particular person, thing, or situation: particular
Example: Each person's handwriting has its own peculiar chracteristics.
A few people lingered round and praised her playing, but finding that she made no reply, dispersed to their rooms to write up thieir diaries or to sleep.
1. linger [ˋlɪŋgɚ] (v.) to stay somewhere longer or spend longer doing something than necessary for your own enjoyment or benefit
Example: Many students lingered after class.
Example: I like to linger over breakfast and read the newspaper.
Example: She let her eyes linger on him.
