Audrey-July 2010

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FRENCH PHRASES:
-raison d'etre: reason for being

ESSAY STRUCTURE~OUTLINE:
outline: tells about what will happen in the next body paragraph.

~outline sentence:
- the last sentence of the Intro
- it mentions about the next body paragraphs
- in a five paragraph essay, you MUST have 3 narrowly defined ideas.

EX:
Thesis: taxes are being wasted on the welfare programs
Outline: Welfare system is inefficient, unorganized, and unproductive.

MATH NOTES:

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TWO MINUTE AFfIRMATION-
"once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results."


VOCABULITIS ETYMOLOGY: INTERMEDIATE

LESSON 1:


4. kyklos (cycle)- wheel
-bicycle

5. cuspis- point
-bicuspid (2 pointed tooth)

6. phone- sound

7. later- side
-quadrilateral (four sided figure)

8. tele- distance

9. unus- one

10. annus- year(less than)

11. enn- year(more than)

12. semi- half

13. per- through



LESSON 2:
1. sesqui- one and one half

2. mille- 1000

3. meter- to measure

4. optiko- vision

5. choros- time
-chronometer(time measure)

6. therme- heat

LESSON 5:

1. im, in- in

2. ex- out

3. verto, extro- to turn, outward

4. intro- inward

LESSON 6:

1. cura- care

2. sine- without

3. manus- hand

LESSON 7:

1. re- back

LESSON 8.

1. pod- podium

2. sect- cut

3. lingual- language

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Q PHRASE:
-albeit: although be it

5 SENTENCES.

1. George ran today, albeit only half a mile.
2. I became very full after lunch, albeit only a small bowl of rice.
3. Polly has cavities, albeit only two.
4. My dog smells, albeit only a little.
5. The yankees lost some baseball games albeit only 3.

ETYMOLOGY:
LESSON 8:
~plico- fold
-imply: hint suggested
-plywood: thin sheets of wood compressed together.
~ad- to or toward
-explicate: unfold
LESSON 9:
~quintus- 5
~sextus- 6
~trans-
-quartet- group of 4
-quintet- group of 5
-insinuate-implying something bad
~fero- to carry
~con- with/together
-confer- meeting
~de- down, away
-defer- psotpone
-recede- to go back
-duplex: a building with separate houses.
-pliable- bendable
LESSON 10:
-podiatrist: foot doc
~chier(chiro)- hand
-chiropodist- hand doc
graphein- write
-octoroon-1/8 black
~gonia- angle
~octoginta- 80
-octogenarian- 80 yrs old
~septuaginta-70
-septuagenarian-70 yrs
~nonaginta- 90
-nonagenarian- 90 yrs.

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the idea of the book about thinking about positive things. Thus, it will keep you happier and more positive.
Two minute affirmations:
“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” -Ralph Waldo Emersonusing however:
format~
_____however;_____
however is used with but and or sentences (not and sentences)
Ex:
I do not like to do my homework, however; my mom would punish me if I don’t.

~The secret

The secret: Criticism::
-this can make people want to believe what you want which didn’t make sense.
-it is necessary to believe AND WORK HARD to get what you want.
-people thought that this was like some religious mumbo jumbo (or a cult)

EDYMOLOGY:
LESSON 11~
deka-10
decalouge: 10 commandments
penta- 5
centenarian- 100 year old guy.
sedeo, sid, sess,- sit
sedentary- a job were you only have to sit.
sediment- stuff at the bottom of liquids.
sedate- calm
sedative- a drug to make a person calm.
super- over or above.
supersede- to replace
recede- to go back
jacio/ject- to throw
cedo- to go
pre- before
preside- leader (think of president.)
revert- turn back
reside- live (think of resident)
presede- before
dis- away from
dissident- one who disagrees
sub- below
insidious- sneaky, wicked
nihil- nothing
annihilate- destroy to nothing
nihilist- nothing believer.
nihilism- believing in nothing


GRAMMAR:
subject verb agreement~
fractions and percents depend on what the preposistion is.
verbs must agree with the subject, and not the seem to be subject.