Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Bigwig - a powerful or important person 

Goverment bigwigs refused to change the law about taxes.

In 1945 all bigwigs gathered for Yalta Conference.

In the eye of the beholder -  a matter of personal opinion

Beuty is in the eye of the beholder, you can't argue about that.

-Take a look at this Van Gogh painting! It's astonishing!

-Meh, it doesn't look that good to me.

-I guess art is in the eye of beholder.

Intersperse - to put (something) at different places among other things

You should intersperse these pictures evenly throughtout the book.

Some seagulls were interspersed among the ducks. 

Stupendous - causing amazement, astounding, immense

We coudn't take eyes off actor who performed stupendously.

If you ever attended one of Joseph concerts you can call it all but stupendous. 

Convey - to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear

Can you convey those boxes here? Thanks

How the f*ck will we convey him to his apartment? He's so drunk that he can't even stand still!

 

 

 

Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe

Stephen Hawking: Questioning the universe

extrapolate - to form an opinion or to make an estimate about something from known facts

As ar as I know Joseph I can extrapolate he is dumb as bricks.

Only the best poker players can extrapolate their chances of winning.

equation - equally balanced state; a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal: it is either an identity in which the variables can assume any value, or a conditional equation in which the variables have only certain values

This equation does not give us the value of the unknown factor but gives us a ratio between two unknowns.

You must find Jesus in your life so you can live in perfect equation.

 

algae -  unicellular or multicellular organisms formerly classified as plants, occurring in fresh or salt water or moist ground, that have chlorophyll and other pigments but lack true stems, roots, and leaves (glony)

Algae are probably the oldest living beings on Earth.

I can't understand vegans, how can they eat algae without vomiting? 

 

inward-looking - not interested in or taking account of other people or groups

Some poeple at my university are so inward-looking that they never share notes with others. 

Muslims are example of inward-looking society.

salutary - favorable to or promoting health; healthful, promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose

The hard but salutary training helped them cooperate in large group.

Eating salutary food can lower your chances of getting a hearth attack. 

 

Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war

Why veterans miss war

Plywood - a material used for various building purposes, consisting usually of an odd number of veneers glued over each other, usually at right angles.

A few plywood huts were set in the west side of camp, where soldiers could rest.

Mutter - to speak indistinctly in low tones.

When he left the boss office room he was muttering to himself about how he hates the guy who is his employer.

Abruptly - sudden or unexpected

An abruptly scream filled the room when Mela realised that a spider was walking on her arm.

 Strafe - to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire

 Soldiers! Tomorrow you will be sent to strafe enemy front lines, don't waste ammunition, send those bastards straight to hell!

AWOL - a term used in the United States Military to describe a soldier or other military member who has left his or her post without permission. (Absence without official leave)

Private Johnson went AWOL after he received an order to join major combat forces in Iraq.  

 

 

Eleanor Longden: The voices in my head

http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head/transcript?language=en#t-721

Gleeful - Full of joy, delighted, merry

I am going to gleefully spend my weekend.
How gleeful it would be if I were now in tropical island.


Feisty - Full of animation, energy, or courage

My friends are feisty when they are drunk.
The champion is faced with feisty challenger.


Benign - Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless, also gentle or kind

Even though media tells otherwise, in reality smoking weed is benign,
When she met him, he greeted her with a benign smile.


Hospital admission - a full stay. The formal acceptance by a hospital or other inpatient health care facility of a patient who is to be provided with room, board, and continuous nursing service in an area of the hospital or facility where patients generally reside at least overnight.


She felt so bad that we had to call ambulance. Later, she got hospital admission becouse of her illness.
Most people say that hospital food is bad, but when I was hospital admissioned for two weeks I liked the meals very much.



Reconcile - To reestablish a close relationship; to settle or resolve; to bring (oneself) to accept


At first her parents were against but with time they reconciled our marriage.
He finally reconciled himself to the change in management.

   

Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life

http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life/transcript?language=en#t-638297

Puncture - to make a small hole in something


She had used a ​screwdriver to puncture two ​holes in the ​lid of a ​paint ​tin.
The ​knife went through his ​ribs and punctured his ​lung.


Flail -  to ​move energetically in an uncontrolled way (especially arms or legs)


A ​wasp came towards us and Mela ​started flailing her ​arms around.
She ​ran from the ​house in a ​terrible ​rage, her ​arms flailing in the ​air.


Grisly - extremely unpleasant and frightening and usually connected with death and violence


At the end of our semester we need to face grisly exam.
Have you seen Cannibal Corpse cover of new album? It's so grisly.


Colleteral Damage -

1. (military) unintentional damage to civil property and civilian casualties, caused by military operations
2. any damage incidental to an activity 

 
The terrorist don't care about colletaral damage when they attemp suicide attack.
Mom's new vase was destoryed by colleteral damage when kids were playing in the kitchen.



Hereditary - (of ​characteristics or ​diseases) ​passed from the ​genes of a ​parent to a ​child, or (of ​titles and ​positions in ​society) ​passed from ​parent to a ​child as a ​right



Depression is often hereditary.
Becouse his title is hereditary, he will now be known as King Joffrey the First.

 

Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend/transcript?language=en#t-518179

Impromptu - With little or no preparation

Joseph forgot to prepare tedtalk for our classes so he needed to make something up impromptu.

Being able to play the role impromptu is what only the best actors can do.

Unbeknownst - Happening or existing without the knowledge of someone specified

 Most of human slavery is unbeknowst to police.

There are many people hurt by depression and we walk by them unbeknowst.

Nudging - To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal

I was nudging the guy buying coffee in Starbucks becouse I knew him from my highschool times.

She was frightined to go into the building so I nudged her to encourage her.

 Constrict - To squeeze or compress

Snakes constrict their prey before they eat them.

Let's constrict this lemons for a juice!

Pituitary gland  - a small, oval endocrine gland attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and consisting of an anterior and a posterior lobe (przysadka mózgowa)

Pituitary gland is positioned under the human brain and it cooperates the hormones in organism.

 

Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part

http://www.ted.com/talks/mandy_len_catron_falling_in_love_is_the_easy_part/transcript?language=en

Inadvertent - unintentional, characterized by lack of attentnion

I inadvertently spilled my beer over a table.


Self-disclosure - is a process of communication by which one person reveals information about himself or herself to another.

As our relationship was growing I was forced to make a self-disclosure.


Foster - to take care of child, usually for a limited time


My friend is working as a babysitter, she always liked to foster.


Inoculate - to give weak form of disease to a person or animal

When you are young most children gets inoculated becouse of the flue.


Cringe - to suddenly move away from someone or something becouse you are frightened

When I saw Joseph in the main hall and he started to approch me I cringed in fear.

Death

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/metallica-bassist-cliff-burton-dies-in-a-bus-accident/

Cramated
Ashes
Ceremony
Engraved
Posthumously

Mary Roach: 10 things you didn't know about orgasm

Sexual arousal - is the arousal of sexual desire, during or in anticipation of sexual activity.

My brain response to those playboy magazines with sexual arousal.

Young boys need to handle their sexual arousal when growing up

Cadaver – corpses, dead bodies

Pathologists made section of cadavers for local police to help them with investigation.

At the place of accident police found about twelve cadavers.

Titillate - to stimulate by touching lightly; tickle.

Royal court medic had opinion that the vulva of your most sacred majesty should be titillated for some time prior to intercourse. 

Titillating is usually form of a foreplay. 

Cervical caps - A soft rubber cup with a round rim designed to fit snugly around the cervix and act as a barrier contraceptive device.

British goverment wants to control number pregnancy by promoting cervical caps.

Cervical caps are expensive but they prevent woman from getting pregnant.

Inseminate - To introduce or inject semen into the reproductive tract of (a female)

Man need to inseminate semen to women to get her pregnant.

Some woman need to be artificially inseminated to have a baby.