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I loved the fact that I made it into a story
The story was also good - I'm missing the cops, could you send them right away?
I think it's also a great idea about the vocab so I'm going to give it a bash: (Bear in mind I could be completely wrong)
Chary- I'd imagine it means careful, hesitant.
Auspice - Difficult to explain, under the cover of, eg: under the auspices of.
Arcane- I always thought it meant esoteric, otherworldly.
Baleful- Menancing
Censured - To be reproached.
(If I got those right, it's thanks to completing lots of Reader's Digest word quizes as a kid. If I got them wrong - It's 'cos of age. Problem with vocab is if you don't use it, you lose it.)
posted by
fionajean
on December 1, 2005 at 6:32 AM
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Danceswithwords
Well, at least I got to burst in with the handsome police officers. I'll have to try this exercise. (Not the handsome policemen as I don't think Jonathan would appreciate that very much. )
posted by
LifeByLisa
on November 29, 2005 at 6:22 PM
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I'm too lazy...
to do that right now lol
posted by
Marshallengraved
on November 27, 2005 at 11:36 AM
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Cute! I like the idea of using new words when possible.
posted by
Ca88andra
on November 26, 2005 at 3:51 PM
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Good luck
posted by
poetjpb
on November 25, 2005 at 8:20 PM
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Dance-Great use of words.Auspice, Arcane, Chary, Censured, Baleful.
posted by
Aria4
on November 25, 2005 at 7:09 AM
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I gotta come back and read this later....
posted by
word.smith
on November 24, 2005 at 11:33 AM
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Good work
A polished vocabulary is a big plus. I studied the dictionary for many years, until I realized that the words I was using were virtually unknown. You can go too far with it, I learned.
posted by
avant-garde
on November 24, 2005 at 5:12 AM
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