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it's been a while since i last bought and read a newspaper...
bought one last tuesday ^^
i know a lot of people read star,or berita harian, or metro
i read the news straits times
i find it appropriate, the content, the articles...
don't like too many advertisements
i don't read newspapers to find new things to spend money on.
i like the words they use too
i find it useful, especially for us students who needs to sit for language exams...
(am using 'i' too often eyh..)
long story short,
i'll just list down some words/phrases that i find interesting and applicable to our daily lives..
here goes:
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1)the moles must be weeded out quickly=the problems must be solved asap
2)hot potato=big problem (like 'hot soup')
3)pedagogy=a study of being a teacher
4)bigotry=intolerance
5)keep your cards close to your chest= being very secretive
6)tip-top condition
7)pandemonium=chaos, a noisy place
8)iron out=solve
9)a significant barometer
10)(my favourite quote from this edition,regarding bus accidents)'So regular are such mishaps on some of the region's best roads that they could almost be considered a ritual sacrifice by the larger society to a blood-thirsty deity.'
11)precarious=lacking in security
12)infringements=violations(law,rules)
13)stoic/deadpan = indifferent
14)vaudeville/slapstick
15)mano-a-mano
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alright..there's to many to list down
fyi, i've only listed words up to page 17 of the newspaper
will take me a while to reach the end of it at this rate.