The Ass The Fox And The Lion The Ass The Fox And The Lion An Ass and a Fox had become close comrades, and were constantly in each other’s company. While the Ass cropped a fresh bit of greens, the Fox would devour a chicken from the neighboring farmyard or a bit of cheese filched …
Ascetic 1100 Words You Need Ascetic 1100 Words You Need /əˈset.ɪk/ (adj & noun) Noun: one who practices self-denial and devotion, an austere person living with minimum material comforts, abstainer, celibate, puritan, penitent Adjective: austere, self-denying, abstemious, abstinent, frugal, severe Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of …
Romantic love in Farsi Romantic love in Farsi Watch this video on YouTube من به شما علاقه دارم / من به شما علاقه مندم. I’m attracted to you / I like you. من خاطرخواه شما هستم / خاطرخواتم. I love you so much. من از شما خواستگاری می کنم. I propose to you for marriage. …
God Sees the Truth but Waits God Sees the Truth but Waits In the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov. He had two shops and a house of his own. Watch this video on YouTube Aksionov was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and very fond of singing. …
Penance 1100 Words You Need Penance 1100 Words You Need /ˈpen.əns/ (noun) the act of showing that you are regretful for what you have done in the past, repentance, self-punishment for sin, atonement, forfeit, amends, propitiation, contrition The Sacrament of Penance (also commonly called the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession) is one of the seven …
On Tenterhooks 1100 Words On Tenterhooks 1100 Words in a state of suspense and agitation, nervous, excited, apprehensive, on edge, agitated, anxious, a state of anxiety Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails in a device called a tenter. Tenters were wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the …
The Rocking-horse Winner The Rocking-horse Winner There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had boney children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them. They looked …
Decadence 1100 Words You Need Decadence 1100 Words You Need /ˈdek.ə.dənts/ (noun) low moral standards and behavior, a state of decline in civilization and moral standards in a society, immorality, corruption, depravity, self-indulgence, dissolution, profligacy, dissipation, indecency The word decadence, which at first meant simply “decline” in an abstract sense, is now most often used …
Supplication 1100 Words You Need Supplication 1100 Words You Need /ˌsʌp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) asking for help from a person in authority or from God, appeal made to someone in authority, addressing of requests, entreaty, petition, plea, prayer, solicitation, application Prayer and supplication are closely related and interconnected as they are both forms of reverence and invocation …
Ponder 1100 Words You Need Ponder 1100 Words You Need /ˈpɒndə/ (verb) to think about something very carefully, reflect on / upon, speculate, consider, deem, think over, contemplate, deliberate, weigh up, meditate over, ruminate In chapter 19 of the last work he ever completed, Bastiat pondered on the nature of war and who benefits from …