Catastrophe
A disastrous event, a natural calamity, a cataclysm (Noun).
The Three Musketeers
A novel by the celebrated French novelist Alexandre Dumas, originally entitled Les Trois Mousquetaires.
Cobblestones
Stones used for paving streets. Also used for building houses.
Trampled
Treaded, Stamped (Adjective). C.f. T. S. Eliot “Trampled by insistent feet / At four or five or six o’clock” (“Preludes”).
Silhoutted
Something outlined against a brighter background. Typically happens when the object you are looking at or trying to photograph is placed between you / the lens and the source of light, at a straight line.
Quay
A platform projected into water for boarding or loading boats or ships. Synonyms: Pier, Jetty (Noun).
Hand-me-down
Something, most often a garment, which has been used, and then passed onto a younger sibling, or the next generation. A second-hand stuff.
Resemblance
Similarity (Noun).
Formulate
Prepare, Construct, Contrive (Verb).
Collaborator
Co-worker, Associate, Colleague (Noun).
Symbolon
A catechetical program formulated by Dr. Edward Sri, a noted Catholic theologian and author.
Sunt pueri pueri, pueri puerilia tractant
A Medieval Latin maxim, which means “Boys are boys, boys do childish things”.
The Resistance
Socialist opposition to Nazism in Germany between 1933 and 1945.
Limping
Hobbling, Walking with difficulty (Verb).
Shimmer
Flicker, Glisten, Sparkle (Verb). c.f. “Hotel California” by Eagles: “Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light”.
Krauts
A derogatory way to refer to the Germans, particularly German soldiers. The word rose in fashion during the First World War.
Transom
A wooden bar above a window (Noun).
Insulation
The process of reducing transfer of thermal energy between two objects of different temperatures. Thus, insulation helps keep your house warm in the winter and cooler in the summer.
Windowsill
The surface at the bottom of a window.
Suffocate
Smother, Choke, Cause death or die for the lack of breathable oxygen (Verb).
