Final

Chapter 9 : Fashion

1. Come up with

• To suggest or think of an idea or plan
• http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004263882_climate06m0.html
• State to come up with emissions goals.
• My friend really wants to come up with a new robot.
• Try to give your ow example to remember the meaning of new words.

Picture image: http://www.nitrohouse.com/images/01_a.jpg

2. Come out

• If something comes out, it becomes known publicly after it has been kept secret. If a company comes out with a new product, it available to be bought.
• http://www.comeoutandplay.org/
• We are extremely excited to announce that Come Out & Play will be returning to New York City this spring.
• The first Iphone maybe came out about one year ago.
• Image about the meaning: "come" and "out".

Picture image: (turtles are coming from eggs) http://www.empireoftheturtle.com/Roadkill/Pseudemys_nelsoni_hatchlings_from_PN001_1d.jpg

3. Go out of style

• To look old-fashioned.
• http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/SPECIAL01/80523013/1305/BIZ01
• Classics never go out of style.
• I have many clothes which have gone out of style.
• Image for the words : "go out" and " style"

Picture image: (30's century clothes) http://www.planetrussell.net/emvidal/images/Coppola_Marie-Antoinette2.JPG

4. Grow into

• If children grow into clothes, they gradually become big enough to wear them.
• http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=535&ArticleID=5806&l=en
• Billion Tree Campaign to Grow into the Seven Billion Tree Campaign
• My sister grow into my clothes.
• "grow into" you can image it connects with "grow up" "into" something.

Picture image: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/square-watermelons.shtml

5. Tuck ... in

• Put it inside something else.
• http://blogs.herald.com/dave_barrys_blog/2005/10/fashion_questio.html
• When did it become fashionable for grown men to wear dressy shirts untucked? I'm talking about men who are going to work, restaurants, etc., wearing nice long-sleeved shirts with the shirttails hanging out, as if they forgot to tuck them in, but they did not, because they are participating in a Fashion Trend.
• I tucked my shirt in my pant to go to school when I studied in high school.
• See my picture to image to words.

Picture image: http://www.acornuniforms.com/catalog/item/2311977/3067094.htm#image_1

6. Make into

• To change something into something else.
• http://gonintendo.com/?p=44711
• Top 10 games to make into films
• Do you think a tablecloth could make into a blanket.
• Pay attention to each word : "make" + "into"

Picture image : (make into the left-hand window)http://reprap.org/pub/Main/ShowCase/gui.jpg

7. Try on

• To put on a piece of clothing to discover if it fits you or if you like it
• http://www.popgadget.net/2008/05/turn_yourself_i.php
• Try clothes on a virtual online model of the real you.
• I tried a dress on yesterday, it fitted like a glove, but it is very expensive. So, I can't buy it !
• Give your own example.

8. Dress down

• To wear informal clothes of the type that will not attract attention.
• http://qrclink.blogspot.com/2007/02/dress-down-friday-february-9th-2007.html
• One of the initiatives to raise funds for the Global Young Leaders Conference is Dress Down Day. Students pay TT$5 not to wear the school uniform on that day.
• I usually dress down because it's comfortable.
• Image the meaning "dress" and "down"

9. Dress up

• To put on formal clothes for a special occasion.
• http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Barbie_Dress_Up_Games
• Barbie dress up games provide a unique opportunity to explore glamour and high fashion
• I dressed up when I went to Mai's party.
• Opposite meaning with "dress up".

10. Show up in

• Appeared someplace wearing
• http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/learning/coursework/a_peek_at_8033_relativity.shtml
• He didn't even show up in my other pictures .
• My friend usually shows up in short.
• Give your own example to remember words.

11. Zip up

• To close the zipper of.
• http://www.jamd.com/search?assettype=g&assetid=2662036&text=zip+up
• A model demonstrating how to zip up the back of a dress when there's no one around to give a hand
• I know a person who forgot zip up his pant!
• "Zip" is connected with zipper.

12. Show off

• Display proudly.
• http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/28/sonys-howard-stringer-to-show-off-new-oled-tvs-at-d/
• Sony's Howard Stringer to show off new OLED TVs at D.
• My friend showed off her new diamond ring but it is unreal diamond ring .
• Show something proudly.

13. Wear out

• To become weak.
• http://justbaggingit.com/2006/10/05/love-livefabulous/
• These black leather slingbacks are the perfect shoe to wear to the office, while being sassy enough to wear out after work with a pair of fabulous jeans.
• I think this dress wears out too much.
• Give your own example.

Journal (May 27th ->30th)

I chose this website to get vocabulary from 1st - 8th vocabulary :
http://www.buildings.com/news/detail2.aspx?contentID=58301556

1. establish (verb)

To start a company or organization that will continue for a long time

Ex1: The brewery was established in 1822.

Ex2: These methods of working were established in the last century.

2. sharp (adjective)

Happening suddenly, quickly and strongly

Ex1: A sharp rise/increase in the number of cases of this illness

Ex2: A sharp bend in the road

Ex3: To suffer a sharp blow to the head

3. effective (adjective)

Successful or achieving the results that you want

Ex1: It's an extremely effective cure for a headache

Ex2: The lighting for the production made a very effective use of shadow

Ex3: She's a very effective teacher.

4. emission (noun)

When gas, heat, light, etc. is sent out

Ex1: The Green Party have called for a substantial reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases by the UK.

Ex2: The regulations require a reduction in harmful emissions.

5. interactive (adjective)

Describes a system or computer program which is designed to involve the user in the exchange of information

Ex1: This is an interactive museum where children can actively manipulate the exhibits.

Ex2: The ocean and the atmosphere form an interactive system.

Ex3: An interactive computer program involves the user in the exchange of information while the computer is in operation: interactive software/technology

6. content (noun)

The subject or ideas contained in something written, said, or represented

Ex1: The increasingly violent and sexually explicit content of computer and video games is disturbing to a lot of people.

Ex2: It's a very stylish and beautiful film, but it lacks content.

Ex3: We've discussed the unusual form of the book - now, what about the content?

7. provider (verb)

To give someone something that they need

Ex1: This booklet provides useful information about local services

Ex2: All meals are provided throughout the course.

Ex3: The author provides no documentary references to support her assertions.

8. subscribe (verb)

To pay money to an organization in order to receive a product, use a service regularly or support the organization

Ex1: She subscribes to several women's magazines.

Ex2: I subscribe £10 a month to the charity.

9. sustain (verb)

From: http://www.buildings.com/news/detail.aspx?contentID=6041

To cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

Ex1: The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.

Ex2: He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women.

10. segment (noun)

From: http://www.buildings.com/news/detail.aspx?contentID=6041

Any of the parts into which something (especially a circle or sphere) can be divided or into which it is naturally divided

Ex1: The salad was decorated with segments of orange.

Ex2: People over the age of 85 make up the fastest-growing population segment.

Journal (May 19th ->23th)

I chose this website to get vocabulary :

http://www.buildings.com/news/detail2.aspx?contentID=58301556

1. emit (verb)

To send out a beam, noise, smell or gas.

Ex1: The alarm emits infra-red rays which are used to detect any intruder.

Ex2:The machine emits a high-pitched sound when you press the button.

2. refinery (verb)

To make something pure or improve something, especially by removing unwanted material

Ex1: Crude oil is industrially refined to purify it and separate out the different elements, such as benzene.

Ex2: Sugar and oil are refined before use.

Ex3: To refine something also means to improve it by making small changes: We haven't finished refining the plan yet

3. annually (adverb)

Happening once every year, or relating to a period of one year

Ex1: Your starting salary is £13 000 per annum and will be reviewed annually (= once every year).

Ex2: Subscriptions Generate $1B annually in its first-ever quarterly online game subscription tracking report - covering October 2007.

4. effort (noun)

Physical or mental activity needed to achieve something

Ex1: If we could all make an effort to keep this office tidier it would help.

Ex2: You can't expect to have any friends if you don't make any effort with people.

Ex3: In their efforts to reduce crime the government expanded the police force

Ex4: It takes a long time to prepare the dish but the results are so good that it's worth the effort

5. Representative (adjective)

Typical of, or the same as, others in a larger group of people or things.

Ex1: Are your views/opinions representative of all the workers here?

Ex2: Representatives of oil refineries and several business groups opposed the fee, saying it would duplicate and interfere with the state's landmark law to control global warming gases statewide.

6. interfere ( verb)

To prevent something from working effectively or from developing successfully

Ex1: Even a low level of noise interferes with my concentration.

Ex2: I try not to let my dancing classes interfere with my schoolwork.

7. administrator (noun)

Someone who helps to manage an organization .

Ex1: He's studying business administration.

Ex2: An administration in the US is the period when a President is in office: The Clinton administration has been full of surprises.

8. complement (verb)

To make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it

Ex1: Strawberries and cream complement each other perfectly.

Ex2: The music complements her voice perfectly.

9. attempt (verb)

To try to do something, especially something difficult:[+ to infinitive]

Ex1: He attempted to escape through a window.

Ex2: He attempted a joke, but no one laughed.There's no point in even attempting an explanation - he'll never listen.

10. approve (verb)

To have a positive opinion of someone or something

Ex1: She doesn't approve of my friends.He doesn't approve of smoking.

Ex2: I thoroughly approve of what the government is doing

Art
http://www.air-worldwide.com/_public/html/risk_man_soft.asp
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=air+institute&btnG=Search
Mood
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mood
Feeling
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=feeling
Talk about your feeling:
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/thought/talk_feelings.html
lonely
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=feeling+lonely&revid=2026932203&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=2

Journal 12th-16th May

From 1st - 4th vocabulary , I got from: http://seattlecentral.edu/foundation/index.php

1. dedicate (verb)

To give completely your energy, time, etc

Ex1: Seattle Central Community College Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between student need and available resources.

Ex2: The new President said she would dedicate herself to protecting the rights of the old, the sick and the homeless

2. ensure / insure (verb)

To make something certain to happen

Ex1: The Seattle Central Community College Foundation, led by a 25 member board of trustees, was created to help ensure that our self-motivated, hardworking students.

Ex2: The airline is taking steps to ensure safety on its aircraft

3. achieve (verb)

To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort

Ex1: hardworking students - who have chosen to improve their lives through education - can achieve their goals.

Ex2: The government's training policy, he claimed, was achieving its objectives.

4. endowment (noun)

Money that is given to a college or hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money

Ex1: The Foundation raises funds to support student scholarships; through both endowments and annual gifts, childcare assistance and collegewide free tutoring.

Ex2: The school has received an endowment of £50 000 to buy new books for the library

Ex3: There are tests which can establish a baby's genetic endowment

From 5th - 10th , I got from :http://seattlecentral.edu/planning/

5. mission (noun)

Any work that someone believes it is their duty to do

Ex1: My mission in life is to educate the rich about the suffering of the poor.

Ex2: She's a woman with a mission and she's absolutely determined to finish the project.

6. strategic (noun)

Adetailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations

Ex1: The president held an emergency meeting to discuss military strategy with his defence commanders yesterday.

Ex2: Their marketing strategy for the product involves obtaining as much free publicity as possible.

7. operational ( adjective )

Relating to a particular activity

Ex1: There are operational advantages in putting sales and admin in the same building.

Ex2: The mission of Seattle Central's Office of Planning & Research is to provide timely, valid and useful information to all College units and to lead the College in its strategic and operational planning efforts.

Ex3: Repairs have already begun and we expect the plant to soon be fully operational (= working correctly and completely)

8. integrity (noun)

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change

Ex1: No one doubted that the president was a man of the highest integrity.

Ex2: Our office is committed to quality, integrity, transparency, collaboration, and autonomy

9. transparency (noun)

The characteristic of being easy to see through

Ex1: The old-fashioned type of plastic lacked transparency

Ex2: A transparency is a picture you can show on a screen: They used transparencies to show pages of the new book

10. function (noun)

The natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of a person)

Ex1: The function of the veins is to carry blood to the heart.

Ex2: I'm not quite sure what my function is within the company.

Ex3: A thermostat performs the function of controlling .

Journal (May 5th ->10th)

This journal I get vocabularies from this website:

http://www.education.org/artinstitutes/loc_seattle.php?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_n=edu_google3_seattle_aisearchcmpg_200804&s_kwcid=the%20art%20institute1414711081

because I want to research more about many majors of art.

1. merchandise ( noun )

Goods that are bought and sold

Ex1: Shoppers complained about poor quality merchandise and high prices.Japan exported $117 billion in merchandise to the US in 1999

Ex2: Fashion Marketing, the program prepares you to choose your own direction as you learn from fashion professionals and study merchandise presentation, visual merchandising, retailing, and buying.

2. retail (verb)

To sell goods to the public in shops or by post

Ex1: example second of "merchandise"

Ex2:The company makes and retails moderately priced sportswear.

3. issue (noun )

A subject or problem which people are thinking and talking about:environmental/ethical/personal issues

Ex1: As employers we need to be seen to be addressing (= dealing with) these issues sympathetically.

Ex2: Don't worry about who will do it - that's just a side issue (= not the main problem).

Ex3: In the Interior Design program, you’ll study the design, safety, and usability issues of creating the spaces that we live, work, and play within

4. Assistant (noun)

Someone who helps someone else to do a job

Ex1: In the Fashion Marketing program, graduates are prepared to seek entry-level employment such as assistant fashion buyer, fashion merchandiser, retail store manager, or runway coordinator

Ex2: Medical assistants perform administrative and clinical tasks to keep the offices of physicians, podiatrists, chiropractors, and other health practitioners running smoothly

From 5 to 10 I'll get vocabulary and idiom from website:

http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2007-08/2007-08-20-voa1.cfm

5. to get to the heart of the matter

To better understand the most important thing about something.

Ex1: Today’s expressions include a very important word – “heart.” We will try to get to the heart of the matter to better understand the most important thing about words and their stories.

Ex2: Nanobots get to the heart of the matter , http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/08/ft.nanobots/index.html

6. break my heart

Make me feel unhappy and hopeless

Ex1: Such feelings of sadness would only break my heart, or make me feel unhappy and hopeless

Ex2: Come and break my heart because it's rattling and banging, it's happy candy, this stupid stubborn ruby organ, this cage-mad bird, the size of an adult

7. kind-hearted

A very good person

Ex1: I would know that you are a kind-hearted and well-meaning person. And, if you are a very good person, I would even say that you have a heart of gold.

Ex2: If a person is kind-hearted he will speak well of other.

8. heart of stone

feel no sympathy or understanding

Ex1:Let us suppose you get angry over what I tell you. Or worse, you feel no sympathy or understanding for me or my situation. If this happens, I might think that you have a heart of stone.

Ex2: song:

What's different about her? I don't really know

No matter how I try I just can't make her cry

'Cause she'll never break, never break, never break, never break

This heart of stone Oh, no, no, no, this heart of stone

9. red hot

Very angry about something.

Ex1: Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something.

Ex2: He is red hot because his girlfriend told a lie with him.

10. blues music

A kind of music which is slow and sad.

Ex1: The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful.

Ex2 :True Blue sifts through the glut of titles available and offers only those new releases and reissues that we consider are of deserving quality.

Journal

1. Windfall (noun)

An amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/03/26/12515_business.html

The word windfall comes from England of centuries ago. There, poor people were banned from cutting trees in forests owned by rich land owners. But, if the wind blew down a tree, a poor person could take the wood for fuel. So a windfall is something wonderful that happens unexpectedly.

Another example: In the stock, investors are hoping for a windfall.

Investors and brokers watch the Big Board to see if the stock market is a bull market or a bear market. In a bear market, prices go down. In a bull market, prices go up.

2. Broker (noun)

A person who buys and sells foreign money, shares in companies, etc., for other people, or a person who talks to opposing sides, especially governments, making arrangements for them or bringing to an end disagreements

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://www.brokerservicesnetwork.com/

Other examples:

-I called my broker for advice about investing in the stock market.

-During the war Wallas became a power broker in governmental circles.

3. Big Board (noun)

US INFORMAL FOR the New York Stock Exchange: an organization in New York which controls the buying and selling of parts of the ownership of companies.

We cn get example and picture from this website:

http://grapefeed.org/blog/2999/

Another example:In Big Board composite trading yesterday, the company's shares closed at $44.50.

4. Bull market (noun)

In Stock, a time when the prices of most shares are rising or increasing

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/tacinv112203.html

Another example:The stock market hit an 11-year low in 1974, paving the way for strong economic growth and a bull market. As interest rates fell, the new bull began. As it turned out, 1975 was a good year, but it would also be the last year the US experienced a positive trade balance, with a $12.4 billion surplus.

5. Bear market (noun)

Opposite meaning with bull market

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/gold_bear_market_inflation_adjusted_101520071

Another example: "It's a dangerous thing. Bear markets can last many years."

6. Go/turn belly up

A company that does not earn enough profit.

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://myglobalhustle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/another-1-bites-da-dust/

Another example: A company that goes belly up dies like a fish. Fish turn over on their backs when they die. So they are stomach, or belly, up...

7. Profit (noun)

Money which is earned in trade or business, especially after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services

We can get example and picture from this website:

http://carscarscars.blogs.com/index/2006/07/index.html

Another example: She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.

8. Rain cats and dogs (noun phrase)

Rain too hard

For example: A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

9. every dog has its day

This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life.

http://puppyslife.beneful.com/

Another example: Every dog has its day, but Don has not.

10. can never teach an old dog new tricks

They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

http://peculiarme.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/lupta-pentru-o-cauza-pierduta/

Another example: It wastes time when you try to change her mind. Never teach an old dog new tricks.

Three Words

• Interact (verb) :

to communicate with or react to

Example: http://www.cambridge.org/elt/

It's interesting at parties to see how people interact socially

• Predator (noun):

an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals

Example: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/

The death predators in wild world.

• Payroll (noun)

a list of the people employed by a company showing how much each one earns

Example: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/

McDermot Software is growing fast, adding another 100 employees to its payroll over the last year

Advertisement

Unleashed : verb to release suddenly a strong, uncontrollable and usually destructive force

http://ziedesign.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/advert_fordranger.jpg

Technique in advertisement : Beauty Appeal .

Advertisement

Be Coming : be going to appear soon on the market
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joao/104057866/
Use technique: Peer approval.

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Journal

"By liberty, I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty, against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion"

• Liberty (noun)

The freedom to do what you want without having to ask permission from people in authory.

A person is able to die if he/she is lose liberty

• Assurance (noun)

Confidence in your own abilities or truth of what you are saying

Assurance that you are having real love.

Let believe your lover because love exists with believing.

• Authority (noun)

The power someone has because of his/her official position

You have no authority over you.

Color Idioms

• See Pink Elephants:

-to see things which are not really there because they are only in your imagination

The man was seeing pink elephants according to those who listened to his story.

Website: http://www.playteevee.com/blog/

Well, let’s see… Pink Elephant with an attitude?

• Tickled Pink :

- to be very pleased or delighted by someone or something

My mother was tickled pink that you visited her when you were in town.

http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?search=tickled%20pink%20cocktail

We are unable to find an exact match for: tickled pink cocktail. the following results matched at least one search term.

• Green with envy:

- To be very jealous, to be full of envy

I was green with envy when I heard that my cousin would be going to London for a week

Website:http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Star/7295/seth.html
Welcome to Seth green with envy...

• In The Red:

- to be in debt, to be unprofitable

The company has been in the red for three years now.

Website: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/clintons-february-fec-filings/

Bear in mind, not only is Hillary in the red, but McCain’s campaign went broke this past ...

• Red-eye:

- An airplane flight that leaves late at night and arrives early in the morning

We caught the red-eye flight last night and we are very tired today.

Website:http://www.fodors.com/news/story_2081.html

Ambition is the enemy after a long red-eye flight. Keep your plans for that first day as simple as possible.