Dead+Poets+Society+Part+3

Dead Poets Society - idioms 3

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 * Vocabulary **
 * ** amnesia ** - the medical condition of not being able to remember anything
 * ** causality - ** a person killed or injured in a war or accident
 * ** chattering ** -to talk a lot in a quick and friendly way about unimportant things
 * ** contribute ** - to give money, help, or ideas to something that other people are also giving to
 * ** courtyard ** - an open space surrounded by walls or buildings
 * ** cynic ** – a person who is unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something
 * ** enchantment ** – a feeling of being attracted by something interesting, pretty, etc. : the state of beingput (someone or something) under a spell
 * ** entire ** - whole or complete - used in order to emphasize what you are saying
 * ** excrement ** - the solid waste from a person's or animal's body
 * ** fluent ** - able to speak or write a language very well
 * ** freethinker – ** a person who thinks for themselves, not blinding accepting what they are taught
 * ** Greek organization **
 * ** invoke ** – to ask for help from someone, especially a god ; to make a particular idea, image, or feeling appear in people's minds;
 * ** misguided ** - intended to be helpful but actually making a situation worse; wrong because of being based on a wrong understanding of a situation
 * ** noble ** - morally good or generous in a way that should be admired
 * ** passion ** - a very strongly felt emotion, especially of love, hatred, or anger
 * ** pegged ** - to believe or say that someone has a particular type of character
 * ** perforated ** - a piece of paper that is perforated has a line of small holes in it so that part of it can be torn off easily
 * ** racket ** - a loud noise
 * ** savor ** - to make an activity or experience last as long as you can, because you are enjoying every moment of it
 * ** sustain ** - to make something continue to exist or happen over a period of time
 * ** swoon ** - to feel so much emotion that you almost; faint


 * Idioms **
 * ** American Bandstand - ** an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 [|[1]] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark,
 * ** amnesia lane – ** a play on memory lane an imaginary path through the nostalgically remembered past —usually used in such phrases as a walk down memory lane.
 * ** armies of academics - ** large groups of teachers and scholars in a college or institute of higher education, teaching students what they should think
 * ** contribute a verse – ** add something to the history of the world
 * ** drip from our tongues like honey – ** enjoyed speaking the beautiful words of poetry
 * ** heart and soul - ** the central core of a person, the part that is inside one, enjoys living
 * ** huddle up - ** to come close together in a group; to come together to talk about something privately
 * ** laying pipe – ** a skilled physical labor job, not something of emotion and creativity
 * ** no shit, Sherlock! – ** a sarcastic remark meaning that something is obvious
 * ** rip it out - ** tear it out of where it is
 * ** sustain life – ** makes living possible by providing essentials like food and housing
 * ** unfettered by foolish dreams - ** not bothered by ideas for the future that are not possible