czwartek, 27 grudnia 2012
#7 Sergey Brin and Larry Page: The genesis of Google
QUERY - a request that is sent to database
1) Our server is full of queries now.
2) Query that has been sent to our database was incorrect.
LATENCY - delay
1) A latency is a word connected with IT that stands for a delay between sending and receiving packets.
2) A server's latency is really inadequate to users' demands.
ENDEAVOUR - effort, ambition, labour
1) He endeavours to get a job in Google.
2) Our endeavours to prevent him from commiting a crime were purposeless.
CLUSTER - get together
1) we clustered near my house and started talking.
2) People are clustering because the local authority prepared free lemonades for everyone.
TOOLBAR - a tool that helps us using a pc or a web.
1) Microsoft shared a toolbar that is very irritating.
2) The Google toolbar in browsers is very useful.
LAUNDRY - a place in which you can wash your clothes
1) I didn't wash clothes on my own. I gave them to a laundry.
2) Laundry van arrived and guys took my dirty clothes.
TREMENDOUS - great, huge, colossal
1) He made a tremendous effort to climb that mountain.
2) It is a tremendous building. It looks like it reached skies.
#6 Israel and Iran: A love story?
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UNLEASH - prompt, trigger
1) I unleashed my emotions when they started asking about my dead dog.
2) Unleashing prisoners was one of terrorists' demands.
POP UP - appear
1) Pop-up advertisements are really annoying.
2) It suddenly popped up and bothered me.
PARATROOPER - a person who jumps from a plane using parachute
1) If you want to become a paratrooper you have to go through difficult exams.
2) Paratroopers risk their life but it gives them rush of adrenaline.
TYPE - to write
1) I have been typing for 2 hours.
2) Typing fast requires a lot of practice.
COURAGEOUS - brave
1) My friend is very curageous. He fought against 2 stronger guys to protect his wallet.
2) There are fewer and fewer courageous people in the world.
INEVITABLE - unavoidable
1) A defeat was inevitable.
2) An inevitable disaster is going to happen soon.
COMPASSION - pity, sympathy
1) He didn't unleash compassion to their victims.
2) There is no compassion while fighting in a war.
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