The notes of English..

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Words

--ESL → English as the second language

--Antonym: a word that means the opposite of another word 

(shabby ←→ beautiful)

--obscure: not well known

--chairman =chairperson

The chairman is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the membersof the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in anorderly fashion.^[1] When the group is not in session, the officer's duties ofteninclude acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and itsspokesperson.

--Synecdoche ( meaning"simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech^[1] in which a term is used in one of the following ways:

• §                Part of something is usedto refer to the whole thing (pars pro toto),or
• §                A thing (a"whole") is used to refer to part of it (totum pro parte),or
• §                A specific class of thingis used to refer to a larger, more general class, or
• §                A general class of thing isused to refer to a smaller, more specific class, or
• §                A material is used to referto an object composed of that material, or          

--container: a large metal or wooden box of a standard size in whichgoods are packed so that they can easily be lifted onto a ship, train, etc. tobe transported

--[eu-] good

Euphoria: an extremely strongfeeling of happiness and excitement that usually lasts only a short time

Eugenics: the study of methods to improve the mental and physicalcharacteristics of the human race by choosing who may become parents

Eulogy: a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very much 

Others

--hate to be with others = keep him/her with himself/herself

--hunger → starve → famine

--conflict :turning point

--Irish notable poet and playwright (George Bernard Shaw / Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde / William Butler Yeats)

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950)^[1] was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School ofEconomics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism,in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his maintalent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly allhis writings address prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedywhich makes their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education,marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.

Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writingin different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in theearly 1890s. Today he is remembered for hisepigrams, plays and the circumstances of hisimprisonment, followed by his early death.

William Butler Yeats ( /ˈjeɪts/; 13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of20th century literature. A pillar of boththe Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats servedas an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded theAbbey Theatre,where he served as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what theNobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highlyartistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation." He wasthe first Irishman so honoured.^[1] Yeats is generally considered one of the few writers whocompleted their greatest works after being awarded the Nobel Prize; such worksinclude The Tower (1928) and The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1929).

--Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)^[1] was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelistchiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poemsof British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Kipling received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and wastaken by his family to Englandwhen he was five years old.^[2] Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including"The Man Who WouldBe King" (1888); and his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The White Man'sBurden (1899) and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the artof the short story";^[3] his children's books are enduring classics of children'sliterature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile andluminous narrative gift".

--Salome (or in French: Salomé) is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. Theoriginal 1891 version of the play was in French. Threeyears later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act theBiblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas,who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests thehead of Jokanaan (John the Baptist)on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the Dance of the SevenVeils.

--gospel (Matthew / John / Luke / Mark) 

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth.In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to theGood News message of the New Testament. Itis primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. However,the term is also used to refer to the Apocryphal gospels,the Non-canonical gospels,the Jewish gospels and the Gnostic gospels.

--The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament corpus. The title came into usage from the first word of thebook in Koine Greek:apokalupsis,meaning "unveiling" or "revelation" (the author himself nothaving provided a title). It is also known as the Book of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine or the Apocalypse of John, (both in reference to its author) or the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ (in reference to its opening line) or simply Revelation, (oftendubbed "Revelations" in contrast to the singular in the original Koine) or the Apocalypse. The word"apocalypse" is also used for other worksof a similar nature, and the genre is known as apocalypticliterature. Such literature is "marked by distinctive literaryfeatures, particularly prediction of future events and accounts of visionaryexperiences or journeys to heaven, often involving vivid symbolism."^[1] The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic document inthe New Testament canon, thoughthere are short apocalyptic passages in various places in the Gospels and theEpistles.

--The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde,appearing as the lead story in Lippincott'sMonthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of thismagazine.^[1] Wilde later revised this edition, making severalalterations, and adding new chapters; the amended version was published by Ward, Lock, and Company in April 1891.^[2] The title is sometimes rendered incorrectly asThePortrait of Dorian Gray.

--Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde,first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James Theatre in London. The playwas first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitinglysatirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage.

The story concerns Lady Windermere who discovers that herhusband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husbandbut he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to her birthday ball.Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband foranother lover. After discovering what has transpired, Mrs Erlynne follows LadyWindermere and attempts to persuade her to return to her husband and in thecourse of this, Mrs Erlynne is discovered in a compromising position. Shesacrifices herself and her reputation in order to save Lady Windermere'smarriage as Mrs Erlynne is Lady Windermere’s mother, who abandoned her familytwenty years before the time the play is set. Mrs. Erlynne was originated by Marion Terry,and Lady Windermere by Winifred Emery.

 Song- She's always a woman to me    by Billy Joel