Sting - Fields Of Gold



Jane Eyre
A novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer Bell."

Charlotte Bronte
An English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels are English literature standards. She wrote Jane Eyre under the pen name Currer Bell.

The French Lieutenant's Woman
A 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. It was his third published novel, after The Collector (1963) and The Magus (1965).

John Fowles
An English novelist who earned an international reputation, with his books translated into numerous languages, and several adapted as films. He was considered much influenced by both Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, and critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism.

Ernest Hemingway
An American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.


Virginia Woolf "Orlando"


No Man Is An Island

No man is an island,
Entire of itself,
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were:
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind,
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.

frag- : shatter

e.g.: fragrament, fragile

dis- :negative

e.g.: dislike,disdain

vocabulary

1.stammer (verb)

    To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.

2.gnaw (verb)

    To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
        e.g.: The dog gnawed the bone until it broke in two.
    To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
        e.g.: Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.
    To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

3.groan (noun)

    A low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief.
    A low, guttural sound uttered in frustration or disapproval.

4.condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)

    To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
    To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).

5.agitate (verb)

    To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
        e.g.: ``Winds . . . agitate the air. --Cowper.

6.malleable (adjective)

    Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

7.abysmal (adjective)

    Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; unending; profound; fathomless; immeasurable.
    Bottomless; extremely bad.

8.altruistic (adjective)

    Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
        e.g.: His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

9.philanthropic (adjective)

    Of or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind; as, a philanthropic enterprise.

10.drivel (noun)

    senseless talk; nonsense
    saliva, drool

11.drool (verb)

    to secrete saliva in anticipation of food
    to secrete saliva upon seeing something nice
        e.g.: That boy is so attractive I drool whenever I see him
    to talk nonsense

12.saliva (noun)

    A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.

13.incumbent (adjective)

    Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
        e.g.: Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
    Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

14.akin (adjective)

    (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood.
    (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind.

15.adhere (verb)

    To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.
    To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adhere to a party, a cause, a leader, a church.
    To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

16.ricochet (noun)

    (military) A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
    An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.

17.Protestant (noun)

    A member of any of several Christian denominations which separated from the Roman Catholic Church based on theological or political differences during the Reformation (or sometimes later).

18.depreciate (verb)

    To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
    To decline in value over time.
    To belittle.

19.aggrandize (verb)

    To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
        e.g.: to aggrandize our conceptions, authority, distress
    To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth; applied to persons, countries, etc.

20.belittle (verb)

    To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is.

21.ethos (noun)

    The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.

22.dismantle (verb)

    To divest, strip of dress or covering.
    To remove fittings or furnishings from.
    To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

23.nook (noun)

    A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
        e.g.: There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
    A hidden or secluded spot.
        e.g.: The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

24.allusion (noun)

    An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.

25.ethnic (adjective)

    Of or relating to a group of people having common racial, national, religious or cultural origins.
        e.g.: There are many ethnic Indonesians in the Netherlands
    Belonging to a foreign culture.
        e.g.: I like to eat ethnic food