dictionary.com is my new best friend

[fishpatrol]

I have devised a way to make studying GRE vocab seem...enticing. I'm not sure how long this method will remain effective (read: how long it will remain entertaining and novel) and I can never allow my study notes to fall into the hands of, well, anyone, but hey, as long as it works... :Db

The slightly annoying thing is, I'm so conscious of this LEARN-NEW-VOCAB thing that I will automatically stop in the middle of a story (in the middle of the sentence, usually!), whether it'd be a book, fic, or even audiobook, and jot down and look up the unknown word. I can't even make myself read to the end of the paragraph and double back for the word because my brain will be blaring, "LOOK UP THE WORD NAO NAO NAO". Talk about breaking the flow of the story! (and let me tell you, it gets especially irritating when you're reading the NC-17 part of an NC-17 fic)

Is this a permutation or combination question:
Brooke wants to hang three paintings in a row on her wall. She has six paintings to choose from. How many arrangements of paintings on the wall can she create?
I think it's combination, because order shouldn't matter, but my book says the opposite. D:

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Snagged from dear_whimsy:

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away :D

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I wonder what it would be like to sleep on a $159.99 pillow.

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[dear-whimsy.livejournal.com]

D: What way?

[fishpatrol]

TOP SEKRIT D:

[photograficnerd.livejournal.com]

Who uses big words in the middle of sexing? D:

I wonder what it would be like to sleep on a $159.99 pillow.
Probably the same as sleeping on a $9.99 pillow. :/

What's your favourite colour? because I can only think of elementary questions

[dear-whimsy.livejournal.com]

what if I ask it as a question for that meme!

[whosthat.livejournal.com]

Mannn you're one of those people I admire. If I don't know a word, I'll just try to figure out what it roughly means from that entire sentence and continue reading, telling myself I'll get back to the word later (which of course never comes, lmao). XD

Ugh, it's been too long since I've done any math questions. Not that I'm even good at P&C in the first place. Sorry. D:

What's with the pillow?
And for the meme: what's the first thing you'll look at a person?

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

TELL ME MY FAVOURITE BUNNY PLZ PLZ PLZ ;o;o;o;o;o; ◕3◕

And haha I used to do that all the time when I was young...too lazy now, though. I've been doing that with Chinese, though, so I learn new words :3333

And I would have guessed permutation. It says in a row, then asks for arrangements, so there's an order involved and thus permutation. Wow, you are studying so hard ;_; You should come to Europe with me~~~~~~~ ◕3◕

QUESTION: WHAT KIND OF PANTIES DO YOU WEAR. (This is something I should know about you if we were roommates :P WHICH WE MAY BE, BTW, IF YOU COME TO EUROPE WITH ME. OR AUSTRALIA.)

[fishpatrol]

It involves dancing nekkid in the rain and drinking the blood of a llama. That is all I can reveal. :\:\

[fishpatrol]

I was surprised too! But hey, learning is learning, no matter where you learn it from, right? :Db

Sears has this sale on pillows and their range is apparently from 19.99 to 159.99 and I was just like, dude, I can get probably a futon for 159.99 (or possibly not, but, you know). IKEA has pillows for different sleeping positions, which I thought was kind of cool -- back-sleepers, stomach-sleepers, side-sleepers, side-and-back-sleepers...and they all cost less than $100, thankfully.

Red! :D:D

[fishpatrol]

If I don't know a word, I'll just try to figure out what it roughly means from that entire sentence and continue reading, telling myself I'll get back to the word later

That's exactly what I used to do until recently, haha -- I've picked up quite a few words that way, but I can only vaguely define them, which isn't good enough for the GREs. X3 So have to resort to the dictionary now, and find out the full meaning, sigh!

Sears has a sale on pillows and apparently the range is from $19.99 to $159.99 and I'm wondering what can possibly make a single pillow worth over $100. XD

Mmm, hair, I think. Or any sort of aberration on their face, if they have any. XD;;;;

[fishpatrol]

Will answer in email. XD

It's a good (and educational!) thing to do...but so time consuming! And ruins the flow!

Hmm, that does makes sense... I was originally thinking that was similar to all those ice cream flavours questions, which are all about combinations. *flails a bit* I'm going to fail my heritage by bombing the math section. X3;;; And ugh, don't even get me started on the analogies. Haha, I should just go to Europe with you! I'm so not studying that hard for the GREs and I really should, but I don't feeeeel like it.

Um um cotton?? Australia? :O:O Why Australia now?

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Dictionary.com has that word-of-a-day thing, which I got into for a while, then forgot. XD;;

For me, I almost never look up words... *relies on context clues and sort of GUESS what the word means* I fail as a good student. XD;;;;

Question: Hm... have you always lived in Canada? *fails at questions* Or where are your parents from?

And I don't think I want to sleep on a $159.99 pillow. O.O;;

[fishpatrol]

I've subscribed to that, but the words just go in, er, one eye and out the other. XD; Normally, I would rely on the context as well (I used to go through phases when I was younger: I would be all diligent and write down every word that I didn't know one day and refuse to look up unknown words the next XD I was stuck on the latter phase until recently), but I figure I may as well use my favourite pastime, reading, as a way to improve my vocab seeing as how I only have a little over a month to prepare for the GREs. X3;;;;

I was born in China, then moved to the States for almost two years, and then came to Canada -- I've been living in Canada for about...thirteen years now. :)

Maybe it's super luxurious! ...well, I wouldn't pay that much for a pillow unless it comes with really super-duper dreams every night. XD

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

Omg yay! I look forward to it! I'm so glad you trust me~~~~~~ <3

haha, yeah, I often wait to finish the sentence. :P Of course, it definitely is more annoying with fic...there's a definition application with firefox, I think, where you can highlight the text, right click, and get the definition. At least, I'm pretty sure there is...I just wish I remembered to use it myself XD;

haha, nah. XP Not all Chinese people are good at math. :D I can give you more than a few of my classmates in China who sucked. :P Anyway, the GRE is like a souped-up version of the SAT (although I don't think you took that?). The test itself is on a computer, and it adjusts difficulty level based on whether you answer correctly or incorrectly. :P I'm just too lazy to study, so...yeah, overseas. XD

OMG WHAT BRAND XDDDDD

And haha, one of the postgrad programmes I'm considering is in Sydney. :P I have to make sure none of them require the GRE, though, or my life will suck. :3

[dear-whimsy.livejournal.com]

...D:

[fishpatrol]

Oh, it's not a big secret or anything. XD It's just me being...really dorky, is all. And crap, I actually forgot to mention it in my last email. Will do in next reply. ;;;;

Ooh, that sounds like a handy add-on! I think I shall google it.

Nope, no SATs for me, but yeah, I'm familiar with the set up of the GREs. I'm not looking forward to taking it. X3

IDK D:!!

So far away! So you're basically looking into everywhere except North America. ;)

[fishpatrol]

Llamas are hard to find. :(:(

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

So far away! So you're basically looking into everywhere except North America
You got that right :P I need to find a good place to be an expat :P

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Best of luck with that and everything! I normally don't retain vocabulary well unless I use them a lot.... I suppose it's the same with Japanese too. ^^ [/random]

Reallyyyyy. *didn't know that* That's so cool. ^______^ When did you first move to the States?

If only... I want one too!

[fishpatrol]

I moved to the States when I was five-and-a-half. You were born in the States, right? I remember you mentioning you lived somewhere colder than California before, though. With snow!

[disutansu.livejournal.com]

Hai~! I was born in Chicago! Close enough to Canada to drive up to see Niagara Falls. ^______^ I lived there for 14.5 years then moved here to CA. *hee*