some book~~ For One More Day

For One More Day from Mitch Albom

The book's theme is mortality. It analyzes how people might react to the chance to have a dead relative back for a day.

..." I decided to kill myself. All that happens when your dream comes true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought."...

Vocab...


measles*an illness with small red sports on the skin
parchment
*a special kind of 'paper' made from animal 
imagine
*to have some picture in your head
aubergine
*a long vegetable with dark purple skin

billiard room
*a place where people plays billiards (using long sticks to hit the balls against each other and into pockets at the edge of a long table )
blush
*to become red in the face
bollocks
*someone of bad charactors; also, a rude word meaning 'nonsense!'
breeches 
*short trousers fastened just below the knee
buckles
*pieces of metal used for fastening shoes
exaggerate 
*to make something seem larger, better, worse, or more important that it really is
fiddle 
*a stringed musical instrument usually called a violin
gin
*a strong, colourless alcoholic drink
guilty party
*(in a divorce) the person who takes the blame for breaking up the marriage
interrupt 
*to say or do something that makes somebody stop what they are saying or doing
missus 
*used when speaking to a women
pillar
*a stone column that supports a wall
raffle 
*the sale of numbered tickets, one of which wins a price
sober 
*not drunk, not affected by alcohol
blond
*a very light yellow colour


For more information : 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_One_More_Day


by . heidi <3