The first time I heard the phrase break the ice was in elementary school. On the first day of school‚ my math teacher asked the class to do an activity to break the ice. I looked at her disbelief‚ “What? Why are we breaking ice in a math class?” I took what was supposed to be a figurative expression literally. My math teacher explained that breaking ice was just a figure of speech to make the class feel more comfortable with everyone. Although she never explained why it means like that today‚ or
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air‚ we had a lovely Christmas break. As I inspect my child‚ now grown with children of her own‚ holding tickets back to their home‚ longing envelopes me. Hoards of people push past‚ unaware of my pain‚ on their own schedules and heading toward different trains‚ talking and texting on their cell phones. My family boards‚ time as if in slow-motion‚ and motions goodbye until I see them again. I can’t do anything but wave‚ a fake smile upon my face as my heart breaks‚ and a flood of sadness washes
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the bed‚ even tried meditation! Currently‚ I am on winter break in a different time zone and my routine changed. To be hones I was dreaming for this time‚ to sleep and wake up anytime I want. Yesterday‚ I fall asleep on the sofa while my little niece playing with mother and there was a considerable amount of noise which usually I can’t bear it. No matter how much my little niece was play her cute cards to wake me up with kisses‚ I couldn’t opened my eyes. There is a fatigue in my body even though I
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People who go through a break up happen to feel pain equivalent to being physically injured. I am currently trying to recover from a relationship I thought was going to last. The moment we met everything was alive. They would speak‚ and it was as if I could see the colors admitting from a beautiful symphony. The connection we had was strong enough to cut the tension in a room. The emotions were fresh‚ and understanding one another came as second nature. Though the afternoon when everything came tumbling
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The two poems‚ “Slam‚ Dunk & Hook” and “Fast Break” both capture the attention of the audience by describing basketball as a game of imagery versus a game of athleticism. In‚ “Fast Break” by Edward Hirsch‚ the author uses vivid diction. Hirsch states‚ “to see an orange blur” (Hirsch). This describes the basketball as a flowing object. His tone is very easy going at this point in the poem. He uses vivid imagery to show that basketball is an art and it isn’t always about the fans and the players but
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that captured the intensifying communication stage between the protagonists. Their long term commitment takes the form of cohabitation‚ thus completing the escalation phase of the romantic relationship. After which it goes straight to the topic “The Break-up”‚ which showcases how the navigating phase foiled‚ resulting in the deterioration phase. The navigating phase starts off with the couples inviting their families over for a dinner. Introducing each other family members suggest that Gary and Brooke
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Homework Over Break As I sit here‚ writing this essay‚ I cannot help but think‚ what a mundane break it would have been if I had no homework to do. In fact‚ break should not be called break‚ if each and every student is not assigned some kind of exciting‚ thrilling school work to take home to do during the time-abundant‚ otherwise overwhelmingly boring‚ break. As a matter of fact‚ for the diligent‚ unceasingly studying students that we are‚ there would be nothing for us to do during break‚ a three
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During Holiday Breaks! Mahnoor Ali 5/3/11 L.A. – 7A What is the point of a holiday break when students have to do homework during it? Why is it called a holiday break if students aren’t really getting a break from school work? Honestly a holiday break is not really a break if students have homework. But‚ if students have no homework during a holiday break then it will truly be a break‚ which is why some people think that students should have no homework during holiday breaks. Also‚ there are
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joy. You never think a break up is possible. You are sure your love and joy are going to last forever. But as the days or months or years pass‚ you feel something has gone wrong. Your feeling gets stronger and stronger‚ and before you know it‚ you break up with your partner and dissolve into tears of misery. The break up of a loving relationship can cause untold pain. However‚ the thousands of divorces and break ups that are taking place all over the world prove that a break up is one of the sad realities
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HOW TO BREAK A BAD HABIT Breaking a bad habit is and can be very hard to do. To start a habit is kind of simple once you think of something like smoking‚ then you have already started the bad habit by thinking of smoking. However when they think they have broken the habit‚ they will fall back to the same habits again when they face problems in life or have some stress in their life after breaking the habit. To keep from falling back in the bad habit‚ you will need some support from your family or
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