Dictionary.com Word of the Day for Friday, February 9, 2007

bucolic \byoo-KOL-ik\, adjective:

1. Relating to or typical of the countryside or its people; rustic.
2. Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral.

noun:

1. A pastoral poem, depicting rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds.

2. A country person.

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February 09, 2007: stop and chat
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• When someone stops to engage in a conversation with another while passing them in public. These conversations are short, meaningless, awkward and mostly unwanted by at least one of the parties involved. This term was coined by Larry David on the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Oh there's Tom, don't acknowledge him, he always wants to stop and chat.

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Word of the day:...........'obtener' [ob-teh-NEHR]
English translation:........ to obtain, get

Conjugation: Futuro - Indicativo
yo.......................obtendré
tú........................obtendrás
él, ella, Ud.............obtendrá
nosotros................obtendremos
vosotros................obtendréis
ellos, ellas, Uds. ......obtendrán

Phrase:

Obtendrá su tercer Oscar.
He will obtain his third Oscar.

Daily Trivia:

What was the original name of the Bank of America?

The Bank of Italy. It was started in San Francisco in 1904 by Amadeo Giannini, the son of Italian immigrants, who changed its name to the Bank of America in 1928.