Read slowly and deeply (Day 31)
Every time when I wrote for the 300-word daily challenge, I was always in a hurry.
Gradually, I realise that I did not remember any new word or phrase.
Today, I decide to work the other way round, take it slow.
First, pick up a short passage from an article, then break it down into pieces for in-depth analysis.
I picked up a passage from the article, "To Cook is to Heal: Recovering in the Kitchen" by Leela.
I was pretty shaken up by a bad car accident about 3 weeks ago — and between bouts of feeling very blue and very happy to be alive and intact, I find myself at ease and at peace in only one place: the kitchen.
be pretty shaken up by...
Meaning "to be upset by a physical jolt or shock". (動揺した。)
# Verb : Shake - Shook - Shaken
Examples
- She was pretty shaken up by the accident.
- ‘How’s Jacob?’ ‘Pretty shaken up, but he’ll be all right.’
- I was shaken up by what she said.
- It really shook me up.
between bouts of ...
1. "Bout" is a short period of time during which you do something a lot, especially something that is bad for you, or you suffer from an illness.
2. a boxing match
# Noun: countable
Examples
- Occasionally we all suffer from influenza or a bout of sickness, which naturally results in a drop in weight.
- The world was suddenly stricken by a bout of flu.
- To her horror, she started a fresh bout of crying.
I am intact
Intact is adjective, and it means "not damaged or impaired in any way; complete."
Examples
- Barthes managed to leave the great works of literature intact.
- One group found only a single pub still intact on their site.
- While the term 'large scale migration' is discarded, the mechanism itself remains intact on a smaller scale.
/ɪnˈtakt/
Find sb at ease/ at peace
"Be at ease" means feeling relaxed. Free from anxiety or distress.
Examples
- She felt completely at ease with Bernard.
- His soft, kind eyes helped to put her at ease.
- I was never perfectly at ease.
Lastly,
let me finish today's writing with a quote:
