Word of the Week

Make each day count! 

Let's not idle our days away!

 

Chin-Chi

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Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

Vocabulary:  idle

 

Definition:

Adj. 

1. doing no work; not employed; not active or in use 

2. not willing to work; lazy

3. useless; worthless

 

Vi.

to run at a low speed or in neutral gear

 

Vt.

to cause (somebody/something) to be unemployed or inactive

 

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Sentence:

He idled the afternoon away without doing any homework.