WORD OF THE DAY
revel: (verb) to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed by in)
revelry: (noun) boisterous festivity
USES OF WORD OF THE DAY
Kin: Thank you for the reminder to revel in tonight’s meeting.
That is an atmosphere we can revel in.
We revel in the image of flowing water.
The audience was revelling in the linguistic prowess displayed by Hyder.
I revelled in the laughter and fancy situations.
Surabhi: I’m still revelling in that.
Mukesh: I am going to revel in everyone(‘s attention)
Chetan: Revel in being a mentor yourself
Lee Min: How many of you revelled in the speech? You have 4 incredible stories we can revel in.
Arisa: Jayasti revelled in storytelling
Hyder: Revel in your superb writing, unrivalled in revelry
Malcolm: It is time to revel in the favourite segment of Toastmasters - Table Topics
You revel in receiving gifts. ...who has revelled in your suffering
Michael: It cries out “ Revelry” . As long as it shouts: Revelry
Vasanthi: Always revel in holiday mood
BRICKBATS
2) We all faces rocks in our lives => We all face rocks in our lives
3) Don’t fight it, don’t afraid => Don't fight it, don't be afraid.
4) If you remember about the story that she tell => if you remember the story she told
5) You are very confident of the speaker => You are very confident as a speaker
2) Persistent => persistence (nounc)
3) You have just finished a course => You have just completed a course.
4) It’s about her confident => It's about her confidence.
2) Celebrity [suh - leb-ri-tee]
3) Methods [meth -uhd]
4) Corps [kawr]
5) Passed away [past]
6) Expertise [ek-sper-teez]
7) Honest [on-ist]
8) Syllabus [sil-uh-buhs]
9) Protege [proh-tuh-zhey]
BOUQUETS 💐
2 ) Someone steady, stable
3) Can carve caverns
4) From confusion to confidence
5) Empowering, encouraging, endearing (also a triad)
1) Be like water
2) Mentors were like an optional software upgrade
3) English seemed to be like a compulsory torture
4) Can flow even faster like a raging river
5) His life is as colourful as his shirt
6) Your topics are as colourful as your shirts
2) We need to take consistent baby steps
3) It didn’t happen overnight with a big splash
4) The journey has come full circle (idiom)
5) Two mentors came along and upgraded my operating system
6) Similes and metaphors were not my cup of tea
7) You need the calm before the storm
1) It stopped me, it pushed me and it shoved me into being the kind of person I am today
2) Glamour shouted
3) Love came knocking on my door
4) The universe laughed
2) The most interesting stories to live, choose and tell
3) Does it complain? Does it fear? Does it post on social media? (also personification & use of repetition)
4) I was frustrated. I was shattered, I was still jobless
5) Be a sailor, see the world and have fun
6) One story with greater length, breadth and depth
7) It cries out: Christmas! It cries out: Celebration! It cried out: Revelry! (repetition)
8) The best gift: your time, your love, your effort
RHYME
1) Tirelessly and endlessly and to eternity
2) Double the trouble
3) Be formless, shapeless
4) Mentor vs tormentor
ANTIMETABOLE
Antimetabole is a rhetorical device where a phrase or sentence's words are repeated in reverse order in the next clause
EVERY DAY MAY NOT BE GOOD,
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING GOOD IN EVERY DAY!
