Geoffrey de Charny quote

Good evening, my dear vocabulary learners! The day was very hot and now you can relax and think about this quote))):

“Risk everything or gain nothing”

Geoffrey de Charny, 1358

Timeline

benign

blatant

tenacious

layman

manila

ramp

stodgy

1.       It is entirely ______ and peaceful technology that will provide a great benefit to mankind.

2.       In ______’s terms how safe is this technology?

3.       At the bottom of the _______, he looked up at the security cameras, and waited.

4.       If you disbelieved his theory, you were just being ______ and old- fashioned.

5.       He reached for a ______ file that said “5+ Tech.”

6.       This biography, with its myriad quotations from unnamed sources, is a ________example of character assassination.

7.       When people describe me as “determined” or “tenacious”, I know they really mean that I am a truly stubborn person.

Pivotal Point

Pivotal Point

One idle day, the villagers were contemplating philosophical thoughts and deliberating the mysteries of the universe. Since they weren’t getting anywhere with their reflections, they decided to solicit the wisdom of Nasreddin Hodja.

“Hodja Effendi,” they said, ‘you are a learned man; maybe you can shed a light on this puzzle. Where is the centre of the earth?’ Nasreddin Hodja didn’t skip a beat.

‘Right under the left front foot of my donkey’, he said.

‘Hodja Effendi,’ protested the villagers, ‘that can’t be right!’

‘If you don’t believe me,’ said Hodja, ‘measure it for yourself!’

Cauldron

Cauldron

Nasreddin Hodja had borrowed a cauldron from his neighbor. When he did not return it for a long time, the neighbor came knocking on the door.

“Hodja Effendi, if you are finished with the cauldron could I take it back? The wife needs it today.”

“Ah, of course,” Hodja said, “just wait a minute and I’ll fetch it.”

When Hodja came back to the door with the cauldron, the neighbor noticed that there was a small pot in it.

“What is it?”

“Well, neighbor, congratulations, your cauldron gave birth to a baby pot,” said Hodja.

The neighbor, incredulous, yet delighted, thanked Hodja, took his cauldron and the new little pot, and went home.

A few weeks after this incident, one day Hodja came again, asking to borrow the cauldron. The neighbor didn’t even hesitate and lent Hodja the cauldron with pleasure. However, once more it was taking Hodja forever to return it back. The neighbor had no choice but to go asking for it again.

“Hodja Effendi, are you done with the cauldron?”

Ahh neighbor, ahh, bemoaned Hodja, “I’m afraid your cauldron is dead.”

“Hodja Effendi,that’s not possible, a cauldron can’t die!” exclaimed the disbelieving neighbor. But Nasreddin Hodja has his answer ready.

“My dear fellow, you can believe that it can give birth, why can’t you believe that it can also die?”

On the Roof

On the Roof

Nasreddin Hodja’ old house had a leaking roof. One day the Hodja decided to fix it. He borrowed a ladder and with great difficulty climbed up to the roof. Just as he was setting off to work, he heard a knock on the door. He looked down from the edge of the roof and saw a stranger in front of his door.

“I’m up here”, Hodja shouted. When the man looked up: “What is it that you want?” he asked him.

“Please come down,” replied the man, “I have something to say to you.”

Hodja precariously descended down the old ladder. Once on the ground he again asked the man what he wanted.

“Alms”, said the man, “Could you spare some alms?”

Hodja thought for a second and then told the man to come up to the roof with him. Hodja in front, the beggar behind him, both running short on breath, climbed up the ladder. Once on the roof top, Hodja turned to the man and said: “I don’t have any.”