Trying something new

Tomorrow I have to give a presentation on global warming. But since my system went out of kilter, so I could not study anything about it.

I am feeling very nervous because of it. However, I will keep on preparing the presentation and when I will feel that my nervousness is exacerbating, I will get back to you so that I can freshen up my mind.

You might have noticed that I have not provided the meanings of the aforementioned words and idioms. This is because a candid reader very thankfully pointed out that it is disturbing to read the meanings interlaced in the post, so I settled on furnishing them at the bottom of this post. Well, I am trying something new, and I wish that you will enjoy it.

Alternating between the presentation and this post is enjoyable!

Last night I planned that I will be up early in the morning so that I can give sufficient time to the presentation. Yes the same planning; but I had not slept properly since two nights so previous night I slept like a log - and now I am pacing well behind the time!

I am getting a presentiment that I won’t be able to give the presentation properly. This is partly because it is a graphical presentation to which I am very new. I am afraid I have to cut short this post to focus more on the presentation lest tomorrow I will be fishing in troubled waters!

Words and idioms used above:


• Out of kilter: in a state of not working well (dictionary.cambridge.org)



• Exacerbate: verb To make something which is already bad worse (dictionary.cambridge.org)



• Candid: adjective Honest and telling the truth, especially about something difficult or painful (dictionary.cambridge.org)



• Interlace: verb To join different parts together to make a whole, especially by crossing one thing over another or fitting one part into another (dictionary.cambridge.org)



• Sleep like a log and sleep like a baby: to sleep very soundly (thefreedictionary.com)



• Presentiment noun [This word is formal]: A feeling that something, especially something unpleasant, is going to happen; a premonition (dictionary.cambridge.org)


• Fish in troubled waters: Fig. to involve oneself in a difficult, confused, or dangerous situation, especially with a view to gaining an advantage (thefreedictionary.com)

Talking again

Talking again

I am very silently writing this post so that our warden ma’am remains unaware that I am in the computer lab. Hush, she is sleeping, so I will make less noise.

Actually we are not allowed to enter the lab so early in the morning but I come in a surreptitious manner! ‘Surreptitious,’ according to dictionary.cambridge.com, is an adjective which means ‘done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing.’

To my surprise, I recently learnt that our warden ma’am is above 60. But hale and hearty, she keeps on roaring and running around the hostel like a commando. ‘Hale and hearty’ is used when we refer to people who are strong and energetic in spite of their old age.

Before sneaking in the lab I had no idea that what I will write. But thanks to this roaring warden ma’am that I have got ample ideas to write on. If ever she will know that I am writing such rubbish about her, she will definitely haul me over the coals! ‘Rake / haul someone over the coals,’ according to thefreedictionary.com, means ‘to give someone a severe scolding.’ She last raked me over the coals when she found that my bed was untidy, and I did nothing to make it tidy!

Please do not mind it - I am a workshy chap so I rarely like to clean my room! ‘Workshy,’ (adjective) thefreedictionary.com: ‘not inclined to work; lazy.’

I am going out to bring a cup of tea for myself. Please wait.

Hmm, I am back. I was feeling a bit drowsy but because of this tea I am feeling as fresh as a daisy! Now some of you will think that what the dickens ‘be fresh as a daisy’ is.’ Well, according to thefreedictionary.com, it means ‘to be full of energy and enthusiasm.’

When I gave a start to this post I had no foreknowledge what its matter is going to be. But, encouraged by your feedback, I wrote it. Did I pan out as a blogger?

Before shutting up let me copy paste the meaning of ‘pan out’ from thefreedictionary.com! This phrasal verb means ‘To turn out well; be successful.’