Love
is a smoke made with the fume of sighs;
Being
purg’d, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes;
Being
vex’d, a sea nourish’d with lovers’ tears;
What
is it else? A madness most discreet,
A
chocking gall, and a preserving sweet.
Romeo
and Juliet, Act I, Sc. 1.
Vocabulary:
1) purge: 1. to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them
He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives.
plans to purge ethnic minorities from rebel-controlled areas
2. to remove something that is thought to be harmful or unacceptable
an initiative to purge the PC market of software pirates
Local languages were purged of Russian words.
It's hard to imagine now that Lawrence's novels were purged from public libraries.
3. to destroy something that is no longer needed
The system automatically purged unread emails after two weeks.
4. (literary) to remove bad feelings
We have to begin by purging our minds or prejudice.
Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance.
5. to take a substance that makes your bowels empty
Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting.
Anorexics: suffering from or relating to anorexia (a mental illness that makes someone stop eating)
bowel: (bowels, plural) the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body; intestine
move/open/empty your bowels (=get rid of solid waste from your body)
bowel (singular) one part of this system of tubes
a bowel movement: the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body
the lowest or deepest part of something
the bowels of the earth (=deep under the ground)
6. to force yourself to bring food up from your stomach and out of your mouth, especially you have bulimia.
bulimia: an illness in which a person cannot stop themselves from eating too much, and then vomits in order to control their weight
Vocabulary:
1) purge: 1. to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them
He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives.
plans to purge ethnic minorities from rebel-controlled areas
2. to remove something that is thought to be harmful or unacceptable
an initiative to purge the PC market of software pirates
Local languages were purged of Russian words.
It's hard to imagine now that Lawrence's novels were purged from public libraries.
3. to destroy something that is no longer needed
The system automatically purged unread emails after two weeks.
4. (literary) to remove bad feelings
We have to begin by purging our minds or prejudice.
Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance.
5. to take a substance that makes your bowels empty
Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting.
Anorexics: suffering from or relating to anorexia (a mental illness that makes someone stop eating)
bowel: (bowels, plural) the system of tubes inside your body where food is made into solid waste material and through which it passes out of your body; intestine
move/open/empty your bowels (=get rid of solid waste from your body)
bowel (singular) one part of this system of tubes
a bowel movement: the act of getting rid of solid waste from your body
the lowest or deepest part of something
the bowels of the earth (=deep under the ground)
6. to force yourself to bring food up from your stomach and out of your mouth, especially you have bulimia.
bulimia: an illness in which a person cannot stop themselves from eating too much, and then vomits in order to control their weight
