Chapter 14 faithfully looking for the right term

The value of a reference book doubles again when its owner has the passion to see beyond the phenomena.Ten minutes a day will allow us to discover the surprises inside a nutcracker. "I have become very irritable because of what I have written," Flaubert said. "I am like a man who has a keen ear but is always bad at the piano: his fingers are always refusing to get right. The voice that was felt in the heart. Then the tears flowed down the poor man's eyes in lines, and he was discouraged." The great French writer passed on this advice about sound to his student, Maupassant, who said: "Whatever a man wants to express, there is only one word which best expresses it; there is only one which makes it The verb comes alive; there is only one adjective that fits to describe it. It is essential to search for the word, the verb, and the adjective, until we find it, and find no other word that satisfies us so well."

Walter Land once wrote: "I loathed false words, and sought carefully, with difficulty, and darkly, those words which were proper to things themselves." James Matthew Barry in his hero's name This is also done in the named novel "Sentimental Tommy".It should come as no surprise that Sandy became a writer and a lion. Tommy and another boy are competing for a scholarship to write an essay titled "A Day in Church."He kept writing with gusto until he stopped because he couldn't think of a suitable word. He spent almost an hour thinking about this word, until he was suddenly told that the allotted time was up and he lost the game!

Barry can tell others: article!Just as a twig cannot become a tree, this article cannot become an article because this silly child is stuck on the second page.Yes, when the teacher grilled him, the teacher admitted that "stagnation" was the appropriate word.He doesn't get "beyond his skill," he stops, and yet you have to admit that his explanation only highlights his incompetence. For not being able to think of a word he had placed himself in public disdain.What word?They asked impatiently, but even now he couldn't answer.He needed a Scottish word for the number of people in church, and it was on his lips, but he just couldn't say it. puckle is pretty much that, but it doesn't express as many people as he intends to express.Time passed in a blink of an eye, and he completely forgot time as he searched for the word in his mind.

The other five (examiners) were also very angry. "You little fool," bellowed Kasiro, "if you hadn't thought of puckle then, wouldn't you know how to substitute one of the many other words? You used a lot of (manzy) or other What can I do to you?" "I think a lot of (manzy)," Tommy replied, regrettably ashamed of himself, "but, but manzy means moving in large flocks, it means crowds in church buzzing like bees Buzzing rather than sitting quietly and motionless." "Even if it doesn't mean that," said Mr. Duti impatiently, "but what's the need to be so eloquent? Of course, the art of essay writing consists in using the first word that comes to mind. "

"That's what I do," said the pompous McLachlan (who managed to beat Tommy). "I know," interjected Mr Glogg, "McLachlan described a group of (mask) people in the church. (mask) is a good Scottish word." "I thought about (mask)," Tommy sobbed, "but using that word means the church is packed, and I mean the church is only half full, not crowded." "Then just use flow (the original text is flow)!" Mr. Launimo suggested. "(Flow) means only a small number of people." Tommy said. "Then use curran, you pretentious fellow!"

"Using curran is not enough." Mr. Lorimer shook his hand away in despair. "I'd like to use a word between curran and mask," Tommy insisted, when he nearly yelled. Mr. Ogilvie, who had been having trouble hiding his admiration for Tommy, reminded him: "You just said you wanted to use a word that was half-full. So why don't you Just say half full (the original English text is middlingfull) or almost full (the original English text is fellmask)?" "Yeah, why not?" asked the examiners, also unknowingly caught up in the prompt. "I just want to express it in one word," Tommy replied, and so unconsciously avoided using that word.

"You're a darling!" muttered Mr. Ogwell with a breath.But if the other examiners hadn't stopped him, Mr. Castro would have hit the "stubborn" boy on the head. "Finding the right words is so, so easy," Mr Glogg said. "No, it's not easy, it's like catching a squirrel," cried Tommy.This time, Mr. Ogilvy nodded approvingly. Then a strange thing happened.Just as they were about to leave the school, the door opened a crack and the camera showed Tommy's face, tearful but excited. "I know the word now," he cried, "and it just popped into my head, and it's hantle!"

Mr. Ogilvy said to himself in a fit of ecstasy: "He'll be thinking about it until he finds the word. What a genius the little boy is!"