It’s not just a figure of speech – it turns out you really can die of fright.

We need to control ourselves, not to be scared easily.
How about you? What are you scared of?

new words:
- cynophobia – the fear of dogs

only a few kilo meters in diameter

neutron star can weigh as well as our sun.

New words:
- boast: possess 
- eon: an indefinite long period of time
- pulsar: a celestial object that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation at rates of up to one thousand pulses per second.

New words:
- Distinguishable : different ways of framing problems may have profound consequences for distribution
- Tapping : the action of striking against something with a quick light blow or blows, or a sound made in this way.
- Bidding war :  a circumstance in which two or more prospective buyers of a property compete for ownership through incrementally increasing bids.

The government thinks that humans need food to live, but not oxygen to breathe.

How do you interpret that quote? 

New Words!

Source meaning from Oxford Dictionary

Quote : If you want your foods are sterile, just wrap it in transparent stretchable plastic for 15 minutes.

New words : 
turmeric-kunyit

This is the first question from Professor Snape to Harry in his first day school at Hogwarts. As we know Snape love Lily, Harry's mother so much. But, indirectly Snape kill her, when he trying to give the forecast to Voldemort. According to the Victorian Language of Flowers, asphodel is a type of lily meaning 'my regrets follow you to the grave' and wormwood means 'absence' and symbolizes bitter sorrow. The entire question has a hidden meaning of "I bitterly regret Lily's death".

New words
1. Goblet : somethings like glass, but this is for drinking wine, Piala 
2. Forecast : a prediction for future, ramalan
3. Quivering : the action of trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion, gemetaran; grogi

I love to read fantasy book. This book is impressed me from how the author made the storyline, and the character’s trait. The depiction is so clear. 

So far, I have only read about one chapter from this book. in the first chapter, I can get a moral value:

“Don’t ever lie. Being liar is addictive but too risky. Even though you only want to impress your friend, do not be delusional. It will place us to into unpleasant situation.”

Here I give the synopsis,

Some new words:

Favorable Quote:

The proverb tells us that one success leads to a bigger success. So, don't be afraid to try one thing leading to a success since it can let you in another success.

The proverb above gives me a bunch of spirit to achieve my dream as i'm such an unconfident person. Sometimes, i can't deal with my anxiety because i'm truly afraid to pass the future. However, since i realised my dream won't be achieved just like blinking the eye, i need to be brave and be more confident to pass the obstacles that might come in the future.

The reason why i like this book is simple. This is the first free book i found in google books. Moreover, it gives me abundant of insights on the first 5 pages.

New words:
- mediocre(adj): common, ordinary, average
- pinnacle(n): top, peak
- sedentary(adj): tending to spend much time for sitting down with no activities; being inactive
- leveraging(v): use something to maximum advantages

Summary:
Maradona wasn't just a sportsman for Argentinians, he was an icon, a political player and of course, a loveable people. There is deep sadness as people prepare to pay their respects to their superstar footballer.

But his influence goes beyond Argentina - South Americans are proud of their footballing heritage so this news has resonated across the region.

In neighbouring Brazil, where their man Pele vied for the title of world's best footballer, Maradona's death was headline news - much of the rivalry between the two countries can be put down to the two players, such is the passion for the beautiful game here.


The reasons :
Maradona is one of my favourite football players because he have a good attitude and good skills.

Vocab:
vied=compete
unequivocally=explicitly
midday=noon
rogue=trickster

A new study finds that people who feel enthusiastic and cheerful -- what psychologists call 'positive affect' -- are less likely to experience memory decline as they age. This result adds to a growing body of research on positive affect's role in healthy aging.

Based on that article, “positive affect’ can impact daily life, such as long-lasting memory and social relationship. As people getting older, their memory also getting worse. To lessen that negative impact, the result of that research reminds us to live life happily—get positive affect with the aim that our memory had a less memory decline in the future.

Extraversion (sociableness, sociability): enjoy being with people, participating in social gatherings, and are full of energy.

I like this quote because it’s teach me that we have to trust that God will give us anything that we need. So when we pray to God and he hasn’t granted our wishes yet, believe that it's not time for our prayers to be answered.

Space races happen between 2 superpower countries which are the United States and Soviet Union (well known as Russia). What makes this race more special is the time where space races begin. It began  from the Cold War in 1950 and ended 1970 where these two countries finally worked together on space missions. 

The battle between 2 countries which has superior technology makes it interesting. It's not just about the technology, but the political side too, United States with capitalism and Soviet Union with communism system-whose better. Both countries will show their best and all sources they have to win this race. 

arms race : a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments

armaments : senjata

Becoming a leader is a challenging decision to opt since you might be the first one who start the movement. This article is mainly talking about becoming the first follower that embraces the value from the leader.

Leadership is somehow over-glorified. Not to mention that it's too much, but leader can't be called as a "leader" with no followers.

I love the way the writer chose on delivering the words. He started with a video showing a man with no followers before the first guy came and joined. Then, the first follower took a really important role to show how to follow and finally all people can join.

Indeed, at first, the leader looked ridiculous, bu as more people joined, people who didn't join are the ridicule one.

New words:
flint(n): a hard grey rock
spark(n): percikan; bunga api
guts(n): feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought; or more likely keberanian
emulate(v): imitate
fence(n): barrier