A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set
during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a
first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant
("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is
taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.
WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an
informal, sometimes disparaging term for a group of
high-status and influential White Americans of
English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group believed to control
disproportionate social, political, and financial power in the United States.
It describes a group whose family wealth, education, status, and elite
connections allow them a degree of opportunity held by few others.
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church is one of the
oldest religious institutions in the world, teaching that it is the One, Holy,
Catholic and Apostolic Church established by Jesus Christ in his Great
Commission to the apostles, and practicing what it understands to be the
original faith passed down from the Apostles.
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*-ant:
being in a state or condition
eg. Penchant (noun) /ˈpen.tʃənt/
→ a liking for, an enjoyment of, or a habit of doing something, especially something that other people might not like 偏好，傾向，嗜好
eg.Nonchalant (adjective) /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/
→ behaving in a calm manner, often in a
way which suggests you are not interested or do not care
若無其事的；漠不關心的；毫不在乎的
*bell-: war, fighting
eg. Belligerent (adjective) /bəˈlɪdʒ.ər.ənt/
→ disapproving wishing to fight or argue好戰的，挑起戰爭的；挑撥
eg. Rebel
(noun) /ˈreb.əl/
→ a person who is opposed to the political
system in their country and tries to change it using force, or a person who
shows their disagreement with the ideas of people in authority or of society by
behaving differently
eg. Postbellum
(adjective)
→ occurring after a war, especially after
the American Civil War:
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