ONE WORD TRIGGERS
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TRIGGER: Pretty
Can’t you tell it’s Summer time?
We’ve had some really good days lately with sunshine and fair weather.
As I spend the best part of my days outside with my work it’s always nice to have sun up in the sky making everything look clean and clear and just….well….pretty!
The countryside is looking so green this year after all the Spring rain we had, and I for one am taking great pleasure in looking at the pretty scenes as I travel mile after mile through “England’s green and pleasant land”.
If nothing else it helps take my mind off the pretty sorry state that the economy is in, the escalating price of petrol & diesel, the soaring cost of foodstuffs and the pretty awful prospects our youth find themselves facing.
Then I see a pretty yellow field of corn and hear the birds singing and and I realise just how lucky I really am.
so the trigger is….
Pretty [prit-ee]
-adjective
1. pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness
2. (of things, places, etc.) pleasing to the eye, esp. without grandeur.
3. pleasing to the ear
4. pleasing to the mind or aesthetic taste
5. (often used ironically) fine; grand
-noun
6. Usually, pretties. pretty ornaments, clothes, etc.
7. a pretty person: Sit down, my pretty.
-adverb
8. fairly or moderately: Her work was pretty good.
9. quite; very: The wind blew pretty hard.
-verb
10. to make pretty; improve the appearance of
-Idiom
11. sitting pretty
-Synonyms
attractive, beautiful, pleasant
TRACKS:
- The Beautiful South – Prettiest Eyes (album: Carry On Up The Charts – The Best Of The Beautiful South)
- Norah Jones – Prettiest Thing (album: Feels Like Home/Come Away With Me)
- Dear Eskiimo – Pretty
- Field Music – You’re So Pretty (album: Field Music)
- Spoon – All The Pretty Girls Go To The City (album: Kill the Moonlight)
- Ultrabeat – Pretty Green
- Paloma – Pretty Little Girl (album: Paloma)
- Cake – Pretty Pink Ribbon (album: Comfort Eagle)
- Eagles – Pretty Maids All In A Row (album: Hotel California)
- Nelly – Pretty Toes (album: Suit)
- The Killers – All The Pretty Faces (Bonus Track) (album: Sam’s Town)
- Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman (album: Best Movie Hits)
- Laura Gibson – All The Pretty Horses (album: Six White Horses)
- Neil Diamond – Pretty Amazing Grace (album: Home Before Dark)
- People in Planes – Pretty Buildings (album: Beyond the Horizon)
)TRIGGER: Tired
I’m used to working flat-out all day and my body has become accustomed to this. But over the last two weeks business has been a little erratic – slow days followed by manic days – and I don’t seem to be able to adjust to the changing pace. The result is that I am sooooooo tired I could fall asleep on the edge of a knife blade. Still, the weekend’s here and I can relax. (Looks at list of DIY jobs, looks at the state of the gardens). Hmmm…maybe not.
So the trigger is…
tired [tahy.uh.rd]
–adjective
1. exhausted, as by exertion
2. fatigued or sleepy
3. depleted of strength or energy
4. weary or bored
5. hackneyed, stale
6. (informal) impatient or disgusted
-verb
7. cause to be bored
8. get tired of something or somebody
—Synonyms
enervated, exhausted, fatigued, hackneyed, jaded, wearied, weary, sapped, sleepy, unrested
Tracks
- Eels – I Need Some Sleep (album: Shrek2) [Web] [Myspace]
- Aerosmith- Jaded (album: Ultimate Aerosmith Hits) [Web]
- Adele – Tired (album: 19) [Web] [Myspace]
- Belle & Sebastian – We Are The Sleepyheads (album: The Life Pursuit) [Web] [Myspace]
- Bare Naked Ladies – Who Needs Sleep? (album: Stunt) [Web] [Myspace]
- Cake – When You Sleep (album: Prolonging The Magic) [Web] [Myspace]
- BLUU – I’m Tired
- R.E.M.- Daysleeper (album:In Time:Best of R.E.M.) [Web] [Myspace]
- Fred - Sleep
- Field Music – I’m Tired (album: Field Music) [Web] [Myspace]
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