a-, awake, asleep, simpatico, persecute

In Hughes' 1857 book, Flashman (a relatively minor character) is portrayed as a notorious bully atRugby School who persecutes Tom Brown, and who is finally expelled for drunkenness. Fraser decided to write Flashman's memoirs, in which the school bully would be identified with an "illustrious Victorian soldier" experiencing many 19th-century wars and adventures and rising to high rank in the British Army, acclaimed as a great soldier, while remaining "a scoundrel, a liar, a cheat, a thief, a coward—and, oh yes, a toady."^[1] Fraser's Flashman is an antihero who often runs from danger in the novels. Nevertheless, through a combination of luck and cunning, he usually ends each volume acclaimed as a hero.^[2]

“His stories are good to hear at night, because we can dream about them asleep; and good in the morning, too, because then we can dream about them awake."

―from "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

persecute 

Pronunciation: /ˈpəːsɪkjuːt/ 

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs:his followers were persecuted by the authorities

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1.1Harass or annoy (someone) persistently:Hilda was persecuted by some of the other girls

a- 5

Pronunciation: /ə/ 

PREFIX

1To; towards:asideashore

1.1In the process of (an activity):a-hunting

1.2In a specified state:aflutter

1.3On:afoot

1.4In:nowadays

Origin

Old English, unstressed form of on.

asleep 

Pronunciation: /əˈsliːp/ 

ADJECTIVE& ADVERB

1In or into a state of sleep:[AS ADJECTIVE]: she had been asleep for over three hours[AS ADVERB]: he soon fell asleep

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1.1Not attentive or alert; inactive:[AS ADJECTIVE]: the competition was not asleep

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1.2(Of a limb) having no feeling; numb:[AS ADJECTIVE]: his legs were asleep

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1.3literary Used euphemistically to indicate that someone is dead.

AWAKE
ADJECTIVE
[PREDICATIVE]

1Not asleep:the noise might keep you awake at night

More example sentencesSynonyms

1.1(awake to) Aware of:too few are awake to the dangers

sim·pa·ti·co

 adjective \sim-ˈpä-ti-ˌkō, -ˈpa-\

Definition of SIMPATICO

1

:  agreeable, likable

2

:  being on the same wavelength :  congenial, sympathetic

Origin of SIMPATICO

Italian simpatico & Spanish simpático, ultimately from Latin sympathia sympathy

First Known Use: 1864

費里尼對話錄：花花公子訪問記(一)  (Playboy Interviews)

Feline 

Title	費里尼對話錄: 花花公子訪問記一) Volume 1 of 莘莘叢書. 4, 花花公子訪問記
Publisher	房凱娣等譯，莘莘, 1971