Phuket Vocabs 1: The Tsunami

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orgies ¶ panache ¶ pastiche ¶ tintinnabulation ¶ brackish ¶ pell-mell ¶ macabre ¶ lunged ¶ lull ¶ nether ¶ levee ¶ chaparrals ¶ transmute ¶ Cartographers ¶ galumped ¶ filigree ¶ fluke ¶ gaunt ¶ hale ¶ hardy ¶ hedonist ¶ hackneyed ¶ harping ¶ homily ¶ haggle ¶ harrowing ¶

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This was where foreign tourists had their orgies, drunken revelries. This was where the rich and famous demonstrated their panache and flamboyance, and where pastiche or imitation of another's style was frowned upon. But came the tsunami, from a massive underwater earthquake. The disaster struck only hours after the tourists heard the tintinnabulation, tinkling sounds of the bells of the festive season.

The water was brackish, salty and distasteful. When the brackish water dashed pell-mell and disorderly into islands which used to be a heaven for tourists, everything became chaotic. The act of the nature was gruesome and macabre. The water lunged and thrusted forward. There was not a lull or moment of calm. All nether and lower regions were covered in water in less than a minute. No levee, earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding, could have prevented the mayhem.

There were cars being trapped in chaparrals, dense, often impenetrable, growth of shrubs and thorny bushes. It would be a long time before the place would transmute or change itself back to being a popular tourist destination. Cartographers and people who make maps would be busy redoing the maps of the affected areas.

" Elephants galumped and moved in a clumsy manner, as if they knew that disaster was going to strike. Not many human beings had a dignified escape, nevertheless. My daughter was wearing a pendant with gold filigree, lace-like metalwork, when the fluke and unlikely occurrence struck," said a gaunt and lean and angular woman. She used to be hale and healthy, and she used to look hardy and sturdy. She used to be a hedonist, and believe that pleasure was the sole purpose of life. "I know it sounds hackneyed or commonplace … and I am not going to give anyone a harping or tiresome dwelling on a subject. No body wants a sermon, serious warning or homily at this point. I don't want to haggle or bargain with fate, and all I want is to know where my daughter is." Cries like these were commonplace.

It was a harrowing and traumatic experience for millions.

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This was where foreign tourists had their ¶ , drunken revelries. This was where the rich and famous demonstrated their ¶ and flamboyance, and where ¶ or imitation of another's style was frowned upon. But came the tsunami, from a massive underwater earthquake. The disaster struck only hours after the tourists heard the ¶ , tinkling sounds of the bells of the festive season.

The water was ¶ , salty and distasteful. When the brackish water dashed ¶ and disorderly into islands which used to be a heaven for tourists, everything became chaotic. The act of the nature was gruesome and ¶ . The water ¶ and thrusted forward. There was not a ¶ or moment of calm. All ¶ and lower regions were covered in water in less than a minute. No ¶ , earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding, could have prevented the mayhem.

There were cars being trapped in ¶ , dense, often impenetrable, growth of shrubs and thorny bushes. It would be a long time before the place would ¶ or change itself back to being a popular tourist destination. ¶ and people who make maps would be busy redoing the maps of the affected areas.

" Elephants ¶ and moved in a clumsy manner, as if they knew that disaster was going to strike. Not many human beings had a dignified escape, nevertheless. My daughter was wearing a pendant with gold ¶ , lace-like metalwork, when the ¶ and unlikely occurrence struck," said a ¶ and lean and angular woman. She used to be ¶ and healthy, and she used to look ¶ and sturdy. She used to be a ¶ , and believe that pleasure was the sole purpose of life. "I know it sounds ¶ or commonplace … and I am not going to give anyone a ¶ or tiresome dwelling on a subject. No body wants a sermon, serious warning or ¶ at this point. I don't want to ¶ or bargain with fate, and all I want is to know where my daughter is." Cries like these were commonplace.

It was a ¶ and traumatic experience for millions.

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