Disinclined to exert oneself, habitually lazy, for those of us who have not used this word in a sentence recently. Harold, a Papuan from the Wissel Lakes area, an Ekari has been coming to our house on Sunday afternoons to practise his English. This is a word he chose to use in a sentence. He was talking about himself and his indolent behavior in practising his English. Ya...may I be struck with some of his indolence. He went on to ask us how to use the word embroil in a sentence. I am impressed with him...I think he has collected some words in a dictionary and is trying to figure out how to use them in a sentence. I keep forgetting how rich our language is and how many exceptional words there are at our disposal. Well, I only have to ask Harold... I am sure next week he will be his 'indolent' self and have a list of new rarely used words to practise in a sentence.
This man came up to us while we were using the bank and asked us if he could practise his English. He went on to say that he targets foreigners with the idea that maybe one or two will take the time to work with him. He was persistent and gracious all at the same time. He found Scott in town and again had asked to come to our house so that he could put his desire for speaking English into practise. He showed up at our house last Sunday...he is far from being indolent...I will have to be sure to let him know.
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