2012.07.30

conceive
Linus conceives the idea of Linux.

field
In the field of computing

bare bones
=>pl.n. Informal
=>The basic elements or essentials: outlined the bare bones of the proposal.

pore over sth
=>to look at and study something, usually a book or document, carefully
She spends her evenings poring over textbooks.
He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer.

comedian
=>a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes and funny stories or by copying the behaviour or speech of famous people
a stand-up comedian

stand-up (adj)
=>describes comedy performed by a single person telling jokes

heckle
=>to interrupt a public speech or performance with loud unfriendly statements or questions

taunt
=>to intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them, laughing at them, etc.
The other children used to taunt him in the playground because he was fat and wore glasses.

kick off
kick out

enter/get into the spirit of something
=>to show that you are happy to be at a social event by talking to a lot of people, dancing, or wearing special clothes
'Hey, I like your hat!' 'Well, I thought I'd better enter into the spirit of things.'
I'm afraid I was feeling too ill to really get into the spirit of the evening.

fixture

plumber