Notes on key words in the original English work biography of jobs (V) [chapter three]

The Dropout And Turn on, Tune in …

1. oscillate           v. Oscillate
He oscillated between charismatic and creepy.

2. earnest            adj. Demure , Sincerely , genuine
Wozniak, in his earnest and sweet way, found it fun.

The Dropout And Reed College

3. muse                 v. Contemplation , meditation , Brooding to oneself
…, musing on how diffent his world …

4. exhort               v. Exhortation , Advice
…, during which he exhorted his listeners, …

5. metaphor          n. metaphor
These ancient goals we define in the metaphor of the present — turn on, tune in, drop out.

6. injunction          n. Warn
Many of Reed’s stuednts took all three of those injunctions seriously; the dropout rate during the 1970s was more than one-third.

7.refrain                 v. avoid , restraint
In fact, he refrained from even saying good-bye or thanks.

8. wind down            To quell
The nation’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and the draft( Conscription , draft ) accompanied it, was winding down.

9. recede                  v. Regression
Political activism at colleges receded …

10. eschew               v. No longer pursue , avoid
That spirtual quest had caused him to eschew material possessions, …

11. fast                      n. fasting
…, which included purges( To induce vomiting ), fasts, …

The Dropout And Robert Friedland

12. sophomore           n. Sophomore

13. guru                      n. Spiritual mentor , Leader

14. parole                   v. Parole
He was sentenced to two years at a federal prison in Virginia, from which he was paroled in 1972.

15. hone                      v. Honing
Jobs had honed his trick of using stares and silences to master other people.

16. dictatorial              adj. Arbitrary
He was mercurial( Eloquent and witty , Mercury , Mercury ), sure of himself, a little dictatorial.

17. commune                 n. community
…, he turned it into a commune called the All One Farm, …

18. prune / trim / clip                   v. trim
Jobs took on the task of pruning the Gravenstein apple trees.

19. cult                            n. Cult organization , Paganism
Jobs was also beginning to have a little trouble stomaching Friedland’s cult leader style.

20. eke out                        Strive to maintain
In the meantime Jobs eked out a bohemian( lead a fast ) existence on the fringes( edge ) of Reed.