hectic
Things that are hectic tend to be happen quickly and all at once — that's why a hectic day makes people nervous.
Think about a calm, beautiful island with the sun shining and nothing to do but read a book. That kind of peacefulness is the opposite of hectic. When things get hectic, people sometimes say things are getting crazy or bananas: events are happening too fast for us to keep up, so we tend to get agitated or even angry. Because there's so much work to do, being a student is often a hectic job.
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marked by intense agitation or emotion
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After committing a violent crime, Cole Matthews is given a choice: jail time or isolation on a remote Alaskan island. Clinging to life after a savage bear attack, Cole wonders if he still has a chance at redemption.
The film actor Chadwick Boseman played three giants in Black American history — Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and Jackie Robinson — before achieving superstardom as King T'Challa in Black Panther. Widely praised and universally beloved for his talent, dignity, and the moral authority he brought to all the characters he inhabited, Boseman died of cancer at the age of 43. This list includes lines from his movies, as well as quotes from interviews he gave.
Gerald has faced many tough situations — the imprisonment of his mother, the death of his beloved aunt, and the abuse of his stepfather — but he is determined to make a better life for himself and his sister Angel. Learn these words from the second novel in the Hazelwood High trilogy.