Words in the News

The verb rowdy means to be making a lot of noise or likely to cause trouble.

The Oxford United fans ensured the Manchester United winger was given a rowdy reception on his first game back on English soil.

She said she did not mean to offend the court but was ``carried away'' by the mood of a crowd of the commissioners’ supporters, who became angry and rowdy after learning the three were denied bail.

Police briefly detained 137 rowdy fans, most of them German, in the western city of Cologne on Wednesday after scuffles following England's 2-2 draw with Sweden.

All this rowdy behaviour took place before the eyes of policemen who apparently made little, if any, effort to stop the violent protesters.

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The verb demolish means to pull or knock down a building or to badly defeat an opponent .

Department director-general Chaisak Angkasuwan insisted the height of the building at King Mongkut campus is within allowable limits and would not have to be demolished.

Workers will tonight move in to demolish the hundreds of stalls in the narrow alleys of the market after foreign trade officials singled it out as an example of China's failure to act against towards copyright violations.

Experts say it's impossible to know whether a tsunami will burst past seawalls and demolish buildings or flow harmlessly on the beach because that depends on the shape of the seabed.

With South Korea's Chonbuk expected to demolish the fourth club in the group, Da Nang of Vietnam, the pressure is on the Chinese champions to down their J-League opponents.

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The noun remedy refers to a successful way of dealing with a problem, or to something that is intended to cure you when you are ill or in pain. The verb form is also remedy.

Critics of the Thai Rak Thai government yesterday hailed the Democrat party's policies as an appropriate remedy for current economic conditions.

Using some of the budget to create more teaching posts and reducing the numbers of students in the classes are remedies that could be employed immediately.

As a remedy for human ailments, acupuncture dates back thousands of years.

Argentina are aiming to remedy problems by maintaining possession and moving the ball upfield more quickly, which Ayala found was lacking against Ivory Coast.

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The verb wound means to damage a part of the body, often, but not always, with a knife, a gun, or other weapon. The noun form is also wound and it refers to the specific damage to the body.

On Thursday night, a civilian and three soldiers were wounded in separate bomb attacks in Rueso district of Narathiwat.

A Thai national who was wounded by a Palestinian rocket fired into Israel from Gaza has insisted on staying on in his job, Thai ambassador to Israel Kasivat Paruggamanont said yesterday.

She was referring to a young elephant which was brought to the hospital last month for treatment of wounds on her feet.

Sala was killed on the spot while his son sustained a gunshot wound to the leg.

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