The ySAGS

RETREAT (n)
a private, safe place to get away from everyday life
DISMANTLED (v)
taken apart piece by piece

When there's no space for a garden, the only way is up.
There was a garden like that in China.
One Chinese doctor has built a rocky RETREAT on top of the Beijing blocks of flat.
But his villa is now being DISMANTLED after neighbours complained it was noisy and dangerous.

CONTROVERSIAL (adj)
(here) causing disagreement
TO EASE
to make a problem less difficult

The mysterious site of Stonehenge.
It's captured the imagination of British people for centuries. Even today it's the place to go for tourists and druids.
Now, there are CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a tunnel under the Stonehenge area. It's part of a big scheme TO EASE congestion.

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GLORIOUS (adj): outstanding, wonderful, magnificent.
EXPEDITION (n): excursion, trip, journey.

Even the most glorified men in human history are all looking forward to showing their importance .The billionaires only agreed to sponsor an expedition to Antarctica in 1928 with the sole request: their names must be set for the mountain ranges there. Geogre Washington wanted to be called "Germany, Mr. President of the United States". They wonder why a talent like Christopher Columbus also desire to get the title of "Admiral of the Ocean and the Viceroy of India". And Shakespeare, who was dubbed as the greatest among the great, also wanted to make his name more GLORIOUS by applying for a Royal patrician.

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AGASTOPIA (n.)
In her song “Style”, Taylor sings:

“You got that James Dean day dream look in your eye
And I got that red lip classic thing that you like”

We can see that she has a strong feeling about of his eyes and he’s really into her red lips. Those admirations of a particular part of someone’s body called “AGASTOPIA”.

BEDGASM (n.)

A feeling of complete happiness and relaxation which experiences when climbing into bed at the end of an 20-hour workday, a long road trip or hours of extremely intense physical activity.

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EMINENT (adj): well-known, famous, outstanding, accomplished.
ARROGANCE (n): haughtiness, egotism, conceit.

Eg: Few people know that the EMINENT President Lincoln used to not only like harsh criticism but also often wrote the letter and poem mocking other people and then spread out on the street for everyone to read. His ARROGANCE and extravagance could continue unless he had to face with a life-or-death duel.