如何记忆reject

Day 331 morning 2021

reject：拒绝

re-, 向后，往回， -ject, 扔，字面意思即往回扔，比喻用法。

So then I made a drawing.

He looked at it carefully, then he said, “No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another.”

So I made another drawing.

My friend smiled gently and indulgently. “You see yourself,” he said, “that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns.”

So then I did my drawing over once more.

But it was rejected too, just like the others.

“This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time.”