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Jeans

Levi Strauss (1829 – 1902) was the man who invented and marketed blue jeans. In 1873, Strauss patented the idea of using copper rivets at the stress points of sturdy work trousers. They were sold initially to the miners of the Californian Gold Rush.

Tea bags

Tea bags were invented by Thomas Sullivan around 1908. The first bags were made from silk. Sullivan was a tea and coffee merchant in New York who began packaging tea samples in tiny silk bags. Many of his customers brewed their tea in the bags rather than in the traditional way of brewing loose tea in a teapot, and the tea bag was born.

Sandwich

The sandwich was invented by John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718 – 1792). In 1762, the story goes, he was too involved in a card game to have a formal meal, so he instructed his cook to put some meat between two slices of bread to save him time. He named the snack after himself.

Telephone

The telephone (meaning "far sound") is the most widely used telecommunications device. It was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. His device transmitted speech sounds over electric wires.

E-mail

Internet based email was invented in late 1971 by Ray Tomlinson. Ray Tomlinson worked as a computer engineer for Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN), the company hired by the United States Defense Department to build the first Internet in 1968.

Ray Tomlinson was experimenting with a popular program he wrote called SNDMSG that the ARPANET researchers were using on the network computers to leave messages for each other. You could only leave messages on the computer that you were using for other persons using that computer to read. Tomlinson used a file transfer protocol that he was working on called CYPNET to adapt the SNDMSG program so it could send electronic messages to any computer on the ARPANET network.

The first email was sent between two computers placed next to each other. The ARPANET network was used as the connection between the two.

Zip

The zip was developed in 1913 by the Swedish – American engineer, Gideon Sundbach. He was successful in selling his invention, which he called the Hookless 2. He sold these fasteners to the US Army, who put zip on soldiers' clothing and equipment during World War I.

Dynamite

Dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist, engineer, and inventor. His construction work inspired Nobel to research new methods of blasting rock. He started experimenting with nitroglycerine and invented the Nobel patent detonator for nitroglycerin in 1863. The Nobel Company built the first factory to manufacture nitroglycerin and dynamite.

Crossword puzzle

A crossword puzzle is a game of words where the player is given a hint and the number of letters. The player then fills in letter boxes with the right words. The first crossword puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynne, a Liverpool journalist. He immigrated to the United States and wrote the first crossword puzzle for an American newspaper called the New York World. It was published on Sunday, December 21, 1913.

Vocabulary

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
rivet – nitna miner – rudar tea bags – kesica za čaj silk – svila merchant – trgovac sample – uzorak teapot – čajnik earl – grof slice – kriška snack – užina device – uređaj wire – žica zip – rajsfešlus fastener – kopča equipment - oprema nitroglycerine - nitroglicerin crossword puzzle - ukrštenica hint - nagoveštaj, znak researcher - istraživač network computer - mrežni kompjuter network - mreža connection - veza, konekcija	market – pustiti u prodaju patent – patentirati package – pakovati brew – zakuvati, promešati, pripremiti (napitak) be involved – biti uključen u, biti zauzet instruct – dati uputstva blast - razoriti manufacture - proizvoditi immigrate - doseliti se publish - izdati hire - zaposliti, unajmiti adapt - prilagoditi
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
copper – bakarni sturdy – snažan, čvrst initially – prvobitno loose – slobodan, pušten tiny – malecki, sićušan successful at – uspešan u	-

Synonyms

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
rivet – stud miner – mineworker merchant – tradesman, vendor sample – example, trial, model, pattern teapot – pot slice – piece snack – light meal, titbit device – appliance wire – cable zip – zipper equipment – tools, kit hint – clue, tips researcher – investigator connection – link	market – commerce, trade package – pack brew – boil be involved – implicated instruct –teach blast – smash manufacture – make, build, produce publish – print hire – employ, engage adapt – adjust, modify
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
sturdy – tough initially – primarily, firstly tiny – small, little successful at – profitable, productive	-

Nouns (imenice):

Verbs (glagoli):

rivet – stud
miner – mineworker
merchant – tradesman, vendor
sample – example, trial, model, pattern
teapot – pot
slice – piece
snack – light meal, titbit
device – appliance
wire – cable
zip – zipper
equipment – tools, kit
hint – clue, tips
researcher – investigator
connection – link

market – commerce, trade
package – pack
brew – boil
be involved – implicated
instruct –teach
blast – smash
manufacture – make, build, produce
publish – print
hire – employ, engage
adapt – adjust, modify

Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi):

Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici):

sturdy – tough
initially – primarily, firstly
tiny – small, little
successful at – profitable, productive

Antonyms

Nouns (imenice):	Verbs (glagoli):
merchant – customer, buyer sample – whole earl – commoner slice – whole snack – meal hint - information connection - disconnection	market –buy brew – dry be involved – disinterested, indifferent instruct – ask, learn blast - create, build, repair manufacture - break, demolish immigrate - emigrate, stay hire - dismiss, fire, let go adapt - disarrange, disorder
Adjectives and adverbs (pridevi i prilozi):	Prepositions and conjunctions (predlozi i veznici):
sturdy – soft loose –tight tiny – big, huge, important successful at – bad, unsuccessful

Nouns (imenice):

Verbs (glagoli):

merchant – customer, buyer

sample – whole

earl – commoner

slice – whole

snack – meal

hint - information

connection - disconnection

market –buy

brew – dry

be involved – disinterested, indifferent