Vocabulary : Adventure - Convention - Inconvenient - Prevent - Intervene - Eventually

Meriem wanted to

go on an adventure

So she decided to go to a comic book

convention But the driving there is inconvenient ,

so she took the subway .As she sat down people began

to argue about the hero , to prevent a fight She intervened and eventually everyone agreed that the best hero is batman .

vent / veni means come

1. Adventure  : as we noticed before that vent means to come so we’ll point out what does the prefix ad mean.

AD= toward .  That’s adventure means to come to something , (in this context when I say I want an adventure means that I want to come to something  to make life better or exciting) .  

2. Convention:  con means  with / together.

Convention means a place where people come together.

3. Inconvenient :  The prefix  in has a couple of meanings : in / opposite

Inconvenient  = it is going to be more difficult or makes life harder.

Ex: If I have to go to work it is inconvenient to go walking it takes 3 hours. ( so I should take a car that takes 20 or 30 minutes.)

4. Prevent  = pre means before      / vent means come  ( to come before)

If you want to prevent a fire you shall put oil and  fire together .

5. Intervene =  inter means  between     ( it means to come between).

Ex : if you find Meriem and Seif quarreled you can intervene .

6. Eventually:   E ( which is basically ex ) = out of  . so it refers to come out of a situation

Ex: When you eat a big quantity of chocolate, you’ll eventually be fat.

If you don’t read enough books in English , you’ll eventually be out of blue.

by Teacher : Meriem ben zid