Alright, so today I wanted to tackle something simple but super useful for learners: words starting with “se”. Figured I’d make a quick list anyone could use. Man, did it end up taking longer than I thought it would! Here’s how it all went down.
Getting Started Was Supposed to Be Simple
First thing this morning, coffee in hand, I booted up my ancient laptop thinking, “How hard can this be? Just pull up a dictionary site and hit print.” Wrong. Opened three different sites and got three slightly different lists. One was missing common ones like “settle,” another listed nonsense words nobody uses. Just wasted time and got annoyed.
I slammed the laptop shut – that sucked. Needed a better way. Grabbed the actual physical dictionary off my shelf, you know, that heavy one collecting dust? Way more reliable. Started flipping pages like it was 2005. “S-E,” “S-E,” fingers hurting by the time I got there. Way slower than I remembered.
Digging Through the Dictionary Like an Archaeologist
Started writing them down in my beat-up notebook:
- “See”: Yeah, obvious one.
- “Seek”: Always makes me think job hunting. Ugh.
- “Set”: Like a million meanings for this one, huh?
- “Settle”: Down payments? Yikes. Bad memories.
- “Serve”: Tennis anyone? Nope, just me.
- “Second”: Time, place, or backup plan.
Paper cut? Check. Ink smudge? Check. Felt like digging through old boxes in the attic.
Kept finding weird ones: “Seam,” “Sew.” Okay, useful for crafty people maybe? Wrote them down anyway. Then stumbled on words like “secrete” – glands and stuff. Gross! But hey, someone might need it. My hand started cramping. Seriously reconsidering that “quick list” idea.
Headed out for a lunch break, totally stuck on this project. At the coffee shop? The cashier said, “Separate checks?” Bam. “Separate”! Added that right there on my phone notes while waiting.
Putting It All Together (Finally)
Got back home. Spent the afternoon scanning my scribbled notes and that dictionary list. Organized them alphabetically on my computer. Trying to decide what was common enough to include? A headache. Ended up filtering out the super rare science words (sorry, “sesquipedalian”). Wanted a list folks could actually use.
Added my coffee shop find: “Separate”. Remembered “Secure” – locks and passwords. Important! Finally had a decent list. Double-checked everything. Felt a sense of accomplishment just getting through that dictionary mess!
Here’s the core list I landed on after all that:
- See
- Seek
- Sell
- Send
- Sense
- Set
- Settle
- Serve
- Several
- Severe
- Sew
- Separate
- Secure
- Second
- Select
- Sequence
- Section
Not some fancy AI-generated thing, just hard manual work digging through actual pages. Learned that the simple tasks? Sometimes they’re the biggest pain to actually do. But hey, got it done. Happy learning folks.