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[kerstin]

1
Big-headed= someone who has a big head?or big figure?

2
Inter-schools competition=a competition which is among many schools?
and,what is the word opposite to Inter-schools?

3He looked like a *stick* insect with red hair and freckles.
what does the stick mean here?

4
someone has been in their home against their*wishes*.
what are other words can replace wishes?

[pugachevV]

1. It means, literally, what you suggest, but in the vernacular, Big headed means conceited and/or arrogant; someone with an inflated idea of their own importance.

2. Yes. The opposite is Intra-school.

3. A stick insect is a predatory insect that looks like a collection of small sticks. The meaning here is that she is a very thin person.

4.
If someone is kept in their own home against their wishes, you can also say, against their will. If someone other than the person who lives there is in the home, you can say, without permission.

If someone is in their home against their wishes they have had an "intruder". If he has stolen something they have had a burglar . If he has stuck a gun in their faces and taken possessions, they have had a robber.

[bud]

2. I've always seen it as intermural and intramural, or interscholastic. I've never seen it as inter-school or intra-school (or intrascholastic, for that matter). Maybe it's a matter of dialect?

[asterix]

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In Internet security jargon, to "pwn" means "to compromise" or "to control", specifically another computer (server or PC), web site, gateway device, or application; it is synonymous with one of the definitions of hacking. An outside party who has "owned" or "pwned" a system has obtained unauthorized administrative control of the system.

The term was one of 16 to appear on the 2006 "List of Words and Phrases Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness," released annually by Lake Superior State University.

From Wikipedia.