A STUDY ON ENGLISH IDIOMS RELATING TO PEOPLE DESCRIPTION

... to people description I. English idioms relating to people description In literature as well as communication in daily life, idioms are one of the most popular parts of each language. Thanks ... words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. An idiom is (usually) a type of compound that has a meaning that may not relate to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:51

... provides a clear organization consisting three main parts that help an easy exploration and practical benefits gained for readers as well. Part one is the introduction, which includes rational, ... wonders, wash one’s hands of something, a different kettle of fish.  Situational (expressing conventions, clauses, exclamation, relating to extra lingual context): walls have ears, so...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 09:17

... reason for refusing the offer. In general want to get along with people and make a good impression in a social encounter to appear 18 amiable. It is not common amongst Vietnamese people to ... statement is a direct speech act, but a declarative used to make a request is an indirect speech act. The utterance in { 2a} is a declarative. When it is used to make a...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:51

... Translation types: There are some translation types as following: SL Emphasis Word-for-word translation Literal translation Faithful translation Semantic translation TL Emphasis Adaptation ... or transposition translation. Transposition is a translation procedure involving a change in the grammar from SL to TL. One type, the change in the word order is named “Automatic trans...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:51

... relating to human feelings and emotions are raried ,in this paper, only some typical idioms and proverbs on human feelings and emotions are presented and analyzed. Particularly , I pay attention ... history and etc clearly When study a foreign language, learners all find that it is necessary to study on idioms and proverbs because idioms and proverbs help us language...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 01:26

... compare passages, and base on the context to translate them into their own language suitably and correctly by paying much attention to cultural features. 26 Last but not least, one main and ... - An Investigation into Pragmatic and cultural aspects of English and Vietnamese idioms relating to spiritual life. - English and Vietnamese Proverbs relating to spiritual l...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:18

... vocabulary. There are many matters related to conversion but because the limitation of time as well as knowledge, in this graduation paper, the writer only focus on small part of conversion ... Native speakers of English are people from English – speaking countries like USA, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, ect). This is one disadvantage. So that, their applying of conversion...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:51

... similarities and differences between the two languages. In addition, qualitative and quantitative approaches are used to make the data analysis more reliable. Calculations, statistics and tables ... research and comparative analysis are chosen as the main methodology of the study. The study also uses qualitative and quantitative approaches as supporting methods to make the data a...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:19

... phrase "one bad apple/rotten apple can spoil the whole bunch" as we use it today, means that one person doing wrong can affect a whole group of people. It can mean that the person ... Teach one's grandmother to suck eggs (Oxford dictionary) "Teach one's grandmother to suck eggs" means that a person is giving advice to someone else about a subject...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:48