... can and could E.g (30) "May I go up and speak to her?" (3: Chapter IX) (Tôi đến nói chuyện với Hêlen đợc không? (1: 158)) Moreover, may is used to give permission andmay not is used to refer and ... used to express ability, possibility and permission Mayand Vietnamese May in Englishand in equivalents Vietnamese are both used to express possibility and permission Differences Có thể does ... can, may, must and the equivalent expressions in Vietnamese Semantically, the English modals can, may, must express the notion of ability, possibility, permission and obligation Can andmay refer...
... the cup and the lip a morsel may slip Кусочек может упасть, пока его несешь от чаши ко рту Ср Не говори “гоп”, пока не перепрыгнешь Хвали горку, как перевалишься 223 Between the devil and the ... and nether millstone Между верхним и нижним жерновами Ср Между молотом и наковальней Между двух огней 227 Betwixt and between Ср Серёдка на половинку Ни то, ни се 228 Beware of a silent dog and ... Словами и туда и сюда, а делами никуда Не спеши языком, торопись делом 386 Gossiping and lying go hand in hand Сплетни и ложь идут рука об руку 387 Grasp all, lose all За все хвататься — все...
... Agroindustry 56 Pulp and paper 58 Telecoms 60 Telecoms 62 Textiles 64 ", ", l , Introduction What is Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar and who is it for? Technical English: Vocabulary and Grammar ... the left-hand page and exercises and tasks on the right-hand page The left-hand page presents language through: A sample sentences to show the language forms in use B an explanation and extension ... cut and place stone, (h) construct the raof and (i) cover walls and ceilings with plaster Once the the site and makes a plan of the size building has been completed, and shape of the plot of land...
... British and American English 471 Appendix - II General Review of Grammar 475 An authentic and useful solution of this book entitled "A Key to Wren and Martin's High School English Grammar and ... spoonfuls and handfuls, because spoonful and handful are regarded as one word Note that the Proper Nouns Brahman and Mussulman are not compounds of man; therefore their plurals are Brahmans and Mussulmans ... the chapters dealing with adjectives, active and passive voice, articles and prepositions Appendix I, which deals with American English, has been expanded Appendix II has been replaced with a newer...
... Advantages: personal and easy to use; usefull for short messages and daily correspondece (ex: set up a meeting, mark a request Disadvantages: include technical problems which may result in the unexpected ... ỹ) + N ếu không bi ết gi ới tính ngư ời nh ận : Dear Sir or Madam (Anh) - Ladies and Gentlemen / To whom it may concern ( M ỹ) (A comma after is optional) C ẤU TRÚC CƠ B ẢN C ỦA THƯ 5/ Body ... form LAYOUT Header information: incluse C.c: This stands for carbon copies, which means much the same as it does on a letter b.c.c:This stands for blind carbon copies, which,as in a letter,you...
... English To have a good command of English, Vietnamese students in general and the first year English majors of Hai Phong Private University in particular have a lot of difficulties in using English ... my understanding the English learning and teaching andEnglish major students in Hai Phong private university as well as my gained experiences in the training course Scope of the study English ... illustrate this phenomenon as follows: English Command, Op + S Command, Op + not + S Vietnamese Command không? chứ? nhé! 2.3 Inversion in exclamations In English, exclamations as a formal category...
... invitation in Englishand Vietnamese - Defining rejecting invitation in Englishand Vietnamese - Finding out the similarities and differences in rejecting invitation between Englishand Vietnamese ... general, invitation and rejecting invitation in Englishand Vietnamese in particular Chapter II gives the ways of rejecting invitation in Englishand Vietnamese and the differences and similarities ... rejecting invitation in Englishand Vietnamese” to enhance the efficiency of the teaching and learning of this speech act in Englishand Vietnamese, create the tactfulness and flexibility in language...
... like, so, that, the fomer ) Hå ThÞ Thuý H»ng - 41 A1 English 8 8 9 Vinh University Contrastive analysis of Cohesive devices in English texts and those in Vietnamese ones 2.1.2 2.1.2.1 2.1.2.2 2.1.2.3 ... English texts and those in Vietnamese ones 2.4.1.2 Indirect repetition 2.4.2 Lexical collocation 2.5 Summary 22 23 24 CHAPTER 3: CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS of COheSIVE DeVICES IN ENGLISH TEXT and THOSE ... 41 A1 English 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 22 Vinh University Contrastive analysis of Cohesive devices in English...
... boxing Belt and braces (UK) Someone who wears belt and braces is very cautious and takes no risks Belt and suspenders (USA) Someone who wears belt and suspenders is very cautious and takes no ... business Bread and butter Bread and butter issues are ones that affect people directly and in a very important way www.dk -english. com Page 11 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Breadwinner ... letter www.dk -english. com Page 19 Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand Death of a thousand cuts If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a thousand cuts, lots...
... independently and easy to understand and practice with entertaining and engaging topics Due to the practical characteristic, the course book becomes very popular and is very useful for students to learn and ... self and other - Maximize the expression of agreement between self and other Maxim 6: The Sympathy Maxim - Minimize antipathy between self and along with maximizing sympathy between self and ... illocutionary act by Leech as: Tact maxim and Generosity Maxim as directives and commissives; Approbation Maxim as expressives and assertives; Modesty Maxim, Agreement maxim and Sympathy Maxim as assertives...
... view when we consider the number of homophones in English For example: weight and wait, by and buy, soul and sole, meet and meat, four and for… and the number of similar forms which differ widely ... grader student and the thirteen questions for the English teacher Each student and each teacher was handed out one sheet of questionnaies And after the researcher collected one hundred and ten answer ... II high school They are both male and female students aged fifteen or sixteen and they have been learning English for years Their Knowledge and vocabulary of English are at pre – intermediate...
... discourse and our hands and eyes for witten one Brown and Yule (1983:13 ) point out that spoken and written discourse serve various functions The first is used for the establishment and maintenance ... Contrastive and comparative method * Analysis and systematic method • Obtaining advice from experts IV Scope of the study • Due to the time limitation, we only focus on English formal and informal ... of language in use” and “it may be spoken or written, prose or verse, dialogue or monologue” Brown and Yule (1983 : 6) point out that texts are the presentation of discourse and verbal record of...
... distinctions that may lead to 17 misunderstanding For example, sleep may sound slip and sheep may sound ship Pairs of English vowels such as /i:/ and //, /ổ/ and /e/, /:/ and / /, /:/ and //, /:/ and / /, ... Vietnamese andEnglish pronunciation for the analysis of the differences between Englishand Vietnamese pronunciation in the later chapter II 16 Chapter Differences between Englishand Vietnamese ... in English because we will understand other people more easily and the others will understand us more easily According to Avery and Ehrlich, there are four basic types of linking sounds in English: ...