common idiomatic expressions in american english
3000 Most Common Words in American English pps
... hunt including increase indicate individual Japanese kill laugh library lift lion local lose lovely lying magic Mama manner Mark May mostly national neighbor ordinary parallel ... exist explanation facing film finest fireplace floating folks fort garage grabbed grandmother habit happily Harry heading hunter Illinois image independent instant January kids ... herd hollow income industrial introduced Johnson Jones judge loss lucky machinery mad magnet Mars military mistake mood nails naturally negative obtain origin owner passage...
Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 19:21
A study on how to use some common punctuation marks in writing english
Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:51
How to Lose Your Accent in (American) English potx
... comfortable being British, then you could perhaps take that up instead. If you are willing to actually be a native English speaker of some continent, then imagine that you are American or Australian ... You're not lying to anybody just imagining. It's like acting in a play. After you've pretended for a few minutes, you can always go back and be yourself again no permanent damage ... alveolar ridge (that bump in the roof of your mouth just behind the teeth). 4. The unvoiced stops in American are aspirated at the beginning of a syllable. This is not true in Slavic or Romance....
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 12:21
Thesis: Directness in conversations in american english and vietnamese A comparative study
... representative of indirect interaction. However, hedges exist in not only Vietnamese but also American English. The frequency of using hedge in conversations in Vietnamese and American English is ... “Directness in conversations in American English and Vietnamese - A comparative study” intentionally recommends directness in daily life talk and in teaching to students. Furthermore, an exciting point ... as well as purposes of using directness and indirectness. 35 Ngan (2010) affirms that offering and responding in Vietnamese is more indirect than in American English. An typical example...
Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 06:12
a cross cultural study on expressing satisfaction in american english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu giao thoa văn hóa việt- mỹ trong cách thức diễn tả sự hài lòng
... findings 50 1.2.2. American findings 51 1.2.3. Similarities and differences 53 1.3. Use of D-ID as seen from informants’ parameters 55 1.3.1. Vietnamese findings 55 1.3.2. American findings ... to the patterned ways of thinking, feeling and reacting. People within a culture usually interpret the meaning of symbols, artifacts and behaviors in the same ways. In other words, culture provides ... Directness- Indirectness. Due to the limitation of time and material, the study only concentrates on investigating strategies of expressing satisfaction in English and Vietnamese in some certain situations...
Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:20
an investigation into starting and closing telephone conversations between friends and relatives in american english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu phần mở đầu và kết thúc cuộc hội thoại qua điện thoại giữa bạn bè
... Sacks (1973). The main objective of this study is to find out the similarities and differences in opening and closing telephone conversations in American English and Vietnamese. In other words, ... Sample of interaction with four phases analysis 23 Table 4. Frequency of acts in the openings 25 Table 5. Frequency of acts in the closings 28 Table 6. Common opening patterns I Table 7. Common ... Exploring a formula of the beginning and ending of telephone conversations in Vietnamese language. - Discovering the similarities and differences of telephone openings as well as telephone closings...
Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30
an investigation into starting and closing telephone conversations between friends and relatives in american english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu phần mở đầu và kết thúc cuộc hội thoại qua điện thoại giữa bạn bè tt
... Sample of interaction with four phases analysis 23 Table 4. Frequency of acts in the openings 25 Table 5. Frequency of acts in the closings 28 Table 6. Common opening patterns I Table 7. Common ... STUDIES LE THI QUY AN INVESTIGATION INTO STARTING AND CLOSING TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE NGHIÊN CỨU PHẦN ... similarities and differences of starting and closing telephone conversations in American English and Vietnamese 30 2.3Summary 33 PART C: CONCLUSION 34 1.Summary of the findings 34 2.Limitations of...
Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:30
Tài liệu EASY AMERICAN IDIOMS Hundreds of idiomatic expressions to give you an edge in English! ppt
... something. 15. To be spinning your wheels. To be putting forth an effort that is having no useful effect.To be working in vain. 16. To have a good mind to do something.To be inclined to do something. ... Let’s find Martin, and tell him it’s a go. 1. To be in the market for something.To want to buy something, to be looking to buy something. 2. To mull something over.To think about something. To ... Up to something. Involved in some kind of mischief. Planning something. 8. Something else. An expression meaning “something noteworthy” or “something interesting or worth discussion.” 9. To take...
Ngày tải lên: 25/02/2014, 08:20
a comparative study of idiomatic expressions containing the word eye in english and vietnamese equivalents = so sánh đối chiếu những thành ngữ có chứa từ mắt trong tiếng anh với những thành ngữ tương đương
... learning and translation of idiomatic expressions containing the word „eye‟ in English. 3 3. Scope of the study ã In this study, idiomatic expressions containing the word „eye‟ in both English ... of those in both English and Vietnamese. 3.1 Idiomatic expressions containing the word „eye‟ in English 3.1.1 Expressing good points There are many idiomatic expressions containing the word ... THREE: IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS CONTAINING THE WORD „EYE‟ IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE ………………………………………………………… 3.1 Idiomatic expressions containing the word „eye‟ in English …………………… 3.1.1 Expressing...
Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:17
an investigation into idiomatic expressions containing numbers in english and vietnamese = nghiên cứu những thành ngữ có các từ chỉ số trong tiếng anh và tiếng việt
... which are very common in our daily life and have certain cultural characteristics also appear in idioms. Idiomatic expressions containing numbers bring about interesting diverse meanings to our ... sad‟. In terms of words and idioms denoting happiness, there were 8 adjectives denoting happiness, 6 nouns denoting happiness, and 2 verbs denoting happiness and 6 idioms denoting happiness. ... numbers in the meanings of idioms in English and Vietnamese. To find out the similarities and differences in the contribution of numbers to the meanings of idioms in English and Vietnamese. In...
Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:26
A study on idiomatic expressions containing words denoting food and drink in English and their Vietnamese equivalents from Cultural Perspective
Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2015, 10:26
Differences in North American English
... differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary in the United States and Canada. There are naturally hundred of such differences. But in spite of these differences, North Americans do ... objects are determined by geography and not by social or economic class as they are in some other countries. I want to say, in conclusion, that I have given you just ... understanding one another, even if they come from places that are as far as, say, the northern part of Canada and the south Texas. The linguistic differences are simply not great enough to interfere...
Ngày tải lên: 15/09/2013, 13:10
A comparative study of insults in vietnamese and american english
Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:16
Tài liệu Dictionary of English Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions pptx
... offing If something is in the offing, it is very likely to happen soon. In the pink If you are in very good health, you are in the pink. In the pipeline If something's in the pipeline, ... you're in the loop, you are fully informed about what is happening in a certain area or activity. In the making When something is in the making, it means it is in the process of being made. In ... in trouble. In the swim If you are in the swim, you are up-to-date with and fully informed about something. In the swing If things are in the swing, they are progressing well. In the twinkling...
Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 13:15
An analysic of common grammatical errors in english by 10 th graders and some pedagogical recommendations
Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 10:04