... in the following examples. In the first example: The improvement in his health is being maintained. (English- English-Vietnamese Dictionary- nxb Van Hoa Thong Tin) The sense of maintain ... verbs in this part. In the study, we analyse the cases of maintain, melt and take. 2.1. Antonyms of maintain Maintain is a polysemantic word, because, it has related senses and one of sense ... are pairs of antonyms. They indicate the wordsof the same part of speech, which have contrasting or opposite meanings. Besides, there is another simple defininion of antonym claiming that:...
... alsotake into consideration all of the words formed within English fromborrowed words. The inherited portion of the vocabulary ofEnglish that28 introducing the data PART IV SCANDINAVIAN INFLUENCEIntroduction ... vocabulary of English? 152 Introducing the data 222.1 Assessing input from different languages in thevocabulary of modern English 222.2 Examining loanwords in the high-frequency vocabulary of modern ... of lexical borrowing.1.1 A first illustration of the part played by loanwords in the vocabulary of modern English Loanwords make up a huge proportion of the wordsin any large dictionary of English. ...
... the other hand, in English, a rising intonation is important when using tag questions. In fact, rising intonation is the only feature that makes this type of questions distinct from declarative ... điểm nào?b) Types of questions inEnglish In English, there are many ways to categorize and define questions. In “Practical English Usage”, questions are classified into 4 main types (Swan, 2003): ... comparing and contrasting linguistics became popular thanks to the emergence of new lands, new communities, and new languages. Sine 1970s, comparing and contrasting linguistics has been playing...
... certainpoint in time; by a certain point in time; as of a certain point in time.2.adv. eventually, even with barri-ers and delays. 3.adv. still; even;even more. 4.adv. and in spite of that; ... con-tinue writing.write away for something to sendfor something in writing, from adistant place.write off (to someone) (for some-thing) to send away a request, in writing, for something.write ... catch insects inside thetree.woodwind ["wUd wInd] n. a group of musical instruments, many of which are made of wood or usedto be made of wood, and many of which are played by blowing...