... WordsandTheir Stories: Numbers Part Two Now, the VOA Special English program WORDSANDTHEIR STORIES Last week, I told about the number one ... did well in math They gave praise and approval for a job well done Some of my friends were confused and did not understand their schoolwork They were at sixes and sevens In fact, they did not ... the three R’s These important skills are reading, writing and arithmetic These three words not all start with the letter “R.” But they have the sound of “R.” My teachers used to give three cheers...
... SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDSAND PHRASES The most important thing is … I tend to feel that … In my opinion, it is … We should ... … In summary, … To conclude, … To sum up, … For example, … SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDSAND PHRASES referring Use to give more examples Group 6: showing results Use to express ... Hence,… So … Therefore, … Thus, … In other words, … In that case, … Then, … Otherwise, … Alternatively, … On the other hand, … Then again, … In other words, … That is to say, … To put it simply,...
... to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there And, some good luck will help, too (MUSIC) This WORDSANDTHEIR STORIES was written by Jeri Watson ... 2 This expression means to get to the bottom or most important part of something For example, a salesman may talk and talk about his product without saying the price You get down...
... are used for words cited as words (rather than used functionally; e.g., The word ginormous is a combination of gigantic and enormous) and foreign-language words • Single quotation marks are used ... Life of Words: English WordsandTheir Origins Scope: W ords have fascinating stories to tell—about the history and culture of their speakers, about the human mind and human creativity, and about ... Lewis, Studies in Words Stockwell and Minkova, English Words: History and Structure 36 Questions to Consider How speakers navigate words that mean theiropposites so that these words not confuse...
... television, aside from news and current affairs at one's expense I treated my friend at my expense at random The librarian took a book from the shelf at random at stake Thousands of lives will be at ... care of the books given to him be satisfied with He was satisfied with the test results be suspicious of Sometimes women are overly suspicious of their husbands be taken by surprise That he was ... Many students specialize in engineering stand by (= support) I delivered a speech to stand by the government policy stand for (= represent) The blue bird stands for happiness stop by Mr Smith stopped...
... symbols andwords in expressing meaning, idea or thought and can be used in many forms English is one of the most important languages in the world and it is considered the most widely used language ... 1.1.1 Definition Words as meaningful units It is generally agreed that the words, phrases and sentences of language have meanings and sentences are make up of words (phrases) and that the meaning ... lazy and wicked Tam and Cam are two the contrast characters that stand for the good and the bad one The names Tam, Cam are used metaphorically, popular among common people to imply the good and...
... learners understanding and using words, idioms referring to richness and poorness Subjects of the study a Words, idioms b English words, idioms denoting richness and poorness c Their Vietnamese ... features and semantic structures of the English words denoting poorness andtheir Vietnamese equivalents We shall deal with 16 words of this kind The words are classified according to their parts ... into the words, idioms denoting richness andtheir Vietnamese equivalents and chapter The investigation into the words, idioms denoting poorness andtheir Vietnamese equivalents are concerned...
... France, Italy, Finland, Sweden and the U.K., and appear likely to level off at a point lower than the U.S peak of 0.75 vehicles per capita Millard-Ball and Schipper (2010) and Newman and Kenworthy ... Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland U.K Year Per capita vehicle travel grew rapidly between 1970 and 1990, but has since leveled off and ... Isn’t What It Used To Be: Changing Trends AndTheir Implications For Transport Planning Victoria Transport Policy Institute Davis, Dutzik and Baxandall (2012) find that between 2001 and 2009, U.S...
... modals and semi- modals andtheir features in English Chapter two is focused on investigating the modal meanings expressed via “be to” and “have to” andtheir semantic blend between deontic and ... 1985:143), andtheir two aspects of function: deontic and epistemic So in the thesis, we define two functions in modal auxiliary verbs, and then further expound their scales of deontic function and ... in meaning and 34 sentences with modals and semi- modals 48 used wrongly In the 293 sentences, be to and have to are used least often which take 42.66% of the frequency of the modals and semi-...
... UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES MAI THI ̣ VÂN ANH “BE TO” AND “HAVE TO” + LEXICAL VERBS ANDTHEIR MODAL MEANINGS FROM FUNCTIONAL AND COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES ... 36 3.4 Application to the teaching and learning modals and semi- modals 38 3.4.1 Frequencies of Vietnamese students‟ errors in using modals and semi- modals 38 3.4.2 The causes to ... expressed by „be to‟ and „have to‟ 22 2.1.1 Conventional meanings of „be to” 22 2.1.2 Conventional meanings of “have to” 23 2.1.3 „Be to‟, „have to‟ and the semantic blend...
... semantic and cultural features of idioms containing food and drink in English and Vietnamese The comparative method is used to identify the similarities and differences in their syntactic, semantic and ... food and drink To equip both those learning English and those learning Vietnamese as their foreign language with rich knowledge on both English and Vietnamese idioms in general and on food and ... food and drink” or “idioms of food and drink” for short Food and drink play a very important role in many cultures including English culture and Vietnamese culture Idioms containing food and drink...
... semantic and cultural features of idioms containing food and drink in English and Vietnamese The comparative method is used to identify the similarities and differences in their syntactic, semantic and ... food and drink” or “idioms of food and drink” for short Food and drink play a very important role in many cultures including English culture and Vietnamese culture Idioms containing food and drink ... food and drink To equip both those learning English and those learning Vietnamese as their foreign language with rich knowledge on both English and Vietnamese idioms in general and on food and...
... often and always receive evaluative feedback from their teacher for their oral presentation To be more detailed, 47.7% of respondents agree that their teacher often and always compliments on their ... motivation and learning, to encourage reflection and clarify understanding In addition, while good feedback can have an impact on students’ motivation and autonomy, bad feedback, on the other hand, ... demotivating factor to their learning process Therefore, the kind of feedback and the way feedback should be given to the students so that it fosters their learning and improves their oral presentation...
... talk soon list song being leave family it’s FOURTH HUNDRED Words 301-325 Words 326-350 Words 351-375 Words 376-400 body music color stand sun question fish area mark dog horse birds problem complete ... couldn’t fingers EIGHTH HUNDRED Words 701-725 Words 726-750 Words 751-775 Words 776-800 row least catch climbed wrote shouted continued itself else plains gas England burning design joined foot ... lady students human art feeling NINTH HUNDRED Words 801-825 Words 826-850 Words 851-875 Words 876-900 supply corner electric insects crops tone hit sand doctor provide thus won’t cook bones tail...
... – Passwords must have at least eight characters – Passwords must contain a combination of letters, numbers, and special characters – Passwords should expire at least every 30 days – Passwords ... of letters and numbers that validates or authenticates a user • Passwords are used with usernames to log on to a system using a dialog box • Attackers attempt to exploit weak passwords by password ... disinformation and propaganda – Deny service to legitimate computer users – Commit unauthorized intrusions into systems and networks that result in critical infrastructure outages and corruption...
... evaluate the predictors of clinical and pathological characteristics in these patients with steatosis andtheir diagnostic values in hepatic fibrosis Patients and methods Patients A total of 204 ... steatosis (83 men and 23 women, mean age: 41.08±10.23 years) and the remaining 98 patients were excluded from hepatic steatosis (79 men and 19 women, mean age 39.4±9.81 years) Their diagnoses were ... activity), and G3 (severe activity) All the sections were blindly and independently assessed by pathologists and the results were processed by the Kappa concordance test The inter- and intra-observer...
... one’s words stick in one’s throat → put in a good word (for someone ) → put words into someone’s mouth → take the words (right) out of one’s mouth → true to one’s word → twist someone’s words ... the word n an order; a command (No plural Treated as singular.) n news; information (No plural Treated as singular.) wordy ["w#d i] adj having too many words; using more words than necessary to ... international network of data storage, transfer, and its visual and audio display, designed to be accessed through a computer connection (Abbreviated WWW and the Web.) worldwide ["w#ld "waId] adj found...
... Growth Performance and Sperm Quality of Stress Negative Piétrain Boars andTheir Hybrids with Duroc Kawecka et al (2008), Wysokinska et al (2009), Pokrywka and Tereszkiewicz (2011) and Luc et al (2011; ... for their contribution 221 Growth Performance and Sperm Quality of Stress Negative Piétrain Boars andTheir Hybrids with Duroc REFERENCES Dang Vu Binh, V.D Ton, N.C Oanh, (2008) Productivity and ... Carcass composition and meat quality of crossbreds between F1(LandracexYorkshire) sows mated with LandracexDuroc (omega) and PietrainxDuroc (Pidu) Crossbred Boars Journal of Science and Developement...
... River andtheir runoff characteristics (Ebise et al (2001, 2003, 2004 and 2006)) Here, pollutants contain organic matter, nutrients, SS and other measured substances Fig - Map of the Yodo River and ... loads, Proc of Environmental and Sanitary Research, (JSCE), 20, 27-38 Ebise, S., Inoue, T and Numabe, A (1993) Runoff characteristics and observation methods of pesticides and nutrients in rural rivers, ... composite sample and analyzed inorganic ions and organic matter The water samples taken at the three points spanning the river during the five flooding-stages were analyzed individually, and the representative...