... Catherine Sommes from the Oxford Dictionary of
English talking about the 2010 edition again:
Extracts 1 and 2 (repeated)
Alice: Well that s all we’ve got time for today. Thanks for joining us and ...
Newwordsin English
The Oxford Dictionary of English is a dictionary that tries to reflect words
currently being used by English speakers. In this programme, Rob and Alice talk
about ... entertaining? My favourite newword is this one:
Extract 3: Vuvuzela
micro-blogging
dictionary attack
toxic debt
quantitative easing
vuvuzela
And we’ve got time to listen to Catherine...
... 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 has an antonym, which is analysed ... which have contrasting or
opposite meanings.
Besides, there is another simple defininion of antonym claiming that:
“antonyms are word pair that are opposite inmeaning such as hot and cold, ... gradable antonyms,
contradictory or complementary antonyms, relational or conversive antonyms
and directional antonyms.
1.2.1.1. Graded antonyms
Graded antonyms are understood as antonyms...
...
wrapped box that
contains something.
pail
A pail is a container with
a handle.
sack
A sack is a
container. You
can put things in
a sack.
spray can
A fine mist of liquid ... are
containers with
a large opening
and a lid.
lid
A lid is a top for a
pan or other
container.
oilcan
An oilcan is a
container for oil.
package
A package is a
wrapped ...
bottle
A bottle is a
container witha
narrow neck and
mouth.
box
A box can hold
things.
container
A container can
hold things.
bucket
A bucket is a container
with a handle....
... a top for a
pan or other
container.
oilcan
An oilcan is a
container for oil.
package
A package is a
wrapped box that
contains something.
pail
A pail is a container with ...
sand dollar
Sand Dollars are
coin-shaped
spiny-skinned
sea bed animals
that have 5-part
radial symmetry.
sea
A sea is a large
body of salt water
that is connected to
an ocean
. ... people go camping,
they go into an outdoor
area and sleep ina tent,
cabin or camper.
candle
A candle is a stick
of wax witha wick
that can burn.
canoe
A canoe is a small
boat.
...
... persons in the contrast with the image of “ Tay
quai”( idle hand) saying lazy persons. Reading proverb, we also catch
Hàm(jaw) and Miệng(mouth) having function of eating and drinking, that
is symbols ... than having hundreds of insincere ones.
1.3. Proverbs and idioms relating to objects are valuable lesson on labor.
In manufacturing, production relation between working and receiving in
accordance ... native persons and learning
English as second language persons as well. Whenever learners understand what
idioms and proverbs mean, learner can understand about nation culture, use it to
make...
... page.
AJAX CAPABLE
JavaScript can perform what are known as Ajax transactions and
move data between the server and browser.
Ajax is actually a lot less than some people think. By that, I mean
that ... par-
ticular task and package them into an object.
An object is a named collection of variables and functions. To indi-
cate that they are part of an object, a variable inside an object is
known as a ... for some particular characteris-
tic—values greater than 10, as a random example. Examining each
item of a data set is a process known as iteration, and it’s a common
programming task.
To he...
... Morishita R, Aoki M, Hashiya N, Makino H, Yamasaki K, Azuma J, Sawa Y,
Matsuda H, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T: Safety evaluation of clinical gene
therapy using hepatocyte growth factor to treat peripheral arterial
disease. ... mg/kg/day (C) (n = 4 for each), intravenously for 14 days, and urinary excretion of albumin and protein was
measured before (day 1), during (days 7 and 14), and 7 and 14 days after HGF administration. ... of
age, and male Wistar rats, seve n weeks of age, were
obtained from Japan Farm (Kagoshima, Japan) and
Charles River Laboratories Japan Inc. (Yokohama,
Japan), respectively. The animals were maintained...
...
for examination and consideration and used to help decision-making, or meaning information in an
electronic form that can be stored and processed by a computer.
Then they go on to confuse matters ... much a common mistake as a common cause for arguments (as is often the case withwords
of Latin origin).
The dictionaries treat data as a group noun, meaning information, especially facts or ... confusion because of the term control in accounting.
In most organizations the controller is the top managerial and financial accountant. The controller
supervises the accounting department and assists...
... Garc a, Juan José Uriarte, and Fermín
Mayoral for their contribution in the linguistic validation.
Author details
1
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca,
Spain.
2
Department ... authors made meaningful
contributions to data interpretation. ALM, JC, and JM cowrote the final draft
of the manu script. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
ALM: ... power anda 5% significance
level (2-sided tests), involving 68 patients per group.
Data tabulation, database validation and the statistical
analyses were carried out using the statistical packages
SPSS...
... declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
TET participated in the conception and design of the project
and in the analysis and interpretation of data and contributed
substantially ... possible that, in RA patients, alterations in
body fat/muscle may have already occurred as part of the dis-
ease process and thus any additional changes that are
induced by long-term GC exposure may ... reduc-
tion in functional capacity. The systemic inflammation associ-
ated with RA causes a hypercatabolic state, which, together
with a sedentary lifestyle, results ina loss of muscle bulk and
an increased...
... J Radiol 1992, 65:710-714.
6. Rubenstein LJ: Radiation changes in intracranial neoplasms and the adjacent brain. In Book
Radiation changes in intracranial neoplasms and the adjacent brain (Editor ... Teo P: Intensity-modulated radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal
carcinoma: dosimetric advantage over conventional plans and feasibility of dose escalation* 1.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology* ... China, particularly in Guangdong
province andin the northern parts of Africa and Inuits of Alaska[1]. Till date radiotherapy
remains the mainstay treatment of NPC[2]. A definitive radiation...
... two
drugs to radiation compared to radiation alone, which
indicates that both 5-FU and oxaliplatin may potentiate
radiation-induced mucosal damage. However, there was
no additional jejunal injury when ... Sweden.
Special thanks to Margaretha Olsson and Christina Boll for all help with
breeding and treating the animals and jejunal sample preparation.
References
1. Gerard J-P, Conroy T, Bonnetain F, Bouche ... mucosal
damage than the same total dose given as a single fraction.
This damage-sparing effect by fractionating the radiation
was retained also when chemotherapy was added (Table
1).
The initial part of...
... of
chronic inflammation. In principle, anti-PCs could play a role
also in chronic inflammation as protective antibodies in general
as in RA and be developed into novel treatment modalities in
addition ... 0.05).
Conclusion A gluten-free vegan diet in RA induces changes
that are potentially atheroprotective and anti-inflammatory,
including decreased LDL and oxLDL levels and raised anti-PC
IgM and IgA ... fruits and vegetables
were recommended as well as increasing intakes of starch
and other complex carbohydrates by eating potatoes, bread,
and cereals and selecting whole-grain products as often as
possible...