regional words and expressions

... pagers, and, of course, the ever-expanding Web, we live in an age of information overload Although all of these wonders were designed to make life and communication easier and faster, speed and efficiency ... business and technical writing and editing programs for major corporations, government agencies, and universities National and international clients have included AT&T, Duracell, Pfizer, Honeywell, and ... guidelines to correct grammar, punctuation, and modern usage; lists of often-confused words; and models of suggested content and formats for e-mail, memos, letters, and reports This document is created...

Ngày tải lên: 23/11/2016, 21:39

... 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 ... 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 ... reading so that he would understand the story contrary to My sister's taste in dresses is contrary to my own contribute to Honesty and hard work contribute to success and happiness count on I'm sure...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2013, 18:46

... responsibility and deliberately aims to distort and deceive With doublespeak, words and facts don't agree At the heart of any doublespeak is an incongruity between what is said and what is meant ... Go There: Words and Expressions to Avoid 3 Gorgeous George George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, one of the most brilliant English stylists ever In his landmark essay "Politics and the ... write and speak: Avoid using he to refer to both men and women Sexist: He is a good writer so he knows how to select suitable words Nonsexist: Good writers know how to select suitable words Avoid...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... don’t want to spend the rest of my life fighting with the tax office He was driving carelessly, and crashed into the car in front I was quite disappointed with / at / about my results When the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/07/2015, 20:34

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2016, 22:32

Ngày tải lên: 29/08/2016, 22:32

... dependent on … : phụ thuộc nhiều vào … 68 to make comparisions between … and …: so sánh … … 69 to have a general understanding of … : có hiểu biết chung/ khái quát … 70 to be completely comprehensible/ ... be exposed to … : tiếp xúc với … 55 expression of emotions: thể cảm xúc 56 to build solidarity and intimate relations with … : xây dựng đoàn kết mối quan hệ thân mật với … 57 under discussion:...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2016, 09:27

Ngày tải lên: 02/09/2014, 12:33

... 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...

Ngày tải lên: 19/08/2013, 09:17

... expressions like i > j and logical expressions connected by && and || are defined to have value if true, and if false Thus the assignment d = c >= '0' && c perform left and right shifts of their left operand by the number of bit positions given by the right operand,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2013, 06:20

... False True True False True 5.6 Logical Operators Given that a and b are corresponding bit values in the left-hand and right-hand operands, respectively, the logical (bitwise) operators are defined ... boolean operands and return a bool value Given that a and b represent boolean expressions, the logical operators are defined as in Table 5.7 Name Logical Logical Logical Logical Notation NOT AND OR ... Method Notation Unary operator Unary postfix (++ and ) Binary operator op operand operand op left op right operator op (operand) operator op (operand) operator op (left, right) Table 5.18: Method...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2013, 05:20

... their way into everyday use in the English language, and the more important it is to learn these words and their meanings Many of the foreign words and phrases in this chapter have been adopted into ... appear on standardized tests and occur regularly in newspaper articles, textbooks, and other day-to-day communications Here are some specific tips and strategies to use as you add these words to ... answered 1–3 questions correctly, it’s time to expand the number of foreign words and phrases in your vocabulary Study the lesson that follows carefully, and the practice quiz on a separate sheet of...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 17:20

... Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Lappland and Oulu – and Murmansk and Arkhangelsk oblasti as well as the Karelian Republic and Nenets Autonomous area, all in Russia.6 The Regional Council also includes ... Security and International Environmental Security, pp 10–11 Ten people died and widespread radioactive pollution ensued; see Yablokov et al., Facts and Problems Sub -regional cooperation and protection ... normative and structural components of international regimes, see O S Stokke and D Vidas, ‘The Effectiveness and Legitimacy of International Regimes’, pp 13–31 Sub -regional cooperation and protection...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 09:20

... Wasteful Words and Infelicities an ironic expression, it can humorously flag an idea that you and your audience know is not true: Needless to say, Grandma’s been arrested five times for rioting and ... Here’s Why: The Latin phrase “et cetera” means and other things.” So putting an and in front of the phrase is unnecessary Just say “et cetera” and be done with it 144 Like Don’t Say: Do you ... she’s the nut—but never she’s the party Test: Wasteful Words Please revise the following sentences, replacing or eliminating the clutter words and phrases in italics When Melvyn sued Sarah for custody...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 16:20

... learners can not only understand these words and phrases but also understand whole texts, writers’s ideas - to help many readers and learners take part in reading of words and phrases in quotation ... out and analyze words and phrases of this study is to help English- Vietnamese learners and readers written in quotation marks from “The Economist”, “The Business” in understand these words and ... n th c And these words have a lexical meaning and syntax certainly in order to form phrases and sentences [55, p.99] 7 2.2.1.2 Classes of Words morphs such as effect and –s or /ifekt/ and /s/,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:18

... both English and Vietnamese words and idioms including words and idioms expressing unhappiness in English and Vietnamese, and reduce the risk of committing errors when using these words and idioms ... syntactic and semantic features of words and idioms expressing unhappiness in English Vs Vietnamese - Find out the syntactic and semantic similarities and differences between words and idioms ... background and theoretical framework for analyzing and contrasting words and idioms expressing “unhappiness” in English and in Vietnamese in terms of syntactic and semantic features Many definitions and...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:29

... learners and the translators understand language is the bridge to connect people all over the world and use words and idioms related to hearing in English and Therefore, language is a subtle and complex ... and semantic features of words and idioms related Language is an essential form of communication It allows to “hearing” in English and Vietnamese By this topic we hope that people to convey and ... similarities and differences between WIRHs in So far there has been no contrastive analysis of grammatical English and Vietnamese in terms of grammatical features? and semantic features of words and idioms...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2013, 13:31

... 85 get up and go: energy "I'm really tired I don't have any get up and go." 86 give someone a hand (1): help someone "I can't this alone Can you give me a hand?" 87 give someone a hand (2): applaud ... suggestions to Bob He's a know-it-all and won't pay attention to anything you say." 126 know something backwards and forwards: know/understand something completely and thoroughly "If you have a question ... live from hand to mouth: survive on very little money; have only enough money to pay for basic needs "Chuck and Alice are living from hand to mouth since Chuck lost his job." 133 live and let live:...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 13:15

... Glossar y of ords Wor ds and Phrases Phrases This glossary has been developed in cooperation with numerous professional translators and editors Its purpose is to establish high standards for the quality ... translation of federal tax terminology It must be noted that invention and compromise are always involved in selecting words and phrases to describe certain tax concepts that may have no precise ... period chu kỳ kế toán accounts payable tài khoản chi trả A abandoned spouse vợ/chồng bị bỏ rơi abandonment bỏ rơi; việc đem bỏ abandonment clause điều khoản hợp đồng pháp lý cho phép bồi thường...

Ngày tải lên: 16/01/2014, 23:20

... for local or regional economic development In addition banking and regional reports as well as data and the regional press were analysed so as to get a better insight into the regions and institutions ... society and economy is a vital and innovative regional life One of Europe’s strengths lies in the diversity of its regions In order to maintain or improve regional distinctions and identities, regional ... economy and to supply the region with workplaces, taxes etc (bottom-up-policy) Fig 1: Levels of regional policy EU, National state, Federal state… Regional Policy / Regional Cohesion and Structural...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20