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... story in another paper: He was the 14th homicide of the year in the crack-ridden 34th precinct. “He was the 14th homicide victim of the year . . .” or “His killing was the 14th homicide of the year. ... from 40 0 ,000 to 40 ,000. If Hawaiians had been “literally deci- mated,” as a speaker said on television, they would have been reduced in num- ber from 40 0 ,000 to 360 ,000. The literal meaning of ... meaning of exotic, which comes from the Greek word for outside The sense of introduced from abroad and then the senses of strange and rare branched... as the pronunciation of the

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... the word... “their ought to be a law.” Make it there (the adverb), not “their” (the possessive pronoun) Sometimes they’re, the contraction of they are, is confused with one or the other ... by the scientific community In view of the abundance of alternative explanations for the creation of the alphabet, hypothesis would seem to be an... Among the various other theories ... for the absence of a great vocal fugue gerund 149 02-F–L _4 10/22/02 10:30 AM Page 149 [...]... on one of the islands was the subject of TV news on the mainland An anchor woman said, “There

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... condition. It often means to the interior of (a place); from the outside to the inside of (the place). ? ?The children are jumping into the pond” clearly indicates their movement from the banks to the water. ... ad- versaries of Israel have done. Only about 30 percent of the world’s 14 mil- lion Jews live in Israel, and about 18 percent of the Israelis—that is, the citi- zens of the State of Israel—are ... not the latter” but the third, or the last or the last of those or something similar Among the items kept there are the diary of Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebels, an X-ray of

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... not to three or more. “Neither of the two boys” / “neither of the couple” / “neither of the pair” are correct. “Her feelings were very hurt that neither of the three of us showed up” (said by ... sequitur). “Little choice”? The Americans had the choice of not blowing them out of the sky; the choice of talking instead of shooting; the choice of going home. Life presents most of us with in- numerable ... was that the Serbs had 246 nevertheless 03-M–Q _4 10/22/02 10:32 AM Page 246 flown contrary to the United Nations’ wishes, leaving the Americans “little choice but to blow them out of the sky”

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... / “Hail to thee, 344 punctuation 03-M–Q _4 10/22/02 10:32 AM Page 344 blithe Spirit!” The words enclosed in the marks are expected to reproduce the original words exactly; otherwise the marks ... sentence of the newspaper passage below By the end of the sentence, the beginning of the sentence is forgotten... customarily to speak of a statute, rather than a regulation There ... languages. None of them are racial groups, so they are not “typical of the racial mix” in Russia, which extends to the Orient and does contain different races. 2. Races of the U.S.A. Citizens of the United

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... Pronouns, 5 “THEM- THEN See FORMER; THAN THEORY See HYPOTHESIS and THEORY 43 0 there, anticipatory THERE, anticipatory See Expletives THERE confused with THEIR See Homophones THERE in contractions... ... the lieutenant hauled off ” Next, the sequence of two events is mistakenly reversed by the use of the present perfect instead of the past perfect: The Mohajir group called the ... for the duration of the. .. ” Now and then shall is otherwise needed: “Shall we dance?” / “Shall I draw up the papers?” (The formal use of the two words, now 41 1 obsolete in the

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

... verbosity 45 5 04- R–Z _4 10/22/02 10:33 AM Page 45 5 [...]... Only the last has an object (them) For the younger ones, Emma was their mother-figure, who fed, dressed, bathed, and put them to bed The ... impossible, is to think of it. unthinkable 44 9 04- R–Z _4 10/22/02 10:33 AM Page 44 9 This discourse is to reject, not the word, but the definition and inappropri- ate use of the word. When all four ... In the former sentence, whom is the object of the verb kissed; in the latter... sentence, whom is the object of the preposition for Often the puzzle gets more complicated: The

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:22

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Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2022, 10:17

... events, they are he talk of the town Talk out of the back of your head If someone is talking out of the back of their head, they are talking rubbish Talk out of your hat If someone is talking out of ... fence' The more the merrier The more the merrier means that the greater the quantity or the bigger the number of something, the happier the speaker will be The penny dropped When the penny drops, ... eye off the ball If someone takes their eye off the ball, they don't concentrate on something important that they should be looking at Take your eye off the ball If you take your eye off the

Ngày tải lên: 27/08/2016, 13:34

... off ” Next, the sequence of two events is mistakenly reversed by the use of the present perfect instead of the past perfect: The Mohajir group called the strike to demand the release of ... laws of that kind See also KIND OF, 1; Pronouns, 2 (misuse of them); THESE and THOSE THEMSELVES and SELF.” See Pronouns, 5 “THEM- THEN See FORMER; THAN THEORY See HYPOTHESIS and THEORY ... H’s The press often shows misunderstanding of the perfect tenses and their relation to the past and present Sometimes the problem is the intrusion of a certain word or phrase F.B.I of

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... impossible, is to think of it. unthinkable 44 9 04- R–Z _4 10/22/02 10:33 AM Page 44 9 This discourse is to reject, not the word, but the definition and inappropri- ate use of the word. When all four ... 45 -seat bus capacity. The extent of the difference between the buses is blurred by the pile-up of modi- fiers and the ambiguous “which.” See Modifiers, 4; THAT and WHICH. (An- other mistake is a noun-verb ... to classify (“They typed him as a vagrant”). See also KIND OF. 44 6 type 04- R–Z _4 10/22/02 10:33 AM Page 44 6 ULTIMATUM. An ultimatum is not just any demand. This noun, along with the adjective

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:21

... Open University Faculty of English GRADUATION THESIS B.A DEGREE IN ENGLISH The Use of English Idioms Related to Parts of Human Body by the ThirdYear Students at Faculty of English, Hanoi Open University ... Uses of Idioms 11 1.3 Scope uses of idioms .13 1 .4 Idioms and their Style Markers 14 1.5 Features of Body Parts Idioms .17 1.6 Strategies of Interpreting Idioms ... the plural form of the idioms available, the exercise One requires the students to use the plural form of the given words when necessary to create the true idioms For the case when the students

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2016, 21:21

... Review of the previous studies 13 2.2 Review of the theoretical background 14 2.2.1 Theory of syntax 14 2.2.2 Theories of semantics 15 2.3 An overview of idioms ... 45 4. 1 .4 Comparative structures (8) 46 4. 1.5 Similarities 48 4. 1.6 Dissimilarities 49 4. 2 Similarities and disimilarities between English and Vietnamese idioms ... Every nation in the world has its idioms Some of them are particular and represent for the culture to which they belong On the contrary, a lot of idioms share the same meaning with others in many

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2018, 22:32

... http://my.opera.com 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 http://aeVn.fr/topic /English- Vietnamese-idiom-t2310 http://thành ngữ tiếng anh.com /idioms Http://Vdict.com http://www.yourdictionary.com http://www.thefreedictionary.com ... equivalents 43 4. 2.1 Common errors made by learners of English 43 4. 2.2 Causes of errors 46 4. 3 Suggestions for teaching and learning English idioms denoting richness and povery with references to the ... objectives of the study 1.3 Research questions 1 .4 Methods of the study 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Design of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 3 4 2.1 Previous

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2019, 22:47

... http://my.opera.com 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 http://aeVn.fr/topic /English- Vietnamese-idiom-t2310 http://thành ngữ tiếng anh.com /idioms Http://Vdict.com http://www.yourdictionary.com http://www.thefreedictionary.com ... equivalents 43 4. 2.1 Common errors made by learners of English 43 4. 2.2 Causes of errors 46 4. 3 Suggestions for teaching and learning English idioms denoting richness and povery with references to the ... objectives of the study 1.3 Research questions 1 .4 Methods of the study 1.5 Scope of the study 1.6 Significance of the study 1.7 Design of the study CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 3 4 2.1 Previous

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 14:22

... 47 4. 1.2 Questionnaires 48 4. 1.3 Procedures 48 4. 2 Common errors made by the second-year students of HUBT when using English idioms containing the word “no” 48 4. 2.1 ... 2.2 .4. 1 Idioms and collocations 11 2.2 .4. 2 Idioms and proverbs 13 2.2 .4. 3 Idioms and fixed expressions 14 2.2 .4. 4 Idioms and phrases 14 2.2.5 Concepts of semantic ... 45 CHAPTER 4: COMMON ERRORS MADE BY THE SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS OF HUBT WHEN USING ENGLISH IDIOMS CONTAINING THE WORD ‘NO’ 47 4. 1 Survey questionnaires 47 4. 1.1 Subjects

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2020, 14:47

... unpopular at the moment. In the doghouse If someone is in the doghouse, they are in disgrace because they have done something wrong. In the face of If people act in the face of something, they do ... School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 44 Labour of love A labour of love is a project or task undertaking for the interest or pleasure in doing it rather than the reward, ... square, they follow the rules and win conclusively. Fair crack of the whip (UK) If everybody has a fair crack of the whip, they all have equal opportunities to do something. Fair shake of the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/12/2013, 13:15

... done'. At the end of your rope (USA) If you are at the end of your rope, you are at the limit of your patience or endurance. At the end of your tether (UK) If you are at the end of your tether, ... from the beginning right to the very end. From the bottom of your heart If someone does something from the bottom of their heart, then they do it with genuine emotion and feeling. From the ... Dorking School of English, Bangkok Thailand www.dk -english. com Page 5 At the drop of a hat If you would do something at the drop of a hat, you'd do it immediately. At the end of the day This...

Ngày tải lên: 20/01/2014, 09:21

... greener on the other side of the fence'. The more the merrier 99 The more the merrier means that the greater the quantity or the bigger the number of something, the happier the speaker ... Talk of the town 99 When everybody is talking about particular people and events, they are he talk of the town. Talk out of the back of your head 9 If someone is talking out of the back of their ... is an alternative form of the idiom. A OK 99 If things are A OK, they are absolutely fine. Idioms 40 of 49 Smoke the peace pipe 9 If people smoke the peace pipe, they stop arguing and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 09:59

... chaotic. At the bottom of the totem pole (USA) If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole. At the coalface If you work at the coalface, ... position At the top of my lungs If you shout at the top of your lungs, you shout as loudly as you possibly can. At the top of the list If something is at the top of the list, it is of highest ... out of the woodwork When things come out of the woodwork, they appear unexpectedly. ('Crawl out of the woodwork' is also used.) Come out of your shell If someone comes out of their...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 03:20