The Untranslatable Word “Macho” “The Untranslatable word Macho” written by Rose Guilbault‚ shows how one word can have two different meanings. The Mexican culture uses the word “Macho” in a positive way to describe a hardworking family ‘oriented man. In the American culture‚ they used the same word in a negative light‚ such as a villain‚ male chauvinists‚ or arrogant man. Stereotypes are developed from people having an opinion‚ about another race. Black males are viewed differently in today’s
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The New York Times 50 Fancy Words (defined and used) 1. Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; I am glad your inchoate proposals for integrating the company were not accepted this time‚ thus saving us face. 2. Profligacy: recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant‚ profligate behavior; Anderson’s profligacy cost him his job and its better you tighten up your belt before you go the same way. 3. Sui Generis: being the only example of its kind‚ unique; Mr. Bill Tandy generated his
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Roots Ac‚Acr Meaning sharp Words Acrimonious Meaning bitter‚ caustic Acerbity Acidulate bitterness of temper to make somewhat acid or sour Aev‚Ev age‚era Primeval Coeval Medieval or Mediaeval of the first age of the same age or era of the middle ages Agog Leader Demagogue pedagogue false leader of people teacher (leader of children) Agaro to discuss or speak Panegyric formal praise Ali another Alias alienate assumed (another)
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The word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word `barocco’‚ meaning irregular pearl. Until nineteenth century the word baroque was used mostly as a fancy synonym for `absurd’ and `grotesque’. The characteristic feature of this style is energy‚ lack of harmony‚ attraction for the ornate and an explosive elaboration‚ which almost conceals the underlining order or pattern. M. H Abrams in‚ `Glossary of Literary Terms’ defines baroque as a ."..term applied by the art historians to a style of architecture
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come to an end. Microsoft then came out with Microsoft Office in 1990‚ which was a bundle of other products such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Shortly after Windows 3.0 was launched‚ which was capable for the Intel 386 Processor. Both of the new software packages proved to be a great success in their own areas. Novell‚ which was a previous competitor of Microsoft Word‚ filed a law suit claiming that part of their programing undocumented to gain an advantage. The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust
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Psst! How to Use Word of Mouth Marketing As almost every businessperson knows‚ the best lead or referral is often the one that comes straight from the mouth—a satisfied customer’s mouth‚ that is. In marketing parlance‚ that’s referred to as “word of mouth” advertising. And you can’t get any better business testimonial than one that’s from a customer or client who raves about your product or service—then tells someone else about their experience. Those “someone elses” can result in customers
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|The learner can... | |B1. Enter and combine text and other information accurately within word |B1.1 Identify what types of information are needed in documents | |processing documents |B1.2 Use appropriate techniques
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ideal.” The context it is usually used in is to describe the way a place feels‚ or makes a person feel. If utopias all come from people’s imaginations‚ then there are as many different utopias as there are different people. The way Ayn Rand uses the word utopia in the book Anthem is different from the way most people in our world imagine the perfect or ideal place. An imaginary place is usually different for everyone. It depends on what you think a perfect place would be. When I think about the
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return to the ship where he finally dies. Upon his death‚ Kurtz’s facial expression causes Marlow to feel as though he may be seeing his entire life passing just before it ends; and finally‚ he murmurs his final words "The horror! The horror!" (Conrad‚ p. 64). Although these last words seem full of meaning‚ they can be interpreted as being so vague that they are devoid of any specific rationalization. In spite of this‚ they have several explanations‚ mainly relating to his life and the choices
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The Power of Words In 1946 George Orwell wrote the novel‚ Animal Farm. In this book‚ Orwell takes advantage of language and words to criticize the effects a totalitarian Russian regime‚ while some of his characters in the novel use the power of language and words to control a farm that at first‚ was a great democracy. In Animal Farm‚ language was a control mechanism‚ used to encourage‚ fool‚ and manipulate. Though language was mainly used for personal gain in this novel‚ Old Major used language
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