The vocabulary words I chose are beleaguered‚ which means to beset with difficulties and aghast defined as being filled with shock or horror. The reason they both apply is because in every example Gladwell has provided from David vs. Goliath to Boeis‚ Frereich‚ and Northern Ireland Protestants; all of the underdogs possessed the ability to cause shock their opponents‚ as well as they all start out with great difficulties that are overcome despite the odds being against them. Gladwell defines the
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The vocabulary words I chose are plummeted which means to fall or drop straight down and persuasive who is someone that is good at making another believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation. Both of these words apply to this chapter and throughout David and Goliath because all underdogs must use persuasion in order to challenge larger powers they are facing and if the strategy or method used by an underdog is not constantly assessed in comparison to the U-curve‚ then ultimately failure
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Common Vocabulary | Word/Phrase | Paraphrase | 1. | Catastrophic consequences | Disastrous effects/results/impacts | 2. | Ameliorate | Reduce‚ modify‚ make less harmful | 3. | Enter the world of work | Join the workforce | 4. | Daunting | Intimidating‚ frightening | 5. | Titillating | Exciting‚ interesting‚ tantalizing | 6. | Imperceptibility | Not noticeable‚ indiscernible | 7. | Conditioned | Molded‚ trained to behave in a certain way | 8. | Mindset | Fixed idea/thinking |
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industrialization‚ seemed a safe place to store one’s most precious valuable: a 6-year-old boy. Or so it seemed to the parents who abandoned their only son to protect him from the Nazis in the beginning of Jerzy Kosinski’s provocative 1965 novel The Painted Bird. After his guardian Marta dies and her decaying corpse and hut are accidentally engulfed in flames‚ the innocent young dark-haired‚ dark-eyed outcast is obliged to trek from village to village in search of food‚ shelter‚ and companionship. Beaten
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Effective Vocabulary Teaching Strategies For The English For Academic Purposes Esl Classroom. ABSTRACT Vocabulary learning is an important and indispensable part of any language learning process. This study focuses on effective vocabulary teaching strategies in the English for Academic Purposes ESL classroom. Drawing on findings obtained from observing three English for Academic Purposes ESL classrooms across Bekaa‚ several current databases and my personal experience as a teacher and learner
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UNIT 5 VOCABULARY REVIEW NAME:______________ ___________________________________________PART A___________________________________________________ •Weapon •Frown upon •Devastation •Courtesy •Booming •Take over •Debut • Numbered •Wake up to 1. If disease is allowed to spread‚ it will cause widespread _________________ 2. I understood my days were _________________at
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The roaring 20s: USA‚ 1919-1929 Mass production By Jack Source A: "Advertisements appeared in magazines‚ newspapers‚ on the radio‚ in cinemas and on billboards - all trying to convince Americans that they should ’keep up with the Jones’ and buy the products that every other American now had." What does Source A suggest about developments in industry? (4 Marks) Source A states that industries were developing massively when it came to marketing and advertising‚ it also shows us that all these
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Yksi – One Syylä – Wart Vesi –Water Valmis – Ready Sinä – You Kissa – Cat Tansania – Tanzania Katto – Roof *** F is rarely seen in Finnish *** Faarao – Farao Taffel – Taffel *** G is usually with an n‚ making “ng” *** Gaala – Gala Viikingit – the Vikings Pieni – Small Pippuri – Pepper Lapsi – Child Halla – Frost Iso – Big iilimato – Leech Äiti – Mother Ääni – Sound *** C almost never occurs in Finnish *** Celsius – Celsius Jalka – Foot Ajoissa – on time *** The letter
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Abandonment - the act of withdrawing support of help from another person‚ in spite of duty or responsibility Abdominal thrust – also called the Heimlich maneuver; it is used to clear an obstructed airway in an adult or a child older than 1 year old who is choking Abduction pillow – When a person is recovering from hip joint replacement surgery‚ an abduction pillow is used to help prevent the hip joint from becoming dislocated during the recover period. Abuse –
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savages on the Island of Gilboa that attempt to attack and board the Nautilus Dumont d"’"Urville- Arannax talks about this famous French explorer who was commander of the Astrolabe; Captain Nemo compares himself to this great sailor Part I Chapter 1- A Shifting Reef: Merchants‚ sailors and captains from all over the world report seeing ’"’an enormous thing‚ a long object‚ spindle shaped‚ occasionally phosphorescent‚ and infinitely larger and more rapid in
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