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    What is a sport? According to google a sport is “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. However in my opinion a sport doesn’t need to be physical to be called a sport‚ i think it’s just a activity that its competitive. You also don’t necessarily need multiple people to play a sport in my opinion‚ i think that competing with yourself to improve a specific aspect such as time. People will always argue

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    Esmeralda Barocio-Mendoza Mrs. Looney Senior Project‚ Period 3 October 7‚ 2013 Cosmetology What is the definition of beauty?What defines beauty? What is it to be beautiful? Beauty is confidence. Many people in the celebrity world view beauty as one’s physical appearance. They are not wrong: there is a physical beauty‚ but people fail to realize their inner beauty. confidence has been shown in many makeover shows such as Extreme Makeover to make peoples beauty increase dramatically. Confidence

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    Empowerment is the “authority or power given to someone to do something‚ or the process of becoming stronger and more confident‚ especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights‚”(Google). Based on all 7 of the texts we have read in class‚ It is more effective to empower yourself. This is because self-empowerment gives people confidence in themselves and gives them the feeling of importance‚ teaches the fact that you will have to make tough decisions in your life‚ and shows that everyone

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    Heroification is the process that turns historical figures into perfect two-dimensional heroes with no flaws. It turns‚ "flesh-and-blood individuals into pious‚ perfect creatures" (1). This practice is prevalent in textbooks and historical films. Loewen’s interpretation of heroification is that it is detrimental to students learning about history‚ specifically American history as well as society as a whole. It‚ "keeps students in intellectual immaturity" (18). I agree with this interpretation.

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    The Alternative English Dictionary   - -wad + no real translation; suffix that can be added freely to ANY word... e.g.: Shutup‚ dickwad! Piss off‚ asswad! Go away‚ stainwad! a arse bandit + HomoSexual John is an arse bandit Arsehole anus British equivalent of asshole arvo afternoon This word is used extensively in Australia and also in England in some places. ass boy (noun) ++ Derogatory term for male homosexual. "Whatever you say‚ ass boy." ass buttocks Now acceptable

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    idea that a student’s personal copies of a pocket dictionary and a thesaurus‚ that is worn out from use‚ may be better evidence of a good education than a diploma. There are those who will argue that a diploma is the only proof‚ but there are those who will say that a worn out pocket dictionary and thesaurus is better evidence of a good education. Although‚ a diploma is a certification of your accomplishment of higher education‚ the worn out dictionary and thesaurus is the better source of evidence

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    | |Assessment Task 1 | |Entries into the new Dictionary of the Bible (CTC edition) | |

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    Lexicography

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    Lexicography. The problems of lexicography. Types of dictionaries Lexicography is a branch of applied linguistics that involves compiling‚ writing‚ or editing dictionaries Dictionary is a book that lists the words of a language usually in alphabetical order‚ gives their meanings or equivalent words in a different language. Divided into 2 big groups- encyclopaedic and linguistic. Types of dictionaries * Encyclopedic dictionary- scientific reference books dealing with every branch

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    Arrangement of Entries

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    difficult problems nearly ‘ all lexicographers face is recording the word-meanings and arranging them in the most rational way‚ in the order that is supposed to be of most help to those who will use the dictionary. If one compares the general number of meanings of a word in different dictionaries even those of the same type‚ one will easily see that their number varies considerably. Compare‚ for example‚ the number and choice of meanings in the entries for arrive taken from COD and WCD given

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    Noah Webster

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    Virginia Smith English II Ms. McCarty November 01‚ 2013 Noah Webster: Birth of the Dictionary Noah Webster was born on October‚ 17th in West Hartford‚ Connecticut. His father was also Noah Webster; a farmer with some government importance. Webster’s mother was Mercy Webster‚ the great-great granddaughter of William Bradford‚ governor of Plymouth colony. Noah was the fourth out of five kids‚ and the second son that had been born (Frank Magil 1417). When Webster was merely sixteen

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