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    Culture Shock

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    undertake these five steps‚ let’s look at what is culture shock and what causes it. By knowing what it is and where it comes from‚ will help you identify it more easily and help make your international move a little easier. The online Oxford Dictionary defines culture shock as disorientation experienced when suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture or way of life. This is a good summary; however‚ let’s break it down a bit further. When you move to a new country‚ everything is unfamiliar; weather

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    Thrust Meaning

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    thrust: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home‚ info] thrust: Collins English Dictionary [home‚ info] thrust: Vocabulary.com [home‚ info] thrust‚ thrust: Macmillan Dictionary [home‚ info] thrust: Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary‚ 11th Edition [home‚ info] Thrust‚ thrust: Wordnik [home‚ info] thrust: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary [home‚ info] Thrust: Wiktionary [home‚ info] thrust: Webster’s New World College Dictionary‚ 4th Ed. [home‚ info] thrust: The Wordsmyth

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    White Pollution

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    White Pollution According to Oxford English Dictionary‚ the pollution means "spiritual or moral corruption (4th cent)‚" but the meaning of "white pollution" is very different. For people who does not know Chemistry very well and people who is not recycling‚ they will not have a idea what is white pollution. In addition‚ they will not know how harmful the white pollution is to the Earth. Actually‚ the white pollution means that the plastic things‚ like plastic bottle‚ plastic bags‚ plastic silverware

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    hyponymy

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    Hyponymy The term HYPONYMY is of recent creation‚ which has not found its way to some small dictionaries yet. But the notion of meaning inclusiveness is not new. For example‚ the meaning of desk is included in that of furniture‚ and the meaning of rose is included in that of flower. In other words‚ hyponymy is a matter of class membership. The upper term in this sense relation‚ i.e. the class name‚ is called SUPERORDINATE‚ and the lower terms‚ the members‚ HYPONYMS. A superordinate usually

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    One of the biggest problems in schools that administration faces is student’s truancy. Truancy‚ according to the American Heritage Dictionary‚ is the act or condition of being absent in school without permission. When students are absent from school‚ they have more limited opportunities to learn. Youth that are frequently truant are most likely to drop out of school; thus they are likely to experience instability in career paths‚ unintended pregnancy‚ higher rates of unemployment‚ and lower lifetime

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    Year 4 Unit 7 KSSR

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    least 3 pair of homophones from the dictionary and write the meaning in group Educational Emphases: Multiple Intelligences Visual-spatial‚ Intrapersonal‚ Interpersonal‚ Verbal-linguistic‚ Musical Thinking Skills Critical and creative thinking skills‚ Making association Moral Value Use the words that have good meaning in your communication Language Content: Vocabulary pair‚ pear‚ hi‚ high‚ for‚ four‚ see‚ sea Teaching aids/ Resources: Oxford English dictionaries‚ word cards‚ drawing block‚ task

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    The Definition of Ratchet

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    entirely different definition. Although words may have an established meaning‚ as time goes by‚ that meaning may change‚ perhaps into something that is completely irrelevant. The Rise of the Ratchet As originally defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a ‘hunting dog’ or ‘the barrel of a gun’ the word ratchet was once commonly associated with the ‘mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction.’ Many have used this meaning

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    reason why beauty has plenty of definitions will be argued. Helen Keller once said‚ "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Beauty is a kind of quality.” Also‚ Websters dictionary defines beauty as something that is pleasing to ones sight or mind. However‚ beauty encompasses so much more than that. Beauty may not be recognized at once in people that you meet‚ but is recognized through close relationships such as family and

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    Bible Dictionary Project Name: Student ID: Course: Bible 104-B40 Date: 6/14/2014 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: The Book of Job. Considered a Wisdom book of the Bible‚ The Book of Job was written in the style of Hebrew poetic dialogue. Although the author is unknown‚ there are three prevailing thoughts on authorship. First‚ Job wrote the book at the end of the events he chronicled. Second‚ Moses wrote the book and third‚ due to some unique verbiage and the writing

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    What is “meaning”? According to the Oxford English Dictionary (2010)‚ there are several meanings – 1) The action of mean‚ moaning‚ lamentation; 2) The sense or signification of a word‚ sentence‚ etc.; 3) A person ’s motive‚ intention‚ or purpose ; 4) Knowledge‚ understanding. Indeed‚ these four meanings just cover parts of the meanings of “meaning”. In the real world‚ every single word has many different interpretations. The meaning of words varies with many factors and determining the meaning of

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