When I discovered the “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” by John Koenig I came across a term that struck me and changed my outlook on the world. The word is sonder. Sonder is the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. This means that there are 7 billion stories passing by everyday and the only story I used to focus on was my own. It made me curious about the inner thoughts‚ struggles‚ and ambitions of all the strangers around me. As an introvert‚ I
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Шаталова. – 2-е изд. стереотип. – М.: Русский язык‚ 1994. – 240 с. 2. American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language – http: // dictionary. reference.com (2000‚ Feb. 25). 3. Active Study Dictionary of English. – Harlow: Longman Group UK Limited‚ 1988. – 710 p. 4. Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary. – London: Harрer Collins Publishers‚ 1991. – 1703 p. 5. Cambridge International Dictionary of English. – Cambridge: Cambridge University
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origins enjoyed considerable popularity in the past‚ and etymologies‚ a traditional component of a dictionary entry‚ were often hotly debated‚ even though ‘the amateurs who‚ as late as 1900‚ filled the pages of popular journals with their conjectures on word origins‚ had no idea that they should have used their time reading rather than writing’ (Liberman 2005: 158). To contemporary dictionary users etymology sections seem to have less appeal. According to surveys carried out by Barnhart and
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all. Some people find happiness from the love given by friends and family. Others find happiness by being rich and powerful. But‚ whatever the source‚ happiness is definitely an essentiality and necessity of life. According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ happiness is defined as the quality or condition of being happy (Oxford). When asking a shopper at a high end retail store what is it that allows them to achieve happiness‚ their answer may be along the lines of purchasing the new Gucci handbag
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descriptive dictionary‚ whether unilingual or bilingual‚ should admit the historical element. In fact‚ the term "current usage” is disconcertingly elastic‚ it may‚ for instance‚ be stretched to include all words and senses used by W. Shakespeare‚ as he is commonly read‚ or include only those of the fossilised words that are kept in some set expressions or familiar quotations‚ e. g. shuffled off this mortal coil ("Hamlet")‚ where coil means ‘turmoil’ (of life). For the purpose of a dictionary‚ which must
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The choice of a dictionary – Collins or Longman? Nowadays many learners of English face a problem – which dictionary to choose as their main aid in learning the language. There is a variety of dictionaries from different publishers available at the market now‚ but we can focus here on two – Collins and Longman which are quite good reference books for everybody. Although they are both equally preferred by English learners‚ they posses a number of features which leave the buyer with not an easy
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Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright‚ Designs and Patents Act 1988. Contents Acknowledgements 1 Introduction Recommendations for reading 2 Words‚ sentences and dictionaries 2.1 Words as meaningful building-blocks of language 2.2 Words as types and words as tokens 2.3 Words with predictable meanings 2.4 Non-words with unpredictable meanings 2.5 Conclusion: words versus lexical items Exercises Recommendations for reading
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” to a character‚ and that‚ fittingly‚ was to Iago. However‚ to further qualify Iago’s character to be a villain‚ one must go beyond simply the author’s intentions‚ but to the deeply rooted qualities that a villain must have. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a villain as an “unprincipled or depraved scoundrel; a man naturally disposed to base or criminal actions‚ or deeply involved in the commission of disgraceful crimes”. In close reading of the tragedy of Othello‚ it is very easy to infer
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vengeful‚ seditious‚ jail-birds‚ and debtors who choose not to pay. The writer says that this word is not explained by Johnson or Bayley (Bailey). The first edition of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary was published in 1755. Nathan Bailey first published his in 1736. These would have been the most commonly used dictionaries in the 1780’s. Doolittle‚ Amos. The Looking Glass of 1787. 1781. Photograph. N.p. This Connecticut cartoon appeared in 1787 at the height of the ratification debates
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nostalgia has a positive meaning. It is classified as the term to describe the exact feeling felt when thinking of past memories. Nostalgia does have a positive effect on an individual. The Oxford English Dictionary defines nostalgia as sentimental longing for a period of the past. Merriam-Webster Dictionary says is it pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again. The most common synonyms used when referring to nostalgia are sentimentality
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