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day‚ another day will always come. The sun will always rise and set‚ the wind will always blow‚ and the rivers will always flow into the ocean. This idea is essential in order to understand the importance of pastoral language. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word pastoral as poetry‚ music‚ pictures‚ etc: portraying rural life or characters‚ esp. in an idealized or romantic manner. (Read definition&next) While Paris was meant to be an escape from the wartime and the reminders of their
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introduction to Affluenza In the introduction of Affluenza‚ the authors，John De Graaf‚ David Wann and Thomas H. Naylor‚ describe a new epidemic disease called Affluenza that spreading all over the world from United States. According to the “Oxford English Dictionary”‚ the definition is “a painful‚ contagious‚ socially transmitted condition of overload‚ debt‚ anxiety‚ and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more”. The Affluenza has infected Americans’ society‚ and affect their money‚ friendships‚ families
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Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis Many of the longest words in the English language are medical terms. Medicine and Medical Terminology has a language of its own‚ and its vocabulary includes terms built from Greek and Latin word parts‚ eponyms‚ acronyms and modern language. This why it is sometimes hard understand what the doctor is saying. There are a lot of long complicated words especially in medical terminology. To be able to understand the meaning of a medical term it is best
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What strategies to Film‚ TV or Radio documentary-makers use to convey to viewers or listeners the ‘truthfulness’ of their work? What might be the problem with these strategies? Oxford Dictionary’s definition of documentaries is as follows “A film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report in a particular subject.” Documentaries are made to help inform and educate its audience‚ usually revealing new information on the chosen subject. Documentary-makers present factual information
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English: Blog post 1: John Humphreys thinks that the OED has let him down by modernising. It’s done this by removing the hyphen from over 16000 words he describes that he finds it daft that we ‘don’t have time to reach for the hyphen key’ as its only one tiny key stroke. He feels that text speak is pointless and doesn’t save time as ‘the recipient of the message has to spend ten minutes trying to translate it’. He thinks that the text speak of the new generation is ruining the English language
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vocabulary‚ whose definitions are as follow. 2.1 Sexism Sexism has many various definitions in language. Oxford English Dictionary says sexism is the assumption that one sex is superior to the other and the resultant discrimination practiced against members of the supposed inferior sex‚ esp. by men against women. The definition of this term in the Collins COBUILD Dictionary the belief that the members of one sex‚ usually women are less intelligent or less capable than those‚ of the other sex and
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Scott Kernan The F-Word: A Rhetorical Analysis In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “The F-Word”‚ Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style‚ however‚ that did most of the work. Dumas’ article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”‚ as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the
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John Walker’s Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1791) was very effective in setting standards for the correct pronunciation. Sheridan and Walker chose the educated Londoners speech as a model‚ however in linguistic aspect the features of this model are not better or worse than what was used
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Learning new vocabulary is easy. Remembering new vocabulary is much more difficult. This is what my students tell me all the time. Experts who study memory say that we need to hear or see or use a new word at least 50 times before we can actually "own" the word ourselves. So here’s some tips to help you remember the new English words that you learn: Tip #1 Write your new words on sticky notes and put them in prominent places in your house or office - next to the bathroom mirror‚ on the refrigerator
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