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    gac and mang . Oral traditions in music - Vietnamese lullaby songs: are sorts of folk music often heard in Vietnam‚ epescially in the country side. They use not only to lull small children to sleep also to express human feelings e.g. homesickness - Quan Ho Bac Ninh: are a folk song that is a rich and beautiful storehouse of the people and has a long lasting history. During all its existence successful creations have unceasingly changed the type of folk song and therefore this remains

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    D. return to life in a new body. 6. The correctly spelled word is A. sieze. B. drunkeness. C. ukulele. D. analize. 7. Which of the following is spelled correctly? A. Receeve B. Recieve C. Receive D. Resieve 8. An acute feeling of homesickness is A. euphemism. B. badinage. C. nostalgia. D. cacophony. 9. Which word is spelled incorrectly? A. Incidentally B. Pronunciation C. Separate D. Occurence 10. A procession of persons on horseback is a A. cavalry. B. chivalry. C. cavalcade

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    their family but also be away from them for a very long time. On this very long journey they both have to face things that might make them regret making the decision to leave their families. Beatrice is facing hard times with the training and homesickness. She is also facing hard times with the big stuff jumping train to train and off

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    water for me‚” said my grandmother. “OK‚” I answered. The West Bridge is the symbol of my whole childhood. It is near my grandma’s house. I just need to walk for 50 meters to attain it. I love it so much because it almost represents my homesickness. Since I was a baby‚ I grew up with my grandparents in a small countryside. The West Bridge always stands there with the river‚ the farms‚ the lawn and all the fowls which rely on this land. They constitute our whole hometown. This stone

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    Moving to a new country was an excited and delightful experience for me. The excitement of spending time in a new country for me was mixed with the sadness of leaving family and childhood friends. I was a little bit confused because I had been hearing in my childhood about a huge cultural difference in my home country and the modern countries. These cultural differences and the adjustment in a new country was feeling challengeable. These differences and adjustment problems are commonly called cultural

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    important concepts. Metaphors are not always easy to understand or to figure out. One metaphor in moby dick is Queenqueg’s Coffin. The symbolism of the coffin changes throughout the story. The coffin signifies for Queenqueg’s impending death and his homesickness because he loved his homeland. His coffin is shaped like a canoe because of his belief that once you die you should be adrift in sea and eventually the belief was that you would float to the sky. His coffin then later represents life and how he

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    is essentially about overcoming obstacles. Through this‚ the film is portraying to us that without hard work it’ll be hard to get over adversity. Throughout the film‚ Li shows that he struggles to adapt to a capitalist life in America and his homesickness because of no longer seeing his love ones on a regular basis. During the film‚ Li often had nightmares of his family in China getting punished because of his decision to stay in America and betray his country. Cunxin frequently expresses his struggle

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    suffering of war and the compassion of love. The Vietnam War came up because it was under a communist government. The United States tried to prevent the spread of communism. What Jimmy Cross‚ Ted Lavender‚ and Kiowa carry is decided by their fears‚ homesickness‚ or desperate need of distraction from the war. The First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carries many things‚ but‚ most importantly‚ he carries the responsibilities of the other men. “Lieutenant Cross carries two photographs of Martha” (98). Carrying

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    A Review of Chiang Yee’s The Silent Traveller in London Chiang Yee’s work was written in English and capitalised on the increased Western interest in China and the East at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Silent Traveller in London describes London from an Oriental viewpoint and thus creates a double perspective as both insider and outsider that is of equal interest to the native Londoner and foreign reader alike. Chiang Yee is an author who is endearing in his modest humility‚

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    Bekimon: A fresh take on Pinoy gay lingo By Karen Flores‚ abs-cbnNEWS.com MANILA‚ Philippines - Fair-skinned and well-groomed Bern Josep Persia may be the new face of the gay-speaking community‚ being the self-proclaimed bekimon president in the country. A photographer and a tech support representative‚ Persia plays different roles (from a call center agent to a newscaster) in a series of videos about bekimons‚ defined as people who are "hard-core users" of gay language -- whether they are homosexuals

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