1 GRE Vocab Capacity Powerful Memory Tricks and Mnemonics to Widen your Lexicon Now with more than 900 mnemonics! by Brian McElroy and Vince Kotchian Contents Introduction Why This Book Is Different Mnemonic Examples Word Root Examples How To Use This Book The Mnemonics Appendix: Word Roots Index 2 Introduction Brian McElroy (Harvard‚ ‘02) and Vince Kotchian (Boston College‚ ‘97)‚ two of San Diego’s most sought after testprep tutors‚ provide a series of clever‚ unconventional
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Approaches to metaphor: Structure‚ classifications‚ cognate phenomena HELEN V. SHELESTIUK Abstract The article aspires to present a systematized view on the contemporary understanding of metaphor essence and structure‚ reviews various classifications of metaphor‚ and discusses cognate ‘similarity-based’ phenomena in natural language. The opposing views on metaphor as a three- and twocomponent structure are reconciled in the article through the analysis of di¤erent kinds of metaphors. Three types
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The Forgotten Founder The Forgotten Founder Thanks to a never-ending campaign by Apple’s powerful public relations machine to protect the myths surrounding the company’s origin‚ almost everyone believes that Apple was started in a garage by “the two Steves‚” Stephen Gary Wozniak‚ 25‚ and Steven Paul Jobs‚ 21. Actually‚ the operation began in a bedroom at 11161 Crist Drive in Los Altos (the house number changed to 2066 when the land was annexed from the county to the city in late 1983)‚ where
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The Scarlet Ibis JAMES HURST Adapted from: Elements of Literature: Third Course. Austin: Holt‚ Rinehart and Winston. 2003. It was in the clove of seasons‚ summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born‚ that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree.1 The flower garden was strained with rotting brown magnolia petals and ironweeds grew rank2 amid the purple phlox. The five o’clocks by the chimney still marked time‚ but the oriole nest in the elm was untenanted and rocked back and forth like an empty
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GROUP A PRESENTATION: Leibler (“True and fair view- an imaginary view”) argues “in an ideal world‚ and with just a little imagination‚ accounting standards would always produce a true and fair result. But this is not necessarily so in the real world” (p 61). o What is the problem that Leibler identifies in his paper with respect to the ‘true and fair’ requirement? o What solutions does Leibler suggest to ensure that reporting entities do a better job at addressing the ‘true and fair’ requirement
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Day 1: Biology of Animals Deuterostomes develop anus from blastopore Protostomes develop mouth from blastopore. Presentation: Overview of Prokaryotes‚ Protists‚ and Fungi I. Prokaryotes (ex. Bacteria) Characteristics -Unicellular -Small (0.5-5um) -Know shapes (ex. Spherical rod shaped and spiral) cocci‚ spirilla‚ bacilli -Cell wall‚ salt‚ peptidoglycan‚ Gram stain‚ virulence. Gram positive bacteria take up the Gram stain and turn purple‚ peptidoglycan traps crystal violet‚ very
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CHAPTER NO-5 KINGDOM ANIMALIA Phylum Porifera (GK: Porous = Pores + Ferro = form) Main characters: 1. They are commonly called as sponges. 2. They are sessile animals. 3. Sponges range in height from about 1cm to 2cm. 4. More than 5000 species of sponges are found. 5. All are marine‚ while some are fresh water. 6. The central body cavity is called spongocoel. 7. A single large opening is called as osculum. 8. They are filter feeders. 9. Body lining is formed by flagellated cells
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Word list Here is a list of most of the new words in the units of New Headway Plus Intermediate Student’s Book. adj = adjective adv = adverb US = American English coll = colloquial conj = conjunction pl = plural prep = preposition pron = pronoun pp = past participle n = noun v = verb Unit 1 achievement n /əˈtʃi:vmənt/ advertisement n /ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt/ afford (can’t) v /əˈfɔ:d/ amazing adj /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ ambassador n /aemˈbaesədə(r)/ amount n /əˈmaʊnt/ ancient adj /ˈeɪnʃənt/ apologize v /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/
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Mar. Drugs 2010‚ 8‚ 1988-2012; doi:10.3390/md8071988 OPEN ACCESS Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Review Chitin Research Revisited Feisal Khoushab and Montarop Yamabhai * School of Biotechnology‚ Suranaree University of Technology‚ Nakhon Ratchasima‚ 30000‚ Thailand; E-Mail: fl.khoushab@gmail.com * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: montarop@g.sut.ac.th; Tel.: +66-44-224152-4; Fax: +66-44-224150. Received: 2 May 2010; in revised
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SNOOTH BUYER’S GUIDE: Pinot Noir Lovers Edition Table of Contents Intro 2 Pinot Nero 3 4 Tasting Notes Looking for Value in Pinot Noir 7 8 Tasting Notes 11 $20 Pinots 12 Tasting Notes Moving up the Pinot Price Ladder 16 17 Tasting Notes 22 Pinot Noir $25 - $35 23 Tasting Notes Oregon Pinot Noir $35 - $45 27 28 Tasting Notes California Pinot Noir $35 - $45 Tasting Notes Pinot Noir $60 and up!! 31 32 35 36 Tasting
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