same message. • State whether the alternatives mean exactly the same as the original slang or idiom. If not‚ explain the differences. Slang from English Alternatives Meaning mellow relax and calm down Yes‚ it means the same thing. Instead of saying‚ “You should mellow out‚” one could say‚ “You should relax and calm down.” Pow wow Group discussion It means to have a meeting with a group of people. Are we having a group discussion? Cool Very popular Cool can mean that you are a very popular
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Adolescence is typically a time of experimentation and testing boundaries‚ but if you’re an Amish teenager‚ you’re faced with a confounding choice between family or isolation‚ tradition or the modern world and faith or uncertainty. Even in the restrictive Amish culture‚ where kids lead a way of life with no electricity or music and are expected to be entirely obedient to their elders‚ they are given a temporary break. Once they turn sixteen‚ their church gives them a period of self discovery called
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about the different frames of music. Specifically whether or not lyrics to different songs are harmful or are not harmful. In the article “What are Rappers Really Saying about the Police?” the main idea is about how the idea that rap music is harmful is challenging that theory. How after listening to the music
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“See What I’m Saying” “See What I’m Saying” was a video on how difficult it can sometimes be for the Deaf community to be “heard” by the hearing community. This video showed us four different Deaf people and their daily and life struggles. This video was kind of hard to watch without getting upset and even at yourself. It showed how even finding an apartment to live in is hard‚ along with trying to have an job. You know you are good at this certain job‚ but no one seems to want to even give their
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up with this organization. Off the top of my head‚ I’d guess it was an offer of about a thousand dollar donation of services. He finally called at 12:30‚ calling my cell-phone (after I’d given him my home number‚ saying that was the best way to reach me)‚ leaving a message saying we’d have to reschedule. I left for lunch and a walk to clear my head at 12:45‚ and finally got the message at 2:45 when I got home and wondered if maybe he’d called the cell-phone. At this point‚ I don’t know if I’m
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Common Sayings and Their Moral Significance: Lessons Taught by In the Heat of the Night Introduction There are many lessons we can learn from In the Heat of the Night. The most important of these is that racism and segregation have negative effects on human well-being and social harmony. Common sayings represent people’s underlying moral codes. For example we like to say: “Appearances are deceptive.” and “What goes around comes around.” Each of the sayings below helps us to explore moral
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Some people would describe being on time as ’old fashioned’‚ but it’s not in the slightest way ’old-fashioned’‚ because actually it’s nothing to do with ’fashion’ or ’generation’. It’s got all to do with basic good manners and respect for other people. Nowadays‚ a meeting set to start at 8am‚ seems to mean for some people in the general vicinity of any time which starts with the numeral 8. Like 8:30am for example. People come in at 8:15 or even later‚ smiling at the waiting group‚ apparently
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Being Single and Being Married When I was twenty years old‚ my mother told me that it was times for me to get married. I replied to my mother whenever I succeed in life and able and anxious to protect our family‚ I am going to think about having a home of their own. Not only I but also people who is living in today’s society‚ tends to being single or married later. However‚ living in every situation has every its own advantages and disadvantages. There are some differences that I know between being
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BEING DIFFERENT‚ BEING UNPOPULAR In the world there are a lot of people‚ but nobody is the same. Every person looks different‚ maybe he has a black skin‚ green hair‚ is blind or deaf‚ but all humans have positive and negative characteristics. In small social groups‚ such as a normal class in school‚ differences are very clearly visible. Some children have better possibilities to study and have a lot of expensive things. If somebody of majority of schoolmates does not wear costly clothes or does
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Being Rich to Being Famous Everyone wishes they could be rich or famous and many wish to be both. This is the pushing force that drags other people to strive and work harder but they never spend their time to put their thoughts‚ into the meaning and significance of these building blocks of life. The biggest difference between rich and famous is that being rich means you have money and being famous means that you are widely known. You can be famous without being rich or being in the news and vice
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