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Welcome to 500+ Real English Phrases! The goal of this book is to teach you English phrases (not just individual English words) that you can use in many different situations. The phrases selected for this book are typical expressions used by native speakers. Sometimes I have included a small explanation about when to use the phrase or what exactly it means; also, some phrases are indicated as especially “formal” or “informal.” You can practice listening to and pronouncing the phrases with
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A Translator’s Coming of Age by Omaya Ibrahim Khalifa Through studying the three translations of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet done by Mohammed Enani in 1965, 1986 and 1993 respectively, this study adopts a diachronic approach. In addition to examining the historical dimension, this study attempts to address itself to crucial questions related to the process of translating a literary text. A few of these are: how a translator can approach a given text in three different ways and how each
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Frances Cornford Childhood Frances Cornford, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, was born in Cambridge, England, in 1886, where she also died, in 1960. She was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Poetry in 1959. ‘Childhood’ explores a dual perspective on the ageing process. On the one hand, it is a child who watches ‘through the banisters’ and is ‘helplessly young’, but the whole poem is a memory – ‘I used to think’. Between the lines, the reader understands that the crafting narrator is moving towards
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INDIAN ART INTRODUCTION Study of history of art has developed in association with archaeological studies; however, it is now recognized as a specialized discipline. In the West, mainly in Europe, historical art as a discipline has grown considerably with numerous methodological inputs, whereas in India it is still in the process of development in its investigating mechanisms. As the study of art history has grown out of extensive documentations and excavations, one finds description of art
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A DICTIONARY OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH [DRAFT CIRCULATED FOR COMMENT] http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roger_blench/RBOP.htm Cambridge, Sunday, 07 August 2005 Roger Blench Mallam Dendo 8, Guest Road Cambridge CB1 2AL United Kingdom Voice/Answerphone/Fax. 0044-(0)1223-560687 E-mail R.Blench@odi.org.uk TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations...................................................................................................................................................ii Preface ......
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origin), welcomes foreign words, not homogenous lg like French (majority of expressions was taken from F.) reasons: lg feels a need for a new word; to pre-denote a special concept (Sputnik, gradually disappeared from lg; certain lg has a kind of prestigious position (matter of fashion, but overuse of English words; matter of political force); distinction of functional style (matter of development) – three synonymical expressions of diff. origin (anglo-saxon origin: home, French words (additional meanings):
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Whether called maxims, idioms, expressions, or sayings, proverbs are small packages of truth, which, are about people’s value and beliefs. These Proverbs, can be communicated in colourful, vivid language, and with very few words reflect the wisdom, biases, and even superstition of a
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Summer's healing rays Hyperbole Hyperbole is an exaggeration or extravagant statement used for effect. For example: * I have a million problems. * We won a tonne of cash. * I'll die if I don't finish this crossword. Idiom An idiom is commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. For example: * Be careful not to miss the boat. * This is the last straw. * You can't pull the wool over my eyes. * Don't sit on the fence. Say what
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Other Face Concern High Low High Self Face Concern Low INDIVDUALISTIC LOW-CONTEXT CULTURE COLLECTIVISTIC HIGH-CONTEXT CULTURE Obliging Compromising Avoiding Integrating Dominating Third-party help Passive agressive Emmotional expression CHINESE FRENCH Conflict Communication Styles: Dominating: One person's position or goal above the other. Avoiding: Eluding the conflict topic, the conflict party, or the conflict situation altogether.
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