#ing adj.

[trolledu]

The Ionians and Aeolians immediately after the Persian conquest of Lydia sent representatives to Cyrus at Sardis, to try to obtain from him the same terms as they had had under Croesus, their former master. Cyrus replied to their request by the story of the fluteplayer who saw some fish in the sea and played his flute to them in the hope that they would come ashore. When they refused to do so, he took a net, netted a large catch, and hauled them in. Seeing the fish jumping around, he said to them: 'It's too late to dance now: you might have danced to my music- but you would not.' The point of the story was, that when Cyrus had sent to the Ionians to ask them to revolt from Croesus, they had been unwilling to do so, though they were ready enough to offer their allegiance now that everything was settled in his favour. Cyrus was angry with them - and hence his reply. - Herodotus

[trolledu]

Doesn't the cat look traumatised? Is this animal abuse?

[borharisnya]

"Claude

Felvehetem ezt a ruhát? - kérdezi Jeannie, és pördül egyet a sarka körül. A ruhája lebben és az ablakon beszűrődő sűrű sárga fény mézes csíkokat húz a falra. A kis piros cipő, amibe a kötött zoknis lábát beleszuszakolta halkat sikkant a padlón.

- Jeannie, kérlek, adj egy kis turmilt még a levesbe!

A kislány engedelmesen felhúzza a szoknyáját, és a combja hátsó oldaláról pici, bársonyos felszínű kék leveleket tépked le. Cathlin szeretettel nézi.

- Anya, fel szeretném venni ezt a ruhát!

- Vedd csak fel, kicsim! - mondja Cathlin és a leveleket a tűzhelyen halkan doromboló levesbe szórja. A leves színe mélykékbe vált, és a felszínén bársonyos bunda képződik.

Mint egy őzbak háta, gondolja Cathlin. Szereti az ilyen délutánokat, az október friss illatát, a házat, ami alig nagyobb, mint ez a konyha, a kislány örömét.

- Szép vagy, Jeannie! - mondja a kislánynak, aki elmerülten forog a ragyogó citromszín ruhában, a lába pici piros örvényekkel szórja tele a padlót.

Nyílik az ajtó, Thom lép be, magas, ajtónyi ember, a hóna alatt bemosolyog az ősz. Beleszagol a levegőbe - Turmil! - kiáltja mélyen a felesége szemébe nézve - Tudom, mi kell még!  - a tekintete Cathlinébe kapaszkodik, mint egy boldog kézszorítás, és az öröm csillogó barackszín párával tölti meg a házat. 

Thom kifordul az ajtón és egy perc múlva egy tyúkkal a karjában tér vissza. - Mára tartogattam. - mondja széles, csillogó mosollyal. Felhajtja a tyúk szárnyát és kövér szürke kullancsokat szed ki alóla. Cathlin gyorsan a levesbe dobálja őket. Áhítattal várnak. Ahogy az első kullancs szétpukkan, fémes, átható aroma árad szét.

Claude-nak bármelyik pillanatban itt kell lennie. 

És jön is, nyikordul a kerti fakapucska, egy, kettő, három, négy nagy lépés, és a nyíló ajtó fényudvarában ott áll Calude fiatalon, délcegen, a régen várt fiú, a késő őszben egy darabka tavasz. Hullámos fekete haja hátrasimítva fényesen, mint a folyó éjjel, aminek a partján született és ami mellett kisgyermek volt. A szeme kút, a mélyét nem látja senki. Harsog a hangja, kacag, a kacagásától a ház sarkai reszketni kezdenek. Az arca piros, mint a vadszőlő levele odakint. Háborúról beszél és becsületről, ellenségről és bátorságról, és egy jövőről, aminek a lába elé az ő fegyvere terít majd szőnyeget. Hangosan beszél, olyan hangosan, hogy az ablak elé teregetett ruhák alja foszlani kezd és halk csörrenéssel üvegcserepekként lehull a földre. Meghallja a csörrenést, lehalkítja a hangját.

Tűz fűti, folytatja, a szavaiban ágyúk, csatamének, puskaropogás. Csendesebben beszél, szinte susog és a lelkesedés kivilágít a mellkasából a kockás inge flanelszegélyei között.

A fiú fényudvarán kívül elsötétül a ház, fáradtság ül rá, mint betegség előtt az emberre, mikor nem tudja még, mi készül, csak ez az álmosság ne lenne, ez, hogy minden mozdulatnak súlya van, hogy a gondolatokat a földhöz szorítja, húzza egy láthatatlan szál, és minden lépés után a sárba beleragad a csizma. 

A ház előtti cseresznyefába belekap a szél és lerázza róla az utolsó leveleket.

Valahol a föld alatt csattanva fordul egyet egy nagy kerék és soha többé semmi nem lesz ugyanaz.

- Kész az ebéd. - mondja Cathlin, és bumfordi kesztyűkbe bújva a forró leveses fazekat a konyha közepén álló asztalra helyezi. 

A levesben szétpukkan az utolsó kullancs és fémes, zöld aroma árad szét."

[whitedragoncoranth]

A Handful of Hope...

In his quarters - a snarl drawing back his lips - Rocket Raccoon browsed the Terran Internet. The worthless flarkin' bald-bodies may have been primitive when it came to just about everything--but flark their stories, art, and music were somethin' else. Even now, he sifted through some random site - Tumble-something-or-another - his eyes glimmering as he soaked up artwork and stories; art and stories with him and Star-Munch; with him and some humie named Jolie, a story where Drax acted as a Dad to him, and on, and on...

Around the others, he'd made sure to sneer and scoff and snarl and insult it all - that ain't me, that's not how things work, this is all flarkin' stupid - but when he was alone... secretly, he longed for the next post, whether it was a story or piece of art. The stories and art of him and Lylla made him laugh, made him cry, made his heart flarkin' ache--and the latest bit of art by hibata (what kinda dumbass name was that?) - the one where Petra Quill was holdin' him, sorta buried in her hair - filled him with longing. The bit of black and white art where he was listenin' to Pete's Walkman and dancin' with Lylla's ghost hit especially hard, and he cried silently for maybe five minutes or more.

The stories written by that whitedragoncoranth guy, however, were just plain weird! That story where he had a servant lookin' after him and takin' care of him, where the humie had adopted Cosmo, and then Lylla had been brought back to life--then the humie had become the newest flarkin' High Evolutionary?! That one was way out there, but Rocket loved that one, too, secretly wished he could be there, cuddled up with his princess and Mama Cosmo. The newest stuff this humie wrote was even weirder. Stories where he was cared for by a powerful humie and his pet giant gold liza-drag-whatever? That one where he'd become a Dragon-Rac - a hybrid? Now there was this other one where - somehow - the powerful humie and his dragon had rescued Lylla from the High Evolutionary, and then the dragon had brought her back to life with a song!

That one was way, way out there, and had brought him to tears when he'd read it. Rocket sniffled, wiped his tear-filled eyes. "... gotta stop doing this..." With a harsh sigh, the little raccoon spun away from his holopad, then laid his head in his paws, breath hitching in a sob. "'s not real, none of it's real. Damn it, stop pinin' for somethin' you can never have, d'ast it! It's not..." Suddenly, Rocket inhaled a breath, his fur briefly fluffing up and standing on end as the room seemed to grow warmer. In front of him, the air shimmered... and then, his little jaw dropped open as reality gently cracked in light of cyan-blue.

Rocket gasped as the crack widened, a little, then further and further. "... it ---king, R-cket?" came a humie's voice from the other side. Jaw dropping open, Rocket gasped as someone answered with his own voice! "Loo---- good, Pa--, I th--k we're n--rly there! --- good -ver --ere, Mama? Fl--- this -----ference!" Rocket snuffled back a sob, now, as a gentle female baritone answered--a voice he swore he heard in his head! ~Tu--ing, tuning... adj--ti-g -arp m-tri--... Oh, c-me on -ou ruth firok, work!~ With frustration, the humie responded. "We--- t- f-cking close to th-- rip, da-- it! -ut this is the -nly pl--- wh-re th- -eil --tween --iverses -s thin --ough f-r th-s to w-rk. Th-t ----ains th- ----rference. L-t me try someth---..." By now, the crack in reality had widened enough to become a door, but suddenly it began to destabilize!

"No-no-no!" Rocket's breath hitched as he heard his own voice again, from the other side. "Back th-t one off - bit, lemme tr- som-th--- GOT IT!" The bizarre reality door suddenly stabilized, and Rocket goggled at what he saw. The other side of the doorway exited to a colossal laboratory, but inside it--here, Rocket's breath froze in his throat! Dark brown hair done up in a peculiar braid framed a weathered face; hazel eyes, nose and lips drawn up in a curious little smile. A hand attached to a pink-skinned arm, dusted with a light coating of hair slowly drew away from a pattern of holographic glyphs towards his body, which was clothed in some kind of amazing teal robe covered with runic designs; beneath that was some kind of golden-bronze armour.

The powerful, not-quite humie from the stories Rocket had just been reading! Now Rocket squeaked - withdrew from his belt a small stunner that he held with shaking paw - because next to him... The creature measured about forty meters from snout tip to tail tip, with a wingspan that matched the length of her body. Thick and leathery golden hide, devoid of scales or hair, covered her body. The membranes of her gigantic wings were the exact same golden colour as her body but veined with streaks of dark golden bronze. Her large three-meter head looked smooth and streamlined; she had a sleek snout and up-thrust, mobile ears. A line of bronze-coloured spines ran from the base of the dragonesses’ skull to the base of her tail. These spines arched up-and-back in a slight curve, and were small at the base of her skull, but became bigger toward the middle of her back, before becoming smaller, and finally smoothing into a slight ridge that ran all the way to her tail spade.

The dragoness, the mama dragon who'd looked after him in those stories... She looked at Rocket-on-the-Milano, utterly stricken, then sniffled sadly, trilled and called to him--and Rocket looked at the weapon in his paw. What the flark am I doin', this... this is Mama in the stories he thought, horrified, then he made the weapon safe and nearly tossed it away! In despair he sobbed and tried to call back to Mama... and his heart lightened as the gentle dragon smiled at him in understanding and forgiveness, cooed and purred gently to him.

The dragoness lifted her wing... and Canon Rocket sank to the floor in tears again, for beneath her raised wing was Dovah Rocket, and next to him... Now Rocket truly cried, sobbed, wept, because he saw his beloved Lylla, but she was larger, with golden-bronze fur, a huge pair of white-feathered wings growing from her back. Dovah Lylla looked to her beloved; he smiled and nodded, and she moved towards the portal. Canon Rocket opened his mouth to speak to Lylla - there was so much he wanted to say to her - but soon, he closed his mouth as she started to sing with all the power of her thu'um...

That song... Rocket stood, frozen, body shaking, bawling like a baby as his - their - beloved Lylla sang with the voice of an angel; the ship - hell, it was as if the whole flarkin' universe - became brighter, yet a li'l sadder at the same time. As the song ended, Dovah Lylla gently put a paw to one of her wings, plucked from it a huge primary feather, then passed it through the reality door to Canon-Rocket, who took it with shaking paw, with utter reverence. Lylla was alive, somewhere out there--he had flarkin' PROOF, PROOF IN HIS PAWS! As Rocket held the feather to his chest, over his heart... Dovah Lylla's expression grew sad, as did the expressions of David and Ieesha. The dragoness buried her head into David's robes, Dovah Rocket and Lylla held each other gently, nuzzled, cried too. Because the portal, gradually, was closing...

Before the doorway - now once again a reality-crack - sealed forever, Canon Rocket, clutching Lylla's Feather, heard his beloved Otter's voice one last time. “Impossible connections made possible, my beloved raccoon!” she cried, joyously. “Reach through and grab a handful of hope!” Later, Rocket would go to his work bench and construct a display case for the feather so flarkin' indestructible, it would survive the end of the universe - and he would modify all his clothing such that there was a thickly armoured section with an internal pocket so he could carry the feather in its case with him, against his heart, no matter where he went - but for now... Rocket Raccoon - Canon Rocket Raccoon - alone in his quarters aboard the Milano, held tightly to Lylla's Feather as he laughed and cried.

[aniah-who]

God doesn't allow us to struggle just so that we can struggle. In our struggle, our faith deepens as we actively see the character, the face, and the hand of God actively and personally. In our struggle, we are met with the realizations that God is neither shallow or far away, but that He is awe-inpiring, very present, and deeply committed to us.

Awe-inspiring

[aw-uhn-spigh-uhr-ing]

(adj.) Arousing awe through being impressive, formidable, or magnificent.

Formidable

[for-mi-duh-ble]

(adj.) Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

This is literally God. Whatever it is that you may be dealing with, endure it by putting your faith in God. You're in good hands, bro. He's got you covered, sis.

[quadrant-horror-stories]

<3< W0uld l0ve a h0rr0r zt0ry fr0m the h0rr0r enthuz1azt herzelf.

Y3ah s>r3, I'll t3ll yo> all a story. This on3's a r3c3nt on3 to! So, as w3 all know I lost my trollian acco>nt a f3w p3rigr33s ago, right? Lost contact with a lot of my fri3nds, h3art8r3aking 8>t yo> know how it is. So I grad>at3d and got my DR3AM jo8 (I n33d to post a8o>t that mor3 h3r3, I looooooo<3 my jo8 so so so m>ch :D!!!!!). And w3ll, I wasn't dating anyon3 from th3r3 p3r s3, 8>t I was c3rtainly int3r3st3d in som3on3 r3dways (w3'll call th3m >rtica). So its 833n a littl3 8it and no8ody tri3d to r3ach o>t to m3 <ia gr>m8lr 3sp3cially not >rtica which kinda h>rt3d a 8it 8>t what3<3r I got shit to do, a n3w jo8 to jo8 at. And so, aft3r som3 adj>sting, I d3cid3d to r3mak3 a n3w trollian and join my old m3mos to talk to my fri3nds 8>t g>3ss what? P3opl3 fr3ak3d o>t! Th3y w3r3 panicking and shit and lik3 I was j>st th3r3! 3xisting! And th3n things calm3d down, things w3r3 s3ttling 8ack to normal, and th3n wow! I r3aliz3d th3y r3plac3d m3 with som3on3 3ls3! Th3y got a n3w p3rson that 3<3ryon3 thinks is 83tt3r than m3, and nic3r than m3, and mor3 d3s3r<ing of th3ir fri3ndship than m3, lik3???????? 8>t its fin3. I'm an ad>lt. I'm post 8an. I can act mat>r3. And th3n g>3ss what? >rtica com3s onlin3, I was talking to th3m, and th3n th3y got a mat3sprit! Whil3 I was f>cking on my 8r3ak! And th3y w3r3 dating th3 p3rson th3y r3plac3d m3 with no f>cking l3ss! And so h3r3 I am talking with som3on3 I was romantically int3r3st3d in, and th3y j>st f>cking dat3d "th3 83tt3r m3". And this is why I swor3 off onlin3 dating, tho>gh. I'm o<3r it now. I 8ar3ly talk in that m3mo anyway. Who am I to g3t in th3 way of th3ir p3rf3ct fri3ndgro>p with th3ir p3rf3ct n3w <3rsion of m3?

[hewhohatches]

"Al poner la mano en el tirador de la puerta, Winston reparó en que había dejado el diario abierto sobre la mesa, con «Abajo el Hermano Mayor» escrito en letra tan grande que casi era legible desde el otro lado de la habitación."

The two things I'm not understanding immediately are 1: Al poner la mano... de la puerta and 2: reparó en que había

So looking up some words and breaking this down:

(Al poner la mano en el tirador de la puerta) Adverbial clause -- Putting his hand on the doorknob,

(Winston reparó) Main verb -- Winston realized

(en que había dejado el diario abierto sobre la mesa) Main predicate -- that he had left the journal open on the table

(con «Abajo el Hermano Mayor» escrito) Adverbial -- with "Down with Big Brother" written

(en letra tan grande que casi era legible desde el otro lado de la habitación.) Adverbial -- in writing so big that it was almost legible from the other side of the room.

Some lessons:

Al [infinitive] ~ "when [verb]ing"

Reparar en que ~ realize that

Dejar algo [adj] = leave something [adj]

con "..." escrito = with "..." written

casi can come between que and verb

Almost false friend of letra, since it's being used as singular

Questions:

Use of tenses -- reparó is preterite, but había and era are imperfect. Era makes sense, but había is a bit weird to me. I guess because it's weird to me to use imperfect había for the perfect construction though maybe that's more common?

[ieltslearningvnvn]

Sau rather la gi

Sau rather là gì

Tùy vào cách sử dụng, "rather" có thể đi kèm với tính từ, trạng từ, danh từ, hoặc mệnh đề. Ngoài ra, trong cấu trúc "would rather", nó đi với động từ nguyên mẫu (bare infinitive) hoặc mệnh đề giả định.

1️⃣ Rather + Tính từ / Trạng từ → Nhấn mạnh mức độ

👉 Khi "rather" bổ nghĩa cho tính từ hoặc trạng từ, nó mang nghĩa "khá, hơi, tương đối".

🔹 The weather is rather cold today. (Thời tiết hôm nay khá lạnh.) 🔹 She speaks rather fluently. (Cô ấy nói khá trôi chảy.)

💡 Lưu ý: "Rather" thể hiện sự bất ngờ hoặc không như mong đợi, khác với "quite" (khá nhưng theo hướng tích cực hơn).

2️⃣ Rather + Noun (danh từ) → Khi có mạo từ "a/an" trước danh từ

👉 "Rather" có thể đứng trước danh từ số ít khi có "a/an", mang nghĩa "khá là, hơi".

🔹 It was rather a surprise to see him. (Gặp anh ấy là một sự bất ngờ khá lớn.) 🔹 She is rather a genius. (Cô ấy khá là thiên tài đấy.)

💡 Lưu ý: Không dùng "rather" trước danh từ số nhiều mà không có tính từ kèm theo.

3️⃣ Rather + Than + (Danh từ / V-ing / Động từ nguyên mẫu) → Thể hiện sự lựa chọn

👉 Cấu trúc "Rather than" dùng để so sánh, thể hiện sự ưu tiên hoặc lựa chọn.

🔹 I prefer coffee rather than tea. (Tôi thích cà phê hơn trà.) 🔹 He walked rather than took a taxi. (Anh ấy đi bộ thay vì bắt taxi.) 🔹 Rather than waiting, let's go now. (Thay vì chờ đợi, hãy đi ngay.)

💡 Lưu ý: Nếu đi với động từ nguyên mẫu, ta bỏ "to" (rather than wait ❌ rather than to wait).

4️⃣ Would rather + (bare infinitive) → Diễn tả sự lựa chọn, mong muốn

👉 Khi đi với "would", "rather" mang nghĩa "muốn, thích hơn" và đi với động từ nguyên mẫu không "to".

🔹 I would rather stay home than go out. (Tôi thích ở nhà hơn là ra ngoài.) 🔹 She would rather not talk about it. (Cô ấy thà không nói về chuyện đó.)

💡 Lưu ý:

Phủ định: Would rather not + V (I would rather not eat spicy food.)

Không dùng "to" trước động từ nguyên mẫu (❌ would rather to stay).

5️⃣ Would rather + S + V (quá khứ đơn) → Mong muốn ai đó làm gì (Câu giả định)

👉 Khi chủ ngữ thứ hai khác chủ ngữ đầu tiên, ta dùng mệnh đề với động từ chia ở quá khứ đơn để diễn tả mong muốn.

🔹 I would rather you stayed at home. (Tôi muốn bạn ở nhà hơn.) 🔹 She would rather he didn't call her anymore. (Cô ấy muốn anh ta đừng gọi cô ấy nữa.)

💡 Lưu ý: Dù mang ý nghĩa hiện tại hoặc tương lai, động từ vẫn chia ở quá khứ đơn (giả định).

💡 Tóm lại:

✅ Rather + Adj/Adv → Nhấn mạnh mức độ (rather cold, rather fluently). ✅ Rather + a/an + Noun → Nhấn mạnh sự bất ngờ (rather a surprise). ✅ Rather than + (Noun / V-ing / V-bare) → So sánh, lựa chọn (rather than wait). ✅ Would rather + V-bare → Diễn tả sự lựa chọn, mong muốn (would rather stay). ✅ Would rather + S + V (quá khứ đơn) → Mong muốn ai đó làm gì (would rather you stayed).

👉 Bạn muốn dùng "rather" trong câu nào? 😊

[agapewizard]

➝ Is Killing the Same as Murder?.

Killing isn’t necessarily immoral. We can kill in self-defense if it comes to that. Murder is a form of killing, but it is immoral, as there is no right to do so. The Sacred Feminine principle of nonaggression and nonviolence has to be violated, a violation of rights, a violation of Natural Law, in order for self-defense to be enacted. Murder is initiation of violence by taking another’s life that caused no harm to anyone, did no aggression or violence towards another being. Killing is a causal response (self-defense of the Sacred Masculine) to an effect and violation brought upon you against your will (violation of Sacred Feminine nonaggression and nonviolence).

Kill = to end a life.

Interestingly, tue, tuer in French which means to kill, comes from Latin tutor: I guard, protect, defend

It would seem kill/tue in French derives from guard/protect/defend-ing. We can infer that killing is only killing when it is used to guard, protect or defend oneself, whereas murder is not. This is the causal factor. Initiation of violence vs. defense against an aggressor.

Kill

Murder

Murder = “unlawful killing”

from PIE *mrtro-, from root *mer- “to die” (see mortal (adj.)). The spelling with -d- probably reflects influence of Anglo-French murdre, from Old French mordre, from Medieval Latin murdrum, from the Germanic root.

In which law is it unlawful? Natural Law! There is such a thing as lawful killing in Natural Law. When the Sacred Feminine is disregarded, nonviolence and nonaggression are violated and someone violates another to the point where they try to end their life, the self-defense of the Sacred Masculine is allowed to use force to end that unlawful violence and violation of rights, with whatever force necessary to end that violence.

Further validation comes from the Old Testament 10 Commandments. The translation of “Thou shalt not kill” is intentionally false, as it is really “thou shalt not murder.”

Even in the Strong’s Concordance they do not want you to understand this truth fully,

Exo 20:13 Thou shalt not(H3808) kill.(H7523)

raw-tsakh’ (H7523) (R-Tz-H)

A primitive root; properly to dash in pieces, that is, kill (a human being), especially to murder: – put to death, kill, (man-) slay (-er), murder (-er).

But in a dictionary that uses etymology, we can see the difference between kill and murder yet again.

To murder (to deliberately kill).

Murder: the crime of deliberately killing.

That is the real meaning of the Hebrew word R-Tz-H

[stephanieinge]

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[trolledu]

[doublethinkcrimes]

spiffing

/ spiff · ing /

(adj.) (informal) excellent; splendid

[ysdic]

YS dictionary (a-n)

a

a限定成套的东西，例如She was just plain jealous - that’s the truth of it. You’ve got to be very careful when there’s a husband and wife about.，又如Stimson ran down the street looking for a horse and carriage.。

连词相接的并列短语，可用一个a统领，例如Knowing whether you need an overview or conclusion can make all the difference to your results.，又如We noticed a login from a new device or location and want to make sure it was you.，又如Not long ago it was fashionable to brag about that you hardly slept at all, and the mark of a successful businessperson or politician was their ability to get by on very little shut-eye.。此点在the条目下亦有。

人名前加a的例子，如There is a Miss Hayden, my uncle’s secretary, who lived in his house.，犹言“有个叫…的”，又如

人名前加a+形容词，例如An angry Mikel Arteta has dismissed speculation that he could take over at Barcelona at the end of the season and insisted he has unfinished business at Arsenal.，又如A disappointed Van Dijk apologised for his role in the decisive 67th‑minute misunderstanding with Alisson.。

数量前加a+形容词，例如Every year an estimated 50,000 visitors explore some 910m of tunnel in these dank catacombs to look at 6 million ghoulishly arranged skull-and-crossbones skeletons.，

about

just about犹言差不大多，例如I can just about pronounce millefeuille. It’s a classic French dessert.，又如He’s just about the best golfer in the world.，又如The good news for Arsenal is that they will start 2024 only two points off the league leaders Liverpool. The bad news is, well, just about everything else.。

表示某方面的事，例如I want to tell you about last night.，较to tell you what happened last night简练地道，又如Last month I was in trouble with the police and that old woman wrote to my office and she told them about the police.。

accuse

accused sb. of sth./v-ing.，例如She accused him of a murder.，又如His young wife was sick, and he was accused of stealing money from the bank.。

action

take action on sth.，例如CleanBC is helping people in British Columbia take action on climate change.。

advertisement

可数，介词用for，例如He had seen it so often in old prints on Christmas cards and in advertisements for whisky.。

against

可以表示有力量的接触，用法需把握，例如‘What’s that against my left foot?’Ma said.，又如The rain beat against the windows.。

ageing

名词，注意拼法。北美亦有拼成aging者。

ahead

ahead of time谓提前，例如It would all be finished months ahead of time.。

aircraft

飞行器的统称，复数不变形，例如Drones could ground aircraft involved in crucial firefighting missions, Ma said.。

alike

形容词谓相像（不可总用similiar），例如You may not agree with me, but I think we’re very much alike.。

all

all-+adj.表示程度极高，例如In our age of high surveillance and anxieties about all-powerful AIs, the idea that a machine could read our most personal thoughts feels more plausible than ever to us as individuals.。

any

any置于形容词前，表示程度之微，例如On Wednesday night, officials told the city’s 20,000 residents they had to be out by Friday at noon before a massive wildfire gets any closer.

anything

If anything, …强调事实恰恰相反，出乎常人意料，略可译成“真要说起来，反倒是云云”，例如He's still not the type Arteta wants to use there, so no. If anything, he'll put Rice there if really needed.，此句中有两个if，前一个只是语气词。又如If anything, you have to work harder when your dad’s the boss.。

anyway

非正式场合有作anyways者。

are

数的照应从前不从后，例如Voice notes are a more efficient way of journalling and getting things off my chest.。

arm

under one’s arm谓腋下夹着东西，例如He carried his three-cornered hat under his arm and in his hand a gold-headed cane.。

arm in arm谓手勾着手，例如The two walked arm in arm down the empty streets until they found a restaurant. 。

around

get around后面直接地区，谓在该地区内转来转去，例如You need a car to get around town.，犹言在城里出行，又如Vehicles are usable items in Adopt Me!. They are designed to make getting around the Adoption Island and the Neighborhood easier.。

articulate

谓清楚言明（而非遮掩曲晦），及物，例如For a people-pleasing good-girl sort, learning to be direct and articulate my needs has been life-changing.。

as

as of/from谓由某时起生效，例如Our phone number is changing as from May 12.，又如The notice is effective as of 8 a.m. PT Wednesday.。

as to谓关于至若，可以独立前置，相当于as for，例如As to tax, that will be deducted from your salary.，也可以在句中后置，此时略等于about，例如When I asked Dutch friends to comment on the meaning of niksen, they said they knew the word but didn’t feel they had any explanation as to what was Dutch about it.。

as可替代when sb. is/are使用，更简洁，如We learn to lie as children, between ages of two and five.

as if后可接介词短语，例如Mrs Jerebohm, stupefied by sheer size and acreage of panelling, heard three pairs of footsteps echo about her as if in a cave.，又如Mr Jerebohm, staring hard at the lake as if in hope of seeing a fish rise, resisted with great difficulty a powerful and insidious temptation to ask how Ma dealt with trout.，

as adj. as后亦可接介词短语，例如Arsenal were as pallid as against West Ham.，此句言本场比赛和上场对西汉姆之比赛同样苍白乏力。

ass

my ass接在名词后，犹言个屁，例如You think your job is tough work? Tough work, my ass! My job is the tough one.，又如- Give Spurs a late boost of confidence to carry into the City game; 5D chess from Arteta. - 5D Chess my ass; that's just Arsenal bottle job loading.。

at

在某方面擅长与否用at，例如Even so, we are hopeless at spotting deception. … People are bad at it because the differences between truth-tellers and liars are particularly small and unreliable.，甚至如But I am going to give you 20 of the most important tips that will improve you at boxing.。

在说明问题时标出重要数字，用法须把握，例如At 6ft 7in, Crouch was no one’s idea of a footballer – and even his own fans liked to tell him so.，又如

auction

at auction是固定泛指说法，如A letter written by Ernest Hemingway recounting his harrowing injuries after surviving two successive plane crashes in two days has sold at auction for $237,055 (£187,751)，又如A classic Rolls-Royce fetched £25 000 at auction.

audience

谓受众的整体，可数，例如an audience of 10 000，又如Many sidemen in the big bands became famous in their own right, and audiences idolised them.。

back

back out (of + np./v.-ing)谓反悔退出，例如The London Review of Books has expressed its disappointment after the Barbican backed out of hosting a lecture series which included a talk about the Holocaust and allegations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.，又如You agreed to come. You can’t back out now!。

back in + 时间点，此为常见表达习惯，例如Lawro first started the weekly feature way back in 2000.，

backstory

即background story，例如The film spends too long establishing the characters' backstories.，注意此例用复数，又如Everybody knew the backstory, how Arsenal had won their previous Premier League title almost 20 years ago to the day at White Hart Lane.。

bank

bank on犹言rely on，例如Finally, it's not something to bank on, but if you've been working as a SWE for a year you could also apply for PR (through FSW or CEC (if you've been working in Canada)) and hope you get it whilst you're in the program or before you start the program.，又如I’m banking on you to help me.。

bank holiday即是public holiday，此为英国人说法。

baggy

谓衣裳宽松，例如The baggier the trousers, the more it puffs out. It looks much better than wearing a skirt over tights.

basis

on a adj./n. basis用于描述行为方式，例如And in the absence of Gabriel Jesus, that is precisely what Arsenal need to see on a regular basis from his stand-in Eddie Nketiah.，又如Most people work on a part-time/voluntary basis.

bedroom

-bedroom和-bedroomed都可以，如a three-bedroomed house或four-bedroom houses.

before

谈过去的过去可用before替代ago之功能，如One morning in the mid-90s, the art historian Patricia Albers and her husband drove out to a farm in Oregon, looking for clues that would bring her closer to a woman she had encountered a decade before.。

believer

谓信教之人，例如The magi we know best first appear in the Gospel of Matthew—those three wise men, long thought to be Persian astrologers, following a star from the East to find, and crown, the new King. One need not be a believer to find it a stirring tale of the entanglements of wisdom and revelation.。

betray

透示，例如His stiff movements betray his age.，

between

可直接在数量定语中表示范围，例如The 30-year-old defender is set to miss between seven and nine months of action after undergoing surgery.

big

go big，成语，谓玩一票大的云云，如Chelsea have gone big on a 90s theme and it’s mostly a sartorial win, because the new kit bangs like OK Computer.此外俗语有Go big or go home.一语，犹饿死胆小的撑死胆大的云，例如In this industry, it’s go big or go home. There’s no room for those who want to play it safe.

bite

have a bite犹言少吃上点，例如’Oh! Come in and have a bite,’ Pop said, ‘Ma’ll be pleased to death.’，又如You’ll feel better once you’ve had a bite to eat.

blame

be to blame谓得负责，例如Which driver was to blame for the accident?。only have oneself to blame为成语，谓只能怪自己，例如If you lose your job, you'll only have yourself to blame.，又如As for Leeds, they have only themselves to blame.，注意有only的位置有微调。

blow

deliver a/the blow为固定表达，谓重击，例如Late goals from substitute Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins delivered a hammer blow to Arsenal’s chances of ending a 20-year wait to be crowned champions.

born

后直接姓名谓本名，例如Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was born Katherine O’Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri.。

borrow

借用某人的说法，例如To borrow a line from Mikel Arteta, it was about making their own history here.，又如

box

box fresh谓商品刚刚拆封，言其状态新而好，例如They are dressed in fluorescent hoodies and box-fresh trainers.，又如By that point in May, Arsenal were cooked by their season’s exertions, while Brighton looked box fresh.，此例为比喻性用法。

bozo

/ˈbəʊzəʊ/.俗语谓蠢逼，例如The reason you don’t want stuff, bozo, I remind myself, is that you bought everything in your 20s.，且往往侧重不顾及他人一点，例如Some bozo on a motorcycle almost ran me over.。

brace

猎获的一双禽鸟，单复同形，例如Pop presently disappeared into the pantry and came out holding a brace of pheasants.。

brief

谓短暂，常用，例如As an adult, he briefly tried living and writing in Paris, and later he moved permanently to London.，又如He briefly attended college and then moved to New York City.。

bring

谓导致使得，意义较虚，用法灵活，其例如Now we are free and perhaps, we can deal openly with each other. Knowledge may be dangerous, but it can bring us closer.，又如

buckle

[phrasal verbs]buckle up谓系好安全带，如Everyone buckle up and get ready to do some exploring.，此语英国说belt up。

budget

on a tight budget谓预算不多，例如But eating healthily is going to be much more expensive, and therefore not an option for people on a tight budget.。

burnout

过劳引起不适，不可数的例子如My job glorified overworking, despite its obvious negative impact, with numerous colleagues experiencing burnout.。

拆开为burn out的及物动词例子，如If he doesn’t stopping working so hard, he will burn himself out.。

business

like nobody’s business，言程度之快之剧，例如Captain Perigo drank like nobody’s business, starting an hour after breakfast.

be business as usual，谓一切如常有序，例如There'll be no more nonsense around here. It will be business as usual.，又如Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.。

busy

作动词，busy sb. with sth./v.-ing，例如His aim was to teach his students to think for themselves and he did not like it when they busied themselves with their quills to write down his every words.，此句的叙事用了一种特殊的信息序列，把quills作为主要宾语，真正的动词反而再用to的连动式接上。又当后为v.-ing，则with可省，如While we talked, John busied himself fixing lunch.。

butter

butter up谓奉承拍马，如I don’t really know if he was trying to butter me up.

by

有经过之意，例如They drove by in the horse and carriage a few minutes ago so Lizzie could say goodbye.，又如Just drive by. Don't stop.，注意一停一不停。停之类又如I'll come by this evening and pick up the books.，又In the evening, an old miner dropped by for a visit.；不停之类又如

call

call out谓大声叫，例如But just then the driver called out, "The wheel is fixed. The carriage is ready to leave."，又如In a week voice he called out, "Lizzie."，注意此例谓轻声地叫。

candle

burn the candle at both ends谓早起晚睡，焚膏继晷工作，例如Like most teenagers, I was keen to burn the candle at both ends. As a medical student, I often stayed up partying, then went straight into some feverish last-minute cramming.。

catch

be caught up in谓受某事波及影响，多为负面，如The altoist returned to Blue Note in 1967 and soon became caught up in the increasingly commercial leanings of the label.，又如Try not to get too caught up in the moment.，后一例是就情绪上说的，并且以too修饰，说明有情绪形容词的价值。

catwalk

即T台，介词为on，北美亦用runway，例如From the nightclub to the runway, dress and skirt-trouser combinations (aka skousers) are “officially back”, says Vogue. It was a key trend on the autumn/winter 2023 catwalks.。

cave

妥协同意照办，例如I also made a choice to go without a smartphone for a whole decade, from 2010 to 2020. In 2020, my final year of university, I caved and bought one, a choice encouraged by my mum.，常用格式为cave in to sth.（注意in to分词），例如The president is unlikely to cave in to demands for a public inquiry.。

charge

后接罪名用with，例如Lai, 75, is charged with colluding with foreign forces under the city’s national security law.。

cheap

有抠门一义，例如Buying secondhand clothes. Not because I’m particularly sustainability-minded, but because I’m cheap.。

cherry

the cherry on top of the cake谓锦上添花，实际出现多以略式，如That late goal might just be the cherry on top.，又如The garden is not our main reason for buying the house, but it’s the cherry on the cake.

chess

play 4D/5D chess犹言下一盘大棋，例如Give Spurs a late boost of confidence to carry into the City game; 5D chess from Arteta.。

choice

It is your choice.谓你要如此也行、你自己看着办，例如However, if you choose to start with writing task 2, it is your choice.

clock

[phrasal verbs]clock up谓积攒、总计、达到，例如The centre-back was only a real first-team regular during the turbulent 2020-21 season, but still clocked up more than 150 appearances as a reliable squad player.，又如The Australians have clocked up three medals and two silvers in the swimming events.

come

用于静态描述，口语中较自然，例如There is one terrific family of Pascal matrices, and they come in all sizes, and above all they have real meaning.，又如Returning multiple values from a function can be very useful at time, but it also comes with some dangers from a program design perspective. 。

come in handy/useful谓到时候派上用场，例如Arsenal always knew Kai Havertz’s versatility would come in handy.，又如The money will come in handy when I want to travel.

be coming up谓即将发生，例如We’ve got three hours of hiking coming up.，又如Plan your activities so that you are rested and refreshed when something important is coming up.。

company

keep sb. company谓陪着某人（而非由某人陪着），例如We'll sing some songs and keep him company until he falls asleep.。

confide

confide in sb.谓把秘密告诉信任者，例如Confiding in ChatGPT about work gripes or political preferences could come back to bite users, according to an artificial intelligence expert.，又如It is important to have someone you can confide in.。

consider

可以接双宾语（或当理解为发生省略），例如We all lose lung function over time, which is considered normal ageing.。

contention

be in contention谓参与竞争，例如Recalling a failed audition for the musical Annie when she was a child, Kidman said those in contention were being measured before being allowed into the audition room.。

cook

俗语动词，言效果出色，例如Arsenal are blowing away the other teams by destroying them and being clinical in front of goal. This team is slowly starting to cook.，又如The party cooked right through the night.。

copious

大量，例如I started eating copious amounts of vegetables only when I found dishes I loved.，又如She supports her theory with copious evidence.。

cow

cash cow谓摇钱树、印钞机，例如The story goes that Lavigne was plunged into a deep depression after the death of her grandfather and, her stresses compounded by the pressures of fame, killed herself in 2002. But the cynical, money-grubbing record executives who controlled her career couldn’t let go of this cash cow, so they drafted in a lookalike named Melissa to play Lavigne.。

crack

crack up谓狂笑不止，例如He walked in and everyone just cracked up.。也有使动用法，例如Gill’s so funny - She just cracked me up.，又如"And the referee....has still given it!" got me cracked up.。

cross

cross out/through谓划掉，如Each line will cross out a letter.；与之不同，cross off特指除名，如We can cross his name off; he's not coming.。

curtain

curtain call谓返场谢幕，常用动词为take，例如He later took a curtain call and tossed his batting gloves into the stands.。

custom

表习俗可数，例如a local/brutal custom，又如As an American living in Europe, James wrote about the conflict between American and European manners and customs.，

cut-off

裁断之界线，例如She was 5ft 4in at the time, two inches above the 5ft 2in cut-off.，又如Is there a cut-off point between childhood and adulthood?。

day

星期中的一日可数，例如I saw 27 films, mostly on a Sunday!。参看evening下一条。

deal

a deal is a deal，说话要算话。

death

v. to death，例如“The wigs in Guys and Dolls are all human hair,” Smyth says, “but the wigs a panto dame would wear tend to be more like helmets – you can beat someone to death with them.”，又如He’s drinking himself to death.谓喝酒过多已经有危险。另有sentence to death，例如He was sentenced to death.。

dial

变形的英式拼法为dialled及dialling，美式为dialed及dialing。

后接电话号码，例如He went to the telephone and dialled her number.，又如Dial 0033 for France.

did

叙述小说电影的内容，用一般现在时，其中的倒退则用一般过去时，例如In the second season of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer, Steven Avery, who is serving a life sentence for a brutal killing he says he did not commit, undergoes a “brain fingerprinting” exam.

die

would die for谓极其想要，例如I’d die for some ice-cream right now.，又如’Think the kids were pleased about the swimming pool,’ he said, ‘don’t you? I thought the twins would die.’，此例中省去for。

difference

可数，例如Even if it’s only for five minutes, it makes a huge difference to my circadian rhythms and overall mood.。

different

北美英语有用different than而非from者，例如These instruments performed differently during the swing era than they had before.。

dinner

不一定指晚餐，有一义为一日中最盛大之一餐，例如At nine’o clock Kant returned to his room, once more put on his dressing-gown, his night-cap, his three-cornered hat, and his slippers and studied till exactly a quarter to one. Then he called down to his cook, told her the hour, dressed and went back to his study to await the guests he expected to dinner.，毛姆这段中的dinner显然是午餐。又英国英语的school dinners谓学校提供的中饭。

disappointment

a disappointment to sb.，注意介词，例如I'm a terrible artist, Peter. I realise that now. It's a big disappointment to me.，

dish

dish up，装盘上菜，例如Ma’ll be dishing up in ten minutes and she won’t have it spoiled.。

do

后面跟动词原形的例子，如Scientists are investigating whether large language models, which underpin modern chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard, can do more than repackage information learned in training.，又如

domino

/ˈdɒmɪnəʊ/ a domino effect即多米诺效应，注意冠词为a而非the，例如I find it hugely beneficial for my mental and physical health, which has had a domino effect on my whole life.，又如This exposure triggered a domino effect, creating a customer base eager to experience what Blu Atlas had to offer.。

double

double down (on something)略谓变本加厉，更其做某事（多为危险挑战之事），例如The military government decided to double down and escalate the war.，又如“Just get down the tunnel,” Carragher fumed. “You’ve won a game, three points, you’ve been brilliant. Back in the title race, get down the tunnel. I’m serious, honestly.” Carragher would double down on the opinion in a social media post. “By all means enjoy it but enjoy it by being disciplined,” he wrote.，此例谓一言既出，再造波澜。

down

walk down the street与walk up the street基本可以换用，参看up下一条。

draw

谓吸水或吸气，例如His ribs ached every time he drew breath.。

drawing

谓素描或素描画，和painting相对。通常诸如小孩绘画之类，均称drawing，如Before we an leave on vacation you’ll need to complete this drawing of our vehicle.常用格式为do/make a drawing of sth./sb.

drift

drift off谓睡着，例如Despite the disruption to my sleep pattern caused by the irregular hours I had to work, I never had any problem drifting off.。

drink

drink to sb.谓举酒为某人寿，例如Everybody rose and drank to Ma.。

drip

滴水，主语可以是水，如Hearts race, sweat drips and micro-expressions leak from small muscles in the face.，��可是滴水物，如The tap is dripping with water.

duck

谓小心翼翼移步，以免撞到之类，如She'd duck in and out of the kitchen to stir whatever she had on the stove.

dumb

dumb down谓简单化弱智化，例如The BBC denies that its broadcasting has been dumbed down.。愚民亦用此语，例如We don’t need Karl Marx’s conception of a grand warfare between the classes to see that it is in the interest of complex management, economic or political, to dumb people down, to demoralise them, to divide them from one another, and to discard them if they don’t conform.。

education

可数的例子如His parents were wealthy and encouraged their children to get a good education.，

effectively

实质上，例如He sparked the move for Martin Ødegaard’s opening goal and it was his pull-back that led to the own goal from Daiki Hashioka just before half-time that effectively ended the contest.

element

the elements谓天气，多偏于恶劣侵害之一面，例如The A5 format became cumbersome, so I shifted to tiny reporters’ notebooks with spiral binding at the top. Sadly, these have lines and provide little-to-no protection from the elements.，又如Are we going to brave the elements and go for a walk?，其中brave the elements为习语，犹言冒犯风雨。

engorgement

医学术语，谓充血。例如Penile plethysmography tests arousal levels in sex offenders by measuring the engorgement of the penis using a special cuff.

enliven

/ɪnˈlaɪvn/，使生动有趣，例如He enlivened his discourse with humour and abundant illustrations.。

-er

表示较如何的一部分，例如Ben White is one of the older members of the Arsenal side at the age of 26.，又如Beethoven composed his greatest works in the latter part of his life.，又如"The Pace of Youth" takes place in the 1890s and is one of Crane's lighter stories.。

equate

to equate sth. with sth.，视如等同，例如More recently, lie detection has largely been equated with the juddering styluses of the polygraph machine.，又如I don't see how you can equate the two things.，后一例固无须with。

-esque

/esk/. 犹言某某式的，例如The Skandar series by AF Steadman is good for kids because it’s got bloodthirsty unicorns and Harry Potter-esque magic but with a more contemporary twist.。

eve

前夜，介词用on，例如On the eve of her 27th birthday this month, Agnes Chow updated her Instagram feed for the first time in two and half years.。

evening

可数，例如In the evenings, Pan took Mark up to her little apartment above her father's shop.。参看day下一条。

ever

ever + adj.-er谓愈发如何，例如As my medical training progressed, sleep became ever more precious.。

expert

an expert on sth.，如Jeff Hancock, an expert on digital communication at Stanford, has found that people who are lying in their online dating profiles tend to use the words “I”, “me” and “my” more often, for instance.

eye

make eyes at谓深情或性感地注视，例如Stimson stood in the corner of hi office staring at the young man. "He must stop making eyes at Lizzie. If he doesn't stop, I'll take away his job."。

eyelash

睫毛，可数。例如Pop stared hard at Ma as he spoke, but Ma didn’t move an eyelash in reply.

fail

without fail谓雷打不动，从无例外，例如“My big life hack is to read every single day,” says Morrish. “I read every night without fail, even if it’s just for five minutes or a page.”，

fair

用于表达有一说一，例如He’s done the job badly but, to be fair, I gave him very little time to do it.，又如Let’s be fair: technology has improved my life in ways that still surprise and delight me on a daily basis.。

far

a n. too far谓有些过头，实际例子如Arteta’s chasing of the game by loading up on forwards to leave Rice fighting alone in midfield against the excellent, superior João Palhinha and Tom Cairney was a risk too far.，又如AI is amazing but a 300+ piece of literature might be a quest too far.，又如Relying on FDI may be a gamble too far.。由于具体的语义含在名词中，故表达轻巧，很有用。

feature

施事可以是参与项目，例如The story is known to be Alcott’s – it features in the lists the writer made of her works – but had not yet been found.，又如Several local musicians featured on the album.；也可以是参与活动内容，例如The film features Cary Grant as a professor.，又如The actress was featured on the cover of Time magazine last month.。

feed

feed on/off谓动物以某为食，例如Three fatalities occurred in 2023 off South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, a remote area with a high population of white sharks and the seals they feed on.，又有比喻的用法例如He feeds off the work and reputation of others.。

feel

feel like + v.ing，表示想做某事，而且预设义为事实上没做，例如The effect of this outburst was so touching that the nurse suddenly felt like weeping too and hastily remembered she had something to do in another ward.。另有一种feel like + v.ing/n.的用法，只表示当下所想往，没有预设义，例如I feel like (having) a nice cool glass of lemonade.。

fingertip

at your fingertips谓需要时就在手头，例如VPL's entire collection is at your fingertips - you can also access thousands of online resources through vpl.ca.，但不一定关乎电子设备，例如I made sure I had all the facts at my fingertips before attending the meeting.。

first

vp. + first thing谓一早上首先干某事，例如Now, I write first thing, before listening to the news, looking at screens or even talking to anyone.，又如He said he’d call back first thing tomorrow.。

fix

谓整理仪容，例如Soon a pretty young girl walked along and stopped to fix her skirt.，又如I've got to fix my hair,' I said and retreated to my bedroom.。

flame

an old flame谓旧情人，例如’And who’s the tall blonde piece? Haven’t seen her before.’’Old flame.’ 。

fold

谓企业不景气倒闭，例如Finally he got tenure and then his college folded.。

follow

follow suit谓照样学样，例如When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the rest usually follow suit.，又如But Spotify’s success with these one-way broadcasts of individual taste has inspired other companies to follow suit – not just cinemas and banks, but those with even less to show on their users’ preferences and behaviours.。

footstep

follow in sb.'s footsteps多谓继承家业，例如Lance grew up thinking he would be an artist like his father, and Mrs. Mallow encouraged Lance to follow in his father's footsteps。

for

时间前的for省略之例，如He had been at Harvard only a month.，又如

forget

谓落下东西，例如He was hot and tired and his head felt cool. He touched his head and realised that he forgot his hat.。

fortune

make a fortune谓发财，例如But, rather, Samira and her older brother gradually stopped speaking after he made a fortune from his tech start-up.，亦可make someone’s fortune，例如Her father made his fortune selling electronics.。类似表达如I was mining in California, and I hoped to find gold. The weeks and months passes, and I never found my fortune.。

franchise

系列电影，例如The average Redditor is a 25 year-old male weaned on the Harry Potter franchise.，

free

go n.-free，例如On weekends, I go social-media-free. I’ve started reading books instead.。

freedom

可数的例子如It takes getting used to, but this small, simple change has had a big impact and given me a newfound freedom.。

friend

make friends with谓交朋友，复数无冠词，例如I wish Tommie would make friends with him.。

front

可指身体正面，与back相对，例如Sleeping on your front is discouraged due to the pressure it can exert on the stomach.谓人朝下睡，又如I spilled coffee down my front.谓咖啡洒得胸前都是，其中down sb’s front为成语。

fuel

动词谓加强增多，例如Simply doing what you can, when you can, fuels your own happiness and preserves the gas you have in the tank to be of service to others.，又如Whether it’s a simple smile from my son or a big award at work, acknowledging three things I’m thankful for each morning ignites curiosity, amplifies appreciation and fuels productivity.，亦可是负面的如The rapid promotion of the director’s son has itself fuelled the resentment within the company.。

fun

make fun of谓取笑，例如He made fun of Chinese customs and beliefs.。

get

get away with谓行某事而不受追究，通常宾语谓形式的it，如We lie to promote ourselves, protect ourselves and to hurt or avoid hurting others. The mystery is how we keep getting away with it.，又如If I thought I could get away with it, I wouldn’t pay my taxes at all.。但此语感上终究为带宾短语，另有例如She’s determined that her students will not get away with plagiarism.。

get by谓过活，支撑，例如Not long ago it was fashionable to brag about that you hardly slept at all, and the mark of a successful businessperson or politician was their ability to get by on very little shut-eye.。

gill

鱼鳃。

注意读音为hard g。但是女性人名的Gill为soft g，也写作Jill。

green around the gills谓不适应、不舒服，例如Some of the passengers looked kind of green around the gills after the trip.，又如He is now 24 and no longer green around the gills.谓球员已经成熟，习于比赛环境。

go

Still a minute to go.用以说离结束还剩多少时间（此例句出于足球解说）。

As the n. goes, 谓xx有之曰，例如As the old adage goes, money can’t buy you friends.。类似例子如，The story goes that Lavigne was plunged into a deep depression after the death of her grandfather and, her stresses compounded by the pressures of fame, killed herself in 2002.，犹该故事如是说，

on the go谓忙来忙去，例如Download and access VPL anywhere, anytime and on-the-go.，这里语义似偏于“不安定地在路上”，又如I got a new job this year where I am on the go all the time.，这里仅仅言其忙碌。

good

有时意义偏于量，兼言质。多为固定说法，须记忆，例如There is a good chance that I won’t be here next year.，又如There is good evidence that being physically active has an impact on lung health.。

grease

grease the wheels of sth.犹言促进，如The majority of the lies we tell are “white”, the inconsequential niceties – “I love your dress!” – that grease the wheels of human interaction.，又如They hope that the text cuts would grease the wheels of the economy.

had

过去完成时可以带时间点，例如The detectives were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.，又如

hand

谓一局牌，例如‘Play crib?’ Pop said with great cheerfulness. ‘What about a couple of hands at crib?’，或如‘Who wants to play a hand of poker?’，又如’I’ll have to leave after this hand.’

go hand in hand，谓密不可分，例如R&B and the art of studio-craft go hand-in-hand.。

hang

hang-hung-hung，除吊死一义为hang-hanged-hanged。

hang on谓抓紧（防摔），例如Please hang on to the handrail while using the stairs.。

hang on亦用于要对方停停先别继续，例如Hang on - I’m not quite ready. 以上两义比较hold on。

hang on亦可表挺到底，例如O’Neil hoped his side might be given a penalty in stoppage time, but, this time, he could have no complaints as a relieved Arsenal hung on.

get the hang of sth.，把握要领，宾语多为it，语感上可能趋于形式宾语，例如It takes a bit of practice but is pretty easy once you get the hang of it.。亦有接v-ing.的例子如The kids are beginning to get the hang of marching in formation.。

have

生小孩用have，例如We had a daughter last year and I’ve put on about 30 pounds.，又如She married Oscar Chopin, moved to New Orleans, and had six children.，这些have都是强动性的。

主句用现在完成时，小句的时态不必随主句倒退（因为主句的时还是现在），如The musician Noel Gallagher has admitted he struggles to remember the words to some of the hits he created with his younger brother Liam in their band Oasis.

have to虽然语义约当must，但仍富有一般动词的价值，因此可以接在动词或模态动词后面，注意就例句体会口气，如Other traffic shouldn’t have to change direction or slow down for you.（有“全然不必”之意味，口气较强），又如I have gone into the arrangements of the house rather fully here because I don’t want to have to go over them again later.

决定一类动作，发生于过去，影响现在，讨论时常常用完成时（而非过去时），例如Why are you living in the UK? Why have you chosen to be here?，注意体会运用。

head

come to a head谓坏到无法敷衍，必须了断，例如On December 23, 1948, Davis's irritation with what he considered Parker's lack of professionalism came to a head.。又有bring sth. to a head，例如The chairman's resignation finally brought matters to a head.。

hearty

hale and hearty，俗语，谓老人健硕，例如She was as hale and hearty in her seventies as she was on the day that Nehemiah jilted her at the altar.，其中hale现代不单用，语源为whole，仅用于该成语押头韵。

heat

有压力一义，（偏指令人须使劲不放松）。例如We need to put the heat on those guys so that they finally pay the debts to us.，又如 Victory for Arsenal at Sheffield United this evening is therefore non-negotiable if they want to keep some heat on the top two.，又如Can he take the heat of this level of competition?。

hefty

形容数量巨大，例如Trying some hefty exponentiation, we can see that we can compute with some pretty big numbers such as 2^1000 as illustrated below.。

hell

as/like hell用在形容词后面加强语气，如Phil Foden looked hungry as hell when he came on against us.，又如They were mad as hell.。亦有as adv. as hell一式，如We’ve been working as hard as hell to finish on schedule.。亦可用在动词后，如If you asked me I believed she cared like hell for Richard Carey.

hilarious

极其搞笑。

hold

hold up the line谓排队（如排队结账）时一个人太慢，把后面的��拖住，Just try to go when it's less busy so you don't hold up the line.。

home

介词常用from，如The 40-year-old from North Carolina works from home running her family business, Big Al’s Pub & Grubberia.，又如I'll call you from home later.。

be/feel at home with谓习于某物，人的例子如She was at home with her father's people. With her mother's, she felt strange.，物的例子如I've never really feel completely at home with all these new-fangled machines.，

hope

in hopes of doing/that，无冠词，例如Many Canadians, however, wait for years on provincial family doctor waitlists. Others have to call around town in hopes of finding someone willing to accept them.。另式为in (the) hope of/that，希望某事发生，冠词可有可无，例如He waited in the hope that she would show up.。

horseplay

推搡打闹，不可数，例如工地标语有云No horseplay or any kind will be tolerated.，又如In the factories, workers repeatedly defied safety rules and practices, dismantled machine guards, and engaged in horseplay.

host

a host of谓许许多多，可以是人，如Billie Eilish, Peter Gabriel, Sheryl Crow and a host of other artists have joined forced for a new coalition against gun violence.，可以是物，如Lavender oil can relieve a whole host of ailments.

human/human being

human和human being可视作相等。

指人类可数，例如Humans have been trying to overcome this problem for millennia.，又如That is no way to treat another human being.

hunt

hunt down谓捉拿，例如Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, has denied that his government is embarking on an indiscriminate campaign to hunt down and kill gang members.，又如The tellers know my face, and the transaction is linked to my bank account. My mom banks there. I used to go to school with one of their tellers, too. They could hunt me down by crossing the street.。

hustle

side-hustle谓副业，例如John works in accounting but the gym, counting his protein and maintaining his build, is his side-hustle.。

in

机器设在某个档位，用in，例如When you wash laundry in cold, few harmful microfibres end up in the ocean.

树木枝叶一类，介词可用in，例如I went from nodding, smiling, talking too loudly and saying: “Eh?” all the time to speaking more softly, hearing the wind in the leaves, the birds in the trees.，又如I quickly climbed up a nearby tree and hid in the branches.。

inordinately

程度副词，言出奇地，例如That day was inordinately hot.，又如It makes me inordinately happy.。

inside

口语以insides谓肠子和胃，例如He complained of a pain in his insides.，又如Ashton Wilcox, 8, points to a dead hedgehog snagged in the rocks of a stream at Battle Hill. “Look, its insides are moving”, he says with alarm.。

ironing

熨的衣服（犹laundry谓洗的衣服），例如On a morning in April the Brigadier’s sister, going upstairs with a small pile of ironing and suddenly lacking strength to reach the top, had simply sat down on the middle steps and quietly died.。

熨衣的工作，通常言to do the ironing。

jail/gaol

表抽象概念，无冠词，例如There's a threshold of handsomeness. If you're over it, you're a photographer; if you're below it, you're in jail.，又如His lawyer worked hard to keep him out of jail.，又如Maybe I should let him know I’m going to have you arrested and put in jail.。

job

on the job谓在工作场合中，例如More than a dozen officers have shot multiple civilians on the job without facing consequences.，又如You’ll get on-the-job training.。

keep

作make sure之类用，更自然，例如The best way to do this, says Dulak, is to “keep your books visible – not under the bed – and in the same place so you always know where they are”.，

keep to oneself谓不喜与人交接，例如It's hard with the Sakkaros. They keep to themselves. I don't even know what Mr. Sakkaro does for a living.

key

the key to sth./doing sth.，例如the key to success等，或者The key to eating a Meddiet cheaply is to go for canned and frozen foods, which are just as nutritious.。

know

谓初识，瞬间动词，例如A long time ago, you knew Tom Briggs.，又如I’ve known David for 20 years.。

knowing

意谓心领神会，例如The surviving members of the band, now in their 70s and 80s, chose London’s Hackney Gazette to reveal details of the new record to their knowing fans.，又Stones aficionados have been enjoying sharing the many knowing references in the advert to the band’s history, lyrics and iconography.，或如a knowing smile/look**.

knowledge

in the knowledge that作状语，相当于knowing that而更地道轻巧，例如I do recognise the same essential impulse: to grab at life, tug at the details and hold on to them in the knowledge that although each moment, each thought may be fleeting and tenuous, together they make up the substance of our lives, day by day, year by year until we reach the final page.。注意此前可再连表肯定的形容词，例如I went to sleep secure in the knowledge that I was not alone in the house.，再如They could relax safe in the knowledge that they had the funding for the project.。

lace

动词谓投毒，结构为lace sth. with sth.例如Another EEG-based test was used in 2008 to convict a 24-year-old Indian woman named Aditi Sharma of murdering her fiancé by lacing his food with arsenic.

last

see the last of，谓见最后一次，例如Fans of thriller writer David Cornwell – better known by his pen name John le Carré – may have thought they had seen the last of recurring protagonist George Smiley when the author died in 2020.。

laundry

指洗的衣物，例如When you wash laundry in cold, few harmful microfibres end up in the ocean.。

lead

lead to sb. doing sth.，例如The literary scandal led to Corrain posting an apology, being dropped by her agent and having her book deal cancelled.。

least

the least bit谓一丁点，例如She's always looking at the sky, and she's never been out when it's the least bit cloudy.，又如Alice was not the least bit frightened.。

left

pick up where sb. left off谓从中断处重新开始。注意此为成语，left off无须退为过去完成时，例如Once he returned, though, he picked up where he left off and continued to score at a blistering pace, averaging more than a goal per game in the league.。

lesser

副词谓程度低，语义上仍带有比较，例如Following the stress of the 0-0 draw against City, this was an easier ride, Arsenal moving back above ­Liverpool to the top of the table, Arteta able to enjoy the impact of some of his lesser used players.，

let

著述中let the reader + vp.字样，犹言请读者如何，例如Let the reader state carefully the interpretation of these definitions, and establish the following propositions.。

life

There is more to life than doing sth.谓人生之意义远为丰富深奥，例如There is more to life than watching millionaires exercise.

light

come to light谓事实一类公开（原先隐秘），例如All these secrets we kept from each other have finally come to light.，

long

可做副词，犹for a long time，例如After 9/11, the US government – long an enthusiastic sponsor of deception science – started funding other kinds of brain-based lie-detection work.，又如These reforms are long overdue.

loom

loom large谓问题渐趋严重，例如But another standoff with the club looms large, and Mbappé’s potential involvement in the Olympics is increasingly likely to be his send-off from his home city.，又如The prospect of war loomed large.。

low

on a low note谓气氛不愉悦，例如Our vacation ended on a low note when our flight was delayed.，亦有省为on a low者，例如When I hated doing the dishes, even delicious meals ended on a low.。

lucrative

/ˈluːkrətɪv/. 油水丰厚能生财，例如Holmes was lucrative for Conan Doyle, but the author decided to kill him off once he had earned him enough money, sending him over a Swiss waterfall in 1893.。

lunge

扑向，介词不一，例如She landed on her feet and let out one long screech. Then she lunged for Nehemiah.，又如He took out a knife and lunged at her.，又如She lunged forward and snatched the letter from me.。

luxury

谓享受可数，例如There was still money in her wallet. Her next luxury was going to see a play.，又如A comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that we take for granted.。

make

有弄饮食一义，不必等于制作，例如Diane made some milk and took it to mother.，又如

犹reach，且用法较灵活，例如He followed her on light springy steps, hoping she might possibly slip and fall in a harmless sort of way so that he could have the pleasure of picking her up but to his disappointment she made the boat without a trip or stumble.，意义实在，至于I’m sorry I couldn’t make your party last night.，则略为虚化，至于The story made the front pages.，或He’ll never make the team.，或We just managed to make the deadline.，虽皆可释以reach，但意思相当虚化，近于固定表达，须记忆。

make for谓去往某处，例如They made for the centre of town.，又如The midfielder’s shot from outside the area curled away from Alphonse Areola to find the far corner and that sound you heard were of seats clicking back and people making for the exits.

make off谓匆匆逃离，例如The thieves reportedly made off with £1m worth of jewellery and watches.。

make do with谓把某物先将就着用，例如Arsenal will have to make do with their existing squad.，又如Can you make do with $5 for now and I will give you the rest tomorrow?。

manage

manage可以替代及物动词用，后接数量，例如I read 51 books. In 2023, I managed 56.。

manner

manners复数，礼貌，多以good/bad修饰，例如If one cannot avoid yawning, good manners require that the hand should be placed before the mouth.。

matter

no matter what谓无论如何，例如He had decided to publish the manuscript no matter what.，又如We have to win all our matches no matter what. Win all our matches to prove to everyone and to ourselves that we can handle the pressure and not “choke”.。

mean

物言be meant for sb.，谓为某人所设，例如The chair was clearly meant for a child.，又如God please protect Declan Rice; transfer any injury meant for him to my Ex.。

means

By all means.犹言当然行，口语常用，例如”May I borrow this book.” “By all means.”，又如Want to read something into her lyrics? By all means. Want to scrutinise the moles on Lavigne’s body in detail? Go ahead, creep.。

merry-go-round

旋转木马，或类似转盘但不具有马形的。

复数为merry-go-rounds。

middle-aged

形容词，前置，例如One middle-aged woman looked at him and thought he looked charming in his sleep.。

money

moneys或monies为法律用法，表示款项，例如Mr Holmes used monies obtained by the loan agreements to fund a property development venture in or around Vancouver, Canada.

more

more or less犹言差不多，后接the same常见，例如The next moment he was sitting on the stairs, at more or less the same place where his sister had sat herself down.。

morning

all morning谓一早上，例如It was a very hot day, and after walking all morning in the sun, he became tired and sleepy.。

most

most of all作为插入语提出重点，如We lie to our employers, our partners and, most of all, one study has found, to our mothers.，又如I do hope you enjoy this book and, most of all, I hope it puts you to sleep. Fast.。

most置于动词后，一般现在时，犹言最能如何，注意没有the，例如Offering myself a few moments to pause helps me orient my attention and heart to what matters most.，又如The people it helps most, though, are people who are not able to get as great access to other ways to get fluoride.。

nail

the final nail in the coffin谓最后的致命一击，例如Watkins put the final nail in Arsenal’s coffin with a dinked finish deflected into the top corner late on to send Emery and the Villa supporters into dreamland and leave Arsenal’s expecting the worst.，又如The latest evidence could be the final nail in the coffin for Jackson's case.。

name

name after谓以某命名，例如His most famous composition was the hit "Lullaby of Birdland", written in 1952 and titled after the New York jazz club named after Charlie Parker.，注意此句中连用两处。

nifty

精妙炫技，例如You'll want to go through a more extensive introduction to programming to learn the full extent of what you can do with Python, but you can still do some pretty nifty stuff by just playing around.，又如There’s some nifty guitar work on his latest album.。

nightstand

床头柜，例如I keep my gua sha – a smooth, flat crystal for massaging my face – on my nightstand so it’s easy to remember to use it.

no

口语习惯，可在否定句最后重复no，例如I would not describe their style as particularly formal, no.

后面可以跟复数，例如No two days are the same.，又如The book contains no startling new discoveries.。

nod

nod off，俗语谓坐着打磕冲，例如When I get back to work, I’m energised, rather than nodding off at my desk.。

nose

under one’s nose，在眼皮子底下，例如’Had a fox fetch a goose the other night,’ Ma said. ‘Right under our noses.’

not

not that犹言并不是说，例如’Good for your figure,’ Pop said, with some enthusiasm and several more rapid glances at it. ‘Not that it’s not good now.’

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Adjective Exercises

ADJECTIVE DEFINITION AND EXERCISES:

An adjective is a word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun by providing additional information about its qualities, characteristics, or attributes. Adjectives describe the qualities or characteristics of nouns (e.g., tall, blue, happy). They help to make writing more descriptive and expressive by providing vivid details about the subject. Adjectives typically come before the noun they modify: adjective + noun (nice day/grey clouds etc.)   It’s a nice day today. There are dark clouds in the sky. Do you like Mexican food? My friend speaks three foreign languages. There is a vase with beautiful red roses on the table.   The ending of the adjectives does not change: a new friend         new friends     Adjective-forming suffixes: -ful: beautiful, fruitful, graceful, careful -less: fearless, hopeless, useless, shameless -ous/-ious/-eous: mysterious, glorious, dangerous -able/-ible: comfortable, visible, changeable, convertible -y: happy, sunny, foggy, frosty, windy, dirty -ic/-ical/al: athletic, historical, mathematical, natural -ive: creative, destructive, active, effective, restrictive -ant/ent: brillant, important, efficient, dependent -ish: childish, yellowish, reddish, Danish, Polish           Instructions: Please, do the exercises without seeing the Answers. If you are unable to find an answer, you can check the answers provided below after attempting all the blanks.         Exercise: Forming Adjectives   Instructions: Choose an appropriate prefix or suffix from the options provided. Fill in the blanks with the chosen prefix or suffix to form adjectives.   1. The room was ________ after the party. Options: dis-, -y, -less Words: order, tidy, mess 2. The movie was ________ to watch. Options: -ing, un-, -able Words: entertain, interest, bore 3. The child was ________ with excitement. Options: over-, -ed, -ous Words: whelm, exhaust, calm 4. The teacher gave us a ________ assignment. Options: re-, -able, -ive Words: do, complete, fail 5. The weather turned ________ during the hike. Options: -y, en-, -ish Words: storm, calm, cloudy     Correct Answers: - The room was messy after the party. - The movie was entertaining to watch. - The child was overwhelmed with excitement. - The teacher gave us a doable - The weather turned stormy during the hike.           Exercise: Creating Adjectives with Suffixes   Instructions: Read each word (verbs, nouns) provided. Add the appropriate suffix to form an adjective. Choose the correct suffix from the options provided.   Nouns: - Danger - Success - Wonder - Comfort - Courage   Suffixes to Form Adjectives: - -ous/-ious - -ful/-less - -ful/-less - -able/-ible - -ous/-ious     Verbs: - Adapt - Create - Defend - Excite - Discover   Suffixes to Form Adjectives: - -able/-ible - -ive - -able/-ible - -ing - -able/-ible   Correct Answers: For Verbs: - Adaptable - Creative - Defendable - Exciting - Discoverable      For Nouns: - Dangerous - Successful - Wonderful - Comfortable - Courageous           Exercise: Adjective Forming   Instructions: Form adjectives from nouns adding suffixes:   1. A child ran happily in the park. Childish laughter echoed through the park as a child ran happily. 2. Success in business requires dedication and hard work. Dedication and hard work are necessary for successful business. 3. A play is being performed at the local theater tonight. Children engaged in playful activities outside in the sunshine. 4. Her face lit up with excitement when she saw the surprise. Her face lit up with exciting anticipation when she saw the surprise. 5. They returned to the warmth and comfort of their home. They returned to the homeless shelter, seeking warmth and comfort. 6. The sound of rain tapping on the window was soothing. A The rainy weather made the atmosphere gloomy. 7. The morning dew had turned into sparkling frost on the grass. The morning dew had turned into frosty crystals on the grass. 8. The natural beauty of the landscape took my breath away. The landscape’s all features were beautiful.              

DENOMINAL  ADJECTIVES - HOW TO USE THEM:

Denominal adjectives are formed by adding a suffix to a noun to create an adjective that describes a characteristic or quality associated with the noun.   - Hopeless - from the noun hope He felt hopeless after receiving the bad news. - Cowardly from the noun coward Her cowardly behavior disappointed her friends. - Earthen from the noun earth They used earthen pots for planting flowers in the garden. - Childish from the noun child His childish antics annoyed his classmates. - Joyful from the noun joy The children's joyful laughter filled the playground. - Harmless from the noun harm The spider looked harmless, but she was still afraid of it. - Bricky from the noun brick The bricky house had a fireplace in the living room. - Mountainous from the noun mountain They enjoyed hiking in the mountainous region during the summer.            Exercise: Identifying Denominal Adjectives   Instructions: Read each sentence carefully. Choose the correct denominal adjective from the nouns provided.   1.Her ______(fear) expression indicated her unease. 2.The______ (fog) weather made driving difficult. 3.The______(joy) laughter of children echoed through the park. 4.The______(rain) day forced them to cancel their outdoor plans. 5.The______ (mathematics) problem required careful consideration. 6.Her_______ (care) mistake cost her the game. 7.He remained______ (hope) despite the setbacks.   Correct Answers: - fearful - foggy - joyful - rainy - mathematical - careless - hopeful            

Comparison of Adjectives:

Points of degree for adjectives refer to the different forms an adjective can take to indicate the level of comparison or intensity of a characteristic. There are three main points of degree:   Positive Degree: This is the basic form of an adjective, used to describe a noun without making any comparison. It simply states a quality or attribute of the noun. Example: The cat is big.   Comparative Degree: This form of an adjective is used when comparing two nouns or groups of nouns. It indicates that one noun has a higher or lower degree of the quality described by the adjective compared to another noun. When forming the comparative degree of adjectives, we often use the word “than” to introduce the second entity being compared. Example: The elephant is bigger than the cat.   Simple Adjectives (One Syllable): Comparative: Add -er                big → bigger   Adjectives with Two or More Syllables: Comparative: Use more              beautiful → more beautiful      Superlative Degree: This form of an adjective is used when comparing three or more nouns or groups of nouns. It indicates that one noun has the highest or lowest degree of the quality described by the adjective compared to all others. Example: The elephant is the biggest animal in the zoo.   Simple Adjectives (One Syllable): Superlative: Add -est                        big → biggest   Adjectives with Two or More Syllables: Superlative: Use the most    beautiful → the most beautiful     Exceptions (Irregular Forms): Some common adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative forms   Adjectives and their irregular forms: Adjective Comparative Superlative (with “the”) Good Better The best Bad Worse The worst Little Less The least Much/Many More The most Far Farther/Further The farthest/furthest Late Later The latest Old Older/Elder The oldest/eldest Near Nearer The nearest Fore Former The foremost Inner More Inner The innermost Outer More Outer The outermost Upper Higher The uppermost Nether More Nether The nethermost           Exercise: Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives   Instructions: Read each sentence carefully. Fill in the gaps with the correct form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives provided.   - John is ________ than Mary. (old) - This is the ________ book in the library. (large) - She is ________ singer I've ever heard. (good) - The elephant is ________ than the mouse. (big) - This is the ________ city in the country. (small) - This puzzle is ________ than the last one. (difficult) - Mount Everest is ________ than any other mountain. (tall) - Her hair is ________ than mine. (long) - This is the ________ dress in the shop. (beautiful) - She is ________ girl in her class. (young)   Answers: - older - largest - the best - bigger - smallest - more difficult - taller - longer - most beautiful - the youngest               Exercise: Completing Sentences with the Comparative Form of Adjectives   Instructions: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective in its comparative degree     1. The elephant is ________ than the mouse. (Big 2. This puzzle is ________ than the last one. (Difficult) 3. Mount Everest is ________ than any other mountain. (Tall) 4. Her hair is ________ than mine. (Long 5. This city is ________ than the country. (Small) 6. The new computer is ________ than the old one. (Fast) 7. Today's weather is ________ than yesterday's. (Warm) 8. This book is ________ than the one I read last week. (Interesting) 9. The traffic in the city is ________ than in the suburbs. (Bad) 10. The new recipe is ________ than the old one. (Good)   - The elephant is bigger than the mouse. - 2. This puzzle is more difficult than the last one. - 3. Mount Everest is taller than any other mountain. - Her hair is longer than mine. - This city is smaller than the country. - The new computer is faster than the old one. - 7. Today's weather is warmer than yesterday's. - This book is more interesting than the one I read last week. - The traffic in the city is worse than in the suburbs. - The new recipe is better than the old one.         Exercise: Completing Sentences with the Superlative Form of Adjectives   Instructions: Fill in the blank with the correct form of the adjective in its superlative degree.   1. Mount Everest is ________ mountain in the world. (Tall) 2. This is ________ dress I have ever seen. (Beautiful) 3.The Nile River is ________ river in Africa. (long) 4.She is ________ student in the class. (Smart) 5. This is ________ cake I have ever tasted. (Delicious) 6. Antarctica is ________continent on Earth. (Cold) 7. The Grand Canyon is ________ canyon in the world. (Deep) 8. She is ________ person I know. (Kind) 9. That was ________ movie I've ever watched.(Boring) 10. This is ________ museum in the city. (Large)   Correct Answers: - Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. - 2. This is the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. - 3. The Nile River is the longest river in Africa. - 4. She is the smartest student in the class. - 5. This is the most delicious cake I have ever tasted. - Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth. - The Grand Canyon is the deepest canyon in the world. - She is the kindest person I know. - That was the most boring movie I've ever watched. - This is the largest museum in the city.             As…as /Not as…as   The constructions “as...as” and “not as...as” are used to compare two things, actions, or qualities. Adjectives are used in positive degree.   As...As: This construction is used to indicate that two things or people are equal in some way. The structure is “as + adjective/adverb + as”. Example : John is as tall as Mary. (John and Mary are of equal height.) This book is as interesting as the one I read last week. (Both books are equally interesting.)   Not As...As: This construction is used to indicate that one thing or person is less than another in some way. The structure is “not as + adjective/adverb + as.” Example : This restaurant is not as expensive as the one downtown. (The restaurant is less expensive than the one downtown.) Her new car is not as fast as her old one. (The new car is slower than the old one.             Exercise: Completing Sentences with “As...As or Not As...As   Instructions: Choose whether to use "as...as" or "not as...as" to complete the sentence correctly.   - This pizza is ________ the one we had last time.                           not as tasty as - Sarah's car is ________ her brother's.                            not as fast as - John is ________ his brother when it comes to sports.                           as athletic as - The weather today is ________ it was yesterday.                           not as warm as - This book is ________ the one I read last week.                           as interesting as - This new phone is ________ the one I had before.                             not as expensive as - The hotel room was ________ we expected.                            not as spacious as - This cake is ________ the one my mom makes.                            not as delicious as - She is ________ her sister in terms of creativity.                            as creative as - That movie was ________ I thought it would be.                            not as entertaining as     Correct Answers: - This pizza is not as tasty as the one we had last time. - Sarah's car is not as fast as her brother's. - John is as athletic as his brother when it comes to sports. - The weather today is not as warm as it was yesterday. - This book is as interesting as the one I read last week. - This new phone is not as expensive as the one I had before. - The hotel room was not as spacious as we expected. - This cake is not as delicious as the one my mom makes. - She is as creative as her sister in terms of creativity. - That movie was not as entertaining as I thought it would be. 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@plentyghosts as;lrghjwriptgu SUCH good food

@pippin-katz, I'm confused by your descriptions of scared vs frightened—I think they do actually mean the same thing? Per Meriam-Webster (shout-out to their A+++++ daily games), they're synonyms. M-W definitions, bolding mine:

Scared (adj): thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic

Frightened (adj): feeling fear : made to feel afraid

I guess I tend to think of "gasp[ing] at a disturbing image or a sudden noise" as an action, like Wynn's suggestion of "startled" (verb form) or flinched etc, rather than a feeling, like scared or frightened. Thoughts?

Now, on a completely different note:

"Word of God" ≠ canon, and that is important and good actually!!!!

Just going to throw in something I wrote in (checks date) seven months ago (incredible... god bless the passage of time lol):

I want to push back against the idea that readers/viewers/etc must incorporate input—i.e. statements from interviews, commentary, etc—from creators, actors, etc that is not directly part of the canon in their readings of the text (or show, in this case). Accepting “Word of God” is a perfectly valid lens to interpret/read media, but it is NOT universally accepted (nor, I think, should it be). See also: Death of the Author.

Regardless of whether we get more of this version of DBDA, George Rexstrew is NOT the final arbiter for how we interpret or understand Edwin Payne of Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix, 2024). Same for Jayden Revri-Charles, or Steve Yockey-anything, or Beth Schwartz-anything... etc.

The show is out! It is in our hands now! And it is equally okay to take actors'/directors'/writers' takes as canon as it is to fully ignore/disagree with them!

... Kinda thrilling to have all that power, don't you think?

Most people assume that nothing much scares Edwin. He spent seven decades in hell. What, up here on earth, could possibly compare, after that? Turns out, quite a lot. In fact, Edwin scares incredibly easy. Spiders. The sound of a child's laughter. Old porcelain dolls. The dark. And then there's the myriad of creatures and vengeful spirits they face on cases. He is scared very often. He has simply become skilled at operating as usual, even in the depths of terror. Even when every non-existent nerve is screaming at him to hide. Even when his vision is going fuzzy at the edges, his ears ringing. Hell didn't make him less easily frightened, but it did give him the ability to carry on when he is.

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Symmathesy (n) is an entity of transcontextual mutual learning. Other forms: Symmathesize (v), symmathetic (adj) Symmathesy as a starting place stretches the inquiry into the contexts and detours from the pull of direct correctives. The national health system, for example, may be studied as an institution that needs corrective policies and measures. Still, when the health system is approached as a ‘system learning to be in its world,’ it becomes immediately apparent that the systems of economy, politics, family, education, history, technology, agriculture, and the ecological world are all wound into and combining in the health of a society. The symmathesy offers us another approach that naturally asks for a response of another order. What if the changes to the health system are only possible through changes to education of family habits around food and the shifting of economic and agricultural traditions? In working with living systems, the solution is rarely direct. Attention to this “around-ing” shifts the position from which a response is configuring. If I see a crooked tree, I might be tempted to straighten its branches with string or cut them off, whereas if I see the way that tree is “learning” to be in its world, I will tend to the con‐ texts of that ecological learning. My approach is altered wholly. With a sym‐ mathetic approach, I am not a mechanic. I am an artist; I am listening to all of the instruments in the band, I am in wide-angle receiving mode — taking in the peripheries, the tones, the nuance, responding from another cognition of the situation. As organisms, trees, bacteria, human beings, societies, and forests are always learning, every second is in ecological movement. It follows that the responsiveness to this movement in mutual learning is an attending, not a management or control. This tending is humble and, in every instance, uniquely detailed. As such, these responses generate relationships that generate more relationships. Like a meadow, continuing to be a meadow while changing all the time.

Nora Bateson