IDIOMS Once upon a time there was a deer who had surprisingly grown a single horn on its forehead. He was quite unaware of this matter. But he knew that the other animals always gave him an icy stare when they saw him. They left him high and dry in jungle. He felt blue most of the time and looked like he has the weight of world on his shoulder‚ because he was so lonely. He decided to go it alone and went into the middle of the jungle where most of the animals live. He tried to be friend with them
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Shepko Ms.Wozencraft English 101 April 6 Definition Essay Humility is the “quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people” (Longman).Humility allows us to be caring of others without proudness or arrogants. With any word‚ there are many definitions and thoughts of the true definition‚ from the latin and greek meanings to what buddhist and christians believe is humility. However‚ one thing that is common in all is that humility is a virtue of honesty and unpretentiousness that every
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HONESTY‚ HUMILITY AND HUMANITY In my last theatre class‚ I presented my thought about my school motto. And I would like to share my thoughts with my friends too. Honesty is one of the treasured values of human being. Living life honestly means opening oneself freely and exposing one’s true self to others. Honesty is essential because it acts as the glue‚ which holds people together. Moreover‚ honesty helps a person to conquer problems and excel in his life. An honest person is trusted and
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IDIOMS IN BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more languages‚ and it reflects the vocabulary of a language. Its purpose is to provide information on the meaning of words‚ combinations with other words‚ sometimes also pronunciation and other aspects of a language. Dictionaries can be classified by many different aspects – for example‚ a dictionary can be monolingual‚ bilingual‚ bilingualised or even multilingual. If the dictionary is bilingual‚ it can be either
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In 2003 Atticus finch was nominated as one of the “greatest characters in the past 100 years.” This award did not go to an undeserving character. Quite the contrary happened when this award went to Atticus. This is proven through his humility‚ his unwavoring wisdom‚ and his ability to do the right thing in any situation. Atticus Finch problably won the award solely because of his humble quality’s. This is shown when the “mad dog” was on the loose and Atticus dropped it in one shot‚ but said nothing
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Jim Collins article‚ “Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve”‚ in Best Of HBR‚ HBR‚ July-August‚ 2005‚ p.136-146 The key to an organization becoming great is having a Level 5 leader Someone who blends genuine personal humility with intense professional will “Level 5” The highest level in a hierarchy of leadership capabilities Leaders at the other four levels in the hierarchy can produce high levels of success but not enough to elevate organizations from mediocrity
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In “The Author to Her Book” Anne Bradstreet presents a false sense of humility in her extended metaphor where she personifies her very own book as her child‚ calling it “ill-form’d offspring of my feeble brain” (3). The author is practically saying her work is trash and that she isn’t good enough. This false sense of humility is common with authors‚ especially during that time when women weren’t considered capable of coming up with a good piece of writing. Bradstreet is not only self-deprecating
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idioms definition Definition: Idioms are phrases in English that are used in a figurative manner. For example‚ the idiom ’make hay while the sun shines’ is used figuratively to mean: It is important to continue working hard during a period of relative success. The phrase has nothing to do with actually making hay. Advantage learning idioms 1. A good way to attain the metaphorical concepts in the target language is to learn idiomatic expressions. Idioms are often metaphorical. (Kovecses 2002)
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addition‚ also‚ too I plan to take swimming lessons this summer. I plan to take a computer course as well. as well as (someone or something) - in addition to someone or something "Please bring your swimming suit as well as your towel." B Idioms back and forth -
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whose meaning is often different from the normal meaning of the words is called an idiom. Of the various definitons of ‘idiom’‚ therr criteria‚ both semantic and syntactic‚ emerge as predominant. The first is semantic opacity‚ or what has come to be known as ‘noncompositionality’‚ the fact that the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced from a sum of the meanings of its parts: in this sense‚ the meaning of an idiom is not ‘motivated’(bussmann 1996: 316). Thus‚ the meaning od ‘die’ cannot be produced
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