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    train doesn’t slacken. On the other side I think that the word "coal" has used for representing money which could be supplied constantly to project in regard to keep this going. As we may see‚ from manager ’s point of view he may believe that there might just be an interpretation of metaphor on his own interpretations. People mostly see the things in different point of view from our-selves & we may never know for the sure when our ideas have correctly translated by another party. It is if ideas

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    Community Health Issue: Drowning Glenda Bruckner Dimensions of Community Nursing Practice/NUR 471PN December 22‚ 2010 Community Health Issue: Drowning Drowning is the main cause of death in Arizona in kids below four years of age‚ (Arizona Department of Health Services‚ 2010). Because of the warm weather throughout the year‚ water safety is a high priority for Phoenix residents all year long. Water safety is not just important around swimming pools. Phoenix residents need to be aware of

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    The Use of Metaphors

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    SanTianna Simmons ENG 1102 25 April 2013 A metaphor is where you show how two unrelated things are similar. For example by saying "Love is a roller-coaster.” A key aspect of a metaphor is use a specific transference of a word into another context. The human mind creates comparisons between different things. The best writers use metaphors. Like poetry‚ a metaphor will express a thousand different meanings all at once‚ allowing the writer to convey much more content than they could do otherwise

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    NANG *** DANANG - 2011 This thesis has been completed at The University of Danang Supervisor: NGŨ THI N HÙNG‚ Ph.D H VI N M LINH Examiner 1: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Luu Quy Khuong Examiner 2: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Van Phuoc A STUDY OF METAPHOR IN NEWSPAPERS (ENGLISH VERSUS VIETNAMESE) This thesis will be orally defended to the Examining Committee at the Field Study: The English Language Code: 60.22.15 University of Danang Time: November 3rd‚ 2011 Venue: University of Danang MASTER

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    1. Who is your personal hero? My personal hero would have to be Stevie Wonder. He had no super power or special ability but was a hero to millions of people. As a baby too much oxygen was unintentionally forced into his incubator‚ triggering irreversible loss to his eyes‚ causing blindness. As a child other kids would insult him saying‚ “The blind man is coming." I can relate because I was bullied in school. When he showed his talent of singing in the church choir. He was frequently reminded of

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    1253–1269 Metaphor and translation: some implications of a cognitive approach ¨ Christina Schaffner* School of Languages and European Studies‚ Aston University‚ Aston Triangle‚ Birmingham B4 7ET‚ UK Received 5 June 2003; received in revised form 12 September 2003; accepted 8 October 2003 Abstract Metaphor has been widely discussed within the discipline of Translation Studies‚ predominantly with respect to translatability and transfer methods. It has been argued that metaphors can become a

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    Singer’s allegory of the drowning child poses a complicated battle between morals and selfishness. His point that one is morally obligated to save the lives of others puts conflict in their mind. Of course someone will save a drowning child thrown into their path‚ but whether or not they go out of their way to find the child to save them is entirely different. Singer needs to first recognize where moral obligations come from in order to properly assess what they accomplish. I am morally obligated

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    What is a Metaphor ? A Metaphor is an “expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept‚ where there is some similarity or correlation between the two” according to the LinguaLinks Library. Metaphors are used by anyone trying to convey an idea in an indirect manner. We use them daily without realizing it. Metaphors put a twist in daily language in that they are a unique way of describing a concept. There are common metaphors that we use everyday and

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    parents. Interview them‚ using the questions and elements you have chosen. For your writing‚ you will need a metaphor. The metaphor in our book was the loom- the author used it to weave together all the elements of her mother’s life into a single fabric. You could use a car‚ a cake‚ a computer- anything which has components. The components come together to create one thing. Choose a metaphor which has meaning to you- your writing will be much more powerful this way. Finally‚ put your chosen cultural

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    The Drowning of Fred Looking back now‚ it was all quite hilarious‚ but at the time‚ I was in a state of sheer panic. It all began late on Saturday evening when I was doing the routine check of the old boiler furnace in our Elliot Street residence in Saskatoon. We had a suite on the middle floor of a three-story rooming house owned by the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad. Rent was dirt cheap‚ but there was a long string attached and that was the care of “Old Fred.” the ancient boiler furnace in the

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