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| How to Better Your Vocabulary with Poker | | 2008-08-09 00:00:00 | | To be a great poker player you have to know when and how to call your bluff. Poker is one of the largest games of deception around, you have to lie your way to riches, keeping a straight face and trying to deceive your opponents. If you are a mild hearted type of person than [...]... | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Donate Rice By Learning Vocabulary | | 2008-02-21 01:20:17 | | Well, now you can donate rice only by learning vocabulary. Yes, through this FreeRice site, you can learn vocabulary and donate rice to help end hunger. Try to solve the vocabulary riddle to donate 20 grain of rice and the more riddle you solve, the more rice you donate. This site has two main goals, [...]... | | By: faisalmalik1989's Daily Jokes | | |
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| A more meaningful vocabulary | | 2008-02-19 02:05:43 | | What an earth-unifying event! I'm sure you would have picked that up as a substitute for the more commonly known phrase, 'earth-shattering'. Do words we use matter, in informing our outlook and actions, both subliminally and explicitly?I was thinking today about how language is redolent with power relations. Many astute people have noted that we often have to come up with our own vocabulary rather than imbibe words and their attendant meanings by the prevalent military power structure.It is reflective of our state of affairs, for example, that there is currently no word for 'non-violence' in English, aside from the cover-all term 'peace', that is not defined as a negation i.e. with 'non'.Even simple idioms we use everyday can be illuminating. There are a plethora of common sayings so entrenched they are cliches: "taking a stab in the dark", "many ways to skin a cat" and "killing two birds with one stone" all use rather violent images to ascribe metaphoric meaning to taking a chance, d... | | By: The Peace Tree | | |
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| Don’t learn vocabulary in semantic sets | | 2008-01-03 09:53:36 | | It surprised me to hear that we should not teach vocabulary in semantic sets because it seems logical to class words according to groupings such as colors, fruits etc. But actually my own personal experience backs up the claim that the learner is likely to confuse the words. I still confuse ‘red’ and ‘yellow’ in [...]... | | By: English Experts :: English Tips | | |
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| TOEFL Vocabulary | | 2007-12-27 03:29:00 | | 1. We haven't ___ our son for three months. He is not much of a letter writer.1) seen2) written to3) heard from4) kept touch withAnswer: 3 2. ___ the morning news, many houses on the island were destroyed. 1) According to 2) In addition to 3) In contrast to 4) In spite ofAnswer: 1 3. Jack has a lot of clothes, but most of them are out of ___. 1) age 2) fashion 3) order 4) timeAnswer: 2 4. That copying machine is ___ order. Why don't you use this one?. 1) out of 2) off of 3) in 4) byAnswer: 1 5. My son dropped ___ college and joined the army. 1) away from 2) by 3) off 4) out ofAnswer: 4 6. The police signaled the driver to ___ and stop. 1) pull over 2) put in 3) pass by 4) pick upAnswer: 4 7. Don't speak so fast, please. I cannot keep ___ with you. 1) on 2) out 3) away 4) upAnswer: 4 8. Since I came in half an hour later this morning, I have to stay until 5:30 to ___ for it. 1) save up 2) make up 3) keep up 4) hold upAnswer: 4 9. ... | | By: Career Options and Higher Studies | | |
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| Vocabulary Learning Tips | | 2007-12-10 16:01:35 | | Learning new vocabulary through context clues is a strategy that is often recommended. But this is difficult for English as a second language learners because they often do not know enough vocabulary in English, so they miss the clues. While fluent English speakers understand a written English vocabulary of 10,000–100,000 words, most foreign students know [...]... | | By: English Experts :: English Tips | | |
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| Some Digital Camera Vocabulary Explained | | 2007-08-13 12:05:37 | | When purchasing a digital camera there is a dazzling array of information about the device available. The digital camera box will have bullet pointed lists of features, and many of those consist of numbers and abbreviations that may be misunderstood. High numbers always seem very impressive, but without knowing what they mean, you may end up purchasing a digital camera that does not match your requirements. Some of the most common abbreviations and the impact they have upon your gadget experience are summarized below.Many digital camera manufacturers base their advertising campaign and packaging on the number of pixels the camera uses to create its image. Pixels are the elements that make up the digital image. Each pixel is of a single colour, and these join like a mosaic to create the image taken by the device. Pixels are indistinguishable unless the picture is enlarged as they are the smallest element of the digital image. When enlarged they can be seen with the naked eye. PPI stands... | | By: PoloMercantil Informative Articles | | |
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