Adjectives for description: 60 precise words Finding the right adjectives for description is tough. Try these 7 tips, and create your own describing word dictionary: What is an adjective? Adjectives are parts of speech used to modify nouns. They describe and make people and things more specific...
discriminate words uttered by humans from other words—especially their own names, because a cat’s name is a salient stimulus as it may be the human utterance most frequently heard by domestic cats (cats kept by humans) and may be associated with rewards, such as food, petting, and play...
as we have said, remain calm and wait for their humans to come to say hello. In these cases, as the animal shows a totally calm attitude, it is possible to greet them with petting, words of encouragement, etc. Other dogs tend to greet their humans more effusively. If ...
And an unprepossessing individual in a top-hat, with a chin that badly needed shaving, hung round me, shifting from one foot to the other, then turned to me with the words: “‘Do you know who that lady is, walking on the other bank? That’s so-and-so. . . . Her voice is ...
barking at the top of the stairs. Nonstop. I can’t figure out why. Normally, I offer her “petting time,” which as the phrase suggests, is when I pet her and rub her neck. When I do that, she calms down over time. I call up to her and “Dali, come down for petting time...
Immediately I feel a bit shamefaced at my elation, knowing that it’s such a false pride, that the moment I open my mouth to utter more than three words everyone will know the ugly truth. Poser, I think ruefully. So much of the appeal of travel is, for me, about languages. It’s...
I love the infinite potential for variety in language…I saw a post somewhere this week that went something like“Tear and tier are pronounced the same but tear and tear are different…arghhhh!”Some words have a varied array of meanings depending on the context. Others are more simple. Tak...
(or Owner) Usually, resemble their Dog(s) attitude towards other people & Dog(s). Is it my memory messing with me or did everyone Miss PM’s words in “The Other End of The Leash”: or {paraphrasing} as soon as you, the human takes hold of the other end of the leash a bond ...
Several months ago, when the patient support group that I attend first began discussingBorrelia miyamotoi, a Google search (or Bing…whatever…) for those two odd words yeilded very little. Now, after the publishing of a few key papers in theNew England Journal of Medicine, every major news...
Roam watches her for a while then steps out of the wagon and sits on the wagon’s step contemplating what has just occurred. He is so lost in thought that doesn’t realize that he is petting Brunur who has been diligently sitting by the wagon’s door. Only when part of Brunur’s ...